, 1869-12-17
WASHINGTON.
Winks at Public Business.


The National Printing ofIice.
It's Report and its Errors.
The Modern Clovis and His Franks
Vim. 3. Reed. I
A Uctlou1e Of ssNIems.''
lFxox ocR ewz cosszsroxnnE.1
FAsnIKG1pn. Dec, IL
Reputation Is all aght vt,n TINA Your great
by eMinenuY succeaaful ueaunesa or
virtue Brought hts Daue abose The saftaee, ard
ever since, tue ttde4 Of the world hAveheeu uJtck
to Rrs even with H. The1elose. VIXEN you tnher.s
= great pars lou inherit light with The whole
dead level Of democratic nannooa. Thu keens
to he now the caae with
wn1IAA b. RxKu,
OF tbs city Of Philadelphia, ,'soo0i whom ihe news
ID paal1ahed this noran4 that he has got On the
0uts!de Of e1me thousands Of dnttf7, teut To him
from Europe to be invented. and that he has lolF
the city vita the lat Of the posas,on Of Jostpa
Reed, wEo xzs, u l do noS uRxke, his grand
IsIt<s.
This Is Eevs OF as much note u any thing that |
hatrepa; for. II precise It uaEea TIC conplrte and
nral extinction Of fennsJfy1nta C7ppefheallitm As
a 1este etabl. sentnert. vi. Reed has been. eseE |
slnce The beginning Of the teueiltoD, the tpst saa
:he 4dvuer apd cttsespoctcis Of the enemies OF |
his country ID England He tAs been on fern1s OF
intimacy WITH = nnmheF ot EnahAh capitalists IN |
upr railroads. aud lArxe et&rr1xlses. and vita peo
PIE lie alters, ol the Loudon 7fnts; spetce OF
the Liverpool seaes loau. Nao other II, s<.oeipsct
tp* cnIa;ers In Toe dlsas.ssa Of the human 11ce
Ella elarsoter teens 70 resemble Ia many ah.nxs
thst OF Joseph ltrtd, hh accea o., who began Win
ttltg Gtesge Waah'lgton'h Alitta15 sectskatl.
rrseIerkcG b; u tE7sluR n tte1eht tous pcl.tcal
eo'nssp1te1ce With WsthEr ons tneE5 Charles
LET. and LETT 10 YIN. II. Hceh the haf1i xosL Of do
ittnlDk bis ntnlr1 ngaloai George Banclott a,d
ihe 1ptpasits cr1lci. Of history. TIA task Ms.
Kt I'd engaged In Ktth nj hs ft4et, resrestreDce.
SID eylsr.s,yezest, but whatever Juss ph KeeA
utstt no. have been. Il his hrn eFll ut thess ten
,tasr that William L. REED AIS PERSON 10 <aon
lseA. On came ust1raly and enjoy ably. lie was
| the htAd ana front OF that faction OF Es1tf. "
Ptitadclphiapr, i!ke Pierce Rnt'es, Robert Tyler,
J7net vsedyse. acd many I could name, Wto
~elc she Iayured aud ardent parasites OF slavery.
| Tie city that rs. against thtu, In giving
| slI fess,b,e $40 aud conf~tt to
| The ehemJ Of the nag. Tnty nearly
y lived On OF bJ Ws1nus atfecf, the Potomac line
oI ,o.bl md rel ellicus Qtasr1dur, and aoIe OF
! tttir;rcks tcIc ttsr:iIE tltflh,A newapapcre,
,rb.eh,rF aIo1yntu. tstchu,eh to discourage
II cir country, ietprr tie London preis On the
xrClE ( scc Of the ruth. sLd, ut uepnTtuue times,
| told!. fentrehtl public neetlrss. to The au1oy'
II n IL - AAAE Co. zztf
| F.t this specteg OF whfs, 1beSa teser llTtd III
sIy sse i 1rsn so well qualified Is Wslltu B.
Reed. Craify. cut rtpr, 1e4entesf, rejoicing 10
| uItcIuuuE, Io1iER cestluctirenesa as pt1nci'
! tlr ptpvd guarded, an a1tht1cfat, educated, pcl-
:.lsl, ct tcnc1lu. faleLtst be never loved Hfc %
urrE, .tr WORKED 50 tevotedlE, - wnen hts
! ~A1lc Ma1fRrnpt Eaiurc vas bent upon the sab
st'tior Ct The Ncrhcrc Esicn and tEe 1eco'er.
