The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-07-08

his capture, AKA paiu pos nsslo tstSri
my one who approached ms gen. LIS SUI.
posed that he Is aa1 escaped iunatac Hon
some asylum" So
Inscrufabke People.
ggF BY GH ARIES LEVER.
rs Certain peorle have been puzzles to nae
IN nv life, and / feel must continue SO To
the end. Iflave, however, the satisfaction
/, meaere one. I own--to know that the
shrewdest men of my acquaintance nave
not had II more success than myself u
piercing the mysteries of these being, and
frankly admit that they have no solution 70
sae riddle they present. -.
2. The commonest form of these i~nscrutapies
Ia the fellow who lives handsomely, goine
everywhere, doing everything, apparently
DENYING himself nothing. and possessing ap.
soiutely that same nothing Tor ms nol
some of them I can vouch for are not play
ers of any game, nor followers of amy rich
man. consequently not deriving support
from these two, the most probable, sources
of needy men and yet / have met these
men about in the world, freely mixing 4 =
society which one would say Is likely TO asR
some guarantees for the right of entrance
and without having any intimacIes any.
where, apparently acquainted with every
one, ard generally regarded rs necessary
adjuncts of all large gatherings. how the!
do it, even for a season, [ annot imagine
but the fact is. they can continue thls 1or
life long.
at the moment / am writing-a clever fel
low. certainly, but probably / ought motto
include him among the inscrutables; for nc
had indeed q. quality which, well moulded
and manipulated with the skill certain mer
know how to employ, is Of itself a guaran.
.tee OF worldly success. This man was, .
nobody; he had no belongings ; he had ever
the faintest right to the name--a very 5000
one-that he bore. Whatever means he
started with must have been Of the slightest.
and were soon expended, for he made his
running from the post, and began by con
testing q borough against q eli-knoW
man Of station and large fortune. he nae
filled of course-failGre was inevitable; bu'
his defeat was better than many mems vie
tories; he was so good-tempered u,
so generous, so hearty, SO gentleman.hke, SO
devoid of ali the petty spite and malice of
beaten man, and SO ready to admit he had
,been beaten fairly, and that he had not Q
word to say against his opponent. Through
all this the quality l have referred to as hls
specially carried him splendidly. The Eel
lows impudence was boundleSs. lie -hae
probably run himself to the last ten pounds
of his eXchequer by the contest, and yet he
treated the opposite candidate us though he
was exactly his equal; feelingly alluded tc
the heavy cost each had inflicted on the
other, and talked as though drawing check:
on Drummond was a pastime which ne llkeo
and could afford himself. The unfalllna
good humor, the geniality that never wa:
Soured by any contrariety, the temper thai
- ,,,@Hnl yxro On nlnIaly ar
the victorious candidate that he actually
made a friend of him, and they became in
separable. 81 knew how it would turn
out" said Y, the adventurerin question
'tI sawsomething of this early in life. The
Duke of Lexington gave me q black eye
when I was ut Rugby, and / made him my
friend for life by the Way1 took it. al
men can do the grand condescension dodge
the real test Of a clever fellow is to take hi:
kicking gracefully"
So far as I am aware, y had not many
more reverses to try him. | remember hin
in the House. He sat for IL considerable
town. I saw his name amongst Sir Robert
PEEPS guests at Drayton. He had made twt
CT three effective speeches, and was not I'm
likely to have office offered him. Where J
saw him last was at an embassy abroad
where he dined with his n~ewly-marriet
wife Gan immensely rich widow, and where
the entertainment was given specially il
and almost naughty. He had evidently
scored the game he played for, and hat
taken leave Of the ~subiunctiye tense forever
] repeat, then, this man has no right t
come into my category of inscrutables tha
grand stock Of impudence he possessed was
Il California in itself.
The men who really interest me are The
fellows SO utterly helpless rs to seem object;
of Il national charity, and yet who eat Yeni
son and drink '4S claret every day, with APP
parently u more strongly-yeSted right il
these condiments than an Irish bishop la!
now in his See acres. 1t is not alone tina
they do nothing, but they are directly inca
pable of doing anything. They aid no one
instruct no one, interest no one. They III
not even point the moral OF, the. nothing
WEAKNESS and ennuf, for the fellows look a.
if they like it, and, on the whole, appear
jolly. 'Tfss''< ~ ="
Inever knew one Of these men refuse
subscription to anything, be it a hunt-fund
a picnic, u regatta, or alocalEcharity. I d.
not know If they aid missionary labor, blu
| am certain they would if they were asked
I once inquired, from the secretary of
well-known institution, and learned tha
these people always pay, and that they ar,
the ONLY ones who need never be dunned
Who can explain this mystery? Who cal
say out of what secret-service fund thes'
men draw their eXtraordinaries?
AS to "tips" to game-keepers, beaters
whips. and funkies generally, they are ia
and away the most splendidly generous
consists In birthday "reminiscences, bon
bons, and bouquets, therei is. a blended tast,
and elegance in their presents Which max
them perfectly distinctive. "s
Why will no Government-seeing to w1la
straits financial difficulties drive Govern
-ments-send out a commission to see how
this is done? Why will no Chancellor Q
the E%xchequer inquire how liabilities ar
met with no means, and cxtravagances In
dulged in without assets? r Surely this is
more interesting object of discovery than
Northwest Passage or the source of an AT
rican river.
Nor is it alone that these men dine bette
and dress better than you2or me, but the,
move habitually in circles where we onl,
arrive after some success. AS q class, the,
are not given to marriage {: otherwise / III
confident they would pick up all the heir
esses Of the kingdom, and leave nothing blu
untochered lassesfor the earls and yiscounts
That veryrulgar name for avulgar quality
"Cheek," explains a great deal, but is n,
real exponent of this puzzle. Cheek score
small, isolated, dropping successes-passe
a man into a ballroom unlimited, admit
him to a hower-show without a ticket
blends him with a group he has no preten
sion to be amongst, and occasionally get
him the recognition that is given by habit
Cheek will do these, but no more. 1t vii
no more Serve"to carry a man ON through
the conflict of life than will a life-belt floa
you across the Atlantic rr-a
Cheek, besides, is the quality of the yer.
humblest order of impudent men. The
great professors OF the art,-the grand capt
t%alists-the Rothschilds OF impertinence, ar,
the reverse of :" cheeky" They are studi