The Penn's Grove record., 1884-03-29
gen. GordOn's Habits.

Mr.. William 3. Carroll, who has been
abroad since last May, returned recently.
At Brussels Mr.. Carroll met General
"Chinese" Gordon, now ON his way u
Khartoum, and bad several long talks
with him, relating to the affairs Of Ire
land, Egypt and Turkey. Said Mr.. Oar.
roll: 81 was with General Gordon when
be received the dispatch from the Eng
lush Government instructing him to make
preparations for his departure for Egypt
It was on the afternoon Of Thursday,
| January II, while we were dlniHg to-
gether. The waiter handed HIM the dis
patch, an6 thinking It contained important
news, l watched the expression OF his face,
but 1t did not change, and when he had
finished reading he looked up and calmly
said; 4 have instructions to leave at once
for Egypt Dinner was finished IN ST.
lence, but later in the evening we talked
for hours or the subject"
"What sort of looking man Is General
Gordon?' asked the reporter.
"He has a pair of bright, sparkling eyes,
and IN many things he reminds me of Gen.
eral Agnus. He has a small black mus
tache, but he keeps the balance OF his face
scrupulously clean BY his general ap
pearance you would take him to be a man
in the ordinary walks of life, and not the
great General that he is. A good joke he
rellshes very much, although he never
visits the theatre, and he is happiest when
relieving from van some poor but de-
serving person. When In London he is
constantly visiting the slums, spending hls
money, and dong all in his power to re-
lIeve the sufferlngs of the poor"
'Was his visit to Belgium IN connection
with the proposed expedition to the Congo
reglonR"
Eyes, he had several interviews with
the King. in which he accepted the MISSION
to go TO the Congo region to try and break
up the slave trade of that place, as he has
an utter adherence of slavery, and has
often spoken to me of our martyred Presl.
dent Lincoln, who, he said, should have a
monument IN the hearts OF all true men for
having freed the colored race. He had
rendered his resignation as an officer IN the
British army, in which he had served for
thirty-two years, in orCer to go to the
Congo region, but the Government would
not accept it. He received his orders like
any true soldier, and left me the next
morning to go TO London and thence to
Egypt. He could not help regrettlng his
inability to make the expedition to the
Congo region at once, but contented him
self by saying he would have an opportu-
nifty of doing 50 upon his return from his
present mission, if, as he said, he did not
leave his bones to bleach upon the Egypt.
ian plains2"
"DId he fear the trip to Egypt"
mot at all, but he said his death was
among the possibilities at any time"
"Will he ever visit this country2'
ellis greatest ambition is to come to
America, which he purposes doing within
the next two or three years. He terms
this the country of enterprise, and he said
our newspapers were the greatest IN the
world. Speaking to me n day about
slavery, he said: Mr.. Carroll, why don't
some of your rich men like Vanderbilt or
Aston appropriate say 81, 900. 900 for the
abolition of slavery in Congo7 1t could
be done with this amount of money, aud |
would do 1t. The credit of the emanclpa-
tion would rest with the donor of money,
and be forever a monument to his men,
ory."
"Does the General 20 into society,""
mo, he does not care for much display,
and is very temperate. The Prince of
Wales sent for HIM one day, asking HIM to
breakfast with HIM. He replied if the
Prince wanted to talk business and smoke
a cigarette with him for q half-hour he
would be glad to visit him, il not he would
have to decline the pleasure. 1t may be
added that the Prince sent him q second
note desiring HIM to call and talk upon
matters of business"
"'Does he read very much2"
"He reads nothlnO but the newspapers. >