! VI at's u'u.&. 14."s+.s u+ sIAsstA :
! Tic hsd been N'hlS, .. held With high cytd,t
.Et ottee It D:b11.ct Attorney Of tho city. ~
un1 rLtr nfEau.xrt IL fuanitCa went asour E!sa'
haIdcd To bleak up this rabhle. sna pofsoe IL
tfnf.eAeera 10 .hn eai1n~-. vas Nted 8 ta4ks and
| leGtTcf n1i1 4 trrJ TO weak Eof wicked Pei
frrs be ,sttos tie Heruh.icau rartJ Tor sint
ss ,aebc :ttr / c never hoke tEead with an, hod,
| II It Returning 10 Tie United StaiesfTH1n China
1T tie c:ul OF BuehsEan'a ADMINISTRATION. be At
t1thct b,nteA 10 ste wink cid rnAu 1t Wheat
lsIca, ttcane bis literary executor, and, Il u Be
| 3e. %. rtolt h> arn1oEetic boek.
THIS ia lne ED. Private character broken dow,
! Wire pulEc SMiue had soEg been dead, he ciose.
| M Glib nj d !1bp!ACabie ha3Iet OF freedom witt
1at tieMa u RI 7euI al dIthoEor. Who can weep so
ecc ~Le petss Nept: Ms. Reed u a tall straight
:e1-ccL p;cIioDtd EAT, with b:ue eJes, bA!t
heas, AID til EIttntie e1ttesston, which, at timer
It tists to tclte ctreelttss. lie u 4. ont s. Jear
%. aia Is . dlu{sd cory os Henry Csa3 IN son'
,Aws. WIN h'rs the 1aeoo!te ls.iy n Phila1el
| phia slips comlor orIholy lrto its c5Clp.
FINS WEST NINA foliCf.
The teas, troL-c.aa y&ssel At amin ha5 been al
!, lowed to 60 to tsA FROM PhilxAelpnlz, VIII
tis attnsnent for the rc.ef 81 salnayc, whoseen
| to he tpttDE p1puDa II nsytt--the rebeah hAstn
eAptu.cd Capc nhY'ltr aud tie Aotc S. Slcanla.
! tle Eehrest H8Jt1cn places to the United S.a!et
Meanwhile, the S. iA1Issh gu1 hosts ATT pettntte7
10 ;epaft 10 est to wo1E in cnba: and we hav
The ts<aut1 Tslsv sp1 ring 70 s.. posalnRo 40
Psltc Plato, t,y kaJ OF Savannah, GA- The po!:c
Of the adninIst1Btton stems 10 he to let Cubs *
! hut TO .e1 t!ope tox4Ed 81 Du1ssSo, oy eneoa,
: sRtr good feeltr2 Nith Dotu:n1cs, md, perhaps
. pcscsatle ceselon wh1te Salnave Ia encouraged t
j cot frol bis gostf fnEent tn uatu aud the
: ,.,.-, ,.-ne. -. No,airg else eau be made Of II
!, deep nuanae into which We have pu. oursetyes !
! to West tnliA matters. TIE Cuban canse Al
: ccptden, ofgaD'zsslon Is 1easly played ont Eert
although petltlonx for recognition abound ia esef
. tAycIr, ard mans people 10 Cargtess are earnes
nron the subject. tie, ,ond all thir lies the feaosc
] purhase Of St Thou,as, whcb, /. Is believed, sn
: | Administration ants TO secure to hold the Inda
= eL!repot to British shipping; and many Congress
!. ntt will support the acquisition on the ground {
e equity ard ccuftee} 10 Denmark: AMONGST thea
Y ! n General Butler. DO not betiero taa. = n,
!, 'o1tty CAD bc bad ia Congress- azElaet anr decide
d Increment OF The Ssate Secretary,
I F3sH's AAp CHANTS MEM rAKIoRs
= t. fo h, xrsn1Fx rs 731.
