The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-08


military district embracing Georgia. Flor
ida and Alabama; the Department of the
Cumberland and the military division of the
Pacific He died at San Francisco. g. They
were Brazilian war vessels, in the hands of
rebels led by Admiras Da CANA and Mello.
This rebellion of the navy as il is called.
is supposed to have aimed at restoration of
the empire.
Please indicate the different denomina-
Is. 5.
The Arminian doctrines are: Conditional
election and reprobarion in opposition TO
absolute predestination; universal retiemp-
ton, or that the atonement was made by
Christ for all mankind, though none but
believers can be partakers of the benefit;
that man, in order TO exercise true faith,
must be regenerated and renewed by the
operation of the Holy Spirit which is the
gift of God; that man may resist the divine
grace; that man may relapse from a state
of grace. These doctrines are the basis of
the beliefs of most of the Protestant de-
nominations, but so many are the varia-
tons of belief that only a theologian with
a statistical gift could give a definite an
swer to the question.
What does Mgr. mean in connection with
high officials of the Roman Catholic
Church? 2. What is the meaning OF Mir
vana? s. Will you print sketch of Walter
Savage Landor?-V. b.
Monsignor, or Ny lord. .. Literally
blowing out or extinguishment; in Buddh-
ism, humiliation, or the loss of all personal
consciousness. g. He was born in Ipsley
Court. England, Jan. so. lis, was educated
at Rugby and Oxford, being rusticated from
the latter for a breach of discipline and
never returning. He studied law, but never
was admitted to the bar, and spent i'm
mense sums in improving his estates. sell
ing them and ordering his palatial residence
torn down I'm a moment of displeasure, and
preparing to live out of England. He served
in the Spanish army and contributed large
ly to its treasury, and in 1915 settled in
Florence, Italy. Most OF his numerous writ
ings appeared between his return to Eng
land in 1885 and 1855. He died at Florence.
Sept. IL, 1864.
Will you inform me of the life of Jean
Lafitte, the gulf pirate? 2. What was the
last deficit in the Postoffice Department?
w. d.
He was born in France about 1850, and
first came into conspicuousness the
leader of privateers on the Island of Grande
Terre. near the mouth of the Mississippi.
At first he sailed under the French flag,
but eventually seized any vessel that came
his way, without regard to nationality.
The cargoes he captured were sold openly
at Barataria. An expedition commanded
by Commodore Patterson was sert against
him in 1914, but he escaped it. IN the same
j
Great Britain. but this correspondence he
forwarded to the Governor of Louisiana.
offering his services to the United States
in return for a pardon. This proposition
was accepted. and he defended Barataria
bay and fought under Jackson at the battle
of New Orleans. Though formally par
doned in 1916 by President Munroe, he is
believed to have taken I'D his old life. with
headquarters at Galveston island. He is
supposed to have persisted at sea in 1917.
| 2. 81. $50.
What amount of specie was in the Con-
federate treasury at the time of surrender,
| and what became of it?-B. NJ.
Capt NJ H. Clark. who was the last act
ing treasurer of the Confederacy, in a
statement published in Volume TX of the
Southern Historical Papers. puts the
amount of specie, gold and silver coin and
gold and silver bullion, turned over to him,
at $685. 80. OF this $10S. 1920 was paid
May, 4, 1866, to the troops near Washing
ton, Ga. Captain Clark states: 1.-The boys
told me they got about $26 apiece.') At
about this time Captain Clark burned mil
lions of currency and bonds, with permits
| sion of Gen. j. c. Breckenridge. secretary
of war. and of Mr.. John H. Reagan, acting
secretary of the treasury. AT about this
time $4,000 was paid to an officer Of the
navy. Still later a much smaller amount
was distributed among several officers of
the army and navy, with the concurrence of
Mr.. Reagan, this at a time when a horse
man had much better chance Of escaping
capture than did a specie train or wagon.
Finally Judge Reagan, under protest, added
bag of $500 gold to the contests of his
saddle-bags. Captain Clark states that
President Davis had no specie from him.