The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-11-20

A London lCttor OF the Ath, amongst
many interesting bits of gossip, has the
following: A little gossip about him
whom the Turks and Bedoulns had
heard Of as Palmerston Pasha; whom
NienernIch, as he fed from Vienna,
called "that devil Palmerston; ~ whom
tho Germans In a popular dlstich COM
plimented ms !'the DEVILS sons" and TO
whom, but week before last, the Pgo.
ple of England looked up 10 with al
together exceptional trust and favor.
All through his long life his nationality
WRE a subject Of dispute, though the
Pdgrape, that "British Bible" as Thack-
ery called II, had him "Born at Romsey,
HHn8"-hnd correctly. But he. was
willing enough TO accept the popularity
nccruing 10 him either Rs an Irish or an
ED0llshmnn-unlike tho Duke Of Well
lington who repudiAted his lIlbornlc-
iSm-L,ortl PAlmerstOn, however, was q
Nllesian by four generations OF Anglo
Irish descOrlt, and by IIIs,mOther'a side.
.AE Miss Nice, or Meehnn (her fHther,
a well.tO.do Dublin hntter, dropped the
lnttOf syllable In accordance with the
AnElO-mnniA Of the shop keepers OF
the Irish capital, past and presently she
won tho heart Of tho papa OF the lately
deceased Lord; hence Pam. he wils,
therefore, n Crosh between tho Celt ana
and Saxon, also between the aflstocrnt-
10 and trading class. OF blrcly mid
ding aIao, but splendid muscular de-
VelOpnsnt, Tho measured 40 Inches
round. the chest up to very late period
or his life, md In his youthful days had
II waist like a lady. He was 0nCc ono
OF the best dancers In England ana The
ihtroluGer of the waltz lt Almacks'
He rode we'll, like most BritOnE, but
not very boldly, and proferred Rotten
Row to the hunting field.
A generous, but not great eater, he
liked Whnt wns good, combining his III
'dnlgonCC TO fruit, Of which hO WINS cx'
trOInGIy fond. or lht0 yGRrS ho drank
only one glhSs Of sherry Mt dinner, hui
he Ind certainly earned his invelGrate
gOut In the days Of the Regency. Prob
Iibly lIU had been II guy liver then, bul
hnd pulled up short whom tho love Ol
pleasure began 10 give place 10 that Ol
inhibition, nnh thus secure his lOngCvl'
W. lIO mover smoked, md, like many
0f the old school Of EngliShmcn llated
tho smell OF tobacco. H0 always, III
Emerson says, put n solid bar OF slOOl
between each dny, lot him retire noVGl
10 lute. IenUvDr fought n duOl thOugl
ho lived IN ilrC.enting times, when mos
of his contemporaries had boon "0np
--h0 never was good hAlOr, but rRtho
remarkable for h0wnrmth OF Ills friend
shIps until Ills old RgO, when, following
Dr. Johnson's advice, ho sought Il
gather nlhG boys" about Him, and sue
cGeded. Dr. Cumming has tried I,
represent him M II model Christian
mnlnly because hO wAS very civil 10 III
reverend doctor, went 70 le0r hlll
preach, ind COmplimOnt0d him on.ht
sermon, but tho general conviction
TINT, Ike grandfather GlllenOtmnnd,. y
lind very little belief In God. IL
TChniIcdN original sin, dOOlRrCd TINT q
babies wOrO born good anu advised
uuritnnlc commission Of "mlSorhbl
alnnCrsn who wanted day nominate
for iaslIng and prnyOr TO doy0tO thc
energies 10 draining and other Hnnitilr
measures - thus practically Rloptln
tl,p latter hnlf Of Cr0mW0llE MihOI
axiom, whntOyer hO mny have thonRI
! OF tho inst. ''"