The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-02-21

whom no one on the floor of the house
would essay to cross a lance in the par
iamentary arena. 1t used to be claim
ed by the friends of old John 5.
rhelps, Of Missouri, that he was the
best yersed man in parliamentary
usages, in the American congress, but
| doubt f he could give Davidson
many points.
The inquisitorial court sent down
here by our Washington masters, to
/ pry into the local affairs Of this de,
pendency has been in session in King
Ulysses granite castle, on canal street,
tor nearly week. As yet, nothing Of
startling character has been elected.
The testimony has taken a very wide
range. a number Of witnesses. reps
resenting both of the rival factions,
have been examined. Each one has
doIed out a long and uninterestina sto-
ry, full Of verbiage, and matters entire
/ ly irrelevant to those under investiga-
ton. The most noticeable feature of
the evidence, has been the singular and
unaccountable ignorance of the wit.
nesses regarding the plans, moves
ments and objects of their friends and
partizaus, and their ready familiarity
with those Of the opposing faction. If
they are to be believed, each individu,
al was acting an Independent part
/ going it on his own hook without
consulting or advising with his parti-
z1ns, and co-workers. Jim Casey,
! Ulysses delectable brother-in>law, J
owns up to the part he played in the
] little unpleasantness through which we
/ have recently passed acknowledges tC
fitting out the revenue cutter "Wild,
erncss; to sending bedding, provis,
ions AMI champagne on board, and
making everything lovely for the alb
sconding senators. But the willy col.
Icctor protests that he footed the bill
out Of his own pocket. lie iusti les,
or excuses, his conduct, on the pie.
that such things were not unusual Oh
the occasion of distinguished visitors
This little story might be believed b,
the marines, but old soldiers will bard
/ ly swallow such balderdash. Marshal
/ Packard, another one Of Grants plant
tools, being closely corncrad, was like
wise forced to divpIgc the discrelitablc
. part he has been playing in the Louis,
lana sqnahblos, Although the most
ncontroyerubIo proof has been, and
will be brought out, Of the completely
Of the entire custom house ring. in the
recent Carter revolution, bets are freely
offered, wilhou; takers, that not one Of
them will be removed Grant don't
reward his friends in that way.
1t IS a fact not generally known to
the public, that the father Of iIolen
Iosepteua Mansfield, the artGl siren
who SO infatuated Jim Fisk, and final
ly comprised the death of that crratic
gentleman, was killed in duel in Gal
iiornja, in lSJA john Tabor. the
slayer Of Mansfield, is now resident
Of this city, being attached - the cd.
itorjal staff Of the "R.pubica Ia
Dor and Mansfield f1atod out TO the
Pacific slope with the immense tide of
emigration that flowed thithcr, on the
first discovery Of gold. The former
established Il whig journal at Stockton,
the latter conducting a rival democrats
Icpaper in neighboring town. Both
were practical printers. Party spirit.
which always ran high in the new EI
Dorado, was unusually mncorous dur,
ing the campaign Of 1851, when Bright
and Waldo were rival candidates for
the gubernatorial chair. Tabor and
Mansfield engaged themselves in the
very unpleasant practice, too common
IN those days, of throwing mud at
each other through the columns ofthcir
papers. The alteration finally culmi-
mated in challenge from Mansfield.
Colts navy revolyers were agreed upon
as the weapons the distance ten pa.
ces, with tae proviso that, in case ofau
Intellectual fire. the anfopouists v.or, a.,