The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-03-12
SOME OLD NAMES.

II General George Washington were to
turn up at the Centennial Inauguration,
says Charles p. Bryan in America, he
would recognize in the chief officials names,
and probably faces, familiar and dear TO
him On the 4th of March the great grand
sons Of his friends aud co-laborers, Bcnja-
min Harrison and Ephraim Blaine, will be
inducted into the highest executive oiilces
He would also, 1nd ip Washington great
grandsons Of his Vice-Presldeiit and sue
cessor, John Adams, and of his first sweet
heart, Mary Bland, who married Henry
Lee, father of"1ight-lIorso Harry
General Washington early manifested o
tender and paternal interest in Henry Lee,
.or 'sIight-Horsc Harry, las he was after
ward nicknamed. This son Of Mary Bland
became his fayorite lieutenant. Contem-
.poraries binted that the evident likeness to
his mother cndeared him to her discarded
lover, Washington, the Good In another
generation the Blnnds and Washngtons in
termarried, and stranger still, the son of
Colonel Lee, Robert Edward, welded Miss
Custis, "Ladyn Washington's greatgrand.
daughter. - 'f "i's
A gentlemen who was q guest at their
taronial home, Arlington, just before tho
war, says that when General lee took him
out onto the portico to survey the broad
Potomac with Washington beyond, the
host remarked; ~ never gaze on that
cdifce, the National Capitol, without O
feeling sof sadness and apprehension. ~
! Forebodings Of the terrible struggle,sso I'm.
minent, -filled his mind, aud the trial OF
choosing between allegiance TO the Union
or Virginia wrenched his soul. : - : 80 .
Tho litteratcur, Henry Adams, grandson
Of John Quincy Adams, has a pnched, al
minutive appearance. He occupies large
house, austere as the owners family, facing
Lafayette Square. A trio or more of Dandy
| Dinmonts are his sole boarders and chic
companions. The resemblance between
them and their master has often been re
marked and recalls the inquiry of tn,
Frencbmanrafter contemplating q picture
Of Sarah Bernhardt with her greyhound
(Which Is Saray' Like the other members
Of the Adams family known to contem
I rorsry fame, Henry is frigid. He has beer
consistent Mugwump and ever since 1s7l
''forninst the giverment"
Senator Barbour, whose former seat In
the House Of Representatives is now filled
by General, Rooney" Lee, is identified
with the Harrisons through his relative and
predecessori in the Senate, Governor Jane:
Barbour, who was chairman of the conven
tion that nominated General William Henry
Harrison in 1902 While James Barbour
was an ardent Wing, his equally distin
guished brother, Philip, was a rabld Dem
ocrat. They differed no less In appear
nnce than in politics. 'Jnmcsiwas a super,
specimen of manhood, august IN demcanor
and stentoran in voice. The yopnge
brother, Mr.Justice Barbour, was small o
stature, With unprcpossessing face. a. A sis
ter Of his used to relate that as a girl sa'
was once asked by stranger in sthe 81
4 prene Court room, "Who is that hideou
little inanat'the end of the row of jus
ticess He is the plafncst' man on tn
Bench" "And the youngest and bright
est, Philip Barbour" responded the loya
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