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VIBOINLsV.
When (iriticd, In nrts and nuns supreme,
ftiwe sovereiKli O'er her duiKened Age,
And lent Its old, Immortal theme
To grateful History's liiiininn page;
When words, like arrows winged with lire,
Touched hoflrts that Kindled At tliettaoic
And souk, re-eeholng to her lyre,
Heiird tliefer voice of eouilug Fume;
The" Krfeiloin kepi, v gnnrded mound.
That fori ressed ro<!k where Athens sate,
And wisdom's soul, divinely crowned,
Its sheltering Oenlus. held Hie Htate.
lleslAless Though! its vital Ileum,
To bard and sage and hero gave ;
Tlmt long has IU Time's upward stream,
Ami shines eternal on the wave.
This was her lxmat, and Is her pride,
The old Republic's stem behest;
That mind to unswerlng mind replied;
And they who swayed her were her Hest.
This wrote her story with the stars j
She perished! Tlow, her annuls tell;
ITntc, envy, meanness, all that inurs;
And Folly ruled, as Greatness JVII.
Then, force and Fraud's barbarian will
iVoso o'er the nobler mind's decay,
Arid sank, on tower and templed hill.
The twilight aliudes that closed her day.
This golden moral Eld unrolls,
O proud Virginia! to thine eye«;
Rids thee low most thy noblest souls
For Freedom sinks, when honor dies.
JOHN M. DANIEL'S LATCH-KEY.
A Memoir of Hie lata Bdltor of the
Hlchmend Examiner.
Rome ilays ago, I loimil In an old
drawer, tlvo lUTHi-koy, which the edi
tor of the Richmond kxamhter gave me
In 1863. It lilted the door of the house
on Broad street, opposite tho African
church—the house in which he died.—
A bit oi brass, differing in nothing from
others of its kind, this key, nevertheless,
has its charm. It is thcoiily sohvenier
I have of one! of the most remarkable
men Virginia ever produced. Coining
• upon it unexpectedly, after 1 had given
it up as lost, the bare sight of it crowd
ed my mind; in an instant, with pic
tures of its former owner. I saw him
in Washington, just after his return from
Hurope, conversing with Seddon and
"Garuett; in his own room over the Ex
aminer orllce, as he sat, lord-like, in a
high arm-chair, in August 1801, ques
tioning me as to the battle of Mauas*as
and exhibiting the Major's uniform,
which.he intended to wear us Aide to
Gen. Floyd; in the editorial rooms cut
ting ar.d slashing leaders, which had
been Written for him, or denouncing
llercely the Administration ; at his din
ner-table .pledging Wigfail and Hughes
in a glass of old Maderia; in the lied,
where lie lay wounded, after the duel
with Elmore; and', last of all, I saw his
marble fa v :e--ho,w changed!—as he lav in
his metallic coffin, March the 31st, IBM.
All these likenesses of this strange
man came vividly before me as I looked
:it the key of his door, and with them
came a host of recollections, some of
Which I am now about to set down.—
Xot that I have anything to tell which
others could not tell as well, or better
than myself. For it must not be in
ferred because he gave me the privilege
of-entering his house at any hour of the
day or Pight that pleased me, that I
was the intimate personal friend of John
M. Daniel. No; he took a short-lived
fancy to me, and gave me his latch key;
that is all. While the lancy lasted, 1
used the key hut seldom, and after it
died out, not at all. Doubtless lie soon
forgot that he had ever siren It to me.
My aim is simply to put down in chron
ological order, a number of incidents
and sayings illustrative of tho character
of one who, in some respects, resembled
John Randolph, of Roanoke, and who,
like Randolph, was of a nature so pecu
liar that the most trivial reminiscences
can hardly fail to prdve interesting to
hundreds of thousands in the South, and
to not a few In the Xorth.
Sly acquaintance with him began in
Washington', after his return from
Turin, lie registered his name at
Brown's Hotel in a small bund, simply
as "Mr. Daniel, Liverpool." Although
I had never seen a scrap of his writing,
I knew the moment I saw t his name on
the register, that the man for Whom so
many were anxiously looking, had ar
rived. The next evening I was intro
duced to him. 1 had loiijr been curious
to see "the gTegt editor/* and', trailing
nivself of his animated conversation
with other visitors, eyed him intently,
seeking in the outward man some indi
cation of the extraordinary being with
in. Sly search was not ill vain. The
poorest physiognomist could not have
seen Daniel's face, even for a moment,
without being attracted—l am tempted
to say fascinated by it. True, weal wayr
rind what we afc taught to expect in a
face, and often discover wliat does not
exist; but here was a countenance sing
ularly marked—a dark, relineilt decided
ly Jurixh face. The nose was not very
large, and but slightly or. uiline; the
month thin-lipped, wide, iinpleasitig,
and overhung by a heavy black mous
tache; the chin square, hut not promi
nent! the Cheeks thin, and both checks
and chin covered by a dense, coarse, jet
black, closely-trimmed beard; eye
brows Very thick and black, shading
deep-set. rather small hazel eyes; head
as small as Byron's or Brougham's,
beautifully shaped, and surmounted by
masses ol hair, which in youth, hung
lung and lank and black to bis coat col
lar: but, in later life, was worn close cut.
