, 1869-07-01
,,Midsumdnn1er Problems in Pol.
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Mr. Raymond and John G.. Rives'
sltuineA OF the Civil Service.


tQFto.kcA NOW A1a tlel you set tA tEG AAs0 'A4'e
banks OF the capital couple Of discarded osnnl-
bus nasz, stusxestug in the shafta Of pony-cast7
acd the most deliberate lrshman IN the uorid pull
'4r ont the car.-plu, Thlle ne takes 1elsureiy
i, rryty Of the landscape. When be dumps down
hts l!ttie pile Of dts1, think Of the n1aote clou
Hhlch the preacher throws into the 9saye, sAtinR,
=" Dnat to dust They are making aeW commit
tee-roons for the GoEgressusea, and Garfield. Who
out 10 have some reverence, being scholar, aaa
prppcset! even to convert the old Hall Q! Nep9e-
sentsr,yes, where John Quincy Adams died, INTO
comnittee-roomA This proposition was worthy
Of Turk who would smoke h!s PIPE ID 1ne hoy
Sspu.chre. There are plenty OF committee-sooms
ALREADY fnr all ntedful 1tes; foF these places are
In The main loisertng quA-1Efs-F<!H<a iTd'ao't";
NE hsa better decapitAte Congressman thao 10
remove ane Of these haIlowed colutnE 10 the OLD
haI II Is the woftalest nall 10 sne eye WHICH tx
ISIS anywhere In the world; they ARE setting
eta,netJ-etaas window IN itA hfyllshE now, to de-
strpy its ctasstc simplicity. Hitherto Il has been
al co1orpe1,tc nad in no:hinE sDas1 OF snudy-
colunIcs OF blne marble, With capitals Of r hile
marble Eoer; an engy OF justice over the spos
where the Speaker Used 10 preetde and facing MN
8 marble clocE Of such sweet design thaf II has no
mate IN auy palace In Winged car sides inpaE"
t.ai Genius Ia her Towing robes, writing history as
she passes; the epvkes Of her wheel are the hands
OF the clock; Ehe looks down upon The empty
space where tnc Legislature used TO oe as II TO
remind DE- how little We now know Of the real COM
Fonclu OF that composite period IN police
CAPITAL AAyTgk4
AsMr, Lincoln unee made celebrated trip to
the North apl 't1etched out" General Pope, With
h!s headquarters In his saddle, General Grant has
lust returned from West Point, and he hatcaed On
The Fny Admiral Rotesoa (Tusoc, Man Friday, no
doubt, to Admiral Porter, rice Dorte, Admiral Of
the Blue. The disappearance Of Bor1e Nils q
Perpsslyau!ans with dread. Our hardy lumber
men who navigate the YoughtoghcnJ and the
Ktshie0qutlIus apd the black Aushanlon seem to
Us quite capable OF controlling the aaaaI AMIR Of
the American navy. The leadtkE uasJ-yafd OF the
country being removed from Now London TO q
becu1e Inland position behind the back-water OF
League Island, should have been Sufficiently cona-
1eIable tor Admiral Borie 10 lsse retained him N
plAse. Poor man: he p!ned for his native green
tes5aptu and hts little silver boariingpiIe. Power
h4d no chz1ms to compensate the greatest 4a-
mtral since Drake for the loss Of his canyas-hack
He c1ted into his ko1p At Wizards every dAJ, b13-
ing, "Prosseri MIntont Dorkey: Price: tAtetefs
OF nv n.t!:c iAuus rhy did leave Jou :" In
sheer despair the Admiral Of the Blue dipped his
eps!5u, lowered his itt1s, sheathtd hlt boarding
pife, 2ud went out Of the way. But fsEt he wiped
out the names Of our aboriginal ships and called
them after the uanes OF Henry C. Caley's eAAayA.
