The New York herald., 1877-02-10
Cupid In tn. senate.

Inc senate cnomOcr OF tQo Oulteu oCaUes
would not generally be regarded as favora-
BILE hunting ground for the sly spcrtsman
Cupid. Yet it seems that the mis-
chievous little god laughs at years and
dignity as he laughs at locksmiths,
and rejoices at crying ''havoc" among
our highest law and treaty making
powers Nor does he seek his victims
among the Roscoe Conklings and Logans,
the Adoniscs of the body, but gathers them
from those on whom Father Time has laid
his frosty finger whose summer leaves OF
life lie rustling on the ground; whose limbs
have lost the suppleness which lifted tho
Montague to the Capulet's balcony, and the
moisture Of whose eyes is not attributable
to the pleasant tears of budding affection.
Before Loves wonderful power we have re-
Gently seen the sexagenarian Christiancy
reverentially bend, and now, If the fair
Widow Oliver speaks truthfully, the ripe
Simon Cameron closes up his seventies with
q tribute to the urchin's power
Simon does not stand alone in his liability
to the soft impeachment. That he has
plenty of company the history of oil ages
and of every cline will attest. The case of
David has no doubt suggested to millions
of venerable gentlemen, during the worlds
progress the advantages of keeping the
heart warm and young even in the extreme
winter of age, and as our Simon is great on
supporting the constitution the example of
the Psalmist may have drawn him toward
the fair Oliver. Coming down to q
modern date there is the affair of
my Lord Palmerston, who, at the re-
spectacle age of eighty-two, was called to
account for trifing with the affections of q
young person of the opposite sex. a thou
sand such instances might be cited for
Simon's consolation, if not for his justifca-
ton for, as Mrs. Cluppins remarked in an
other celebrated breach of promise case,
"The old 'uns are the wustr'
And this brings us down to the fact that
Simon is accused not only of yielding to
Cupid's magic influence and insinuating
himself into the affections of Widow Oliver,
but of breaking his promise to that injured
Treasury damsel, for which she seeks the
healing plaster of fifty thousand dollar
verdict. Now, Simon Cameron is sly old
fox. Everybody has heard of Simple Simon,
who encountered vender Of pies on his
road to the fair, but he could not have been
of the Cameron family. Our Simon always
has his penny in his pocket and pays for his
pies. Then he is familiar with the nature
of contracts-no one more so-whether for
guns or matrimony, and would scarcely
make one that could not be broken if desir-
able 1t is not easy to get ahead of the Winne-
bago Chief In the threatened suit he is likely
to give the fair plaintiff Roland for her
Oliver. It may be possible that the disap-
pointment of widow in the prime of life
who misses second comforter and guide
of the ripe age of seventy EIGHT may be
damaged to the extent of fifty thousand dol
lars That is for the jury to decide. All
the good luck we can wish Mrs. 0. is
that if she RECEIVERS verdict the case may
not be moved into the Supreme Court by
the order Of some United States Circuit
Judge, on the plea that it affects the inter-
ests of United States official