, 1873-03-23

ing the tunnel proposition has, however, it's ow1
suggestion for the Development OF the epun.r.
end tue decrease OF taxation On scale ecazccl
less extraordinary, Ii tho matter Of
IRRIGATION.
| While our engineering friend rants to take al
the water out Of the Comstock lodo, the q>art;
| company and bank which oppose linn want tt
| flood all the Sun Joa9uin VALLEY With Eatc:, an:
| redeem an empire from the drought They h.S,
had engineers from India to demonstrate tht
entire feasibility OF the project, and be1ev.
that their bill passed Congress- near tha close o.
| the session. sustained, as it w2s, by all tho DOW
| erful Influences which reaiht tie scheme of tht
! tunnel.
What will become Of US If the great tunnel and
| the great irrigating scheme combine and drench
all the racitc Coast with tho water pumped
out OF the lode !? If both tho schemes be sue.
! ceasful, our heads will fly OF; and, If both
fail, where will be our pockets
TIE OLD FRENCH CLAIMANT
The next OF our exalted lobbyists is the gon-
tleman who watches tho claIms for French
Of tue original Jacobs, whenever the prospect
reyiTes for paying those 70-year-old losses.
Does tho Alabama Treaty arrange to nav losses
inflicted by British slavery -corsairs So much
more the reason for beginning in tho right
way With the wrongs Of our grandfathers Is
Then why do VIC expect other Governments to
deal restitution to us who began with swindling
oar countrymen during the French republican
wars We tAinl= our gifted friend deceased
sometimes; like Mr. Hoods infant:
f'a thought him dying when be slept,
And sleeping when he died;
for, after VIC have ceased to regret him, hard a.
hs loss las been, up turns that familiar adyer-
tlsemcnt in the Washington journals:
Tho French claims agency. In uninte7rupt-
cd existence for 45 years. Justice is to be done
to us at last, friends! have never doubted the
ipterrity of TIM limited Et.tna Goyarnnan+ II
the matter were pressed steadily upon its atten-
t,on. The prospects ut tho psesont time arc
light almost unto the perfect day. Send us tho
name Of your grandfather's etepfather. r the
middle namo is remembered, please put it III
otherwise no 1natter, for we shall he sure to
Know al about it. We keep a list OF ships, cap
talns, breadth Of beam and keel, and damages at
compound interest Broken hearts, assuaGe
your tears! AL will be well by addressing
Brobiggan, post-ohice box II, 144-"
sSent? often wondered! Is he the son or
grandson Of himself, having inherited the buei-
nes5 in direct hne. or is he Like - Pechsnin,
architect" possessed of the designs Of Chuzzle-
wit, merely clerk Of the original Jacobs, who
has vormod into tho scheme OF purchased it for
tho heirs? II he be himself, the Same in mem
ory, faith mud perseverance, tho same stalwart
of the lobby whom Benton fought. md
who stood with forsitude the thunder Of Silas
Wright let him come forward and give us d
specimen hair from his brave old wiz. Let him
organize the Third House and make it regular;
for la:o Congresses have not oven been diEnitied
lobbies.
TIE 1EvEE LOBBYIST.
Do I see amongst these great knights Of the
lobby my old friend who wishes self-respect-
ing government to behave itself at once, neg
!ect tho great considerations Of empire no
longer, and. rebuild the loyees of the mighty
do! His honest face shines
With its wonted fires. He is little deaf on
ia h,3+ mt efYao +1o
meas Of his elocution, nor make hin. swerve one
hair from his intent, He fought in tho Con-
fedeFate army, but he laid down his arms like d
man. He knew when ho was whipped. From
ment Of bunting as We rendered it to him upon
he end Of pole He kneels to the Judgment
1t Heaven aud the comities Of time. Yes, ho
will take something, as in former days.
We see him wipe bis magnificent brow, and
grow slightly more pronounced in the Southern
,oretinger extended, and that oath which has
lone mora service on great occasions than the |
Involuntary prayer como forth with the rare in |
enslty Of low whisper.
When ne teas the alluSlal Of his country run
ing by the thousands a Of tons into the Gull Of
1eaven. with capacity for several nations to the
qunro ecro,-to build up Cuba and that foreign |
schlpela5o winch l6 merely the delta OF the Mis-
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lsoP e15 Wy ~ IN" tAAo f[ot AAoA0o " |
'olcanic fornations"
Volcanic, ct course! That's where the wrong !
nd No., devastation t, he. Let to their Volcanic
elTes, they "oald 20 barren as tho burning |
aarl; but it is ou, alluvial which clothes them
reen, aud makes them TEEN with suGar, indigo, !
nd tobacker. Yes, hs will have some Havanny
obacler, though he despiaes the fatality which
roduces it:
and my lobby friend, with unfnilng resources,
pirts and individualsul,. unfo1as again bis
lden tale, a few thousand miles Of embank-
aent, at few thousand dollars q mile will
arrow the Mississippi and each Of Its arteries, !
nd corzespondingly deepen them. Hence you
ave all that you spend for improving rivers;
nd ios}ead u ~ oi a, non hoios ~ ~ cotton n'19 vo
lipdnesB Of human goverumentBi Do you spend
10 Trcasurvs money to accomplish such re-