The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-04-26
Ma hone OF Virginia.

of thorough early education, with little or
no political influence, and with person and
temperament anything but pleasing, his in
nate spirit of conquest seemed to derive in
spiration from opposition, and with the clog
of a suffering, feeble body he groaned as he
pressed on, first to an education at the mill
tary academy of West Virginia, then to that
eminent success in teaching others, then to
the highest hight of the profession Of railroad
management, then to the front rank of army
heroes, then to the senate of the United
States, He is man of ardent temperament |
an'' of strong affections. He is ambitious, |
but not selfish, with cold exterior, but with |
warm loving heart. Destiny is his guiding
star, and the mantle of eXpcdiency obscures
the nobility of his better nature. When
school boy, l have seen him tossing on his bed
with his head enveloped in brown paper,
| pepper and vinegar, and murmurlng in the Bit
| terness of his heart, because of some real or
| fancied slight from the girl he loved. | have
known him to- violently strike some non
| professional book from may hand with all
angry expression of condemnation one mo-
ment, and in the next put his arm around
me and give expression to great tenderness.
| He is just to make amends, but to say 81 am
wrong" or 81 am sorry" never! In his ear
lier life he suffered terribly from dyspepsia
and its accompanying ills, living on dry toast
and milk, and enduring almost constant
college, and subsequently his labors as teach
er and engineer. From this cause mainly he
was led to adopt the more active profession
of civil engineering, and after having served
out the allotted term of two years as instruc-
tor Of mathematics and tactics at the Rappan-
mock academy, he secured subordinate posi-
ton in the corps of engineers which was
then preparing for the construction of the
Orange and Alexandria railroad. On this
road he is said to have walked faster, worked
more and accomplished larger results than
any young man on il. 1t was here that he
seemed first to develop his singular faculty
for antagOniZiDg every body but such as he
could make use of, and of exercising such
powers of discrimination as would infalllby
lead him to proper selection of his men.
Mahone's friendships are Napoleonic; Joseph
inc must go, if another leads the way to glory.
Destiny alone is his spouse. For men he has
no venelation; they are esteemed by him
in no case for their Individual conse-
quence, but he values them as he would a
horse, by the speed they can make in bearing
HIM on to the goal of his ambition. He looks
up to no man. and when the great of the
country stand in his presence in the enjoy
ment Of the inward satisfaction of ex-
, Itorted admiration, he the while is
, calmly taking their measure, and is
mentally fitting them in some place in
which he can make them best serve his pur-
poses, From this time on his advancement
!, was Most rapid, and for 90 years it taxed to
. the utmost every energy of mind and body to
keep pace with the star Of his destiny. The
! annual election for chief engineer for plank
road from Fredericksburg to Orange Court
D House was to be held He heard of it quietly
and appeared on the field of contest and was
chosen over the incumbent. Six months af-
ter that overheard portion of the conver
sation between him and the older engineer,
while they stood in the door OF his office IN
the village of Orange Court House. The
older man was telling him of an approaching
election, to be held in the city of Norfolk, for
a chief engineer of the proposed Norfolk and
Petersburg railroad, the pioneer railroad OF
that city. He urged him to go down., employ
his whole influence to defeat the present in
cumbent, and to get him, the speaker, cleo
ted to the office, and said that if he succeeded
he, Malone, should have the place OF princi-
pal assistant. Malone answered with mean
ing twinkle of the eye. He did go down al
the appointed time, defeated the former en-.
gineer, and secured his own not the Other
mans election. There was a Jump from q
salary of 81 200 year to one of $500. In a
wear from the intering upon the duties of his
g new office his salary was advanced to S3 800
and was dated back from the time OF his first
- election. But his life here was not without
its traits his contempt for The common hero
and his love of litigation arrayed against hin
a large majority of the citizens along the lint
le and at the termini of his road. With him
a however, was the minority, which yielded
ct the influence and gave direction to the affair
ID of the communities Interested. | remembe
2. little talk with the distinguished presiden
Of of the road, Francis Malony, of Norfolk, ii
Sc the course of which he said : "1 our chic
ct engineer is very remarkable man he is al
&C ready the factotum of the road, and it is well
| 4 I Iia Nv hao u
Il and then, Or before then, he will succeed t.
lie the presidency, and will have in hand, as h
1t. should have. the entire management of TIL
IL road. Yes, sir ; he is a great success in tn
to face of all the ordinary principles of success
I'd His love of litigation is such that he Woul
IT. rather pay $1,000 land damages on jud@
ment than 81 900 on a compromise 1t
objected to the subject of this sketch that h
cannot he traced in the beaten track, that hi
ry wavs ard positions are in defiance of commo
or custom. But therein lies hepower the mar
ell The consciousness of being an original, rev
ed olutionist and leader forced HIM to submi:
he sion rather than imitation. In labols he e,
m ceedinely abounded. He turned night int
he day. When other men were retiring frol
nd the duties of the day, lie was arousing hin
Ia self for his best efforts: and from 10 to
of at night all his work of diplomacy and form,
1is lating was done.-COr. LOUISVILLE Couric
Journal.
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to DR.. Tanner admits that he failed as le
be turer, but he wants to bet that lie will be r
OF membered twenty years longer than the la
president Hayes. He has all the odds in h
favor.
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