The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-08-24
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and has had 81 most diversified and
interesting experience. His per-
sonal appearance Is essentially his
alone. The very best likenesses of
him ARE seen IL the cartoons OF cur
pictorials. They are perfect, the
corpulent body, bold head, cross
eyes and button hole boquet. His
eyes, are the most peculiar on
earth. Besides squirting and
crossing, the lids droop so as to
give the appearance Of a slant OPP
posite to that of the Chinese. He
has big brain, and he ought to
have with such an ugly physique.
He has only recently made full
explanation of his disposition of
the Twiggs silver captured 10y him
in New Orleans, and which has
caused tho reference to spoons"
to be attached to his name SO many
years. The explanation was made
on the application OF Gen. Twiggs'
daughter for her fathers two
swords, valued at many thousand
dollars, which 1t Seems that Gen.
Butler captured and sent at once
to this city where they were placed
in one of the vaults OF the Treasury
for safe keeping and have never
been removed.
Gen. Butler is one OF the most
methodical OF men and very world
| " wise. His private desk and
papers are models of.neatness and
accuracy. He is a perfect phonog-
rapEer and upon the back of every
paper III his files is brief of its
contents aud the reply thereto in
shorthand, So that by the merest
glance at the neatly folded exterior
If paper he knows the subject,
nntter AID its treatment.
The labor disturbance here has
become quiet after the arrest OF a
dozen or SD OF the leaders. The
only approach to a riot occurred
the first night of the threatened
trouble and the next morning.
The ARRAYS We're not serious, re-
sulting III IL few slightly wounded
and more scared.
The government has recently
made a ST., 000 purchase III which
tue United States entire is inter
ested. 1t consists of relics of
George lYashington--a better col
lection than is elsewhere in exist
ence, and in good preservation.
The articles we're i'll the possession
of the Lewis family, OF Virginia.
Airs. Lewis was Washington s
adopted daughter. The articles
number abont 100, and of their
gennineness there can be no doubt.
Tie Commissioner of Patents, who
was delegated by Congress TO ex-
anime them, reports them this:
One large mirror, two small mr.
rors, one dozen parlor chairs, two
arm chairs, one large easy chair IN
which the General sat few ulin-
utes previous to his death, one
double brass caudlestick by which
the farewell address was written,
two silger-plated candlesticks. one
| large and two small walters, one
field glass used in the Revolution,
one spvglass also used in the war,
one ledger kept by the General,
knives and forks, one plated CAKE
basket, one large mahogany box III
which silver ware was kept, two
mahogany footstools, three. carpet
covered footstools, portrait of
Washington, the robe in which he
was christened, three silver-piated
lamps, SIX siSer-plated salt-cellars,
three dozen pieces of china-ware,
one bedstead presented to Mr.
Lawrence Washington by his friend
Admiral Herman, and by Lawrence
left to his brother, the General
one marble topped table, four feet
long by three vide, one guitar pre-
scented by Washington to Nellie
GUSTS, miniature portraits of Gen.
and Mrs. Washington on canvass
by Trumbull, one shaving glass IN
frame with drawer, an engraving
of the Countess OF Huntington pre-
seuted by her to Washington, sew
eral souvenirs of Washington )
consisting Of ornamental works
and household articles.
81 the relics have been continu-
ously III possession OF the Lewis
family since Gen. Washington S
death and are parted with by them
only because OF the consideration
that the family must needs be sep