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Capital Notes and Comment.

time, wien the middle stages OF hot preSi-
Dental fever have laid hold Of the country
with a grip Politically speaking, these brave
old United States Of Ours are as full Of booms
to-day as are the forests s,rewn with dead
leaves. The woods is full of EN-" Demo
cracy, moreover, seems to have the lion share.
Imprimis, there is Iiden. Many affect to be-
lieve that old Uncle Sammy is dead-in the
seuse alluded to. They deceive themselves
with the opinion that John Kelly converted
himself into a modern political Samson that
he pulled down the Democratic structure In
the Empire State over his own head in order
to accomplish the destruction Of Gramercy 5
statesman. Bot clay not the llatteriog unc-
ton TO thy souls" If might venture to in-
cur tle amiable wrath Of that pleasant gen.
tleman, the junior, would quote a scriptural
passage-with an addition thereto-and say
that Sammy is not dead, but sleepe,h
with one eve open. Readers of Bulwer may
recollect that when Richelieu is told by the
rePenting de Mauprat of TIE beseiged condi-
ton Of his castle aud the treachery Of his
body guard he betakes him TO a quasi death
bel as a means of escape from those trusty
carbjnes. " The lions skin is too short to-
night"-he guardedly exclaims-"uow for the
fiXs !" Is not the smile correct one ? Nous
verrons. Meanwhile, let Tilden's enemies
fight shy Of that dead man aud his repienshed
barl Marshal,ed, then, by S j. T.-albet
uucouSciously, perhaps the long array Of
Democratic booms present themselves. and one
is tempted to excaim with the terrified Mac
beth What will the line stretch cut TIL
the crack Of DOM" Bayari, Hancock, Sey-
IN ~
bricks, ENiug-theSe are few given here N
their presumed order Of preference. Until
recently Bayard was booming handsomely
among the party press away down south
HIS claims have apparently been swallowed
up during the past fortnight in the Seymour
boom. while the Others are cluug 10 as possible
dark horses. 1t is said that, as the result in
New YORK State killed of Tilden, 50 Las tue
Oaio Waterloo djshcd the old Red Baudanna
of the Senate. This last savors much more Of
real fact, since Thurman would MT, it is con-
coded, resort to the means for securing a nom
uation that his companion in misery might
avail himselfof: aud Thurman is not without
the ducats, either.
Ga the Republican side there looms a strong
quartette: Grant, Sherman, Blaine and ny
lord r ,sc0e Independent of his national
BOOM 50 10 speak, the first named is receiving
a deal Of notice lately among Southern Dem
ocrats. This sectional support partakes, as a
careful pe-usal Of leading party journals down
that way tells me, Of certain feeling Of recG-
leSsness which suggests the choice OF this cy-
President as an eternal set of to the cry Of
a solid South. They display somewhat Of n
methodical Madness, however, in abiding to
the c0nciliatory tenor Of Grants late speeches
as evidence that, if nominated and elected, be
would become an Executive of whom both
sections might be proud. II popular entAusi-
aSm was not such prime factor 10 American
politics, Sherman would outreach Grant in
the contest: but the cool, calculating, shrewd
moves of our minister Of the eXcheqler will
absolutely avail him nothing II the Man on
Horseback is entered on the conventional chess
board Blaine is keeping shady. Whether
TINT abe politician has given up his chances,
or is emulaing Sammy in manipulating secret
wires on the other side Of the fence remains TO
be seen. But he is "a. too skilled in PLAYING
at the national game not to bear watching -
Aud MILFORD Rlscoe-the dainty AdJuis of the
Ssua;e-wha. is he doing? l will tell you in
the words addressed BauquO by the witches ;
" Thou shalt make kings though thou
be none" Conkling is conceded, by prominent
Republicans, to have the making Of the next
presidential choice 10 bis own hand This
may be true, bur the Knight Of Cauonchot
cannot defeat one mgn 5 nomination il IL be
intended: that man is L. S. Grant. Finally.
il would be coincitent if the opposing tickets
iu 1850 were headed by Grant aud Seymour,
as they were twelve years agoGe, and the CO.
incidence would extend TO tae result as we'll
Gen Geo. II. Thomas is cmbalmed at
last in enduring brass The statue, located
upon its lofty pedestal, faces South, keeping
constant vigil aiOwn the line Of litA street
aud, the Star says, looking IN the precise d.
rection Of Arliugtou-the home Of Lee. Your
admirable synopsis Of the unycing ceremonies
on the 10Th leaves nothing for me to note save,
perhaps the spirit Of genuine, rallic&ing fun
which the occasion called forth among The
great crowds which houored the day. There
was a certain refined abandon prevalent which
Of itself went far in making up the aggregate
delights of the day. As the huge procession
would complete the passage around a given
corner there would occur an instantaneous
break Of the happy crowd for another point
of view farther ON, or, perhaps, for the one
final cJgn of vantGge-the seats az the circle
Like poor little Joe 10 Bleak House, that
COOL uatured rabble-embracirg 10 its CHAR
acter the street Lo)dium, house servants,
business men, boys, girls, lovers aud sweet
hearts, husbands aud wives aud every other
phase Of American humauty-was "allus
moyin' on" The primpy w0mAn or The slow
moving, dyspeptic man had nothing 10 common
with it. They were hustled tbout so uncere-
moniouSly that the starch Of the one and the
gout of the other were, for the nonce, put to
isuomuious flight Was not such lihriiy
iil-timed Wei, the participants therein
seemed not to think So aud why should we?
Madame G~undv's "soc,e,v.' which
had prepared itself for an early and active
season here has been given a most sudden
and severe setback Reference is had 10 the
death on Thursday, laS;, after only one hours
illness, Of Mrs. Gen. N. G. Meigs, the estima-
6le wife Of the Quartermaster General. THIS
lady was a daughter of Admiral Rodgers, of
the Navy, and claimed reat onsAip with several
government officers under the old regimes
Sac possessed great culture and, while uomiu-
ally leader in the Capital wiu,er ea;ties,
rarely appeared IS such In the death of this
lady The genuine ariotocracy Of our land has
lost most worthy representative.
NIDETTE.
The sales Of wool in Boston last week
amounted to C,500,O00 pounds.
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