The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-09-10

that his main object in visiting Wash
ingtOn Mt present l. to- purchase site
whcrcon to build palace that will
dwarf the most magnificent residences
in the Capital Mrs Mackay 1t is
said, longs TO dazzle the American Cap.
ital with some Of the splendid rccep-
tons which have 0stonishcd Paris dur
ing her residence there.
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s'"uics gives the correspondent OF inc
81 Louis RcpUbiicaa some interesting
information about President Clcye-
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INC h'"u h"'lI'F' 'Ao uo''h urlVe
much, and he ins NO use for Il f1arin.
hard. lie is fuudrr Of walkinr. Nearly
every morning he passes the stable
without calling, aud walks in the
park and down by the Washington
NCruWuEl OF course he drives out
occasionally Of an afternoon. have
taken him every drive around Wash
inclcn, lut whom hc goes outside the
city he gets ont and walks. keeninr
the carriage M alongside of him. 80
that he can see what time he is maSin-.
He has two carriages, n pretty little
victoria and landau. The victoria Is
lipht,and can bcGyrd rorcithcr one horse
or two. The landau Is for a pair. You
see, when the President gcts his third
horse he can use the two machines
when lie has occasion for them. and
should any one of the horses be sick
or not fiji for use he will still have a
team. That's the Presidents idea. he
doesn't want a four.in-hand. " Does
the President ever ride in the
saddle" ." No." said the groom
anu nc smiieu US Tic SPOKE ~
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about il md said he Womb like n rido
in the saddle. say TO him, you would
require Il nice, quiet horse Mr.. Prcsi.
nent, TO begin with, II you maven I
Deeh accustomed TO the sadulc, clse,
says J., you might get dumped, ana IL
would require to be strong morse.
ne laughed ana tolu me he used 10 rae
IN thc SADDLE, put he WASH so stout
ihcn' MT; Arthur was great man Tor
ho,Ses' lie used 10 go 0ut III inc
Saddle every afternoon; inc stable
81 COO snon had imst hnnn n,p,rcbosnJ ' in
PHILADELPHIA for Mr.. Cleyclnnd's use,
but he didn't believe it was true. The
PRESIDENT already owns carrlagc-team
n opousit ooa rom roughhee l wLicn
oho,t rcttip" ~ third horse to mi =
place in case of one of fine mir beinr
indisposcd. Colonel Crook, the dis
IurSlng clerk at the White House and
INC IIeSiucl'' groom arc ooIl on inc
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The Philadelphia correspondent OF
the Chicago 1yib,tne writes MS follows
urop vorv interesting thomo. Tho
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''"ssio ~ ' ""i'y / "'' mus Do NoiS
Wearying' fancy 10 inc seil-coh'aiheu'
benevolent woman with the sweet old
ewes and the gray hair who is one of
the nrincinol rucsts nj the Devon. She
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lcrl"i 'niiSs-ioi N"''oi cAis.cnoc'
She is the widow OF the old war-horse,
General George G.. Meade. She is in
the sunset of life, her path LIGHTED up
"A, ,,,o 1oro,;or Of cons and dorDttori
Wv Wv W. 80 - C go , $500
-hrs' ih"ch"i"' 'ohci"i oherni"n
daughter, Is great friend OF hers, and
frequently runs up from Bryn Mawr to
pay her visit. Her father and the late
General Meade were for years conf
dental friends. None of the Meades
were at General Grants funeral, The
two families are estrangcd, though
during the war Grant was Meade
llithu anu uIllllcI' hc slulS VI lhc
change of feeling is this: Meade, of
course, was brigadier- general in the
regular army and majors general of
volunteers in command of the
Army of the Potomac, while
Grant was general of the whole
army. Grants admiration of Meade 5
tactical ability was unbounded,
and friends of the latter say that, in Il
letter to the War Department he spoke
of Meade's skill in handling an army
as the highest that he had ever oh
served. Phil Sheridan was Meade S
corps commander. During the cam
paign before Nicksburg General Shcri.
dan was nominated for vacant major
gencralship in the army and confirmed.
Meade demonstrated ut having his
junior promoted over his head. He