een cast in the same epoch, and that he had been able to do something to further the cause for which Mr. Lincoln had been martyred.
We heard much that winter of Alabama claims, the great methods of arbitration in international affairs and other questions, signifying that we were entering upon a wonderful era in human affairs; that, with the close of our rebellion, came a new order of things which was to mark the greatest progress in republicanism.
Congress met the first Monday in December, 1868.
The gloom following the assassination of Mr. Lincoln by a madman, immediately upon the dawn of peace after four long years of fratricidal war, still hung like a pall over Washington.
To this melancholy event was added the personal sorrow of very many who wore the habiliments of mourning for loved ones lost during the war. Mr. Johnson was naturally a serious man, and was so overwhelmed by the grave responsibilities resting upon him in the trying position in which he was placed that it
ate service above the rank of colonel in the army and that of lieutenant in the navy, and those who had been educated at the United States Military and Naval Academies.
Amnesty was further extended by proclamations, on September 7th, 1867, and December 25th, 1868.
In the first the military exceptions made in the amnesty of May 29th, 1865, were reduced to ex-Confederate officers above the rank of brigadier-general in the army, and of captain in the navy, and in the second all exceptions were removed and the pardon was unconditional and without the formality of any oath.
Mr. Davis was imprisoned at Fort Monroe immediately after his arrest, and was indicted on the charge of treason, by a Grand Jury in the United States Court for the District of Virginia, at Norfolk, May 8th, 1866.
On May 13th, 1867, he was released on a bail-bond of $100,000, signed by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Gerrit Smith, and Horace Greeley, and in December, 1868, a nolle prosequi was entered in the case.--editors.
Gorringe, Henry Honeychurch 1841-1885
Naval officer; born in Barbadoes, W. I., Aug. 11, 1841; came to the United States in early life; served through the Civil War with marked distinction; was promoted lieutenant-commander in December, 1868.
He became widely known in 1880-81 through having charge of the transportation of the Egyptian obelisk (Cleopatra's Needle), presented to the United States by the Khedive of Egypt, and erected in Central Park, New York City, Jan. 23, 1881.
The total cost of transportation— $100,000—was paid by William H. Vanderbilt.
The iron vessel Dessoug was bought from the Egyptian government, and a hole was cut in her side, through which the obelisk was placed in the hold.
Gorringe published a History of Egyptian Obelisks.
He died in New York City, July 7. 1
cember, 1866
Law passed abolishing capital punishment......1867
Horace Capron, United States Commissioner of Agriculture......Dec. 4, 1867
University of Illinois at Urbana, chartered 1867, opened......March, 1868
U. S. Grant nominated for President by the Republican National Convention at Chicago......May 20, 1868
Corner-stone of the new capitol at Springfield laid......Oct. 5, 1868
First river-tunnel in this country completed under the Chicago River; 810 feet long......December, 1868
U. S. Grant inaugurated President......March 4, 1869
Legislature ratifies the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution; vote, in Senate 17 to 7; in House, 52 to 27......March 5, 1869
Elihu B. Washburne appointed Secretary of the Treasury......March 5, 1869
John A. Rawlins appointed Secretary of War......March 11, 1869
Appropriation made by legislature for the Northern Illinois Hospital for the Insane at Elgin......1869
Constitution framed by a convention at Springfield,
of the 5th Military District, comprising Louisiana and Texas......March 19, 1867
Governor Throckmorton removed, E. M. Pease appointed......July 30, 1867
General Sheridan relieved and General Hancock substituted as commander of the 5th Military District......Aug. 17, 1867
Gen. J. Reynolds appointed to command of 5th Military District......July 28, 1868
Constitution, framed by a convention called under the reconstruction acts by General Hancock, which sat at Austin, June 1, to December, 1868, is submitted to Congress, March 30, and ratified by people, 72,395 to 4,924......Nov. 30–Dec. 3, 1869
Legislature ratifies the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments to the Constitution of the United States......Feb. 18, 1870
Congress readmits Texas into the Union......March 30, 1870
Public school system inaugurated......September, 1871
A special election for State officers: Richard Coke, Democrat, elected governor by 85,549 votes to 42,663 for Governor Davis, Republican......D
w was there.
To Mr. Bright, August 11:—
It is long since we have exchanged letters, and I now employ my last moments before leaving for Boston to keep alive our correspondence.
