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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-10-18
NOR NEW YORK-OLD DOMINION

se Ats Ones No. 2!2a Oh the Dock.
EOR NEW YORK-OLD DOMINION
Il STEAMSHIP COAPLNY.-Tho lSxIF.a
splendid new side VII eel ,tean.hips <-S-15sA
TERAs, NIAGARA, and VIRGIN ssssssEssssssssafTTs
leave Nav York every TUESDAY, THURSDAY.
nd SATgRDAF Isays Riskmcnh avery I0ho'
pressly for this route They have splendid saloons
and ,a at and the iats attention ana 49,
Goods shipped by this fine are landed IsxGl:ty
a, Now YORK on ths eompany,s covered pisrt'
North river. w,.hn iGr;y %SAt assT, ordered
Preights for po!nts beyond No" Iofs are Iof,
wardsd with tispatch, and no charge MAJ" eheop'
The steamers for Charlsston, Savannah, New or
leans snd 9th or southern ports Leave fnl ,h7 a.,
}Snlnf Ps Ssfdhs
r. l. aocREADY .' frs.,asn,, 1877 Greenwich
'' sxaG fsT A f0Fts co, Richmond. Va;
JOHN n. WEST. City Point aud Ps.snSurg
r q. WEBB, Norfolk.
For freight or pa'''Es'II aaPEHsY. 20 4YRgs CO..
corner Main and Eleventh streets. upttalfs
fs7s-s
EOR NORFOLK, PORTSMOUTH,,
Z AND ALL LANDINGS OK THE9~
JAMES J.at sivsk yoEs sYtv .ss Il
CAPrAIh Z. G. GIYYOAD.
leaves her wharf at Rockets for sooys,n,slm'yS
places on MONDAY. WEDNESDAY,. and Fh!bhi
~ go o'clock A. NJ, and return on THe'i+J'
Thnrsdxy, and Saturday.
PASSENGERS arrive st HcRPoIk IN tine 70
connect with steamers for bALTiAoh ""'
TtAiS lesvs. CITY POINT for pETgRssrEG
on arrival Of STE NER.
Fare TO Norfolk, 8? 80
FREIGHT ,.,,v
received at all hours for BOSTON, BALi hoMn'
principal LANDINGS ON CHESAPEAKE bht
and al LANDINGS ON JAMES hlNEh 81 res
sonabls rates.
Freight for wsv landings mus, be prepaid.
Letters entrusted to yu-ser OF steamer iAAs' ~
enclosed In Govsyy oss4 stamped snyslop-
Apply 70 L. b. rATUM, Agent.
fnGu Once Steamer rhAh
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auction Sales.
FUTURE DAY.

BY Bowman strooek. Auctioneers,
NJ n Fourteenth street. between Main and Cary.
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TRUSTEES' SALE.-By virtue of 81
i deed ofirust. dated nth Angu.t. 1855. recorded
In the County Court OF Henr!eo In de.d book 81
page 307 We shall, trustees, proceed 10 sell al
public auction. at the house OF Elijah Priddy. In
henrico county. on TUESDAY. ed instant. at !?
O'Clock M, all the HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN
FURNITURE, FARMING IMPLEMENTS. Hugs,
SC, &o.
TKRas: Mada known al the sale.
RICHARD GRAY, lr,,
TH0MAsR SHEPPARD, trustees
oc 18th 18th, i7vhS2is,f
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BY Harrison, Goddin Apperson, Auctioneers and
Real Estate Agents.

TXCELLENT BRICK TENEMENT,
EL on GROUND RENT, ON THE w EST LINE
OF NJNTH BETWEEN MAIN AID FRANKLIN
STREETS, FOR SALE AT AUCTION WIN be
20 d at auction, on IA . promises. on SATC HDAf
the Ieth October 1857. at clock p. M, the tx-
callsrt BRrG X TENEMENT located az ahovs. oc-
cupied b. Mr. d: Brophv and ths upper part re- .
csitiy occupied by Mr.. William J. BeYiil, subject
to an annual ind rent OF 500.
Terms Atsa'e
HARRISON, GoDDlN APPERs0H,
or 10 Auctioneers.
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ORR WARRINGTON LETTER.
of the Kichmond Dispatch.