Such was John M. Daniel as he sat bc
-11 lore me in a room at Brown's Hotel in
the memorable winter of 1801.
.He was richly but plainly dressed.—
He talked freely upon the topics then
uppermost in every Southern mind, but
there was a hesitation, or rather a trip
ping amounting almost to a stammer in
his speech—lhe result, probably, of his
long residence abroad, and the constant
use in conversation of French or Italian
instead of the English language. This
tripping had entirely disappeared when
1 met hi in a few mouths later in Rich
mond. It was not an utt'eetatioii, as I
had at first supposed.
During a number of interviews which
I had with liiin in Washington, lie was
always courteous, good naturcd and
talkative. His moroseuess, his bitter
ness, of which I had heard so, milch,
seemed to have been dissipated by trie
genial climate ol Italy and file polite
atmosphere of courts. One night, how
e*er,Floyil s name being mentioned in
connection with the aliair of tho Indian
Trust Bonds, some luckless persbfl took
it upon himself to •ay that in the public
rtpinion the then Secretary, of. \Var
was "no better thfCn a thiel'" rv.nicl
llanicd instantly. He rose, from his
chair with a white lace and with Hum
bling lips, ami denounced the charge
mriiiist Gov. Floyd asan accursed "ihn
■■■■MfllMl
preprinted to his own use otic cent ul
the public funds', he stated a fact, not to
be mentioned here, which seemed to
carry conviction to all who heard it. He
wr". very much agitated; his passionate
nature so overmastered him that he
could not, although bo tried, resume bis
calmness, and the party«soon dispersed
from his room.
I luring his stay In Washington, which
lasted two or three weeks', 1 nle f . him
but once after this exciting scene, lie
was then in Mr. Seddou's room, con
versing with that distinguished member
ol the l'eace Congress, and with the
Hon. M. R. U.Garuett. Late English
publications, relating to Continental
and British politics, were under discus
sion, and Daniel showed himself per
lectly familiar with every book or pam
phlet which the otiier gentlemen had
read. Little was said so long ;ls ! was
present about Federal polities. It can
not, however, be doubted that the Vir
ginia editor was in the intimate coun
sels of the leaders of the Southern
movement, and that, while lie gave
them the beuellt of his eminently clear
and penetrating intellect, lie, in turn,
was enabled by their information and
epioi'ons to post himself thoroughly on
ail thos*; poldts which were shortly to
be brought before the public in "the
columns of the improved and, for the
first time, Daily K'saminrr.
The potent influence of this paper
from the moment that Daniel resumed
the helm, was felt not only in Virginia,
but throughout (he entire South. To
this day, tne effect of a single article
which appeared a few weeks after the
Kriimin'i*- began to be issued daily, Is re
membered »vy almost every man, woman
and child ."1 Virginia. I allude, of
course, to "The Parliament of Beasts,"
in which the Members of the Virginia
Convention, then in session, were
likened to dogs, cats, owls, opossums,
and otber members of the animal king-'
iliiiii. The likenesses were so happily
and so trenchantly drawn that it was
impossible to mistake them, and many
hundreds, if not thousands, of copies of
the issuecnnlninlugUie.article were sold
in a few hours. Some offence was given,
but so much humor and wit so genuine
were mingled With the satire, that the
Union men. who were most offended,
were obliged to join in the laugh al thcii
own caricatures, "Who Is the author?"
was in evebody's mouth. This ques
tion was never satisfactorily answered.
The article appetlreii Hs a contribution,
but in editorial type, ;liid the great ma
jority of people suspected that Daniel
liimselt was the ai'thor. This, however,
was denied, and many conjectures were
made as to the man, in or out of Virgi
nia, who was capable of doing so clever
a tiling. Two years Hi- more after its
appearance, while sitting alone with
Daniel, 1 asked him to tell me. in confi
dence, who the real author was. He
was pacing the floor of his sanctum, as
was his wont. He stopped abruptly,
put his hands in his pockets, turned his
lace towards me and said, with the ut
most gravity:
"No one knows better than yourself
who wrote that article." ~
"Nonsense," I replied; "1 really wdiit
to know. Tell inc. I pledge you my
word that I will never revealthe secret
until you give me permission to do so."
He looked keenly at me, as if to ascer
tain whether I could be trusted, and for
a moment 1 felt sure that he was going
to tell me; but, turni.ig suddenly on his
heel, he began again to pace the iloor in
silence. He relused to tell me even the
author of the periphrasciu verse, which
appeared some time after the original.
I have scarcely a doubt but that he
himself wrote the original in prose, and
I think I can make a very good guess lis
to the authorship of the poetic version.
