, 1870-05-05

a.uked northva1d and southwald Her
steamship lines must put to sea By Hampton
Roads, and to the same polnt ~ ,netasapiy ~ So
Tille. Norfolk or it's neighbo1hood Seems dos
tined to outst1ip Baltimore. as Baltlno1e has
aIresdy passed Philade1phis in commercial
hopef11ness- In vain do they dig snd oeepen
IN the incoustAut channel OF the Pa.apaGho 4h.i
At ita mouth is reliable. Within ten
yearB, If the country prosPers, mere
win be such speculation in lots aud water
fronts around the foot Of the Chesapeake tnas
Ve sha1l think We are reading Leaf out OF the
early period Of Chicago. =. ..a 10 tha
true point for the attention Of EasteD csy
huilders, for Chicago and New York have fixed
the subject OF the centres Of the great North
ern grain elipse for all time 70 come Inc
Chesapeake and its rivers stand for three nun
dred miles across tho way between the South
and New York, and TO the mouth Of tho Chesa,
peake all railroad bulk in cottons, sugars, aud
Southern staples VIII graVitate. GATH
THE following is the article published in
the Cincinnati Commercial on Sunday last,
which has led to the elimination Of the little
unpleaaantness between Mr. Halstead, Of that
paper, and A1r. Waah Mclean, Of the En-
quiTsr:l
FETRQAdl4 5AC9EA "a IL %EAONAAA<0s&
Citzzcus
It is nearlv twenty years siDce tho writer
first saw that formidable person, Washington
Mclean. Ho IVES then, as now, celebrity,
distinguished az manipulator OF men and :
MANAGER Of political parties- first saw him in
a convention held in Greenwood Hall, think
Perhaps it is hardly worth while to mention
that tie convention was Democratic. s*Waah.."
~ be uas called by everybody Hho didn't anec-
tipnately term him the "Big hjun, was at the
bead OF adelogatiou. and. though he never left
his sest, he Was the controlling spirit IN the
convention The local politicians would trot
up to him, receive whispered instructions. and
depart, Like pieces Of machinery. he touched
the wires, and the puppets played. Among
the notable faces present we're those OIL Jesse
Timanus and old Joe Cooper, who we're OF the
giants Of those days. Wash, remember, was
through his linen coat, until there WIS, on the
back Of it, Remarkable resemblance to tho
man OF Africa. He was then in the full yigor
Of Inanhnod, and hia shock OF fine auburn hair
glistened like tho glossy coat Of 3 well-groomed
eorTel horse.
: Tho next occasion upon which I saw the gen
t1ouan was in Court street markot-pl1co, when
tho Democracy lad one Of their old-fashloned
grand rallies: There waa an immense @ , crow, =.
End Ia M srden bpPtns unae9 nS9
tense excitement, called somebody 4 liar and q
scoundrel, It is one Of the old habits Of Mr.:
washington McLean to get up III explosion Of
TINT sort. The probability is that he regards
the ceremony as somewhat impressive The
Cou1t-st1eet performance, 7 recollect, waa not
eongidered 4 SUCCESS At the time tho general
remark in the crowd WAS that it was the only
speech Wash. had ever made: There were
personB, however, who declared that Il ne were
only good stump speaker he would be the
greatest nnn in the world
GeoEge Ppgh wa6 tho boasted orator OF
thlt day, but tho local politicians declared he
was not az smart as Wash McLean-only
Wash. couldn't say anything to..a crowd. Still,
Wzsh., smart as he was recognized to pc. WAS
thought to manage affairs too fine, and While
he had tho general reputation Of sticking Won
derfullY to his friends, there wero ainister
rumors Of treacherous conduct
NY first personal contact with Mr. Washing
ton Mclean was about seventeen years ago.
In the absence Of Mr. Potter, bad written
and published a paragraph in the Commercial
that related to WISH. On the day Of its aP,
pearauce he visited tho editorial rooms, and
In . very few minutes had wrought conviction,
and produced repentance. was entirely per-
guaded that ! had done the best friend my en-
p1oyer had upon earth an injury, and that l
had offended the most excellent Of men, The
most ample explanation and apology was
mnde at once.
