The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-02-17
Pfnchbaek.-A Pen Sketch and Story kbou
Him.


Every one who reads has heard OF
PinchDack, the newly elected, but not
vet admitted, United States Senator
from Louisiana. For year or more his
name has been constantly before the
public, which is treated to u description
Of his personal appearance by the WASH
ington correspondent Of tn, Boston
Globe, who--as Mr.. Lincoln would have
done-tells u ''little story" of the distin-
guished gentleman, Hear the CORES
pondent:
Pinchback is Of medium height, rather
slightly made, while the skin is but very
little tinged with the shadow he would
gladly o6iiterate, If he could. His head
| 70, ehead receding, till it meets the line Ol
the wavy hair. This is very closely cut
and oiled till the gloss is distressingly
greasy. His eyes have an unmistuRa-
| bly, African look. Lug the tniok-lipped
mouth spoils everything with it's inot g.
saEt sinister smile. L nave never seen
him without that disagreeable smlrk. II
it would be content to linger around the
lips, it might be endurable, but it climbs
up Into lne restless eyes, land meets
you till you hate il, ana quote Shakes
peare ON smiling Williams, mentally il
| not orally. Tine moustache is.lUng, meet.
l
car eIuily trimmed 70 a point. At this he
is con,antly pulling, as II he would glad
| iy slraigthen 1t utterly. His dress is
iaultless, from the polish Of the delicate
I linen collar and cults to the equally
| perfect shine of the boots that lit toe
| nicely, for the teil-tale loot ia not shaped
atrer purest Caucasian models. Wnen
standing among 0Lnef men. ana wearing
his nat, almost any one would cali HIM
| spanish or French.
This TACT reminds me Of story,
apropos just here: Pinchback was din.
| ing at the Ebbet House a year ago, with
a quartet, one Of whom was u ''newspa.
per man." The party attracted the at.
Leniion of every one by their apparently
| unlimited enjoyment. Very few dream.
I'd VINO the stranger could be, and when,
after dinner, the newsy indiviuual
sought the parior to speak to some
young lauies, The dear creatures imme.
diately be ,etsbim 10 know whu had beer
his "disIinguiehed looking iriend." Dad
| you ever know Il newspaper man at fau,l
ior an eXplanationr B. cleared his
! lhroat--I wonder If his conscience is
clear yet?-and explained after this
manner: you mean that gentleman Oh
my rights" "Oi course e 10; we Know
ali the lestr' cnorused the eager glrs.
| "
| Sanchez, an attache OF the Braziilal
| legation. He mas just arrived, ana no.
body hardly knows MIN; but there hasn't
been man i'll Washington Tor years
| who has created such sensation as the
Senior viii make De.ore the week is over.
He Is immensely rlch, and it viii be u
shame II he gets away from Washington
Without taking an American vile tu
show him now to spend his moneyP'
or course the uamscls blushed, hut
begged Mr.. Il. to present the distiii.
gulshed foreigner as soon as possible
| 'rne mendacious wretch gravely promls.
cd. and then, hnding his emotion becom
lug uncomfortable, walked on, where he
could SAFELY laugh it out. When the
girls discovered that they had beer
"reguiarly sold" there was great wrati
ami indignation, but one Of them, al
exquisite Kentucky belle, tossed bei
lovely head, exclalming: Il doh't care
He rs nice looking, ana has made hiin
self more famous than most men know
and l snali De introduced" Her papa
kreW better.