New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-05


,h.r made and he thinks still He viii not In his
nrcsent position sanction any ruling which he would
not uphold on me floor. He WILL however, lBteh W
argument lmpartially and
nv this time Speaker Hodge had got back to his
p,ce as presiding officer. and the temporary Speaker
was relieved from duty.
A fcw evenings ago when the lobby OF the Riggs
sHouse had the usual number OF people sitting arouhd
and standing about. there entered man rather ABOVE
the medium height with ceanly shaven faoe, rudy
complexion and hair almost snow white Ills eA-
preston was such that he wes bound 10 attract az
tenton as he unconsc iously walked to and fro.
.,,,, - uenncmen cat I'm corner, and ono OF them
.Id . no Won know that man over there by the cigar
stand7' A..
~ do not, said one OF the group. AT the hrst
glance he reminded me little OF OK secretary baSaru'
Who is he7" 80 c,1,
That Is the famous eAConfederete guerhia' Noo"'i
John & MOsby Of Virginia.
Then everybody In that portion OF the ioooy cast
a good SQUARE look at the man who took such a
prominent part In the late war.
He doesn't look like man OF nerve ana daring
said one.
al always pictured Mosby as much larger man.
said another and imagined that he had st' shatsS
beard looked ferocous, and had a heap 10 say IN a
crowd Why he appears to be quite modest anu
have noticed him around the hotel many times oil
late but he has never been talkativc, lndecu' ne
seems to be always in deep study, ana seldom 'dlhS
unless some one speaks to him.
In a few minutes the cx-gueria left the lobby'
and then Of the group wanted 10 hho" Vi a
yirglnian who happened 10 como along some'h'hs VI
Colonel Mosby's career since the war His dncuhs
scrapcs, were the most ting subjects oro"Rh'
nm and while the Colonel got into much danger
AZ result OF his rashness In challenging people IN
last difficulty he had In Virginia was roIacd 'ch'
eral Grant became very much Interested III '"'o'
and Il was through Grants influence that MosOy cut
loose from the Democratic party The NO"he h%' pc''
anxious TO 90 TO Congress from the Win Virginia
District but General IIun,on who lived IN the same
TO N CWarrentOn, got the nomination. ana Inv CON
test In the district so bitter that some haru 'h"SS
uorc said The wrangle continued Tor scNcIdi
vcars and the personalities became so poihted anu
bitter one day in Warrentou that 'oOhel oSoS 'o.'
sdcred himself insulted and got his blood warm lie
wanted TO fight and the town was startleu 10 i'ar ~
= ,ro, v,s ,umincnt Tho Judge Of the Circuit
Court learned Of the trouble and he had two Of The
men arrested and put under heavy bonds to Keep inc
peace. II seems that Mosby had challenger "rhe'a'
william H. PAYNE formerly Of the Black l"r'
Cavalry Colonel Tom Smith, son OF " EAtra hnS
Smith, famous Ex-Governor Of the STATE an" 'aPa
4. ,Icck- PAYNE a cousin OF General Payne. The
Judge got Billy Payne and tom Sm'h' o"I '"o'
did not mind the bond. They put out 10 lrh'"
william County the meeting place. M"'hy nan
any onc of the three or all Of the three II he was
not killed or seriously wounded In the first TWO ell
counters "Aleck" Payne cvadrd the officers ann was
not under bond. That whole side OF Virginia was w
cited and all OF the leading papers had Represent"
tyrs I'm the Piedmont region to get news oi INV en-
pcctcd duel For three or four days IN" 'hai''"e'
n.,,s we're cyaaing the officers and trying to meet
the ey.Cucrlla, but the officers got colonel HoNoS
AZ he was going to the last meeting place arranged
,d bo was mt under heavy bonds also, anl the mat
tor ended as he had not sufficient money to reimburse
| his friends II he should break the peace Inc fAhtS
had the money and they were desperate men III hi'
Younger DAYS Colonel MOsby was considered the D~'
pI,tol shot In all Northern Virginia
CoIoncl Mosly is not an applicant for any poH'Na'
ece Ic s here trying TO collect som" ICES "h'h
he claims are due him a. Consul at Hong hOhs' h'
,,,ccts ,o spcpd the remainder Of his life on The
Pacific Coast.
Everybody in washington knows Colonel NICK
DcIl of Missouri who served III" Cleveland Admins
traton as superintendent Of Foreign Malls Ana NJ j
uretty well known to Democratic politicians all oN''
the country from TN fact that he has been re"'IhI
| cIcrk AZ several Democratic National ConVcnto"S
CoIunrl Bell had not been In Office here year pelot'
hc discovered that It wa, absolutely necessary Tor hin
IA learn 10 read and speak French. lie la his trans
Ia,jnns done at his Office but all the same he nan al
tlca that It would be we'll for him to read ca'tn'S
himself all the foreign correspondence which j. receive
I'm Court" language When he first TOOK up inc S'uu'
he wa, a gay bachelor. and had suite oil ro"is h'a
the Ebbitt House one night friend dropped In and
found the superintendent porting over lot ot boohN
| What are You doing, Nick - hc inquired.
| " S,uJvinp French my boy said the Mi>Sourfan
81 need It In my business. All the letters como IN
French and besides, when g. abroad am going tc
talk It, you know
| In less than year Colonel Bell prded hlnsef una
Ire could carry pretty lively conversation III th'
language lie would rattle in French with Seno
Romero and others when they called at the Depart
mcnt, and tho Mssouhan's friends who didn't under
stand French began "a marvel at all they saw and
| hoard ono day friend OF tho superintendent me-
Senior Romero and inquired Of the distinguished Me1i
can "Ah by the way. Senior how well does my friend
Colonel Nick Bell, speak French''
| About as we'll as speak English quickly r.
| sponded the Mexican Minister in badly broken Eng
| llsh, and passed smllinsly on down the street
| The friends Of Colonel He'll now have their doubts
about his being as flip n talkcr in French as HI
claims 10 be- and insist that his MIzzoora7 accent Il
rather too prominent.
Nevertheless, MEX Is going abroad to spend th'
summer on the Continent and he IS going to take no
only his French but his Spanish along and give then
| both airing.
| FIX Representative William F.. Gaines, OF the lNh
District of Virginia. appears 10 accept the S'"a"i
| with becoming good NATURE. Rcmarkng recently upoi
| the big crowd Of office seekers in Washington h" Oh
| served 10 a friend who talking about tn" Repb
| llcan d>pcnsatlon oil the loavrs and fishes" tina
| while hc didn't know very much about the " luavr>
| he could give tho Executive a mighty good pointer
| about the fishes In the creCk> and mill ponds .
| Southeastern Virginia. said Mr. Gaines, there l.
recuar fish which gu's by the local name Of tie gun
| mel or guinnrl' Its quite handsome fish. Goo'
deal like the garpkc ard Is often caught weighing
a, IL I,,,, -. oil, malt,
| OF this specimen Of the nnny tribe are, 10 say th
| least Of IT, eminently peculiar, and depend larCcl!
unon the manner I'm which II is cooked. II the 'gun
| ncr l. boiled into soup gumbo, or II It Is >tr"c1
with YARDS until It falls to pieces, 1t Is very goo
| eating but unfortunately most people pr"par II OF
| the CridlrIn In which case the results arr apt to b
| extremely unfortunate. When the unucky wigh