Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-01-07
AUSTIN CORRESPONDENCE.
AUSTIN, January 3, 1879.

which he rakes up some interesting remin
iscences; among othes sketch of Henry G.
Carey, which is in the main true but is not a
faithful picture We have known Mr.. Carey
for many years, stoutly built man with
forid face; /" a fair round belly with good
capon lined showing the traces of high living;
thin gray hair, black eyes and nervous tenn
permanent, Mr.. Carey possesses one of the
finest collections of paintings in Philadelphia;
a choice library, and well stocked cellar, but
with all his culture and taste, Mr.. Carey is
not a model man. He is coarse seducer,
professional unbeliever and high liver;
while his domestic relations have been of
very questionable kind. While Mr.. Carey
has always held good position among liter
AIRY celebrities, he has never ming lied with nor
entertained, what is acknowledged, the
creme de la creme We can see the old gen
tleman, with his quick step, and rounded
form, and hear his nervous sentences, and
mark his large and round copoH, as he I'M
covers in gentlemanly style while he con-
verses. -Four men dwell in our memory,
possessing alike, singular traits in appear
ance, talent, and character; Henry c. Carey,
George NIiffln Dalles, John Brougham and
Nicholas Murray (Kirwan). We know Murray
otfic ally, Brougham socially, and the others in
business Carey looks as Oldham describes
him; Brougham is a g handsome, rolicklng
Irishman; an author, actor and musician;
George NJ. Dallas was the most polished gen
tleman we have ever met, and when he came
back from Russia in 1886, the handsomest
man who walked the streets. Nicholas Muir
ray, the wittiest of the groupe, was a protege
of the Harper Brothers; their errand boy
first then a student at their expense, then a
Presbyterian clergyman in Elizabethtown, n.
J., and noted for his controversy with Bishop
Hughes, and his letters under the de
plume of @ Kirwan. They were curiousy
alike, these four men, and | have known
them all, and good many others besides, of
whom I'll tell you some other day. And John
w Forney, we knew him when he worked at
the case and have known him ever since; a
man of pith, a hard student, first class
orator, brilliant editor and politician of
marked ability. Forney is man of mark,
man who will leave deible footprints on the
age which begot him He has one sin
which should never be forgiven: he elected
granny Buchanan to the Preslden cy, s. Ten
c mt Jimmy as he was called in early days
but his course afterward should be some
atonemeut for that. And now, why is it that
You and |, with brains enough to make laws,
edit newspapers, and write books are
'strutting our weary hours upon the
stage Of the sage brush Neyadas
while Forney dimes with princes and magis-
trates, and is received with honor by the
literati of the world! Hasn't some Jacob !
covered his hands and stolen our birthright? |
There's something rotten i'll Denmark, my |
dear editor Genuine talent is at a discount, |
and the only appreciated men seem to be of |
the Forney and John Booth type; the one the
4utocrat OF Eastern Journalism as the other
IS of the Pacific Coast There's a whole lot |
IF other little items connected with this sub
ect. which we would like to write down, but
line fails, and perhaps they would not in
crest YOU, even if written out Our railroad
o Battle Mountain seems to be fixed fact
It last The Moguls have been here for a
week and have gone away satisfied that the
i<en buhu will unite us i'll few months with
he great iron artery which connects the At
antic with the Pacific. When that connec-
ion is made we coming to visit you, and
lot before, unless we are invited to make
avs, and have "a seat in the Legislature. In
hat case we could travel as did Paddy Muir
heys relatives, 'at public expinse. (They
IL travelled to Botany Bay This reminds
IS of a servant who lived for many years with
physician we once knew in Dublin. Her
on was sent to the penal colony and his fam
y allowed to join him, and there his wife
led, and the son sent for Betsey to come
ut and take care of his children. Betsey
taid year and came back. On her return
he resumed her old service. Said the doc
or one day, "Bets, did you meet any one out
acre you knew" "Be me conscience, was
err answer. ''The whole county Tipperary's
ut there. Now this is a very desultory
,rt of letter, but we are in a desultory \
oed and cant help it, and perhaps at this
lncture of the old and new year, it may suit
our taste as well as it meets our fancy. In
lat ''tis but little liking both are
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