The hUfer I attribute to the same hand
which penned "Fie! Memmiuger," and
similar articles in rhyme, which were
printed iv the Examiner during the years
'04-05. * J
In May, '01, I went to Manassas with
the Ilrst battalion sent thither from
Richmond. No sooner was I upon the
ground tluwi I felt, as by prescience,
rather than by any comprehension of
strategic value of the position, that the
place was to be the scene of a great
battle, and shortly afterwards, with tiie
aid of my friend Lieut. L .embodied
my views and apprehensions in an arti
cle of considerable length, which I sent
to the Examiner—no order to the con
trary having then been issued. Daniel
thought it imprudent to publish the ar
ticle, but was so pleased with it that he
continued to send me, as long as I re
mained at Manassas, live copies of his
daily paper. He also ottered me my
own price for any letters 1 might choose
to write him. Kven had it beer, lawful,
I could not have accepted his proposi
tion, for the reason that the fatigues of
incessant drilling left mc little inclina
tion and les« ability to write even to my
own father. But the prompt recognition
of the little service I hud rendered him—
a promptness which, as I afterwards dis
covered) was characteristic of Daniel—
and doubtless • good deal of gratilied
vanity at the estimate lie bad placed on
my contribution, impelled me to call on
him as soon as I reached Richmond in
August; after the great battle.
lie was then living in two rooms,
handsomely lilted up, it' the second
»tory of the Examiner building. The
front room he used as a bed chamber,
the back room as a Sanctum and a ball
of audience for his many visitors. In
the latter were a number of easy chairs,
and one in particular; which he pre
ferred above all the rest; It was a sort
of barber's chair, covered with horse
hair, and elevated much more than or
dinary chairs above the floor. From
this Mat, as from a throne, he looked
down upon and conversed with his vis
itors; and to me, nt least, (I know not
how it was with others,) his words de
scended from their elevation with a
certain' authority, as from a trno cathedra.
The day was warm, and the editorial
Pontiff was by no means in ids robes of
office, lie wore neither coat nor .vest,
oulc a pair ol white duck pantaloons.
He looked spotlessly clean, cool and
comfortable. His reception was kind,
almost to coidiality. He talked freely
.about the war, üboiit the Generals anil
the pliTns of campaign, but was very
guarded in his comments upon the ad
ministration, which, up lo this time. In
had heartily supported. Indeed, the
Examiner was, Wr many mouths after
the war began, regarded as tlicorganof
the administration. Full of his ex
pccled campaign with Floyd, he told
me, with an air of satisfaction, how he
intended to be eoiii'l'otlalile and to
escape the the tilth and misery of camp
life, lie was going en grand tume —with
a chest stored with the good tilings of
this life, a tent ol ids own fashioning, a
complete cooking apparatus,' his own
cook and his own valet,
I asked'hi'li il he had no fear of being
killed or wounded. He replied that I'.e
did not think Pi 'would be killed, ami
that the chances wi re .that he would not
lie wounded, ••licit, naiu,"snid he; • 1
cannot hear it. and yr>' I should like to
bcabjetoshiiu an honorable scar in this
Virginia was nol ol lung duration. I
am satisfied, from what he afterwards
told mc that he joined Gen. Floyd, not
lor a holiday, Inii with the purpose of
winning military glory, lie was am
bitious In everything he undertook,and
oh more than one occasion he expressed
to lue a great regret at having left the
army. "By this time." (the winter of
'04.)' said he, ''Imight have been a Brig
adier —perhaps n SFaior General."
"But," saidl, "as the editor of the Ex
aminer, you are exerting an iuliuence
far greater than any Brigadier—greater
perhaps than any Major General."
••True, 'he answered; "but what good
is Ihe Examiner, or any other paper,or
all the papers ill tl|e Qcmfe&fapy com
bined, doing? Besides',.l like to com
mand men. I love power."
After the interview in August, 18G1,1
saw very little of him for two years. 1
met liini occasionally on the street, but
his manner was so repelling that 1 was
deterred from gratifying the desire
which I often felt, of going to see him.
With his old habits had come back his
old ways—he was as cold, self-contained
and gloomy as he had beeii before lie
woiit to Europe. Affairs were not
going in the fashion that suited him.—
Grave doubts were beginning to arise
in Ills mind. He still had hopes, and
often high hopes, of the success of the
cause, but the course of _ the administra
tion ere.lted continually the bitterness
of bis nature. Then, again, the whole
weight of the Examiner, which he fre
quently described to me as -amillstone
about his neck," was upon him. Con
vinced that his editorial lalmrs were
well nigh useless. In so far as they In
fluenced the conduct of the war, the
finances, or anything else pertaining to
the policy of Mr. Davis, it was but nat
ural that his mental energies should
Hag and his wonderful powers of com
position should be abated. He was
anxious to get an assistant, but could
And no one to suit him. He had fallen
put with one whose brilliant and hu
morous pen had served him so well in
former rears, Edward Pollard was in
ill livaltlKiinilliiid started,or was about
to start foe jSln'opcs and he had not yet
succeeded 'u-obtatuiijglhe two or three
writers, VVrlpse contribution!, a few
months later; added so greatly to the
value and the interest of the Examiner.
