, 1869-05-10
WASHINGTON.


Visit to Bladensburg, sprngue's
Field OF Fame.
(FHoN or2 OWN coaRxsroNpKkr,
TAsHIsorox, Aay2
The visit Of Lee TO Grant on SATURDAY haA made
scmc talk, and chiefly for the reason ,has II bad
meaning IN It. ThIs waa the meaning, as express
ei BY Grant and hts friends: Tint Lee represent
ed The South still helng ns much tts military leader
as Gt1nt himself could cl1tm to be General of the
North. Again, tbs, Lee was doing Just what he
ought to Be about: Educating the lads and
building up the ruined corporate interests
Of bis State, Intending to bis buslness and ths
tuslness Of bis nelehhors, but to nooody's politics.
And Lastly, to appreciate these enott4 Of Lee, and
pay him, though the leader Of revolt, the CON-
pliEncnt Of thanks and consultation, was the bot
tom Of The f,tte talk the two Generals had on Sat
uEday. In this soTt Of open, Mauly. chlv1roos re-
kpec for the leader OF the opposite fortune General
Grant never mikes mistake he IL little too
forward In the asme direction With his friends;
for what is naEnantHtsJ with Al enemy frequently
becomes mere faEo1ttism with ones lotlowerz.
Bonapasteb good treatment OF the ruined Pope
bis life than the quartertng Of his bEuthers upon
nelghbortng thrones. The marx hAs been passed.
when to Be whAt Is called aloyal," or straight
out, one must Eay thai e7ery rebel leader onght
to be moved down. - or strung up" In the
decent economy Of the time, no man with an in0u-
ence can be discouraged That Lee WIS p!llAr Of
the regolt ne cannot gains4y; but that eyeyy sub
seque1t step be has taken WAS crafty and ma.
1'c.ous have myself learned to discredit BY going
to his town Of Lexington and talking with his
Lads and neighbour BIS tslents,' set against the
nag nud unity Of his country, must be measured
BY hlstlzJ, and the mo1al duly preached But u
he can do anything, or consent to anything to re-
pair the fayagcs he caused, history wil also put
an appendix for teIs-
Lee looked the quiet, gcnteel hgU1e sou hare
conceived somewhat enlarged, however, BY a
llouched hat thAt he wore. On mere grounds OF
swear and teay,"I should think he had been hay-
Ing pIeasanier THE than Grant; for, although
considerably older, the Northern man, 1t Was IT,
marked to me, seemed to be nearly rs old looking
asLec- Lee Is not 80 intense and 1ndtridnaltxed
being u Grant. He s a Gebonnir being, with lces
analysis and MEASUREMENT Of men than tdea1lzs-
ton Of manhood In general Grant say4: ais It
Bensiblc:" Let sass: Is It becoming Grant
ssys: "Wo ould It work - Lee says: "Wou1d It
dos
hang well on to my dfBt belief that Grant il the
more solid, more pIytng, more curious more Sor7h-
ern man, with excellent knowledge Of passing
things, and II he has been mistaken In some
tsing, 1t has been the fault Of the l1la.
moos system Of rotation conceived By the glutton-
les Of men and transmitted to their eoitlsA Cen
era. Grant has given awRy nearly thousand
of1cea atnce hts aooezsion- How could he know
petsonally ali those people who nppHed: Whom
could he trust to recommend them but Congress-
men: and IN trusting Coagressmen he was put
ting t1ust In their caucuses TO which everything
really comes down.
THE EKw PARTY.
An article In TIE CHICAGO TR18cSK passing
come straightforward opinions upon the new
ofnce-hoidess and the weakness Of the Cabinet
made such tall hers Is you might expect amongst
population Of political mAgpies, Bill, Of the
Pension Bureau, turned To Bob, Of thc Patent OF.
ice, and asked him shat be thought Some over
snapper heaveA In sight, and both poor cubs Of
patronage, with great psecipitancy, talk about
something else
But there Is a time coming rs there was time
past, when newspaper Of ones own party can
speak Right on upon ones President and nobody
will DO more than respectfully think. There viii
be no outc1J, no wonder. DO fear. Is 1t not pal
pable that we i've IN an age made mute BY caucus
tyrauny when every great and intelligent paper
On one eide IKE the New York Hort3 must only
Ap49E AuE 4lEA44E1&y 2uH +2t NA4aC1 MAC LIEF
may only pun him in his least ~ IN bis greatest act4
And all this happens not BEFORE an election but II,
ter IL The uneasy caucus machinery Is 1t work for
the next election. We are no more allowed 10
gIunh1e In The calm than nc were when the
storm was coming up.
