, 1869-08-25
WHO IS JOHN SMITH!
Mr. BntterTleld A4kA the Question
and Receives no Reptys

From tLf Ssn IGrk Sun, Au1u4t ~.
The law hAs its tQJthx N lhe pe11olH OF John
all unr courts: and the CEalon Rouse has Ia
nEEEa IN the shape OF lab0rsra who neFeE worked,
-ern Vi tbrlr. Cptu yesterday. however, ii YVES
neter el!es ed thut any thing mJthical conld enter
70 rrncticsl place as the suh.TFeasRtJ. bns
eau b'y be atr1hnied 10 f4lIe presences, kince De
astuned the Eti3-knonn and highly rtBpectabu
I.sn,e Of Jonn Smith. And tbs Il how AssIstAus
Treasurer E1tserrcld came TO AsE
.ENo ~ John EH17H-"
Al noon yesterday. Accus1lng to announcement,
General Eliter.tld itgan TO open The propo sas ~
purchase Si,ueo, GU Of goId. lie had nearly finished
l1e rtad,u. When he opened proposa! fEot2 John
Smith, VI $685. Gx,s. six,ur onr-sI1th larger
tha1. any other Of hr tlds. t!alr7edlJ coDpietloI
tt,e whoe nt1Uunt to Mr. John Smith, at the Pre-
rl!um natued. General buttc1celd then went
over 70 Deltnonicp's 10 lunch.
just ~ he had reached the dst staSe tfoI those
who are curious Ato,It such things II ula} te ssld
;h1s Its dsst course WAS l-.ta9t "a ras4tf dhA<a
: clest rushed nadly into the restaa1ant, UPSET
uIg Hstttr and Il ttde table. and lreAthlcssy "a.
dre.eiDK the General, esid:
..HoN about those awards, Sir7''
.'"h5,I tSaae 'e1, didn't /: lE2ye taeu to
"Yes ST. but phost John Smith ~
Here WIS poser. JaMmlng ata military hat
,srt down OIL hts bead, and hu17,ecly nuitoutng
General rushed forth Into Broad sts*.et- The tfst
mai he met was certain STOCK operator who has
long been In sehrch ol "Aosth"tst passage
RIG Lbteagu.
II say, -, who is John Smith -
"Jonn Smith: We'll. M snoeualer Is john
Smith, and the watchuan II uy place IL another
john Smith, hud-"
"oh, a., A. M theH,"says = - the General, II want
kushtng up 10 the 61b-Tressur5, General But
te1frld put The sAue puzzl!nR question TO all his
c.eEIs and rake mp from the depths Of tht!i
memories enough john Smtths to man s4-Rru
1s.gttE, but ELt one III them Was banker. Giving
JOHN up as 4 lad job, tho General revoked The
award, and, consequently, tile god sold for 1sa
md fa3 Is Instead Of 1880, as would have bee1
tie case had John Smith appeared to make good
his proposal
ItHas bcpt.} 8. the Sab-TreaSnrJ that this an
pu,IGv Incident Vi 1t1lctal life would not Get
tErel4t alroad; l1t, alas for human expectations
The financial elltora had already been Informed
that John EMth was the lucfy gold Purchaser
aLd through Them tue tankers and broEets *slf
a1ro mtdc nNale OF the Incl For some Tune Gu
rtoaity wls Expressed On I'LL sides 81 TO "Who
John Hn.iih.' hui nna1y The story got o1t, nnt
I'll WalI Htteet was OF the hroRd R1n.
On the told Iionru the busy brokers e3spenaet
,hctr operations for tutl ten minutes, duRng Eatct
question, "N'ho Ia John smith," Two yo1ng
hrukess, entering 4he room. inhtruetel the door
keeper to call john Smith, an5 be added h.s Vocs
10 tue universal din, never thinking that he wai
ca!lIng for Treasury myth. stranger cntet1nt
rhe room at that moment would hare nt first sup
posed that The brokers were noout 70 engage Il
deadly conflict, such was their nnearthly din; ou
hearing their loud CRY for John Smth-peaeeao!'
John, Is co WIS never kpown 70 h1Et anybody b1
Turks and Indians --he would have been rtaAslreu
aud looked on without fear. II Was currently re
ported last nlSfk that General HutteE1eld. XTinet
with 1unultain huW1tzeE and doube-baErert
shotgun WIS still searching for John Smith. Per
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