It was at this time', In the. .summer of
1988. while on* a visit,, to the country,
that I amused myself, one eVelitrigj by
writing a satirical article on the then
exciting subject ot the removal of the
Quartermaster General. This I sent to
Daniel. What was my surprise by re
turn mail, to receive from R. F. V\ alt
er, the manager ot the Examiner, a flat
tering letter, telling me of Daniel's
high appreciation of my article and his
di-sif to secure my services as assistant
editor. An engagement on another pa
per prevented me from accepting the
proffered situation ; moreover I knew
well that Daniel was "a hard master."
Nevertheless, I was anxious In see in
prii'.t an article which bad received the
approval ofiiictl a critic asVobi'. M.
Daniel. I looked, each day, but never
saw it! I own that I felt chagrined.—
My only, conclusion was that Daniel,at
a first leading, had overestimated the
merits of the article, and that a subse
qrent perusal, revealing faults which he
bad not before detected, had deter
mined him not to publish it.
On my return to Richmond, I felt
little desire to meet any of the Esamintr
people ; blit, passing Walker one day on
the street, he hailed me and told mc to
come to the office"; he had some money
for me.
"Money for what?" I inquired.
"For that article you sent down.—
Dont you remember it?"
U I remember it distinctly, but T also
remember that yon never printed iti"
Walker was posit Ire that toe article
had been printed, ami I no less positive
that it hurl not. Finally, he referred
me to "Mr DrtnlcJ," ana to him, accor
dingly, 1 Wctli li-- received me kind
ly, contpUtui tltcd lny article extrava
gantly, a- f thought; and asked me if
walker had paid nic for it. 1 was a
good deal nettled, supposing that he
was making fun ol me. I told him, in
reply, that Walker had offered to pay
me 'much more than the article was
worth, according to the established rates
of the Examiner (which I knew) but that
I had refused payment, on the ground
that the article had never appeared.—
His eye twinkled mischievously, as he
said
"You didn't s-'*e it, because you didn't
read the Examiner. Ton ought to read
the Examiner. The Examiner contains
the best thoughts of the best minds in
the Confederacy, expressed in the best
manner—it is the organ of the thinking
tjentlnnen of tile country. Yon ought by
all means to read it. There is the lile ;
look at the number for , and you will
find your article."
I looked.and, sure enough, there was
an article, twice as lo.j'jr and twice as
good as the one I harl"V*|ttcn—my own
ideas, but so enveloped In Daniel's fine
English and so ampTtflea that it was
hard to recognise ihcni.
I have purposely related this incident
at sonic length, BePttirse It must rates
1 build's character and unfolds one ot the
secrets of bis great success as an editor.
He hogrudgediin labour in
and improving an article which v.eased
him. I remember his telling me that
he had written a certain article <jyer
four or five times. The original <l*aft
was sent to him by a lady distinguisl ed
for her attainments and performances
in literature. It was a defence of his
favorite General. He was gallant to a
degree and the warmest of partisans ;
and both hi« gallantry and ills friend
ship being aroused, he exerted himself,
to the inmost to make the, article, as
printed, a telling one. If 1 am not
mistaken, I have this identical artie'e
now in my possession. It is headed
Ohr! jinn Mrffo
AhhOSgh [ would not accept the place
Ot'assi lain I'ml could by no means have
filled it to Ids satisfaction ifl had, 1 was
glad cuotfgh, in .ojrdcr to eke out my
narrow living, to infer into an engage
ment In furnish him With two or three
editor.-!:- .ft week' —Ft? engagement
which' fasted for Severn l mouth*. It
was at this time that lie gave me Ids
latch-key and 1 became somewhat inti
mate with him.' 1 made many risits to
him at. his house on Broad St; and had
many talks with WW'on nil sorts,of sub
jects' lie was not a seeri-ri\e man ;on
the, contrary, he conversed with the ut
most -freedom about, himself, his citrlj
life, his residence abroad, his relations
and friends, his political associates and
opponents, indeed, almost everything.
I mess he happened to be out of hu
mour, (which was not often the case, at
his private residence) ho loved to talk :
and though a recluse, he was, delighted
w illi the visits ofgentlmen, who came
without solicitation on his part and
who called in i iriendly and social way.
He urged me i. \ i-it him at night, anil
in order to tempt mo to repeat my vis
its, would give.me, each time, what I
then a great and cosily trent, si
bollle ot English ale. This he repeated
r ft.l ~„,■
play ches? and was a much better \Ui '
teucr than talker, In fact that I could ,
not talk we!l enough even t.o provoke '
him to talk, he soon became tired ofmy ,
visits—a fact of which he gave me con
vincing proof by yawning in my face !
