Clayton herald. (Clayton, Del.) 1867-1870, 1869-06-26
Our Washington Letter.

O'Toole's remarkable stationery con-
tract with the Intent Office, and man.
ner of executing it, by which, it is to be
suppose j, they were enabled to return
10 the Internal Revenue joint income
Of 800, 600 for the past year doesn't seem
10 have had 4 very damaging effect
upon them in the contract line. A con-
tract for don know how many mil
lions of envelopes for the Post Office has
Just been awaryedds them; and think
they have been Successful in one on two
bids besides to supply the interior De
nartments and cine other big-consumer,
not fresh in my mind this moment.
Rumors of dlsmissals speedily to
come. are 1aas esssS the heads Is OF the
CLERKS st tsoi e Keyssae ib Su femi
nine portion, toiwIiich larger relative
addition has been made lately than to
the other.
Rev. DIR. White~Catholic, preached in
defence of Popery Sunday, in reply to
sermon by Rev. Dr. Newman, Methodist
of the Metropolitan Memorial Church, a
few Sundays ago, attacking it. 1t is
conceded to be an able effort.
A new Protestant Episcopal parish,
named Memorial Parish, has recently
been established by or for n congrega-
ton worshiping on Capitol Hill in this
city.
The sudden dGath of Henry j. Ray
mond could hardly have heen more
startling event for New York than 1t
was for Washington.
A large Republican meeting was held
in Alexandria, Saturday night, and was
addressed by Judge Underwood, GOV.
Wells. and the president of the Irish
Republican Association of Washington.
TIE Governor was the orator of the oc-
casion, and his speech was one of the
most effeetual Efforts of the kind l ever
listened to. ThS Republicans are con-
tident of.success. iM
BOURBoNS AMONG US.
The Medical Society of this District
have lust proved their possession OF the
+ proverbial characteristics ofthe Bourbon
family, "never learning or forgetting
) anything in ther votes, SO to III or II
: to reject the applications for admission
, of Drs. Purvis and Augusta, colcrec
/ gentlemen who arc regular physicians
practicing in this city. DR.. Purvis is {
: son OF Mr.. Purvis. of whom L spoke n
/ -se,rerai- rrswntfrs ,pssrr5Y I o IN not person
ally acquainted NTH the Doctor, but
know of him very we'll, and l know
: that some of those 55 are not to he com
: pared with him in general education
! and gentlemanly culture and bearing
: His fitness as physician they hat
i themselves conceded previously b,
: granting him a license to practice. Dr
: Augusta do not know at all, but M
. physician in town has better practica
y credentials. Secretary Stanton appoint
it ed him Surgeon of Volunteers. In tina
: service he acquitted himself with sue
I credit, that in spite of prejudice, he wa
!; brevetted lieutenant colonel. And he
y now Professor of Practical Anatomy 0
: Howard University, and is City Physi
clan at Asylum Hospital. But ther
has been no question of his professions
e qua iiicatons. lie, too, has been licens
> ed to practice by these half fossils.
= Doctor, teacher. What fine oppol
= tunity was here presented to the MEN
e, bers of IL learned profession to nobly i
!, lustrate the meaning of their title,
4 teaching by example that only the actu;
e, condition should constitute test of ii
10 ness for any place or association. Til
/ society has enjoyed II charter from Cor
y, ~ gress fer more than so years. 1t is tin
. it was revoked Since then Congre'
\ has moved the. world has moved; bl
81 this society haX'rollel itself up in this i
rational, insul4r prejudice, and bowie
las rapidly bail smlrd Though the year
= 1t is clearly ullit to he entrusted Wi
e authority ovcrbhy modern interest.
le Ill Il. ~ "a A-ss&S nnl1G r-Asss.a :, ri
Is one of the heroic Scottish characters
hat have engrFven place upon Hiy
from fny boy day reading Of
Miss Porter. But i'll more credible his
DRY Will our children be impressed with
American Black DouglaSses of the latter
lalf of the nineteenth century. Itseems
o be the fate of the name. The sons Of
he renowned Fred are unpretending
ourneyinen primers, wishing to make q
living ut their trade. Nothing in this
10 place them before the world, and hand
heir names down to posterity. But it ;
IS destined TO be recorded that one them
vas the iirst skilled sufficiently, of any
African blood, ever 10 lie tolerated on a ,
Ooting OF equaliiyin the m0stintellgpnt
of all the productive arts of in
lustrirs. in all these free, enlightened ,
United States, or Gil the face ofthis broad I
earth.
THE GOVERNMENT PRINTERS,
With whom ono of the Douglasses is
employed, have lately held Il meeting
here to consider again this Black Doug
lass business. The "NATIoNAL Typo
UNION" has hauled him
over the Goals as II rat. That is a charge
nf rafting against all who work in the
Same establishment. The Government
printers must vindicate Douglas, resign
their fat situations, or leave the Union.
So they abundantly vindicated Douglas.
Saturday night, the Columbia Union
held IL meeting. A stormy meeting il
was. The Goveynmont-Oflic printers
were largely in' he majority, but had
not the- Y necessary to elect
Douglass to membership; sothpy carried
Il motion to adjourn tie meeting, with.
out taking action on the question of his
admiss on. He will BIO admitted, how.
ever.
SECRETARY RAWLINS
Is returned to Washington, and is at
tending to the heavy reduction of the
clerical force of his Department down
to the limits of law and appropriation.
There seems to have been o bungle
about his first order. 1t
WAS first understood to dismiss all the
enlisted men emplyTed us clerks, Now