, 1869-03-22

Witss s.fd1obs ia sai.die1 ,eaooiil9.. sSS s,
Tossi.. I'll. no
This is bnre statement. which no late
save hiuselt fnvidious notice. Mr.. Motley,
at Vienns. spent all his sa1ary and all th. ID.
come OF his private !criuuc, and reduced hls
private principal besides. But in this coun.
try there are many itch men who would eirc
ha!l their entlFo fortune 10 be endorsed
States. Their w,Ees and daughters demand
son,o recognition which, to their chagrin,
nerc money will not glTe ercn lerc In q
commercial republic
SECRETARY or STATE At HoME.
The state Department stands mile out OF
building, once an orphan asylum. Ahore It
and beyond rises Meridian Hill, whcseon
stands Columbia Col1egr and the fine white
monument. pcrlshahat, fear, OF the Howard
University % " thls hll! they bad pr,.jee:cd
out is thr Soldiers Home, where lie Prcsi.
dents make their summer residence. Going
ont there a!l alore, oEe night, on horseback.
Pistol shot was aFed At Abraham Lincoln.
That was The cause Of his riding with IN
escort ansIwasds, and the Democratic press
made great outcry about it, ignorant that his
lie h.d been attempted. The State Depart
ment ie sufficiently commodious. Carriages
walt before It in these days perpetualIy.
Ascending short plls Of stairs, you are upon
the main dosr. long hall runnln., length
the hall aud the stair v AZ Is the waiting room
for visitors. II ID Il mail, carpelsd room,
| with desk In the middle, and pictures
hanging round OF Lrcol1's Cabinet, Of
ZONE b9tlls LANDSCAPES, Of Secretary
ican man, William L. marcy, titan whom
Io nation = er had a bct1tr head aud heart
to preside over il interests aud its honor
abroad. This room, at noon. Is full Of people,
waiting TO get audience somc with an1lous,
! t~itching faces, hanging great hopes Of for.
| elgn travel upon oPpo5t unlt,cs no bigger
than vagrant wish and + strangers letter
| q recommend dation others, petulant at de-
| lay, believing their own consideration hleh
| as tue highest come With dull, hnain' IS
!sces, intending to push their claims with
the trumpet and defiance Of roya! herald
of a cont111urnt, and twiltIng him with thclr
| cramped tasnc. Here you Sec how little Is the
head OF Dependence. See them enAw, cuaH,
with ~ry iaces, cursing The laws DELAY, the
lEsoience Of office, ana the sputus that pa.
| lient merit OF the unworthy takes. Oh!
Shakespeare, poet Of statesmen be only eau
| ottlce1
At one end Of the long hall without Is the
rooms of ths cisrk: Bssween stsnd
sfs to pa:s IN Ss s.S aud oeoac uh
md bring buck answers. The nelghboslug
| ron1ns IRE curious 10 explore, hung with old
prints of sia'esmen passed a~ay. Here
Is 1., JOIN w. Actsani Of Delaware. among, the
breecn:s, bis hand On the constitution aid
| the Fee eraIist." Did Jon cyer hear ol John
| MeLeAn1 lie lived on Duck Greek, in the
town OF Smy1na, population seven hundred
! Or less. lie raised peaches and wheat, aud
lolte1ed awsy the summer on = goods
box before s. store, q" smoking i clay pipe
! and talking of Fox and Canning. In tho
| winter be vas great man In Washington,
and made Forri2u MlnNlers and C-nsuls.
People vailed before In the old office,
where thls old portrait hung when bran
snd brought up ihetF abackers'' ' Just ests = Ws
arc doing now, and felt y mean Abont It..
John EcLean with his hand on Europe,
shifting in the new world, listened to them
all, RrAse y greatness, and wondered what
| pace postcrfty would give him when they
consulted his life, portrait, and stase.papcrs.
sas ii. eSef Sd g6tsnsa ss1n en!as4ns' Msaza1
!adirg, fading, till we hardly get the ei.t q
his expression uoE, and we look At him be-
tween Two ticks Of the watch, and say:
Nc1enn, 9anSy ~ old roosserl Who was John
Welt The lime will come when somebody
VIII ask "Who was Hamilton Fish: ~ All
that Is. VA. and sill E again. There ls no
Aefe arc long burrau1. arc3ent-looktng,
Maty cob web has been hushed AWAY from
The drawers are ali labelled: s.por,ue al, y
"Ae1ieo." Sweden: The wisdom Of one
90 Mlnts'eris packed away there-Joues'
observations on BeEnadotte, and Smiths ap.
means 10 cat up Chuqotsaca aud shut the
!hsiu aahsries Of the O1!noco 70 our hardy
old Mr. HunteT down the a,,lc wisb @ :o.s;ss e;as
c1es on, who knows ali sbout The condi,;nn
Of The Guinea trratr, 4u1 Ehetser s;aH se,t
Us the full number .ot 04esx Coevr roostxr1
and hens, according to the solemn
stipulation. How many strange Old
sea.s, and patchmepu Ir tneir haodt The
place locks like Noah's ark. besrtnr acros.
the deluge the A5ch!ynx Of the drn rrrJ
world TO The new one. "~A
/ Suddenly ve hrar our usne called and
: much more courtesy l. shown us than t,sfore
we wers fteu1potentlary Extraordinary sui
Grand Lcakuor to the Khan of Tartary: WI
duck OUT Way Into the presence Of the Esc,
retary.
,a "Gath," he Say', "son're not ot1ee-.eek
70, because We sSc aS1ion. to- ort apeu ran ~ vs..
town.s ~ h~s 'oa oos
"So, Mr.. serctsrT. + want :, \.
ritted to get in the wsste papcr basfe, anl
take notes." s>>A
Then the solemn ceremonial goes On
Bick}fddle comes IN with his comm; =
tee. a eauare-toed man whn 1,.e ~
Gently read Wil1ian F3sE,s ~ 80 ~
In Europe. ana thi. Fs h. !. nn.,tn.a seI
siie At the Conrt If Ti11an.a III 60 " r.
man EIBpstrfck srr,mnsnta. - ~ R5e<s Tsa
era1 WibbscreW. and sm.rnr r.rn..,ae,1 LIZ Hen =
The Secretary rises 1hey Ire iii M. - -,
| infroIfrr,tnn Ia meae ~ Hp' An'
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