, 1869-11-18
Congress Fastening.
Dexth In the ReceSs-.KoteS on the
Dead.
Robert ]. Walker, Amos Kendall, Com
modofe Stewart, Etc.
The Dominica Egg
Departmental and Municipal Matters.
tTRon OUR uwN CoHnKsroSDN4T.1

&sttEX fepaf19&oE, al0 EaRlAla TEL Ac4nK LII Iue
a.ly rrotpecS Of hopeful J0unk Wales, with bis
luue CT WIG oats; and Spain, ltkt 4sops tsrE~
,s1d, claiming Jnpltar Tor = k.nR. hero Be ne
,o,Dg In for mora teEri,Dsy. paying OF our bnis,
I'D exhibiting lnua encouraging senatlseneA
i tbs situ1unt Of naRistlacJ.
TuE poNiflc uKx sKTA
Here Ii Nj. FAh with the nttt frnits OF states
uantn,p u 4 Few heaYneak.. Grant has landed |
. stay w1ere Columbus Left on
II seems probable that the policy OF III. Seward !
u the STATE Department has been generally adort 1
ID BY MI. Fish, his xueceasof. and tnqa1E7 |
u the onc1As develops this fAcs. Sew
n tho West indies, amongst the various !
powers S1edish, Dutch. Eogush, French, aud |
spantsh-so thbt VIC may oAse Al nndlspatcd n.val
szat.on aad ia secrecy tr1n1Ac1 our tatercoatinen-
LA tostresa nAlnX tne British packet lines To foE-
+ ard cur special agents AID Dispatches sssnana |
BayEA, without doant, the most eligible pors
n a! The West 1nnles.-usvana only |
ndurtiDg communication With
Eprppe, North Ame1tcs. a1d son.h America AZ
otce. Il IL Lear b IT. ThoonaA the Rfeat tendez-
Toes Of the Southampton Faetet Line, and II 90.
cupleo by us Will, refhBpR, become The metropolis
Of the tropics to tee depreciation Of HaTana- It
|. no, a1tiect 10 earthquakes and hurricanes TIC
quenly, ~ Is ST. Thnnas, And We c3h buy It OF the
0lsteptehl Domln1canA Tor it1s more than II cos*s
to send out our school nert year. an TED 10
believe thai 1ua purchase has really been msee.
conditional only upou the coEscLt OF Congress,
and. despite kotno ciaHors Congress generally
carries out the Executive behesta. CeF-
taiu 6ocial matters will promptly
bsppeu Ia tie event OF this acquisition,
aronsst which viii be the abandonment Of Ia
yA1a By y large Invalid American roputarton
In the winter u1e and the banding up Of rcsort
At sansanz- E.tanlished at The Eurup<an gate.
var ot the AntilltB. We aha'i have taken the 1rss
step tow ards te.utptcg cur commercial place II
the Southern Hemisphere, These We hare Always
hsd the moral aursLta9e Of republicsa!sn- AZ
rorneemen,s OF the aroaable ahsosp1loo Of tho
whole Of the Dominican State are probably p1e-
nature, although the whole population u not
q, ore co., Tue State, In thorl, 10 hau tho size
ot Onsr aAo aaa stc population. sll told, OF New
ark city, New jersey, and 1t Is the sfue key Of the
Antilles, The reople are manly lmProyidcnt ard
1cyolutio. nry regrces with whom tie experiment
OF etlL goyefnn c1t II played OUT Ind ,hcI occupy
u 1e., o. tsuAa.ory telat'ou to Spain.
We can 1ow Understand the EeantoR OF MI the
uys,er,eus cipaenng during Jonnsons admtuis.
t,ai,on ~ 10 ana yeta, which was tho hons Of
contenttou betNeea jerry Black. toc ftesldeh1s
Bep Butler, AID all the poet!ca spirits o1 tnat Pc
nod. have seen here tcfera DonlHica1s, among
them resident OF the lal1nd for twenty yea1A.
