Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-12-12

OF the party. we talk 10 our nObiilty lubt as /
we do TO other gentlemen, and they would be
disgusted with us if we did not Bishop
McIlvaine is a noble old Christian gentleman.
Calhoun was evidently Scotchman---one Of
the Colquhouns, who pronounce their name
as his is spelled
Rev. DR.. Breckenridge picture, represent
ing him in plain citizens dress, drew from him
some comments on the clergymens aturr.
He thought those who are specially set apart
as the servants Of the Great King ought TO
wear and be proud Of some kind Of livery.
DR.. Kane was a true hero Stonewall jack
son, was brave ana devoted but he could not
forgive him for fighting for slavery. JEFF.
Davis is a great man, but the lifelong. enemy
and unprovoked insulter Of England. Butler
is miserable brute with face indicating his
character. Ward Beecher he spoke of not
unkindly as q "roaring fellow" but sadly
"helter sketer' in his theology.
arose to take my departure, but Mr.. b.
said 81 wish you stay and take tea with us
| thanked him, but asked him If he did not
remember the speech Of his countrymen
/ Thomas Carlyle, tnat America had a popula-
ton of thirty millions, Principally 6ores.
"Yes, he quickly replied but he also said
the England had population Of twenty mil
lions principally fools. He was wrong in
] DONu lHStduNtbs huu WISH lOu W bNdl hhN
go up stairs with me and see my wife and
babies. You could not have called at better
time. My days work is over and you will be
favoring instead of boring me by remaining.
We passed out of the study and ascended
broad stairway to the next floor, where in
long and elegantly furnished drawing room
we found Mrs b. and their two children
"a boy of nine and q girl of seven
years. The lady is apparently thirty, Of
a medium size, good looking but not
"A beauty The boy has an abundance
Of long yellow hair, and blue eyes-the girl,
black hair and eyes-both of them bright, in
teresting and beautiful. Mr. B. presented me
as "young gentleman who lived eight hun
dred miles west Of New York His wife bow
ed politely, and said sis it possible" in tone
which made me think that perhaps she was
surprised that beads, buckskn, feathers and
paint made no part Of my costume, and that
my features were rather caucasian than abor-
iginal Two or three young ladies dropped
in to see Mrs, b, just as we came up stairs,
and while they were absorbed in the discus
sion of some Of those little matters, which the
better half of the human family find so inter
esting, and :the other half so stupid Mr.. b.
E and sat on sofa at the other end of the
room, and with our tea-eups in hand, contin-
ued the conversation which, Just then, was
concerning preachers and churches in Ameri
ca and England. He believes an established
church a great blessing. Here, said he,
we live independently OF parishioners We can
preach the hardest doctrines Of the Bible with
out fear of their turning us q drift The
union of the church and state he deemed be-
neiicent and an entirely different thing from
the mixing Of politics and religion which he
considered an abomination. He was amazed,
he said, at the reports he heard about the
clergymen in America making themselves
prominent at war meetings, praying for the
: destruction Of their enemies, and tanning the
I flames Of hate and vengeancef which never
need tanning, but rather sitting everywhere
I he day Of crusades and religious wars has
passed, he thought, and ministers of the gos
t pei oughtsrather to pray for peace, and use
q all their influence to molity and assuage abe
raging passions Of men in times of such ex-
element
at last unwiingly took my leave. Mr. B.
S went with me to the door, and as he bade me
; farewell, expressed his regret that there was
so little likelihood Of our ever meeting again,
and the kindlness he felt toward all my coun-
Il trymen.
G The picture of him which is published as a
e irontispiece TO one of his recent volumes,
gives very correct idea of him. He is not
more than five feet six inches in height but
L very stoutly built / should think him oapa.
9 Bile of fifteen or twenty miles a day on foot
: among the highlands, and of dispoqing of a
u full allowance of comestbles without suffer
c ing, in the least, from Indigestion. His head
9 is very broad, face square, eyes blue and full
, his other features strong and rugged, but not
9 at all unpleasant Although quite bald he
: can still pass for man Of forty two He was
g plainly dressed in dark tweed suit, and a
B. white choke" was the only thing in his ex-
e terror that indicated his profession. 'It won
e do to Judge book by its cover" and certain
X ly, no one would ever select him as the gentle
!, and dreamy "Country Parson."
q His study is a spacious well-lighted, elegantly
u furnished room. His desk, which appeared to be
a bountifully supplied with all those luxuries in
the stationery line which every student so high.
l. y appreciates and enjoys, stood at one end oi
4 the room, and Immediately behind his we'll
'r cushioned chair, was small library of hand
:, somely bound volumes, kept there, imagined
ot for daily study and reference. Everything
g about his residence evidenced wealth and taste,
'e and poor man would very naturally think
v thatin such circumstances it ia quite an easy
10 matter to be philosopher
ID have made this sketch thus lengthy, lirst,
n because know that every one who has read
his delightful volumes-and who has not p
re will be interested in these Details and, further
IS because he is o fair specimen of that yer,
al large class of Engshmen, who, entertaining
u only the kindest feelings toward America
al confess their Ignorance of our institutions
IS and the ideas involved in this war, and praisl
IN and blame men and things in our country
% North and South, with an imparhality Wbicl