n he flees to
Washington to sign the bail-bond of the arch traitor, and is thus
instrumental in his release from justice. Yet, for all this the
_Tribune_ prospered.

He was regarded by many of his readers as a kind of moral law-giver, and
if, per chance, one person journeyed to New York and returned to state
that their beau ideal had used undue profanity in his common
conversation, the indiscrete individual was ostracised.

If Mr. Greeley's previous career had surprised the country and
disappointed some of his friends, it remained for the last political act
of his life to completely paralyze the country at large, and plunge some
of his most ardent supporters into the deepest gloom. This was when they
beheld him the nominee of Republicans, 'who were anything to elect
Greeley,' and endorsed by Free Traders and Democrats whom he had so
bitterly denounced all his life. Had he been nominated by the straight
Republican party it might have been considered as a somewhat extravagant
reward for party service for this position could not have been regarded
otherwise than consistent; but the position he now assumed was
inconsistent, not to say ludicrous. The result was he carried only six
States against the successful Grant.

He was a Universalist in belief, but educated his daughters at a
Catholic school. He refused to get his brother, who actually needed
assistance, a position worth perhaps $1,000 a year; yet, he could lend
Corneel. Vanderbilt about eight hundred thousand dollars without
security. His early friend, Mr. Jones, once sent a friend to him bearing
a note requesting Greeley's aid to a subordinate position in the
custom-house. No sooner had Greeley glanced it over than he astonished
the gentleman, who was aware of Mr. Greeley's early obligation to Mr.
Jones, by the volley of oaths and vituperation which he heaped upon him
because he did not go West instead of hanging around there seeking
office. No wonder the gentleman, who was a reputable middle-aged man,
fled from the presence of this famous expounder of 'Moral Ideas.'
However, when all this has been said we cannot help but admit that a
great and good man died on December 29th, 1872. Certain it is that
Journalism lost one of its brightest and most successful stars.

THURLOW WEED.

Who indeed has not heard of Thurlow Weed, "The king maker," born at
Cairo, Greene County, New York, November 15, 1797. His father was a
teamster and farmer. The reader can get s