The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-06-21
WJGFALL PAINTED TO THE LIFE

WIGFALL PAINTED TO THE LIFE.
Asa Trenchard, the piquant sketchy
OF the Philadelphia Press,
draws the following portrait of Senator
WigfaA, who with jeff. Davis and Iombs,
has Just taken up his quarters at Rich
n ond:
Wigfall is in every way notable and
noteworthy person. He is a little, squat
ty man, with hair all over his face. You
have seen plump English bull pup halt
grown. When such pup growls you
may easily imagine the noble Wigfall,
"ful of sound and fury" l will not add
'signifying nothing" Wigfa'l is full oi
meaning, int xplicable meaning, to judge
by the very small portion which has es-
capped Linn He belongs to that myste-
rous, crusading blood, which bells with
in SO ferc, ~, that nothing but froth ever
cemes out Mavbe you are not aware
that he shot Brooks (Mr Summers as
sailant) in duel some twenty years a.
90. And thus far he has his claims TO
regard, He is moreover a man OF rare
accomplishments, is efficie Mt as a cham
pion against the desperate tiger ssot King
Faro. and can drink himself blind drunk
as oui.kly as any man. Moreover, Wig
fall is an expert broad swordsman.
keen pistol shot, and terrible swearer!
Ah, but you should hear him swear
Such a variety of oaths--oaths sentl'
mental, oaths referential, oaths commcr
and oaths proper, oaths, in short, mas
culine femanine and neuter, of all sizes
shapes, and for every emergency, rea
or imaginary. You straigbt~faced Qua
krrs can't altogether appreciate the full
force, effect, service, prestige of a full
round, unvarnished oath. With the
chivalry it is a staple commodity of mos
.xcell,pt quality. With our ancient
cavalry, you remen ber, it was weapon
of wonderful powers. 1t has not degen
Grated. From "by my haldom!' te
"domn your eyes!' the expletive has
gated strength, versatility, melody o
rythm, music of diction, and force o
character. Wigfall could illustrate the
ntre science, phi!osophically treated
if he chose, with exampl,s calculations
and limitations.
Wigfall, believe me is no coward
He is what might be FLY denominated 1
poe,ical bully. Last fail, out in Texas
he got into dreadful row with A.
a friend of his. Straightway he sent
note to-wit:
/ "Compliments of Wigfall to A, an
d esires to know if he will accompan
him out of tb be limits of the State
TO which A. replies instsnter-
CAS- com pliments to Wigfall, beg
to assure him that be (Wigfall) is to
id coward TO fulfill any such engage
ment. if entered into
Several days elapse. A. hears notl
ing Of Wigfall. At length one rainy a
It ternoon, as he was sitting alone i'll b
d room writing, gentle rap came upon IL
g door-a rap as soft as the tap of doy
"Come in!" The door slowly open'
and there stood Wig fall "Well, A.
said he, meekly, "the lion and the Ian
will sometimes meet, you know -
y .D--n you," retorted A, (Which IS t
IL ion and which is the lamb here?' w
~ ~ fall studied moment; heavenly SIN
mouuted his unusually rnddy countenar
m nagnanimity, amiability, and plant cs
= descension beamed out of every pimp
he paused--but for moment-and
piled:
. "Well, A, old fellow, you shall
to lion, and I'll be lamb"
Quoth A., thereupon: "Sit down,th
us aud take little of that whisky, and {
ng making jack Of yoprself.'
- On ny h9nQf, 4ree9Fdd bpt the sip
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