Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-16

tirely thread-bare of interest by its prolonged
travels. Don Quixote" will hereafter add
. Freeman Office to his superscript;on, and
the things that are Caesar will be rendered
unto Caesar.-Ed.1
WASHINGTON, d. G.,
July %, 1871
The late war which was waged here against
tbs canine fraternity and the goat, goose and
hog association having abated, an attempt is
now being made to do away with the great
nuisance caused by the unearthly screenings
made in crying the morning papers on Sun
day. Those who seem to have little re-
spect for the Sabbath are attacked in front
and rear by one or two of the Sunday papers
who seem to depend on the offspring of Ham
to proclaim to the world that they still have
a being but they &" caught a tartar " in
the person of the Rev. DR.. Sunderland, who
the satisfaction of large majority of the
quiet inhabitants of the city. To hawk
about the streets at early dawn on the Sab
bath, with yells that could not be equaled
at an Indian war-dance, has become e great
nuisance and should not be tolerated. For
one day in the week let US have peace.
On Saturday evening last | attended one
of those horrid concerts of the Marine Band,
an organization supposed to be of a musical
character. Being bread and buttered by the
National Treasury, they are said to have a
sort Of national reputation. They wear
red coats, and producing more of a mill
tary than musical sensation, are by many
thought to be British prisoners captured du-
ring the war of 1912. They give sitting
each Saturday afternoon, at the late Presi
dents grounds, where the . gay and festive -
assemble for circulation, and here snobbcry
is triumphant. Being myself without the
gorgeous white hat, huge blue necktie and
high standing collar, with corners Topped
like sick hounds ear, with no fancy kids
and nob5y zane, 1 was anything but the ad-
mred of the admiring, and soon withdrew
with the firm conviction that Government
clerkship was the best place on earth for a
young man to attain the high standing OIL a
first-class donkey.
Business here just now Is one Of the
things of the past, if We except the Dutch
beer gardens. The gardens flourish, yet as
city Washington is fifty years . in the
rear and until " Southern shiftlessness
is superseded by Yankee enterprise it will
remain in the rear.
The old canal passing through the very
heart of the city is worse than the frog
ponds of Egypt For week or two the
authorities attempted to clear the streets Of
hogs, goats and geese, but the hogs, goats
and geese have triumphed, and are now mas
tiers Of the situation they met the authori-
ties, and it seems the authorities are theirs
The grand jury,-what blessed institu-
tions the grand juries are,-on the testimo-
ny Of the injured Matt Carpenter, and his
injured friends have found frue bills against
the Tribune correspondents for presuming to
tamper with the dignity Of these dignifed
Senators. 1t would seem that Carpenter and
CoDkIing have an understanding with the
TriJHne association - DO their bill posting
and become their advertising agent It's
strange great men so often commit suicide
The copperhead date rebel) medical asso-
citation here, instead Of throwing physic 20
the dogs attempted to throw DR.. Bliss. one
Of the first physicians in the city, that way
by casting him overheard from their associa-
ton simply because he was Republican ;
Y. the Doctor still has his being, and the
kicks and bites Of the honorable medical
board have developed nothing but it's own stu
pidity Another late sensation among the
dispensers Of - life and death . was ascer-
tanned by son Of Ham taking salts Of tar
tar Tor epson salts, the result was the poor
negro had his stomach thoroughly d" sham
pooed " and now sues the druggist for sell
ing him what he called for but not what he
wanted
Here the few struggling adherents Of
Tammany and Hibernia (twIn relies of y
are often seen going about the streets, crying,
Lord, what shall we do to be saved - for
is dead, Hoffman evidently is
no more" Voorhees, has taken himself to
private life, and our gray hairs must be
brought in sorrow to the grave. They can
see no Moses who can prove a successful
leader, and their new departure - takes
them back into the wilderness. To grasp
the alluring bait offered by the aspiring chief
Justice seems their only hope, and job says,
: The hypocrites hope shall perish
Senator Sumner returned to his home last
week, and to find man Of note now in the
;ity Is next to impossible. The official heads
. are away on business connected with their
For Instance, Secretary Rob
nson is getting married Delano is looking
after the Ohio senatorship; Alderman after
some Southern railroads and the venerable
of State thinks he is not well, and
is stopping at his summer residence and as
FOR the President, nobody thinks of keeping
track Of him, yet it is rumored that he thinks
IF calling here late in the fall.
The weather has been very pleasant and
cool of late, which has materially strength
ened private opinion in favor of the annexa-
ton OF that land of " milk and honey"
known to some as San Domingo, as it must
be conceded we shall need another Z" Branch
as summer resort soon and just imagine
how pleasant it must be there now. What
4 delightful place it would be for Tom Muir
ply, Jim Fisk, and, and, &c. No insinua-
lions. Yours, Don QUIxoTE.
Record Of the Republican Party.