New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-10

/. an o.d truth that gra.deur has is mcon-
veu:ences sod .s dangers; but new illustrations OF
!. appear in the experience CT every great inoi-
y.dua'. This the Hon. John Nugent, who las
Just gons 20 repre- sent he United States Govern
ment snd protec. the interests Of American miners
IN the sold oisginss Of New-Caetonis, MS Just
lad resson 10 realize, a. the Yankees say. Ii ap.
pears that Mr Nustnt-Who, BY the way, is an
lr,eh gentleman lately connected with The n. /.
He-G,G-wss indebted TO tailor Of Newark for
clothes furnished 20 tie amount of one hundred
sad ,iaty FIVE dollars. This was a debt Of rather
snc;ent aud venerable character and Rad not inter-
ftred with the happiness Of The debtor In the least
Mr. Nugent had pursued bis ambitious career Ii
spite Of t; be had crossed oceans and climbed the
eiddy sleeps OF mountains; he bad seen the sun
rise in the Atlantic ard battle his setting glores IN
,ae Pacific: he had gained the friendship of Mr..
Buchanan and Of Ger. CASE; aud sll the while this
tsilors bill. Ike sleeping lion, had rot disturbed
tis felicity BY so much us growl. We dare say
he fondly ho;ed it would thus sleep forever. Vain,
delusive hope.
No sooner had Johns name been gszetted as eS-
nsnt creditor became excited to the consciousness
ths. DOW was the time to get his pay. Accordingly,
We are sorry to believe he set watch upon the
rev fayorte Of fortune. His movements were OBJ
seryed from his to.e in Washington 70 the national
ma1son, where he enjoyed .hs parting hospitaltes
of cur venerable President; TO the oHce Of the
equally venerable Secretary Of State, where be re-
celyed those famous Instructions concerning which
60 much has been reported by telegraph; to the
railroad station, where tho distinguished diploma
t;st bought tIs ticket, or, more probably, got his
free pass for New.York to The Herald where he
went to return thanhs for his appointment; and
finally to the steamer which was to transport him
and bis Credentials to the distant West.
After ell this preliminary espionage, no one can
be aston ished however all sensitive hearts must be
gr;eyeS, at the fact that the next stage In the
drama was the arrest Ct the Commissioner by
sheriff e officer. Very naturally this harsh AID
sudden act, coming as it did upon the civlli.ies
and conplacencies of TIE soft official intercourse
that hsd preceded it, took the Commissioner by
surprise In the famous battle Of the Baltic it is
recorded that the brayest held his bieath for
tine; sid SO, for a time, the friend Of Messrs.
Buchanan and Bennett lost has memory 70 such
en- extent did this Ices of memory go that John &C
traly denied that he had ever ordered or Worn the
clothes or owed the talors bill in questions and in
this denial he persisted until the sherif's oiii'er
with great humanity gently called back HE wander
Lcg ard Obvious mind to it's usual channels
by mentioning several circumstances which
gradually restored the wonted intellectual equi-
hbrium of the patient. One Of these circum-
stances was deecribed in a blunt statement
thst uIless the bill were paid John would
rot be allowed to depart upon bis great mission.
Tbs had remarkable effect upon him. HIS MEN,
oTy instantly returned; he recolected and acknogl
edged the debt and, what was more important, no
took the money out Of his pocket and paid it. This,
We say, wss one Of tho nsonveneaces of great
ness. Had John never received diplomatic mis-
sion Of such magnitude and moment, We dare say
the taors bill would never again have come to the
surface Of things to cause him the slightest trouble.
At the same time We are bound in al justice to aid
that the prompttude with which he frally DIS
charged the respectable Old debt, when his natur-
ay clear intelligence was brought 10 the conviction
that be really owed it, reflects the highest credit
not only upon hinsel but upon the two illustrious
statesmen, Messr. Bennett and Buchanan, t.
whom he owes his present valuable positiOn.