The Morning herald., 1876-03-21
WILMINGTON, MARCH 81. 1876.

WILMINGTON, MARCH q. 1875.
\ C4DCUu1IAxCRs ALTE1 CASES.
Ittakes bat little reflection 70 imagine
how General Schenck must have felt 81
ths drssry prospect when he arrived al
New York on Sunday last. When he
west to England hush with all the dis
tiagaished honors that the high position
Of Minister to the Court Of St. james could
coafar upon him, crowds Of administra-
tion llackeys waved adieus to him, and
loud hnzzas rent the air as the steamer
pioughed the waters bearing him upon his
mission. How he has conducted himself
sinca his scjourn in England every Amer
ican who has pride in the nation, feels
peignantly the grief that his shameful
coarse has brought upon the credit Of
American diplomacy. He has returaed
bssnirched with suspicion Of the strongest
kind, to vindicatc himself from the charges
u best he can. He landed At New York
on ! hlustering March day; cheerless and
csA, it seemed to ,itensify the frigidness
Of the reception that awaited him. There
wasn no one to meet him, and the port out
sfwAich he sailed SO proudly but a few
years before, contained no such scenes OF
gala habit as it did then. There was net
. person present to receive him upon the
part Of the Government; not a creature to
givs him warm assurance Of the peoples
appreciation Of his services, such as is gen.
orally extended statesmen Of worth.
It was enc Of the aptest illustrations that
circumstance alter cases. The Admins
tratisn labors and struggles under the
most terrible explosions Of crime among
it, officers; the President is sad and
gloomy; the baoyancy Of the whole party
has been dampened, and tbs return of a
Minister to one Of the highest Courts in
in England, almost convicted criminal,
vas no occasion for Joy. He returns as q
pail bearer to the funeral, and his dreary
reception must have told him too plainly
that he came Is one OF the skeletons for hit
party's horror.
There was time when Tom Murphy
was Collector of the Port of New York,
and slipped champagne and smoked cigar
With Grant, that it was impossible for q
Government officer to arrive At New York
even on = visit, without all the revenue
cutters At the command Of the customs ser.
vice At that port being called into requisi-
ton, and a grand excursion made down
the bay 10 receive them. When Phil.
Sheridan once arrived, and he was nc
more than an army officer, an ovation
headed by Murphy of the greatest pomE
and extravaganza, awaited him; but times
have changed since then, and
now the Minister. Plenipotentiary
and Envoy Extraordinary to England cal
arrive, ard no one meets him. Even tn
President il no longer toadyed, and Ton
Murphy sips his champagne by himself o
with somebody else that has not proven t.
be such . glaring fraud upon the peepl
and the Government, a. the Administrative
and its officers have been. Schenck's isc
lated arrival was the serving up Of tn
baked meats Of the funeral Of the party
the very air is impregnated with the 81
lemnity Of the dampened arder Of tho off
cis)s, and the return Of the Ex-Ministe
under sweeping chargings; woe upon tn
very heel of woe. 1t foretells addition,
Affections, and the burden is too great fe
rejoicing. The party has had too much
bsarsince the general sailed upon such
distinguished mission, to feel any joy at b
safe return; the expense Of burying th
esrpses on hand is large enough to th
party without any additional ones; Mu,
ply does not like the idea of playing
pipe in the funeral dirge, and this is tn
reason Schensk landed at New York wit
with no ether music to welcome him, tha
the whistling sfa sonorous ditty by th
March winds.
BRADLEY BARLOW, the king of the stray
bid contractors was before the Post Of1ct