! SAW = notable Instance Of this the other day
when ! 81. III the ladles' gallery OF the Senate
reading that volume Of 2pasks' Warrington
which contains the Farewell Address. At the
~iuA h-.Q LI-
aamenlu0u to beware Of the hanciui influence Of
mere party feeling, 1.heard squeaRing oce cry
I'm not asnamed, Iii. President, 10 Bay that
I'm party man.'
looked down at him and measured him. and l
thought to myself thai that perhaps, waa the only
kind Of mau he waA
Directly up hoped hock Of little people, aI
ch:zptng with great good cheer:
"Im pa1t5 man, too: I'm partJ nan, too!'
thought they resemblett, 20 chipping 70 each
Other, lie Of Swallows on telegraph wire, un-
mindful Of tho big sh1obbtpg currents under theu
feet, going and coming, speaking and sweeping
but to them the highway OF the lightning Is merely
perch to sing q little song upon.
In ono sense the administration OF Grant needs
associates round his person Of postt1Te power. In
thts, that parties are breaking up. mean that IN
this administration both parties will 70. Big
topics viii come up, Of economy, Of trade, d
Ql4RQ%G- hAtIE WILL k4G AQlQ41l2k1AktQu ElAG1
Is 1t prepared for those question: With the mate
rtal In !ts Cabinet: Tour party may cEy Yea
tll1k not 80.
TALE on DrNR
Senator Spraguc pArading the streets, - the re-
porteta SAY, With pair OF loAdcd pistols In hls
pockets, md Senator Abbott ntte1tng oldfash
loned remarks about the honor OF **thc old NORTH
State, =" uadc such IN impression upon me las,
Sunday that concladcd to drive to B'adensbasg
0Hladensbufg you know TO be the next y1laEs
| over the District Of Columbia line, the sce1e d
nany Of the bloody or farcical eounlcss Of the Pc
Eto3 Of duclllnR. sa well Of the battle for ths
possession Of Washington, tn 1Bt4
II IL bad place for Dlst1icter Of Columbia e
60 to show courage, for On tho only memorable
| opportunity Afforded there Tor fighting, t1ity.nyt
yeArs Agn the militia OF this District red 70 George
| town, and rallied b.ck upon tho marine b11rack
| Of Washington, Ike brigade Of tumble bugs Wit
| observe fa1n-ssnrm coming up. Where p.tr!ot
Ism failed disSs1accfurs, "honor" stood up ot,e,
aite11a1u to be shot II, md hence Bladcnsaur1
became tho most noted due1ling groond IN II
| United Stxtes-
| ROAD 70 a1ApESsBCRl-
| 4 rei8hbor Of mine, possessed Of good horse
| came to ny house On Sunday afternoon and aske'
me 70 80 over the fead md due1ing ground Q
| BlAAenkburg with him. tooE the rrias, the roa
being an old one to me, and In fifteen minutes r
were across the Eaatc1n RrAnca Of the Potomac.
need not tell any Of your readers who posses
the luxury Of 4 nAp that nile below WAkh1nG
ton City the Potomac receives tr!buta.J c1lle
the East Branch. The East Branch, 50 called t
| distinguish 1t from the North and the Sout
Branch Of the main rotamlc-whtth unite nez
Cumberland, more shAn 100 miles above Waah!n{
tou-was originally ua.ned the 4Auacostta; but, c,
ccps - painted on the front Of = suburban engin
house, which sands ne11 the EA
Branch, "-Anacos.la" Ii n obselese tefn
Formerly The East Branch wxs nartxahl
several n.les above Warrington II
larEr vessels cleared from Wxdensbu1T pten
The West 1ndscs md to Liverpool But It's engt
u tns.sni6caut-lcsx than tnA* Of Bull Inn OF A.
tietam csret- I'll \ coEe merely, taking Adval
tagc OF bouac Cats to orernow them, and tbo1
| H1adeosourS It t1Fldes Into I pair p3 brook
frcshy after q rz.n, but tn fair weather mere
| r1118
From the city to NAdenkb1ry By that near.
route which the militia retreA1ed bs-sae Rz4rl
attcf them haEd-and BY which carriage loads
tusulted honor rrptted to Blsdcnaou1y With O,
! fash of powder and twenty tAsk8 OF cocktails
each-it u no more than i've ml1ea- In the pse
ent instance, however, Nc dossed the East Rraot
and followed II farther bank 10 the village,
which out way leI through more novel scene1
but was prolonsed by sese1M MileA
The Eat Branch divides the city from the p
nlnzula Of darkness On this Hde are the Epr
md haze Of the metropolis, the dome Of the Ca'
tot tn the u!ds: OF tsa basin, IKE An egg end-o
ws7ts In b.rdb nest and N the instances 4,
articles Of life, society aud humsu coutact pu
to tic water xlic. Beyond the Est Branch Is
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