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Show It 13 not always safe to trust implicitly im-plicitly tno strain of adulation which trickles through the public press to tickle the ears of an administration at Washington during the first months ol service. Just now plenty of this stuff comes to baud, until the inex- perienced reader can easily persuade himself that the occupants of the white houso are but little lower than angels, and richer in all the virtues than most of the political saints of which we have any record. "Garth" compares Hayes to Washington, with the apparent odda in favor of the former, and another corrcipondeut o the Philadelphia Times tells how the country has been mistaken in its view ot tho new president's character: It ii singular how people Rene rally raii understood Hayos during his candf- dacy. Ho was popularly supposed to b a luilk-and-walcr man a aort of a , goody-goody person, without tho itult'in him to mako a lirst-class sinner. Even republicans ouuiJa of Ohio predicted that ho would bo run by Morton, Chandler Chand-ler and the old lirant cliijue. It all came from tho quiol way he has and from his aversion to noisy self-assertion. Id realitVt he is one of tho most positive, unyielding men in public life, ai;J under a yoIto.'. g,ove conceals a hand of iron. He U tho most dan serous of ail opponents, oppo-nents, because ho his himself under perfect per-fect control, arid is tberetoro nover oil his guard. His public and private life ap-tutara ap-tutara to bo governed by a set of filed principles, from which ho never sworvei. Ilia pet political hobby is civil service reform. LATEST DISPATCHES." GENERAL. TUB DKKP. Terrible NnllVrliics uu n m Wrecked Itrij:. Boston, 2. The details of the wreck of the britf Roanoke are moat harrowing. Following is the statement state-ment of the only survivor: I left Philadelphia, March 17th, on the brig Roanoke, Captain Wilkic, with a crew of nine men, and three pamen-gura; pamen-gura; the latter wero Mr. and Mr, ballet and a Soanish gentleman. On the 18th we encountered a heavy gale, which carried away the sailn and everything movable on deck. Finally the vpflsel became uumanagablo and broached to and the masUj wcro cut away, every sea making a clean breast over her. On the 20th we saw a Bchoonorand mndo signals of distress dis-tress to her, but she continued on her course; had she laid to, all hands would probably have beeu saved. We hud a. liLtln reserved fruit and some lagnr beer that day. On the 22d there wan a heavy northwest gale, the sea breaking over us clean lore and aft. The vessel had commenced to break up, and tho captain wished to take to the boats to save lile, but was pur-hu pur-hu aded not to do it. In tho afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Dallet were exhausted.' Tliny Bhoolc hands with the captain and mato, bade them goodbye, and expressed the hope that they would all meet in heavon. Mr. Dallet took his wile's waterproof and wrapped it around her head; they embraced each other and the sen soon swept them overboard. Tlio Spanish gentleman shortly followed. He said his prayers, wrapped a quilt around his head, and leaped overboard in ft delirious state. Soon after this a sea carried away the deck with captain, steward, one sailor and a boy. Tho stern; broke away and went next, with the mate and tho second mate. The mate was drowned nearly alongside and the second mate was on a piece ot the Btern wnen last seen. Only two men wero then left i with myself. Everything wns gono down to the lower deck. Wo were1 lashed to the Biiunp of tho main mast. A brig passed close to us but did not stop. We bad somo tallow lo eat, but Buflered terribly from j thirst. It blew a gale all night, and on Friday the gale continued. On Saturday we had fair weather. We saw a square-rigged vessel to leeward; wo got some candles and a tin box of sardines, but no water. On Sunday it was blowing southeast, Ono man became crazy from thirst and drowned himself. On Monday there was a galo from tho southeast with some rain, but the eoa was breaking so thai we could not get any fresh water. On Tuesday the gale still continued from the southeast. At daybreak we saw a schooner which prove. 1 to be the Addie Todd, and on making signals sig-nals she lay to, but it blew too hard lor her to assist us. When tho gale lulled she beat back to the wreck, and after trying five times I succeeded in catching a line and was hauled on board. Wnile the schooner was lying to, another man became cr azy and, leaping overboard, was lost. |