The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-10-14
The President. Fully informed Of the

tNPSSSn uPOh t4U otAVed lbtely II
rebellion. Time alone can determine
whether he was wrong. 1t cost him
Whatever prospects he may have had o.
the Presidency as the crowning civic
distinction Of q long and distinguished
puDIic career. He lost favor with the
party he had helped to organize and an
innate, and the Democracy were yet too
welded to their idols to think Of taking
up so advanced politician and statesman
as MIR. Seward, and making him their
candidate for President.
Worn out by tho cares Of State. en-.
Ieeblcd by wounds and the intlrmities Of
advancing age, depressed In spirits by
the loss OF those he loved most, an old
man and weary, MIR Seward retired Ia
his quiet home in Auburn never more Ia
ro'enter public lie. The welcome given
him by his old friends and neighbors, and
the Giicctlonato words spoken TO them as
inc door OF domestic quiet closed between
him and the world in whsch he had borne
30 conspicuous part, was among the
most touching spectacles ever witness.
cd. 1t was feared that his life would
not be long prolonged, for such was his
physical ieebleness and mental depression
that his best friends and physicians could
give no hopeful assurances.
Mr. Seward happily disappointed these
friendly fears. His constitution, though
Il had suffered severe blow, rallied un.
der good treatment and period OF abso.
uto rest. and, with the return of partial
health, the desire to travel revived in him,
and he set about the preparations for a
journey we believe he had long contem.
plated, with the energy and HrdOr of u
young man. He had twice visited Ell.
rope; the first time in 1888, when he
made, for that day, rapid tour through
Great Britain and part OF the Continent:
and again in 1850, when he extended his
travels to Egypt and Palestine. His
third and last journey westward around
the world by way OF the Pacific Railroad,
which had been constructed while he was
Secretary of State; his receptions In Mex.
leo, where he was hailed as almost the
savior of the Republic; in Japan, between
which and his own country he had done
so much to promote commercial, political
and social intercourse, and in all the
countries and at all the courts of Europe
which he visited, were Of such recent oc.
currence that 1t is not necessary to dwell
upon them. It 10 known that since his
return he has been engaged, with his
daughter, in arranging the abundant ma
tcrial he accumulated, for publication,
and it is hoped his life was sufficiently
prolonged 10 enable him to complete SO
interesting contribution to the literature
Of travel and adventure.
Mr.. Seward was q man of varied attain.
ments. Eminent as statesman, a lawyer
and politician, he held no mean rank as
writer and author. His orations on sub.
jeCts outside Of his profession, his educa.
tlonal addresses, his historical essays, his
letters OF travel, his biography Of Dewitt
Clinton, and his occasional speeches on
miscellaneous topics, attest the fullness Of
his mind, the ripeness Of his scholarship,
the keenness of his observation, his philO.
sophical temperament and generalizing
faculty, and tho indefatigable industry
with which he applied himself either to
private studies. professional pursuits or
public duties.
(From tho N. Y. Trlbunc.)
In 1SG9-70, Mr. Seward, in company
with party, visited California and Mexi.
CO, which he reached after leaving San
Francisco, in which city he had been re.
ceived with much public attention. Mr..
Stewards journey round the world, an ex-
traordinary achievement for man Of his
years, is the last event of his lite attract.
ing public attention. 1t is needless to say
that everywhere, and even in tho far
East, his reputation had preceded him,
and everywhere he was kindly received
and entertained. Many letters from per.
sons Of his party found their way into the
public Journals, and were read with in.
terest.
Since his return Mr.. Seward hos lived
at his home in retirement, and mostly en-.
gagged in literary pursuits. His residence
ut Auburn is spacious and elegant house,
standing in the midst Of large and wood.
ed garden which fills an entire block.
The retired statesman here dispensed
that generous hospitality which those who
have enjoyed 1t can never forget. The
house IS filled with singular testimonials
ofregard and esteem from every quarter
of the world which have been presented
to Mr. Seward since his retirement to
private life. There are specimens oil ore
from Western mines; pictures from the
young Art Academy Of Mexico; walking
sticks and snuif.boxes from the four cor.
ncrs Of the globe. But the most curious
present is gorgeous silk banner from
China, such as the men OF rank have
borne before them in professions, with
the portrait OF MIR. Seward in tho center,
his sons embroidered at the top, and
around the border n grotesquo crowd Of
hypothetical ancestors.
1t is understood that, since his return,
Mr.. Seward has been engaged upon two
literary works Of Importance. These arc :
l. An Account OF Ills Travels, with Com
ments and Observations; and 1. A His.
tory of His Lite and Times. He was &C.
customed 10 spend several hours OF every
day upon these works. All the first was
dictated to Miss Olive Risley Seward, his
adopted daughter. He was greatly as
sisted in tho Second by Mr.. EW. Sew.
ard, formerly Assistant Secretary Of State
The first is finished, and is TO be pub.
lished by the Messrs. Appleton. The sec.
ond, we regret to say, is only about half
written; but II will probably be completed
by Mr. +. W. Seward. AtAuburn, Mr.,
Seward divided his time between reading,
debating, driving in tho open air, and re.
ceiving his friends
Tho books which those who are inter.
ested in this event will desire 10 consult
arc: Tho Works of MIR. Seward; with n
Blographal Memoir, edited by George E.
Baker; The United States Diplomatic
Correspondence, 1S61-1s6S; the same,
abridged by the author; Stewards Life, by
JClIersonian Republican, 1860. Mr..
Seward contributed the Srticle on De
Witt Clinton to tho New American En-