The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-03-02
Gen. Pleasanton in a Fix.

Don Piatt tells the following in his Wash
ington letter to the Cincinnati Commercial: :
| heard n good story last night about our
new Commissioner OF Internal Revenue
told You in u former letter that the vehement
female committee of eighteen, all strong
minded, was hcrc in perpetual session, sit
ting in solemn concavc in Brother Senator
Pomcroy's committee room, from which the
sensitive ana blushng Scott Smith was
driven by their discussions. These females
do not propose to lose anything through
lack OF energy and activity. They rush
about in the liycliest manner capturing the
men brutcs on all sides, and ngthcning
their cause very much as Samson did the
gates-through sheer force. They do not
seem to have read the Right Reverend Hen
rv Ward Becchers beautiful little story OF
the rosebud. Instead of wooing with a gen
tie persuasion OF the south wind, they come
upon a fellow with the force Of a hurricane
The other day General Plcasanton, q deli
cate sensitive little gentleman, was dressing
for dinner. lie had divesicd himself of
every garment except the one spoken of by
Hood in that melancholy song called 1.-The
Song Of the Shirt He was sailing about
under bare poles, when he heard knock at
the door, and supposing ii to be his man
WHO pNt III W itNt I'Ccll tlClt, tllU WIS HOu
he sang out. Come in" TO his utter
CONSERVATION, that constitutional female
known Us Mrs. Woodruff, with peaked hat
and a mans overcoat, terminating in unmis-
taxable crnoline, stalked in. As she did
not Immediately stalk out but stood looking at
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in
the abstract, The last named gentleman, hid
inc behind IN armchair, suffered out s'EX-
cuse me, MADAME
Il want to see you on business. General
Pleasanton."
.Wcll madam. won't you be so good as
to come to my office. am not in a condi-
ton to see any man on business Just now
and beg of you 10 desist and come to the
bureau"
II don't care anything about your condi-
ton, General Pleasanton but it is matter
of some Importance that | wish to see you
upon, and this is rs good an opportunity as
any
MY G.! madam" exclaimed the agon-
| lied Commissioner, shifting his financial per
son from one leg to the other. "won't YOU
permit me to dress for dinner?"
II have no objection to your dressing for
dinner what want to know is, what are you
going to do about this Vanderbilt case Thai
Vanderbilt case is great outrage, sir, and
can see that somebody is to be swindled ou
or half million of dollars" and here fol
lowed a statement of the Vanderbilt case,
that occupied just twenty minutes by the
clock and was very forcible and empathatc
At the end of it, when the strong minded
Woodruff paused for breath, the Commls
sioncr said:
Il don't know anything about the Wander
bilt case madam. I have not looked at
single paper. | have not heard anything bu
what you have told me- | have not had thine
My God, don't get time to get on my brecches
don't want to be rude, but wish you would
go away and let me dress"
At this moment knock was heard at th
door, and Pleasanton yelled louder than eve
he gave command to battalion, ''Com
in" The door opened and the substantial
figure and handsome face Of our Commodor
Alden appeared upon the entrance. So 500
as he did this, the Commissioner chassezc
f from the rear of his arm chair to the bac
: of a sofa, and, Alden thinking that he was in
truding upon some tender scene between tn
General and the female, beat a hasty retreat
t But the Commissioner was not to be torsaker
and he ran to the door, jerkcd it open, an
with the tail end of his linen flying in tn
WIND, selzed Commodore Alden, and brougl
: HIM back, when the cool and courageOu
0 woodruff rose IN q majestic manner, an
: wished them good day. Peasanton san
| exhausted into chair, and begged Alden ft
u little brandy, to try and rally from tn
tremendous attack OF woman's rlohts mad
5 upon him.