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THE MOST REFINED FEATUAE OF THE PAN-AMERICAN MIDWAY.Pigeltielm’s Great Painting of JeniM-lem on the Day of the Crucifixion— Tardy Joatice to the Memory of a Distinguished flan —A Gallant Soldi er of the Revolution Practically Forgotten—Facts of Interest to the North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati.Special Correspondence of Ibe Gold .Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 28, *01. The most artistic, and by far the most refined work of art, in the Pan-American grounds is the magnificent painting of Jerusalem on the day of the Crucifixion, by Pigelbeim, of Munich. Mrs. Governor Jennings, of Florida, and her party were so tie-lighted with this spectator! 11m that they remained during two consecutive exhibitions. The painting shows the city of Jerusalem at the right, the hill of Calvary surmounted by ihe three crosses on the center, and on the left t he hili country around Jerusalem, doited with the palatial home of Joseph of Arimathea and the villas of the Knniau centurions.The electrical effects cause n black cloud first so creep over the Holy City. This cloud is riven by zig-zag lightnings. In the distance thunder is heard. The cloud grows blacker until an intense darkness covers the scene. Out of tba darkness a pure sweet tenor voice has been accustomed to sing ‘-liosanna in the Highest. Since the death of the President this song has been changed to a well known melody, the refrain of which is, ••Thy Will he Done.” As those were the last words of the Martyred Prasideut, and as the scene on the canvas suggests the same sacred sentimeDt, the timeliness and the appropriateness of the change is apparent.l'he owners of this painting paid for it,$180,000. It is the finest thing of the kind in America. Twenty first-lass Kuropeau artists were engaged in the cauvas for three jears. To properly exhibit it, it requres the building of a circular amphitheater, which occupies more space than could be granted by the Pan-American Exposition Company. If this magnificent feature is secured for Charleston or for St. Louis, it is to be hoped that it will be situated in a quiet aud beautiful part of the grounds where it can stand alone, and where the solemn suggestions it inspires will not be dispelled by its surroundings as soon i oue leaves the orienlial columns hich support the amhilheator in hitih it is now contained. Dr. Tal-madge says, ‘-It is worth a thousand sermons.”The electrical effects add much to the entertainment. While the dark loud hangs over Jerusalem then halo of color around the head of the central figure on the cross which glows throughout the whole scene until the speaker, who is a tine elocutionist, concludes the story of Geth-seniaue and Calvary. At that moment the electrical effects vanish, J.be ceases and the clear sunlight qf an Eastern afternoon falls on the splendid painting. A field of golden sunshine llecks the mountain bordered pathway leading towards Bethany. The cloud over Bethany has a goldeu lining and the temples of David and of Mariamne. the pillared palaces of Herod stand out on the canvas as real as if one stood on a bill overlooking Jerusalem itself.Sometime ago I received a letter from Major Graham Daves, asking for information about Major Howell Tatom, the last secretary of the Society of the Cincinnati in North Carolina. Many of the facts at my command were’ traditions I had received from my mother. A few days ago I i^ceived the following fro~ \l«lot- \V C Tntnm who did irallaiMajor W. C. Tatom, who did gallant service in the Cuban War and is now editor of the American, Nashville, Tenn. Major Tatom writes me:••Briefly this is an account of the official career of your great uncle, Major Howell Tatom. Many of the facts are secured from the Alabama Historical Society, Vol. II. You can verify it in the Congressional Library at Washington. Major Howell Tatom was probably born in North Carolina. PartieuHrs of his early life were unknown. The following is a summary of his Revolutionary War service in that State: Ensign. Sept. 1, 1776:Second Lieut., Jan. 4, 1776: Lieut.. March 28, 1776; Captain. April 8, 1777: captured in battle of Charleston May 12, 178U; exchanged Jane 14, 1781. He was breveted Major. Elected Secretary North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati 1781, and is supposed to have held that office when he removed to Tennessee about 1790. Known to have held the following offices in Tennessee: Treasurer Western District (Middle Tennessee) 1794-1796: Attorney General of same; Supreme Court Judge, May 12, 1737. to Sept. 21, 1798; and afterwards (about 1807) one of the commissioners to adjust land claims between Tennei-see and North Carolina. Gardner's Dictionary, Army U. S.. (1850) gives his record in War of 1812: Principle topblt;r. engineer (Major) of Tennessee Volunteers, under General Jackson, from September, 1813 to May, 1814; and again in the defense of New Orleans, and distinguished himself in battle of 6th of January, 1815. l-ittle is known of his family. He died in 1823, as appears from a statement in Tennessee reports. An effort is being made to collect materia! for a fullwho came over with the follower* of the Earl of GranTille. His oldest son was Hon. Absalom Tatom, who was an officer in the Revolutionary War and was elected to the State Legislature while in the tield. He is buried the old cemetery at Raleigh. Over twenty years ago I visited his grave and found a very old monument erected to his memory by the Legislature of North Carolina, of which body he was a member eighteen consecutive years. Later be was a raem-bor