Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-05-28

young to beautiful girl, who lived bnt a
short time after her MARI ge. lie n,vsr
seemed to recover, IN any degree, from the
shock Of her death. Ga the contrary, the
pain of the separation seemed constantly to
deepen and grow more poignant in his heart
The last time we met him was In Washing.
tan, only a short time before bis death. In
the course Of brief conversation he sail I;
" have just parted with the most beautiful
woman IN America; 6d my heart Is buried
in my loife'S grdUe, and Iedh 70 die"
Soon afterward he shut himself up in n
room, and deliberately drank whiskey until
it killed him.
At the beginning OF the time of which we
speak, another inmate Of the White House
was Preston krg. How jolly he looked AM
fel,-and how his hearty laugh shook his
great, heavy sides King, though m Id
hammered man, and lawyer by education,
had been an athlete aud a fighter in his
young days, and was always a bit Of dandy,
weighing, we should say, upwatd Of All
eighth of tun. He used to receive at the
White House, arrayed in white pants and
vest, aud wearing something like the old.
fashioned pump shoes, highly polished
as Prosper NJ. WetmOie used to wear when
he called on Secretary Of State Marcy.
AS we have said, Mr.. Kirg felt very Jolly
now. He was the Presidents other self,
and had things his own way. He considered
that he had been snubbed and badly treated
by the Seward men, in the election of Nor
gan to supersede him, whrn he had served
only one term 10 the Senate; but now he
was greater than Seward, for was he not
almost as good as President, while Seward
was Only Secretary Of Statei
Alas that very elevation TO power was
rT.,lu a.
death. His inAucnce-his ascenleucy at
the White House was felt to be altogether
too great by the jealous and envious polti.
clans with whose purp ses it interfcred.
They cunniDgly contrived to Danish him to
honorable exile, bv making him Collector Of
the Port of New York, an Office for which
he had neither taste nor adaptation. Its
perplexing, complicated, and harassing du-
ticS-and, we have always thought, the
discovery of the the trick which had been
practiced upon him-pteyed upon his mind
until his reason tottercd aud yielded. With
the cunning of determined mailman, he
stole away from tie friendly keeper who
undertook to watch him; aud having pur-
chased a large bag Of shot, he tied it Sc
curelv to hit neck, then took passage on :
ferry boat, and sprang from its deck into
the North River. Several months afterward
DIS OOdy rose 10 lne huIltces anu uOdNcu
ashore, where 1t was discovered and recog-
nized; and it was taken TO his home at
Ogdensburg, and buried.
The good old man who was steward al
the White House then, and whose face wa:
so familiar to so mauy-he, too, is dead
He was followed to bis grave by sincere
mourners, among whom were the President
and his family.
When we recall all these, and we think
Of Old Abe, and of his darling little son
Willie, who yielded up his young spirit in
that house-and We see the great crowd
surging in and out OF the grand receptions
Of the new powers that be-we pause for g
moment to wonder whether the living who
are there to-day ever think Of those who
were there 10 all the power and pride o
state so short time ago, and who may nov
| he fitting as unsubstautial shadows among
| them