The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-23

| tnRn any otnef DAY unless II 10 10 make "
q special occasion for caTousals and free
fights, which are Understood II be the
greater part It the religion OF Adventist
and Free viii BAptists. On one Sunday
evening q hopeful specimen remarked
THAT II 1t hadn't been 81 good Q hayipg
day he would have gUns sitter sugar
plums" On another day we came upon
our mtlkmAn "a lie was setting out his n
maio plants. They ,gl about in their
working clothes and carry on their regular
business. - .
to thia rs to many other statements
there aye q good many exceptions, and
upon the whole they have treated us very
well; bnt, "a the Captain remarks, oc'
caaionally, "They will practice scriptures,
we ale strangers, and they take US 10 "
And, 10 go back u him again, be claims 10
be O sell made man. According 10 bis &C.
count he began lie at q very early age by
binding himself ss au apprentice 70 o Arm
Of cabinet makers In Boston and releasing
himself OF the age otsevsnteen, OF the end
Of the first year, he was worth $500
Hsthsn settled In New Orleans for twenty
Ine years, gro wing immensely rich, at one
time thEeAteniDg " lsave because he was
offered the MayOrAlty, aud finally becdm.
log the proprietor otthe st. Charles Hotel
in order to collect bad debt. OF course
that put him on IN intimate footing with
all theRteat hotel keepers oil the lsnd and
he has sevefal stofies to tell otsThf6Gk.
morton Of the old Gait Houes I'm
Louisville. At thAt time and on
up 10 the breaking out Of the war
be was doing The largest furnishing busi.
mesa In America, having stores and ware.
houses In all parts oil the world and ships
on every ocean. Some oil these vessels he
commanded In person 30 hat although he
had .pSlatiAl residences In New York and
Boston he had very little time TO enjl
them. A. T. Stewart told him that "the
only difference betgeen you and me 10,
that am building prison aud you .
palace" There seems 10 lie nowhere that
be tHs not visitedin his travels. He gave
me very interesting description 0tthe
cry be ran at Wheeling many years ago
when passing through to Morgantown and
thence over the mountSins. Then, he has
known ihtims,sly most ofthe great men
Of this country. For twenty years Web
ster and be were boOu companions. and
relates among others, this aneCdote o.
him: "Mt. WebGer WIS very fond Of
shooting on llis MatShHeld estate, and one
day "a be andI we're standing oct In the
mud and water, looking worse than
I do now, and be wolse than !
did, THE captain was In bic
ashing costump). A ',anob," dressed 10
perfection, came down 10 Tie shore and
hailinv us wanted 10 know how he should
get across. "Why," said Mr. Webster,
"W&de across, that's the way do. "Bnt,"
tho snob protest cd, THAT would soil my
clothes AID gel my feet wet "Vety well,
then get on my back AID I'll carry you
across" The snob accepted the PROPOSE.
ton and when DO was safely Landed on
the other side wanted 10 know how be
should get back sgsin, saying that be
should frat like TO look around and exam.
Inc The place where the great Webster
amused himself. '0b, said Webster,
"you can inquire iofme 10 q, that house.
"But who shsll ask foi7" "You can ask
for Daniel Webster, that's my Damel
And he lett.
Connected with this be ssys that Peter
Harvey, Robert o Winthrop and himself
gave Webster $50 600 toward paying Of
| the debts on Ibis estate. He knew Clay
and Choate, became acqusinted with TGy.
lof during the Florida wsr, snd hosts oil
other persons who figured more OF lees
prominently at one time 10 public Affairs.
His AcquAintanceship with Ben Butler
came about through the captains having
4 load Of valuable lumber worth Si00, 900,
which be wished 10 get out Of New OtleanG
while Butler vac commander there, and
Ben offered 10 get II through II be would
go halves" on II. But he got II through
oil right without Beh'S assistance, and
aIterWard meeting him on q sleeping car
elsppbd bin on the shoulder, and says be,
Ben you old rascal, how are your You
tried 10 cheat me out Of $50, 900, but you
pouldhb do Il, could you" Ben never
said 4 Wofd. .....
but leaving behind pill this, the fac. ltill
tenaips that be 10 90 excellent workman,
iof which 10 have had OCCASION 10 be
thtnkiul, good AshettnSn and q Htstfate
temptation. lie 10 about 10 brig to end
he scj jufn hBie "tof bic halDh" He
thinks that the LAKE 10 getting fshed out,
and the looms aud o. gles are gIIduallY b
cofnlta seAtUsf. II theeA tnine q are true
| n viii coon DO time IoF the camper 10
Ebteik camp aud depart 10 . country
Whsls hotel ktePets and bgmmoT boaideta
S,s ubknoVh, RO.C q.