Events have been in more active than any pens, whether in England or the United States.
I watch with constant interest the increasing strength of the liberal cause, and look forward to its accession to power with you as home secretary, at least, if you choose to enter a cabinet.
Mr. Bright became in December, 1868, President of the Board of Trade in Mr. Gladstone's Cabinet. I remember Mr. Cobden thought that you and he ought never to take a cabinet place; but this opinion was founded on the public sentiment of his day. Would that he were now alive to enjoy the prodigious change!
Meanwhile, we too have had our vicissitudes.
The President is still in office, but checked and humbled.
His removal seemed inevitable; he was saved by the delays of the trial.
Grant will be his successor; of this I ca
ing vote which they desired, not a vote with the certainty of a rejection.
The non-action of the Senate was at Raasloff's express instance, as proved by a contemporaneous record.
Mr. Fish wrote to Mr. Sumner, March 28, 1869, a note containing only these words:—
Dear Sumner,—Raasloff does not wish any action on his treaty.
He will probably see you.
The imputation of sinister silence on Mr. Sumner's part is effectually disproved by General Raasloff's contemporaneous letters.
In December, 1868, probably late in the month, he arrived in Washington with a view to press the treaty.
At once he began to send to Mr. Sumner notes and letters about the treaty, as well as congratulations on New Year's Day, and invitations to dine, and they were meeting from day to day. On the evening of Jan. 11, 1869, Mr. Sumner told him frankly that there was little or no chance of his success with the committee and the Senate, and sympathizing with him in the probable effect of his failure on his po
able, 1737
A large amount paid for capture of Louisburg, 1749
American dollars in circulation, 1796
Eagle 5-cent pieces in circulation 1828
Coin gone out of circulation, postage stamps used for change, 1863
Coin again becomes plenty, 1875
Trade dollar, a Government fraud, 1850
Skating Rink
opened on the South End fair grounds, Dec., 1858
Skating Rink
Building opened on Tremont, near Lenox street, Sep., 1868
Building on Tremont street fell, one man killed, Dec., 1868
Building converted into a market, 1870
Occupied as a horse-ear stable, 1880
Several roller-skating, coming in fashion, 1880
Skedaddle
became an army by-word of significance, 1862
Skeleton, Living
Calvin Edson, on exhibition, Dec., 1831
Slaughter Houses
said to be a nuisance in town, 1693
Robert Hughes, had one on Pleasant street, 1783
Abattoir, an appendage to Brighton Market, 1880
Slaves
still bought and sold in Massachusetts, 1767
Said to be two
disabled by a wound.
He participated in the following engagements: Murfreesboro, Franklin, Tenn.; Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Atlanta, and Jonesboro.
In the first engagement in front of Atlanta he was slightly wounded, and at the battle of Jonesboro was shot through the left thigh, which wound rendered him unfit for service during the remainder of the war. He returned home and in July, 1865, began the practice of medicine at Lynch's creek, in Kershaw county, where he remained until December, 1868, when he removed to Bishopville, where he has since resided, practicing his profession and, for the past twenty years, conducting a drug store.
He has been married three times; first in 1867 to Miss Olivia W. Rogers, of Bishopville, who died in 1873, and his second marriage was to Mrs. Lizzie M. Rogers, in 1874.
She died in 1886, and in 1895 he married Miss Anna T. McDowell, of Richland county. Mr. McLeod is a member of Dick Anderson camp, U. C. V., at Sumter.
Lieutenant John D. McL
Chapter 25:
Grant and Gladstone.
Grant and Gladstone achieved each his highest elevation at about the same time.
The British Premier went into office in December, 1868, the American President in March, 1869.
The elections which gave them place occurred within a few weeks of each other.
There was even a further parallel.
Gladstone had grown into the position of a Liberal by successive conversions, while Grant, from a man without pronounced political preferences, had gradually become a decided Republican.
The new Government in England looked to the new people in America as likely to become allies.
Sumner was known personally to the prominent members of the Liberal party, and Motley from his literary reputation was welcome to the cultivated classes.
There was, it is true, a shade of distrust because of Sumner's speech delivered only a month before Motley's appointment; still the reception of the new Minister was more than friendly; there seemed a feeling that now was the ti