EE4 Mft QCLhluAu uAAA , *As~~ +eN ~A41(
make m sous trsud that before another 1eat rolls
,oand !. shall be possessed Of city ani perhaps
A stasr Ii, the Nyes. Ineles, Recommending shers
u = left OF witp the rCrchAse Of L3ut.laEa- II
saua1s aed Doninica he acquired, IN immense
fe.uept viii take Place ut oace In the poasfcA
ard rnrfcautt:e c.rclea Of the East The Soutnesp
States will be greatly excited Al the prospect ol
6,cau th!n cotuuu.tcatlen with Brazil And tae
Mediterranean. and Nex York will plunge Ia to
do tho hotel tuslnebs. ETC. ... -.-.-.- 49,.
The three persons who formed comut1ston to
no to Do,uipica we're Judge osrlll'an, formerly
ou- Mip!sttr to Uogota, acd one OF the parties
who has ha,t a snip calnl through D2Tten on the
brn,n ever sluce cntldhood; senator Cole. long
htnreh bus3uess nan Of California, who waa the
nno,ector IL Copgte.s Of tie steamship line ID
| Iaran; ard General Ba.cocs, tho s!aueAe triu
ia tie 4,re.tcps's Secretary Porter, ferVent aru
| e1t:ous ,ogrg fellow. repeat nsnsn. thai be.
| ,,eyc this pusrhnse Of Dominica TO be nearly con
suuip s,ed, and that tt 10 ono Of Seward. legscei
TO Grants adnl1!stta Ion.
| kEcRoLoGT.
ns1no seems 10 be contaglons-ore great ,os
auoprattpQ Il edstatipn 10 another slo lite. which
| rrltastu1 Il witt crops Of mere grsvI.v. Amo
! Ksnsa,t, Vim, Pitt Fe~stndeD, Robert ]. Walker
mtn sl,pxether las,mllas, but Nil State f1ks, hAs
| us.fcL away very reAl1T ut the t1ue Naen aeasF
! +. abody eeates TO R.se AID 10 tlse- Threc o
these men were tail. Straight, btehcheo. an'
bantkorr, y h,ie Walker was ALMOST dwarf. an
| hts tlle had been p, orly regulated. 50 that
show ed not athletic and nne TIL the las'
Ttcxc vctc bll business statesmen. Aud Last a
,ho ern Of tnrir death VIC lose aenefs
| Wool and Eo,uu o<1ore Stewart. Al of 1neS
| NJ kpccs Rsspl Ueu have b&d The experience q
ahetiuz hands NTH an,i hearing them SPEAK. IN
evening, at ST. Anure.'s dinner 10 Vcsladelahss
l WEN ret bctIde Stewart all Tho csenlua. M
| heard hln relate anecdotes OF Decatur AID III
sailing nstters Of our DntJ- lie Tn7 va
1a1u,y md yet pty 1'lic Oil Ecut1cmA IL, Eeih fe'
frirKei q, ~, q tcrarin9 roEt OF adfru&S = ues1
| saul, ard ucst olnorate trnaclsJ of lie.
T. o>t 10 thr !aas, though often lame, you could &C
him Ecraplng AID stnl!us Along Third strce
p1IlsdeI Iphts, OF The auauJ aide o1 lhs way, hHS
Ii petssh AID battered BY everybody. flu
| vz7r reminded uae at Captain Cutie, an
shock hauas With Gsealp. hooke
scrt Of = way. asked Sstxass On tho eScl
tnS teser1cd 10 whether he asrcttl WITH FnEssRs
that otrlcn snfp~ we're 80 "a tn"urh TOT MN.
ueren,,eu ,hat Fn1.a1ut ntd hot usant to col
t.te = sailing settel with q sseauAaip OF RAF
rracet Ct. i,sati he, " There : 10 fun nsal1uc
a steamer. Thsrn IA your engineer who can't 4
htt epery, ttolsE al the hackirg, Gazing snd sto
. | npr Ne13w dtcka Hut when VT sails IN Old IA
nb tucked, Dipped, euu as'csus tolntt'ae' cass
ri tach pihcs for days. and We fought pretty I'M
.ikc couple Of gulls. running past each ot1cr
'1e,et,DI' \ Gle 4 every s!rae- Toey caa never
over asala. peEhHps, thoae old d.hts; brt IN
srv delightful recoIlecton., and ~ We gro" :
trttp them, We Srox aWAJ from tho great pc1t
I'll chr pav1. -......... ..,....-,...
