The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-04-23
WASHINGTON, April 81, 1919.
Memoranda of the Dan.


The week closes quietly on the avenue The
groans of the gulotine have subsided-execution.
are, in degree, suspended-but a herrid appre.
henson prevails, that on the return of Mr. Ewing
heads are to fall off as in the palmiest days of the
blessed Jacobins. The Union, however, continues
its lamentations and reproaches upon the cabinet
and the President for prescribing, instead of pro-
scribing prescription. But the National h.teAgcm-
Ger, always too dignifed to exhibit, under any con-
tngency, the vulgar signs of being in hurry meets
Father Richie, this morning, with broadsde of
shrapnels and combusbles that would utterly de-
moish him, If his hide were not as impervious as
that of a rhinocerous. But the evidence that the
organ of dignity and decorum is reused to the point
OF confronting Father Richie i'll the arena, with
his own weapons, furnishes, also, the proof that
there is a point beyond which even the tears and
groans OF an old man, are not to be tolerated.
Father Richie Is not to be permitted even the
luxury OF complaining to his hearts content
Like school-boy, he must not only bear the
tlagelahon, but he is not to be permitted to bub-
Der, orto whlmper, orremonstrate, or say 'enough"
The true pluck of the game would be to initiate the
Thane OF Cawdor-
clay on MacduH,
"And damned be he who first cries hold. Enough"
But Father Richie is not equal to the emergency.
lie cries out "murder!" " thievesw " fire !" at
every sound, and is disturbed in his dreams by the
copious streams of blood from the revolutionary
the dignity nor the patience to stand it, but fights
the shadowy phantoms that his antagonist has
conjured around him, with the knightly courage of
Don lie Hoty attacking flock of sheep.
The war having been fairly commenced between
these two ancient mariners" on the question Of
prescription, we hope to see it prosecuted into
the ylials of the e ne country with view to
future" Let Fitz Henry Warren keep the axe in
motion--let Father Richie keep up the clamor Of
persecution, and be not thou, Father Gales, d.
verted from the loyalty of sitting the alarm Of the
sentinel on his throat.
Charge, chester, charge;
But don't forget the demiiohn.n
The mail contractors have disappeared; the
oflice.seekers have dminished and the few that
remain are mostly of that quiet sort of elderly gem
temen who are not calculated to excite much
alarm. wonderful degree of stiffness and cir
cumspecton prevails One would suppose that all
the Offices had been appropriated, and the elderly
gentlemen on hand were only lingering few days
for pastime Pennsylvania avenue. And
yet, with the return of MIR. Ewing from Ohio,
it is expected that the office seeking absenees will
| come back, and that then there will be heca-
tomb of slaughtered ocos piled up around the scat
| fold, with Father Richie standing aghast, con-
founded and parayzed at the horrid spectacle; and
with Father Gales, quietly rubbing his hands, in
admiration OF the righteous retrlbutiOn upon the
red republicans
Peter Sken Smith is still among the waiting pa
tiens, expecting every day the appearance of the
angel that is to trouble the healing waters of the
executive patronage. And our old friend, Governor
| Young, is equally hopeful and confident of his
aspirations to the collectors easy chair in the city
of Gotham. Never mind, within week or tho
fur will fly, when We. shall commence the prostra-
ton of the heretcs in high places. Then let the
old white horse of the agricultural governor be
currled and ready sadded, forvery his master will
have to ia Ike an airing in the country for spell.
We understand that number of the diplomatic
corps, attended by their wives and daughters wait
, ed upon the President to-day, to pay him theil
respects
The health of Gen. Taylor appears to improve al
his duties thicken upon him, and withal, he seem.
TO be most provokingly cool and collected w.