The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-05-26

Lis Greatest Slow, etc. No man ever
received here such contribution of Ill.
thy lucre iu one day. When the parade
came up the broad streets, "tho ANIMALS,
two by Two, the bippoputamus aud the
kangaroo" the entlre classified depart
mental service" forgot the cisil service
rules, leaving their desks in haste for
more cOngtnlal spot near the curbstOne.
Here could be seen the messenger rude
~ justling the chief OF his division In bis
eagerness to catch glimpse OF Jumbo's
dirty playmates. Here was the conf
dental clerk of "a Secretary roughly push
ing aside the "bootblack" who had dared
to come between him and the octoroon
beauty on the painted wagon. Clerks,
male aud female, of all sizes aud coloIs,
from first to fourth class, Tor once stood
upon the same footing. A correspondent
slrolled into the Treasury department
during the passing of the pageant, but
the desolate appearance of the place and
the dismal sound of his footballs rever.
beratiug through the corridors made him
think OF the illustrious dead in Vest
minister Abbey. He withdrew. remark
marking with pathos-''empty is the
Treasury -clerky's gone.''
hear Iumors OF an enterprise that in
breadth and bigness is the largest thing
iu this decade. 1t is plan to get out of
tue grip Of the United States thirteen
millions of dollars, with the accunlnla ted
interest for nearly twenty years, When
the Hon. William e. Chandler was As
slstaut Secretary of the Treasury he or.
gnuiZ d the Cotton bureau. 10 it was
deposited the money received for cotton
taken from private individuals and sold
by Government agents. This money be-
longs to many persons and few corpor-
atious in the south. 1t was the Intention
OF Mr., Chase to hold this money in trust
for the person TO whom the cotton be-
longed, but for some years nobody has
been able to 'tain dollar, The larg.
est amorut ever recovered from the Gov
ernmeDt by any individual was 5000 600,
which the estate of Charles Lamar, Of
Georgia, got 10y employing General B. F.
| Butler and Attorney General Williams.
Boutwell, could not resist the persuasive
powers of these two eminent men, and SO
he gavu up the amount mentioned. The
fee was SO. 900 to each a a'turnty. The
new combination with its guns aimed at
aud money is behind 1t. So perhaps it
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| OF course the Fair divorce case excites
interest and comment in Washington,
though We do not assume here to know
anything about the real merits of it.
There Is considerable speculation as to
the Senator's wealth, since it is reported
that his wife has been allowed fonr mil
lions aud LSlt. There seems 10 be
something i'll the atmosphere of the
'iree. unfettered west" that plays the
deuce aud all of it with the bond matr-
MOI !, and induces an alarming laxity
N tue obsefvance of the seventh COM
mandmeut. Especially has this been no.
ticeable in the last three or iour years,
aud among what are known as bonanza
st lt.smen." When the Hon. William
Sharon came here as II Senator there were
many stories told, which conld not well
be put into print. But Sharon while
here comported himself about rs well as
the average statesman. The country has
not yet recovered from the spectacle
fltmboyant Tabor furnished 1t. when.
behold, his brother statesman, Fair, oc'
cupies its attention. Well, it is the old
old story, as old as the history of man
Even solomon. with all his wisdom ~. /,
! SperieIce-having three hundred wiyet
! did not escape, and why shoul,'. Fair
: This has been bad year for y. q r:shte
ous-for bow many good me'l hr.se eop
wrong-and no wonder :. wi.Eed man
3 with the bank accoupt tbg.t Fair posses
ses. should get out Of Zoe strlig6t an,
marrow path. well remember when so
ciety was agne ovsr wonderful enter
tainment the N evar Senator gave a yea
y or Two ago. that n congenial man of tb
o world sa'.. the Wormley dinner was yer
me, pit not a circumstance TO one tn
- hon srable Senator had given to som
? ladies' of the half-world week or tw
q before in New York, when Fair turne
himself loose, as it were, and astouishe
's that portion of the population he wa
~ entt rtnining ut once with his wealth an
ID his wit! But the little episode now Ct, a
N ing lhnguid interest in Nevada will NJ
matter The honorable Senator wi
~ come back next wiuter. give elegant din
r n-rS, and doubtless find elegant peopl
" of both MoNDEs to eat them. Sociei
10 will condone his slight falling away, M
i. all Will go we'll for money covers mu
d tiiude of sins in Vanity Fair.
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