X ast ri stewart II he thought the ypun: rcn
1s,. we,c lcsA capaale, hearty. md daring thAn
!. $40, "So,r = lie replied: thinE the raec I
improved Ike sht state. Why, an tae small
e mi hese ,o-A!sat, aud the oales~ nut al Sea
o will soou hrcons weaker nnless oar boys maA
p m heno. aud ps,de to 30 on coGuerc1a'
u tQres, Ike their fathers. For.y 5cars AGO all
10 ra,er-+.ae streets o! Phiate!ph!a were inhahs
o. hr vcll.o4io tea Captains. farmers sons,
g Xenonougn; p.anterH' sous, nNe RodSesss Il
." n.aesurrrs' sous, Itke Dlport, TOOK TO
se. Ike ducks. They put the Aroer,cau nts
&c every nost ut the world, and they were It Q
sailors and merchants. l can lsfe Jou into
~ uopl street, sma1.an ttreet- Front street,
o. shoH ypu the OLD tavcrns where We CapfAinA
OF orr ca5ouaea.-unT Wl.nGut q blue l7cket {
lss coming slons to take his erog and tell nlf y
.: When 1As lad, could md, assembled as s.
na OF tnoee old tea cap:atns' houses, uen VINO
* beeu In oil knowu ports. and transacted bust
en- there-hz tusness. Why, In IN object OF {
cd ostsy, str, AZ much becausc / Was t7lios n.
as- cause 2,n m nt1ce1." .
Isl Auousss the stories steHhs told to
hs SEorp Of Us Newspaper reporters. TEAK niga
ihs one which recall uost horribly. pf soa'e sa'l
shs n,her-I fus.et HhA.--1h:ca nc hsd slenced,
fea bore COVE upon to take Possession He Eaid
ixa a dead cain nna coCse OF, $50 TIE oessen sns'
IN helplessly rtat1R and suostdlnT, Aod frun herd
F1s 81 tnes drew near, perfect diApAson o. Sroa!
Of s,rhlpc houl ing, aod snssekla- w&s fept up b
saa wounurd. Iue eject OF this 1cng wan u
MIA o71et va4tuees OF the lonely eex vas rendcre
e1- the Iittle, wbeezy, sose-cEed old mAa
nd such unconscious yirtdness that It drove n
she rest Of bis relations ouE sr my head. d,
ned ever, reeau .ne true irish enthusiasm with '
ssa, Stewart referred to Joseph Rnn2paEft, hta
bor II Dothtl1own, and 70 the Bonapaft
aci- la1rr. all OF whom be admired The old MN
also known Aorrau when he HTed few
A. ssore Barde1tuwn, II NDEztsss,le, and rel
hl!e betsd The Orleans Princes E1tit1ng Amefit
IL me, him cnee c,ore, whsn the Httdgeton.
IN. Railroad WAS opened, about 1851, and Il:
as r.. question hia furtner:Aoo2t Ho1rau and
lE. ) Joxenb, but he seemed t1Stncltped to be
~. muuIcat1ye ....-.
,cte Peabody And4 Kendall wsfe rot un1Ke
!; III :. Other IN appearance, aad BAH were cali
dent acrred, pniian.hfortc gentlemen, ood
the eeupl!nK In ZONE aors Nathaniel HAVE
IS whom hn welt knew. HIS Mps1.s1,
i s.ts thozcuehlares OF London, A-onS tnose Of
Tsise ics1on. Selsons the RoJsl Georges, cas
aseo. Feel. and Sir Jos.. F1aniitn. Alraosr the
:.rsy resrcdI'e decesse, Cornelius Vanderbilt
i tiches. man IN AueneA VA oartn9 5:
worth Of hrutx6 set up to illustrate ois c
oyes r4lttoad depot; aud III soat VA rex
10 be said on t1 At occasion might have
found ID I41k II sln ! celebrated ep!Et1e u
rras, re.1u8.
str Of hootFs :. AAe1 "As ols " &ho ~" ~
run.s E.en nIe 5o1eph Holt and Ta1fed Ses,s&, \
ntc.. I named ever With the Cnl0n, ant he was ht
with mary Esclr1 commissions 1t 10 pr
en,,y that he bad, dcs9pg hts n1e hyperion o7pa1t
stppL 20 eA1ef feapoot o1 hen.Aa ~ s.aaao =
AZ Il but be xas entirely destttu.e OF thrill, b.
,cnrH t1Af3kAuk L6Stctt foFS4 LIZ MAC