The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-03-01
fRon oCR oWN CORRESPONDENT

NEw YonE, February a. 1889.
The hy pot house ecurility towards the Secretary Ct
M Navy which the rabid and ungsTupuious of the
ppition papers employ in alndng TO the reports Of the
sherman INVESTIGATING committee, would indgna
lion IN the breast OF every honest man, Il the vcness
and bold sehood Of these Iibald articles did not exclude
every other sentiment than that OF utter contempt Tor
the authors and publishers Of cuth low trash Last year
THESE centious deaneIs OF prominent Official rersorages
with that HIGH minded and immaculate patriot, John b.
,sLn M their head or tail, III an DO not know
which exhausted their vocabulary of abuse, and theft
ampe stock OF Gsehoods In am effort TO convict the Sec
t,,ary of War of nacasance In office Having utterly
filled In that attempt, having only succeeded in estab
fishing If possblp on rner basis, and in prom
p.nt light the claims Of John - Floyd to that esteem
and confidence which the American people always cheer
fully accord to unblemshed honor Acknowledged ability,
and valuable public service, they were driven under
The lash OF public scorn like whipped hounds into their
kennel from which they emerge to bark at another
high and ineritorious servant of the people the Sece
ty OF the Navy Insult the understanding and outrage
the feelings of the American people by endeavoring TO
make them believe that Isaac Toucey whose honesty and
integrity both in public and private life proverbial
has been guilty OF strcks of which the most kntvsh
Yankee pedlcr would he ashamed
happen to know something Of the pursued by
the Secretary the Navy with regard to the employees
Of the Broklyn navy yard during the at congressional
election in this city. know that he was besieled by
applications to og the workmen TO vote or this OF that
candidate and know that while he expressed his IN
candidates should be elected he declined absolutely and
entirely to control the to how for whom they
should vote.
believe that the contract system is liable to gross
abuses aud that among the thousands of snbordnates
epoyvd in the service of the Navy Department, as in
every other department in every country in the world
there are 10 be found men who do not possess all the
cardinal yirtics'' But it would lie rather hard to make
M Toucey accountable for the honesty of every
tractor every officer, and every workman he employs
and even make him nswcrabe if the ambition Of
,idaes for congressional hnnors berays them into
tIeavorng 10 control the vote OF navyyrd laborcrs.
Mr. Smith o Brcn was, ] understand, perfectly
founded by the warmth Of the reception given him by
our Hibernan fellow citizens. He not at all pre-
pared for tho addresses and hand shaing which he
compelled bear and recoilcd in pous horror from join
ing in '.whiSkeysins all round He purposes leaving
this city for Washington tonight tomorrow morning
and after seeing the working Of republican legisla
fure proceeds southwark to study the peculiar nsn
ton" He contemplate returning to Old Erin in May.
Ne daily expect the arrival hrrv of another British
celebrity although his fiue acquired 'in another
Iine allue to Richard Golden, to whose successful
exerons Great Britain is chiefly indebted for the perma
adoption OF tree tead There few ADLER bet
Ter than Mr. Golden and none IN England who have
served their country more esninently.
am sorry TO that there no hopes Of
saving the Black Warrior The snow storm OF Friday
night and saturday compelled tho workmen to abandon
her, and the pumps cannot therefore be used, she
is filling fast aud likely to break up Immediately.
There "a large meeting Friday night Mt the
Academy Of Music to hear report relative 10 the csab
iebmet of observatory in the Central Park We
nearly certain have first class observatory to cost
100000 Subscription lists open, and $4,000 were
already subscribed AT the meeting. ApSUM