The daily gazette., 1877-03-17
Rip Van Winkle Outdone.
The Wonderful Changes brought Dur
ing Captain BurtOn's Absence al
From, the Philadelphia Times.


ing Captain BurtOn's Absence at
Sea.
From the Philadelphia Times
Captain John Burton, master of
one Of the steamers of the Occi-
dental line, plying between this city and
Havana, arrived yesterday from round
trip Of ten days duration. The Captain
is an ardent Republican. When he left
home his mind was oppressed with gloom.
The Electoral Commission had concluded
Its labors, but 1t seemed the settled pur-
Il pose Of the Democrats in the House to
obstruct the progress of the count TO
such an extent that it would be impos-
sible to have peaceful Inauguration,
while many were inclined to think there
would be new election. Capt. Burton,
was, therefore, relieved, on landing, to
learn that the Inauguration had taken
place. He went to his favorite resort,
the Union League Club, to learn the par
ticulars. There he met his old friend,
Col. Snowdrift, who always knows the
news, b.. -.
sst:ad to see you, John, !" said the Col
onel, sand l know you are rejoieed to
hear that the country is safe. was just
reading a good thing in the Bulletin,
giving Blaine sharp rap. By the way,
what an ass he has made of himself.
"The Bulletin? Ass 4? Blaine ?" re-
piled Burton. s'Surely the Bulletin has
not gone over to the Democrats?"
"Oh, no; but Blaine's course, you
know, has been too outrageous for any
thing. The idea of his antagonizing the
Administration at the very start"
"Blaine antagonizing the Administra-
tion?"
Eyes, as the Bulletin says"
When the public business of this ma
tion is intrusted to men of proved fitness,
who shall remain in place to do the work
to which they are trained, it is possible
that the elective offices will be filled gen.
orally by men who have some other
claim to them than their capacity for
making promises to the mob Of place
hunters, and of being shall fellow we'll
met" with every ragamuffin who has a
longing thirst to taste of the stream that
flows from the public treasury.
wonder how the Camerons will take
that sort of talk?"
Capt. Burton stared at his friend in
amazement. Was it possible that Snow
drift had turned reformer? No, it could
not be; this was guy. He snatched
the paper in his friends hand. Yes, it
was the Bulletin, and the words read
were correctly quoted. But why this
fling at the Camerons
81 am glad to see," continued Snow
drift, ''that old Simon has been beaten at
least. But the checklist thing he has
ever done is this attempt to put Don in
the Senate"
"Don in the Senate! Then Wallace
is dead A? You don't mean it?"
"Noth sg Of the kind but of course
the old man wasn't going to stay in the
Senate after Schurz and Key had been
crammed down his throat"
81 beg you to explain"
"Why, don't you know that Schurz and
Key were appointed to Cabinet places?"
"Schurz and Key! Who is Key?"
Why the ex-rebel General you know;
the one who was q Democratic Sena-
tor from Tennessee. He wss great
Tllden man, and, of course, it was a
right to give him show"
| Capt, Burton was again agitated.
SIS it possible that have been misin-
formed? Did Tilden get in after ALI"
"Why, no, you stupid fellow. But
Cancellation is the watchword under
the new regime. AS the National Re-
publican remarks, the adventures
must withdraw and leave. the original
Inhabitants of the South 10 control
their own affairs in their own way;
and as the same able paper says in
another place, the CORY garment must
be buried,'"
'"You puzzle me beyond measure,
Colonel. / never expected to hear
this sort of talk from you"
81 don't see anything astonishing
about it.. The President is in earnest,
and, with Sherman and Schurz in the
Cabinet, Mathews and Lamar in the
Senate, and Garfield and Gibson in the
House, the bloody shirt will never
flap in the morning breeze again"
.Who is Matthews and who is Glib
SOM"
"Gibson is one of the best OF our
ex4Confederates. He is from Louis
lana, noble fellow! Matthews? Don't
YOU remember Stanley Matthews? He
| is going to the Senate in place OF Sher>
man. Garfield is needed in the House
as the President says, to aid In the
| WOrk Oh pdCluChtiOhs ~ 49,"
more and Packard, Chamberlain, and
all the rest of the carpet-baggers will
be packing their traps"
"What! 1t isn't proposed to throw
them Overboard?"
"Of course, old boy, OF course; q
government that cannot sustain Itself
has no right to exist. The Secretary
of War and Attorney. General will at.
tend to the csrpet-baggers, never fear"
snow, Colonel, you are carrying
this quiz too far. l was half inclined
to believe you, but when you say that
Cameron and Taft have gone back on
Packard and Chamberlain, you must
take nae for greeny."
.sTaft and Cameron, the Why,
they're not in the new Administra-
ton. What use has Hayes for such
Bourbons." ,.,..
What! You don'tmcan to say that
after electing Hayes these good he-
nublicaps have been set adrift?"
~ don't mean anything else. Such