The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-09-28

Ns"uCS WAVuAuS NuS tOu&Uc ntSS uOCnlOR
to draw from, and Mr.. Hayes public
addresses are incomparably the emptt-
est ever made by anybody pretending
to be the President OF the United States.
We have had Presidents Of soldieriy
taciturnity, like Taylor and Grant.
But Hayes Is not q reticent man he IL
rather voluble and gushing. He Is a
lawyer and politician, and hence a
professional speechmaker SO that no
excuse Of his being s'a man OF deeds,
not words" can account for tho poverty
and sterility Of his speeches. Indeed,
he talks plentifully, but his hearers arc
fain to say Of Mr.. Hayes, In the Ian
guage OF the play, "Look! his lfps
move, yet he says nothing - ~
We have had Presidents who made
indiscreet speeches, or vicious speeches.
or extravagant speeches. When An.
drew johnson, for example, ssswung
around the circle" he said some un-
wise things, though they were passion
ate and strong. Mr.. Hayes says noth-
Ing indtscreet, or vicious, or extrAva-
CANT; but he never by any chance
gives utterance to anything of original
tty, emphasis or Significance. His ex-
ample Is infectious among that strolling
group commonly spoken cf as ssthe
residents party" This party, though
mainly composed OF professional speech
makers, delivers itself only OF se.,seless
gable, having not the slightest mo-
ment or gravity for the people; and
whenever this Presidents party also
includes members Of tho Presidents
Cabinet, these Cabinet officers only
reach the climax of commonplace.
We aim at no extravagance In critl-
ctsm. We ask the reader In good faith
whether, out of all the numerous
speeches OF Mr.. Hayes summer jaunt,
there has been ono thing worth the
hearing or the saying. His shorter
speeches consist Of about nine parts ex-
cuses for not 'spealeing, aud ono part
dreary attempt Mt humor in introduc-
ing some other orator, who insults the
intelligence of the people by continuing
speeches consist OF reminding his hear
ers OF what he said In some former
speech. Tho bosh and rubbish which
he thus perpettlaiiy quotes from his
former self are invariably Of not the
slightest consequence /; but this pecu-
liarity yet has its value in its uncon.
sciOas disclosure of Il ielicately nursed
conceit which imagines that the people
OF the United States have immense iti-
terest in knowing what he, MFR. Hayes,
thought or said II given number Of
| months or years ago.
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Tho identity Of Osman Pashn bids
fair to be as perplexfng n problem as
that OF the author Of the Junius letters.
Americans claim the name for r.. Clay
Crawford, and tho Turkish legation re-
ports that tho marshal was born in Asia
Minor of Mussutman parents. 1t fs left
for q Jewish newspaper published in
Festh to give II moro detailed portrait
OF tho hero OF Plevna. According to
this authority Osman Pasha was born
In Hungary of Jewish parents named
Wolf. On attaining his majority he
changed his naIne to Farkas. He par.
ticipated in the revolution OF ls4s, and
after the subjection of Hungary he fled
to Turkey and adopted the Mol,asnme-
dan faith. His great powers as u lin
Euist attracted the notice OF tho Sultan's
household officers, and after a brief
sojourn he was named n professor in
the military school Mt Constantlncple.
His course in that capacity gave such
high satisfaction that he was soon
charged with the superintendence of
the education OF the Sultan's children.
During the Crimean war, he conducted
all the correspondence between tho
Turkish, French and English armies.
and on the conclusion OF peace the Sui
tan raised him to the dignity OF Il
Pasha, when he assumed the name OF
Osman. In the early part of the strug-
gle precipitated by the MOntenegrfns M
upon Turkey he was given an impor-
| tant post, and was once captured by 1.
body of irregular soldiers in the noun
tatns Of Montenegro. This statement
Is confirmed by Bernhard Wolf, who Is
at present a leading member of the
Jewish synagogue in Pesth, and who
says he is in constant receipt of letters
from Osman, narrating his varied ex-
periences and defending tho Moham-
medan faith with all tho zeal OF an
orthodox Turk.
A man in Nottingham, England car
ries on trade in worms. He has sev-
eral persons in his employ who collect
them in tho meadows and pasture
lands in the neighborhOod. They are
sold by the thousand or the quart for
bait by fishermen. A fresi-caught
worm is very delicate and tender, and
easily breaks when put OH the hook ,
but when worm Is properly educated
he Is as tough as bit OF india rubber,
! and behave AZ he ought when f,,tf on