The National tribune., 1883-05-24

modification provided that instead of turning
back to their own territory upon meeting the
troops of the other, the forces of the United
States and Mexico might unite upon the soil
of either government when in pursuit of the
hostiles When within the jurisdiction of the
United States the senior American officer was
to command the combined forces and when in
Mexico the senior Mexican officer was to COM
mand both. All these negotiations, however,
referred to a pursuit of an enemy and not to
campaign.
Said New Yorker yesterday: "Do not be
surprised if Jay Gould never starts on his
new steam yacht on that proposed trip around
the world after the fashion of James Gordon
Bennett. know Gould very we'll, and never
yet knew him to do anything that he talked
so much about as he has about this cutting
loose from business and sailing away In his
new steamboat, in order TO free himself from
the cares of the world He has said so much
about 1t that don't think he has the slightest
intention of doing it. l would a good deal
rather believe that it is only cloak for some
gigantic financial operation which he has prob
ably been working up for year, and which viii
burst upon Wall street like comet some dav
to the surprise of everybody but Mr.. Gould,
who will probably pocket $20,0OO,0O0 by the
| coup d etat. Mr. Gould is one of those men
who never lets one hand know what the other
is doing, and when he engages in stock specu-
latIon which requires secrecy, he would allow
his own brother TO stake his whole fortune on
the other side of the market without a word
of warning from him. He is extremely selfish
and allows no one to stand in the way OF his per-
sOnal aims and advantages In this particnlar
he greatly resembles the late Jim Fisk In mat
tiers of charity Fisk was as liberal as prince.
but III business he was veTitable pirate
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The numerous guesses with reference to
who would be Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue, which have filed the dispatches of
Washington, have recalled among the older
correspondents on newspaper row an occur
| renee which happened during Grants admin
lstration. This was an occasion where guess
work proved more efticacious than author
itative information. 1t was with refer
ence to the vacancy in the Interior De-
partment President Grant was out West.
and nothing had been heard from him for
| days and days with reference to the appoint
ment OF a Secretary of the Interior. In the
meantime the Washington correspondents had
| discussed and suggested every available man
| IN the country for the place. One evening the
| President returned from the West, and with
him came old Zach Chandler. immediately
| every newspaper correspondent surmised that
the President had offered the Interior Depart
ment to Mr. Chandler; that his arrival with
him that night signified his acceptance; and
| that 1T would be announced the next day. Al
most without exception dispatches of this kind
| were sent TO the various newspapers of the
country. One of the oldest correspondents
on the row thought he would not send it
| without verifying it, and knowing Chand-
| Ter well, called at his hotel and asked
| him about it. Old Zaek was very en-
phatic man. Above all, he always told the
truth. When he was asked whethOr the re-
port that he was to be Secretary of the Interior
was true, he declared unhesitatingly that it
| was the widest canard, without the slightest
| foundation. he said his coming to town with
| the President was merely accidental He did
not know the President was en- route to Wash
ington until he met him by chance at Pitts
! burg and was asked to ride through the rest
of the way in General Grants car He had
| accepted the invitation and they had smoked
and chatted the most of the way As it hap
pened, the Interior Department had not been
mentioned by either during the trip.
Receiving such positive assurances from
man who, when he spoke at all, could always
be relied upon, the correspondent in question
went back 10 his office and wrote an authOri-
tatiye and lengthy denial of the report which
| all his colleagues We're sending to their papers
to the effect that Mr.. Chandler was to
be the Secretary of the Interior. The next
day, about II o'clock, to his establishment,
| 1t was officially announced from the White
! House that Mr.. Chandler had been ap-
| pointed to and had accepted the posi-
ton of Secretary of the Interior OF course
the correspondent who had been Sc left /" insti-
tuted an investigation and learned that what
| he had been told by Mr. Chandler the night
| before was absolutely true; that he had been
sent for the next morning by General Grant
as he supposed to look at some horses, when. to
his astonishment, the President rendered him
the appointment. 1t was true that on the day
previous, while ON the road to Washington. if
the President entertained the intention of
offering the place to Mr.. Chandler he had not
| divulged it, and the Michigan statesman was
completely surprised when it came
The unlueky correspondent who had taken
the trouble TO investigate a rumor, however
had difficulty in convincing his readers that
not he, but the laundering guessers, who in
this instance were correct, had been misin-
formed.