The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-08-10
THE HOME OF GOV. TILDEN.
A sketch of the Everyday Life of the
Next President.

A sketch of the Everyday Life of the
Next President.
Correspondence Of ire NJ Y Graphic, (Repuolisan.)
ALBANY, July Ex-Governor Tilden's
house in Albany, wherein he holds his
Executive residence, is perhaps the hand
soonest dwelling in the city. 1t is sit
uated on Eagle street, beyond Madison
Avenue, upon the summit of one OF the
three hills upon which Albany is built.
It is two-story building with Mansard
roof, elaborated upon the style of a Swiss
cottage, with verandas upon both sides,
doorway in the middle, 9arked by bay
windows and an observatory tower on
the roof. Two acres of lawn and grounds
surround the house, and are filled with
handsome flower beds and occasional
shade trees. A carriageway leads
through the lawn to the door, and en-
circles the house on its return course to
the gate A fancy-colored gas lantern
hangs between the columns fronting the
doorway. Two iron greyhounds, cou-
chant, guard the entrance. Inside a hall
runs through the entire length of the
house, intersected by another in the mid
die. A parlor is upon the left hand side
as you 20 in.. 1t is furnished beautifully,
and contains pictures, books, and bric-a-
brac that could not have been the unas-
sisted collection of a bachelor. An oil
painting of Samuel ]. Tilden himself
stands upon an easel in one corner of the
room. The table is covered with books
that have evidently been opened and
studied. Upon the table, also, is huge
album filled with portraits.
THE WORKSHOP.
Upon the other side of the hall is an
other parlor, now transformed into the
Governors workshop. A library desk
stands in the centre, at which the Gov
ernor himself is very probably hard at
work writing. A bookcase large is
crammed with calf-bound books of law or
reference. Newspaper files lay strewn
about the floor. Every chair has an
opened newspaper or two lying on it,
and piles of them cucumber the floor.
The trash baskets are filled with the yell
low wrappers in which they came. Into
this worE-a-day world the arts invade as
in the parlor. Handsome busts of
famous men look down upon the Presi-
Dental, aspirant from the mantel and
from numerous brackets, five water-colors
and engravings swing upon the walls,
and the furniture here, as well as every
where else in the house, includes all the
latter cunning devices of the furniture
man to secure hitherto unknown comfort
among his sofas and rockers. Beyond
this room is smaller one, and, crossing
a wide hall, still another, all work rooms,
where Col. Pelton and his clerks carry on
the business relegated to them by the
Governor. The dining-room is on the
same floor, and opens on an enchanting
greenhouse.
EXECUTIVE MANSION. .,
This dwelling belongs to Robert L.
/ Johnson, and is rented to the Governor
at $4,000 year-a sum exactly the
amount of his salary. The State allows
yearly $4,000 for rent of the Governors
house. So that Governor Tilden pays
out $4,000 to secure mansion wherein
the hospitalities of the Chief Magistrate
of the Empire State may be fittingiy dis
pensed. The charge that he was renting
so fine a house at so high q rent alto
gether at the expense of the State which
some journals have made thus falls to the
ground.
Access to the princely home of the
Governor is very easy. A servant
answers your ring at the bell, and in re-
ply to your inquiry shows you into the
parlor if the Governor is engaged, and if
not lets you walk right into his presence
in his work-room. The slight-built man
at the table usually rises, and without a
word extends his hand to you. He dis.
Germs at once, probably by study OF
your features, whether you have called
upon business or curiosity, and whether
that business is slight or important, and
he disposes of you in an instant If that
business is slight he has one formula,
"See Pelton," and he motions you posi-
bly, towards the inner work-room where
the colonel is engaged. If the business
is something beyond the ordinary, ne
bids you sit down and devotes himself
strenuously at once to your case. In all
his talk with you there are several things
noticeable at once. He looks you openly
and frankly in the eye. There is no
lodging your glance. He listens rather
more than he talks. He appears anxious
to hear whatever you may desire to say.
4 And when you have said your say he
soon sums up the Importance of it and
gives you an answer. He is able to say
l"No" upon reflection quite as readily as
"Yes.n If he were not his executive
business would never have been kept so
4 we'll in hand as it is.
., MADAM, I CANNOT"
Recently one of the most fascinating
and gifted women in the State begged
him for the one boon for the obtaining OF
which her whole life is devoted-the
pardon of loved one from life-sen-
tence. So strong and moving was her
Z appeal that the Governors private secre-
tary. and the Lieutenant Governor each
Joined their appeals with hers. With
tear in his eye, his hands clasped, and
! every muscle of his face betraying his
emotion, the Governor said, Madam, l
cannot"
This is the Governor during business
hours. Socially, among a companionable
few, he is pleasant and jovial as the best
bon cun,erade, and is not incapable OF
smart and bright things.
THE LADY OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
AS there is no Mrs. Tilden, the sister
of the Governor, Mrs. Pelton, would be
4 the chief lady of the White House in
case of the Governors promotion. She
is few years younger than the Governor
and has a decided resemblance to him,
though her face is much fuller. There
I is pink about the complexion and a a
freshness in the face that tell of youthful
beauty we'll preserved. She is afable
and sociable, and is considered among all
who have been the recipients of her hos
pitalities to be most charming hostess.
Her daughter-in-law, Mrs. William I.