The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-01-04
INTERESTING NEWS FROM INDIANA.
Mr.. MsDssala aad Matthew Arn"is-Mr.
Monsnaia aaA Abraham Llnceln.

INTERESTING NEWS FROM INDIANA.
Mrs.. MeDssald aad Matthew Arnela-Mr.
McDsuaia a.d Abraham Lincoln.
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 2-Metthew Arnold.
while in this city. was tho guest Of the Hon.
w. p. Flshback. After the eminent English
man had concluded his discourse he stepped
from the stage to the floor Of tho hall and. ad-
dressing Mrs. Arnold. who ut the moment was
communicating with a bevy OF ladies. said In
q tono OF warm earncstness peculiar to this
speculative thinker and poet. Wife. come
with me. desire to present you to the most
beautiful woman in the world"
who |" was asked.
The wife Of Senator Mcdonald"
BY the accidental departure OF Mr.. Mcdonald
and wife the opportunity Of an introduction
was lost. which the cultivated Briton feelingy
dsplored In these terms: 80 spiritual a
creature OF transcendent beauty. so nne specl-
mon OF lovely womanhood never met before"
faithfully give this as 1t was given to me by
w. p Fishback himself. believing that 1t will
shed some light on tho romance by which this
lady Ia environed at tho instance Of those
mysterious Washington people Of the pen.
Mrs. Joseph +. Mcdonald is at that period Of
woman life when man may piously adore the
eevatlng memory OF sainted mother In her
benign face On hor soft cheek there is the
delicate lustre OF the open rose as we'll asa
glow OF girlish strength. Surmounting brow
elegantly moulded is vast wealth OF hair.
sikon In its softness-not gray. but white as
tho snow drift. Faint lines that johnson might
characterize as beauty marks chnston and con-
tribute to an expression that Raphael would
surely have loved to paint. Where Matthew
Arnold Is cited as authority on q subject. even
II sacred. so full Of poetry. a correspondent
certainly has license to motto the exquisite
one aioTous presence a though he may ac
ss that to describe Mh like
The dream Of Mr. McDonaId's life was to DO
his earlY work was to that end. and even the
e. hs Fo sasy a
1ass SSss THsS
experie nc on The frontier. ana TINT symmet
ricai dove opmsnt Of heart and pun pose pecu-
largely formed under the responsibilities that
an Wsncs to- Se hs
care Fl NJ: Mcponaid's mother. The Ameri-
S to h9 emil
good womHn's memory 'A'
his library that MIR. Hendricks. in a prevfous
conversation with me. had Observed that Presi.
to newsraper criticismMthat he had found Mr.
Lincoln greatly concerned and had seen An.
drew johnson trembe with excitement while
reading what he believed an unjust editorini
opinion regarding his Administration. Yes"
answered MIR Mcdonald :" a conscjousness ~
responsibility begets extreme sensitiyeness. /
remember, with Mr. Hendricks calling on Pres
isS5 to intnrcede fcr Bowies MiI III and
Horsey. who we're condemned to death by n
court martial. l think the clock told seven
crowded with peope. and some OF Tho most dis.
tinguished or the country. / looked around
and despaired OF an interview with the Presi
dent that evening and we sent our cards in
senate il is true but n Demoorat and had a
few months previously been defeated FOR Gov.
ernor Of Indiana by Morton, Great was our
greater surprise was in store for us. When wa
left Mr. Lincoln that night Ia. clock
told eleven thirty. and there was not
2 soul IN the anteroom.. All of that