, 1880-02-04
TILE OLD CROWD.
Some Washington Worthless and What
Has Become Of Them.
Dclknap, Babcock, Shepherd, and Robe.
son-Tlioir Various Fortunes.
Glce Of the Old Crowd at MI. schurs's
Mishap-Tho Hayt Affair.
10 Danger that Any Of Them lfll' lliss Again with
Gen. Grant.

Ttpm Our Special corrtponifns
WASHINGTON, u. e., Feb. 2.-Onc Of the
nft crowd nay he seen nbout tiln Arlington
Hotel almost anv dny. lie IN q lig man. Ills
wl,iskers sweet, down it II magnificent way
somewhere ut'ssut tho middle OF his chest.
Ills hair IL only slightly turned gray. Ills
face Is largn and puffy. The ,Wst runnrk-
ablc features nrc the eyes. They are rcd md
swollen. Ono lnvoluntnrily snys, "'That1n 1nnr
lus done II goo,l ,l.,ul Of weeping IN his day."
The Thought Is likely tn lie due to SONG
knowledge VI tho mans history. For ns
nlatter nf fact l,o hasn't been without ca,,se
fur weeping, though, Doubt whether Ills till
ergfcs Of lute have been strictly confluctl to
Tint elegant pasti,nc. The expression Of Ills
eyes Is NIL ]snbitunl protestngnLnst his unfurt-
un:Hy position. That Is why they are cast
down as he walks the street. lie must know
thin cu'or, cn,.lignmtio,,, nrtl probable weight
Of every flag.stonc tit Washington. Fnr this
man is W. W. Belknap, n,,ce Secretnry Of
Wnr: and lie hangs his head lecn,,So l,e
onEht.
They any TINT DclEnap l,as been fortunato
IN speculation siucc leaving tl.o Cabtuc., md
now lns comfortable private fortune. l1e
Inns goott deal Of business III Washington,
of Il financial character 1t Is supposed; and
If he continues to prosper he will soon be ablo
10 hold lip his head with almost any rall1oad
Epecu1ntor III tho lnnsl. Much sympathy Is
felt here, among good men nnd women too,
for tic wretchetl 1selknnp. snw ono Of the
hest and purcst men l ever knew take him EY
tho hand warmly nntl spcnk with him pleas,
nMtiy for sonlc minutes. Then, rs they pnrt-'
Ell, looked to sec whether Cato would wIpe
Ills lnnd on tile skirt Of Ills coat, lnt le ,lln't
Even III tile family Df the tX-presiAent poor
l}clknap IL kindly thought Of "trl,e woman
tempted him. Is not SO nltl MI excuse llat 1t
cannot serve the turn Of ono more trembling
mortal. Nut TINT the mnn IN this case has
ever sought to shoulder his lonsl upon llnr-
rover slloulers; but otherss, hive dung 1t fur
fato Of tlle family whit, was l,rokcl up by her
t1 of11ei1l society In Washington. ,Whra
hisi1 position n.ltt slender income af. ]olny,
honscholH by questionable means Is very
entertain with Spartan simplicity ny to t,h!e
expenses: Mrs. Bclkl,np n,sly 9lnve llclitl TO
make .NfterlNOll tens and slender rpIaSts
called luncheons fashionable ln,Wasilngtan.
Another Of tho Old crnwt!. .lnt seen here
but much tnlkc,l OF. Is Gcn. llal,rotk. Tie Il
q Lighthouse Inspector, with headquarters
regard to lis present rc'at!",,s WITH tl,e fan. u,
tsy nf the cx-1'ressteIt may lM EHH tn hive
some entirely trnstwoltlly information OH
this pnint, ten. l}alcock IL, then, simply
Nrs Grant il arIcniariy bH bittrr tsa ws,l u II Sl ~,
Sha believes lie was nMgtrtefH1 toward tho
General, who llah treated lin ils Il son; aMl
ingratitude y nnc of tic vlces Of great
mldf %!licl, t]1o GrnMts r'eyer fprGt,e. hut
lnlr1hse wife; and the hostility tlocs not en-
tent to her.
