The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-11-20

uAy and attention There are eightynlne men here COM
mtted charge of murder In the first degree for their
participation in the Hickory Point fight which resulted In
the death OF Mr. Newhal presume these trials will
eupy several weeks
Gov Geary leaves this morning on tour of inspection
TO the lower portion Of the Territory and will be absent
for several days There occasional complaints from
That quarter and the governor determined to investigate
hemln person and bring the offenders to speedy justice
THOMAS JEFFERSON AS DESCRIBED BY DANIEL
WEBSTER.
In 1924 Mr.. Webster visited Thomas Jefferson at his
home in Virginia At that time Mr. w kept diary, from
which the following is extracted
Mr. Jefferson is now between eghty-one and eighty
above six feet high of ample long frame rather thin
and spare His head which peculiar in its shape ia
set rather forward his shoulders and his neck being
long, there is when he is walking eonversing habit
ua protrusion OF it. Ii Is still well covered with hair,
which, having been red and turning gray Of
an indistinct sandy color.
His eyes small very light and now neither brilliant
nor striking His chin is rather long, but not pointed
His nose small regular in its outline and the nostrils
little elevated His mouth is well formed, and still filled
with teeth 1t is strongly compressed, bearing express
son OF conentment and beneyolence His complexion,
formerly light and eckled bears the marks of age
and cutaneous affection. His limbs uneommonly long
his hands and feet very large and his wrists of extra
ordinary size His walk is not precise and military, but
easy and swinging He stoops little, not SO much from
age as from natural formation When sitting he appears
short partly from rather Longing habit of sitting and
partly from the disproportonate length of his limbs
His dress when in the house is gray surtout coat kerr
seymere stuff waistcoat with under faced with
same material of dngy red. His pantaoons are very
long and loose and of the color his coat His
stockings are woolen either white gray and his shoes
OF the kind that bear his His whole dress is very
much neglected, but not soveny. He wears a common
round hat His Dress when on horseback, is gray
STRAIGHTFORWARD coat and spencer of the same material
both fastened with large pearl buttons When first
him he was riding and in addition TO the above articles of
apparel round his throat knit white wooen tippe
in the place of eraya and black velvet CATERS under his
His iylf
binary degree of health vvacity and spirit His sight is
still good for he needs glasses only in the evening His
hearing generally good but number of voices In ami
mated conversation confuse 1t.
Mr.. Jefferson rises in the morning he see
the hands of his clock which directly opposite his bed
and examines his thermometer Immediately, he keeps
regular meteorological diary. He employs himself chiefly
in writing till breakfast which is at nine From that time
till dinner he is in his library, excepting that in fair
weather he rides on horseback from seven to fourteen miles
Dimes at four returns to the drawingroom at six when
coffee is brought In and passes the evening till nine in
versaon. His habit OF retiring at that hour is strong
that has become essential his health and comfort His
diet is simple but he restrained only by his taste
His breakfast is tea and coffee bread always fresh from the
oven of which he does not afraid with sometimes
slight accompaniment of cold meat He enjoys his din
ner we'll taking with his meaa large proportion of vegeta
bes He has strong preference for the wines of the Con-
nent of which he has many sorts of excellent quality
having been than commonly successful in his mode
of importing and preserving them Among others found
the following, which very in this country and
apparently not at all injured by transportation LEdnau
MuscaI Shmlan ana Blanchette de Limoux. Dinner ls
served in half Virginan half French STYLE in good
and abundance No wine is put on the taale till the cloth
is removed.
In conversation Mr. Jefferson is easy ana natural and APP
parenty not ambitious; it is not loud challenging gen.
era attention. but usually addressed to the person
him. The topics when not selected to suit the character
and feelings of his auditor those subjects with which
his mind seems particularly occupied aud these at present
may be said to be science and letters and especially the
University of Virginia. which is coming into existence al
most entirely from his exertions and will rise it is be
hoped to usefulness and credit under his continued
When with him bis favorte subjects were Greek
and AngoSaxon, historical recolections of the times and
events of the revolution and of his residence in France
from 1884 to 1885,