National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-03-11

Hut there ls The philosophy OF content
mcut iu his procedure. l,ctrace your acps now us /
far o. i street aud go With me to the Ebbitt. The /
army aud navy arc there, mud the names ON the /
register include those Of nearly all the probes /
sionnl bClligcrents who happen TO be in washing
ton ,ronsenly Mixed with them are number
liniaus aud Alabamiuns, who became wonted,'
70 repeat the word TO the Ebbitt while the late
senator Morton, Of Indiana, MADE 1t his headquar.
tets, and per force the political
MECCA OF RADICAL RADICALS.
But astray In this oOuglomeratc crowd Is q" ~
gentleman, who walks with cane, his
shoulders slightly stopped with age, his face c,'
shayen. except a snow white moustgChc, MS
eye clear md brilliant as II was half CEN
tuty ago. and In his mouth a briar. wood pipe.
lie hasn't taken up with the more modern iashi9n
Of smoking cigars. DoIcus uC strangers ask who
he is aud Nrc attracted 70 him by his gonlle man.
ners. The answer 70 this question discloses the
tthcutlchy, and now luwyCr IN ih' Guy, lhen
comes TIE Information that lac H. the father OF
Henry Wattrrson, OF the tourtT- JoWndL ftouI
distinction, ehi But long before tile wnyWar9
Henry was born the Judge was known hero and
hCreubpuis as member Of tie House, me sue
ccssor OF james x, Polk In 1870, tho conicm-
pNruty of Nr Clay aud n yOuug leader III the
days Of the maturity Of Webster aud Calhoun, In
iHrl he was serving his constituents IN tho House
when his son aud heir, the Kentucky editor was
born here In Washington. OF course the old gen
tlcinan b. rcminisccut; but IN these bustling
dms.oi uilicc seeking and plotting aud counter
plotting Tor 'Poils his tales of the stNtesmnulikc
struggles uI TIDE past find few hearers. Not that
he ever iutuGgs. but that II Is only with chosen
few thGt he sclcCetO reveal the history OF his re-
markable experiences. Among those few ia-
Ebbilt-
JuDoE JgRE BLACK,
the Old Pennsylvania lOCOfOcO. No one can once
see the latter without carrying for aye q mental
photograph Of his marked physique. tnikO
Judge NfItlersou lie f. tall angular, aud robust,
with rugged features and briStly, ovcrhuging eye
brOws. eCoing the two scntcd together. rs they
oiicu are one can only ilnd "a single rcSciGblnnrc
pN'Ntcn tl"ln ~ Inn lIuslS W ,hst NliCil NV
crowned them both with the dignity of horny locks.
BUl, however extreme their political views may
htyo been or are yet these Two relics OF
oi Iocofocj Democracy locked horns with
the Whig- aud made Washington, If not
Rome, howl with the anguish of partisan
strife. arc "a RruiIl and cOmpanionnblo in their
intercourse with The generation they have lived
into a. uie could wish GrIudiAthCr, they are,
believe, aud ior that reason they may be said,
with their mental aud physical faculties uuim'
paired, IT, have uuliivGd their own and lived into
the third generation Ut their lives. And now we
stroll down 10 the Metropolitan, there to find an
aggregation OF broad slo,ch hats worn by men
whose especial indiydnal!tics at once designate
them as sgltthrous, sirl Not at all strange that
The first thing you ONcTheOr nS you enteriS
A TALE ABOUT DuEltNG.
Aud 1t is worth repeating. The rclator is sur
rounded 10y Cunsenial spirits and admring
friends, for wuS he not the spot? In effect his
story is: ." You remember old Ridgcwny? OditOI
OF the Richmond Wing, you know? Well, Ridge.
way wn5 violent man in many respects, a fire
cater aud nll that sort of thing and in the lhiG
one day he said something about my friend Davis
| DAVIS. uG BcdlOrl-scuHtpr from Bedford, yOu re
member. Well, the upshut Of II was that Davis
CHALLENGED Rtdgway. ! think he sent the chal,
| lcugc uut no matter, the challenge passed and
! they came On to Washington to have il
out, They ielcgraphcd beforehand; you see,
| ana we all hud things fixed up for
them; had the carriage, ready for Bladensburg,
AMI tho doctors engaged, Sc. They went ont just
gyer tho District Hue aud we placed our mon;
Eidgcway did fire, but bis bail missed Davis and
spent eifamong the bushes Well, ,r, looked to
IN the air. What d've think of that? Fired in
the air, sir. At FIRST we thought 1t was an acci-
dent, or that Davis was nervous. But-oh [
forgot; just before
WE PLACED ouE MEN, SIR,
Davis handed note TO one Of the gentlemen
present. Well. when lie had fred in the air that
gentleman to whom ihc note had been handed
he was member OF the House from Virginia
stepped forward aud read the note aloud to all oi
US 1t Was q note sir, that I'll never forget. II
proved Davis to be man OF honor, sir, and brave
malta wetlc's.y Gmyc man. 1t said, In few
hrcf wo,ls, that hc had found ont after the Chal-
| iungp bad passed that no had been mistaken In
! hia CONSTRUCTION Of Ridgcways assault upon him
/ in the wing, and that lie believed nc
hud no real gricyancc against Etdgeway
! Ncyer'heie the note went on 10 say
! he, that is Davis, you know intended to give
! Ritgeway the satisfaction OF SHOT at him and
| then 10 fire his own weapon In the air. And, gen.
| tlolnen you see Dayis had carried out the pro
g,BEmv laid down in that blessed uuie. OF course
this was more tRIl satisfactory, aud the two prin.
! cipal, stepped forward to shake hands with caC
| other. NuW, WJ imagined we were safe from iutru
siun; but Just then there was laundering crushing
noise rs II wild bull vas galkpping through tn,
uuderbrusl. We looked in the direction of the
noise, when TO Us came a brhwny Prince Georgian
regular Maryland cOuntryman, with u big red
face, red hair, and his hat pcrched way back OF
! the
BACK OF HIS HEAD, you Know.
The sweat was running down his cheeks ant
| made his face gisteu, the red hair frneed tn,
| g,istcuiug tnCe about. and the rim of his blacl
| hat surrounded the whole like a sombre halo, sir
| And in his right hand he had laundering bis
| stick, which he waived with commanding gcs
| ture as lie ordered us all TO fall ill., Fall in
| d-n you; all of YOU fall IN, | say The fellow
| was drunk, you see, and had an Inspiration
suppose they'd call II an inspiration noW-to arres
us all. The whole thing was 50 coniounded ludi
! Crous that we all burst out laughing Then tn
| fellow hOuudCied on toward BladOnsburg, NOR
| like mnd bull, or n wild bull than ever and he
| fore we had time 10 fix up tho dGlcl0C, yOu know
one Of our haokmen yelled out that
THE POLICE WERE COMING
! so we had to run for 1t. There was an opeI
space between US and the turnpike, over whicl
| we ran for dear life. And when We got TO the
! fence there was that same fellow sitting on II
brandshiug his stick MS before and yelling ut III,
in!' Well. we did fall into our carriagCs--auC
drove over the District line in safety. But as ",
reached the line our interruptor with the big stiCl
| was seen pursuing us rapidly as his big fee
could carry him, and wo heard, ms we drove gu
| Of sight the reiterHtiOn of his command TO lal
| in. Ever after that, gentlemen, all that was nee
| cssary to get drink out of either old RidGeway o
| Davis, of Bedford, was tOrsay { fall in isuppOs
we do It now" And they did.