The Keassarge he called the az tllam D. Kelley; :"
the San Jsetnto he named ye Venerable Nils; -
the Eunsidez he dubbed AYE PeunsJi-
rama I1K:'' the Adirondack TOOK the
name Of "I1otectiou.' And one Of the double
enders, gsc.sas one s&d VIA exactly Ike
che otncr 30 tnst {ou eouldn;t teL which from
which, be properly naned the "4oreheah"
majority Of the shtrs Of navy Nr. DoIte called
alter yegscls Of the Grit.a1 nary 41ar, Jason.
etc for 4Al 8 the Admiral Of the Blue, says he,
1--WE ain I got no commerce, but It's all In brttlsh
bottoms: wherefore &c needn't have any taTy, 50
IL n
the AdmllM Of the Ulpe fell on his keel nj the Az
naroIEs hall he has resolyel either to abolish the
American navy or 10 e1t.nguiHh himssaf. The lat
ter ass seen tho sal alternative. l suggest that
Robcaon ought not to have becn selected SeT
Jersey Is, Of course, great naval State, the kat-
tan Canal raging through It's wild Interior. and II
Is populated With sea-Aogs OF TreckeEs, Who have
no cqHals In the feat Of putting OUT Da1uegaf
Light RopeSon IL undoubtedly navigator OF
name the worn snsgests Crpsoe; crnaoe suggests
Juan Fernandez: wherefore, says Jack BunsbJ,
VII 20 be- then hcare no Aud where be you on
that ptpt." Int ciai. Al 10y Al pesnAy isAnlau,
haytuK often teen compelled to stop over night II
that great city, that we should hare had Penn-
kJlvnDian In Bor3ets place. Say COLONEL Mcclure,
who An enemy = ship were named Tiger. he would
bght II NTH aii ahe revenue Ct our navy. Say Af.
Geo, ". Chilua, he would have called everJ ship
BY hss Owl aA1ne, 80 that We SHOULD hare seemed
70 be all over the world as once1 !1nese are men
WORTHY OF our crest maritime etate, and thot they
rr1c not stlected We can only sEnraio to TIC So
pe1or scggestlYeness OF the nnre Of III. Rooeson.
hich reJifed 10 the President the delightful n.rA
story Of hts Jnuth- .......
TIE END or i ror0H WERE
Fat AZ yais,au mi. aa fond Of sack, EtneE!ss!tno
Webb s!ttet at the hotel smoking tho best cigars
IN the uaganA market. ana telling OF his prnEess
He belongs TO that Class Of character which L. best
represented by Munehausen In talk and ~ Charles
XII. OF Sweden IN fact Lie Will bully anybody
nsAt anybody and push on bis country to destluc-
s!an fot q rpnf Of honor dt = freak Of conhat1Te-
uess. No such impossible person trer existed In
cortEe1cal axe. His triumph Is a snecs victory
Of kneht-crraltr5: he has uEed the United States
Ike Zig brother aud toenaetug all South Atacstca
with Il: has Gons In and blackene! the eyes Of al
his particular eneHIts. FuAstuess tS his gait;
GOOD stomach, well n1le3, Is his ballast; otherwise
with his scarlet and white topsiils nc would have
foundescd long ago. lie Is about TO retire. accord
lug to his own story. 10 the hc1shts Of the rave
Huusop hut Of this have soine doubt; Tor unles
tie cau md eomctn1nX 10 hip theIe nfe Will be IN
| suppof,aDe 10 the only surviving likeness Of th'
! Late Winfield Scott TIE whole Paraguay mattel
I Ia a mesa Char!es Naahburnt and Wehn Ea1
/ repez Ia M adoc1ons tyrant- The naval odlcer
i and AicAnhon saT tnAt Iopez Ia courteous aot
+ Outrageous. 1t IS very sure that We have
katetdoacopc diplomatic corps. They see every
! ton secs only }umbie Of muFt1g. rgures AMI
! fdcax There Is no mal In America to-day nat
! kuoHs VII ether We have cause for war or no Will
| PARAGUAY. There are few Americans who knoE
I whether Lopez be vtlitao Or q pats.ot We d
net know anything, notwithstanding we bar
, spent quarter Of million IN defratcAlng lplo
uaa,l.ta up the Rio lie Il Plaia- Now. say that,
ne cot eminent Will take nre thousand dollar
aad send . good newspaper correspondent L
-rex, he will bstn. hack something aSoas Whis
RAP tgtre. lie viii have no colossal persons
-u,sy 10 svsecgt: no tusstnees 10 E1A10y no De
sire u BEL the United States On biz hroad shou
t ders Is The co1ntt!man n the tsb!c carried III
| les Tor tcar OF being laughed At We are Eaftu
ruhi should know more aud ray more about aoalf
On Tire In Fiasa itan sly othes n the *oslds ut
we cannot believe our naval onccEs or our Mini
! tcrs who lave Deca there. SOME Of them n
runkeys, and they come out Praisn- Lopez; soN
I oE them orc Unstable, euu tAer begin by pes-sln
and end uy anrstrS him, OF inyeTselJ. II ts q
mixed; It Ia all uurrIiah.e The newspapers ouK'
! to take pity Gu tho State Department., AID se1a
"rel!atle correspondent down there.