This houseon'Broad St. and his mode
oflHlng, deserve notice. The house
was ofbrick, three stories high, coramo
dious and comfortable. It was one ota
numlier of investments in real estate,
which lie made during the war. Al
though no human being but himself iu
habitated this house—the servants being ,
restricted to the kitchen of four rooms ,
in the back yard—he lived, literally, all i
over it. The front room on the first i
floor, was His nartonr. In it, were two i
large oil paintings, works of decided .
merit, a mosiac chess table and a few i
mahogony chairs. Sometimes he re- |
ceived his visitors in the parlour, but ,
more often in the dining room adjoin- i
ing, where he kept a table for writing .
and liis iron safe. A handsome side- i
board and a set of solid dining tables of j
antique pattern graced this apartment, j
He was fond of telling that these tables
once belonged to "old Mcinniinger,"
and were bought when the worthy sec
retary of tlie treasury broke up house- ]
keeping on Church Hill. The front
room in the second story was his chain- i
her, and the passage-room adjoining, hit i
dressing closet. A tall mirror, w Inch l
reached from the floor almost to the
ceiling, was fastened to the wall be- j
Mveoiithotwo front windows. Hardby, .
was a large ehetml glass, by means of ,
which he was enabled to see his whole
figure, front and rear, from head to foot. ,
lie was not a fop, but he was fond of
dress And bad an eye to appearance not ,
only in person but in print. He bad a j
horror of all slovenliness. A carelessly ,
written editorial was his abomination, j
He used to say that a man who goes in- ,
to firint ought to fcrtieinber that he is
making bis appearance before the very \
best society, and that he owes it both to .
himself and to that society not to appear \
! u undress. When an acquaintance ot \
the writer of this article was married in ,
church, one February afternoon in 18(13, ,
John ii. Daniel was therein along-tail
coat and white waist-coat, lie believ- ]
ed in wbite waist-coats. He told his .
manager, Walker, that he ought never j
to go to a party without wearing a j
white rest. .
"But, Sir. Daniel," objected IFalkcr, ,
suppose a man hasn't got a white rest ,
and is too poor, these wartimes, to buy ,
one?" ,
"*©—li it? sit-let him stay at home.,' ,
Beside,* the mirror, the c/ieval glass ,
and a few chairs, there was no other .
furniture in ln« chamber, except an old .
fashioned high-post., bedstead, which,
together with most o r Ids furniture, he ,
had bought at the sales it the effects of ,
refugees once wealthy. He believed in .
blood, In families of ancient and honor- .
able descent, in gentlemen, and prefer
red the workmanship and antiquated
style of tilings which had descended as i
heir looms in the houses of gentlemen
to the costliest and most tasteful pro
ductions of modern cabinet makers.—
There was no carpet on the lloor of his j
chandler, and he slept without a lire.—
In the morning, a fire was built in the
room next to his chamber, and thci'e his
breakfast was generally served between
11 and 12 O'clock.' He Seldom went to
bed before 2 or 3 o clock In the morn- j
ing. This back room in the second sto
ry had a bed in it and was used as a .
guest chamber, but 1 do not remember
to have known or heard of but one oc- '
cupant—R. W. Hughes. He made Dan- '
id's house Ids home Whenever he cuine [
to town.
Adjoining the dressing-room in the
passage of the second floor, was the bat li
room. Leaning against tlie door of this
bath-room 1 used to see a bag of Java
coffee, which made my mouth water ev
ery time 1 looked at it. for coffee, in
those dnys, was twenty or thirty dot- !
lars a pound.
Tlie iVst room In the third story was
used as a sort of lumber room. A bar
rel or two of white ~sugar,*a*fow boxes
of Manufactured tobacco, and some
large empty boxes, which had contain
ed nooks, were there, the last time 1
looked in. The little room cut oft"from
the imssage. was the library. The num
ber of books was not what one would
haste expected. A complete set of Vol
taire's works; the Dolphin edition of tlie
classics, complete; Swift's Works, Clar- :
endon's Rebellion and a"few. miscella- '
ueous books are all that I can now re
call. Most if not all of Micse
were old and rare, and strange to tell, ■
most of them were bought at [private '
sale or Jat auction during the war.—
Daniel was an omniverotis reader, but '
had a sovereign contempt for the so
called "literature of Ihe. day." The
first Napoleon, inhls car
riage to tlie. theatre of war, "amused
himself by dipping Into books just pub
lished and pitching them one' after a
notlier out of the window. This was
much the way with John M. Daniel lie
fore he went abroad, when, in bis ca
pacity a$ editor of the Examiner,'all
the new publications were sent to him.
lie newer cared to keep' tbein, either
gave or threw them away, and, if he '
bad occasion to make an extract from '
one of them, used his scissors reluOTSC
'y-
The back room In the third story was
a favorite one with him. Like all the
other rooms, it was tastefully and cheer
fully papered. It commanded a view
of James river, the bills ot Henrico and
lln- wide lowlands and woods of Ches
tertield. Having a southern exposure,
there w as always plenty ot light in the
afternoon, and the room was easily
ru&de warm and eumfortahle. Here he
M ved tv sit in a leather-bottomed chair,
willi a little table near him, reading
Voltaire, the Latin poets, or contribu
tions rind comihunioations to the Exam
iner, lii.this room he kept his collec
tion of medals and reals: a violin lay in
its wooden ease on lie Boor, siringlcss
and unused. A moody man, lie some
times deserted this pleasant room and
conlined himself for weeks to the rooms
on the lower Hours.
