Year: 1869




Tired IA Simple ReNedv.


The White House is thankless Office, and
happy is the candidate for it who is elected to
stay at home. General Grant, with the con-
stitution Of horse, begins already to show
signs Of exhaustion. The tortures Of the
ofice-seekers, which finished poor old General
Harrison in month, and tough old Zack
Taylor in year or so, are telling even upon
the wiry frame of the hero of Vicksburg.
Proof against the vomito of the nerras calsentes
and the dysentery of the Mexican tablelands,
hearty as buck after months Of exposure in
the poisonous swamps OF the lower Mississippi,
and passing unscathed from the malaria Of the
Chickahominy, the James river and the lower
Appomattox, through all the seasons, regard
less OF the elements, whether pinched by tho
frost, roasted in the sun or drenched in rain,
fighting by day and planning by night, General
Grant, thoroughly tried and seasoned In two
great wars one would think capable Of any
ordeal within the limits of human endurance.
But there is political pestilence about the
White House more deadly than the miasma Of
the Yazoo, and, bafled by mixed commits
sion of authorities and by clashing counsels,
General Grant finds It infinitely harder TO cope
with the petty raids of ofice-hunters than it
was to shape his combinations and the details
Of all his movements against the armies Of the
rebellion.


It was reasonable theory on his part to
suppose that, having endorsed the republican
Chicago platform, and having reafdrmed its
leading dogmas and doctrines In his inaugural,
satisfaction Of Congress, he would, in the gene
raj distribution Of the spoils, get on quietly.
He had only to divide the day, SO as to give
himself the necessary hours for recreation and
sleep, after giving 50 much time to his Cabinet,
so much to members Of Congress, and so much
to the general crowd Of patriotic spoilsmen,
and so on from day to day, he would become
accustomed to the days routine. The theory
was excellent, but In practice II has failed.
Between the members Of Congress and their
gangs Of oface-beggars, from Monday to Friday
last, General Grant, as it appears, was cut
down to an average allowance for himself Of
five or six hours Of the twenty-four for rest
and recuperation, and so he found himself on
Saturday morning physically FUSED up and
mentally bewildered and wearied with the
cares of State.


What is he to do He has doubtless been pom
dering over this question since Saturday morn
ing; yet we think it may be readily answered.
He must exact his rights from Congress and the
ofice-beggars, and enforce the rule Of reserv-
ing to himself the necessary time to keep soul
and body together and in good condition. He
must close his doors at an appointed hour
against all corners till the appointed hour for
reopening them next morning, and If this
rule cannot be enforced in the White House
let it be tried on gunboat on little holi-
day excursion trip to Fortress Monroe, or to
Cuba and St. Domingo on reconnaissance with
the Secretary of State. IF General Grant ID
getting tired of the incessant prosecutions OF
the spoilsmen his only remedy is to shut them
out or leave them for while, like Sir John
Moore, "alone in their glory"


No LAVA Cincinnati paper wants to
know why certain candidate for . judgeship
is like necessity, and replies by saying, ''Be-
cause he knows no law" That is . good
reason for his election, as law as well as JUS
tice is suspended nowadays.


Admiral Porter ON Our Mercantile Marine
and SteamshIp Interests.
We publish in another part Of the paper
some valuable remarks, communicated to .
monthly publication in this city by Admiral D.
D. Porter, on the navigation interests Of our
country and how to promote them. He advo-
Gates free trade in the building and purchase