1 68 Four-in-Hand in Britain. 



steadily. We saw similar houses in most of the towns 

 we passed, and wished them God-speed. 



A chairman of a company like this has it in his power 

 to do more good for the masses, who are the people of 

 England, than if he occupied his time as member of 

 Parliament ; but the English exalt politics unduly and 

 waste the lives of their best men disputing over prob- 

 lems which the more advanced Republicans have settled 

 long ago and cleared out of their way. They will learn 

 better by and by. We must not be impatient. They 

 are a slow race and prone to makeshifts politically. 



A delegation of the Charioteers passed a happy day 

 visiting one of the celebrated homes of England, Bilton 

 Grange, near Rugby, the residence of Mr. John Lan- 

 caster, whom Americans will remember as the owner 

 of the yacht " Deerhound," who rescued Commander 

 Semmes, when the " Kearsarge " swept the infamous 

 "Alabama" from the seas. Mr. Lancaster showed us the 

 pistols presented to him by the Confederate Officer as 

 token of gratitude. This seems like ancient history 

 already, so rapidly has the Rebellion and all thoughts 

 thereof faded away. Jefferson Davis goes to and fro 

 exciting no remark, arousing some pity. Had he been 

 invested with the crown of martyrdom, how different 

 would be the feeling of his people to-day! It is with 

 Davis as with the deserter of whom Hon. Daniel J. Mor- 

 rell tells: He took the mother of the runaway to see 

 President Lincoln, in Washington, to plead for the life 



