New-York tribune., 1870-06-01
.,.,- ..r 1ua. mot rresent. would as soon havO

tucki,v fer me- was not present Iwoud "a soon nave
attended a clinic in a Philadelphia Meiich CoieSe'
suoh discussions should. think be confined 70 eHecu
tive sesons But If the revelation DO 80 reVothS' "s'
n,ust that mystery Of iniquity bel
Rut Fridays was the terrible nght-session TIL
O'Clock on Saturday morning those desperate senators
sat over the bill they had discussed 80 long ana e1us
lively How grim and CHASTITY they must have worked
a. the easght overhead grew pale and sckly and the
morning came on! Yet all that weary night they had
their gives and their gambols and their flashes OF
,nement and got through without loss OF Senatorial
serenity BY this peniental nightwaeh did they seek
b expatate the folly Of days wasted in vain discussions
in bubbles Of law. and dribbles of useless talki
In the House there lively times during the dis
cussou Of the proposition TO send Minister to Rome
The Democrats thought ought to pay that much re-
spect TO PO NOno but the "No! no OF the Republican
majority not in the nature OF an echo MT BROOKS
showed natural inclination toward the Holy See ana
Mir Banks naturally went with him. Mr. OoN"1o
attacked Mr. Brooks Mr voorhees, attacked Mr Blng
ham; Mr Bingham replied, Ike the fiery old deoaer ne
is MI Cox got somehow mixed up in the melee running
IN and ont; then again Mr. Voorhees, made savage at
tack on old Massachusetts,.
Stands Boston where she stoo3i"
Whatever disacreeable subject is under dscusson-Re
construction Negro suffrage the Tariff, the National
Debt Popery Poly ygauy. Orthe Piegans-Massachusetts
comes in for the hardest blows Long may she have so
able and gallant defender as George F. Hoar.
happened in Friday, during the last part OF the
speech Of Representative Knott the bill for the paving
Of Pennsylvaniaave. IL when the fun was most up
roarious and I almost feared to enter the almost de-
serted gallery lest the wit OF the speaker should prove OF
the sort more parliamentary than proper But it was
quite uuexccptionabe The points, knOy points OF the
speech were admirable, whatever may be said of the
spirit and logic. which, own seemed to me somewhat
less than fair and conclusive have not behed for
long while so fine a display of classics in that effort
roTa Ca1v nd
Quaintance SctranSitg gloridmund with side allusions
Go the Cretan labyrinth" and an indefinite Nymph
"unquie shades from the Sygian Shore came stalking
by aud another OF schooday horrors Priams valiant
son returning Hector again. and old Homer going
It blind" and Tsphone swinging her scorpion scOurge
and Prometheus feeding his pet vulture and poor Sissy
phus rolling his tiresome stone, and Curtius pranc
Ing up take that eternal leap into the forums "yawn
ing gulf most tiresome OF ALL for "yawning is catch
ing certain astronomical passage in this speech was
really very brilliant and eloquent; but still more start
ling speakers novel mode Of measuring the Ma
tOua debt by Gn imagination crcling the globe with
dollar greenbacks to the amount Of two thousand five
hundred millions The string would go around ten times,
AID tie. should like 10 make the tour OF the world on
that liue, and tear up the track as went.
have seen but little Of society since my return, and
have absolutely gossip AL is quiet on the Potomac.
The Of literary reunions at the house Of the Hon.
Horatio King closed for the with lecture on
Schelie and TaleyrdHd by the Hon. Joseph s. Wilson,
Commissioner Of the General Land Office. Mr.. Wilson
gave vivid though necessarily brief sketch of these
Characters who made much Of the history OF France
Ones enjoyment Of this lecture not little hight
ened by surprise that the lecturer who is said TO be one
OF the hardest and most ndeatgable workers among
pubic officers should have found time amid the pro-
found study OF the exact sciences necessary to meet the
mutifarous duties and cares of his most onerous posi-
ton. TO give such earnest and evidently enthusiastic
attention to history and general literature.
MAY 2l.-This morning we hear that Senators Trum-
bull Morrill, and POmerOy have carried through the bill
cquazng the pay Of the female clerks counters and
oOpyiss with that Of the male employees performing the
duty The women thus generously befrended-
many OF them the wives daughters and sisters OF dead
always be grateful for, and proud of this
Of the Senate whatever may be the fate Of the bill
In the House
This is great place to pick up mortuary items. They
sy here that the fair hope of Cuban Independence is
Dead" Whether she garroted with GocOuria, or
has died OF starvation in the mountains, is not known
shut rest her sOn she's dead" There was something In
shadOwed and wstful face that appealed to tender
pity aud chivalrous respect-there was something Of
poetic devotion, something OF antique herOism III the
sprit and deeds Of the noble men and women who fol-
lowed the pale star of her banner through peril and pow
erty and TO exile and death But 1t is all now they
ssy the great men and knowing editors. suppose Gen.
Jordan is here not for aid and comfort but for asy
hum and coincidence. We OF the Washington Junta, are
endeavorng TO raise supply Of decent clothing for the
destitute the almost naked and children Of the
Cuban patriots. We hope there few hearts cold,
hard refuse TO give sympathy and help in our
work. 1t is the least can do for unhappy people,
still struggling mady against every dscouragement,
fathers struggled througe that darkest time marked
10y the fearful destituton and hardship Of Valley Forge
We may not give them Government aid, recognition,
faith and fair dean-we give them prayers, and
our old clothes. @. g.
JERSEY CITY COMMON COUNCIL.