The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-10
The Old story Repeated.

GRANTS Administration.
When SEcoR RoBEsoN paid sa3.OoO to
SEcoR, in the teeth of the law, "a present
to u lady," valued ut 5000, was said to
have been delivered beforehand.
When GEORGE II. WILLIAMS was Attor-
ney-Gcneral, very beautiful. stylish, and
celebrated woman, of great distinction aud
influence IN Washington, employed II clerk
in the Department of Justice. so called, TO
make ont fraudulent vouchers by means
Of which she obtained money from the
Treasury OF the United States for her pr-
Vute use.
When GEORGE H. WILLIAMS Attorney
General of the United states. intcrposed
appeals to the Supreme Court against the
payment OF certain cotton claims which
had been decided by the Court OF
Claims in favor of the claimants,
large sums Of money were paid TO "A very
beautiful woman, whereupon those APP
pcals were Withdrawn aud the claims
paid. Mr.. GAzAwAY -. LAMAR. who had
obtained such II judgment In the Court of
Claims for the sum OF sGo0, 0oD, or there
abouts, told us that he had been invited
to pay S51,w0 in this way; and shortly AZ
terward the appeal in LAMAR's case was
Withdrawn, and he got his money.
When this same g GORGE III. WILLIAMS
was. not long afterward. nominated by
President GRANT to be Chief Justice at the
United state, it was the fascination which
IA beautiful woman found means to
exercise over the mind of President
GEANr which secured that nomination for
WILLIAMS.
.
various ladies Of the Cabinet making
statements Of n very unpleasant char
actcr were traced 10y detectives to the
authorship Of n certain beautiful wo-
man. the protection OF the President was no
longer Wnnpotent, ana MIR. WILLIAMS
WIS M lHst obliged 10 resign his Office ~
Attonoy-Goncral. He had been retained.
Notwithstanding the immense and multi
form corruption and stealing OF which he
WIS guilty were well known t. HAM
ILroS FISH. GEoRGE NJ RnnE-oS. WI
LIAM W. BElKNAP. CoLrNnrs DFLANo.
and ULN-.i@ :. GNANT; bat lac had 10
go ON the dot ,tion Of tho~' ANONYMOUS
letters; and th's h"lu'ifI Woman aul the
AttoineY-Gen'rH us well, -tcpr"d down
AMI out from the piurirs and d,ii.-hts
OF the mo I elevated circle ot shodl, NE
ia Washington. They did NOT. however.
plss away from GRANTS cln~tluf nHor-
tons; Tor with M cXpi-ion OF Bu,row
and the revolution m hi- Cabinet winch lac
50 zoAiously contemplate until lightning
struck him fcw days ago. WILLIAMS wa,
to have been restored 10 power rs Attor-
| ncy-Gcneral.
The part which another h'au.ifh and
noted woman ha- played ia this drama Of
corruption has been mach commented
upon 10y the press Of late; aud her seduc-
tive feminine charms have evidently dome
much to soften the public ind ynation
toward her vices.
And now II seems that il was n present
| worth sist0 to 1.-THE first lady Of the
| United States which secured for Gen.
RUFUS INGALLS, the immense chNncss that
belong to the control of the Qnlrtermaster-
Generals office.
This IL the Old, old story over again.
Wherever there is mischief the wo men ara
| pretty suIe to lie IN il and the men. with
| characteristic meanness, try to put oil
| upon them ns much of the blame as pos
>ihle.
There is some twndlle about starting a
third purity Tor the Presidential election. II
can't he done. aud won't be tried. In a short
time The main Issue will hc lined hctw.,n the
two existing parties and into them will be
whirod al the political forces Of the coun'r In
| the campaign 81 this year, no tnirl party could
do anything but guerrine sSrmishing ini olack-
mailing, and no sucn business can be tolerated
under present circumstances. One Of the twad-
| crs ABOUT a third party says the people are
! mad enough - just now to rush into It. rhere
IRE some people who are often mad enough and
silly enough o. make fouls Of themselves: hut
even these will keep Gle r OF the folly u a thitd
| party this wear. Two parties are SUM for
| me present.
The Herald defends the right - cat pea
| nuts in the street cara. Mr., lESNErr's po-ition
| T. sound. There Is no specific law. divine or m.
man, against eating peanits wherever the lover
| Of that edible desires n enll them. The eat
| ing If peanuts and the times u be- chosen for
eating them are purely matters OF indivdual
taste. s'pme men, 4 they are hungry. control
their app'tites untii they get hono t. their din
nors Others yield g. the flscina ion. IT pea
nut on the wav. This diyerhty 81 taste Is In.
eytahle "a man Is constituted pruhahy Mr.
BrNNF1T himself, when he eats peauuts, docs e.
| IN the privacy of his own house, MOI ON tne
streets on m n street car; but Other people SOC
no objection 10 eatnl an they journey, and they
| consume their peanuts In the cars. How shan
these last be brought to renl zius So lse Of the
| fact tbat the peanut smell aud peanut shell are
| offensive TO their follow travellers. and that,
therefore, they ought not 10 thus puoiicly feast
on their fayurte nutf by publishing the faor
and then inouloating upOn them the religious
| dootrne which Hes at the basis of all good man
ners, tia, YOU should ~ conduct yourself ne
| not TO give just Cau'e Of offence to youT neigh
Dor. We hope Mr.. BENNETT viii join us m en-
| forcing this truth on the p,anut eaters.
Brother MURPIiY IL a revivalist who car
| ries on operations among tho sailors, and he
| makes the announcement that ~ hundred OF
| them have been rogenerated since last October.
IL has usually been supposed that sailors were
| the very hardest sort OF sinners to get hoid of,
peculiarly tough-hoarled in their wickedness,