He lived well, lull not luxuriously.—
He detested hotels and boarding houses.
When lie lived in rooms over his office,
lie had his meals sent lo him by Tom
Gl'iflill, or Zetelle. After he went to '
housekeeping, his iiegru cook was his ;
caterer. The day i dined at his house
with Wigfall and Hughes, he had but
Otic course, a single joint of meat, a '
few vegetables, no dessert, coffee and '
Wine—Madeira from Gov. Floyd's eel- !
lar, which .Hughes bad brought with
liini. '"hat" eveiiingdio ydkial for-an- |
other bottle,'" after ilu rest vi-n: satis
•lied; but I never saw him ii'lo> icat"il.
and on one occasion only under the in- ]
tltiance ot wine even in a slight degree.
Then bis eyes wcie ■ little glassy, his '
manner dogmatic, and lie rocked a lit- '
'lea-be stood up in front of me ami
laid down the law in regard lo things
l». itlcal. Whiskey he lia'ted with hi.-,
whole bearl. I have In ,v i him i ur
and its effects most bitterly, and anee
wrote, at his special request," an r.rtl
beginning, '■Whiskey, not the Yank
'• . I,r »!■ ' ■ <• ■ i-.,.>'-.■ ■
The feculences of ids digestion eocn-
IH-lled him to he temperate both in eat
ing and drinking.. 1 have heard him
say I hat a single glass of whiskey and
water taken at night by prescription of
Ins physician, would give him Head
ache the next day.
Coffee was his 'favorite stimulant, but
Ido not think he it to excess. Re
v. AS so loud of it tlmt he would m) t rest
until he bad taught his p«t terriers to
drink it. Ihesc dogs--Frank" and
"tunny were their names. 1 believe
—he loved, but in his own fashion, lie
delighted in teasing and worrying
them ; would pinch and pull their ears
until they yelped with pain, and was
never more pleased than when he suc
scedediu getting up a mild light be
tween them. Tins was not easy to do,
because "Fanny" was 'T-'ran* s moth
er; and, when he was set upon her. went
to work with rather a bad grace, while
she bore his at ta<ks with exemplary pa
tience. When Daniel got tired of jdav
ing wall ids pets, who were devoted to
him, he would drive them away, with
Ins. horsewhip. Vet he never laid on
with die full weight ol his bapd. lie
was cruel to them, ill times, but never
brutal.
I asked him, one day, if bis solitary
mode of life did not make him snllc'r
irmn ciiiuii. "Yes," said In, wearily.
but "lam used to it."
"Hunt you find solitarr feeding hi
jurimit to your health? I tried it'nii.-.'
at college, and, within a week 1 was
made positively sick by it,"
"You are right," he replied." It lit
erally destroys the appetite. In Turin,
I employed an Italian count as my
rl,ei it, cui.sini: r He was really an artist
in his profession and exerted all his
powers to please me. He had carte
blanch as to expeuse and sent me up
every day. the most tempting dishes.—
I could taste them—that was a!I. !
never enjoyeda meal ut home. Where
as, when invited to dine in the count! v
with a pleasant party ol ladies and geu
tlemeu--would you believe it? 1 would
sometimes be helped three times to
meat."
I nske.il him. then, as I had often done
before, why he did not marry. lb- v .
always pleased when the, eiibfert was
broached, and lam sure ire must have
had, llrst and last, ado/.eu conversations
on this topic alone. After discussing
ihe^iio.s-and cons-, he generally wound
up by declaring that, if he ever married,
it musl be with the explicit understan
ding that bimsell and bis wife should
occupy separate houses. To this end. be
olten threatened to buy the house next ,
to his own and have a door cut in tlie \
partition wall, the key of which be ,
would keep in his own pocket. "The
noise of children and the gabble of a [
woman with her lady friends, was some-
I hing which he could not and would not
stand." ■ • !
He was a warm admirer of the tenia li
sex. Inn Ids opinion of them was not
the most exalted. Social life on tlie
continent did not tend to weaken .his
natural prejudice against mankind,and
probably lessened his esieem for tlie
fairer pontes of humanity. Over tlie
.mantle-shelf in his chamber, bung an
■i xqui etc niinatiire on ivory. The face
I was beyond question, ihe most beauti- J
[in I have ever seen and thejoxeeiilion
Was. woil by of the .subject. This fur- (
tuf* was presented to Idtu by the lady
who painted it, and it was her own j
likeness. According to his account, ,
she was tilled, rich, marvellously ac- (
eoinplished in music, painting and poe
try, eccentric, reckless, alike of herself ,
and of others. Her name he would ,
never tell inc. He confessed to other
fancies while In Europe,but did not ac
knowledge, and I believe, did net have,
a serious affair during the whole seven '
years ol bis residence abroad. It it said
ma! Ida heart was never touched but |
once, ami then by a beautiful Virginian.
