, 1869-03-01
WASHINGTON.
Meofheaa's Raid On Intelligence.
The Tenure Of Office Bill.
Grants First Bout with Poll
ticians,
Colonel n mcCiure'a Seance.

Colonel McCRure'a Seance.
From Our o*n Correspondent.
... WAsatsaTox, Feb. Is, 1860.
Both houses Of Congress arc behaving with
more than Traditional ignorance and coarse-
ne1s. The Senate has laid over the repeA Of
the 1enure.of0tice bill, thu. creating IN
issue rith General Grant, and arrogatiug to
1teelf things bad begun made bad them
selves BY H."
The House and Senate have passed the
Copper bill over Mr. 1ohnson's veto, making
new page In the history Of Ignorance and
corruption, and the House his proposed to
punish Mr. David 4. Wells for writing the
only document worth the paper 1t is printed
upon, By abolsblng his Office. This Is lncous-
parab!y the meanest act that 1 have seen Ia
Washington. It WAS done IN The nIght-the
time that Booth punished benelaet!on with
his pistol, the time that creeping and slimJ |
things 70 about, eeeirg palmer than the BE- |
iDGs Of tho light, the time that nttleness Ia |
nagniaed agalust tho mists and looms large,
distorted ind inhnenthl-ln this ttme Of the
Moothead, rejoicing in his Ignorance and
blunted up TO vlndictive act Of brutality. His |
swaRgersnE, sailos-llke gait, his dogged sui.
len c{c, his large, coazse aplmnl features de-
Iotcd the type Of man and The type Of act.
He moved e stike from the appropriation!
rolls the Office Of Special Commissioner Of
the Revenue. By his side the beety eye Of
Keller, Ills second, showed the red spot In
Its white eycball. Tho large sayaKo doubled
his fist aud struck out bllndly; the lathy
md lean bottlc.holder at bis side cheered
him on with a, sepu!ehsal endorsement.
once saw prize nght. Hereafter, Eeucm-
berlng this scene Of last night ehall
say that have seen two. And the assem-
hlcd HOUSE Of Representatives, cndorslng
This brutality, looked not unlike the crew 81
spcctacies. Low Of blood.lctting aud OF
| pain WAS stamped on many a countcnanct
round about. Not mau Whip voted "sye"
but lclt bis soul draw up and shrIyel within
him. II was mean act, Aud they knew II.
A. for the thoughtful ao1 scholarly gentle.
man attempted to ho bruised and Injured b.
these beings, be WAS not !uaptiy represented
by the fine tibrc nLd delicate face Of Mr.. All.
son, Ef Iowa. They did not break thc skin OF
Wells IN n, bis sRrit1sht5 ,ax and ,dn lntelsst @
him WAS no more than Tho garments Of
Stephen, rho passed from the stones OF hfs
atsass!ns 10 maTtJ1dom.
THE sxsATE's usURrATIox.
| By the abueo called "Caucus," contrl-
rance Of politicians to defeat open and bon
cat election, The Republicans Of the Senate
were bound The Other day to the continuance
Of the utuspatlon called the Tenure ol.O ilcc
bil1. twenty-five caEpet.baggeis md other
gfaspcrs ol iosiu!tous power eleeted taem
ronage, oycftwiug awenty'niue aoscnt or
dlsag1ceinx Senators. The samt abuse Of
caucus" It Is undcr,tood, has held that the
: members from each ktate shall recommend
Herein Is shown The extent OF principle which
, snimatcs the opponents Of the rcpea! OF tue
| Tenure. of Of1cc bill. Senator Morton Do.
;; noupced this caucua - III l1npeEt!nence aud
. fraud. Scuator Fcaseulen said that the
J subtcstngc Of lho Tenure ot.oulco Dill Ind
i expressive Of hls conviction That II alwaSt
q had been nulaancc. ScnatoE Sherman de-
: cla.gd for repeal stral4htforwasdly.
The propfIrtors Of tho caucus defended
. themselves By the rlea that the Senate wa
. originally meant to be ths eoaservaso7 o
/ peTm ancnt ofIlcc-holdipg, Yet how many o
! them would yote lor Mr, Jenckes' Civil Ser
t vice bill T. Observe tho leading names 0
;. people who controlled this caucus, and
d think crttlc!.m eau be dispensed With; Drake
. Conkling, Wilson aud Edtnnnds. The latte
i is the tulhor or most OF the anti.Republlcal
r mcatures which hare originated IN the 5cn
Il ais; the leader Of the breach OF promise Ftt
= Georgia; the accepted successor Of Ber
i, Wade In The affections Of the smaller Vindlt
., tive PEOPLE who strive to keep some symbc
10 IN The stale name of Radical and inc Q!
z Drake Is dead lor reelection. Conkling
!, who ls man Of common sense and ts1eu
It and handsome bearing, hss fallen Into th.
