New-York tribune., 1871-01-12
EODNETT.

Mr.. John Pope IIodnett is not wo judge,
valuable person to take with you when you
90 to ask Collector Murphy for q situation in
the Custom-IIouse. If any of our readers
intend 10 call on Mr.. Murphy for that purpose,
wo give them. in the first place, that old advice
which Punch profiered to persons about to
marry-donit. But if, notwithstanding, they
arc bent on the experiment. we insinuate that
they will not improve their chances by taking
Mr.. John Pope Hodnett along with them.
This Mr. Hodnett is said to be the Assessor
of Internal Revenue for tho Territory Of Da-
kota, and incessant converse with the breezes
and rcsounding bisons of that boundless region
has developed in him pungency and energy
of phrase, and striking cOlloquial vivacity,
of which he yesterday gave our amiable Col
lector bouncing sample. It is not necessary
for US to report the words that burn, in which
Mr. Hodnctt embodied his thoughts that
breathe; it is sufficient to intimate that they
were of sort not usually heard in bank par
lors or public offices, and that they were par
ticularly unsuited to the situation of Cne who
desired to get his friend position in the
Custom-IIouse.
If Mr.. Hodnett's conversational exploits had
terminated with his terrific vocal explosion in
Collector Murphy's back room, we should pro-
baby have let him go back to Dakota without
celebrating him in our columns. But certain
newspaper s6irri having captured him, and
with sweet cOnstraint induced him to give
voice upon things in general, we feel that his
uttcrances ought not to waste themselves upon
the air, but to be reassembled and set as ap-
pies of Hodnetts gold in the silver pictures of
THE TRIBUNE. Mankind needs to be informed
what treasure it has in Hodnett, and the
Republican party what loss it is about to
sustain in HOdnett's secession.
Mr. H0dnett's confidential discourse with the
reporter reveals him in as many attitudes as
if he were prize monkey on pole. He is,
in the first place, The intimate and bosom
friend of all the Bishops and Archbishops,
Vcars-GeneriI, major and minor canons of the
North West. 4 little dligent inquiry some
what diminishes the circle of his prelatical in
timacies; but the acutest cross-questioning
fails to shake bis testimony that he is on affec-
tionate terms with his brother, who is priest,
and who has given him letter recommending
his appointment to some Office. Having been
forced to strike few Bishops and Archbishops
of his visiting list he Immediately repenshes the
same with the names of some eminent states
men. icknew Rawlings. That Rawlings valued
him beyond rubies is apparent from the fact
that he once laid his head upon the Hodnett
shoulder and touchingly observed, "You know
show it is yourself, Hodnott." Indeed, Judging
from the report, we should infer that that able
and lamented Secretary, whenever the gigantic
form of his beloved Dakotan hove in sight,
mazda ho ato IN coat bimee1f unon bia infuantiaI
bosom, and weep tears of joy down his back.
Mr.. Hodnctt is also on very loose conversa-
tonal terms with Congressman Logan. He
Offer 'lt distinguished representative and
sOiI..l Iho nomination for the next Presi