The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-12-28
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENTS.
WASHINGTON, d. c.,
December 10Th 1870.

ignes doing this before Porter is con
firmed by the Senate. Now that
Grant has desired that Porter be
confirmed it is most probable that he
will be. The race is between Logan |
and Grant. The rank was created
in honor of Farragut, and should
cease at his death. Porter's letter,
on Grant, has unearthed number
of things which otherwise would ney-
er have seen daylight. 1t will be re-
,nembered that when Grant and Far
ragut, s'swung around the circle
with President johnson, there oc-
CURED a breach between t h m.
When Grant came into power, with
a smaliness of soul, characteristic of
the man, he passed over Farragut,
and took the time-seryed Porter, to
his affections, and placed him in
charge of the Navy Department, with
Borie, nominally as Secretary. While
there, Porter served his master, lily
ses, and himself, by using his power to
annoy and insult the brave Farragut
by every means in his power. Among
the numberless petty efforts to an
noy the old sea hiking was the chang
ing of the flags to be worn by the
commanding officers OF squandrons,
which was done without cons uiting
him. The Admirals flag was of red
and white stripes equally distant,
with red star, without any Union
or blue in the flag, beng almost an
exact copy of the flag OF the free city
of Bren en-, the most insignificant
FLAG Of the naval world. When Far
ragut first saw the flag, it was hoisted
as token of his rank, and the fact
that he was on board the ship, and
he remarked to an officer. "Why,
there is the old Bremen gridlrpn.
have not seen it before for years.
| Why is it hoisted here Why Adj
niial' was the answer, chats your
flag" Haul it down and never let
it be raised in compliment to me.
When the old sailor, the first sailor
OF the world, was dying he said IN
broken accents to one who was near
him, "When I am dead don't let
that old Bremen gridiron be carried
before my coffin" 1t was not SO
carried, nor did the author of this in
suit, which ranked in the old sea-
mans breast, follow his chief to the
grave. The neglected and studied
insults which were heaped upon the
: old Hero, the brightest ornament oi
the service, by Grant, through his
tool, Porter, proved greatly upon bis
MN Af..ssi Grant found out Por-
ter's ineffable meanness with regard
to himself, his sympathy for one OF
his kind, carried out the old adage
!, that s'birds Of feather flock togeth
er," was so great that he still retain:
him as his friend, and urges his con
, firmation in the place of Farragut.
! Ii ''straws show which way ths
wind blows" what portends from the
Y announcement that John W. Forney
!, proprietor of my two papers, botl
e dailies," offers to sell out the Wash
!, ing.on Chroaicle, the Court journal
h zone OF my two dailies." We are al
: aware that it is usual for Forney t,
sell out, and that he has been sellin!
out his papers at retail, so much pc
line, see the Bullock Investigation
:. but now he wishes to make Il whole
II sale disposal of one of them. j. "
,e Forney is an astute politician, an,
5, at this distance of time scents tn
1t destruction of Radicalism in 1872
a and he wishes to sell out to the hes
/ advantage while he can.
II. Senator Drake, with an eye to til
y main chance, has determined to res
:, ign, and accept the Chief Judgeshi
of the Court of claims. The recer
election in Missouri has warned th
most Radical of Radicals that b
H. Occupations gone" and Judgeshi
for life, is not bad to take. pit
ST. claimants whose loilty, i. e., Radica
ism, is not proven beyond a doub
when they get before Drake. 1t
ia now settled that Schenck has a
cepted the English mission and tn
- he still contests the seat Of Hon.
:, D. Campbell, who beat him for Co
gress. That the Senate will confi
General "Scheifck" is not so certai
He is an irascible wrong headed
competent, neither gentlemanly
us appearance nor in manners, and
OF the Senate does not desire to pl
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