Show NEW NEWS N of YESTERDAY by E I 1 J EDWARDS when seward wept in public fam famous 0 us statesman broke down and sobbed while delivering the eulogy on an his HI friend thomas ilsk of texas general thomas L Cling clingmon mun who from 1843 to 1858 with the exception of one term represented north carolina in the lower house of congress and wan was a member of the senate when the civil war began resigning that office to return to north carolina and become a confederate brigadier geu cral eral used frequently to revisit re visit bash ash ington in the late seventies and early eighties lie ile did not come upon any political errand for he esch eschewed esc bened eved pel pol itice at the close of the civil war mar lie ile was an enthusiastic prophet with ith re spelt to the mineral wealth of his state the first man in fact to make this wealth known if it any one were willing to chat with him be he would alt sit by the hour describing the treasures of platinum and of precious tonea stones even ven diamonds which he be was as sure lure were within the DOT hot els of the north caroline mountains notwithstanding his enow white beard and the wrinkles which time had left on bis his face he seemed to be mentally as an active as a ever and there was no faltering in bis ills tep step of all the great statesmen of the north that I 1 have known once said genera general clingman to me the one I 1 always recall with the greatest datts fat faction tion Is william 11 II seward I 1 made his acquaintance before I 1 en on the senate and that acquaint ance in due time ripened into some thing like friendship did you know that in seward time there was no northern member of the senate who aa was on more friendly terms with the southern members of congress generally and that reminds me of the first and only time I 1 saw senator seward weep in public seward became a member of the senate in three yeara years before texas had cent sent to the senate as its first representative in that body sam houston and thomas J rusl rusk who had stood second to houston in the tile war mar which bad had established the independence pen dence of texas between husk rusk and seward there soon sprang up a friend ly relation that gradually ripened into a real intimacy and this relation was a nine days wonder to many for sew ard had then becore become recognized aa as the leading anti slavery IN big in the senate while bile rusk represented a how william T sherman when a young lieutenant confirmed the news of the discovery of gold in california 11 1 I ll PA one of those who balled from froin new I 1 V au a soon as the new news came of the discovery of gold to in california and I 1 spent several years in call fornia aid said mr dudley E jonea jonm president of at one cue of the largest of the industrial companies compan lea of arkansas to me recently mr jonea jones was a native cf ef new york state and while bile still till hardly past hia life majority he waa was tempt ed to california and lived in the very heart of the gold mining excitement much hag has been bald said and written about the discovery of gold at butler a mill continued mr jonea jones 1 q I was there in october 1849 and I 1 was there again in 1903 and cuttlers lers ranch and mill near the sacramento river looked in 1903 to me exactly as they looked in 1849 1949 the only change that I 1 noticed that indicating tbs app cacti of 0 the suburbs of sl i tr te city tn to that historic spot it tas has al at ray ways seemed to me that one of the real heroes with the dis covery of gold la in california and the making of that discovery known to the world bae has not been recognized by the people of this generation as he be should bo perhaps this Is because be gained other fame 15 years later how ever I 1 will tell yan the story exact ly as I 1 bad it authoritatively not only from one but from many persons back in the old gold day at the time of the outbreak of our war with mexico a portion american army was sent to california A little garrison was stationed at monterey and it was under the be command of colonel mason one day there coated into the lit tie garrison rumors that gold had been discovered near the sacramento river and hat that it promised to be a rich find coloney mason regarded this as very important news and felt that the government at washington should receive this new news at the earl est at possible moment lie therefore got together it few pack mutes he lie procured them with some difficulty because pack mules at that time were a very valuable asset for the miners ten he be called one of his young lieutenants to him and said 1 I want you to go as an speedily as possible up the sacramento valley to a place called coloma and learn whether these stories about the discovery of gold up there bore are correct if it you find them truee true sturn turn to montry as soon is U possible lare slave state out but strange range ae as this antl macy beamed tt it continued unbroken to the day of rusk a death in when ben he committed suicide in a moment of temporary mental aberration of course tle the customary memorial services cervices were held la in the senate and seward delivered ono one of the eulogies in lit fact his hi was the chief eulogy and I 1 have always regarded it a aa e a classic but the moat most remarkable th thine ing la in con lection with it its deliverance was that suddenly senator senard broke down he ile waa was convulsed with hie his grief he ile burled buried his face ID in ills his hand kerchief and bobbed sobbed it via a so 10 affect ing that many of bis his colle colleagues a gues also ere moved to tears A few days later when I 1 congratulated seward on his eulogy of hie his friend I 1 suggested that there must have been something eom ething of an unusual character to bring two auch such men as himself and rusk together on term terms of intimacy shortly after president pierces Iler cee administration began he told me 1 I lost invitation beat blaine or dr burchard Our chard was aued for dr thoma thomas armitage at clergy mens reception and uttered the famous fatal words hev rey or dr to armitage was wits in his lifetime recognized as the ablest and most influential baptist clergy man in the states although he be as an englishman by birth not coming to the united states until he