Owyhee semi-weekly tidal wave. [volume] (Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho Territory) 1868-1869, 1869-03-23

The Fat contributor tclegraphs the
following information to the Cincin'u Times:
have lust had an interview with General
Grant. and obtained come OF his ideas OF
public men, not given in the opinions pub
lished In the New York World, which
herewith send you
Ben Franklin is unqucstionably rapid
typesticker, and his enterprise IN collecting
the latest news renders bin Invaluable 10 an
almanac, but he is visionary. HIS theory
about lightning rods protecting houses ana
barns during . thunder storm is enc of the
most absurd things ever heard OF
Old Parr is young man OF brilliant talents
and ambitions, but he ought to take better
care Of himself fear that he Is Fastening
| to an early grave. So
| Washington is an efficient General Of Militia,
and one Of our most civil engineers Many
have censur' him for thai little affair with his
| fathers cherry tree, but | think it IS time
| for US to bury the Ratchet.
have never seen Webster yet, though
| have read his dictionary Iii not surpris-
! ing TO me that man of SO many words
| couldn't be President
| | consider Col. Crockett our greatest
| American humorist, next TO Topper His
telling the coon not 10 shoot, he would come
| down out OF the tree, is equal TO anything
have seen in the Globe.
George Francis Train is one OF our most
noble women His appeals in behalf OF her
| sex are both powerful and convincing. No
one can read her speeches without being
convinced he ought to vote.
Brick Pomeroy is the modern Alexander the
Great. weeping because there are no more
| Worlds to conquer What profteth it TO a
man though he gain the whole World and
lose both his daily and weekly circulations
| have nothing against JEFF Davis IN par
ticular. that know of, although he kept me
| away from my business at Galena until II
was nearly ruined-had TO sell out at a sac
rifice. But, no matter for that now. Let
us have peace.
have no idea Of removing 4" Nasty from
Tn. Post Ofice. He must be substantial
addition to the revenue Of the Department,
for his letters pass through every Post
Once in the United States.
Napoleon Bonaparts will probably never
mingle in pubic affairs again, SO ! viii say
little about him. II, however, he had been
elected President OF the United States, and
attempted to read all the petitions and appli-
cations for office tina. come, he would have
been sent to the lunatic asylum instead Of
st. Helena. He had little luck in that par
iicular. at least.
Brigham Young is a multitudious husband
and numerous father, who has certainly
done great deal for Utah. How far he is
going TO be allowed TO "do" the United
States remains to be seen.
~. NJ is not as crazy as he might be.
| am not sure but he would make good
Secretary of the Treasury.
He is in favor Of deciding all the land back
to the Indians, and let the Indians assume
the national debt.
This would certainly be an easy and RAPID
solution of our financial difficulties.
Peabody is a well meaning man, or much
principle, upon which he has realized great
deal of interest His princely gilt TO the
London poor, fear, is working harm.
Men who were in comfortable circnm
stances before that donation was made, re-
duced themselves to abject beggary for the
purpose of getting portion OF the legacy,
thereby setting very bad example indeed
Dan Rice wanted to be President, and he
nav be yet If he was he would sell out the
public buildings, dev0ting the proceeds 10
wards paying the National, debt, and carry
on the Government under canvass TO the
music of band It's hard to go back OF
the habits of a life time | should be more
contented if there was lanyard back Of the
White House
Fisk is a we'll meaning man--t0ward fisk.
He has great versatility Of talent, and car
run big railroad, an opera house, and thu
Springfield Republican, all at once. He 1
not temperance man exactly, but he don't
take his bowls as much as ne did.
There is q great deal of useless talk abou
Morrissy's having been in the "ring." !
member OF Congress who isn't in SEINE sor
Of ringn nowadays is very rare, indeed
and there are few OF those "rings as re
, spectacle as the prize-ring. Big men hav'
helped M0rrssy to fortune. His club-hous
is said to be the house that Vanderbilt.