Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-09-25
Edward Bates and the President---An I'm.
pressive Scene,

One OF the most interesting events connected
with the stay of the President in St. Louis was
the occasion of his visit to the venerable ex-At-
torney-General of the United States, Hon. Ed
ward Bates. The st. Louis Republican says:
1t is known to most of our citizens that the
health Of Mr.. Bates is very precarious He is
suffering from disease of the lungs that is Ii
able to produce death at almost any hour. On
Sunday, at one O'Clock, according to previous
arrangement, Captain James B. Eads called at
the Linden Hotel for the President, Secretary
Seward, and Secretary Welles, and with them
proceeded to the house of Mr.. Bates. The lat
ter seemed much affected ON seeing his distin-
guished associates, and thanked them most
teelingly for their visit to one who he said, was
a dying man. He spoke, however, with the
greatest cheerfulness ofhis expected dissolution.
Having lived three score years and thirteen, he
| had had three more years than he was entitled
| to- His remarks to Mr. Seward were exceed
| ingly touching. He had never expected to see
him alive again, and this was just SO much clear
| gain for him.
Mr.. Welles he addressed as one who was
near to him by ties of friendship and mutual
| trial, beyond what he could express. Hespoke
| to the President as one who had greater
weight of cares and responsibilities than any
| fifteen men in the nation, and thanked God for
| believing that he was one Of the most worthy
that could have been selected to perform his OBJ
| legations to the whole country. es-
| The President at parting assured Mr.. Bates
| that his last interview with him in Washington
| was fresh in his memory, as each word OF good
advice and encouragement he had then given
| him, and that he could not express the pleasure
it gave of having it in his power now to do him.
! self the honor of calling to see him.
TIL, ,>o,+;,,or % M Potac o,,d Mr. Snwa rd
was exceedingly touching, but the kind words
of each cannot be recalled. The. eyes of both
were moistened, and the deep feelings with
which all four of these great statesmen were
affected will long be remembered by those who
witnessed their farewell visit to the revered and
| honored patriot of Missouri
Printing Office visitors, though always welcom-
ed would do well to remember that hours devoted
to conversation with the compositors is usually
an expensive luxury to the proprietors. Its ut
terly impossible for type settlers to set up mat
teri correctly while talking or hearing anything
not put down in copy The time occupied
in correcting dirty proof" costs the proprietors
just as much money per hour as any other work,
beside being attended with more or less injury
| to the very expensive article Of type. 1t is a
loss of time and money perhaps not thought OF,
when printers undertake to entertain company
during working hours in the composing room.
We got our sbroten up in an Office where the
proprietor did the talking and the printer the
work The printers understood that everything
not connected with the printing business had
to be attended to observation-disclosures we respec t
the old rule-business first, pleasure afterward.