The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-07-08

the matter. We are not have done night Ia
quoting Mr. Wade, aud fee that we have done him
injustice, for can quote him correctly.
You must hear and see him 10 thoroughly
dsrstand him; and II not % much what he
says Is the way he says IL that makes remarkable.
He II selfmads man, original thinker and perhaps
the best informed in public life In this
and he never had but days. schooling
yet At the age Of twenty be had read number
Of books; mastered Euclid and vas weli verssd IN
philosophy and He read the Bible through In
single winter by light or pine torches In his wood
choppng cabin. He read much and reflected on all he
read His grandfather his mothers side was minis
ter and had ANAL but well selected library and to this
he Vas indebted in his early youth FOR much valuable
Information Mr. Wade the most dincuit thing 10
solve be ever met with was algebra He was working
on farm when he commenced study ng IL; ne had no
one TO show him, and he read 1t fifty times without
understanding IT. Oftsn when following the plough he
thought hours over the mysterious sgns and letters
until they seemed a. large a. his hand He had read
them so often they were constantly before ms eyes IS
clearly ~ n they were painted upon canvass out ne
could make nothing ous OF them. Gradually he began
TO comprehend them, and he has mot forgotten the pro-
hard student, and what studies Is thoroughly mas
tered before ne lays 1t down single example will
suffice % show his application Last summer we were
with him whom he was studying CAESARS campaigns; he
had Napoeou's life OF the great general and altnough
the Senator early and 70 his spdy and con-
timed there until night he did not average more than
twenty thirty pages per day Sometimes he would
read page Two three times then all the battles
were stude and compared with other authorities
lated maps and charts consulted the notes Of the au
thor examined and compared with The commentaries,
and everything done that might give clear and COM
prshensve idea Of tho subject under investigation.
Mr. Wade ought to, and doubt does, understand
peculiar He rises at daylight; summer and winner,
and makes mp the hres the house; then he goes 10
his ONCE makes tho fire, sweeps y out, dusls on the
furniture and then goes to the stable look ae his
horses When he roinrns he wakes up the family and
then goes to his study and reads until called 70 break
fast After breakfast he takes walk Of two miles, aud
afternoon, when the mail comes In. He goes 10 the
Post Once, gets his own mail and opens and reads It,
All letters 70 be answered at laid his table
and the rest tied In bunch put into the drawer
requiring attention" He gets Gfty papers and
periodicals., and disposes OF them in thus way:-rhe
Cincinnati papers, the New York Tribune Cowes Clsve-
land Leader and the New York Edpendnt laid away
for bis reading and tho rest sent into the house
for his family TO read Any one who notices anything
they think he should marks the article parag aph
and lays the paper the table, and at night his wife
reads il 70 him. His wife, who Is great reader, and q
intelligent and accomplished lady. generally reads
one or two hours 10 HIM every night.
Mr.. Wade lie very fond OF Nasby, and all his letters
read at night. the whole family laugh With
him. for he says he don't like TO laugh alono Comical
books often reaA to him. and him immensely.
His wife, being asked for . Christmas gift bought him
Uld Mosher Goose and be greatly amused with
her TASTE that convince her he appreciated her gift
he learned every line by heart and insisted on repeating
is TO her almost daily or his periodicals. the West
minister RevieC, the Atlantic MonMy and Harper he
reads HIMSELF and the rest sont to the family to be
marked and read a. the papers.
At six O'Clock each day Mr. Wade finishes reading his
papers and goes his supper He has not eaten any
dinner for twenty years contending tnat meals
day enough for any eat and that he always
ees better when no only eats twice. The rest Of the fam
lily eat three times per day Mr. Wade cannot cat
cooked in grease and the sight OF butter almost turns
his stomach. They have often tried to deceive IN
by putting small particles Of butter 10 his vicuals,
out be usually detects the presence Q, grease. and
to his Office which he locks up dusk and JOINS
his family He rores early, seldom sitting up, even in
the summer, later than ten O'Clock. For more than
twenty years Mr. Vale has taken his daily walk OF four
miles and 1t Is this habit enables MIN walk
much when in Washington. He always visits the de-
par mcns on FOOT and manys the poor fellow VINO had
business with him that has been wearied ather OF
sweat and had she life half dragged out Of him BY being
trotted the hot streets OF Washington and
the departments, the Senator utterly refusing ride,
and not seeming to mind the walking or hot sun.
Ths Senator is not rich man, but has acompetence,
which ne made by hard toll ut his profession and bv
saving each year part Of his salary. His income Of
seven or eight thousand sess l. az no wants. as =
friends, OF whom he fond and always has some
Of them around him.
Mr. Wade was born at Feeding Hills Mass, in 1900,
and therefore, years OF agc put he is so
hale hearty active that he does not look day
nfy He has NOT gray hair In his mead, his mind Is
clear and retentive than 1t evcr was and he
ssl rifle with anest any man In the State. He
frequently gosa hunting and sning and 10 very fond OF
the society Of The impression has prevailed
that he coarse, igraincd hard-hoarted msn, but
never there greater mistake In the world When
in debate he harsh and unmercfu to his opponent
bot when OF duty" there was GENIAL com.
panionabc agreeable man than Ben Wade He "a, IN
every OF the word an honest man. and despses
coward or trickster When enragod, he will swear
furiousy but 10 always ready to apologize repair
any wrong he may unint entionally do He Is a
strictly temperate man. and has never been known In
his whole lifc to under influence Of liquor He
has been at Washington for seventeen years,
and years State senator, and several
State Judge His answering honesty and great talents
have made him leader OF his party in the national
CAPITOL and last winter he chosen President of the
Senate aud acting Vice President OF the United States
la the event Of the death OF President John
son, Mr. Wade would succeed him in office His well
known ability and long experience IN public Affairs have
qualified him to oil any position, and he has hosts o
friends all the Union. siany think he will be
nominated for tho Presidency in 1858 and IL he Ia I'D
wn make strong and we snail him vote
with pleasure; for really know OF who would
make bet er President Than simple hearted, stout
minded genial and honest old Ben Wade 5. II r.