ST.. pro>rcctivc Nomination of Grant FOR the
p.c>;dcucy Probable Division in tho Kcpub-
,.,, Party on tho Subject ScriouS objections
,hrowinp Overheard Old w orkcrs. etc.
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fine LUNCH on day ri sale.
BOWMAN & STkU0CK, Auctioneers.
s. A fine PHELAN'S FOUR POCKET Bill
IIARD-TABLE will be- sold on THIS day oc Il
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A LBERT BLAIR, dealer in BEST
n RID AND WHITE ASH ANrHR.,lTE AN u
BlrUM1NUUS COAL AND COKE office NO. lll3
Main street with Mersrs Cabeil 4 watkins.
Thankful for former favors OF my friends and
the public now ark a continnanc. Of the sans
will he assisted a. far AS practicable by Mr. j.
3 Watkins, the patronage OF whose frieuds j.
also sol. cited. i
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-10-18

BY Harrison, Goddin s Apperson, Auctioneer
and Real Estate Agents.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-10-18

BY A. 7. Stokes K Co., Auctionesrs.
Corner Of Fifteenth and Cary streets.
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NOR RENT, the UPPER PART OF
4 the store occupied by me, at the corner ksS
of Main and First streets, suitable for rHsf
small family Immediate posse given. -ssiass
q. G. TuUIPA1N, Family Grocer.
oc 1876 Main and Fir-t streets.
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auction Sales.

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THIS DAY.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-09-10

masls sure Il has position thla tsme. and
he significantly tells tie ene1niea of re-
construction, Aa he did thcse of the Cn-
ION 81 Fors Donaldson, that be - reaay
20 move upen Their works WhAsevuF
,he Law vii enable hiTn 10 do. whaisveE
The exercise Of hia vast powers. with All
The energy and perseverance, Of his ma
ture can accomplish. ths country may re-
" upon hirn 10 do and accomplish. -
Nor have We any doubt that IN spite Of
al Intervening annsyances and peFplex-
ities the great cause which the viii ot
the people has set him to superintend
viii emerge in due season triumphant
Al all points - BoSon JoSEai
War rur Soinnns Tnrxx or GFSxaL
Gaaxrs counsE -Unprineipled politi-
clans may declare Gen, Grant cate
paw Of the President bocanse be fulhla
the duties Of his own position and re-
fuses 10 usurp authority; the soldiers
understand tho matter better. Says
the Army and Navy JoHrnai ~-
Tho fact that Gen. Grant has sue
cumbod TO President johnson has eaus-
ed much disgust 10 some people. who
would have had that officer send cor
poral and fle Of men and put the
President in the guard-housc. The
truth is that Gen. Grant was obliged 10
Yield TO the President on the same
ground that his own subordinases obey
him The reconstruction bill OF the
thirty ninth Congress specially confer
red on The President the privilege, nay.
made a i.se duty. 80 @a@iun officers npch
as he should choose 10 the command u
the Ave districts. Section 2d OF chin
declares that ii shall be the duty Of the
President to assign 70 the command Of
each Of said diatElcts an officer of the
army not below the rank Of brigadier
general. The power Of appointment
necessarily carries with ii that ofremo-
val. To remonstrate against Shcridan's
removal was, therefore, all that was lcit
for Gen Grant to do. Gen. Granite
record, therefore, is clear. He did hin
utmost TO to procne the reinstatement
Of Sheridan. With grand conscious
ness that he was the standard bearer OF
the popular canse, he called upon the
President. not in bis own name. but in
the name Of the American people. His
appeal being unaysilinQ, he has, like o
good soldier, submitted TO one who, by
virtue Of his Office, is commander Of
both army and navy
The interruptions slandcrerg OF Gen.
Grant make another point against him
which they must know 10 be false. He
should have resigned his temporary
charge Of the war Office, they say, rath-
or than allow him to be used by the
president for the removal Of the district
commanders. Do they not know that
il is as General Of the army. not as sec
retary OF war; that the reconstruction
bills require him to issne the orders OF
the presidents Would they have him
resign his generalship, that the Wesi-
dent may put man after his own heart
at the head Of the armyg--SpfnQfeld
Rtpubitcm.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-09-10

