The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1870-10-27

| knife scientlhc turn 10 the oP~ L. =. HOOD
drew it out, followed BY tho saautlne 0''o u
cut the cord that bound their atlls, ana :"
lowed the dead Spaniard to fall to the eartl
. as indifercntly as though it had only beer
the carcass of hog. Thus was the suprem
~ of Jim's knife fairly, fearfuly, and trium
nbant,v vindicated and it remains unchal
! iepgcd by rly~.ll until this very day. +.
/ 1il' >- - ~ , 80 Il
AZ . Presideatia, Reception.
| Our long line kept drifting aiiene, and BY
and by we came in sight Of tho President ane
! Mrs. Grant. rhey were standing up shak.
| IL aud trading aiyilities With our pro
-. ..g han--sr Tt5,ls Somewhat at home little by
cession. crew 70 feel satisfied anf
little, and then ian -s-etly alive
contented. | was getting to be pe.-- Il
with interest by the time it came my turn :.
talk with the President. I took him by the
hand and looked him in the eye and said
swell, l reckon l see you at last, General
| have said as much as thousand times, out
in Nevada, that if ever went home to the
State would just have the private satisfac-
ton ofgsayiDg to you by word or mouth that
1 thought you was considerable of soldier,
anyway. Now, you know, out therc-" +
l turned around aud said to the follow be
hind me. ~
".Now, look here my good friend how the
nation do you suppose [ can talk with any
sort of satisfaction, with you crowding me
this way / am surprised at your manners"
He was q modest looking creature He
said
but you see The whole procession's stop
ped, and they're crowding up on me-"
i SAID: j. gelalai FIX Hs-H ID sf4
Some people have got more cheek. Just
suggest to the parties behind you to have
some respect for the place they are in, and
not try to shove in on a private conversation
What the general and me are talking about
amt of the least interest to them" -.
Then | resumed with the President:
"Well, we'll, well. Now this is fine This
is what [ call something like Gay? Well /
should say SO. And so this is what you .5call
a Presidential reception. Pm free to say that
it just lays over anything that ever I saw out
lin the sage brush: | have been to Governor
iNye's Injun receptions at Honey Lake and
Carson City many and many time-he
that's Senator Nye now-yon know him, OF
course. | never saw man in my life that
jim Nye didn't know-and not only that,
but he could tell him where he knew him, aud
all about him, family included, even if it was
forty years ago Most remarkable man, Jim
Nye-remarkable. lie can tell lie with that
purity of accent, and that grace of utterance
and that convincing emotion"
I turned again, and said
"My friend, your conduct surprises me- I
have come three thousand miles to have
word with the President of the United States
upon subjects with which you are not even
remotely connected. and by the living gee
whilIikias I can't proceed with any sort of
satisfaction on account of your cussed crowd
ing Will you just please to go "A little slow,
now, and not attract SO much attention by
your strange conduct? If you had any eyes
you could see how the bystanders are star
ing"
He said:
But tell you, sir, it's the people behind
They are just growing and surging and SHOW
ing and wish was in Jericho, [ do
[ said
81 wish you was myself. You might learn.
some dellcacy of feeling in that ancient seat
of civilization, maybe prat if you don't need
it.'' r. Atae
And then | resumed with the President
Il think that hint of yours will start them
never saw people act SO. 1t is really about
all can do to hold my ground with that mob
showing up behind. But don't worry on my
account, general-don't give yourself any un-
easiness about lne-I can stand it as long as
they can. I've been through this kind of
mill before. Why, as l was just saying to
you, many and many time, out in the wids
of Nevada, | have been at Governor Nye's In
jun receptions and between you and me that
old man was good deal of Governor, take
him all round | don't know what sort of
Senator he makes though think you'll ad
nit that him and Bill Stewart and Tom Fitch
take bigger average of brains into that Cap
itol up yonder. by hundred and fifty fold,
than any other State in America, according
to population. And if you could just have
been at one Of old Nye's Injun receptions and
seen those sayages-not high fiers like these. |
you know, but frowsy old bummers with notl- |
ing in the world 90 in the summer time but
an old battered plug hat and pair of spec
tacles-l tell you it WAS swell affair, was one
of Governor Nyes early day receptions. Many
and many's the time have been to them
and seen him stand up and beam and smile on
his children, as be called them in his mother
ly way-heam on them by the hour out of
his splendid eyes, and fascinats them with his
handsome face, and comfort them with his
persuasive tongue-seen him stand up there
aud tell them anecdotes and lies, and quote |
Watts hymns to them, until he just took the
war spirit all out OF them-and grim chiefs |
that game two hundred miles to tax the