Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-14

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And How GOdIOve 5. Orth won the
Austrian MfssiOn-A white House
Gold Combination Badly SOld-Casey
and BabeOek Unhappy
Washington Correspondents Of the New YorE
Sun.
Godlove S. Orth was to-day confirmed by
the Senate, and only awaits his credentials
| from the State Department to bid farewell
| to HoOsierdOm and revel amid the gaities
of the Austrian capital Orth is not much
| Of a linguist, although he understands
| enough Of Pennsylvania Dutch 10 enable
him to order of the Vienese cooks his ia
vorite dish Of hog and SOur-kraut. By the
way, heard a good story to-day about
I Orth's appointment. Ny infOrmont is a
reliable gentleman, and has exceptionally
good facilities for acquiring information
from the charmed circle that environ the
White House.
1t seems that a few jealous patriots like
Rufe Ingalls, and Brother-in-laW Casey
who, next to their love of country cherish
an insatiate desire TO see the struggling
Cubans free from the thraldom of the
naughty Spaniard, determined that the
time had come when something must be
done for liberty. They went to work
in dead earnest, and the first thing they did
was TO get up a concentrie combination of
mOneyed individuals in New York. and
bought up few millions of gold. Then
they came to the national capital and ar
ranged the other part of their programme.
which was TO have the chairman Of the
House Committee on Foreign Relations,
MIR. Orth, to offer a resolution toward the
close of the FOrty-third Congress recog-
MIXING the belligerent rights of the Cuban
patriots. Tom Murphy, BabcOck, and all
the other friends of human liberty were
enlisted in the sacred cause, and the com
bined pressure was brought to bear on God
love. II was expected he would have some
objections; but if he had they were speedi-
" overcome, and he agreed to undertake
the job Of rushing the Aforesaid resolution
through the House.
The brethren of the White House con-
centric combination were jubilant, and still
more gold was bought. They were con-
fident that the House would adopt Orth's
resolution with almost entire unanimity,
and on the strength of this they were NOR
ally certain that gold would Jump five or
six points, and a rich harvest would be
reaPed by the faithful. But the keen
scented agents of Spain, who lie about the
Federal capital in the most unsuspecting
manner, heard of this little game, andthey
at once informed Sidney Webster, who lost
no time in conveying the intelligence to
Don Hamilton Fish. That tunctionary
was very much troubled. He knew who
were in the job, and that it was impossible
TO break down the combination BY going
to Grant and threatening to resign. He
knew very well that BabeOek ana Casey
had got Ulysses worked up to the point |
where he would say resign and be-a craw- |
fish. He was sorely puzzled. Sidney Web |
ster was telegraphing every hour almost |
that something must be done to SOP the /
resolution. All at once it popped into /
Fish's head to send for Ortiz There was /
the Aus rian mission; may be he might
euchre the boys yet. He sent for GOdlOve 1
and told him what troubled him; how he /
had a treaty all fixed up with Spain with /
the SsTranO Gov rnment; that the Alton
sists had come in, and any little thing
might knock the treaty into a cooked hat
Could Mr.. OTth tell him if there was any
thing in this rumOr about a resolution to
recognize the belligeTeRt rights Of Cubans.
GOdlOTe is truthful man; that is Lis
He barked 4 whole orchard Of
cherry trees when he was a boy up IN Lsb-
anon, Pennsylvania, and, marching up 10
his irate parent, confessed and took his
licking like a little man. OF course be |
old Fish that there was such a resolution. |
Over the LETT he did. He denied all knowl-
edge Of any such movement. Fish saw a
1 glance that Onh was a born diplomat;
hat he possessed the indispensable Qualif- |
5ati0n in an eminent degree, and so he !
old him sguaraly: "smGtLer any resolu-
ion Of this character that may come up in
your committee and the mission to Vienna |
S yours" Without a moments hesitation |
he future HOOsier diplOmatist closed the
Jargain by extending his right hand and
,lasping Don Hamilton's heartily. This
ended, Fish posted of to Ulysses
md told him there was just one faSOr lie
lad TO ask.
'What is it (hic) old fellow"
"The mission to Vienna for my friend
Or.h."
GLOW is it, Babcocks" queried Ulysses.
BabcOck, not experimenting any smart
rick On the part Of Fish, and feeling Ger
ain that 0rth would stand by them, joined
heartily in urging Ulysses to pledge the
llace as Fish desired; and so the matter
tOOd. The lobby was anxious up to the
asst moment on the 4th of March, expecting
)nh to spring his resolution; but they
we're doomed to disappointment. They
called about one minute and half after
p o'clock last Thursday that they were
old. There wern some awful mad people
hanging about the White House for two or
hree days, but Ulysses wouldn't 90 back
N Fish. lie owed him good turn o. two,
md OTth should be nominated, and he was,
md confirmed, too, although Casey and
3abcOck last night would have given half
million in Cuban bonds to have prevented
aYGTable action by the Senate.