New-York daily tribune., 1859-05-20

bSlance Of the BIZ Tor toe sHre, anu request !"
step ND TO the csptsn's Office and settle. Th. Is
to have the skeleton which il said to be always
lurking among the roses in such scenes of reSel'
step forward with vengeance, and point most
pulpuble and unpleasant, uoral with his long finger
Sweet DO doubt, il is 10 behold ones Lame in the
newspaper lrkcd with the managerial c"nspcui-
ties Of high festlvs like that held 10 honor OF the
ogariihmic lord; but bitter must he the reaction,
uben an unaccountsble and unaccOunted-for def IT
rises ike a specter from the grave of departed
pie asure and points TO the Subtraction which must
be made to secure its repose.
II it be true las it unguestionably icy that misery
loves company, the martyred managers of the Ma
pier hall mas be cnmforted BY the society in sorrow
of other ,ictimized yotaries to the saaoy glorih-
cation Of greatness. They are not all alone unhaP'
DIV. The advent TO Office OF the wise and great
magistrate Who now sits il Pierces seat, hailed
with the sound Of music and With dances, as was
the departure from these shores Of the noble lord
who had represented at his Court the matron Maj
esty Of the British isles. Great men, and men not
40 great swift to enroll their names in the list
oftbose who thus loved to salute the rising sun ot
our Republic. All rarts Of the country were repre-
sented in the loyal roll, and none thought of any
pecuniary possibilities which might result there
from But alas, the indorsers of better names tn IN
that Of James Buchanan have ere nOw found them
selves called upon to pay in hard cash for the Ddul-
gence of their pleasant credulity. And this truth 1t
appears from the circular, 10 which we give the
free advantage Of our circulation these enthusiastic
patriot. have learned to their cost. Paying the
piper is proyerbiay d much less agreeable process
than dancing while he pipes; but it is one which
must be met sooner later, and in this case it ap
pears to be most decidedly later rather than soOner
Here ia the document which, our readers may tie
assured, cine honestly into our hands, though we
were not Of the managing multitude:
WASHINGTON CITY March. 1853.
A" To NE Mannoevs fiie Inauguration Ball:
"GLHTLrMES: Bel"w you have statement "t the
condition Of ahar' onaceGd VIII he a;e l9aa{qrs'SS B
have made every x'ion to sc the e in and have - IN
succeeded 70 be able to say WITH certainty tnat IA
up All Tie b have been psid except ths deficit above
uaci nj unos 10 eIsb cloe the bslAuoe without fur
ihei d,lay very r'P ,,iNiy yyphy1v yeu1,y r,.,r,.,
ITO bill. ir full sgsins. the Ball.. .....sl2siS2i p
By receipt. from tickets 3c..... nj5 81
Deficit. slo2i ~
u Whatever amsunt you feel posed 20 give ard
qoa,ng the deficit please remit me- aud 1t shall be aPPed 10
that purpose.'
Ghosts are seldom agreeable visitors. unless il be
TO persons who have cultivated taste for their So
ciety in spirtualstlc circles By the world of sinners
in general their room is much more deslderated
than their company. But We should imagine that
the grsliest specter that ever trsnrd winding
sheet, or shook torch. or dragged chain, would
be welcome guest compared with such haunting
visitant as this. Whist changes, wrought by those
tWo years, must it not have brought before the
startled eye Of many manager! Not one, prob
ably was there that did not listen that night with
credulity to the whispers Of fancy, and pursue
with esgerness the pbnntoms Of hope, in spite OF
the warnings held up against such delusonS In the
history Of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinio. Cab
met Offices. embassies, fat cOllrctorshps, COM
Portable post Offices danced before the eyes of the
masters Of that reyelry to the music that inspired
the feet of the dancers. And how many Of them
have found the fruiton OF their fond expectations
In fact, We should approhend that disappointment
must have marked most of that ambitious roll for
it, own, or so inconsidcrable a sum as 81 ,02l ~
could hardly have been left for two years to plague
the treasurer OF the ever.foWing stream Of pub
lie money, could not this paltry measure be ladled
UP to quench a scandal of this enormityl Half
the term Of the chosen Of the Democracy expired,
and the festivities instituted in honor of his ac
ce ssion not paid for One would think it might
have been husbed up without thus sendDg round the
hat for coDtributory coPpers. The quantity of
Democratic linen to be washed in this case is
tsinly not great; but it is SO very dirty, that II
would have been better TASTE we'll as better pol
icy. 10 have washed it at home, and said nothing
about it..
Though we do not feel ourselves called upon to
contribute of our slender for the relief Of the
"unfortur ate Mr. Ba.ly," we are not disposed to
refuse TO give him and his companions in affection
some assistance in their distress. We cheerfu',y
tender them the free gift of our advice And it is
this: Let those of that noble army of martyrs who
have received pay and proyaut at the hands of the
ustIious guest Of that evening, club together and
wipe out the tsil-end of the score then aud there
run up. To ask those unlucky aspirants who were
sent empty away to give Of their penury to pay for
this defunct steed, were indeed to renew the sever
ity Of the Puritsnc sentence which doomed
culprits to be hanged and fined forty shiIliDgs Mr
Rufus Choate, for example, was one Of that goodly
company, if We not much mistaken. although
pillar of the church of that model minister, Dr.
Southsde Adams, ho hath ever maintained string.
testimony against dsucing Now, rs the merits of
that eleventh-hOur Democrat have been vcariOusly
attributed to bis son-in-lsw, who hath entered BY
virtue of the same into the paradise of Office, it
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