The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-09-29
HOW he RECEIVES VISITORS
The Tribune and its Editors.
tEron, nncEnr,l,, ,.0.,,,.. -.

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lhe counter, turn within the ope6 door
way on our left, climb q short. nsTS0u
night ofstairs and find ourselves In ,
small room ten by fifteen, furnisbei
WIN q green carpet, a bed loun1e. az
open n9ok rack. high desk, wrftips
SSsI' tntee arm chairs, a short legged
'aSIe' a1o small marble sink.
Mr. Greeley's back is towards ns
he is seated at his desk. His head ri !,
pent over his writing, and his ronnS
shoulders are quite prominent, He i,
scribbling rapidly. a ouire of foolscan
occupying the only clear SPACE on hfs
desk, Is melting rapidly beneath bis
pen; a glance at his manuscript re,
wears TWO dozen knotty figures, You
nay De sure OF leader on the Nation.
al Qept tomorrow morning, The deal;
itself is a heap of confusion. Hara h
MI. Greeley's straw hat; there is hjs
I handkerchief. In front of him Ia q
peck of newspaper clippings, NOT neat.
~ rolled up, but loosely sprawled over
the desk. AT his left a rickety pair oI
scissors catches n hurried nap, and al
nus right paste. pot and half.broken
oo4 Oh waters appear to have had. n
rough and tumble fight. An odd LOOKING
paper holder is just ready to tumble on
the floor. An old-fashione sand -boT
looking like dilapidated hour glass
ID halt-hidden under a slashed copy OF
the New York World. Mr.. Greeley
still sticks to waters and sand, instead
OF using mucilage and blotting-paper.
a small drawer, filled with postage
stamps and bright steel pens. has
erawled ont on the desk. Packages Of
folded missives are tucked In the pigeon
holes winking at US from the back of
the desk, and scores OF halfopened
letters. mixed with seedy brown en-.
Selopes. flop lazily about the table. Old
papers-the Charleston Mercury, the
New Orleans Republican and Crescent
the st. Louis Democrat and f1Iteiii.,
gereer, the Richmond Whiy and IN
qtttreT, the Rocky Mountain NePs, the
Albany Journal, the Philadelphia Post,
the Sacramento Union, the London
Times. the Portland Oregonian, the
Free Traders Journal, the Spectator.
the Augusta Chronicle, the Cincinnati
Commercial and Gazette, the Chicapo
Post and RepIbEicdsl, the London Daily
SetbS, the Hawaiian Gazette, the AtheTI-
cum, the Chicago Post, the Mobile Re
9iSteT,, the London Telegraph, the Bos-
ton Post, (Henry Wilson carried OFF the
A6uertiSer), the New York Express,
Post, Commercial, 1fGit, and twenty
other papers-lay gashed and mRngled
about his chair, the debris of liter
airy battlefield. "a clean towel
hangs on a rack TO his right. A
bound copy of The Tribune Almanac,
from 1888 TO 1868, swings from a small
chain fastened to a staple screwed in
the side Of his desk, two other bound
volumes stand on their feet in front OF
his nose, and two more OF the same
kind are fast asleep on the book rack
in tho corner. Stray numbers of the
Almanac peep from every nook. The
man who would carry off Greeley's
bound pile OF almanacs would deserve
capital punishment. The Philosopher
could better afford to lose one of his
legs than to lose his almanacs. The
room is kept scrupulously clean and
neat. A waste.paper basket squats be.
tween Mr.. Gfeeley's legs, but one half
the torn envelopes ana boshy commu-
nications hutter TO the hoor.instead of
being tossed into the basket. The table
at his side is covered with stray copy
of the New York Ledger. PdckGrd'S
Monthly and a dozen other magazines
lay thereon. Here is an iron garden
rake wrapped up in an Independent.
There hangs a pair of handouts once
worn by Old John Brown, and sent Mr..
Greeley by an enthusiastic admirer OF
both Horace and John A champagne
basket, filed with old scrap. books and
pamphlets, occupies one corner. a
dirty bust of Lincoln, half hidden in
dirty piles of Paper, struggles to be seen
on tho top of his desk. A pile of cleo.
IlOu AADlGbt AabbCA ubN wi IL
clipped from some unknown newspaper,
look as II they had half mind to jump
down on the "Old Mans" bald
head. A certificate of life mbefship
in some Tract or Abolition Society, and
maps of the World, New York and
New Jersey hang on the wall. A rare
geological specimen of quartz rock,
weighing about ten pounds, is ready to
roll down high desk to the floor on
the first alarm. Dirty pamphlets are
as plenty as cockroaches. Let us look at
his Office library. Here are $50 volumes.
First we see the five large volumes
of "The StatesmRn's Manual,n then
are the lives of Lincoln, Franklin,
Stephen a. Douglas, a. p. Dostie, Me-
moirs of Margaret Fuller. and-no,
surely, It cannot bei-the Lite OF Hor
ace Greeley Z" "McPherson's Political
Manual'' aud volume of "Mrs He
mans' Poemsn are hugging each other.
Lanman's Dictionary of Congress" is
Science" Plato's "Immortality OF the
Soul" is nip and tuck with the Trans
actions of the American Wool Associa-
tIon," Perry's "Elements OF Political
Economy" is courting Dickens "Mu-
tuaI Friend" A volume OF the
Speeches of Alexander III. Stephens is
making faces at Henry Wilson's "Anti-
odd volume of Washington Irving's
TSpanish Papers" is sandwiched be-
tween the Handbook OF Cotton Man
ufacture" and "Seaman's Progress oil
Nations" n "History of Londonderry
is studying the "1rial of Surrat."-
"Youatt on the Horsen and Helpers
"Noiodue" laugh at each other over 8
"History of the Wing Party" Three
Gospel Liturgies lay next TO half
dozen "Rsports on the Conduct of the
War; A work on "Botsnical Re
ports" kisses copy OF 1.-THE Federal
ist." "Allibore's History of Authors
is nearly smothered under pile o.
"Ceusus Reports" Volumes of Diplo
matte Correspondence, State and Con
ports, and scores of books on the Ma
tionai Debt and the Tariff, hold theii
own on various shelves. -,
Pen. ink, paper, scissors and enyel
opes are in unfailing demand. TIT
| cry, "Mr. Greeley wants writing pa
per I' creates commotion in the count
| ing room, and MIR. Greeley gets pape
quicker than a hungry fisherman coult
skin an eel. ~ 1850. = .-5L
4 : Mr., Greeley can lay Virginia worn
fences in ink faster than any. other ed
| itor in New York city. Heuses foun
\ tain pep i, a present from some friend
i He thinks a great deal OF It, but durtni
an experience OF tnree years mas lhlte'
i to learn the simple principle OF sucttoi
/ without getting. his mouth full OF Ink
and heYeneraHy uses II win an empt;
i receiver. He makes a.dash at the tnl
hottie every twenty seconds, places tn
Third finger and thumb of his left han
4 on his paper, and scratches away at hi
4 worm fence like one possessed. ii
writes marvelously fast. Frequent
i the point of his pen pricks through hi
+ sheet, for he writes heavy hand, an
a snap follows, spreading tnky spot