The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-07-18
The Men TO be met wi.h at the Sum-
mer Capitalize President and his
Visitors. aE. Of .-.S ..
Leng Branch Correspondence of,New York
Herald.


Long Branch Correspondence of New Seri
Herald. ....
Watering place correspondence a
best is like ladies apparel made o
gause-serviceable for a brief season
but afterward TO be discarded as SC
much trash. The subjects Of bathing
dancing. flirting, &C., are the flimsy tis
ue whereof summer literature is wo.
ven; and fain would l wander in the
same easy, beaten track but for a reluc-
tance to burden the valuable columns
OF the Herald with such commonplace
material. Therefore. let the represen.
tatives OF the fair sex, in the shape Of
mermaids or ball room bellies, continue
their merry gsmbols, and let tacile pens
devote their verbal hnency to them.
In me, at least. they shall find 10
chronicler of their doings.
This by way of introduction to weight.
ier themes, upon which I shall touch in
the order which their importance may
merit shall begin with the President.
In speaking Of him the idea upper
most in the mind OF almost every one
here is TO associate him with four in
hand. II, in conversation with several
persons, you remark for instance, 81
have seen the President" somebody
near al hand will finish the sentence
for you with Driving a four-in-hand,
all greys, that match beautifully"
Another will chime in with the question,
81 wonder where he got them2' and
still another with the answer, II sup
pose he raised them on his farm"
There is time for every thing"
says the Psslmist, and this being the
season OF horse talk at Long Branch it
is quite natural that the Presidential
our.in-hand above mentioned should
attract more attention than in ordinary
times.
Visitors to the president have been
quite numerous lately, comprising men
OF considerable note. l do not refer to
those who are every day with him, such
as ex-collector Murphy. Mr., Childs
the publisher, and 30 on, but others
who have come here for the ostensible
purpose Of paying their respects to the
Cheif Magistrate. Among them were
Judge Wilson. OF Indiana, who was
brought 30 prominently before the pub.
lie at the last session Of Congress as
Chairman OF Credit Mobilier Commit
tee No 2. Having done his work well
he now enjoys repose on his laurels.
By a strange coincidence Colonel
McComb, who played a still more
prominent part in that busy scene, ar.
rived at the West End Hotel the very
day Judge Wilson departed. he, too,
has reason 10 rest and be thankful.
Then there was Mr.. Merriam, member
OF Congress, one of the soundest fnan.
ciers OF the House, whose mind, even
in these days oimentsl relaxation, is big
with schemes OF banking and curren-
cy which be intends to bring to the at.
tention of the next Congress. He ar
rived yesterday and paid his respects
to the President. Among the visitors
at the Presidential cottage is also
Henry Clews, the Banker, who, as a
reliable report says, is engaged to Miss
Worthipgton. niece of the Secretary OF
War.
Secretary Belknap, who has been
staying at the West End for a week,
seesI THE President every day, and TO
judge from the great number OF tele-
grams he receives from aud sends to
Washington, the Secretary combines
here business with pleasure. In con-
versation with him and Judge Wilson
yesterday / volunteered the remark:
Il suppose, Mr.. Secretary, you intend
to remain here for good part Of the
seasonf'
NO." he replied, II shall remain
here only short time, for, unlike my
colleagues, can not stay away more
than few days from Washington.
You should have seen the batch OF re-
quisitions that have followed me here,
all OF which have to sign myself here,
for according to the present law every
requisition TO be paid must be signed by
the Secretary Of War"