ttariy opposite the Cspito3--so oa., to SEC VII.
n Nj, Clarke had 10 cay Aoout tots year:s apnroptt
Z thus for thu Capitol. lie sui he w3atel the Isl
6 III E for .bc terrace, # whlch Reu3t cost $4,000
3 S-if, aI !. 10 consist ot Se. eca s:ote from tt
- upper Fo1cnac. He tupfoaed, a3.o, sha. x
r. prtscnt Congress would authorize the cons.ia
} tt1n at a LeS marh.e East Ftoat to the ceusr
Q Eapo!, n place ct 1he pse:ent frccs.ooe. asks
~ LIN how the Capitol hut dig ~v0uio
/ tnr National C:lvcrdtrr, and be Tep!it
taat II wa. noaly alap1cI for such pc
pesc, It's aIf CGmn1ttse roo11a, It's tfr pio
- I.at>cter. etc, etc, btlng superb lealarcs Of
D+w o1fcFH OF Sathonne. Mr, E1aEse 4a!a he b,
To doubt the perai appropriations woald s
:. through. as usu4l, n1i he Ind no1 evidently n
r htukcli u the WAY Of the csp.tAlnove lie 4
q dslshttul AID scholarly man, beng much Ia b
:. eeisrr. Ike BrrEelesca., With one e1e eoeAs
mp at i.e dome, ALd, as did not like 70 disturb
II s,Gous lett him In tn2t att1sQue and stole ava
y MI. Clarke said that he dealgred State Depal
1cr fcr Scott Squire, near b. the present ArtIu
T. ton Holse, and otltq1ely r1 d.ris to the VIII
at Houae- 1t x2s to cost ONLY m,1ton, Rnt he "a!
y aclesp lss!e Tt.anon OF 4 thing, With Mantal
q roof ard ravillore: but Mr. t1Bh SAID II HaA X
~ fzn1iL 1te Fuh1sc, Of having IN orlesa ressden
4. IN It for the Secretary discussed and favor
,r bly received all round. Three Of our ot1ci2ts,
p ytu knox, Already lire In their otaces-Mr. u
~ Henry In tho Smithsonian, General caprun IN
= Agricultural building, md somebody IN the oaac
u vatorJ; besides Joe Wilson, the Land Counl
: stonet, who Eas msde Iii own tea fns elghtet
Y years over his oioce ahs tnzntr.
Is Hut lhe new not:on Of NF. Fish Co. VIII
n tontth1ng Interesting 70 Eou. 1t Is 10 put Il
!. Pret1dcnss buHuess odlcea, Secretaries etc. ett
e tn the Few Department Of Ssate,-xhcR they :
~ is,-and shut rp tna White House altogether +
/. pere politicians and nop-noboerA Hrs. GA
ID cnuplatrs that she has 10 p1lEac1 II any ums II
It that she might n well live ont Of doors-the hoG
eeug tnu ut the tina et ot1oe seekers, tnforne.
le AID trrtcs!sy nuntsr3- " The " RlnA u TO rzsl
T. :Ee lew Ssx:e De7a1tHent the PxsaidentA wot
= abop, 1nd convert the White House INTO \ graz
. sak te .sertststa e1tuely prtzate readerce, Z
+. eept when the Hospitality Of the Chlef AaEtsua
ID | u 10 ee exercised On EEtdsy rignts- Then bu
kcu IL jeis, Haund the czlasasa, And usher Ia 4
irslltd euee;s. There is too much ctr,llzaui
L. about this toe nc to prououuce upon it
Ii must te cotresaed tnAt <he Whtte House
Y rather publlc place now, with IL Ra:es vide q,
= = and robody OF guard. A few ds1s ago N
- GrantN coachuao drove up to take Ter dot easif
u ~ acon ~ he turned tn:o tie I14Ec 500 wou
hate thought tne1e WA Gre Every bootoiat
ls lsskty Tor, carter, and stranger tn roVn TOOK
!? | lii htelR. They xurTuunded the carriage; II
u esoSt e.1 dep on every s:de: tht5 nj he'll to-
NJ ncu,hs vide open, AID when the family drove
er tney tJitsCze6 Il Mse = Set Of rsoof-1taaes1
a