PRAcTIcAL JoKrNe.--We had no idea
they had such wags away up in Wiscon-
sin. The following anecdote we pick
up as an estray:
"Joe and Commodore Rogers, brother
blacksmiths, Whitewater, Wisconsin,
have a great reputation for being prac-
tical jokers. Last summer Joe bought
an old fashioned churn, for manufactur-
ing their own butter, and and as the
Commodore was widower and lived
with Joe all such work as churn ing
naturally fell to him. One day after
supper, the first chnrning was got ready,
and the Commodore was first invited
to churn.
Hold on says he. till I go down
town and get some tobacco
He went, and while gone, Joe done
the churning, took out the butter and
left the buttermilk in the churn. The
Commodore returned, looking at the
churn he took off his coat and says
Wal, Old churn, it's you and |, and
hers for yer and he commenced bis
labor.
After churning couple Of hours he
remarked that he guessed it would be
cheaper to buy butter than to make it.
Il think 80 too, said Joe, If you are
going TO churn it out Of buttermilki .
A few days after that churning pro
cess, Joe put one end Of small bar Of
iron into his forge-6re, gave the bellows
three or four pounds, and stepped into
the back shop. While gone the Com
mod0re heated the iron to black heat
/ then changed ends with 1t and then
stepped out the back door to watch the
progress. In came Joe, took up the
iron, but dropped instantly. holding uE
his burnnd hand, and roaring with
pain.
Put on some buttermilk, Joe--iti
good for q burn Z said the Commodore
Is be made 8 mastery retreat amid I
shower Of boquets composed Of ham
mers, coal coal and horss shoes
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-09-10

Never whine over what ron may sup
pcse 10 be the loss oi opportunities A
|greAs many have good early oppoFtnnl-
saem without leaTning much; every nnan
nay educate himself that wishes ~ IL
j. The wall that makes thc vAy. Many
servant usai wanted knowledge has
listened while hls maSt&Fs children were
4aylng their letters: and putting them
sngetheF 10 form easy words. has thus
uanght The krss ciemenis 81 spelling. -.
u any oaae haA ; strung thirst for knowl-
sdge. we dc net care where be "a put, be
viii become ga educated mAn. Thc
hsz. step towards self improvement i
10 laave oa whining over the Fawt. ard
bend esery energy 10 The improvement
,f tAe pFe@eBt
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-09-10

QUEEN VIcToRza---Sines the publica-
ton Of Queen Victoria's book anecdotes
about her are quite in vogue. The fol-
lowing told by Grace Greenwood is ono
OF the best of its kind:
Another anecdote illustrating Victo-
ria's admirable good sense and strict
domestic discipline, came TO me directly
from one who Witnessed the occnrance.
One day, when The Queen was present
in her carriage ut o military review, the
Princiss Royal, then rather o wlful girl
OF about thirteen. sitting on the front
seat, seemed disposed to be rather ia
miliar and coqusttish with some young
officers Of the escort Her Majesty gave
several TeproyiRg looks, without avail
"winked at her but she wouldn't stay
winked." At length, in flirting her
handkerchief over the side OF the car.
riage, ahe dropped it--too evidently
NOD accidentally. Instantly two OF three
young heroes spraDg from their saddles
TO return it to her fair hand--bnt tho
awful voice of royalty stayed them
'Stop gentlemenp exclaimed the Queen
leave il just whore 1t lies. Now my
daughter, gel down from the carriage,
and pick up your handkerchief There
was no help for it. The royal iootman
let down the steps for the little royal
lady. who proceeded TO lift from the
dust the pretty piece Of cambric and
lace She blushed good deal. though
she tossed her head saneily, and she
was doubtless angry enough. but the
nortifying lesson may have nipped in
the bud her first impulse towards eo-
quetry. 1t was hard. but II was whole
some. How many American mothers
wonld be equal to such piece a Spar
tan discipline
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-09-10