HKHRy 5. KAYMoSp.
In McClenans campaign l stared II Niche
fsszn-house, near the Ch1ckahotn1ns. and occat.t
| q room with this distinguished Rad ready loufns
!sr-,ne beat lnSem Yark+ asl things conldcse
when re. include his akiA 70 ga1age, 70 snsgea
and To ~1ite, as well as To a4loFn hlS pto1csi1on
| forensic and social assemblies He Was th'
! Hs51) e1.LeutenAat Governor, and he Was sts1tn
| General Mcclellan; but the political question hs
| Ing already arisen as To AcC1c1lAnb netats, =
| Eaymund feeling embarrassed n headquarters.
! preferred tnls cool fAtM-heose. with It's Ia
hostess I uax but a yezr ont Of school, y
py,xed the opportunity to speak 10 one at the t
j round OF tho ladder, thus opportanesy hendt
! inHr 10 my tnqR151tvensN.
+ Iwa, disappointed n Ills tacgce tn aouEualts
: and he said:
:, I "I tu wea,J OF IT, / aave n.a enough!
j should IKE to 60 into public life. ...-
d "In1 thst IeAent IN potnt Of tnaueace
al tnlnk not. l have h1d experience In put
). speaking and debating, aul AZ fond Of the excl
+ ne1t" ....-.
+ Hammond gave me tnrch Of h:s Adventure
's early touFt a1asEu uo1 IN Italy. He had Al t1N
+ idea Of European civilization Orc day rosn
u OUT to him 1ne regiment of Infantry pass
> through the la4u, and asked h1m L tlcJ werr
{. e..'c:!s rs = regiment Of French or English
II II aa:E :ua llEe to match them against Esoi II
Enea. oi either he replied
Is He NA3 a reTy companlonkhle man, = 1fen
1t AID helping man, and = pt1cucI journalist Of
= ant class hut he was ieocieut in lmae1 nation
: n N,ea1ttr. Out Of these grew t:A waA. Of Il
T. | II the nationality although he was patio
e | uacIachng Integrity. Bat be VIA snyeIat- rJ
y nice taaics too much to mako EreA: polite
N lie discovered 100 2tpDp&l{ kle uIa"n2<A IL ~
20 ! HoveuenL counAteu MIN 70 heeleilAn t:.r
~ da1 saw h!.n- lie Was awaJa dttchlng
dlta9 with h4a crtir.nG pen, but he aisiikea
u,onear 70 cone when science, taste and dres
o. ranIs rnust &c into the melee Pikcd Ibis LII
,'e and courteous nature tu CoazTess STRIVING to
.. With his Aottle r7q!er the rocks Aad ocai Gee
Az hin lrom 4 distance By the old blackgutz1s 9s
- ia.c. T.. a. they di scoycred ne ras :
IN Ee.-Sn the.e went Gr lo1I er9 Of "Btta9
&C. nEd y, os. osjan:e!' And, aEat
e. E-vnos+1 val the bc4t dcEaIes
t:.c noo. af Congress. he fouaa, TOO late, that /