The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-02-24
EoTToRIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
city News and GOssip-A
DInner at tho German MiniSter's-Visit
10 the State Department-The National
Democratic Committee.
WASHINGTON, February22.
Correspondence Of the Intslllgsueer.
1t is always in order to say something
Of the weather wherever newspaper
writer may be, and 1T seems doubly in Or
der to speak Of the delightful weather
which we have had in Washington thus
far during February. For the most part
Il has been succession Of days admirably
tempered for outdoor life, just sunshiny
enough to be genial and cool enough to
be braciDg. The climate Of Washington is
proyerbialIy delightful during the winter,
but this winterit has been especially so.
The beautiful wide aud smooth streetsare
filed all the day long with gay equiPages'
out Of which peer the faces OF handsome
ladies, and as they atream along Penn
sylyania avenue from the Capital to the
Treasury Department, they constitute a
picture such as can be seen nowhere else
in this country save in Central Park, New
York, on bright afternoon.
Notwithstanding all these gay and ex-
pensiye turnouts, there is great deal OF
simple and democratic life here among
people in high position. There is for in
stance a great deal Of pedestrian exercise.
No city is more inviting for such exercise
during such weather as we have enjoyed.
One OF the most constant Of those who
exercise on foot is the German minister,
Baron schloser, who, dressed in the sim
plest style possible, can be seen any day
on the streets that lead TO the boundaries
Of washington, gathering health and elias
ITCHY OF spirits by long walks. He is o
genuine character in his social life here,
and is perhaps the most popular minister
who resides linear" this government, as
the diplomatic phrase is. He is diplO.
mat who was trained under Bismarck's
own hand, having been formerly his pri-
yate Secretary, and although he represents
next to England the most important gov
eminent in the Old World, the great
German Empire, yet he puts on less style
than some Of the little fellows who come
here from some obscure South American
State. He Is u bachelor and lives in 8
nloin house on Fifteenth street, where he
entertains Americans from all parts OF the
country, his own countrymen and our
native born, according as he may become
Acquainted with them through the intro.
duction OF some acquaintance here in
Washington. He probably has larger
general acquaintance with the people oil
| Washington than any minister who was
ever here. Once aCcepta6ly introduced
TO YOU he Is almost sure to call on
YOU at your place OF stopping, and
quite likely to invite you to dine
with him. lie seems to DO very hap
py in the midst Of half dozen guests al
Unstable, and while he is convivial in
his table habits his sharp eyes show
throughout the entertainment that he has
not gore beyond what he knows he can
indulge in with impunity. He does his
own carving and replenishes each glass in
person, aud seems to enjoy the service as
a feature OF the feast. His table. is be-
decked with rare flowers, and there is 0
buttonhole bouquet for each guest. lie
addresses each person IN q most comfor'
table sort OF way, and shows that he has
taken in accurately all that has been told
him in regard to their antecedents. lie
can talk interestingly about every leading
man in Washington. He has great adj
niration for our Secretary OF State, Mr.,
Eyarts, who frequently dimes with him,
and the beauty OF whose domestic life and
surroundings he thinks in fit keeping with
those OF the President. He says that the
Secretary has noble brain and not less
noble heart, and is in every way good
man. He is also great admirer OF Carl
Schurz, who likewise frequently dimes
with him. This is not to be wondered at
as Carl SChurz is by all odds the most
varied man as respects scholarship, Cul
ture and experience in Washington, moi
forgetting his musical accomplishments
At the close Of dinner, after the cigars
are smoked, tho Baron rounds out the full
measure Of the occasion by sitting at the
piano, where he discourses music that
| from professional at a concert, would be
considered perfectly exquisite"
have alluded above to Secretary Evarts,
and will say word concerning recent
visit to his department. In addition to a
pleasant chat with the Secretary, l met in
an adjoining room the veteran OF the de-
partment, in the person OF Assistant Sec.
rotary W. A. Hunter, who has been in the
service for over so years, and who says
that when he commenced his official life
in Washington, the White House was
surrounded by post and rail fence.
This man has had to do with all the great
cases in diplomacy that have arisen be.
tween this country and foreign countries,
and in response to reference that made
to case that had made deep impression
on my mind when boy, during the Sec.
retaryship OF Webster, he briefly rap over
It's points, showing perfect familiarity with
the case. He Is the Nestor OF the depart
ment and is sure OF his place whoever else
may come or go.
Another interesting Assistant Secretary
in the State Department is Mr., John Hay,
who was private secretary to Mr.. Lincoln,
and afterwards secretary OF legation at
Paris, a man Of many accomplishments,
who Is best known to the world as the
author Of Little Breaches" and Jim Blud.
soe." said to him, Mr.. Secretary knew
little chap, very near and dear TO me,
who derived an infinite deal OF en-.
tertainment from hearing Little
Breaches" recited day after day, and even
when he could not thoroughly com.
prehend its full significance as a