Year: 1878

The POS-erior has more industry in hunt
ing mares nests and more enterprise in
counting imaginary eggs therein than any
other journal in the country. With live
ly imagination and reckless regard for
TRUTH rs q Democratic cotemporary asst rts,
in the way of "a fresh dodge every week or
"two to arouse public attention, and boast
/" ful claims about circulation it has more
talent for making itself ridiculous in the
eyes of oil intelligent people than is often
found in the East. But this is Western en-
"terprise," which hesitates at nothing,
sticks at nothing that stands in the way Of
success, be it ever 80 dishonorable or truth
less. 1t knows and tells much that ii
doesn't know, with view TO misleadingan and
defraudng the public mind, and that, too,
without the least regard to the ordinary
principles of candor or veracity.


The latest exploit Of the POst-erior is the
discovery of a stupendous nest which con-
tains an unprecedented number Of eggs
which il has incubated and Matched, with
the following result: GRANT ordered back"
This chicken has been nodded into the fol-
lowing shape by the lively and licensed
imagination of the great American mares
egg incubator;


1t Is the first step in tho Radical programme
Of 1880. The next step will be a conference of
Republican leaders here shortly before the con.
venng of the next session of Congress- at
which thorough reorganization of the Radi-
cal party will take place and r complete pro-
grammc of operations agreed upon. The stall
warts have completely captured all the other
elements of the party, and there will be no
dissenting voice or vote In the forthcoming
conference against the scheme of uniting all
tho influences Of the party in Office in the
press aud in the Methodist pulpit for the re-
nomination of GRANT. The Radical managers
| have had much difficulty in obtaining funds
this year from the national bankers, tho syn
dicate and other great moneyed interests,
which have hitherto bled freely to Oil the
Radical exchequer, aud it is believed that moth
ing short of definite committal of the party
organization to GRANT and q strong govern
mcnt will unlock tho coveted Golfers again.
The precise date Of GRANTS arrival cannot be
stated, but 1t is probable that he will be in
New York by the 25th instant.


No other paper has this news, and this is
fair specimen of the stuff that is Invented
by the Post-erior and palmed off to the pub
| llC US HGWS-SOulttinito thc hcdu VI
Especial telegram" and at others In some
other sbape-all the mere coinage oi
western enterprise" within the walls oil
its own crib. 1t is startling to find that q
journal which knows so much really knows
so little of what it ought to know most, IL
it knows anything 1t don't know precisely
when General GRANT will reach his OWL
country, and yet it fixes upon the 25th as
the probable time when he will once mor'
throw himself into the arms Of the Ameri
can people on his native heath. There are
some things that the POst-erior, in its vast
field of knowledge, has failed to open to thu
public. Among them is: Who ordered
General GRANT back? What necessity
there is for his coming back at this juno
ture, and for what purpose? Genera
GRANT left his native land for the toul
of the Old World. He went a. an
American citizen from the walks o
private life. lie sought no dis
tinguishing attentions abroad; but his fam
had gone before him, and the Potentates o
Europe received him with open arms an,
showered upon him such honors eyerywhcr
as have never been bestowed even upoI