, 1876-03-17
kindncss to all mon,bors Of Tho pross horoatonsH.
OLIVER 2. NulruX

lLoltac, which hro tho hendGuRtorB OF thoso
adopted eonthorn politicians who hnvo torrtbc
taloH Of thoir grievances to rctato. 1lta healsll
IL o1collont, although he il Obliged to walk With
two cnneB. and often eits in tho Senate wltlo
apeaking, bis lowor limbs having loae their powc1
to somo oxtant. As a powerful spoAkor, Of tho
in c!thor Houso Of Congress, and, when ho
opened fow days einco OH Got. Gordon, Of
Georgia he Atmoat annIhttaeod hin. His friends
aro very confident that llo will recayo tho nons-
nation II Cincinnati and they cnlnt on tie eolid
southcru voto to bring thia about.
noecoE coNKL1Ad
1e 10 tho preoent sonato wlat Henry Clay Was to
tho Sonata thirty yoars ngo. or commanding
figure, remarkably, eloquent. llauEhty in MAN.
nor, and iEnorionsln tone lle sppoats to regard
hlmBolf loauer OF tho Bonnto by Dlyipo Right,
and WOO unto Tho souator who will not perform
allegiance: Tot In private Life thogo is not a
moro aifablo. kind.henrted. courteous gsntlc-
inan In Washington. Ho boards this winsor at
Wormley's, having sold his house noxt door two
ycars ago and purchased a lot In tho uewly-latd-
out part Of the ctty, upon Which ho laH not
yot built. New York will throw her large
vote for him At Cincinnati, mud Ills fricnds claim
tho v0to nf ptnnsysanta ~ fhturn for his
volunteer dcfeuno Of ainuon Cameron'H action as
Secretary OF Var, when tho old WinnobaEo
Chief Was 30 naercIioasly hnnIod ovor tho Goals
In tue House OF Representatives. SO much for
ouAnrRrrx. OF CANDIDATES.
whoee frouas arc evos sounding thoir respective
praieos. Up to Babcock'a trial, tho tefore-men-
toned ciquo wcro In hopes that tApra would bo
natl between tho adhoronta Of thoso four candi-
datss, with perhnpB ono OF two moro, that, aftor
two or thran day2' hRl!oting, Grants nAtno would
30 brought IN, and ronominatel BY reclamation.
But that hope ~ pretty vel! cztingnlshed nov,
and It is becoming evident that tho Republicans
will. boforo tho Convention, point Enthusiastically
10 ono mau, dominate him at Gincinuati,- i,-and
oloct him in November. And, na tho DritiBh
boxaEs say on enterlng ring to fight, INLAY
tie best man win"
Meanwhile tho Democrats In tho House arc
Investigating everything that mortal man eau
fiud to iIvcHtgatot md III several instances
thoy havD como a4usro upon ovidonco OF terrible
corruption on tho part Of thor avn loRdors
Political guns will kick sometimes, and even
TIE BKLKNAr SCANDAL
may provo TINT tho 0x-ConfodaIatos arc moro
bent on in1uriDg tho Republican party tlan they
arc on uneasthing crime. Alas for the Deiknaps,
thoy must feel the lekenoss Of their former
friends in tue society Of which thsy wcro thd
ornaments. Tho Genornl Ind to pace tho floor
Of d littio room, uHod BY tue Judge Ut the Police
Court to take an occasional nap in for throo long
hours, waiting for responsible man to sign ha
the Board Of Public Works, Lad promlaod lis
autograph, but ho WAS not forthcoming, nor
could any oue DO found who would do this Bor-
vice until the lawyers thought Of stove-tlealer
named 1laploy for whose sou Daknnp had OBJ
n
for, and ho bocano SECURITY.
Mrs. Ballspap Ia just now the victim OF 9oms
OF our WoInan-oorrespondnnts, Who have gained
admission to her house by profosBions Of friend
to narrato hctisioua accounts Of tholr "inser-
viows' with her. IIer friends assert positively
that, acting under the advice Of counsel, Ghe llaa
quietly declined coaRerslug about hor troubles,
and that these reported ''lnts.vfaua sro all
fabulous. II ID rndoubtadty true, however, that
A htRf1 0l1 AQtwRNn nnH Mrs Mnrbh tYn8
tho primary cause OF the exposure Of the wrong-
doing.
LAST wEEK's ENTERTAINMENTS,
The oltorvance Of Lent has checked tho gayo-
ties Of Vanity Fair but thero woro several pleas
ant parties among tho presbytas!ans Last week,
among them ono at tho Smithsonian Institute,
portion Of which is inhabited BY Prof, Horny,
who has two accomplished daughters. Sir Ed
Of tho Diplomatic Corps on Thursday evening,
Inviting . select foH to meot thom. And Inst
evening Mra, Admiral Dahlgren bud hor custo-
mary Saturday lteEary receptions, which aro
oflen quito interesting. Some Of tho shoddy
people talk about having :" short SEASON aftor
Eastor but doubt Whothor they eau rsvivo tho
gay scency OF tho past, atter tho rocent terrible
lcsaone, Thero always will bo, l.uwcyos,
4 PLEAsAKr Boc1AL LIFH
lore ut tho National Metropolis. Wo have not
only tho best political thinkoTs aud talkors IN
Congress-, but tho foreign diplomsts, and the
boss Of tdo army md navy oiilcorH-nll meeting
sfrnJfy 1tpt, tall
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na ssr;1ad ~ nv. xas,, u,s. ~ eun mG w olo
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eIo;nn1o ~ ortrnraTarrn mi dioniav ,.t;nh ~
North followed whom it gained tho asceadaaoy.
uaLY STORIES AIlE TOLD
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