Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13
f Note Buried in Tract Once Known as PARROTS Woods

' Y OONO
! backward will be rewarded in seeing
this historic home.
COUNT BODISCO and Mr.. Corcoran
were very close friends and fire.
ouentIy correspondent with each other.
Upon occasion when the philan-
thropist was making a business trip to
Europe he addressed q note to the
count, who was then In Russia. To
this letter the count replied:
"St. Petersburg. the LIST Of
October, 184g.
MY Dear Mr.. Corcoran:
ST was really agreeably surprised to
receive your letter, and much pleased
to see that you had the resolution to
leave your desk for a second time. AS
YOU are on this side, do not be IN a
hurry to return, and don't cut short q
trip which appears to be perfectly ven
combined. as everything you combine.
To see Switzerland to advantage you
must have fine weather.
"The Grand Dukes and
Nesselrode's deaths have. to some eX-
tent. checked my activity. 1 am now
in a fair way of arranging my private
affairs. and, very likely. Will be IN
washington some time in January, re-
GREETING very much not to be ready 10
return with you.
GAS you never have been a syn1patnizer
| with anarchy and disorder, you nav
| surely rejoiced at the victory OF Justice
| and moderation, and given a due share
| of admiration to the generosity OF the
great character that rules the great m
pire. I expect to hear by you OF n
doings In Washington. The Cuba al
fair apuears to be a combination OF n
Teyas scheme, and, very likely, the same
people are behind the curtain. IL APP
pears that California is not sufficient TO
drain the United States from all the
desperadoes. 1t is true that We supply
you handsomely.
Will YOU do me the favor to land
the enclosed to the Hon. Mr.. Bell OF
tennessee, It contains a cheek or
1921, p. silver, which I had some
tn collect. Should you hear about the
Reading bonds anything worth mem
tioning, write to me a few lines at the
Foreign Ofice, etc.
ST thank you for the GOOD care you
take of Mrs. Bodisco's
'"Tell many pretty things to your m
teresting daughter, and believe me,
Every sincerely yours noars,o,
Within this cemetery are inferred the
remains of a number OF W~asnlngtons
noted divines. Right oeIore you as so%
enter the cemetery gates Is the statue OF
William Pinkney, bishop of the diocese
Of MARYLAND. The bishop was a close
friend of Mr.. Corcoran, n had peen
thn rector of Ascension Church Tor
MANY wears before being elevated to the
hipher office. Not only Mr.. Corcoran,
but everyone else, loved DR.. Pinkney. :,
He was born in Annapolis, Md, April
II. 1910, and died In Cockeysvlle, Mo-
July 4. 1883. He first came to TINS I'M
mediate section as rector OF ST. Mat
thew,s Church at Bladensburg, being
later transferred to the Church OF the
Ascension in this city, from which ne
wa later called to the episcopate: Pre-
vin,ls to that, however, he was elected
assistant bishop of Maryland, and was
consecrated as such in the Church OF
the Epiphany, on G street. OCTOBER Q,
1870. The bishop was a nephew OF one
of Maryland's most able staeesnlen'
Gen. William Pinkney, who was a nein-
Der. in 1888, of the State convention
that ratified the Constitution OF the
United states. and who also was wound
ed at the battle of B~ladensburg nile
leading a company of riflemen. He wa
Minister to Russia and United STATES
Senator.
The friendship between DR.. Pinkne.y
and Mr.. Corcoran was cordial ana mt
mate, and the latter took pleasure IN
preserving a number OF letters sent nun
by the bishop. One IN the natuIe oA .
Nsy Year greeting reads as fouoWs'
December 81, 1875.
INV Dear Mr.. Corcoran:
.T ~1~-1k ,~appnff thu last 6aV Of IND
To mass without q word OF sympathy
from me to you, or the first day OF 1879
to dawn without the congratulations OF
the season. To some the retrospect
must be a sweet Solace; for with the
dew on the flowers they have culled,
and the scent of the alabaster pox on
the air, they must feel that they arc
blessed, most truly blessed, IN tnat tley
oaye lives to bless others. May the next
wear be laden with blessings. the bless.
ing of health and home. the home that
childhood makes buoyant. With eacn
coming week, may you feel something
of the 10y YOU give others; but, ABOVE
iii. NAV the bow of hope, the hope that
is cast as an anchor within the ven,
o the horizon; and the faith ina
waits to see the salvation OF the Lord
finds its perfect work IN you. Nex 10
The ability to do great things LOT n
elevation and benefit of our race Is the
willingness; I should not err If I said
above it, for there are thousands. VINO
have the ability, while but few know
how to use it. You have both, ana IN
his YOU are blessed. I trust you ma
he long spared to keep watch over the
good you have done In the INSTITUTIONS
You have founded, and to go on doing,
Q the same enlarged scale OF mag,
nificence, SO that each day shall swell
the tide of a gratitude already on the
flood. Afectionately.