It may be proper to indulge in the observa-
tion that was Child Of % ycsrs Of age, just
recovering from severe attack Of romance
on the brain, the symptoms Of the disorder
having been number Of stories OF frontier
and the maszacre Of ptuWling red men were, I
fear, rather indiscriminate for the most artistic
effect, may add that II had known as much
when writing the ample apology as did few
days aiterward, that literary effort would never
have seen the light t-as it turned out that it
was not tho offending paragraph, but the CO.
pious apology, that WIS dispicasing to my en-
ployer; ,az...;ou ~ ,o;no
man who ueyor had held an Office, and also OF
being clever fellow. And he vas A. clever M iel- -
moro editors nnd reporters than any other ma4
Who ever lived in this city. In tho period
oi which I speaL-ftom fftoen to seven-
teen years ago-h reporter. no matter tt ,o1 On
lars until next week" from anybody else, he
| could always get bill Of that. denomination
from Wash. Mclean. Reporters are not; as
rule. at this day, capitalists, but they are not
so impecunions as they were fifteen yea1a ago,
and, At least, neversl Of them borrowed ten
dollars Of Wash. repeatedly, as
| Cough ssvs in his joke about tho clock repeat
edly striking one-and never paid him bsck,
| vel twete always received graciouHlJ, and got
| the money as If they conferred favor.
leading editor Was, OF course, worth larger
| ann. and Wasb has in his day and generation,
haa several Of, them in his breeches' pocket:
| When he pocketed an editor OF reporter, Of
course. hc took an interest in The press, and
there was blossorniag OF paragraphs anu pa.
| leaders in due season. and upon TT md p1ont-
] able occasions.
ali others, but ha knew better than to run after
+ Linn With his pocket-book in his hand. Reed
t Has not . minuoH to he caught with ten-dol-
lar red-bacEed note on the State Bank OF Ohio,
| but big ibh that needed to be seined with i
| net most subtly woven. But Us long as Wash.
Il f.,.n n1u hn 1v ~1rfthf
| There Ias coincidence IN the appearance oi
| Reeds most scatbing articles about Mclean
Immediately after their most aIniahle inter
| views.
Evidently Waeh. was for many years of the
| opinion tl,at if he could add Reeds brains to
bination would bo inviucible; but, II We may
| forget tho figure Of the fish used in the last
paragraph, he never could be sure that Heed
would not turn upon and rond him-Which, in
deed, at last ho did in the most terrible. man
ner-
held in Cincinnati, was..dear old Mr.. Greeley
| taking a walk on Fourth street with Washing
ton McLetn, wearing his blandest and moat
benignant smile, and pecring through. his
glasses with all NJ: Iick~icks gentleness and
p1ecous 1amb and Being quite iamo @ at the
time, hn kop. time with Mr.: Greeley's walk,
| very much as the two brass bands on the CON
crete harmonize Of pleasant evening.
Mr. Greeley always inquiries for his friend
Wasl,-. - who is, a. he says; friendly per:
man he will be his friend, through thick and
thin, as long as the capacity for usefulness
lasts.
Notwithstanding my ample and speedy
apology for my first offence agaiust the hero
OF my tale, something happened that disturbed
| our re1ations. Perhaps it was a paragraph IL
l ~ frrf bava haay1
| Of them within my recollection md for some
| wears We favored each other with the st1icteat
slence-a total failure On the part Of each to
reco1lect the other.
But one night the Enquirer Office, along with
Pixies Opera House, was % o. %nre' ana as u ~aa ~
Enquirer was not popular. do not believe the
majority Of tho spectators were as sympathet1a
| about the destruction Of the Enquirer building
as they should have. been. A newspaper man,
however, even when strictly loyal. does not ike
to see q printing house on fire, though it may
have the rebel havor- saw Mclean in the
! crowd. and approaching him, stated that there
I was ANYTHING in the Commercial oftcc that
would be OF assistance to the proprieto1s Of the
| Enquirer, whiIo they we're disabled, we would
fnrnisl Il with sincere satisfaction Wash made
| most generous acknowledgment Of this pEopo-
gitiou. though it happened he did not avail him
self Of it, and for period the unpleasantncsa
passed away
| Our celebrated c1tlzeu has. however, uo 1onu-
ness for friends who will not make themselves
usciul. He said, in recent doutle-leaied ar
t,clo in the Enquirer, which he faneled vas the
most chiya1rous production OF modern times,
that be could have purchased the silence Of
| the writer Of this sketch He did seek my
silence once, hut it was about the seizure OF a
tobacco house in which he held one OF his mys-
teIious intereeta. The employment that be
| had to propose for rs Nns to be silent as 70
tho seizure, Finding that he could not 9ileuce
The Commercial in that Ray, coolneas can1e
between us We offered to help him when
bis printing house was on FIRE, but refused to