, 1870-08-15

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Hcu1y l. Wise oheerIed, - lie thought, his
former coach,nan picking his teeth With. Lia
gold tooth pick. Tho Jingle Of aeala, tho
h1 ses..ehins s.,na. Of oso,as pens tho gl,ttes q
Of stateanaen via nearly ~ imposing ~ that
which had passed AWAY And tho cause Of all
this was tbs little old cogger william 8. Lin
coin, who Mantea = railroad bill squeezed
through ! think I an fully 5ushasd in say
nine-p,n man.
1t is the summer time and do not pro-
pose to draw Stata morals. else might point
out to you tbs benefit Of having served two
| use hosus jeTslr3 to ad1sai.se: II seesas
| that NJ. Seg.r, who knsw the Tifginss. Of the
old. approached Mr.. Lincoln, who WIS
ds.ling with the Virginia Of the neM.
and observing that ha had app.rsnty
broken ,ato so!danth'a shop, .sked for the
! trifiug rnattar Of 1 loan Of ssn dollars. Tbs
| two ex-Copgres1max inn1sdt2tely entered into
atipu,ltioAa to mutually halp eAoh othaz to got
tbs railroad charter, xnd ~ an evidence OF
sHod a t9a.a NJ sssrs .s,n *as . ..
| art. Who Joseph D. s.eTart va,
cannot with dsdniteness b. asoer-
t.iaed- Posaibly- ha ras ths capitalist wbo
knows but what he may hAye boon tbs identi-
eal chief Of ths nins-pin crew who played
bowls With III. Bcgar, md Mr.. Lincoln, and
Rip Van while? At any rate, tho A8co Illus
t1ous msn Kept up secret correspondence.
SegAr WAS nuisance; thai his term In Com
gress had not been sufficiently long to teach
him to know bow to lobby To advantage even
in tho Legislature ot Tifgini1: md that On nc
Count OF his naalAdroitness, tho most galyanic
watch In the Lincoln collection had failed to
carry the decisive point In view Of bis de-
fechve education, doubtless Arising from
naturaa disinelination to study, and IN unfot-
tunate incapaeity to profit BY example, HI.
6egzE, n the words Of MI. Lincoln, waa
fraud" II. Lincoln was, therefore,
Es.sst.a sss. to s'2s'd e s.et ( s:aa:'t q: a 81
VirBfuian Of former time, and lsavs tbs mat
tar ansisaly t. ths ahls Argument which be hld
prepared i The travelling trunk. Tho plot
thicksna the conspiracy grows iutscste: At
List Lincoln went back on Stewart, and 6tew-
on ths naxt man to him. They al won't back
on each othsz, snd tbs ns1t thing whish An
aatanixhsd wstld hehntda IL tha spectacle Of
ZIP Van Hinkls IN ths ahaps Of N1. Bsgaz
canlnx ths nins-pin 1nAa In fha ahsps Of Hr.
Lincoln n ths Warrington nailsosa Depot.
ana At thA Int asnka h4 snrusd his Wig and
cut clsAr through his scalp. Ths second
stroks fall upon Lis Saratoga trunk and dis
snlowsllsdit I Of it, jsweliy. A. tbs third
stroke HI. 1ineoln tina to ni. nins-Pin psin;,
cried "rnurdsr!" ~ said before, To
Squire aad Conatables Immediately nm cut
They cAzzisd Hr. Lincoln ovat 70 tha Provi-
d.noa Hospital md bought him = nav wig.
| They dsaEKed HI. sesar before Squire and
bound him o.sr; aad tbs boys scrambled for
tho I'lnchbssk jeweH:
| Next day certain NJ. G. D. Willard, whose
Initials ass tbs only suggestions oan get out
OF his nAme,. took il into his head that
b. "ooM make stAnd. He, thnxefore,
took belGeesent petition behind , fAt MAI,
A. Ar: se9sr adr.pesd with uplifted stiol,
| Ar. Willard pushed tho fat uaan, and Ill
tumbied together on the pas.unent. Next da1
I everybody pubhshed cards in tho nerspApess,
Ar. be6ss in particular threatening to thteah
ploit He said in terms that he protested
Against the ptsaa caxicatusing honorable gem
hemen who might find it Indispensable to ba
involved in personal bruils," Fou will, thsrs-
fore, sae the necessity for me saving no 1nora
remark that SEQ no reAson for personal broil1
~ this Temperature which is bToi1iug enough
already.
oIntpsEs OF TIE DxpAaT4Ex1s.