Tni-was before be left America, lie ,
told me frequently, that it was impossi
ble to.-him to love a girl who was not
prett j. and yet lie would shudder at the
thought of unit ing himself to "a pretty
fool. ' It was to no purpose that I in
sisted that true beauty was of the soul
alone, lie hooted at this doctrine us
"a stale lie." Beauty of face, he might.
possibly dispense with, but beamy of
form—beauty qf some sort—a graceful
figure and high-bred manner were ab
solutely essential. Happening, one ,
evening, to express in his hearing my
regret that 1 was not acquainted with
some young lady in Richmond, who
played welFon the piano, he started al
most as if I had stabbed him and gave
vent loan cxelamitlon ot the most in
tense disgust —as if the bare idea of a
piano-playing young lady nauseated
him. His theory about the manage
ment of women w as simple and origin
al. "There are," he would say, "but
two ways to manage a woman—to club
her or to freeze her."
His mrna.ji in 'G3-4 consisted of three
servants, all males—a eook.au ostler
andavalel, who also acted as his din- ,
Ing room servant. Ilismuiiner towards \
the boy who waited in the house was (
rough even to harshness. He liked bis
ostler, iiinl spoke kindly to him. when
ever 1 happened to see them together.
1 do not wunder lhat bis house-servants
ran away from him. He lost two with
in as many years. One was caught,
punished ami immediately sold- The
other, for whom he offered a reward ol
$2000. made good hi-: escape. After
that be bought a very likely woman,
nearly white, who remained with him
until Ins death. i .
Such was John SI Daniel at iiouie.— ,
What be was at bis office, I will now
proceed to tell. While I was contribu
ting to his paper,My habit was to hand
my article lo the manager in the morn
ing, and iit night I would go around to
read the proof. Daniel himself always
read the proofs, though not with as
much pains as 1 liked, lie readied the
ollice generally bet ween Hiand !• o'clock,
and I was almost always there before
1 mi. In those days, garroters were a
bundant, and the first thing he did. af
ter entering the room, was to lay a
Derringer pistol, which lie carried in i
hi- hand ready for any emergency,
on the large talile which sat In tlie mid- I
die of the llnor. This dime, he would
offer me a cigar—he could never be per- |
suadi d t" smoke a pipe, and his cigars i
wore of the weakest -ttnd then begin i
the work of examing proofs. First, I
the proi ''s of the news columns, then 1
of Legislative or Congressional pro- t
ceeilings, next, the loealnews and last- <
ly the editorial?. All of these, he ex- i
ami lied with care, altering, erasing a- i
bridging and adding as he thought fit. i
'Even tin- ndverjibcuients wcie submit- ..1
ted to him, and* I have known him to i
become furious overall ailvertisontent I
which he thought ought not to have I
been admitted. i
(TO BE lONTI.N'rKD.)
IC7" Why are ladles'dresses nbou'.
the waist, like a general meeting? -Be- ',
cause tip-re is a gathering there. ■
. ICP" Radicals claim to go to the rooi 1
nf the matter. SoNloes a ho»» 1
I H h S A T I V E V IH i
is n'iit.iMiicn wlekl-
Br. «. W. Hafihj <fc A. S - <>:•
TERMS Ol' SLJiSI'RUT. 4
One Copy 3 'months
'• «
" " 13 if
Clubs of live, iihe \etir,.......
Clubs ot I en, of ~ year.'....'.".""."'
Clubs of twenty, one year,'.','.'.'.'.'.'.
«*-Voluntaryriyminunlcatloi i
Interesting or Inipnlniit news,
any quarter.
*"»-ReJecfryl rfiiiimnn 1.-nllon
undertake to return.
a* Obituary notices ivxceoa i
will be charged for at our regi i 1
lug rates.
*S- All letters on business co >;
theofflco, must be addressed ft -■
Virginian."
Me Javm and •ffrultu
IHIS PAMiKBJFEEDET!) A.I
My lord rides through his *, .
My lady sweeps along In sUi;<-,
The sage thinks long on mi
And the maiden luiisea on nui.' i
Tlie sailor ploughs the fbatnl'.g
The huntsman kills the good n '
And the soldier wars wlthoin mi.
liut fall to each, wbttte'er
The farmer he must feed litem
Smith hftinmereth cherry r>
Trleat preaclicth pure the Hi,:- V
Dame Alice workefti brold'- |
Clerk Hlchard tales of love rat. tell
The tap-wife sells her foamliu,
Dan Fisher flshoth In the iacrv
And courtiers ruffle, strut an 1 si !