gaii a near his majority nevertheless thero there as ro native born eborn american who ever exceeded him in patriotic patrio tit ardor nor was there any clergyman who gave service of greater value to the union at the time of the civil war mar he ile was for years the pastor of the fifth avenue baptist church in hew sew ork commonly as john D rockefellers church although uw dur ing his pastorate mr rockefeller was as not a member of the congregation dr armitage visa as an intimate per bonal friend of the first american cardinal archbishop mccloskey and bo he was at the time of the civil war in very intimate relations with arch bishop john Hii ghea horn president lincoln sent to europe as a special chapter in warriors career that lieutenant was off on an hour is notice ho ile made a forced march to coloma and back within a few days reporting to colonel mason bat that gold bad had certainly been found at coloma and in abundance colonel mason thereupon sum summered mored a courier in whom he had bad every confidence and handing banding him certain dispatches for tho government at washington command ed him to make every effort to reach fort drown brown now brownsville Browns ville at atthe the mouth of the rio grande river as soon as possible there the nearest mall mail communications with washing ton could be reached these dispatches reported to ho the government authora ties at washington that a lieutenant in whom colonel mason had bad every con flrence had investigated the reports rel ports of the finding of gold at coloma aad and that what the lieutenant said about this discovery dh covery could be relied upon in due time the report reached washington Wax hington and was published it set the whole hole country in a fever but the name of the young lieutenant who had touched for he the discovery of a very great gold field was speedily forgotten you would like to know bis his irame it as ll llam T sherman Sher mao and rela lively speaking I 1 think that hie his quick journey froni from monterey Mon lerey to coloma was as beit beset by almost as many a ca as was his march match from atlanta to the sea which made him world famous is 16 years later copyright 11 1111 by bi J edwards all lights lie served wae an informed that a personal and very loyal friend for or whom I 1 had secured appointment la in one of the government department departments was in danger of removal I 1 as as very anxious that be he should be retained one day I 1 men tinned my to senator and told bim him why I 1 was so 0 o anxious mat this friend should be retained in the department lie ile bad been of great hervle to me in new boric politics and at considerable per bonal I 1 knew alto also that if he were removed from this place he would mould be in actual vyant ant senator rusk begged me tt ti relieve my nind of all apprehension 11 1 I hall shall maki the retention of this friend of ours the teat test of my loyalty to president Preel dent pierces administration he be eald said lie ile visa as as rood good aa his word and now you understand why I 1 felt to so keenly the passing of thomas rusk 11 by r J Fd ra ward wards all nights reserved plenipotentiary representing the pros pres ident in the winter of if dr armitage waa was therefore very widely recognized by amealian roman cath olles as ono one of the clergymen of the piotr tant denominations who like henry ward beecher Dc echer maintained intimate personal and social relations with the leading prelate of the church of rome in america I 1 hd heard beard that but for what seemed to bo be a slight abeld 9 or misunderstanding der standing dr armitage instead of hey dr burchard nur Dur chard would have spoken for SOO clergymen at the reception lon given to james a 0 blaine in nw york city near the close of the presidential campaign in 1861 1864 the reception at which dr burchard spoke the words rum romanism and rebellion which caused mr air blaine to lone the presidential election I 1 met dr armitage ami age a year of tso before bis his death which occurred in 1896 and asked him if it tho the reports which I 1 bad had beard were mere accurate yes be he raided I 1 that strange and adverse ate which prevented dianne ne as a like destiny bad prevented henry Clayr clay farm ni becoming beco president as responsible for the accident brought about my nonappearance as spokesman epo kesman for the clr clergymen cn at the reception for mr blaine this reception as you may remember ber was a suddenly arranged affair it was as the understand understanding ini of 11 se 80 who planned it that I 1 was to invited to speak apak before the candidate it so happened that I 1 was wits in philadelphia at the time attending a great meeting of baptists Inapt lats called especially to commemorate the services of rev rey dr peddle therefore when stephen B elkins who bad arranged for the reception sent the invitation to cue rue to act as spokesman it did not reach wo me haste ana ae necessary so it was an determined to call upon rev rey dr Bu who was wits a IL good man and nn mn earnist man but curiously lacking la in tact fact when I 1 read the dispatch from new york to the effect that the cler clergymen were to attard the blaine reception and that dr burchard Burc bard was to speak to them thein I 1 was as instantly dominated by the conviction that I 1 ought to be la in new york to meet dr burchard Dur chard and led flud out what lie was going to say I 1 boarded the earliest possible ros sible train for new york end upon uron my arrival was taken by cab to 0 o the fifth avenue hotel I 1 was too late the reception was almost over hut but even then bad I 1 been told what bat dr had said I 1 should have challenged him on the spot I 1 should have made an effort to clear the atmosphere immediately and it would have been possible for me to boso doso do 0 o Ife cause the great leaders of the luman catholic church in the united states knew of the warm personal relations which existed between car dinal mccloskey archbishop and myself unfortunately I 1 did not learn at what dr kurcbard bad said until it was too late to repair the damage As an you know full well his expression was wits instantly caught up and pub lashed widely and I 1 knew from hat that moment that mr blaine was doomed copyright 1911 by rj edwords all flights reserved |