Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-29
RIP VAN wINKLR OUfDONE.
The Wonderful Changes Wrought Du-
ring Capt. BurtOn's Absence at Sea.
From the Philadelphia Times.

rIOLh III i AAiouCiPhl6 AAhAOo' -
Capt. John Burton, master of one OF the
/ steamers OF the Occidental line, plying be-
tween this city and Havana, arrived yestsr-
day from a round trip of 10 days duration.
/ The Captain is an ardent Republlcan.
When he left home his mind was oppressed
had concluded its labors, but it seemed the
settled purpose of the Democrats IN the
House to obstruct the progress Of the count
to such an extent that it Would be lmpossi-
BILE to have a peaceful inauguration, Whlie
many were inclined to think there would be
q new election. Capt. Burton was, there
fore, relieved, on landing, to learn that the
Inauguration had taken place. He went to
his ~faYorite resort, the, Union League Clu0,
to learn the particulars. There he met his
old friend, Col. Snowdrift, who always
! knows the w EFE&-
"Glad to see you, John,n said the Colo
mel, and / know you are. rejoiced to near
that the country is safe. L was Just reading
a good thing in the Bulletin, giving Blaine
a sharp rap. BY the way, what an ass he
has made of himself.'
1.-THE BuLetinp Ass? Blaine?D replied
Burton. ..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 a~ntagonizing the Admins
Il alton at the very START
''Blaire antagonizing the Adnainistra-
tion?''
eyes, as the Bulletin says:
"'Whenthe public business OF this nation
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 filed generally
Eby men who have some other clair1 to them
than their capacity for making promises tc
the mob of place-hunteTs, and OF being
s'hail fellow well metz with every raga'
muffin who has a longing thirst TO taste
of the stream that flows from the public
!, treasury
ttI wonder how the Camerons viii take
r that sort OF talk?''
Capt. Burton stared at his friend IN
| amazement. Was it possible that Snowdrift
had turned reformer? No, it could not be
this was q guy. He snatched the paper IL
, his friends hand. Yes, it was the Bulletin.
and the words read were correctly quoted,
5 But why this fling at the Camerons?
81 am glad TO see,' continued Snow
drift, '.that old Simon has been beaten al
!, least. But the checklist thing he has evel
, done is this attempt to put Don in the Sen
ate.F
; ssDon in the senateg Then Wallace Is
{ dead? You don't mean it?'
5 Nothing of the kind; but Of course the
old man WASH t going TO stay IN the Senate
after Schurz and Key had been crammeC
: down his throat
: 'tWhy, don't you know that Schurz and
Key were appointed to Cabinet places?''
? "Sehur and Keyl Who is key?'
( "Why, the ex-rebel General, you know
S the one who was a Democratic Senator from
| Tennessee. He was q great Tilden man.
Q and, of course, it was right to give him
= show
Capt. Burton was again agitated. sEIs i
possible that | have been misinfornaed'
/ Did Tilden get in after ALP
"Why, no, you stupid fellow. But con
. Citation is the watchword under the new
regime. AS the National Republican re
Y marks, 'the Adventures must Withdraw
and leave the original inhabitants of the
South to control their own affairs in thei
. own way and as the same able paper say
in another place, 'the CORY garment mus
[ be buried.
= "You puzzle me beyond measure, Col
= onel. 1never expected to hear this sort o
t talk from you.'
81 don't see any thing astonishing abou
it. The President is in earnest, and, witt
Sherman and Schurz in the Cabinet, Mat
/ new and Lamar in the Senate, and Gar
e field and Gibson in the House, the blood
shirt will never flap in the morning breez
again.
\ 7s'Who is Matthews and who is Gibson
e "Gibson is one of the best OF our ex-Con
federates. He is from Louisiana; nobl
e fellow! Matthews? Don't you remembe
o Stanley Matthews! He is going to the Sen
s ate in place of Sherman. Garfield Is need
Y ed in the House, as the President says, t
, diu III tuS VIh VI pdCiuCdbtous II I0N
= weeks more and Packard, Chamberlain, an
e all the rest of the carpet-baggers will b
Y packing their traps
: "What! 1t isn't proposed to throw ther
n overboard?'
ssOf course, old boy, OF course; a gov
= eminent that can not sustain itself has n
right to exist. The Secretary of War an
d Attorney General will attend to the carpet
baggers, never fear.'
NOW, Colonel, you are carrying thi
nuiz too for. was half inolina6 fn holiax
n you, but when you say that Cameron an
If Taft nave gone back on Packard and Cham
d berlain, you must take me for a greeRy.'
is TAFT and Cameron, the Why. they'r
q not in the new Administration What us
Ie has Hayes for such Bourbons?'
Ic 'EWhat! You don'tmea to say that afte
s electing Hayes these good Republicans hav
been set adrift?''
81 don't mean any thing else. Such oh
structionists are no Republicans. The