Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-23

fure, no less than IN encounter With Zen
eral Washington, under circdm,tinces
! which NEST fully confirmed the inr,ress;:,a
! had formed CT hns. had heen to pay
asvisit TO al acquaintance "a Liie banks Of
the Potomac, a few miles below Alexan-
dria, and was returning on horseback, in
the rear of an old-fashioned chaise, the
driver of which was strenuously urging
! his steed to an accelerated pace. The
beast showed singular indifference till
lash, directed with more skill than hui
mainly, took the skin from an old wound.
| The sudden pang threw the poor animal
on his hind legs, and the wheel swerving
upon the bank, over went the chaise,.
| finging out upon the road young woman
who had been its occupant. The minute
before had perceived
HoRsEMAN
Approaching at gentle trot, who now
broke into gallop, and we reached the
scene of the disaster together. The female
was our first care. She was insensible but
had received 30 material injury. Ny COM
panion supported her, while | brought
some water in the crown Of my hat from
spring some way off. The driver of the
chaise had landed on his legs, and, having
ascertained that his spouse was not dead,
seemed very well satisfied with the care
she was in, and set about extricating his
horse. A gush of tears announced the
lady's return to sensibi1ity, and then, as
her eyes opened, her tongue gradually re-
sumed its Office, and assured US that she
retained at least one faculty in perfection,
as she poured forth volley Of invectives
on her mate. The horse was now on his
legs, but the vehicle still PROSTATE, heavy
in its frame, and laden with at least half
ton of luggage.
MY FELLOW-HELPEE
Set me an example of activity IN reliey-
ing it of the external weight, and when all
was clear, we giasped the wheel between
us, and, to the peril of our spinal columns,
righted the conveyance. The horse was
then put in, and we lent a hand to help
up the luggage. All this helping, haul
ing and lifting occupied at least half an
hour, under meridian sun in the middle
of July, which fairly boiled the perspira-
tion out of our foreheads Our unfortunate
friend somewhat relieved the task with
his narrative He was -Englander
who had emigrated to the South when
fOuASs tiSiC IliCiNCu up u WI lie anu SOluS
money, and was now on his way home,
having, he told us, been made very COM
Portable by the death of his father; and
when all was right, and we had assisted
the lady to resume her seat, he begged us
to proceed with him to Alexandria and
take drop of something sociable.' Find
ing, however, we were unsociable, he ex-
tended his hand (no distant likeness of
seals fin, gripped ours as he had done the
heavy boxes, and, when we had sufficiently
felt that he was grateful, drove on.
NY COMPANION,
After an exclamation at the heat, Of !
fered very courteously to dust my coat, |
favor the return of which enabled me to
deliberate survey of his person. He was |
tall, erect, well-made man, evidently ad-
vanced in years, but who appeared to have
retained all the yigor and elasticity re-
sulting from life of temperance and ex-
ercise. His dress was blue coat buttoned |
to his chin, and buckskin breeches. |
Though, the instant he took off his hat, |
could not avoid the recognition of familiar
lineaments-which, indeed, l was in the
habit of seeing on every sign-post and over
every fireplace-still l failed to identify
him, and, tn my surprise, found that
was an object of equal speculation in his
eyes. A smile at length lighted them up,
and he exclaimed, Mr.. Bernard, be-
lieve?' / bowed I hrd the pleasure of
seeing you perform last winter in Phila-
delphia.'
I BOWED AGAIN,
{" And he added, Il have heard of you
since from several of my friends at An
napolis. You are acquainted with Mr.
Carroll? l replied that that gentlemans
society had made amends for much that
had lost in quitting England. He then
learned the cause of my presence in the
neighborhood, and remarked, You must
be fatigued. If you will ride up to my
house, which is not mile distant, you can
prevent any ill effects from this exertion
by couple of hours rest / looked round
for his dwelling, and he pointed to build
ing which the day before | had spent an
hour in contemplating. Mount Vermont
/ exclaimed; and then, drawing back,
with stare of wonder, Have l the
honor of addressing General Washington?
With smile, whose expression of benevo-
lence l have rarely seen equalled, he of
fered his hand, and replied, An odd sort
of introduction, Mr.. Bernard; but | am
pleased to find you can play so active a
part in private, and without a prompter,'
and then pointed TO our horses (which had
stood like statues all this time, as though
in sympathy with their fallen brother),
and shrugged his shoulder at the inn.
needed no further stimulus TO accept his
friendly invitation. As we rode up to his
house we entered freely into conversation,
first, in reference to his friends at Annapo-
lis, then respecting my own success in
America and the impressions | had re-
ceived Of the country.
Considering that nine ordinary country
gentlemen out of ten, who had seen
chaise upset near their estate, would have
thought it savored neither Of pride nor H.
nature to ride home and send their serv-
ants to its assistance, could not but think
that had witnessed one of the
STRONGEST EVIDENCES
OF a great mans claim to his reputation
the prompt, impulsive working of
heart which having made the good of
mankind-not conventional forms-its re-
ligion, was never so happy as in practi-
caily displaying it. On reaching the house
kwhiSh, ih ils SOhipaSt SiLipiiSlty anu SOin-
manding elevation, was no bad emblem of
its owners mind), we found that Mrs.
Washington was indisposed; but the Cen
eral ordered refreshments in parior
whose windows took a noble range of the
Potomac, and, after a few minutes alb
sence, reioined me.
"The general impression / received from
his appearance fully correspondent with the
description of him by the Marquis de
Chateluz, who visited America at the
close of the war. The great character
istic of Washington, says he, is the per-
feet union which seems to subsist between
his moral and physical qualities; so that
the selection Of one would enable You to
judge Of all the rest. If you are pre-
senied with medals OF
TRAJAE OR CESAR,
The features will lead you to inquire the
proportions of their persons; but if you
should discover in heap of ruins the leg
or arm of an antique Apollo, you would