Various stories arc c,trrcut here III regard
ionis Whsky isnx. K ma, Of iii igi, IL ehnr. M:
netGr, lt u poHtlon To know, INSERTS TINT l9ns,-
cock, whsn thn exposure was imMnling,
went to Gen. tirnlit and tDl the true story.
nhie 70 Dabroek fro!u one poiit Of view t'n,,
tho other; but II did not necessarily involve
my intent ~ llis part to t1cfraud the GDy-
rrfl'neiit+ i!ntlcr llun f,ayc tlto true story
the 0llts If the fuise accusation. 'rheretllu,l
l;etl. Grant resolved to save l,[nl, and tltt NO.
When tho yerdIct. of not guilty WIS reached,
the l'rcslaeut called Dalcock to him, a,nl
desire you never ngaln to enter my family"
DAucocK AND THE ESn1SEEW conrs.
The Engincer Corps Of tho army is very
sensitive 0t its honor. During to while
period of Its existence 1t claims never to have
l,nd y me'nher fo.tr.l guilty of, II hisl,onoru-
convicted by c0nrtlnnrIal, md ho of /.
technicnl offul.sc. Thu Engineer Eorps WINS
lIlics' disturbed by tho rcMrts uf snlna OF
Hal,co.k's ~ e aetlolis US Superintendent Of Pub
Tho Chief nf the cnrts, Ut tho instance Of Ills
nsSstant, t!nally ordered I'LL Investigation,
Dathtosk's books and nccoMnts wcrr, over
nn.l lm'iled from beginning to end. Tho lnvtstl.
end OF 1t tho Chief n,tl his ,Nssisnlit wure
converted from strong enemies Ut 1IMbct)rk
70 ilrln believers III ny tnnocr'tce ut lenst ot
1I!ls enarEe: The Chief was obliged 70 sny
nt1!Ge OF Superintendent Of Public Buildings
~ washington. 1lo1iu lla.t his arca,.nts M.tiGr
kol.t than l'abct,ck, and lote ct,nll .sl,nw
ofG e@isFteiy aI.lF i,3w all 'nosys al bccn
Ihls il,'!cli IL true, however. that l}ahcnck,
while yInlnti,g ~, !Iw, did speculate III land
:Di! ShcpllGrl'a n.lvlre. Then. Ut convenient
tracts, tho n'ts4ol taking ot!e, tl,e cnrpputcr
hnotllnl, the plumber alintllcr, mud 10 on
leaving one for Dabeuci, elenr OF nll i1c,,n-
hra'.es. This wns using official information
tnr ! priynto tna!t; nut there Is no Inv to pull
IOss SHEPHERD.
:, This brings us tn nn0tisrot the old crowd,
1s9ss Shepherd. l!e ls saitl to have lsln,ls I'M
ns, f1ia wsnlth t II nLng l sesulat!o. mil u 70
II forever nyer.. The administrator 0f tl,eo
District, without suffrage, by th,rU Commits
s1U1erd Il elhlhentiy l,Dncst nIltl satisfactory:
there Will bu llu inure Shepherds.
nEol1GE n. NtliiEsON,
Mr.. George NJ. ltDbcsDn, n. q. tiu mt ,lsSD-
clase lin will! tho others Ms being guilty III
nny personal dishonesty. l,nt llo lnH royrr
been quito agreed to Us aboyo ropr0arji. It
! was customary with some rapid newspaper
correspondents III tho old dhys 10 speak Ut
Robrson rs IN small New Jersey lawyer"
: lint he l.ns shown Sinra llo llas been ollt Ut
the Cabinet that II l.e IL u slllnll lawyer hi
d. New Jersey they must breed a big ri,ce "
men ~ the profession In TINT State. 1fa inutie
aevGral, hits IN Important trials Ut liou.O
almost immediately on leaving. tle CabiMet.
On being stl,t to Congress, he took u position
at oilrn ny ulln 0f the lcuters OH thD IteDui,.
l!call side. Ills c,t1,stitutionul argument nt,
tho nse uf lroups ut the polls Is adulitte.l liy
spy M IT esa liz s sexso Ss l pesn our ill., d s e
SOL spraks slowly u,d deliberately, ,urks
nle ar,n u!,lcr HIS cnat-tals md SIMS thu alr
! With the ether, Ills lnug1,ake il carefully
ElIuSl.Il MID nrt.nui1t Lii IlIS