National Republican., 1876-03-30

his foot" into the canal business.
Wien Robbins saw his bribe-taking had
been exposed he cried out, ooh, why did 1
live 10 see this day ~ and man who was
standing by remarked, SIN sure | never
cou:d understand it myself"
Ii is now generally believed that Mr.. Benia-
min Hill IS suffering intense "mental" and
physical pain, owing TO the fact that his
friends in Congress will not allow him to ex-
pIode on The secession question. His friends
ought to bc willing 20 share his sufeTings or
consent to be slot.
There will lie four hundred and eighty-scven
members in the next New Hampshire House
of Delegates. If it had not a round Republi
can majority it would he the Commonwealth
above all others in this country deserving of
the generous sympathy of 4 compassionate
world.
So long as Richard II. Dana has a great
many distinguished acquaintance in Great
Britain, and Congress insists on reducing dIplo-
matte salaries abroad, perhaps it is proper that
he should receive the mission to the Court of
st. James after all. HIS invitations to dine
out would reduce his board bill materially.
Our always brilliant and usually reliable CO.
temporary, the Chronicle, contained this para
graph last Monday:
General Loring, who commanded the Egyp-
tian troops in their battle with the AbyssIniGnsa
few days ago, served with distinction during the
Seminole wsr, fought on the side Of the Texans
IN their war for independence, comm snded q regi-
ment in Scott's army in Mexico, losing an arm at
taking q CNtY Of MeYtc0 n
active service during the whole Of the Southern
rebellion He has strong love for military life,
although he has an ample private fortune"
Gen. Loring did not command the Egyptians.
Ratif Pacha, the commander-in-chief, was on
the field and wounded. Gen. Loring did not
serve with distinction in the Seminole war.
He was appointed from civil life major of
the Mounted Rifles, when that dashing corps,
since known as the Sd cavalry, was organized.
lie did not eight on the side of the Texans in
their war for independence" and he has not
an "ample private fortune" He has not a
cent more than his Egyptian pay of $500 a
month. A good paragraph is q good thing,
but leaven Of truth helps it amazingly.
Everybody who visits the gallery of the
House should take particular notice of Mr.:
Benjamin Hill. It is, indeed, a rare spectacle
| when fully Notwithstanding that will make
a man caress the end of his nose and reflect
upon the peculiar "whyfores" and "where-
tores" OF human action in a political atmos-
phere. Everybody is aware that Bepisr
| has a speech all committed To mem6fy>Sa
grandiloquent defense of the right of secession,
pungent and pquant TRADE against the North
for its mode of fratricidal warfare. Charged
with the rounded periods and logical shafts of
| this great address, the gentleman from Georgia
sits in his legislative cane -bottomed chair like
Sphinx, fearing to make any positive demon
| stration, lest the oratorical Vesuvius of his
| impulsiye soul may burst forth in involun-
| tary eruption, and destroy, in one fell swoop.
the Democratic prospects in Connecticut. Poor
man! If by some magic touch his magazine
| of eloquence could be ignited 1t would be un-
| utterable relief &c him, but a death blow to
the wooden nutmeg BOurbons.
Those diamonds, those sparkling, costly
brilIlants, which the KhediYe, in his admira-
ton for General Sherman, presented to his
| fair daughter, still die in the custom-h house
wasting their dazzlines btes in the dark and
dusty labyrinth of those secluded quarters.
| Three months from the present they will be in
the category of unclaimed goods, and will be
sold for duties and charges. Congress some
time since fell into generous mood, and con-
ferred the privilege upon Lieut.. Fitch Of re-
ceiying the rare present, but failed to remit
| the duties, which amount to the enormous sum
Of 10000. To give that great sum for .
present seems novel, and, as the revenue OIL
ciais are not disposed to grant free permit
for the diamonds, they seem fatcd to 60 TO
the highest bidder. There is more than one
woman Ia this fashionable sad rapid age OF