While pages li.'lng the tlasvi a wu-.
Uut fall to each, whale'.-r 'lid.
The faryier ho must feel Hi . ml
Man builds his castle fair a
Wlierever river rnnrteMi ly,
Great cities rise In every lan ;
Great churches show the tmlldei ■' nan i
Great arc • """niments a. : ' wcrs,
Fair pi laces uua'pteii lirg Kn .
Great work Is done, bet li I • "■ ''
And well .'. -elhe,.'. c—
jlut work or rt*. >uato'«
.i • -
LABUE CttOfS OF m»*TVJW
The Fall is the Reason t< • m. i 0r,,.,
the preparation of the Boil foi a
crop of potaloes. In a clr i.lar •" -
subject, A. W. Harrlson,"p" pi .-.
Harrison's Goodrich Heed o■ i ■
says:
It is desirable, no- 'only I j,
best varieties roi "but ' h
to pl.iur lean _and to r»Wi in- I
op
'Phi lib . ...': I , ' • '
'or belter, man a
v g llj n.-actb
1. In the Fall plow gVI
soil plow, iv all IS 10,20 i
depth. i
-2. In early spring, "whm . '■ i
across the winter furrows, ii »\ '
roll. ■
3. Mark out, iu'squarrs,. i- , >
each way, opening the fun
deep.
4. At the intersection i.i
potato, tht largest you have in !
upon it a handful (about 4<
itere) of a compost made c
of wood-asiies, fouroflioii' li. dial.
of lime, four ol'liii-grouiu' , w,
of finely slaked.: lime, ami
or, if preferred, 3 ounces ol
fertilizer jier-hill. Tlieu eoVi
and spreail UHII lbs. pen- . p
artilieial feitilizer.
5. A- Soon as the young ■■'.
run the cultivator cloae t" (.ml
but not over them, in each li.'
Afterwards, anil brforeUw on
up, cultivate, both ways, niti !.
horse hoe—so arranged , '" cut
shallow as possible, audi p the
face entirely fiat. Repeat t at -
Intervals, three times. T
three times, still keeping i <
Allow no billing at any tin
to grow. v t
0. As soon as the topsn..
in clear dry^weather wit', i;.
tinted diggingfork; sprea I ■
er, to dry, and store In m i <
dry, airy cellar, spresdli
of freshly slaked lime, iv. ,
each bushel of potatoes.
7. (lather and compost
for application next uutiin
audj subsoil plow as bef
year's crop.
The following are the :
this system of cultivation.
1. No§possiblo entire 1
crop.
2. No rot in healthy var
3. The largest yield Ihe oil ano
rieties are ca|>able of. *
4. Tlie largest propovl. v i! •
potatoes.
5. No degeneracy of >..ri. I.
continued improvement.
U. Nonnecessity for retailor ol
the potato can be thus grown
indefinitely on the saju i
perhaps, at long interval - a
clover to maintain the <n pi
table fibre in the soil.
JAEKEKb' ACCO' ,Xi
| pVrom what we have len
llinnaiituit-ii, Tdryrajth, we i->
farmers are, as a rule, c
act enough in keeping tl i
They should have their recks .- ■
as a mechanic or itoeeke -
to eiiter their reoeiptsani
"'every kind and the da'
are made. The products of
should lie known, whatc. i
be occupied by it.andt'.
so that a comparison ma; i ,
(he product of the same" l mi I
other fields of equal extent, i i . ■
gel at the most profltal
the farm for particular i rop
every item should be ear filly ,
ss Well as an estimate nr t ..
sible of everything, eoi
family. Ky this means
ascertain the true result- f
operati'ipis— a circuinsii.
sboiiiil ,-uppose every fa M
especially desirous of
which, we are sorry lon, | .
of them are indifferent : -.-..
net know ledge of the y
and the success which ut i ~ i
a stimulating effect in ir .
better where we have not do
oudi. and to maintain tl
well enough has been t m-. ",l. '-
not so ?
———.♦,—
KEEPING CABEMI- .
Cabbages in the . c ;ni i
scarcity, yet lUe-e *Is 1
they should not be us p
in the Fall. Only a lit- ,
easary. Wo havegenoi -U- kopi
fresh ami crisp through c V Intel
the plan we have adopt l ~-,
We dug a trench out ( lo i
tliree reel deep, and bo> all
with loose boards. In >\
cabbages, standing tin
the roots downwards. 1
beads to touch.' The -vjiol . .
covered with boards, pi
enough together to Lei . v
the earth was then heap
forming of course R ruoi,
feet in height. In the
bage Kept all Winter l ■
ccdi-i" 'i ndltion. N>
them and they were
.•'pi ing as w hen lirst p -
erkl. ton FarmtT.
-IC7* A deacon who I
grocery not a hundred
statehouse in AHauiy
how much he had done i -. .
temperance, by mixinj .
lon of pure water with
liiiooi' lie sold,