The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-01-04
4 Gal, upon George Was Aington when
NE WAS President Or tho Unltcd

modern history Ii his London letters 70 the
philadelphia Press, says OF some old DOCKS
.ecently discovered: j
q But nerhaps the most interesting OF THESE
relics IA the Journal Of an Excursion 10 tue
United States Of North America Ia the sum.
mar Of 1874, cnnbeilisbed with prohle 'oi /
General w ashington, and az aqua ttnto view
~ the State House at Phil1delphiab5 Henry
Wsnsey. r, A. g., a Wiltshire clothier. This
hook wss found by General Robert =.
Scbenck. American Minister, In one oil his
searches for old books, and will also be Tor.
warded 10 Colonel Ettiug. 1t Is quantity
written. with 20 pretence to literary taste,
and ia graphic description Of bis voyage oy |
sea. first to Hslifax. then to Boston, thence
nassing through New England to New YORK
and Philadelphia. The English traveller
reached our city on the 4th Of June, 1894,
paving FIVE dollars from Paulus Hook TO
Newark. Friday, June 0, 1894, our traveller
had the honor of an interview with the RE
sident OF the United States. he received
me very kindly, aud after reading my ettefs
l was asked to breakfast. There was little
ceremony; Of course, the Americans will not
permit this, nor does the position of his TX
celleucy lead him TO assume it, .,..' :. /,
The following as q picture Of Washington
and his wife Is excellent:
al confess / was struck with awe and
yeneration when I recollected that was
now in the presence Of one of the greatest,
men upon earth-tbe great Washington, the.
noble and wise tenefactor of the world, as!
Mirsbeau styles bin; the advocate o. human
nature; the friend OF both worlds. Whether
we vieR him as General in the Aefd, vested
with unlimited authority aud power, at the
in bo IQb
as the President OF the Uuttcd States, or as a
private gentleman eultiyaGng his own ferD,
he is still the same great man, anxious only
to discharge with propriety the duties Of bis
relative situation. HIS conduct has always
t,een so uniformly manly, honorable, just,
patriotic, and disinterested, that his greatest
enemies cannot fix on any one trait of his
character that can deserve the least cen
sure. His .psteEDal regard for the! army
while be commanded its his earnest aud
sincere desire 10 accomplish the glorious OBJ
ject Tor which they were contending; his
endurance or the tolls and hardski pS of war,
without ever receiving the least emoa umentS
from his couotry, and his retirement to pri-
Sate life after the peace, plainly eSince that
his motives were the most just and patriotic
that could proceed from benevolent heart.
His letters TO Congress during the var, now
lately published ia England, Gs we'll as his
circular letter and farewell ORDERS to the
armies OF The United States at the end Of the
war, show him to have been Justly ranked
among the tine writers Of the age. When
We hook dewnfrom this truly great and Illus
trious character upon other pubic servants
we find a glariHg contrast. nor can we fix
our attention upon any other great men
without discovering ia them vast and NOR
tifying dissimilarity- ....-...,r H.
"The President, in his person, is tall and
thin, but erect-ratber Of an engaging thaa
a dignifed presence. He appears very
thoughtful; IS slow in delivering himself,
which occasions some TO conclude he is re-
served, bat it Is rather, apprehend, the
effect of much thinking and reflection, for
there is great appearance to aae of attability
and accommodation. lie Was at this time in
his sxty.third year, being born February
II, 1ZG2, O. S.; but he hes very little the APP
pearance Of age, having been all his lifetime
so exceeding temperate. There is certain
anxiety visible in his countenanoe, with
marks of exIeme sensibility. Notwith-
standing his great attention and employ.
ment in the affairs Of his weil-regulated soy-
ernnenL and Of his own agricultural con.
Germs, he is in correspondence with many of
the eminent geniuses in the different coun-
tries of Europe, nGt.so much for the Suke Of
learning and fame as to procure the knowl-
edge OF agriculture and the arts useful to his
couutFy- ... a... ....
IL informed his EXoascncy in the course
of conversation that ] was q manufacturer
from England, who, outof curiosity as well
as business, had mude an eXcursioa 10 Amc.
RIGA to soc the state Of society there, 10 in
spect various manufactures, aud particu-
larry the WOODEN, with which l was best nc.
Quainted- The General asked me what |
Thought of their wool. informed him that
4 had seen some very good and fDe at Hart
ford in Connecticut, which they told me
carve from Georgia, bGt that in general it
was gery indifferent, yet from The appear
ance Of At was convinced that il was cspa-
BILE of great improvement; that TO my sur
prise, in course OF travelling two hundred
and 6fty milesgroaa Boston hther had not
seen any flock of more than twenty to thirty
sheep, and but few of these: froa Hhelce
1 concluded there WINS no greet quantity
grown in the States Sd as to answer
any great purposes for maDlaac-
tnre. His EEeeIleny observed that
from bis own experience DE belieGed it rcas)a-
Bile of gneat impEoqement, for BIZ had been
trying some experiments with his own
doaks Gat Mount Wesnop)s that BY attending
to breed and pasttrage he had ss far i'm.
proved his fleenes as to have increased them
from two to SIX pounds apiece but that
since, from a multiplicity OF other objects to |
attend 10, they were, by being neglected,
gone back to bali their weight, being now |
scarcely thEee pounds. Iteok this .opportrl-
nifty to offer him one Of my publications OF
the Encouragement Of. Wool, which he
seemed with pleasure to recene. Mrs. Wash
ington herself made tes and coffee sor us.
ON the table we've aMO snail plates Of sliced |
tongue, dry toast, bread and hltter,&c hut
no orolled bst, as 10 the general custom. Miss
Chstis. her sranc-daughtsr, o very pleasing
young lady, of about sixteen, sat neHtto her,
and her grandson, George Washington Gus
flsy about two Yeas older than herself.
There was bat little appearance Of form;
one servant only attended, who lad no &ix-
cry. SILVER urn for hot wsaar was the oEly |
article of expense on the talse. She appears
something older thar the President, though |
understand they were both bora in the
same year; short in stature, rather robust !
very plain in bar dress. wearing very plain 4
cap. With her gray hais closely turned up
under it. He has routser leveas, whichever |
the people choose to eaE them. every We'd.
nesday and Saturday, at. Philadelphia. du-
ring the sitting OF Congress Bat the anti
Federaiists object even to these. as tending
to give 3 super-emineney and introductory to
the pafaphernalia of courts.'
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II Hear Hunt LIN which Defrslser anA
Tn0 Dogs Took u Hand.
tFron ihe Lapeer ihich.l Democri.I
On last Saturday afternoon two men,
named James Marshall and John Ebbnts ithe
former q drummer for q New York house
and the latter resident OF Detroit), started