New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-03-25
had closed over the last old soldier. But when n.

whole afialr bad hpsed into the worst Of failures,
reported tho treasury to be almost empty, and tbs
old soldiers irretreyably abandoned to lying lad.
ness, and liquor. They therefore proposed 10 slus
up the Asylum shunt part Of their load Of veteran,
| into some other charitable concern and allow IN.
rest to betake themselves to organ grinding accord
| ing to the custom Of their kind. Whereupon tbs
ladies came calamity to the front in body, limited
that the laziness and noflciency were to be found
In the managers room rather than among the blind
halt, and lame Of the wards; insinuated in pretty
plain terms that IL these old soldiers liked their GRO,
and tobacco nobody had earned better tight 10 il.
| and finally demanded their money back iD order
that they might carry the affair successfully. So
the battle stands at present But the warriors and
| women bid fair to win.
There arc few eharacterizations more witty AMI
! comprehensive than that which Alexandra Dnna,
PEREZ gave Of his son. We have never seen it trans,
| lated He came into the world at that hoIlr when
it has ceased to DO day and is not yet night and III,
asscmblage of antitheses which mako up hi,
strange individuality are ike the hour OF his birth
mingling of light and darkness. Ho il lazy, he ia
industrious: no Is gour1nand he is abstomious; la
| Is lavish he is economical; he is suspicious no Is
creduous; he Is blasG. and he is innocent; lac is in
different, and he is ardent he is slow in speech and
rapid in action; he ridiculcs me with oil the bril-
liant wit Of which he is MASTER and yet he loves mo
with all his heart. lie is always ready to fleece me
ont of all my money like VALERIE OF to fight fs
me like tho Cid. His imagination is the most
vivid and tho most sustained that have ever
known in young man Of Il years. Ii bears mo
away ike torrent; it shines Ike hafhiiden
iamc it reveals itself in reyery in excitement 10
quiet as in danger in smiles as in tears From tina
to time wo quarrel with each other, and. like the
tai.
ternal mansion. On that day / buy calf and begin
to fatten it, sure that before month he will return
to get his part of it, 1t is true that evimnded peO
Pile say that it is for the sake OF the calf that he
comes back. and rot for mine; but am not moro
than half inclined to believe THAR
II college students will persist in behaving either
like fuIl-Town blackguards badly prococious
boys, they must take the consequences. few DAYS
ago. two members Of the Sophomore class of Harvard
College insulted two reputable women in tho street.
one the wife and the other the daughter Of ro-
spectacle citizen Subsequently they were identified
by the ladies' and tho affair coming TO the knowledge
OF tho College authorities both these foolish young
men were, after proper investigation, ex-
! PEELED. Both lads may now laugh at
this, but IL they have any manly ele-
ments OF character tho timo viii surely ccms
when upon the lowest grounds of prudence ii upon
no other they Will bitterly repent this silly
indscreton. We can tell them that they have
| thrown away chances which may never return, and
| opportunities Of study and of useful acquisition
which busy advanced in life and harassed By
daily cares hunger FOR in vain. They have vantonly
cast behind them leisure, scclusion the assistance of
accomplished and willing instructors, and the In
di,pensable aid OF ell-furnished libraries and muse
ums. II they have not mado fatal mistake, they
I loa.f tl,p III a
Internecine war RACES within the borders 81
! Connecticut. Divers newspapers talk violent
| ly at each other, and various politicians
| arc orarreng with eiiusion. The matter Is
! serious, solemn, sad did Governor jewell
after dining with party, including several clever
and gentlemanly eolored men, go out OF tho house.
dwelling, or building wherein ho diued By tho fol.
door or tho backf The enemies Of that pcpuhr
officer declare that. unwilling to let the cold
world know that he sat at table with negroes, hs
departed with thoughtful slyness by tho latter
modest portal. His friends, using the coupter-cheok
quarrelsomc, aver that at the front his handsome
face and figure graced the threshold OF his hOsfA
The combat thickens; much bad language swella
the din and still the dreadful question remains
decided-the FROM door, or tho back
The excuse which Mr.. Brown, the contractor for
cleaning streets and his advocates give for bis neg
lect to fulfill his agreement is that tho city has
widely expanded that he cannot do so without
losing money. Taking advanta &c Of this arsumont
he hardly cleans the streets at all. For Mr.. Brown
it freezes too hard, rains too much, costs too
much. Yet he 10 never unwilling to draw his fun
pay Once in O. great while, indeed, he sweeps
together q little dust and claims money for extra
services If the contract is onerous tina. lie c"n-
WHY does he so tightly hold on to it and insist thai
while he cannot keep his part OF the bargain, the
city must nevertheless do all that it promised 10 dol
Mr. Brown must either do his work or the city NUT
stop paying him.
When exposure of the military trliiDgross
swindle was made 10 TnE TRIBUNE. some weeks
since tho Administration superservceablcs were
swift t. declare that this outrageous attack
on the President. twas argued thateverythng Wa
all right and that assertions TO the contrary were
slanderous. The very first witness, Gen. Ea@en'
brought before the House Military Comrnitee
affirms the truth of the charges made, ard sds-
gests what he thinks the best remedy for the abuses
We shall next hear that this competent witness IS
O conspirator against the Republican party.
We have heard Of moral SCasou" and of Legal
Ssasion y but a distinguished Doctor being nVised
to lecture on Temperance In Boston, promises TO 40
so, and says in his letter of reply: Physiological
Suasion is the argument employ. endoa|osis 10
show that alcohol cannot from It's very nature "u.
process Of production be useful in building M any G.
the tissues OF the human BODY "Physioios'c',
suasion" is good but it you'd DO better II men a-
women generally had Ito slightest reverence io'
their own fearful and wonderful bodits.
There ia title ordinance in the Boaid OF Assis'ahs