Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-29
A MAN oF NfANY PARrs.

No man in Washington IS better known than General Beale. His wealth and position, his varied and romantic career. and eminent services to his coun- try. give him great distinction in the capital. in it's society and on its streets. Who Knows -HOw-TO-keep- a. Secret. namely the President of the United States, may appoint him to the Secretaryship of the Navy. General Grant is General Beale's very intimate
 General Beale is sixty years old, straight as an arrow and possessed Of vigorous health. His is emphatically an old age afrosty but kindly" for though very gray, he is unbent; his eyes are bright, his body formed for active exer- else and his cOuntenance expressive Of strong resolution and kindly feeling.
 The General is from a distinguished family in Pennsylvania. His father was a paymaster in the navy, and hls grand father was Commodore Iruxtzn- h early manhood he married the daugl ter of Samuel Edwards of Delaware. Ee has two daughters and one son. One daughter is still unmarried, and the other is wife of a Russian gentleman of rank. Truxtun, his only son, IS in busi- ness in California, a thriving young man of twenty-five.
 Our subjects first distinction was dur ing the Mexican war. When he was twenty-fOur years of age, he was pre- sented with a sword bearing this lnscrlp- ton:
 Presented by the officers of the Unit ed States Navy on the station at San Diego. California, to Lieutenant Ed ward F. Beale, of the United States Ma ", for his gallant conduct in the charge upon the Mexican forces at San Parquale and San BernadinO, and his carrying ln- telhgence to San Diego Of the position of General Kearney through the enemys lines at great personal risk on the 9th and 7th of December, lS46.
 Before hIs promotion from the same rank, he carried to Washington dispatch es announcing the conquest of California. ComnOd3,ad Stockton highly comr,I- mented him uDou thlS occasion, Idre., letter appointing him to the wherein occurs the following passes |
 "I have selected you to be the bearer of the accompanying dispatches to the Navy Department Tn consequence Of your heroic conduct in volunteering to leave General kearney's camp (then sur rounded by the enemy to go to the gar risOn of San Diego for assistance, and because of the perils and hardsh1ps you underwent during that dangerous jour ney to procure aid for your suffering fel- low-sOldiers.
 Before the close of the war, Mir. Beale was appointed Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Mexico and California, in which office he won golden opinions r. AL l.,sr him association. Later in life the Gen. eral acted as United States Minister to Vienna. for which position he possessed great fitness, including that of being skilled linguist In short, General Beale has distinguished himself as a naval and military officer, as a diplomat, as a schOl- ar, and a man of society and affairs.
 His mansion in Washington IS situate on Lafayette Square, the self-same house built in 1879 by Commodore Stephen Decatur. It IS an elegant and historic residence, one of the ornaments of the capital Adjoining are the stables, in which some of the most noted horses of the country are kept. General Beals has been claimed by CalifOrnians as a resident. for the last thirty-seven years. | His great ranche, containing two hun dred thousand acres of land, with large fiocks and herds, is in Kearn County. | He occupies a country house at Chester, Pennsylvania, and has farm at Ash ! Hill, near Washington. In all these l diverse places of abode there are strik- | ing evidences of the Generals love of | horses. In his care of the nOblest of | brutes, and his attention to hIs improve | ment, training and good breeding, Gen | eral Beale deserves well of his country. l He is an exceedingly busy man, travel | ing almost necessarily, and, we trust, | destined to the enjoyment of many | more years of activity.