, 1873-12-24

AL almanac-nlaker, aud waa poor
aud sinlplc-tnindea nun. After delicate youth
1nfttcd to tho Bar, aud III 1H49 lle camo to Con-
gross. For tho brutal elonoltB Of character
Which Jefferson Davis possessed Stephens sub.
stituted rather spiritual elemens, and he was
eracy; and nov he is in Congress- again, mn ut
terly unclassstiabo peraon, as fully lost in that
body as a lospital-Yoteran in the streets Of New
Yorz. 0a cli:chcs, with velyot cup, arguing
for proposterons salasies, and dotermined to
old child haa hardly more entity or lcsh
than tho wind which blows nround tho
elbows OF the Capitol, and IN listened to, bocanso
it ia strange, musical, aud ghostly. There IL
something rather itnely cut about his sentences
something between tho yiHtonary and the spirit
uallst In Its axhortationB; somothing OF secoad
childhood and deep oontriton III his lanontablo
restoration to tho land of the living. Eazarus
come back WAS hardly moro out Of expectation.
Mo eau say of him aud his treasou, like Tom
Huod:
h1ake no deep scrutiny
1ntu hts unliuy
Nash und undutiful;
paHt all lstonor
Dcatlt hus left on him e.
Only the EeAutlfu1.
Mn. nIcuAnDsoS.
Tho Secretary of tho Treasury may ho Baid,
with The Commissioner OF Internal Revenue, to
be IN the condition Of the chief characters In
"Venico Preserved:
4 fruitlcss fortune ana 4 barren bed
Attend you both
Tho unauthorized 1ogal-tendor reserves orc
fast going where tho woot1blue twinoth. The
coulllnnco with which tito socrotnry approaches
Congress for moro tnxcB Is like nosaing 30 much
al Oliver Twist whon ho advanced upon Dumble
and put out his plato for "more."
Still. thia poorest Of Richardson's did not
make aho panic. Hs could not mike panic.
Let Us admire hia moral courage. mud Gull III
Mr. Dawes to declare war On tho present state
Ut the taxes. Tca, and cotfec, mud whisky, and
10 forth, Inuat atan up as proxy for lis, aud hesp
haa dono no moro than right to state the iacta.
like busiuass-man. The obligation is OH Com
glcBs. Now. as Ben Butler auylses lot them
"stand together and do their duty.
aged 8S, who was to President Grant in bis
yuuth what Prof. Daumer was to Casper HauBer,
bringing linn up by land, looking with genuine
old ala, ylaua charity upon his errors ard alow-
ncsscs, and protecting hlnr up to tho dny when
io might DO no.dod as tllo aenior Grant noYor
would bus quietly sippcd away from within tle
walls Of the White HouHo, taxing his smoko to
tue last. There wero gottline qualities about
this old man. At tho very brink Of our second
His obstinate political views remained with lin
to tue last Ho WAS tllo wolf whoa sucilod tho
hofo Of tho war with Tho Rebellion. Nothing in
our public life ia 30 hard, dry. and gonuine, az
tho luthorhood and pasronhovd Of u. 8. Grant.
He nas killed by tho frost through all his child
hood, neglected by limself and only his consti-
tuition held out to that late opportunity, which
found him like porBlmmcn, load-ripo by
months Of frost, to drop iuto tho White House,
where, as Mark Twain aavs OF tho 'sJumping 81
ticity OF o FOB of mud.
Tho difficulty with Ill pot cal parties has bccu
I'd find another frog to jump with ulysses.
good many parties ilayo sprung up, but they nll
"Wo aiu't got no frog"
Not oven slot will lecp Tho original frog down.
Jupiter Inns boen hard OIL lib according to Esop,
lie once furnished a atork as King to The frugs,
but our King is frog to tho atoras.
BENAToR CARPENTER
is the Vico-proBidtnt OF tho United States, vice
Wilhon, who has palayered Ho long that lo tlinka
hi,nsolf to be mortally sick, out OF sheer want Of
conviction .as to the stato Of hs health. People
ought to be charitable on that olasa of public
yoars saying nothing, as II they took OH interest
i'll it, and everybody thoy Buy it to. Such peo-
plo know at Inst less than q weathor-yano. Viii
son IL an industrious person. and tho book whicl,
tho Rise mud Fall OF the Slayo Power in Amer
ica, will be bottor tombstone to him than tho
baptism OF innumorablo babies III his name, or
half d century Of waYBidc standardization
sIr. @ coaElng, Of Now Yo,k, vas % tbo person
who gave Carpenter tho most e1liclont support
for tho caucus nomination. It would do these
men good to go much together. Conliliug
ought to got Carpenters influence to disHipato
tho cold atmosphere Of philosophy and Bcorn.
Carpenter ought to learn OF Conkinc the Love-
llneas of a Hequcsserod career, leguilod mainly
by one mirror and no riyaas III il. THUS Damon
would ceuso to hustle bis LucuIlus, und Pytlias
would neyer 8bsout himself too long from his
friend without leave: between them, the great
party OF freedom and propriety would bo so
rejoiced tint. as 1t appears near tho end Of tho
play OF Hamlet, ono faction will cry out for Gar
peuter:
llva fne tho cups;
Aud lot the kettle to tho trumpet spcak,
The trumpet to the calt.ni,eer without,
Tho cunuons 10 the hcaycns, tho hcnvens to earth,
Now the Kiug drinks to Has1lot.
On the other laud, the Presidents friends:
The ratiflors and props Of every word,
They cry " Choose We Laertes shall ba King IN
"faeres ahalt 10 King. Laeres King"
GAru.