The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-03-15
Not Pleasant.

Dom Piatt gives the followir &
scene in Washington life, which es-
plains itself:
The other day General Pleasanton,
r very delicate, sensitive little gentle
man, was dressing for dinner. lie had
Invested him elf Of every garment ex-
cept the one spoken Of by Hood in
thai melancholy song called The
Song OF the Shirt" lie was sailing
about under bare poles, when he heard
q knock at The door, and supposing it
was n man-who ought to have been
there, and was not-he sang out come
in To his utter CONSERVATION that
constitutional female known as Mrs.
Woodhull. with q peaked hat and q
mans overcoat, terminating in unmis-
taxable crinoline, staiked in. AS she
did not Immediately stalk out, but
stood looking Al the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue in tile a%brtract, IL e
last named gentleman, hiding behind
au armed chair, suffered u excuse
me madam
i want to see you on business, Ger
eral Pleasanton.'
We'll, madam, won't you please be
so good as to come To my office! L
am not i'll a condi ion to see any II
on business just now, and l beg OF you
to desist and come to the Bureau
i don't care anything about your
condition, General Pleasanton; but it
is a matter of some Importance that l
wish to see you upon, and this is as lair
an opportunity as any
My God! madam exclaimed the
agonzed Commissioner, shifting his
financial person from II loot to the
other, won't yon permit me to dress
for dinner?'
Il have no objections to your dress
ing for dinner. but what l want TO
know is, what are you going to do with
this Vanderbilt case ? That Wander
biIt case is a great outrage, sir, and l
see thar somebody is TO be swindl, d
out of halt a million Of dollars, and
here followed u statement OF the case,
thai occupied just twenty mirutes by
the clock, and was very torcible and
emphatic. At the end of it, when the
strong minded C Institutional Wood
hull paused for breath, the Commits
siolier said
q don't know anything about the
Vanderbilt case, madam. l have not
looked at a single paper l have not
heard anything hut what you have
told me. Law Lot had time. My
nod, Idn't ger time 10 get on my
breeches. l don't want to be rud',
but | with you ,-o I'd so away and lot
nee dress
AT this moment a knock was heard
ut the door, and Pleasanton yelled
louder than ever he gave a command
to a battalion, come in The door
opened, and the substantial figure and
handsome face OF on" commodore Al
den appeared upon the entrance. So
o as he did this, the Commissioner
chasseZ I'll from the rear OF his arm
chair to the back of a sOta,, and Alden
thinking that he was intruding upon
some tender scene between the Gen
eraI and the female, beat a hasty
retreat. Bnt the Commissioner was
not TO be forsaken, and he ran TO the
door, jerked it open, and with the tail
ED OF his linen flying IN tie wind,
seized Commodore Alden, and brought
him back, when the cool and courage
ous Woodruff rose in a majestic man
ncr, and wished them .g"od day
Pleasanton sank exh susted into a chair,
ard begged Alden for a little brandy ,
to try and rally from this tremendous
attack OF woman's rights made upon
him.
".With the brief garment of q weak de-
fence, he stood appalled,"
ATT NCHMENT.
E Pittinger, Plaintiff Before }. D.
BENZ. Cunningham ys of oPn Msn IT, m.
Defendant. cry township,
Ashland Co.
On the 18th day of February, 1871,
said Justice issued an order of At
tachment in the above action for the
! sum of $1,000.
T. PITTINGER.
Feb. %, 1~S71-5W33