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Show POINTS OS GKKKLKV. Postmaster Jones of New York, tolls a good campaign story for Horace Greeley : Some time ago one Norton, oashicr of tho poet office, turned out as a defaulter, and the United States government gov-ernment came down on his securities among whom was Horace Greeley, responsible re-sponsible to tho extent of about thirty thousand dollars. Greeley was very rcBtive under his obligation, and he is so much in fear of debt that ho actually actu-ally wanted to give his check for the whole sum and get it od' hie mind. Finally a meeting of the endorsers was held, and Mr. Greeley put on his spec taclea, took up his bond and dolefully read over the conditions. "They say 1 writo an infernally bad handt" said Greeley, "but they can read it plain enough when it get., on one of these things." OREXLEV HELPING II ALPINE. Among tho good passages of Greeley's Gree-ley's life, and that which recommends him most particularly to Kooscvclt, to postmaster Jones and others, is his advocacy of the claims of the widow of the Irish poet, C. G. Halpinc. tJal-oine tJal-oine died suddenly in the possession of an ofiico worth $70,000 a year, out of which, with a poet's want of thrift, he had saved nothing esccpt some partial par-tial payments on a good house io Lexington Lex-ington avenue. He left a half dozen orphan children, who would have been reduced to extreme poverty iu a few weeks but for Horace Greeley's influence. influ-ence. Greeley went personally, telegraphed tele-graphed and sent messages to Albany, iusbting that Kenton should put Jones or somo of Ilalpinc's friends in the Register's office and let tho profits accrue ac-crue for the whole of tho unexpired term iu favor of Ilalpinc's family. Fen ton had no great friendship for lliilpiuc, and wasloih to give away an othec of such value for a mere sentimentality senti-mentality when it would havo been o the highest ikc to him its an amb'tiouf politician. G reeky showed creat force and industry iu bringing influences to hear upco Fcu'.on, and, among other things, ho telegraphed to Grant, Slier-man Slier-man and Sheridan, and tho leading generals of the army, imploring them od behalf of a comrade to send des patches to Feolon at Albany, urging him to do right by the widow aud family. So industrious were these things dono that Patrick Jones was made trustee of the office, and the wholo proceeds thereof lor tho remainder re-mainder of tho term wcro secured to tho bereaved family. Ntto York-Herald. York-Herald. |