Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-01-28

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ping away from them. Well, under the circum-
stances, their sorrow ls jusfable but then, their
day Of weeping and wailing'' and "gnashing
Of teeth" will soon be overland kind and M
dulgent country will aRaiu tred them beautifully
with the nutritious tit bIts which fall from the
Treasury tables. and these good and faithful ser
wants will ngan be happy. II is . most eingular
fact, but one Of which each of your readers must
have taken notice that a man who once holds II
Government position Is never fitted for another,
and so goes on from one to another-now better,
now worse, until at last In the fullness OF again
| political power, he dies collector or post
master, or, perhaps, representative.
BY tho way, speaking OF Fenton and his elec-
| ton reminds one of q little controversy when
sprung up there ancnt. between Horace Greeley
aud Hugh j. Hastings, the former Of the Tribune
| and the latter of the Commercial Advertiser he
| Tribune more than intimated that Hastings had
been implicated in all the dirty jobs at Albany
for the last fifteen years, wherenpon the noble
and doughty Hastings, not denying the charge,
Chow could y accuses Greeley OF various pecu-
lations, raking up old sores which everybody |
thought had healed up ten years ago. Inc CON |
troversy was short but very spicy, and served 70
draw forth from the private closet oil either gem
teman skeleton or two which might Just as
well have remained In obscurity. One Of the
papers, Improving the occasion, aired Its political
genius by quoting the lines Dogs delight 10
bark and bite" applying the simple .dlstch TO
homlv wherein the parties Interested were I'M
plored to keep the peace. The fact Of the mat
Ter is that Hastings attack on Fenton (Which was
tho cause Of Greeley's artcle) was caused by TIT
refusal OF the Governor TO assist him (Hastlngs)
In some of his lobbying transactions Hugh
Hastings has made q fortune by lobbying, and ID
noted as one Of the most ready managers Of
delicate piece of "jobbery." Greeley, on the
contrary, In spite of his great and lasting SER
, vices to the country. Is comparatively poor
, man, not because he has not had an opportunity
to make money, but because Id his political deal
: ngs, In spite of the trumped up charges made ny
Hastings, he has been iuvarabic honest; Know
Ing these things, the public can take MIR. Hast
, iug's chrrgcs for what they ARE worth.
In the Theatrical world the great event OF me
: | week will be the opening OF John Broughan
y new theatre, which takes place this evening. The
. programme for the occasion is treat IN Itself con-
:. taiuins many local hits and not few factions
- puus At an auction sale OF tickets ms other
7 day the house sold at $1,000 premium over and
', above th2 regular price, and Mr.. Brougham W
:. his Anor be Il sald) turned over TINS amonhl 10
the Dramatic Fund.
ho will open shortly with Romeo" aud Juiirt,
which he will put upon the stage In better style
than has ever been seen In this county. Miss
ii Mcviekcra (whom Madame Rumor mentions "
d the prospective Mrs Bnoth) will bc east rs " Ju
m let Miss Fannie Moran the nurse, and the
" pthei piri- hy actors of acknowledged merit.
u It IS aid that Wallack who has in preparation
{. Much nd about Nothing, wrote 10 MI. Boom
requ.sng him TO deter his opening until after
he waiiek( had brought out his new piece, on
the ground that it Booth and he were to ttirt ~
II the .lna time Much ado about Nethng' would
y "fai dead Mr. Booth unagnanl nously aeceded
7 10 Ills request. The report that Barney Williams
was about To enter into managerial HE at wal,
hack + Is unlounled, since Mr. Waack renewed
10 his lease On Saturday last for ten years
List night witnessed the decision of one OF the
:" mnsl extraordinary wugers on record. man
err styling himself the Great American Egg Swal-
OF lower (what absurdites people do commit under
~ names stating with Great American !. } agreed,
a week ago, To swallow SO hard boiled eggs in 81
Ct minutes, without water or any other liquid The
ID match came oil last night Up to the seventeenth
Il. egg all wen, well, but the eighteenth like stan
ton, woud "s,lck,' and the great swaower was
IL force to tic handle Of the saucepan in which
r. they were boiled 10 force II down his thrnat Al
u, this h'A opponents called "ioul, and on refer
a ring the matter 10 the judge the latter took 81
~ uups tiu.c 10 deliberate that the great American
Ter nearly clioled to death, and finally forced tht
III esg down without waiting for decision, thu
, | ltIsu. the wager This story, in its ahsurdly
u may hcror7iderd "llshy,' but can assure y.nt
that il is literally true, and that you will fnd 4
in full description OF tho event in the IitbnRe o
NJ, this date. lii my eyes ii Is no more absurd thai
\. the action OF Fisk. Of Erie notoriely, IN buying
or up first an opera house, aHd then Il company
" French singers aud dancers 10 accompany IT,.
-, fo-dly, the anniversary Of the birth oil scot
~, aud'> greatest poet. will be ittiugly observed b,
IN the Seaehmen resident In this city. The varinu
=" societies viii have banqucts aud balls, ut tn
=. former of which the beauties of the poems o
"a Bohhio Burns the poet ui nlure-wi be dis
IT, cussud by many an ardent adnirer. At the Me
If trnpUlitan Hotel tue banquet Of the ST. Andrew
"a. society will be held, and will be attended b,
y, Horace Greeley, William Cullen Bryant, the poet
~ y" aud other distinguished men. Ladies' will uls'
Y attend their presence being decided innovation
O.. OH Old time custom on these festive occasions.
~ ~ The Police Justice Reform League still hole
w their meetings. but no they are secret cann"
say that anything of e eat importance has beel
done. II Is said however, that committee i
now in albany, preparing 10 press a bill abolish
ing the elective judiciary through the Legislature
AS this would require an amendment TO the Con
'p stitulion II Will take long time, but feel cerla
sit that it will eventually become Il law.
N George Francis Train is here scattering hon
W ist every side, and writing letters to every
Ol body whose address lie can lud out. He speak
-nt too and delights numerous audiences with hi
so. delightfully."- refreshing sei-conccit and cgosii
. il is really pleasure TO hear him. aud doubtl'
Us many papers would report his speeches reibui
were it not that ordinary founts of type do IL
IA, contain suficicnt proportion OF capitals WI
.oa Train hns his hobby aud rides him, ton, but
STU behovcs lis, one and all, to ask ourselves, hay
'te we not Pc, theory or aspiration. The questit
osc afi-cs il 4 man don't think well Of himself, III
In, express himself, will Others think weilol hin