Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-02-13
GEN. AND MRS. MCCLELLAN
ny ". p. WILLIS.

Passing through the Hall at Willard,
last evening-(th The second story ball, ex.
tending the length Of the reception.rooms
and mirrored, columed, guided, TO serve
as the promenade. gallery of the housel-
noticed an unusual stir among the ladies'
Gentlemen were being abruptly deserted
Hoops and skirts were being propulsed in
one direction by some unseen momentum
and with very little attention TO the era,
ces. The sudden female conception seem.
ed to be, that, IN the drawing-roomC near.
est the door, there was sight to see, and
of such interest and importance as to sus.
pend all hindrance and barrier, oyerrue
all form and ceremony. What could !,
be ? At all events, with the present prom.
inence and moral pressure Of 'petticoat,"
it is best to yield TO its persuation, as il
were to the cor pulsion of masistrom-
following the current, at least, till extrica,
ton is gracefully offered--and i therefore
swan with the tide, into the presence Of
convalescent Mcclellan He had come,
with his wife, to call upon some friends
who had Just arrived; and the rush was
to see him, anyhow--if possible, to be in,
troduced to him--if possible still, to hav.
had some conversation with him on The
subject of the war 81.
And, what holocaust of beauty wa,
being led up TO the little hero Six q
the most triumphant bellies Of New York
stood waiting for their turns, at the head
Of an interminable procession and as be
tried to "do private gentlemen" and ente
into conversation with each one as she ws
resented-himself evidently wishing
apparently ignore the fact of being the o.
iect of attraction to the crowd-the strat
egy of the impatient besiegers was en-
barrassed To get his attention, it va.
necessary for the gentleman who acted By
a sudden inspiration of kindness as ''grall
chamberlain" to touch him on the Rshou
der, thereupou precipitating the lady d
ward his quiet eyes, unannounced--sequs
to be as she should succeed in convens
tionally achieving. noticed that he 7
!, ry quietly had his preferences, thous
Mrs. Mcclellan stood in particular
pretty bonnet at his elbog--his recepdu
, of one brilliant young lady, who has bee
the belle of Wizards for the last weei
being altogether the most marked sd
complimentary. -....... .rs-.
The Commanderiu-chief has. Of cour
grown thin, with his long and severe 4
3 ness. The bilious fever, too, has left hs
= sallow. But his face has intellectualiz
without weakening-rather improving, 4
deed, it struck me, in its air of natun
authority-by the change. His eye, veg
: deep-set, looks singularly cool and imps
9 turbable. a. a. he kept on bis militia
!, cloak, l could not see whether bis co
). pact proportions retained their athle
= symmetry but he walked out Of the roo
: when he presently took his leave,
the assured firmness of gait which 10
1 Gates strength, and [ rather think be
the same "wiry little customer" as he
always been described--good for 3 NJ
!, terloo, any day! a--.s#.
a Mrs. Mcclellan is altogether of the
merican type Of womanhood--slight
= nervous, frank and joyous. Her mi
!. has outrun her body, some time ago,
she Is more brilliant and ready than
has apparent strength for---like all So
: persons, having safety fund of extra
tally to fall back upon. With her spr
at the ebb, she probably appears thin
delicate but never a wife inhabited
. husbands magnetic life and presence M
! completely than she seems to do--look3
capable of the half of all his heroisn
! living, shrinking and moving, in, for, an
: part of the Mcclellan whose name
q bears. 1t is like one soul inhabiting r
bodies! And this romantic sympas
. and devotion is the more interestin.
~ their friends, as it was understood to b
;. been very difficult winning of a hear
). Mcclellan being ten years older than
q wife, and the lover and father haF
/ been the most devoted friends and d
v rades long before the young lady couf q
/, persuaded to join in the paternal part
4 ty. The friendship remains consa
: but the love "grows by what it feeds o.
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