New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-27

,,or. mo arrived there about / o'clock. / COM
muncatcd the intelligence Of the ASSASSINATION anu
the name Of the assassin, to the citizens u sprea"
through the village In a quarter Of an hour some
of the citizens asked me II knew for certainty
was J. Wilkes Booth, and told them yes, as near
as a person could know anything
That Is all. The enthusiastic memory OF THIS gar
liant officer does not appear to have grown up Ill
single night like the climbing vegetable In JACK anu
the bcanalk' but to have built itself up some~ns.
after the manner Of the coral insect, by The $40" pu'
suro acceons OF years.
Senator Hale who Joined the Democrats In oppos-
ing tho opening OF the doors during the discussion
of the Fisheries Treaty, was being discusseo W
group OF Republican Senators yesterday To say that
Mr. Hale caught TT all round would be expressing
very mildly Finally an ex-senator, noted fDr HIS
talents as a ry-teller, said:
Hale ought to be talked to, and pretty Sharply
too by of you men; talked to- In fact' as
that old colored woman talked who caught her young
hopeful consortIng with white boys. said she'
.Efrahem. come to your mudder, boy. WAR you
binl
wild de
Playing wild dc white folks chllumT
sYassum.'
" you is, Ell? See hyar, chile; you broke your
old mudders heart an brung her gray hairs In SORROW
10 de grave wild your reckeumness an carryin on via
ebn assocyshuns Hadn't raised you up In de way
YOU should ought to GOT Hadn't been kline an
tender wild you, an treated you like my own chile
which you Isl Hadn't I reezened Wild you an
prayed for you? An isn't 1 yer natural detector
an garden TO- de lawl'
Il sYassum.'
well, den. do you Spose Use gwine to hab your
morals rupturcd by de white trash' No. sab You
git in dc house dis instep, an II cher Gotten you
muncan' wild de white trash any mo- nigga III
break your black head wild a brickP'
Great laughter greeted the recital OF the story
Amt
Of the present situation. When 1t ceased a western
Senator remarked, soothngly:
"weI Hale will git in the house presently He
doesn't want his head broke wild brick by his he-
publican friends up in Maine
understand that Senator Zebuon p. Vance, OF
North Carolina gives the following account OF tho
proceedings OF self appoined localoption committee
OF two of his constituents who appear to have stumpeu
their particular nelghborhood in somewhat similar
manner to that employed by the fddng Gubcrnatonai
candidates, Bob" and All" Of Tennessee; with the
unImportant difference that the weapon I'm the hands
OF the Senator's friends the horn" and not the
violin. .
"There werc two friends of mine,' said Vance with
a dry smile upon his lips, who were well known In
the rural neghborhood to which refer, ana whose
names were, let us say. Bill Wilson and jim smith,
These two friends had spent long hours Of an after
noon together In repeating frequently to each other
what the OF North Carolina said 10 inc Gov
ernor Of South Carolina and, under the influence oI
either the pinetop Of the aromatic mint, they DC
came somewhat maudlin and hilarious. They had
neared Bll's home and were about TO separate, Dut
still stood talking the corner Slowing up against
| each other and swearing eternal friendship when
wicked blue-bottle fly, after much loud Duzzhg anu
other musical demonstrations In a basso-proiundo,
settled vciousy upon the end OF BITS CRIMSON pos-
somlng and somewhat swollen proboscis. The gar
rison by the prompt and vigorous application Oh a
/ lhapal hand
the enemy from tho projecting horn-work but, I'M
fortunately he would promptly return TO tho charge,
and settle, with vigorous demonstrations, sometimes
upon the glacis, nay even upon tho abbatis, "hicn
fringcd the fosse
9FinaIv.p pursued the Senator, Bill waxed ex-
ceedng wroth: and. applying his hand vigorously to
the menaced homework with such force as to threaten
| us very existence snortcd out In very biccoughy
voice 10 his 'pard':
ic-bic-hic- J-JJim I'd oughter not th-h-ink ct,
| but cr I'll be blanked ef that Their ff-hy dd-dont
take me fur a dd-dead animal or fur cc.common
s-s-sewern
.sJim' rumInated profoundly, and with an air OF
six billed fowls of that particular breed which was so
dear TO the heart of old Minerva, fetched up with
roll against his friend and responded:
"sW.w.wal B-b-bill, kinder think yew b-p-pe
scasely lllong enough fur d-ddecent s-ssewer' ana
ycw b-bbant dead animal nohow but y-y-ye" inou'
! b-b.be live i-j-jackass
"By this time the balmy summer night was waning;
TO quote the tenth satire of Juvenal or some o.her
modern poet-.and the went down In blood"
The senior Senator from Delaware, Mr. Salisbury, is
a gay bachelor of seventy for whose attentions nan
the widows In Washington pine. He is very tall and
very thin He is also very charitable. lie sent the
other day n box OF his castoff clothing to committee
formed for the relief of the sufferers by the western
| floods Yesterday-so at least the story as toid Dy
one of his wicked colleagues goes-he received the to
| lowing communication In his mail:
"Thc committy man Civ NE, amongst other things'
wat he called pare Of pants, and 'twould make me
pant sum to wear em. l found your name and where
you live in one of tho pockets. My wife LATED so
when showed 'em to her that thot she would have
q conipshun it, She to know II there lives and
brcathes man who has legs no bigger than mat
She sed - there was he be taken up for vagrnsy
for having no visible means OF support Couldn't
Get ,em on my eldest boy, so used 'em for guncases
II you hev another pare to spare, my wife would Ike
TO get 'cm to hang up by the side of the fireplace
| TO keep the tongs In"
For after-dnner speeches Senator Palmer has an
admirable voice. but 1t is not that of thrush for
singing purposes. Those Of his close friends who
have heard Of his vocal efforts say that the pro
duet is not entirely musical. The Senator does not
hesitate however, to sing when It is necessary to re-
yIye the dropping spirits of party and this is what
led TO a recent performance In which operate duets
were sung by the distinguished soprano Miss Emma
Thursby and the distinguished Senator Mr.. Palmer.
Miss Thursby has been here for some time, and her
vocal attachments have made her favorite in Sena-
torla circles. Among her admirers IS Mrs. Stock
BRIDGE the wife of the junior Senator from Michigan
The latter's birthday occurred last week, and the
event was fttlngy celebrated by an excursion down
the Potomac on board canal boat, specially chartered
and handsomely decorated for the occasion. Among
The guests were Senator Palmer and Miss Thursby,
and upon them fell good share of the entertainment
which kept every one jolly. There a lull in the
fun. however, when some invited Miss Thursby to
sing
But l haven't my notes, and there's plano,
| and"
Oh never mind the notes. nterposed the Senator,
"Il accompany you"