d most mysterious company-blackmallcr
n small ffy, what not. HIS position on sh
of present subject Is adyezte to the sen,imen
!" Of the people ol New York, and tndetensibl
I. + upon broad and d1stnterested reasoning
il Howard, the hero Of the celebrated belly
ot ache At the conclusion Of the impeachnen
9. tri2l, has been doubled up In his " innards'
= ping at him, and whereas, he helped deuonns
4 Fessendcn and others Is - dyspcptics," b
" p1oFes himselt to be an indaned case c
!. eholer. motbus, ana when Grant 81 :,
ps aaa Ho9e foas " Of eT Ii
n betricnder Of Sue Murphy and her plan Of M
II toual bankruptcy, takes d cous!s
I tent parallel upon the Tenure-o
i vas almost President By Johuson'a disobed
u ence Of this same bill, and bis vote IL
II mournful rctort for consistency ruined SAX
l.. F.eltnghuyeen Is weak, pretty, literas
aes Senator. Who sacrifices to hls gentle whim
It that rather than have /: sad "Frelin!
T. huyeen voted to repeal this bill because
10 could benefit him no longer, hts term Of Off
Il. ~ expiring," he votes TO leave behind him
j, useless and doubtful Statute, embarrassing
he President Graus, without the sanction OF Il
g. urreme Court, and the Gauge Of the II
u peacbmeut farce. Henry Wilson is not u
+ mindful Of the fact that he Is not to 20 Ia
a. Grants Cabinet, and this gives him very co
a. seryatiye draw backs about cutrustsog the PIT
Il at the brink OF Grants administration Is Il
be opportunity for . collision afforded, nc.
N n rebels, nor bg Democrats, nor by any Issue
ee qe which the people are interested, but By t
~ sediment Of the Senate, elected to suppC
1t, Gtucral G1ant IN his struggle to LIT us Ia
OF peace. .........
na Geo. b. Stuart, of Philadelphia. Is undt
"a "a stood to be Grants choice 1or Postna ast
ldd ed General. Hcss North 1risbn1an, In relIgt
Or that Church for conscntmg TO slog hymns
Of another Couventicle. He Is one Of the III
II. spirited, wealthy. liberal and honest men
az America, and lneompsrably the best selecti
Ier that could have been made from Pennsylran
Or he was At the head OF the Christian Comm
the sion during the war, and be Is an ozieit
u. founder Of the Toung Mems Christian As:
80 cialion. Il pcrkon be Is handsome, of brigt
~ sparkling eye, beniyuaut, beamsug face, d
Ia nlhed person. and he Is . ready orator:
:by to nore OF the PENNSYLVANIA factions. yet y
be tnilcd By the State rs the most sa,isf
tory selection that Grant could have MAJ
as cred1able to the next Presidents sagac
/ u 10 Ills ORIGINALITY Vi CuQlCce
coLCMBCs pKLASo.
In, Mr. De1ano Was urged by Governor Dr.
sou and Samuel shellabsrger, Of Ohio, SC
:. . after Grants election, and his application
a. -. the place Of Commissioner Of the Inter
1us nv. Revenue Was signed bS 2chenck, Carl
A. and the better 0hfo&ns, all Of them kecpl
ali Et1cnt upon the rccomm endAtlon. Mr..
his lano boards In the city with his wife, dltl
his uncrp!red term In Congress, aud Gene
OF Grant repaired to his lodgings some d:
So ago, but found him absent at Rlchmo1
A-o The General LEFT word that Mr. Dela
on. should come to see him. At their uee,t'
aCa- which was very long one. Af. Uela
tho proved to be acceptable to General Gra
Al, ard the story Of the appointment leaked o
ne tne It Is understood, through none Of these p
sns dent gentlemen, but through the pres'
weak Commissioner Of the internal ReEeu
Z Of Rollins. .
Columbus Delano resides at the town
1ck Delaware, Ohio. He wAs q poor boy,
% prenticed to chalrmAker in the little to
car Of Granville, Ohio, about three miles TT
Newark, In Licking County. At that time
e.r, wealthy and puhlic-spirited genslem An nan
M the industry and bright intellect Of Jon
Delano, be look him away from 1ho CHI
maker and put him into mercantile busne
The result was the banking arm Of D
leary, Delano T. Company, New fotk q
Cincinnati, tn which FA1ctt was really
ara partner. Mr. DclAno made this firm succe
tnl b5 his energy, living nearly iour years
A., New York city to kupeSintend Its hHa
~, and he accumulated By easy p
, be cesscs moderate fortune. which
lalI. liycs to enjoy. He was elected to !
seon House Of Representatives as = Whig ab
+ ~. N twent5 years sEo, and W. N - ardent n op