Gov. Ashley's Lecture

Gor. Ashley's lecture bef ore the Unüy Club, Monday eveningr, was greatly enjoyed by the lar ge audience who heard it. It had evidently been preparod with great care, and it was delivered with remarkable power and vigor, when we consider the age of the Governor - 72 years, and the fact that he is fromalong and severe illness. It presented a vivid picture of the great events of the war. It seemed to bring Liincoln back to earth and show him, a living figure, before the audience. Gov. Ashley just saw and heard Lincoln at Alton in his closing debate with Douglas. Prom that time on to Linooln's death they were friends. Few men now living were brought so close to Lincoln, or are able from personal knowledge to give so true and graphic a pioture of his unique and incomparable character. As a result the Governor's audience Monday night was held spellbound from the beginning to the close of the lecture. It was a splendid effort- by common consent, one of the most interesting and eloquent ever heard in Ann Arbor. After hearing this lecture the character of the great President seems more colossal and grand than ever, and all other Amerioans are being lost in its shadow. The fame, even of Washington, begins to grow dim beside that of the martyred President.