A manly little fellow Of Ave years
fell. and cut his upper-Iip 50 badly that
a surgeon had TO be summoned 10 sew
the wound He sal in bis mothers lap
during the painful operation. pale but
very quiet. resoiulelv keeping back his
tears and moanG In her distress the
young mother could not refrain from
saying; 20. doctor. Ifear il II win leave
dishuring scar :" Charley looked up
into her teaFfnl face. and said, in a ccm-
fofting tone. Never mind. namma, my
saousaAche = III cover ID
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-09-10

The OLD Arm CHAIR The American
rocking chair is philosophically an a.
domination, but certainly comforta-
bic thing ''to have in the house" Here
is what Rev. H. w. Beeeher says about
it in Norwood:
"But if once you sat down in it the
illusory notion OF luxury vanished. 1t
was wooden throughout Only il some
one was sick in the house there was O
cushion in it Its joints by long use
had formed complaining habit, and
you might in any part Of the house
know whether the rocking chair was in
active use. We are obliged to say that
it was a treacherous chair. The rock
ers had been curved to such lines, that
il you ventured beyond very gentle
motion the chair would give backward
lurch, as If going over, and there are
few things more unsatisfactory to q So
ber minded person, careful of appear
ances, than to be carried over backward
in the midst OF quiet conversation
II is true that the chair never did &c
over. The shape of the rocker is such,
that when the victim had spread his
arms and Hirted bis legs into the air, in
an involuntary effort TO equilib-
rum, the chair stopped and set itsell
I firmly, Is If it bad been blocked, return.
ing again to its normal state only upon
violent effort Of iis occupant The
neighbors wsre well aware Of this pro-
pensity and avoided the chair. Stran.
gers usually had az experience with it
The good doctor or his wife, for ths
hundrcdth time. .reassuFing them. Don
be alarmed. t. wont so owe. / neyel
IDew anybody TO fall"
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-09-10

FoLLow rHE RIaHT.-No matter who
you are, what your Iot, or where You
live You cannot afford to do that
which is wrong The only way to obtain
happiness for Yourself, is to do the right
thing. You NAV not always bit The
mark; but yon should nevertheless. aim
for it, and with every trial your skill
will increase Whether you are 10 be
praised or blamed for it by others;
whether il Will seemingly make you
richer or poorer. on whether no other
person than yourself knows Of your ae-
ton; still. always In all cases. do ust
rylhs ihiay Your FIRST lessons in thin
rule will sometimes seem hard ones, bui
they will grow easier and easier, until
finally, doing the right thing viii be-
come habit. and 10 do the wrong viii
seem an impossibilty.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-09-10

THE Cosr or PouED OF TEA.--It il
instructive and sometimes proftablo,as
well as curious, to examine the way in
which the cost Of a commodity is piled
up between producer and consumer by
freights, handling, duties, exchange,
and the commissions and profits OF mid
dlemen. Tea for example, is sold by the
grower in China and Japan Mt various
prices. from about fifteen to thirty cents
pound. With freights added, Il il
said to cost when laid down in any Of
our principal seaports an average Of a.
bout fifty cents in gold pound Tor su-
perior brands of chops" Taking this
as starting point, the additional char
ges before il reaches the table OF the
consumer accumulate ms follows Or
iginal cost Of ten, imported, fifty cents;
discount on currency to pay for il
twenty cents; contingencies, ten cents;
profit Of importer, twelve cents; profit
Of jobbcr, thirteen cents; profit Of reta-
iler, say twenty eight cents; total ono
dollar seyenty-four cents. OF this fifty
four cents are comprised in three pofits
thIrty-dve cents In exchange for gold,
twenty-five cents in duties, and ten
cents in contingencies; in all one dollar
and twenty-four cents, in addition TO
the cost on board ship at our wharves.
Before the war the cost would have
been about as follows Original cost,
importer, City cents; ten per cent for
contingencies, Eve cents; profit Of inn
porter, five cents; profit to jobber, sin
cents; profit to the retriler, fourteen
cents; total eighty eenis-
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-09-10

No mind 80 bright but drink win be-
fool it; no fortune 50 ample but brandy
viii beggar It; the happiess Il viii fll
with misery; the hrmest health dissipA-
ton VII shasfer; no business 30 thriv-
ing that whiskey canhos spoil
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90 Rlnine. en Trutnnr.


