New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-09-23

An exceedingly dramatic contribution TO nursery
literature is the story of domcilIary visit lately
made by a number of bouncing bugaboos belonging
TO the Missouri h X. The night was dark. the
household drowsed when from his sleep its head
was reused by shouts of q ferocious kind, proceed
ing down the midnight wind. They meant, of course,
X X gang. Up from his bed the good max
sprang as through the door there poured host led
by masked and horrid ghost. This interesting OBJ
iect looked as large and awful he could, waved
pistol round in dreadful manner, scrunched his
teeth, and inquired in very loud and ogreish voice.
like Jacks traditional giant "WHo has been steal
ing corn WHO is too lazy to support his family
about here 7 WHO has been telling talesp How
ever much these terrific and pertinent questions
struck terror to the soul of the victim he yet found
strength to answer mildly but firmly, "NO one"
Whereupon The Specter Leader, OF The Howling
Aveager, with final scrunch, observed, well Niv-
ems you go to bed" and departed with his fear
full crew. The unparalleled atrociy Of this act ought
to furnish forth Administration speeches for the next
four weeks at least.
Here is a lively correspondent of Mr. Greeleys
whose remarks are so interesting that the gentle
man to whom they are addressed, feeling sure that
they have not yet reached their proper destination
and true to his old instincts, cannot resist the
temptation Of permitting to lay them before the
apprecatve readers of THE TRIBUNE:
sHARPsBURG Sept. Il, 1872.
Mr.. HORACE GREELET-Dear Sir: am captain OF a
$50 men can control easy 400 Votes II you send
on 500, and promise me go0d once II you ket eeeuI,
this Will have to 20 against YOU IL yOu make up your
mind to comply with the terms you can HGarss' me-
P.s-Cov Geary promised me the Office OF 5rs'cg Of
Weights aud Measures but after nc got el'"ci ne
broke his word and gave the office to another man l
hope you Will not do the same thing othd tuc mooney
by money Oruer Il ". hlLLlAAs-
We wish that somebody wonld compile gene
illogical directory of the Dent family FOR ie u1e OF
the press SO hat the Judges may not be contoundeo
with the Brigadier-Generals and the third cousins
with the brothers-n-aw. For our own part we ind
it hard TO keep the run Of that truly lucky family.
Tie general point of resemblance Is that e2ch MEM
Der of the tribe is making money out OF the public;
but now since the little diversion OF hogging editions
has been introduced. 1t would not be fair to con-
found the comparatively peaceful Dents with tho
bruisers OF the same appropriate name.
Gen. Dix publishes a letter signed by the Presi-
dent. congratulting him on his nomination by the
New-York Cnstom-hou3c Republicans. This literary
production contains wise ap40risn. which
makes us doubt that il WIS written by the Doctor
of Laws The writer says IL is happy day
when conventions seek candidates. not candidates
nOminations' This is good and tue bat was not
that, therefore. an unhappy day WHOM Grant poured
his assessors and postmasters into the Philadelphia
Convention and then sought its nomination
Grants Postmaster in st. Paul TINA records ro-
cent outrage in his newspaper = A 'nan named Oont
struck a man named Reed with cane in Washing
ton the other day Not one word Of the circun-
stances and no explanation of ,the tact thas the
ruiiian is the Presidents brothor-in-law aud Office
broker It's all right, we suppose. An e'hicrw who
is also a Postmaster cannot afford 20 DO much OF an
editor ur 20 let his readers have even ta co'n"""-
est Of news.