The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-10-07

from that Of yesterday. ile is simply
clincins TO lilo by slender thread,
which his physicians think may bo sov'
cred at auY ttmc, He remains ia
comatoss condition, from which ho is
aroused only with an effort, aud his
digestive organs ara also failing. which
adds to tho hopeleiauess OF the case.
Since his reliroment from the senate
in 1857 General Malone has lived
moitly in Washington At John Cham
bsrlin'a holol. which hss bGsu tho re.
sort Of so many distinguished men.
Here he could be found almost every
night seated in tho dining room OF
that hoste!ry, surrounded by kindred
spirits, some OF them men Of Distinction
in national affairs, discussing questions
OF the day aud telling good stories,
General Malone Is bankrupt, hope
less, though not wholly frlsudloL lie
is virtually a psnsiones on the geRer-
osiIy OF ono Of his old associates, John
Chamberlln, the innkeeper. FOO hon.
orab. to Iun away from any just claim
upon him, too high spirited TO attempt
10 sayo anything out OF the wreck ot his
own property, Muhuue had nothing in
the world but his pride aud tho home III
Petersburg which belonged TO his wife
before their marriage.
A REMARKABLE CAREER.
General Mahoas was bora in South
amptou county, Va, DscsmbOr |. 1926,
and ia in his sixly.ninth year Tn.
Usually slight In stature aud frame,
General Malone has had the energy OF
man OF twice lIls siZs. His intellect.
uaI powers have been Of the beat, aud
from his small. keen eye' therO always
cleaned unusual intelligence and sa'
gRCiiy.
Tho boyhood Of young Malone was
series OF struggles, and 1t was not until
he was seventeen years old that he gain.
ed admission TO the military institute Of
Virginia.
He graduated With distraction, after
which he engaged ia civil engineering
and became chief engineer on the Nor.
folk & Petersburg railroad. Before the
war Malone became a good deal inter.
ested In railroad affairs, and kept his
EElQ OH klluHG AhhGN0Aha AlNAgAEANAk hAAN
contest, returning to railroad msnage'
ment.
Al the breaking out OF the war no
Joined the Conicderacy, and raised the
sixth Regiment OF Virginia Infantry,
which ho commanded. In March, 1854,
he was made a brigadior general. Ills
seryica at tho battle OF Petersburg won
him the tit.e OF "lioro OF the Crater
1. is said that he alone prevented the
Union troops IRON occupying Peters.
burg by repairing the shattered Con.
!sdsrate line before sunset General
Loo IL said to have regarded General
Mahouc as probably tho ablest OF tho
Confederate generals, and thurO are
those WHO assert that had General Lee
died beiore tho C!oSn ot tho war, Cen
rral Malone would have become coin.
mandor Of the Confederate army.
At the Closs oil the war hu returned
10 his original work OF engineering AMI
became president OF the Norfolk & Ton.
ucs,ae railroad. A spirit Of leadership
led min into the political arena, aud no
At once assumed a foremost position in
tho informal Affairs Of Virginia. WhCn
the agitation arose Tor the TcadiusimDnt
Of tho enormous debt which was op.
pressing tho Old Dominion, General
Malone became leader Of that faction
OF the Democratic party which was
ai,orWard called "Roadjuslor," which
favored tho partial population OF tho
state debt aud ttr rd1djHstmeat on
lines which would enable tho state to
pay it. llo shrewdly formed iu'inn
wttl tho Republicans Of Virginia and
by supporting policy of equal and fair
irsa,meu. OF tho colorsd man aud au
honest count Of thoir ballots no became
ap1wcr; 30 great ons that In 1879 tho
liealju,torI carried tho state aud Gem
eral Malone was elected upon the
fusion tlCke. to the senate.
HEMoRABLE SCENE.
Androws says Of him: "Tho Virgin.
tn1'a entry into the senate in 1881 wa'
marked by dramatic passage at arms,
Az elected, tho senate OF tho Forly.acy.
enth Congross had ANAL Republican
majority, but Gatilold's cabinet np'
p,ntmont5, calling away tho ,hroe 10,
rlbtCru GGnntoH-BIRias, kiFk"oDh
aud Window -oit tho two parLlos IN
the body equally divided.
when tho fight tor organization
came on. thorO wero thirlY.nnyen snto
I,opuhlcana aud thirty.ssyOn Domo'
u6,8, not counting David Davis or Ma.
hone, both Of whom woro exprrtof 10
1n' moro or less Independently OF party.
Davis, lsvoring tho status quo, and oyl'
lsnlly expecting Malone to vote with
tho Democrats In organizing, declared
himself roIoy0d TO support tho ofgnnl'
ton Of tho senate AZ II Blohd.
'IIad Malone sided with him tho
r.mmilloo, M mId0 up by tho Demo
cratic caucns would have boon elected.
Hu' in spite ot Democratic plondlnsl
nI dnnouuclation' Mahono ooenclulel
N1 support tho Republicans, rms lod
l.sBonnt0, OF course, syon II Dayla, yot'
rl with tho Democrats, nhl Vico
AflNnf could, oi cOurIc, bo counted on
10 turn tho vote tho llopublienn way
This hs did In p0stponing indefinitely
lIH motion oi olertn9 tho Douocthllu
committees aud UlGClinR n RHphbllcRh
LET. When II came 10 choosing Hnr'
g0lnLGl.afma and olofu, Dayli. now
llgDrnv tho new status nv bnlofn 10
lad tho old, voted With tho lScphOIl'
r1nH.
General Mahonr served In tho senate
Unul tho spfIng oi 1887, when ho fn'
Nfof, aitof having hSon dsIealal ~, 10
ooruon. Tho Virginianl could not ipr'
r.w hlm lor bGcpminR q lNNnG,,GaO
lhn tslt ol lili liio wn1 plulll' WNNl
NGnnlorsI tho senate lo WIS peiIhP'
lle flrhell man In Virginia WIN .
nagnlllosnt homo, whore he OnIor'Alnui