Show A at OF 1881 an interesting episode of tha the late hannibal lins last days in congress is furnished by a writer in one of the new york papers it is to the effect that on march 3 1831 1881 as the weary old veteran eat sat in the senate chamber for the last time as a senator be he wrote this to bis big eon son general charles hamlin amlia II 1 lam I am sitting for the last day in the senate and my eon I 1 am a bappe man you and others may not coin comprehend it but I 1 feel it and to in the language of the poet I 1 may eay say this is the day I 1 long have bought sought 11 alien allen G thurman tharman whose term expired at the th 6 same moment eat sat down beside mr hamlin when he be waa was writing to his eon and said old friend I 1 feel just as you do then taking a piece of paper the democratic senator from ohio wrote as follows to his frienda friends son my dear mr hamlin amlin II I 1 have not the pleasure of your acquaintance but I 1 have known your lather father tor for over thirty five yeara years like him I 1 can bay say this ie Is the last day of my political life and I 1 am rejoiced to go out of it in such good company and with my personal friend of a generation my sincere wish is to that you may do honor bonor to a father so illustrious unfortunately tuna tely lor for mr thurman Tb urman his goodness of heart or bis his ambition led him into politics again and be was wa made a co victim with cleveland in 1883 it was a to foolish olish w weakness on h his Is part and bis his friends should have advised him against it |