Middletown transcript., 1868-06-27
interview with MIR. Penaleton.

The New York Herald recently sent a
correspondent to Cincinnati to have "talk"
with Mr.. Pendleton. He sent the follow
ing account of his reception and of the in
formation elected:
CINCINNATI, juno 8, 1867.
"Mr. Pendleton Z"
"That's my name, sir. Walk in. Take
seat"
The inquiry was mine. The response
was that ofMr. George H. Pcndleton, Dem
ocratic candidate for the Vice Presidency in
1864 and an aspirant for the Democratic
nomination for President at the New York
Convention next month. He was seated
at his desk and had suspended writing let
ter to answer the inquiry which I addressed
him from the threshold of his law Office, a
plainly, but substantially furnished apart
ment, about twelve by twelve in size, stu
ated in Jauncey court of law chambers on
Third street. in this city. Waving me to
the proffered seat with a genial smile which
made me feel at home with him, ON the in
slant, he wished to know what he could do
for me. The brief interval which had
elapsed to this moment was sufficient to
give me an opportunity of perceiving that
he is man of about forty-two years of age
and possessed of manner which readily ac-
counts for his personal. popularity. His
face seemed not at all srangc: it was even
familiar, though I had never seen him be-
fore. The person who makes his acquain-
tance hereafter will recognize the truth of
this observation his face is one of the kind
that haunts the mind with the impression
that it has been somewhere seen before,
though for what reason the spectator will
be at loss to conceive. In height Mr..
Pendleton is little above the medium, the
excess being unnoticeable from a very slight
tendency to em5onpoint Not that he is
stout or portly. The best description of
him would be to say that heis very hearty,
with full, robust figure. He is propor-
tionately well built, and by the ladies
would be deemed handsome man; dark
(though not black hair covers a large fine
ly formed head mustache and whiskers,
worn in the prevailing style (the latter
slightly sprinkled with gray, both inclined
to be curly, and with fineness and silk
ness indicative of elegance oftemperament,
surround a facewhich seems to perpetually
wear the winning smile above referred to.
A suit of black and dark blue completes
the picture of the candidate whom the West
is pressing so strenuously for the Democra-
tic nomination.
Despite the public notoriety which Mr..
Pendleton has achieved he is steadily and
earnestly devoted to the business Of his pro-
fession, and it is wonder how be has con-
trived to get time from his private duties
to transact the public business which has
made him so famous in the West. He re-
sides in the country outside the city Of
Cincinnati, coming in every morning to his
Office and desk, where, or in court, he Ia
bors industriously all day until the hour
for his return to his suburban home: No
doubt great deal of his success is due to
the efforts of his friends, whose number is
legion, and whom he has united to himself
by the peculiar magnetism of his character.
What he has been quick to conceive in pol
itics they have been as quick to execute in
his interest. They are bound to him by a
tie which it would seem impo ssible to sew
er. Their devotion to him is of the war;
NEST kind, and he has become their leader
without any apparent effort on his part
The details of any policy of his origination
they have delighted to carry out. The
understanding between man and party is
ofthe most harmonious kind. Igive these
particulars concerning Mr.. Pendleton be-
cause he is not known at the East, and es-
pecially as he will doubtless prove one of
the most prominent candidates in the Con-
veution of July 4. The correspondent was
unable to elicit any conversation from Mr..
Pendleton for the purpose of publication,
the latter saying that such conversations
were supremely ridiculous.