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shll, the busiest OF their class Their services
IRE in such constant demand, that they have
contemplated asking for an advance OF SALARY.
stWho elso ia dead 2" is the inquiry We make
Of each other when meeting in the street, in
company, or ut dinner. Most Of us ere 4 little
surprised, on waking In the morning, to find ne
are still alive; and, indeed, We usually have
some doubt Of the fact, until we encounter an
acquaintance who solicits loan. Then We are
sure We ara still in this world; for into the next
We hare reason to hope and faith to belieTo
that the AnnoyancaB Of finance do not enter.
The death Of =:
- sAIAoH T. chase
Was surprise and shock to the community at
large. though those who were acquainted with
the condition Of his health for the last tEo years
or more, we're prepared for the event at any
time. Some Of the newspapers appear to have
regarded it as their duty whenever the preca-
tionsness OF the health Of the Chief Jnstica WAS
mentioned in print, to fatty contradict the re-
port, notwithstanding they must have been
aware OF it's entire truth.
i It is said that Chase never recovered from the
bitter disappointment caused by his failure to be
nominated to the Presidency at the Tanmany
Convention Of 1868. He had: been assured BY
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candidate. aud he believed them implicitly.
Once nominated, ho had no doubt whatever
OF his election. The programme of the Convea-
ton is now well known: that Horatio Seymour,
after his nomination, was to make speech, and
then Withdraw in favor OF Chase thus giving
the unanimous support Of the delegates to the
, g1-aecretary Of the Treasury. Seymour made
bis speech, but failed, either by accident or
design, to make the sightest refefenceto Chase.
The last words he said we're, and those he said
r7ay- 1hpfi inoJ a11i1 r
be ]" and retired with excessive emotion. I
ternambar distinctly what blank amazement sst
!. upon the face Of many Of the prominent po1iti-
. ciaos in the hall, that :sultry afternoon. When
seynour, denonncing him as q perhdioas trick
ster, whose ambition had lmpeled him
to break his plighted word II is
. still a question whether there be not some foun-
dation in this charge, though segmonr's friends
excitement Of the moneut, he lost his head, and
really forgot to bring Chase forward. Chase's
admirers contended then, and have contended
:sEer since, that, II the programme had beon car
:1ied out, he would have been nominated, and
elected beyond question. He himself felt per-
fectly assured Of it, and the total miscarriage Of
his plans, iongings, and expectations,' on that
occasion, ate into his life like cancer. No man
= .wes more ambitions than Salmon P. Chase; aud
&syen the position Of Chief Justice Of the United
&d fixed his hopes on the Executive
Chair His name may be mentioned with
Others who had been enbittered and broken in
spirit by the defeat Of the great aim and end OF
their political being. It seems 1iEa fate that
Chase should have missed the Tanmany nom,
;uation, and all By triding circumstance which
nothing could have prevented and nobody could
have foreseau. Never Was so excellent scheme
80 completely frustrated by the merest chance
ALTAR such long and weary waiting, The object Of
Chase6 intense desire showed within his grnsp.
He eagerly atretohed ont his hand for it, and It
fell away like pun Of vapor; and With it fell
his burning hops, his absorbing ambition, the
very spring Of bis life.
-. PRESSURE OF THE PRESS. ):
Many psrsons have wondered that Chief Jus
bF death indeed, in this city, for twenty-four
hours, md no one, beyond his immediate family,
have knowledge of the fact. It Is not sfn-
gular IN the least. His daughters were
naturally very anxious to hide his condition from
the public, lest an avalanche Of reporters should
descend upon the sorroT1ng household, and III
Eist upon learning every detail Of the source OF
their grief. Nobody can tell Who has not had the
experience how ghnstly md painful it is, in time
Of afaicfon, to be exposed to curious and prying
especially to Ee subject to an inroad Of
representative Of the prees, aa they are happy
to style themselves, ,-soicitouB only to get the
earliest news. They are not to be blamed, poor
fe1lowst # is their business and their duty, and
they are Of iEcalculab1e benefit to the conmn-
nity; but custom has made them Gallons,
of necessity, and they see in every tragedy, how
ever deep or crushing, 6imp1y an itom for the
nsxt issue. They diet upon woe and horrors
and it is but natural that they who suffer should
shrink from the searching eye and the recording
pencil OF the inaensib1e and indefatigrble |
reporter.
.: ->' ASoTHER MAGAZINE |
for young people, is to be issued here next |
autumn, BY Ecribner l. Co., the publishers OF the
hay IN la