The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-08-16
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
Secretary seuarsi--Pfcfure Oh hse
tired Polittcian--TIow the virginia
Delegation I'm 'D2 Came near MaAAns
Murphy Presldcnt--Prcsieeiit dran'-'
phil. Sheridan.

cosby correspondent of the Brooklyn
Enole has been visiting Auburn with tic
| vain hone of interviewing eX-secFe'aIs
Seward. He failed in this, but in default
| rets up chattv letter with curious IT,
m;,;sccnce or two in it. We give some eS-
tracts from it:
Mr. Stewards house runs back block. 1t
I, upnroached in front by Il beautiful ground
dotted here and there by trees and miniature
lakes. At the back of the house are three
stone barns and coach-houses. The barns
| were stated (by native) to beat anything III
fine barn line in the world Mr.. Greeley
barn at Chappaqua, however, beats them:
In response to q ling ofsthe bell. shiny
faccd negro opened the massive front door.
| "This Ii Mr.. Stewards house:
"Yes. sab -
as Mr.. Seward in
mo. sab. Alr. Seward is at bis country
house."
AT his country house !" | said, aston
isbcd. looking around me 1T the long stretch
inr lawns and ycllow-tinted fields beyond
:: WHY, is not this his country house,"
"No, sab. That is ut Owasco Lake, san.
Accepting Il polite invitation to walk I'D,
found myself in
! MR.. SCENARIOS STUDY.
| On the walls were hung portraits OF AGRA
ham Lincoln, Chief Justice Chase e. inc os'
tracised cock-Salmon OF Finance, is Ne"
York Journal brutally called him during III.
war. now dying by inches OF complictClol
of diseases, Seward rs young man, seward
a. middlc-agcd man, Sewardas an OH liiah,
General Grant, and Henry wilson.
| :. Where j. the portrait of Horace Tree
lew | asked the attendant negro.
| "NIassa Greeley, sab: Why, him dcaa
sah-him dead -.
"Wcll. | don't know about Eat. Hi
corpse proved TO DC pretty nte'y III 1>oi' u
| Carolina. and"
"Oh him dead, Surc." said the negro
shakin. his head sOcmnlv.
"TLcn Mr. seward is for Grant, eh:'
"Dunno. sab. But Mas.a Grcelcy's dead,
Sah slIah!' $780,.
The next morning ! went up to Owascc
Lake. If is some twenty miles beyond
| Auburn, and the way to get at seward
house i across the lake in III open boat. Inc
railway lands YOU at " the cascade winch l.
on thc other side Of the SCcrctary'> house
and the trip across is matter OF hftcel
minutes. :. :,
"Grccley killed Seward, you >ce,' SAID 4
gentleman OH the train to me, "and l don
think if is. human nature for Seward 10 sup
port Greeley" =,
.tYet Seward convicted lin company will
other of Grants Cabinet officers Grant o.
untruthfulneS&.'
| "Wcll, any way. Seward is for Grant
His son, the General, is for Grant, and ne Is
for Grant,
Nv first thought on seeing Mr.. Seward
was-and say it with all re~pect-that it die
not much matter. The great eN-Secretary
who boa>ted Il few years ago that
"TnE TIykLE OF HIS LITTLE BELL y
might consign men to the rigors of Il military
imnrisonment. is a broken old man. Paraly.
SIS has impaired his physical power. Fol
many months he has not been able to feed
himself, and for almost as long he has been
unable TO ret into his carriage or out Of it
He is wheeled about the beautiful grounds
adjoining Owasco Lake in sedan chair. AND
even the most trivial offices ofpcrsonal attire
etc., are performed by others.
| It was Richcicu who, standing up in his
old are before the portrait of himself taker
when Young and fuu of muscular fire and
yigor. said ina querulous, half spiteful, hal
complaining voice, " All, that was Il man .
So Seward, in view Of the immense imper
tance of the political trusts he has held
might say as he looked upon the Cabinet
portraits Of himself ut Auburn.
Secretary Stewards political life is over
| Whether he retains the full vigor OF his in
| tcect cannot he stated here, because nC
visitor has III opportunity Of Judging. Rtea
nest certain que ftmtrccu. The man who
used to bore people with his loqlr!city has be
come dumb Us III oyster.
| In answer to questions Mr.. Seward de
clarcd that he studied politics new not at all
that he was engaged i'll producing the book
I which Miss Ri-lcy has written under his SUI
pcrvision. and which j. {. Derby, of New
| York, is to publish. His health lie declared
was pretty good, but as TO Greeley or Grant
| he would say nothing. Correspondents ga
[ lore have tried to draw him out, and failed.
| AUBURN POLITICS.
The CITY of Auburn, although having
elected several Democratic mayors, is Re.
publican by about 400 or $50 majority. Fol
seven wears past the home of Seward has
zone us Seward went. This year it will not
| The local Leaders of both parties agree il
| This. For miles around, too, the Greeley
men are largely in the ascendant, and the
| straight Republicans Woportionately dis
| gllsted. Among the influential Republicans
! who have declared for Greeley are John NJ
Hurd. Esq, recently mayor of tic city OF
Auburn; Judge Coots; George S. WeStlake
one of the weathieSt men in the county
james Dccrin@. chief of police, and Il ulim.
Der of others. OF one gentleman, DR.. Theo-
dore Dimoa, the present surgeon of the State
prison, Il curious story is told. 1t seems he
was promised by the Republicans the posi-
ton Ire now holds in 1852. lie was about
| to 20 TO the war It's surgeon OF the Nineteenth
New York, and he was cmphatically told
| that he should have the position when he
came back lie came buck ut the end OF the
| war, and the position was filled. He imme-
| liatelv became il Democrat.
When the Democrats carried the charter
election, the Year after. he was given the
coveted position. and holds it now. These
facts may lie more creditable to Doctor
Dmon's political sagacity than to his fixed.
ness of principle, but they all do it; they all
do it.
The Spanish dons upon the throne
They Jump ull down, anu ia to 1t.
They all do Ii,
They all do IL.
Why. therefore, pitch separately into poor
| DR.. Dimon:
"By the way" said the gentleman who re.