of Congress from the Hillsboro District, of which town he was a resident. Then, there were several other graves in the pl.it, which was enclosed by a stone fence. One of these graves I knew to be that of his sister, born Rebecca Tatom, the widow of gallant Capt. Christopher Goodin, who was killed at the battle of Lutaw Springs. Last March I visited the old cemetery with Miss Eliza Pool, a grand niece of Hon. Absalom and Major Howell Tatom, and we were amazed and chagrined to find that the old granite monument with the complimentary inscription had been replaced with a new one without said inscription. All trace of tne grave of Mrs. Christopher Goodin had been entirely obliterated. The old stone wall was gone. Capt. and Mrs. Goodin left children. One daughter, I know, married Col. Benson Jones, of Virginia, an uncle of the late Bishop Thomas Atkinsou, of North Carolina. Other descendants I believe live in Petersburg, Va. Maj. Howell Tatom was the second son. A third sun, Capt. James Tatom, also made a distinguished record in the Revolutionary War aud went South or West after it closed. The eldest daughter of Howell Tatom ap Tatom married Jasper Hicks, Esq., of Granville county, N. C., the son of Capt. William Hicks, who distinguished himself in the battle of Guilford Court House.i'he official papers of the North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati are somewhere among- the private papers of the heirs of Major Howell Tatum. I learn that Col. Flonrney, of Tennessee, is a grandson or near kinsman, and is interested in preserving his name from oblivion.In tlie court records at Oxford. N.C.. are facts about the family which the North Carolina relatives ought to secure and preserve. They have made no fuss about it. but the desecration of the graves in the old Raleigh cemetery suggested to me that the Stale and their descendants ought at least to see to it that the plot in which several of them are buried is kept intact. No family in the Slate made a prouder record in the Revolutionary War, either as officers or statesmen.1 am glad to hear that Maj. Willia C. Tatom, an officer of the Spanish war, and now editor of the Nashville (Tenn.) American, is collecting data for a biographical sketch of Major Howell Tatom. He went to Tennessee because the Continental Congress voted him “for distinguished gallantry” thousands of acres of land in that State in the midst of which grant the city of Nashville stands. The career of Hon. Absalom Tatom is equally honorable and interesting. He was an original abolitionist. He owned a number of slaves whom he treated with great kindness. When he died he left his property to be divided equally amoug them. I believe his will is on tile in Hillsboro, North Carolina.I shall co-operate with Major W. C. Tatom in doing tardy justice to these distinguisned sons of North Carolina whose names are forgotton and Whose vary graves are almost lost. Any facts about them, any authentic data, especially from the oldei people around Oxford, Hillsboro or Raleigh, will b# gratefully received by Major W. C. Tatom, Nashville, Tennessee, or bv' CHARLES EDWARD LLOYD.Mr. G. A. Stillman, a merchant of Ta pico, III., writes: Feley’s Kidney Care is meeting with wonderful success. It has eured some cases here that physicians pronounced incurable. 1 myself am able to testify to its merits. My face today is a living picture of health, and Foley’s Kidney Cure has made it such.” For sale by Melville Dorsey.VAOE MECUM SPRINGS.An Ideal Health Resort Which la Fast Growing In Popularity.Rev. T. F. Marr. pastor of Centenary M. E. Church, Winston, writes as follows in the Winston Sentinel about Vade Mecum Springs, the popular health resort of Stokes county, advertised in tbiB paper:Combining all the features necessary to a first-class health resort I have found no superior to Vade Mecum Springs. The water is beyond question all that is claimed for it. The location is in the heart of the Sauratown Mountains, noted for their twenty and picturesquencss. Within easv reach of the hotel may be found Moore's Knob, Torey’s Den, the Cascades, ltockhouse and other places of interest. Then there is the Diamond Lake, covering several acres of land, thus affording ample facilities for boating. Upon this lake can be seen the pelicans and the graceful swans, making it altogether a picture of loveliness.Beautiful walks aud shady nooks abound so that one may hide away and commune with nature at will.Besides a number of cottages for persons who desire to bring their families and live at home there is amade to collect materia! biographical sketch. He helped to form the Watauga Constitution before Tennessee was a State. He then lived in what is now East Tennessee. Have more information concerning him. but not here, as my library is still in Knoxville.”The following facts are matters oi record: Major Howell Tatom was the son of Howell Tatom ap Tatom, Esq-, who owned a largo plantation near Oxford, Granville county, Nor.,“ Carolina. He was a Welsh royalistfamilies and 1 large hotel situated on a hill overlooking the spring with a capacity for accommodating about 100 persons. The grounds surrounding the - hotel are well shaded and perfectly free from dampness.The table fare is first class, both in its selection and preparation. |Its natural advantages and the enterprise of its managers will make I this in the near future one of the foremost resorts in the South.I was delighted with my stay there and have ordered the watar shipped to me while in the 8apphire country, whither I am going.God's providence is proof of His presence.
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