, 1873-04-09
WASHINGTON.
A Ninety-Year Old Capito"
1ian. =,
His Recol!ections OF the Capital
City.

From Our 0ton Correspondent,
WAsHINnToN, April 2, 1873.
INTERESTING Rrs11N1BcENcE.
To talk with man 50 yours Of age, who haa
passed all Ills lho on ono spot, ard hnB good
nlomory for all tho Incidents respecting It, is in
ftgolf instructive. II your acquaintance should
chance to havo passed all hia life OH tho site Of
tho Capital City, and Ia ablo to rocollcct dis
tnctly ovonts between 1907 and 1878, you will
convorso with him with perhaps creator satisfac-
tion than with tho oldest donizon Of any other
town in A,noriea, because his experience will
span the ontiro personal life Of tho nation.
Thoro aro III Washington several old mon who
nEcoL1Eor GEN. WARRINGTON.
Ono Of them ia Noble Hurdle, Of Georgetown,
living Mt No. 176 High street, who iH said to bo
0G yoara DID, aud to l,nyo graudchd past DO.
Another, Christian Hines, I went to aee n
fow days ago, who was 80 yoars Of
ago, and WAS au object Of curiosity
for rolio-luntors and people who wisl, to
ask qucatIons On old sitoa and points Of interest
at tho age Of 50, ho published, at his own
expense, pamphlet Of 90 pagoa, entitled
"Early nccolootions Of Washington City;" but
ho waa in very straitonod cirouinatanccs, and tho
little book wnB not remuncrative, 30 TINT mncn
which llo might havo committed to print VAS al
loyod to 70 to wnsto. Flo had clear approhon-
sion, howeyor, that, In hiB remarkable Old age
and koon momory, Providence had loft him Hon,o
dignity worth living for in being Of uEo to tho
f1ture historians OF tho city. This conscious
moss lishtonetl up Ills faco, and seemed to give
increased tonacity to his 1nomory, for he would
sometimes mako flights Of reminisconce, i'm
pollod by tho strong dosiro OF giving help to
literary folhs, by which rcsulta wore obtained as
satisfactory to himself as to hia hearers.
~, ,,,...rnx s"n1nv ,o,,oht tho
Ono blustor1ng sonoay hough' 'he
old mans tenement, OIL Twentieth street,
between es,vos oco ' or nronoriy ,e he 1o.
u "as Ile a.'s aSo . ,tn ~, ~ }bo L1nc,, 1vhich
taanGu cus ~ - s famiv md horo he had IT.
a tented to N Old furniture and junhstore IS long
9s ho wnh ablo to got apolE pue n nnny GaS
driven ~ rhotat'sln ala .ncsoahf =; ia,sais
to- tho @ % Meiu paa o vcry daaf md Who
shared tho solitude and gave MN some @ ,ee noLR ,;l
lilo lower portlon VI 'uo n.oAo "'a tiiIa ~ w" vi
everything quans ul1aer the sun' NY sro .,.saa s
where tue olo man nseG colislsteo " 1ts, tntco
rooms, without carpets Or nloster sW9 3i Mtia tta
woro forward Of partition wnich alslaea a,1 tta5
| loft crosswiBo, nnd ID one q tneso loi"Htu ";
rooms Mr. Hines slept ana IN the oInor nan nis
frugal moal cooked. Ho hyea almoss Wholly up p
Oh his pons1on q few ao1ala 9aari;os 9; fo,
ceiyed from tho Government Tor LIE aorVlcos IN
tho War Of 1879, which ho
entorod as priseto, h., 4nu mnt.,a ntca1,J M Is'no,a.
Lieutenant at the t'mo ot tho oatsle OF ~ nlaaenh.
burg il, which ho WIS engaged; n In tho ,1an' mamo
company appear tho names Of tho bealls, Mnots,
nIbur,s, Shepherds, toldsboroughe, Naa many
other families vol known in washington.
ounIsT1AN EI3 AMI n1NEs YES rou
was 4 flno-1ooking old man, an1, % old ae ho "as,
there was another brother, aged ", resident III
Washington, who, he said, was in much better
health and memory than himsolf; Thls II, brothor
lived on Eleventh street, near d; Ihero "oro
thirteen children In tho 1amy, w. whose common u
penngJlYanin. auu, byihis partial Knowiodeo OF
tue English language, was recommended TO an Il
omigEens Gaptaln Us pIopor Ielsotl 70 l.oc99o
yessc,lona OF people 70 eolno on9 70 MaTylana u.
With these emigrants ne eaGr nGs tst so.tcu IL
montgomery pouns{: alo' noous 'n1sS SSata
nofof0 snn movoAn.,um ac Gn1l.v yen % nradinc1,'s
~ nr,nv n,nrtlod tbrourh It from Georgetown to
Tra;or;oS nhratas, 1Iiros STas iroueht no h
! Gut "a .1,;sts - tlaarr;hon 30 nrn,ty
s.ait ~ .,,,I1nIo i 1,efora t,c Cantni ,yns
naIti ht ~ W ~ ~ at,ar si1o If I,nci, Greo],
Du''' ~ '-''' nurs1 1r1s r1nsr nI nEcoLLgcT1oN r. @
is that Of eoing, with aomo Of tho noghbors ani
,raa ~" 4bon i,at r;s;nr aboyo tie basomont story
Ms rocal1oct sne thst son,o ca.oa woro bought To-
H. H. o;drn ~ hnan.homac kant in ani
tho charem u aSon nnon tht
1ra.no % pans, 1n,aa ora mvM ndng thc Whita Houao.
49,. W. ~ ae,o Ia wea mt in \ clothing
~ on5ootov, =. 1norcant ostablighet
st nrcan1nafs Point and Of tnie episode i,
~ ;,'s ncnunt HnnnssoI lt m,
ESun wy ftanrcoto,sn md lie Prosidonts
pont .sa1 h1ncn enliod tho Si1 AM
scap sacaps n3ann. amE 1,a rna lad by strect t.
5Gvon nullun'Ss' eo nu 1oau aosoaa - t1,c. fsonJ
E1osentn anu III thepe' a;nrle house on tn
tnore vas 5s pSe 3e prcsidegts I to tho Gapitol
hfanv asros ~ eleeant I forest rcsa boraorod t
Avonue, on wnas H. nom oroasad sn1 Ehcr nrN" vii
an ero4aiu r II to dTa
berries growing III tno e49So tho ~ swestnnrs
nu na ene harr;oa o a mora than INV OF tno prospcc
Wl1ch mtsht navy ooGn G,aTnnnt narIut to,vn Aeroa
imaglhStlo4 II nnu ;n+n t,,o ,1oods and than
Tue paiuBo Luz aeu v,uu4bt 4bat vast main Of old old
oe.siIS, ~ ~ 3h" a. r,vnr with fow Of Tho frui,
~ IA farms standing IN ut places in it
ond t,oro %gere ,,o louses ID iii tho Wow oxcoC
aliu tnoiu w." tia oi;Hnoa ra11ad I'M st'rYent
9og y ~, r3a ,nanaion nni Eome farmer,
ou1!o!A6D III ~ A'tHo:3 '