, 1873-03-21

Prchiaent Of tho United statos, With lnoroasod
perception Of tho hutnpr Of things. enjoyed
1ogn1's Rpeocl, on Caldwell, and raisod itB
cousin out Of obscs,rity into the diplomatic
Tho man who could hoad tho report to turn
W:ittoinoro out Of Congrcsa for solting cadet
ships, and, two yeara aftorwartl, make this argn-
mcnti favor Of a man, CALDWELL, who lap 20 =,
n,o1a etnro and whoso do ean9t "a one no
lesa than MI artist, and forms a splondi1 yoko-
fellow In Eno old frlyollty with that proper nuc-
ccssor Of Lyman Tr,lmbull in thoso timos, Gov.
Oglosby.
ARE THERE NONE WORSE? .
Walking tip tho nvon.o with Curl Bchnrz, two
wccls ago, asked him II wo might not tako
some comfort in America from tho official cor
rnptions Of otiicr countries.
llo Baid TINT, Ia pruBBia, there wna a good
stock companies, but that tho government, Her-
vico wan honost. In Franco, thoro lad boon
corr1ptlonB In tho army, particularly IN tho con:
Bcf!nt1on nccount, ul,tlcr tho empire. lio dad
not tlains, however, t],atcorruptloni my degree
comparative to tho oxtont In which wo hnd it In
Anlorica was to 10 found anywhere In Europe.
unless in Rllsain.
Some days aftor tllls, mot M American In
epector Of our ConGufates IN foreign lAnda, who
had but roccntly returned to Washington. 11o
gaid That everywhere iu Western Europe,
amongst aociRl acquaintanccs, ho was tho sub
loct Of inquiry aud talk On tho mattor Of cor
r11ptton N tho American official norvico that
ho steadily debated tho inlputation, although
knowing tint much OF 1t waB lnnnBworablo; but
TINT, Binco lo l,as roturnod homo, lo Is natislod
that VIC lnyo tho corrnpteBt class Of Legislators
and executive officers in tho world, not except
ing Rissia, whore, despite the increasing OWLS
enough forco ut tho hond Of affairs to- 1nake
tcrriblo examples ut cortnin times of ncculatore,
anu, between this fear md the growing civil;
izntion Of tho country, tho Russian officials bid
fair to bo reformed sooner than DIR own.
4 REMARKABLY BuCCr3sFuL CoNdNEssMAN
is Ozro J. Do1lg, OF Cincinnati. Iy button
boiling everybody IN Congress md tho scnato,
and by an exhibition Of genuine good nature not
ho wna eblo, in two short months, to got m al'.
preparation Of s1,75o, 900 for tho Louisvillo Ca
NIL, which 10 pat scllomo Of Cincinnati. Mr..
Dodds wcs elected to ill M unoxpircd term Of d
training Of our Congressman to tho oxtent .oi
resgning IN midsummer, md mailing hig rosig'
nation 10 take effect in December, thereby
| drawing his aalary for many months il
which ho waa not to bn prouont 1t
and othora, had tho Appropriation bill amcnded
to tho extent Of giving Doads hiB pay from tht
time Pory actually loft Congroas; and. with his
back dues Mr.. Dodas, therefore, got .abo,uc
$1,000. In hia endoa7or to have tho louiavil!e
CAnal provided for, Dodtls mot but ono mali ii
| tho Benato who seemed to bo unaware that thert
was such thing, anl that was Senator A1nes, O.
mississippi. His project was approved by ZACH
Chandler, Of the Sonutc, and Congor, Of A1,chi
grin, in the Houso. Tho lnttor Withdrew Lis op
position when lie got tho tolls raiyot to rs cent?
This uAows that Congcr did net fight tho .propo
siton OIL it's norits, hut III merely unnoighbor
ly way.
| THE DROP aAME.
Mr. Co1fAx has had hiB reception, md I'M
ma.lo a very cunning Btatomcnt Of his tlansoc
tlon with Oakcs Ames; but no person acqunintc,
with tho mnttor hero has chnuged opinion
While Horace Clark WAS roa,ling from Oako
Amcs' memornnl,.m-hook, ho came uncare
monously upon dividend OF $G6 to Colfax,--
the identical dividend which al tho other Mobi
lier Congressman received and this momoran
dun followed straight along after two pages O
the Same hind Of ontrios and was, in turn, sue
ceedod by 4 Horics Of other entries. all upo
consecutive and unbrolcn lines. It is not pro
bnblo TINT Amos had tile cunning or owl inton
| to interpolato Colfa1's name and this ontr
alono proven tho transaction, no mattor WIN
A1r. Colfax may seek to make out Of his 1,2o
cntrJ. GATH.