The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-11-18

beyond ,dfty. say, LOT hu lupIesSlon'
fifty-fonr. His hair is gray: he dresses
plainly; he has n very impulslve man
ner, accompanied with a look almost of
fanaticl5m out of large. nghtish gray
ewes. He wears no beard; the express
sion of his face in repose Is rendered
almost untranslatable by his intense
industry, which, being of nervous
sort, keeps him screwed up to head
long gait, all the while. He never list
ems 20 hear his own brother speak more
than few minutes, being brimfuH of
things to do and say, md the lines
across his forehead deepen and thtcken
as he scratches away with pen, tears
the wrappers of newspapers, whistles
for q page, leans over backward to talk
quick and nervously, jumps up to OBJ
ject or inteIject remarks, and now and
then he stops when at work to blow of
like a steam engine, with his hands be-
hind his head, clasped. Directly he is
up yonder in the Diplomatic Gallery,
talking to a lady; again downin Down.
ing's restaurant, taking provender. A
horse and buggy c0mss with him TO
Congress every day; his house Is up
near General Grants, and close by ST.
Aloysius' Church, in the new suburban
part OF the city, and there he lives with
his family and his rich brother, Cad
RalIader Washburnei the General, of
WISCONSIN,.
General Washburne is also gray and
fully up TO the water-mark of fifty. he
Is heavier grnYer, more composed,
and less jerky man than E. B. Wash
buTne. There are New England lines
In his face, aud also some German
marks. He has been a successful bust.
ness man, is a man of force, Rdmires
his brother, but does not always agree
with him, and yet has many of the
same stubborn, persistent, positive
characteristics.
Z. d. Nashburne Ia an independent
man, but not a very rich one, CAdwal-
lader having the longest purse. The
former went West while Still a young
man, and met at Galena a young girl Of
French .extraction-cIeoie, believe, is
the wbrd,-the exceedingly piqudnE,
pretty and petite daughter OF former
cnief engineer of the United States
Navy General -, the name escapes
me. a-t
She had been tenderly reared and
educated, and has been, all along, the
social equal of his career, as indeed she
Is equal to any rank TO which she may
Hsced. They have had six children,
and one OF Them Is at West Point, in
the same class with Grants son, the
two young Galenaites being as thick as
the two old ones. Mrs. Washburne is
now in Washington City, temporarily
sick. When General Grant came here,
the other day he and his family madla
the earliest call upon Mrs. WRshbufne.
General Grant has presented Mr..
| Washburne with a fine horse, oraFather
allowed him to use IL for ninety.nine
years, on condition of treating It like
an Arab-the Arabs, as yon know, be.
! ing kinder to theirhorse than to their
wives-and the General and Mr., Wash
burne o1tell go riding together, behind
pair0t (3Fant's, horses, once. going as
far aR Baltimore, which is n days DIVE.
IL q -
for all the bestNew EnglADdtFagts, He
does not drink drop of liquor, be
never smokes. He has an Afleciion of
the kidneys, which sometimes gives
him exceeding pain, and, is probably
the cause OF some OF his testy exhibit
tons of temper.
do not mention the last ma a Nav
His love of his blrth-place, and his
honor of his father and mother, are
unostentatious and profound. he
and all the boys go home TO Liver.
more, in Maine, every year, sacredIy
10 see the old gentleman, whose hair Is
white as snow, but who looks like the
father of generations to be. His Is a
hns face, well featured, with each fac
utty expressing its aeuteness in the Dig
nihed totality. The old gentleman has
been photographed, with his remark
able brood OF boys around him--a.xeR-
ular cid Prtam In tho midst Of his
household OF Troians. @
or these boys, the Ex-Goxernor, OF
Maine has been said to be the ablest;
the young ones are coming along Wig
orously. They love and strengthen
each other u p, though each is intlepen.
dent as wood.sawer.
Ifany man thinks It is bad quality
to hold on TO his family and help them
along, he Is entitled 10 take that opin.
ion into.a corner and chew at 1t,
These boys got little or no start from
home. except prayers and good advice,
and Judging by the old gentleman's
picture, "ex peoW he switched them
oftet in the bud, for they, probably,
wanted their own way frequently.
They have paid him back by building
him strong, roomy, comfortable
mansion for his old age, wherein every
boy has room reserved for himself,
and loft,fixed up for the children in
common.
1 never climbed up there to count the
children: II any man wants an Office,
and thinks can help him get 10 by ma
king the count. I will havo the roll of
the children called.
Ellhn WashbuTne Is the oldest con-
ttnuous member of Congress. III / am
not mistaken He is sent back here by
a wise constituency every year, though
dare say he has enemies up there In
most scholarly Congressman, he Is an
ucated, independent, and scrupu.
lously honest man, Watchdog in
deed, over the public money, and a man
oil moral courage, used to saying nnOu
with two o'Sto %.
II you want TO learn to pronounce
mo" with two O'S, Cume here faffer the
adjournment and hear Hun say them,
He is opposed 10 giving any more
land to the Pacific Railways, believing
them 10 be corrupt from scalp to bow
els. He is opposed to giving away land
any way, and money more, exeept ON
the homestead principle. he is per-
Ieolly reckless OF the effect of any,
economy upon the fortunes of his
-partys and would have seen Gen, Grant
defeated without remorse rather Than
70 nave voted Tor any popular 'corfup.
uon. He has not one friend in this CITY
amongst the spectators, rinS-makers
s a6a plsSe'seeksrs, and these constitute
tue oulk OF the town, An of these
would be so glad to see him on s1Ss .
k Inal theS would labor with the corrupt
oepators TO get him Confirmed for-oT,v
executive appointment.
!, IheEe are several corrupt Senators
WGshburne voted against hnvt.,,.
Alaska, which you and / favored IN,
even that opposition to empire led IN
some advantageous inquiry about the
country.
The terrible episode OF the Donnelly
controversy was directed manifestly
toward disturbing the relations between
Grant and Wash6uFne, but Grant
seSmed to be no village old woman,
and the smell.of the affair drove away
everybody so far that they have never
found out what the cause was, though
they are aware OF the matter.
Al the enemies OF Grant. an honest