The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-01-05
S. S. Cox on Butler.

The Hon. S. S. Cox, in his late
speech on the Amnesty bill, thus pOk-
ed fun at the,zealOus prosselyte from
Massachusetts, whose piety and hu-
manity are not upto the standard pre-
scribed in the New Testament:
Mr.. SPEAKER / am not given to
lay stress on dreams, but | dreamed a
dream last night, superinduced by a
perusal of the Scriptures IlaughterL I
searching for texts appropriate TO this
theme. Laughter. Perhaps il
was also induced by associating the
gentleman from Massachusetts with
this measure of meager mercy
Laughter. thought had accepted
the invitation, which was once ten
deTed to attend one of the grand camp
meetings upon the coasts of Massa-
chusetts, held by throngs of the dis
ciples of John Wesley. 1 thought I
saw the gentleman from Massachu-
sets upon his knees at the Methodist
altes. Laughter. He had come at
last to the throne of free grace. andas
he arose n new light seemed to beam
from his cOuntenance. Laughter.
He was saluted as he rose by the old
Methodist refrain.
Amazing grace, how the sound" etc,
Laughter. And it seemed to me that
the conversion of the gentleman was
thorough, that he was translated to a
new and better sphere. Isee him now,
standing, not on the golden pave
ments, but on the walls of the new
Jerusalem. He has a white robe up
on his form. Laughter. He has
harp in his hand. laughter He
joins the chorus of the angels and of
just men made perfect
"Mercy's free! Mercy's freer'
Then 1 awOke; and 10, presto! he
becomes the plumed warrior at the
head of his brave Massachusetts mil
itia, Laughter to whose camp I had
also been invited by him last sum-
mer. thought then that my dream
was one of the Irish contraTies, and
that the christian had paled before
the martial element. l saw his long
red plume. 1t was moved, as the poet
sings, by the gentle breath of kind
ness. Indeed, there is a parable in
my dream, whatever may be the ap-
plicatiOn. The soldiers of our war
have been more clement and mag
unanimous than the Gospelers.
From the New York Sun, December 2O.l
How the Game Works.
Capt. Burden has stationed officer
at the New Haven Depot, TO
look after the confidence operators.
Last night the officer arrested one of
fhn To NTnOro rr-IfIa
ing Israel Elliot out of $50. Elliot, /
who lives in Hartford, was sitting in
the depot, waiting for the train to
start, when Moore opened the CONVEX
satiOn by asking Elliot whittier he
was going. On being informed to
he exclaimed, 'By George,
am glad to hear it, for we will be
company on the road" After con-
a while, Moore informed FL
liOt that he was a merchant doing
in Hartford, "and," said he,
''I find, after making my purchases
and paying my bills, that am short
of ready money; but, as we are going
to the same place, and have a check
for $1,000, drawn by Brundelet &
JamisOn, of Hartford, in my favor, if
you will advance me $50 until our ar
rival there, you can hold the check as
security"
Elliot was about to advance the $50,
when the officer, who was dressed as
a civilian, ana who had been watch
ing the whole proceedings, walked up
and arrested Moore. The fellow drop
ped wallet while on the way TO the
police station. 1t contained a cOun-
terfeit United States 7-30 bond for
81 600, a spurious ticket for the Erie
and ten checks on banks at
New York, OswegO, Washington,
Portland, and Syracuse, all
drawn in favor of George H. Sea-
mount & Co., and each one for S2, 900.
He had also several letters purpOrting
to be from business men in almost
every principal city in the Union.