The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-09-13
MATT CARPENTER.

MATT CARPENTER,
The newspapers are getting iulI % the re
Gently unveiled scandal in reference 20 th
senator whom the republican party lev
months ago regarded As the iittest man in th
United States to be put in the direct line o
succession to the presidency by clccting hin
president Of that body. About as good
version of the story As We have yet seen, con
sidering its breyity, is the following from tn
correspondence OF the Cincinnati EHqatCr
| have been the round Of The springs ant
bccchcs and find that the man most talked
about this year is his Honor Matt Carpenter
Women get together in cerncrS and tell tn
tale again and again Politicians remark
Matt has cut his wcazen very suddenly anC
willfui!y." But people who are acquainted
with the man and his habits merely say
j"Wcll, il is astonishing how long 1t has takeI
/ the public to find that Bohemian out"
General Cobb, EX.Congrcssman of Wiscon
sin, who now resides in the state of Nebraska
was personally acquainted with the facts rclat
cd two years AFRO and the circumstances under
which Carpenter left the city OF Beloit. II,
came out to that place as o pr0tCge and found
! ling of Governor Dillingham;, Of Vermont It
! look up some land which his patron had pur
| chased Although engaged at that time &c
| DillinghamS daughter, he deliberately
Courtcd young lady Of BelOit, and when he
was taken with long and dangerous illness
she repaired to his bed room and nurscd him
| like sister He owes his worthless life 10
day to that deceived girl. When he was con
! yaicsccnt he returned to Vermont and came
back with wife, the Governors daughter
aforesaid. People generally cut him for his
deception and ingratitude, but he meditatcd
even 4 greater crime than these. Believing
that he had the affections Of the young lady
he proceeded TO address letters 10 her Of IN
amorous character, designed to lure her into
an intrigue Her brother, mere boy, was
appriscd of Carpenters intentions, and he
procured Il rawhidc, pounccd upon the festive
bridegroom at his Office, and whipped him
from room TO room and out into the street
This shamcd the brilliant inhabitant so much
that he left Bcloit for Milwaukee, and was
thus scntt the United States scnate--thc only
man, it Is believed, who was ever whipped
into that body
AtWashington City Carpenter has answered
the promise of his early yiciousnesS One OF
the doorkcepcrs Of the senate was asked by
the present writer about Il year ago (Which
o. the senators is most run down here by
loose women?n The answer was: Jim Nve
and Matt Carpenter have more calls of that
kind than all the rest of the senate, but Car
pcntcr is the worst of the two"
1t is related on good authority that at a
certain time gone by respectable widow
lady was speaking % a friend upon the urgent
need Of employment to support her children.
Carpenter coming up, observed the attractive
face of the petitioner, and mt once said I'm
get you in the public service with ease.
Come 30 my room tomorrow She did so,
with % grateful heart and there tie COW ardly
fellow made proposition which sent the
afflicted mother away with sense Of fear
and lo1thing winch h" was incapable of
COmprchcnding.
Some Of these days the country Will be
startled with the sudden and violent demise
Of some Of these great senators who invade
domestic sanclity and play Appius ClaudiUS
now holding an executive position, has been
threatened in this way by the brother Of a girl
whose name ne has tainted. As TO the female
associated with Carpenter at Long Branch.
she is presumably the same he polluted the
Ebbit House ut Washington with. \ fine
man is he to represent YiltuOus state,
Carpenter Is an extra iorid ilrshy man,
and one Of the youngest senators. His face is
crossed by greasy brown moustayhe; III,
thick luNuriant hair sweeps over his eyes In
a wave of indolcnt indifference: crcl,c~ of
fat drop under his chops and chin; he Is s.i.
dom Clearly shaved or dressed, rhpW~ old
cigar sUmp-, shows Drunkenness over night
and defo> public opinion. lie has the ia..
Of professional mummy or "WOndcr" A.
time, be brushes up for brilliant pcr.u.u-
ance and receives involuntary praise fer his
easy faculties glib address, and evident read