IONS she is also the grandmother.
Hit want for Agriculture. thar would
not be emmy beans, and II il want ior
emmy beans, there wouldnt be emmy
suckertAsh.
Agricultur was diskoveTed by Cain,
and has since been discovered 10 be aa
honest way 10 get very hard living.
Pumpkins owes awl hor success tew
agricultur, and 80 does lettuce and
buckvheat
The Billingsvills Agricultural Soci ETY.
opened Oct. ten, and wAs powerful
success.
The receipts Of the Agricultural Fair
was upwarde oy S30,00O (if memory
serves me rite, and / think she duz.
The Hon. Virgil Bckerstof,, the next
agricultural Member oS Congress from
our district, sold the agricultural poles.
rrsr pAT.
A puss of ten dollars was trotted for
by sucking colts, that had never trotted
before for money.
There waz thirteen entrys.
There was $4,000 people ON the track
TO witness this raee( il mi memory sery-
es me rite, and think she dnzl
The pnss was won, and vociferoUs ex-
clamations, by red colt, and the way-
ing ov handkerchief, with stripe in his
face, and the fainting Of several fust-
class females, and one white foot behind
sEKUND DAY.
Itrained like perpendicular awl day
and no trotting could be had, SO the
audience awl went hum, cussin and
swearing and offering tew bet four to
six on the Pete Tucker colt
THURD DAY.
The sun histed up in the cast more
butifuller than ever saw her befor (ii
my memory serves me rite, and think
she duz)
1t was q fustrate day for agricultur,
or any other man.
A puss Of $50 was trotted for, by some
2 year old colts.
This race did not attract much Mt
tention, on account oy the time being
SO slow. Time. minutes and ~ sok-
onds. 4.
FoUETE DAY.
This waz for or year Odds, who had
MT never beat 2,25.
There waz rs entrys; they coulden't
all trot to once, so they took turns.
This race was VIM, after bitter con-
test by Pete fuckers colt.
He was immediately offered n thou
sand dollars and a fustrate farm, which
was well stocked, for the colt. by three
different agricultural men, but with q
great deal OF indignant good sense, be
scorned to stoop so Iow.
Pete Tucker and his whole family arc
awl hoss. Mla 3
FIFTH DAY.
1t rained again harder than ever
and the day was spent in betting on ths
waight oy horses.
There were several good horse-swapt
also made.
One man svopped two horses for ons
this struck me as bgnly good thing
bnt everybody else said it was soft.
At the end of the fifth day | come a.
away. aa
got SO full ov hoss that ever since
when / laugh kant keep from whin.
nering.
The fare was kept up 10 days, and
some red hot time was made.
/ think 2 minits and 10 seckunds wal
made Git my memory serves me ritz
and ] think she duz.
I forgot to say that there was tev
yoke ov oxen on the ground, besides
several yokes oy sheep, and . pile o.
carrots, and some wosted work, bu
they didn't seem to attract emmy sym
pathy.
The people banker for pure sgricul
tural hoss-trots.
/
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-09-10

A Western paper thus hits of . pop
ular ashion:--'The attention Of tie
police should be directed 70 Pant A.
Loon. He's tight on the streets daily
awful tight
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-09-10

Pride is ~ load beggar a. want,
and great deal more sancy. When
you have bought one fne thing you
want ten more, that your appearance
may be all Of q piece: bat il Is easier 10
suppress the first dssirs. than 10 satisfy
sli that foIlowis
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-09-10

II would take train nearly seven
DAYS 10 run from New York to San
Francisco. by way Of Chicago, going Al
the rate of 20 miles per hour and max
ing the usual express stopA
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-09-10

