The New York herald., 1863-11-29


triumph has been achieved in tho choice of
school officers Voters of this city, all rests
in your hands. The prosperity or the further
degeneracy of the education Of our youth is
entrusted to you. Let no excuse, cry for party
or regularity deter you from discharging your
duty as men worthy Of the trust.
Grand Ground and Lofty Trembling in
the Political Ring.
The present political contest is an extremely
curious affair We do not remember anything
more funny in many long day. Here we
have poor Greeley. ringleader in half dozen
lobby and political rings, objecting to Mr..
Bo0le because he is said to have had something
to do with the Aldermanic Ring. Upon the
same principle Greeley ought to set to work to
abolish the planet Saturn, because that has
several rings. Again, we have the McKeon |
squad objecting to Boole because they think |
he was born in Nova Scotia, when most of the |
McKeonites first saw the light on the other side |
of the water, and are not half so good Amer |
cans as Boole, who was at least born on the
American continent. The idea of thefollowers
of McKeon turning Know Nothings is ex
tremely preposterous. Then we have Greeley
and Raymond, and Bryant, and several other
such fellows, admitting that Mr.. Boole is able,
competent, intelligent and all that, and yet op-
posing his election, as if New York did not want
an able, competent and intelligent Mayer tits
indeed astonishing, if consistency be jewel,
sort of jewelry in these times Of plentiful
greenbacks and abundant diamonds
We can find no more appropriate compari-
son for the edlborial commentators upon the
Mayoralty election than that of performing
clowns in circus ring. Sitting upon one of
the front benches q quiet but not inattentive
spectator, and, as usual the observed Of all
observers, we watch with mingled amuse-
ment and surprise the ludicrous antics Of our
contemporaries, and listen with the same medley
of feeling to the queer speeches and sayings in
which they indulge. Poor Greeley turns a
handspring into the ring, cocks his white hat
on the back part of his head, shows his thin
legs through his black tights, and then begins
his performance. First he stands on his head
and declares that Boole will win Then he
puts bis toe in his mouth, throws a back SOM
mersanlt, winks his left eye and asserts that
Blunt is the man for his money. Then he rolls
himself up like ball. ties his legs in abow-knot
over his back sticks his head out Of this strange
ly confused mass, puts his fingers to his nose,
and informs US that, on the whole, he prefers
Gunther, but that either Boole or Blunt will be
elected, and that Boole will probably be success
full The effect is certainly very amusing and the
applause is immense. Still we really think that
such performance is very undlgnifed for
person Of Greeleys years. Why should he ex-
hibit himself in public in a tight fitting dress,
in which all the imperfeetions of bis form are
distinctly visible, from the big bump of self
conceit on the top of his head to those bad
corns on his toes, upon which we have so often
trod! Why should he exhibN the defermities
of his mind and heart in the same way! We
blush for poor Greeley while we laugh at him;
for our modesty is as great as our sense of the
ridiculous.
But what shall we say of the double act of
Raymond and Ben. Wood, who are clowns Of
about equal calibre and therefore appear to-
gether? The Little Villain is as active as a
young monkey, and uses his feet as quickly as
he did when he ran away from the imaginary
Austrians at Solferino and the mythical Black
Horse cavalry at Manassas. He is dressed in a
suit Of motley kindly furnished by contrbu-
tions from Wall street brokers. Ben Wood, on
the contrary, is rather stiff in his joints and
weak In the knees having been considerably
injured by several bad falls during the recent
elections. He wears his customary suit OF
solemn white, and presents quite o ghastly
and ghostly appearance. Before the act begins
Ben Wood takes dice box from his pocket
and invites attention to the little joker. He
also attempts to deliver q speech about lotte-
ries, written for him by one of his hirelings
The bell rings in the middle of one of the best
sentences, and the tricks commence. At once,
to the intense amazemeM of all present, Ray
mond picks up Wood and swallows him bodily,
declaring, as he does this wonderful feat, that
Guuther is out Of the contest, and that Boole
will certainly be elected unless Gunther can
draw away few votes and thus elect Blunt.
This said and done, the adroit Little Villain
turns himself inside out, thus releasing Wood
from his peculiarly perplexing predicament,
and shows that he is stuffed full of Wall street
dinners, railroad stock and gas. Then Wood
begins complicated series Of runs, jumps,
twists and rolls, during which hs constantly
calculates peace" Tho ring master then in
terGeres and asks Raymond If he is in favor of
Boole for Mayor Raymond cuts caper, slaps
his pockets, puts out his tongue and mods as
sent The same question is then asked Of Wood,
who eagerly calculates the query, HAS Boole o
peace mark on his left ARM" Mr.. A. Oakoy Hall,
who is in the ring watching Greeley, replies,
"No; but his voice ia still for war" Wood at
once expresses his satisfaction and retirss, arm
in arm with Raymond cheering for Mr.. Boole.
The great scene betweep the poet Bryant, Of
the Post, and the Man in the Iron Mask, who