Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1872-03-23
For The Register.
LETTER FROM WASHING Ton.
WASHINGTON, ID. G.,
March -. 1872.

Summers arms resolution has caused 4
! truce Of hostilitieS. and the Senatorial
| gladiators now rest on their battered
shields and shiverei staNes till the next
tocsin calls them to rally once again
for the future welfare of the great re
publican party and I. :. G.
Sumner and the nti-administration
faction We're damaged to some extent
/ by the defeat OF the obnoxious preamble
whose slaughtered carcass was left man
eled on the field. The committee has
entered on an investigation of the
charges set forth in the resolution, but
rs a majority are Senators OF the nation
: al Tammany Ring, it cannot be expect
. cd that any party connected with the
government will be criminated.
The defeat of the preamble and the
character of the committee OF invcst-
CATION is considered success for the
administration faction, an end to this
little matter of yankee speculation. and
all the interested feel EASIER while Grant
in admiration strokes the spinal column
ofMorton, his Swamp Angel from the
sluicc ponds of the lowands OF Indiana,
after the manner of a sport who strokes
his favorite steed after having made 4
good run on a race course.
Grant. | have no doubt. since his as
pirationS tend toward second term ot
the Presidency, watches with more IN
tense interest the maneuverings OF the
two hostile forces OF his party than he
did the marching of cOntending armies
during the period of his martial glory,
and feels somewhat more terrified at
the present aspect OF affairs and the pro
bable future consequences aS materially
affecting his reelection than he did
when acting as superintendent OF the
slaughter pens of SpottSyvana. 1t Is
generally conceded however, that he
will make good run, As the wealth OF
the government will be literally appro-
priated to secure his success, and 1t Is
said that ''money makes the animal 80.
No sooner had peace and order been
restored in the upper House when Greek
met Greek in the characters OF Col. Scott
and John Garrett, whoss meeting be-
fore the District Committee iuthe lower
House was not of the Damon-PythiaS
order. Garrett. of course, caused the
difficulty. as he usually does when he
imagines that his rights rs the grand
monopolist are intringcd on. The cause
of this coming together grew ont OF the
consideration by the District Commit
tee, Of the proposed location Of the Bal
timorc and Potomac railroad depot in
this city This road, of which Col.
Scott is President. will, when comple-
ted. connect this city with Baltimore
and all points West, Via the Penn. Cen
tral, thus establishing a grand line Of
/ competition with the BALTIC. IL Ohio.
OF course it is not in CARROTS nature to
suffer this ii he can by amy means pre-
vent it. Having failed in his attempts
to defeat the construction Of the road,
he now appears before the District Com
mittee for the purpose of driving the
Potomac road from the contemplated
depot site in convenient portion OF the
city To The mud of the suburbs, a mile
or more from the business center, for
the purpose of injuring to degree the
usefulness and facilities Of the road.
In this affair he CLANS to represent
the interests of the people of Washing
ton. What wonderful transmutatlon
John Garrett the sOulless monopollSi,
the grand railroad robber who has iilch
ed more from the pockets Of the people
than any character ever registered on
the calendar of New Gate, has become
at last scrupulous generous character,
who unsolicited appears as champion in
defense of the interests of the people OF
Washingtom-a people who have been
yictimized again and again 10y him, aud
who have long waited the completion Of
some line that would release them from
the merciless grasp Of this railroad shy
lock
Another reason (') why he opposes
the interests of this riyalroad is as sense
less as it is mean and selfish. This rca-
son (!) is that the Potomac road should
not be allowed to establish depot in the
city, when his road was compelled to
remove the depot from its original loca-
tion on Pennsylvania Avenue to its
present location on New Jersey Avenue.
The reason why he was compelled TO
move was because he disregardcd every
municipal ordinancc-would not con
form his grades with those Of the streets,
and was so siggardly in the expendi-
ture of money, that the depot was
nuisance and a disgrace to the city. IT
remains TO be seen whether Col. Scott
or Garret will succeed III this matter.
We prefer Scott as 4 man Of inteIli-
gence and integrity genius whose
power quicken. to life and activity lib
eral enterprise and who labors for the
general good. OF John Garret we think :
what everybody thinks-not much.
The Japanese have at last arrived and
will remain suppose till they have used 7
up the $50 900 so generously approprl- !
ated by this government as pocket mon +;
ey for them during their stay with us.
Out side of official circles they have not F.
attracted much attention. whilst they
have been feasted and blarnied by the :
governmental dignitaries which aside
from the proper courtesies due them as
the first water Of Japan, is intended | !
suppose to impress them with the |
greatness Of our Executive and his large (
family Of officials, no very difficult mat