Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-03-18
Letter from A. Ward, Jr.
WASHINGTON, March 10, go.

| lhc hoTSOratlOn OV Ulysses was Bflllluh'
success.
/ Ditto the 'norgoration Ball.
| A CRATE menny of the Fare Sex who was
present at the Ball, it peared to me, endev-
erd to outrival each other in leavin as menny
ov thare close at home as possible. 1t wood
be difficult to say which one was entitled to
ware the champion belt in these respeck.
The scene was gorgus, indeed. .
didn't partissypate into the exercises. /
was merely ga locker on in Venus" so to
speak. watcht the fare men & Brave vim
min glide in the Maizy Waltz, brief spell.
The crowd was very numeris, an twas al
mast impossible for the Glidists an Glidst-
esses to glide.
A chap, evidently from the Rooral Des-
tiix, cum scrowgin into the room, an trod
heavily onto my foot, which cawsd me to
collar him by the kote tales, an arsk eff he
knowd what he was don', an ef SO, why.
'Iwant TO trip Oh the light Fantastic Toe,',
scz he.
my dear Sur" | replied, 81 hcv no OBJ
iections TO your Trippin', but don't Trip onto
my lite fantastical Toe, eff you please. Its
got Corns & Bunyans onto it,"
Becomin' weary ov the Glare Il Glitter ov
the Ballroom, sought adjacent chamber,
an endevor'd to while away an hour or so
readin the goaks in A. Johnson's Farewell
Message. Its addrest to the American pee
pill, an as air American peepil, felt ii to
be my doo!y as IL feller slizen to peroos it.
While ockepied thus, us,-occasionally maxim
noats with Pen S Ink "a pusson cnterd an
casooally obsnry'd-
"Fliriin' with the Mowses, eh ?"
"Flirin with the Witches p scz I.
"Thc Mcwses,". he explained.
"Wal, no." sez [; II haven't seen the
Miss Mcwses this ey'ning. An haven't bin
flirtin with em. Not much"
The iellcr remarkt " HIuinph,' and sed
guess wasn't acquainted with the Jenius
ov Poickry. An must confess l cont
know her much.
The goalis in A. j. s Farewell Mess is not
ilust class by no means. They might parss
currant with the London Punch, an similar
English Journils but sech Comick papers
as the N. Y. IT. raid wooNcnt pay fer 'em.
Not eny.
The lst witt, cism is these :-''The Robe
ov offs this day falls from my sho ildcrs TO
lie put on by my Successor'-or words to
them eilcckt. "My Successor" personm,
is n nick name for Grant. But must adj
,t,;a II Tn g,l,u
For in the words ov thcoogist, whose
name l unrcmember-"C Can any good fall
from tae shoulders ov Andy2' Ecko re-
spends, none! An l bet Ecko is right tbare.
No,--let the aforementioned Robe be sold
to md handed Jew close dealer.
Againly: A. J. sez in his "Farewell-a-
long farewell -lo-all my -gratcness' (kotashin
from the the pocks) address, that the ma
jority in Congris has robb'd the Exccootiv
ov the "Pcrogaiiv ov Pardin."
admi, that it was very ruff TO steel ole
Execoutiv's Pcrogatiy ov Parding-tho
haven't the rcmotest idear ov what Perog.
&c, is. / spect it is wuth more than 81
carrot gold watch.
But be this as it may-an' it must be ef it
is, or else it might bc otherwise-if ole Exc
cootiy's p. ov p. had eny thing to do with,
or was the cause oy, Andy pardonin sech a
copious number oy counlerfitters an mail
bag robbers, ansofUrthcrs, then must freely
confess that the majority in Congiis shood
hev embaikt q little more extensively into
the "perogativ or pardin robbin' bizness.
| must, indeed.
liut why siood those robbery tear Androo's
hart strings! why didn't he pardin en- like
he did the .cninterii;iers and robbers? Asa
pnrlonist h. coodent be 'xcellj. That's
wots The matter, you understan'.
Once morly: Al. talks about the Esprit
ov the Cuhslilootion, AZ ''clingin to the
Consiilootipn,' in his good bye Mess. ufure
sed Indeed, that's patty near all he does
he gets 50 inIl ov Spirit, that he air compelld
to cling to surthin beside the Constiloosh.
Rather.
Finally in the larst place, A. Johnson's
Farewell Dockooment is as interesting as
Dutch Almauack, an as full ov juicy goaks
as IL Bank Noat Detector. Jest about. II
throwi me into barmy slumber in a few
minnlts. Tho will do Andr0o the justus
to say, that il he he'd isshooj Farewell ad-
dress 40 years ago, an hay gone to China,
immejiily artter an bccum a Chinst pro
tenl., as 1t ware, fer the ballunse ov his nat
raj eXislchs, an maid striped weskiis for
Mistcrs Ogolpng, an Docum- Olong an those
other Long lcllcrs with long Qs, he wood
not hey liv'd in vain. Nary
But he didn'td do il. He pocketid oclenk's
q coodu't never hav spell Schenk ef hadn't
seen it in the noosepaper-tho TIN good
spellisD--I say lie pockitcd Schenk's Bill 10
prevent its becomin Il law. Tho was not
serprisd at this. He has frequently p exit
ed John as well Us Bill.
| allood to Demi-John.
The democrats here air cussin Grants
Cabinet an the Republicans air dis cussin it.
Eff the Cabinet is not perfection, it must be
rememberd that its the fust Cabinet U. s.
ever Billt, am he will have a good one ef it
takes all Sumncr.-An it woodn't hurt the
Cabinet eny ef he did take Sumner, wood it.?
No more at present from
Yours Respectfully,
A. WARD, JR.
Deian0.
Mr. Delano takes the hardest position in
the entire government. On this place, while
fighting the late Andrew johnson, we piled
the heaviest responsibility and work that
attach to any place in the country. The