The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-13
WHITE HOUSE NITRIC UES.
A venerable Parents Youthful Flirta-
tation and tho Conseqaences-Early
Love Rewarded with q Fat Office, &c.

Don Piatt writes from New York to the Gin
natl Commercial as follows:
It is really refreshing in this day Of fierce
competition for Office, when the stru9 CLING
thousands remorselessly trample each other
ture, full of milk ss an Alderney COW, and i'm.
pulsiye as boy. Such nature is the ven era
| bic Jesse, "the flower"-I beg pardon, the ia.
| ther-of our beloved and cherished chief ma.
eistrate. This good old man has seen many
years OF troubled Life, and. although winters
ofmany years have silvered his venerab BILE head,
his heart is as youthful and fresh as in his
early spring-time, when he was beau among
| the girls and an athlete among the men.
I have just heard an instance Of this from
| the Professor, who is here studying music al
| the Fifth Avenue Opera House, and perfectine
his French accent by listening to the sweet
voices of Tostee and Irma. The instance re-
Grant. He is such dear old gentleman. II
| seems that during the summer that preceded
the Presidential election, the old gentleman re-
visited some scenes Of his youth that exist
about Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio. When
he was sportive young man. he loved and
courted fascinating girl. But. alack and
alas the course OF true love did not run
smooth. In fact, it run over dam, or several
damns, and falling on the rocks below, split
ali to pieces. To come down from my symbol
ical comparison. the gay young Jesse, the
flower, &c., WAS Tilted.
He returned to find his former love an aged
widow, with family of children, one OF these
girl-no, not exactly o girl, but young
widow, looking as much like her fascinating
mother at the same age.
Is lot this autiful? Does it not read like
fairy tale What charming thing Often.
bach could make Of it. He would shift the
scene to a later day, after the 4th OF March, in
deed. so as to bring in the Presidential man
sion, with General Dent, high custodian Of the
card-basket and guardian OF the boot-jack, and
the smoking, President. And the two would
the oflce.seekera, and then all would break into
the cap-cau. But diRrees.
The old gentleman saw his former love, q I'd
to conceal his tumultuous feelings, jested with
her:
"Ain't you sorry," he said, "that you refused
me: YOU might be now the mother of the Gen.
eral, and may be the President?"
"Never mind" the old man cried: 81 will
take the same care OF you as il you were my
wife. Who's your Congressman"
"General Garfield"
"Ghl that Rosecrans' Teller Well, III take
the patronage Of this district in my own
hands. III make your daughter postmaster Of
The good people took this as merry jest
from the kind.hearted old man, and thought
no more OF il. The election came off, and after
the Inauguration the citizens moved to turn
out the johnson postmaster and put in good
Republic n. The election was held, and the
victorious candidate sent on his credentials to
General Garfield. That excellent gentleman
proposed to file the same, with an earnest re-
commentator. Before this could be written,
he read, with blank amazement, in the Chroni-
Gle. that the name Of Mrs. - had been sent
10 by the President. 10 catch hack and
hurry up 10 the White House was the work Of
q few minutes. General Garfield stands very
hugh in the estimation Of the administration,
and he was at once admitted.
sI came to inquire, MIR. President, upon
whose recommendation you sent Mrs. - as
Postmistress at Ravenna p
Upon tie recommendation OF my father"
responded the President. HE knows the faml-
ly very we'll.
"Does he know that this young woman is not
only unqualfel-thats she is entirely incapable.
through lack Of education. TO carry on the Office
but there ig great indignation in Ravenna
over her appointment Z"
az can't say. indeed" responded the Presi-
dent, "but certainly don't wish TO appoint
such person to Office"
..Will you recall the nomination, then, Mr..
President, and permit me to leave with you the
papers of the successful candidate 2"
. 'u you Wlll nave tne connrmauon oeiayeu
for awhile, will certainly send in the name Of
the gentleman you recommend"
General Garfield hastened to the Senate, saw
the committee, and had the young widow su-
perseded. But the venerable Jesse heard of
this interference Of the ''Rosycranze man" i'll
his bit of tender solicitude, and intervened.
Not at ali staggered by the fact that the daugh-
ter Of his love could not reld writing, he ct
once made arrangements with the defeated
candidate in tho election, to go into the Office
and do the duties thereof, at reasonable COM
pensation, while the tair widow enjoya the pro-
fits. With this understanding the daughter Of
the old love was confirmed.
Gould anything be more tender, touching
and beautiful than this The venerable Jesse
is an oasis in q desert. he is the greenes
thing to be found in the dry waters OF politics.
Let 1s be thankful however, that he was not
q Don Juan, and had few loves. D. P.