Last night, as was going along 3 street, ]
saw our ssoretAty Of tho Navy, with pair ol
gogElea, reading the newspaper, and hs had
the look OF ono wI1osa mind was far out upor
the ocean, and tho czres Of being land. bound
had st1eaked his hair with 4 little more gray
Ho il ttadesstood to say that the United States
has no naTy,. and thlt something must ba
done. IN the uNne nS Admiral Porter,
lated ourselves that Ne had the grsateas
n.vy in tho world. We had reyo1utionized
naval architecture With our turret ehipsy and
the buion no longer ruled the wayea. Bat,
after all, what do NO want with n&vY except
to annex mora land with it and get outposta
| ffnhQAn5 md ffNr n
to sea on tho yacht America, We seem TO bt
for mankind
Secretary Cox, ons OF the most .ttentiy,
! aud abie o1fccrs TINT GenarI Grant hss, ant
who is said to hold Ata place by = very pEoca1i
: eua tenure, partly owing 70 the fAct, suspect
tbat he is not hail fellow enough for ssnl
iosial tara Il Porter and Robeson, still cling
: District Court hers il lischarging injunction
I At Linn
! Among Miuistar Washburnss adrioes to Sec
rs:aty Fish Ii \ paragraph that. in his opinion
5 upc OF the reassnz TOR tho declaration OF VA
against Prussia by Franco ia the short orop Al
through the latter country. which has create
: feeling Of unea.incss, and made it indis
: pcnsxhle that tho country people, who arc th
4 bulwark Of Nspoleon'a streugth, should hav
. their attention drawn to other 6alds Of en-
= p!osnsnt: It !. to 10 hspsd th.s the p rsas !,
. buzne Is said to be on e1ceedingl
= good terms with the imperial folks, an
to 10 IN sympathy with Franco in the preaen
: var. He Is Ftench 70 4 certain dogree b
u II miy ties, AID he is Of disposition to acs il
J. sympathy, ~ general ru1e, with the leadln|
= sentiment that surrounds him.
Deikusp, IN common With moat otheE Score
r tArlea, is in dilemma, by reason OF the &c
Z uon Of Congress juat bsfoEa adianrun1ent
d severl departments, ordered all tho sccre
: tafies 70 pay back their unexpendsd balsnce
J | 10 tho TreAauty- Relying upon these balance
!, to a7J On the arrena@s. Armories, etc.
throuebous the country, General Belkns
: says that many Of them must either stop :
= together, OF reduea the number of hAnd:
I. Thus, betwcau want Of cleAfneBa in the ef
u iiplates Of tho Secretaries and the reckless
20 ness Of cougress In legisla4ing without know
70 edge, the government i kept u disgrac'
fully Unstable and doubtful condition
Among tho charges to be uaade against IL
ct present Congress, not the least is the want c
% ~ executive comprehensive mind Ii the Low
- - 81 House. The work L. aone pisceuea1. viii
on general dsssn aud no ono man Is mat at
ID much better done. It Is Prosadence rhie
10 takes caro- Of this government, and nj
p, itn Le8isaat1re- Hero NO aro witho,
"a = navy, and yet st peace; without Il
r. r. necessary funds md 70 rnn the gorslnme'
20 be hurt Here We 4re, with I chance to 50
'ts and sail shipa md resume our place on Il
Aa water, but 1t is ont OF hurn1n po wer for Us
a. buy \ ship. The sAilo-s along the coast L
'ut upon farms. It would be hard to find in Ii
up history Of / great State any sct oomparab
OF with tho want OF patriotism Of the House
',t Representatives, when they refused to Jet o
~ sailing maete1s buy the cheap ships, which a
he now port bound III our ~ateFa, IT an e1pon
- for msre idlenesa, rnany Of them, Of ov
IN 81, 800 day The feeling OF the people up,
'a3 this question, all through tho country, y
DO have found it, Is intense. The last set Of Co
p, grtss wzs. In party ssues, 80 impolho th
- any other dyo acts enacted since We we're
% party. observe that the New fork Times !
no tempted to e1cute this action Of Congress
al the ground that We ought not to legiAlate I
N, 40 occasion, but to legialato, without Eega
!: n1k a5 H. s.oe Of o1 fFes s
~, ~, taken heart BY OCCASION, and there IL no til
oat 10 push principles Ike titnce Of accidel
1ot There was no world acroaa the At1Antic, 3,
alip III leArnipg and religion; but one woman /
and Ayailed ourselves Of this recent oppoztuni
me- there never again, perhRps, in this count
on would haye been saiesd 4 word against I
ships, and he who would not improve such
ouat po1tunity IA no ekAtcnman, and his o1untr5u
FhAt will doubt his patriotism bssiies.
=. Secretary Be1knap sAys that he haa b.
aats greatly Interested in his Ssrthern tour Arot
ress the arsenAls 1t Is to be regretted shst. nj
for II Hartford, he did not examine the Ga
are. t1atta.iss, which suspect to be almost
hou identical machines which the French
|zod making 70 ;.much about under the NAM
and .nitra,ieuss. During Cur WIZ, tho Gatln
to ! vAs mertiy tiae-bttyel attached to = ht
ther INIT IL has been improved, 30 that noW il az
ad- in several forms and Is pronounced to b. n
md efficient and powerful, throwing large orlni
lent n well ~ Minie bulls
list, 1rpnaynxss N WASHINGTON.
to a s.s 80 t,;1a+,c .,tix;rx ia o1,aarv
l1Q~ 6uIo w. y. = .h;sL -