The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-08-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.


hAo pNihO tsAA ACttbuC4 . dLO NCoCA JCAs
With Congress and the warm weather
they both took their flight, and but
little is transpiring here now in the
way of news that would be interes-
ting to your readers. The President
with most of his cabinet, feeling the
necessity of some relaxation from
their arduous labors, where perhaps.
they will for time be free from the
irrepressible shadow of the office
seeker. The President, however, as
you will observe in the current news
does not contemplate being abs ent
long at time, but will be here to
hold his weekly cabinet meetings,
and to attend to various other duties.
Perhaps the casual observer may
not have noticed the great amount
of legislation transacted by the Iorty
first Congress, and which cannot be
otherwise than beneficial to our
country, among which no act is
more interesting to the taxpayer
than the funding bill, which relieves
the people to the extent of $25, ,OOO,-
900 annually, in the reduction ofinter
est on the public bonded debt, and
in the tax and tariff laws not less
than $75,OOO,OOO will be lifted from
the shoulders of our payers, and
the property and industry of the
country relieved. But 1 only COM
menced this in view of giving you a
rambling sketch Of Oecurrances that
l might notice transpiring around
me. do not design, at this time,
to attempt to show the great amount
Of labor it necessarily requires, to
harmonic so many interests, cover
ing SO vast territory-such diver
sities Of climate, productions and in
dustries which are almost incalcu-
liable, and scarcely can be appreciat-
ed except by those who arc familiar
with all the varied wants and neces-
stiles of so extended a country.
The act in aid of the Northern
Pacific Rail Road, by which another
great trans-centinental thoroughfare
will be speedily completed, and
otherwise inaccessible territory cap
able of supplying homes-desirable
homes-to more than 5O,OOO,OOO of
people, will become available, thus
unfolding the gates to additional
empire, and bringing to practical
use the exhaustless resources of half
a score of embryo States, and doub-
ling our power as a people, to com
mand the rich commerce of the Pa
cifc, its islands, and the almost un-
numbered people who inhabit its
shores. And this without cost to
the government or the people, no
subsidy save alternate sections of
land within specified limits, having
been asked for or bestowed.
One great feature, which both the
President and Congress seemed to
have had constantly in view, has
been to lesson and keep down the
appropriations, so far as the public
interests of our country would adj
NIT.
The reduction of the army, and
many other acts oflegislation, evince
the great industry of the past Con-
gress and its beneficial effects upon
our country will demonstrate to the
the earnest purposes of.
the Republican party, and show it
to have been equal D any Congress
which has proceeded it. From the
report of the Secretary of the Treas
ury, it will be observed, in the month
ly statement for August 1st, that
during the month of July the ma
tional Indebtedness was diminished
$17, 100000 and upwards. In all
over $116,OOO,OOO of the public debt
has been wiped out in the seventeen
of President Grants admin
The people surely cannot but be
pleased with the results, and the
economy and integrity with which
public affairs have been administer
ed, evinces the undeniable fact that |
they could not have been placed in |
better or safer hands. Being one ofthe
can't get aways," 1 have eonclud-
I'd to let you hear from me occcas-
iionally, and perhaps infict weekly
communication upon you. But as
you are well aware, we have no
long Branch or Saratoga here, and
consequently have no millionares to
lash upon us with their coaches and
TX in hand, to break the monotony
If our daily walk, or to furnish ma
erial for letter of gossip. The
most pleasing resort for us is a quiet
ide down the Potomac, past the
Genes where a short time since on
ill and shore, stood with open
mouth, the ponderous gun.
Time, here, is fast obliterating all
igns of our past strife, and it now
an be truly said "all is quiet on the
The white sails of com
lerce dot the smooth waters, where
short time ago steamed the huge :
of war. The stars and .
,ripes, from a few remaining Forts,
oats quietly and laziIy upon the
reeze. Peace With out spread
ings hOvers over our whole land. =
I'd the tolling of the steamers bell
minds me while passing the orave