Drifting.
Ny seul sn.day
Il Car away,
sailing tie NwsuEian haN
Nv winged boat.
A bird atieml.
swims rOsHa The purple peaAs rsHsts'--
Round parpla peaks
Ii saiis. and seeks
Hiue jtsless nra their crystal creeks,
Where high rocks throw
Thn,agh deeps below,
a duplicated golden glow.
Far, vague and dim,
Ihs msonnfains sEiras
While on yesusius' misty bEim,
With ontssrelchsd hands,
The gray smoke stands
0'erooking the volcanic lands
m Here Ischia emlIcs
Ger liquid miles
Aad wonder blaest of the isless
giairn CARR waits,
ller sapphife gates
BegpGllne d her bright sssalss.
heed not, II
Nv rippling skla
Float 81 IN ~ slow tFon elin 10 chGi--
NHh dreamsui eyes
Ny spirit lies
Inuef tnf NAiis W San~'F"'
Under Tire walk
Mtsar swelis and fails
The Bays deep breast =, Intervals
Al eeace We.
nl0wA eoilv bv
a cloua uppn the lqnid skg.
The day 80 mild
Il heavens own child,
With Earth and Ocean reconciledi--
80 IA q -
Anoand me steal
And mnnaanHg 70 the nurmafing keel.
Over The rail
NJ band hsil
Wtaaln the shasiaW 81 the sail.
A joy iu.snse.
a csaing segss
GkBes do~n my arewsy sndslsnee-
with dreamfsl eyes
Ny spirit hes
Where sufnneF siEgs and never dies.
Oesvailsa With vines,
She gloss and shines.
Araoag heF issafs Osls and wlHes.
Her ehildren. hid
The eslas amid
Arx gsmkesins wiih the gameoling lid.
% dewa he waAs
Win trsy eaiss
LASH on she spcks lsks waterfalls
The kshes's chtld.
n a. tseNNes wiia.
tfias tie sneash bright sand heguiiea,
Nfsh g'a~irg sips,
hinEs ~ she kkips,
OF Es1es - Tue fsf-Sa saips
Yen deep hafk gor.
Ahsfe lfshc blows.
FySas IgAAs II sen u lands ~ aEows -
Ihss bsppiex ere
lik gsugs@ u ran.
Frcn iaad x ssov = snds e san
OF. hsppy shsp
Is sise znd 44p.
VIA Ne klas cryesai 81 yous tpss
U6. happy crrw,
Ax hssn with yeH
e4ia. AID salls aka slRss sSssl
Np fnagx. 10 s10fw.
Tie uosidly shoFx
lpaaaiaA ne wiih sih sid uprumg,
" - 4rssmtal ssss
Nr tpisa1 hex
Unee tAs uAas - Passzlset
3. HUcaAsAn RKAD.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-09-10

A WASHINGTON Sorry. ~ Mr.. Gay, SEMI
or, Of the National Hotel, Washington
ton, bears quite q resemblance to the
late General Cass. upon which is told a
good story.
A stranger who supposed that he
knew Mr.. Gay well, put up at the Ma
tional Since this house has become u
crack hotel at the capital, it is quite full
oil the time, and the new conner was
necessarily. sent to the upper floor to
sleep. Coming down stairs IN the morn
ing little cross, he met Gen. Cass
there, who had fine suit of rooms in
the hall. He stepped up to him and
said:
"Ill not stand i'll You have put me
at the top of the house. / mnst have a
room somewhere else, lower dowu."
Gen. Cass interposed nervously:--
"Sr you are mistaken in the parsonage
you are addressing General Cass, Of
Michigan"
Stranger confusedly. "Beg your par
don, General, thought it was my old
friend Gay. Beg thousand pardons,
sir. All mistake-all mistake, / as
sure yon.
The General passed out of the build
ing, but soon returned: but as luck
would have it, the stranger met him full
in the face again, but in an other posi-
ton. This time he was sure he had
met Mr.. Gay, for the Senator from
Michigan he knew had just gone out
So the stranger stepped boldly up, slap
ped the General familiarIy on the
shoulder, exclaiming
"By heaven, Gay, I've got rich joke
to relate. l met old Cass up stairs just
now; thoughtit was you, and began to
curse him about my room"
General Cass, with emphasis. "Wel
young man, you have met old Cass a
gain.
Stranger sloped, and he has not been
heard of since.