New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-11-01

Tbcre is an article going tho rounds of the Wilson
and Grant newspapers which is remarkable for con
tanning more falsehoads than We should have sup
posed it possible to pack iutO space so limited. 1t
il evidently from the Washington mill. and Il en-
titled Dir. Greeley's Qualifications" 1t asoerts:
|. That "I.r Greeley has beeR q constant seeker
after Office during his whole life which Is Mt true.
9 That Mr.. Greeley s. has nevor but once held an
official position which isn't true
8. That when che was nominated at Cincinnati il
was considered joke" 1t certainly was nj 80 con
sidcred by the Grant men.
4. That Mr.. Greeley is utterly incompetent 10 at
tend TO ordinary business 80 that when The TRIt-
UNE Association relieved him from all financial con
troll of that paper, he bad nearly swamped IT,
which is Mt truo at al.
8. That the propriotOrs OF THE TRIBUNE wsulj t'len
have relieved him from any connection with the
paper whatever but f0r his gray hairs' If anybody
is inclined to belevetis let him ask for information
OF any one of the propretors aforesaid
And now for tho sake of understanding this mat
ter lot US ask what civil public position Con. Grant
held before his election to the Presidency How
much money he made before he began to make It out
OF the pubtcs And finally. how often it has hap
pened during his fc that he has been " utterly IN
competent to stt<nd to auy ordinary Tor extraordi-
nary business !"
The easily impressed viii now thoroughly
believe in haunted houses than over. There is one
of these mysterious cslitces not far from Macon.
Ga inhabited by gentleman who q" has represented
his county in tho General Assembly OF his Stato"-a
Mr.. Surrency. In tho language of that person.
the glass tumbers slide of the sab-the crockOry
falls upon tho floor and brosks-the books tumbli
from their shelves, While brckbats, billets OF
wood smoothing irons Bis nit. potatoes, tinpans,
water-buckets and pitchers fall in different parts OF
the housev Nearly all my crockery and glasses"
says Mr. Surrcncy plsintiyely. have been broken"
"The facts" We arei further informed, "can bo
established by seventy-hva or hundred witnesses"
The household furniture has been 80 Knocked about
by the ghosts as to be almost ruined Ono day
specter hog was seen which walked IN at me door,
aud while all wero watching il, instantly vanished.
no one being able 10 tell bow il escaped All possi-
BILE articles Of household gear dy about In all droc-
tons. Special railway trains cary graf numbers
to this enchanted homestead, and the esctement
continues TO increase. We have but one explanation
Ia offer; "There are more things in Heaven and
Earth than are dreamed of in or philosophy"
The death of Mr. Justice Wlles has set the En- lsh
newspapers to discussing the fact that man may 80
far overwork is brain that sleepessness OF an M
durable character may ensue, and continue even
after the work has been given mp. The very eondi-
ton of life is to give mp tho labor and 10 change the
scene. lGnptI1NH WIN bHiohi ''A" ~ 1850
than useless-tbere must no a completo change OF
place and of occupation. lt may be added that work
done by an overtasScd brain 10 rarely well DONE In
the CAGES of Mr.. Justice Willes and of Hugh Miller,
the work was over before the disease had msn,ietad
itself
There is a newspaper published la Milwaukee
which il named after DIR. Grant. VIC supposed Inc
Christian Slatesman and its statospanshis as about
upou a par with ats Christianity. At soss Tor sone-
thing to say which ouln neatly combine politics
and religion il informs its readers that the motley
followers of the very he'oIoeox Horace whose sur
name is Greeley" the enemies OF public schools
and the friends of a union Of Church and State We
suppose that the who wrote thi5 has read prob
ably more than on,o the st0r, Of Ananias ana
Sapshira and yet ie goes Oh in this roctess way no
may catch IL y0t. IL hc Is not moro careful
Thoy are congtatulatng themselves thst tney
have 10 horse disease in Philadelphia; ana their
newspapers say that even If il should como to them
l. is not likely TO be extensive or seVere1n that CITY
The Philadelphia stees it is claimed. are as a rule
not overworked. and me unusually well housed ana
generally cared for. Wa aye glad 10 hear ths' anu
wish that all the men in Philadelphia were ss nee
from moral as their hoeos arc irom physioai
distemper