The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-12-07
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
WASHINGTON, D. c.,
November 9th, 1870.

Tho administration has began a
correspondence with the British Gov
eminent in regard to the New Eng
land fisheries. There appears to
have been some trouble, between the
Canadian and Yankee fishermen for
sometime past, and New England,
now demands that her interests be
looked after, and, of course, they will
be. The whole power of the Nation
will be brought into requisition to
protect those dearly cherished inter-
ests of New England. Great Britain
may fit out Floridas and Alabama's
to ravage our commerce and snub
us when we ask for settlement but
let her dare to interfere with the
New England fishermen, who vote
right and who are of that stock, who
are SO dearly loved by our chief mag
istrate, and they will soon find out
the penalty for treading on Yankee
toes.
The New York politicians who do
not think that Collector Murphy, of
that city, has carried the State for the
Radicals as he promised, have been
here in force, urging the President
to remove him, in favor of Judge
Pierrepont. The grateful Grant yet
remembers the excellence of Muir
phys table at Long Branch, last Sum
mer, and SO long as the boquet of his
rare wines, and the flavor of his hav-
annas, not speaking of the choice old
bourbon, which tickled his palate re-
mains unforgotten, think that Muir
ply will be good for his place; the
President said as much on Saturday.
The chief of the Census Bureau,
General Walker, was a very active
co-operator with Secretary Cox, of
the Interior, in his civil service re-
form, but now that Mr.. Cox has been
decapitated, and partly because of
said reform s, General Walker to
prove his Radicalism beyond doubt
has commenced to hedge and has al
ready begun to GUST Democrats who
were appointed under the reform
idea of Secretary Cox. have no OBJ
jections to the successful party APP
pointing to Office, their political
friends so long as the vicious maxim
''to the victors belongs the spoils" is
the rule ofparties, but this backward
step in reform is worthy the heart,
brain and soul of the present Secre-
tary of the Interior. Mr.. Delano and
the smallness of soul displayed by
General Walker in the matter is not
agreeable to contemplate, but of such
is Radicalism made.
The President is very reticent over
the English mission, Schenck can't
accept on account of poverty; one of
the Washington papers, says that he
has carbuncles and that will prevent
his acceptance. I cannot see what
carbuncles has TO do with the posi-
ton which has been rendered him.
1t reminds me of professor in a
certain college who caught number
of his pupils smoking and on inter
rogating them as to why they b1oke
the rules was answered by excuses
such as, that it was necessary to
smoke for headache, earache, tooth
ache, etc. The different excuses
having been exhausted, the last boy
answered "that he smoked for corns."
Has all the usual excuses necessary
to decline our best mission abroad
run out, and it is necessary to plead
carbuncles as der'nier resort b? The
last rumor with regard to this much
Stunned position is that the delecta-
BILE Dan. Sickles, at present our min
lister at Madrid, is to have the refusal
Ordinarily such thought would be
secuted but under the present regime
there is no telling what may not oc-
cur
Senator Drake, ''the bitter" has
arrived and is quacking around here
like duck in thunder storm. He
says "the election in Missouri meant
no condemnation of General Grants
administration" The reporters have
interviewed him and almost had
their several heads bitten off by his
short, snap-up, crusty answers. He
says she don't run with reporters"
and will squelch the first who even
attempts to interview him. When
his own dear Radical friends of the
''press gang" Jared SO badly I feared
to encounter the raging '.Rooster,"
and only heard him gritting his teeth