The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-02-17
FEBRUARY II, 1868.
FRIDAY MORNING,

A foreign publication gives an enter
tanning fancy sketch Of tiger hunt in
India, with sundry illustrations, in the
best style Of the art. The hero of the
sketch is a tall, gaunt, tirm>looking man,
who is attended by a companion, low of
stature, and who always keeps himself
close behind the principal performer In
one Of the hunts they manage to entrap
tiger in hogshcad, and to get his tail
through the bung~ hole, which they in
geniously contriyc to fasten into a knot.
The tiger, not liking his new quarters,
proceeds to take up his line Of march,
to seccdc, in short, carrying the hogs
head with him !; while, to prevent the
knot slipping, the tall man takes hold of
the tail of the tiger, and the little man,
to prevent accident to himself, grips
firmly the tail of the tall mans coat
The illustration which accompanies this
scene is one Of the most laughter moving
of oddities in this line Of humor' which
VIC have ever seen.
Extremes arc said to meet, they Ger
tainly met in this instance, c,-and the
farcical carcature might be made, with
some modification, to illustrate a terrible
tra5cdy in America. A tall man from
Kentucky is cnacting the part of the
Nimrod -in-chief of hunt on such a sea- e
as India never saw, while always be-
hind him, close as his shadow, is little
man from New York, holding on to the
coat tails of the hard-handcd gentleman
in front, and keeping himself in a posi-.
ton to escape any sudden turn that the
game may make upon its pursuers. The
little man, i'll the present case, is the
chief instisator of the sport, but he docs
not love hunting well enough 10 take
direct hold of tigers tail He keeps
at respectful distance from that infu-
riatcd animal, except on such occasions
as Peace Commissions, when he is a
model of courtesy and politcncss, and
nlvokcs the blessings of Heaven upon
the whole tiger family, and sends his
love to any Of their friends and relatives
who may chance to have heard of him
in former times The parties then re-
sumo their former attitudes; the hunted
animal in front, tall man hold of the tail
again, and little man in the rear, pushing
the tall fellow on, and looking out for
himself as usual.
The President of the United States
by virtue of his Office, occupies more
prominent position in the antipathies of
the Confederate people than any other
individual. But it is only as such that
he il entitled to that distinction. Per-
5onally, hc has no such claims to the
adherence Of Southern minds as Viii
liam ii. Seward, who, more than any
other individual in the North, is respon"
siblc for the state of public sentiment
which brought on the war; for the po~
litical organization Of abolitionism; for
the adoption of coercion, and, VIC doubt
not, for every important step that Lin :
coin has taken, from the time when, on
his way tn Washington to be inausurated,
he refused TO disclose the policy OF his
Administration, down to the conclusion
of the peace commission at Fortress
Monroe. 1t is unjust, and, 1t seems to
us, impolitic, to aim the batteries OF the
Confederate press at Mr.. Lincoln as the
real President Of the United States. The
archencmy Of our country, and OF peace
and liberty, is William II. Seward, who
has become, virtually, the monarch Of
the United States, and makes all the
other departments Of the Government
executive, legislative and judicial
mere registers Of his decrecs.