Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-08-25
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WARFARE.

MAJOR l5c8cOmSnthI W~Ahact Out-
generated by the More Sayncious
s~trate$ist, Col. Count schouva-
LOFT Canayan.
EUREKA, August "a, 1878.
EDIToR SENTINEL: What an exquisite
bit OF unadulterated irony you INDUCED
in in your issue of this morning, 10 con-
nection with the subject of the above
caption. SO you think, do you, that, like
his renowned prototype, the diplomatic
skill Of the Beaconsfeld OF tic Base Range
has made him master Of the political sit
nation. 1t is, however. just possible that
your perceptions may be keener, as they
ought to be il experience counts for any
thing, than I can say mine are. Those
bred in the harness as you have been are
to tae political atmosphere wba: tie barom-
eter is to the meteorological world-an in
dictator of coming events. But. seriously,
YOU do not believe that my friend Colonel
Count Schouyaloif Canaea1 has been
chcckmated by your brunette friend, Mr..
Wallace? If such happens to be your
opinion, permit me to say that so lar from
my agreeing with You. l emphatically de-
clare myself a believer in the reverse opin-
ion, and | predict that the sequel will ulti-
mately prove the correctness OF my views.
However, / should not be much surprised
if Mr.. Wallace did succeed, for he Is sec
ond only to Mephistopliles himself in in
cubating and plotting tie means whereby
he might best confound his enemies. A
man of treason, strategems and spoils"
is capable of going to any lengths when
once aroused. Blu though
MAJOR BEAcoSsrIELD WALLACE
Is, it is true, and a pity it is true, n Of
the most noted buttonholers, as he is the
most persistent of intervicwers-to say
nothing Of his inimitable genius for wire
pulling who, to my mind, has strivon for
political fame, or has figured since the days
when that now deceased old warhorse Of
the Democratic party, Colonel Garrison,
was won to recount TO admiring curbstone
politicians the iniquitous tendencies Of his
Black Republican brethren. But, grant
ing that he is, and can DO all these by
turns, and that he can assume as many
roles as a chameleon can assume hues-a
thing by no means impossible to a man of
his genius and e~xpedients- / still deny
that he can
SrccESSFUrLY
Count Shouvalosf Canavan, or tear from
his brow the laurel coronct which an ad-
miring people will by and bye place upon
il. And, in this connection, / will
say more, viz: that time will demonstrate
to your, rs we'll as to my satisfaction, that
what you claim as a victory will prove a
most disastrous defeat to Mr.. Wallace.
Beaconsfield Pshaw. Count Shouvn-
loft Canayan is as much his superior in
point of-well, virtue-as Penelope is SUI
perior to Helen, or as Demostllenes is to
Kcarncy. There is no parallel. Could it
be otherwise? / am surprised, nay aston
isled, at the paucity Of four dis
cernment. Defeated Who has ever
known defeat to follow in the wake
Of a lineal descendant Of one Of the
green isles most famous political strate-
gists? Defeated, indeed! You would not
think so poorly Of my friends abilities did
you but know-how could you with
what consummate skill he can shuttle his
paste boards at one Of his post-prandal re
unions when put upon his mettle, as he
sometimes is. in an effort to get away with
pedro. / have no doubt YOU would no longer
doubt his ability to discount the gentle
man who will by and by be called upon to
mourn, as did Mauris amidst the ruins Of
Carthage. He Should no: have so universal
ly allowed himself to be tempted INTO shiv-
ering a lance with so celebrated a cavalier
as Count Sehouvaloif. Moreover, it mast
be borne in mind that the latter. besides
being the more skillful general, will not be
without that greatest of all factors,
"sINEws OF WAR;"
Having, as yet, lying untouched that bari
Of the newly coined dollars OF our dad
dies. Who that will not be aroused by
their metallic jingle, to buckle On his armor
on the morning Of battle? You will find,
sir, as well as others, when too late, that
the thoroughbred whom this Rupert of the
turf has in training for the approaching
sweepstakes, will not only distance, but
largely outrun any nag that may be pitted
against him. Twenty to one on the above
proposition Who takes It'll? Not Beacons-
field. certainly, for he is already conscious
Of his falling strength for though he has
played his cards for all they were worth,
he will in the end suffer inevitable defeat
at the hands of his r~edoubtable antagonist
Colonel Count Pietro Schouvaloff Cana
van. "a LOCKER On IN VIENNA
THE above is from the pen Of a staunch
Republican.-ED. SENTINEL