The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-03-14
Our WASHINGTON Correspondence.
WASHINGTON, March 9, 49,

Uur washington correspondence.
WASHINGTON, March 8, 1872.
Senators Howe, Conkling, Edmunds and
Frelinghuyson took occasion yesterday to make
civil service reform the pretext for beslobbering
Gen. Grant all over with fulsome praise. They
thought, no doubt, that after all the printers
ink that has blackened him of late that thick
coat of whitewash was necessary and they gave
him four different layers. The Administration,
through its henchmen in the Senate, has de-
clared against civil service reform. Nothing
will be done with the question this session, as
the Radicals rather like the present condition
of things.
The President will give grand dinner to
the japanese Embassy Wednesday next at the
White House. 1t is said that the Japs think
Mr.. DeLong, our minister to Japan, ahumbug.
DeLong contends that the Japs are high strung
and don't like the common folks, with whom
they are brought into contact, to "come betwixt
the wind and their nobility" and that when
they go to Europe and rub only against purple
and fine linen, they will, in classic phrase, "go
back on" the American rusticusses. each one of
whom is a sovereign born, but of which fact
the poor Japs are ignorant, and they will make
valuable treaties with Royalty and leave US out
in the cold. Now, from this statement of the
effervescent DeLong, am very much inclined
to agree with the Japs, that he is an arrant
humbug.
APRoPOs.
The eternal fitness of things or good man
agement was displayed in the galivant of the
great excursionist, Ulysses, to Philadelphia, on
Thursday to attend the marriage of Edmund
Biddle to the daughter of Tony Drexel, the
rich banker of that city, as he was just in time
to be present at the banquet given to his newest
purchase and fast friend, John w. Forney, on
Thursday evening at the Academy of Music
The political jockeys who have Grant in train
ing for the Presidential race next fall, tried to
restrain him from going to Philadelphia, but
he kicked over the traces, and was anything
but kind and gentle under the attempt to curb
him. His hackers and trainers think he has
considerable mule in his composition. 1t is
said that when he goes to the Quaker City to
see We ancient mariner, Borie, or some other
wealthy fossil, he prefers to sit with his legs
under their mahogany, to hand-shaking with
the vulgar herd, and in consequence he IS
losing votes among the hard-fsted Radicals,
who think one man as good as another, even If
he is not q blarsted aristocrat, of the Union
League school, Grant is such vulgar fellow,
I am astonished that the refined and cultivated
associate with him; but suppose the glamour
of the position he occupies makes his failings
and faults seem virtues. Alas, poor human
: nature!
ii HAVEN'T GOT TIME.
It will be remembered that short time since
Hon. J. B. Beck, Of Kentucky, after three years
of opposition from the Radicals in Congress,
: succeeded in having resolution passed re-
auiring the Secretary of War to furnish lnfor-
nation regarding the sale of arms, ammunition
and war material since June 30 1865, by whom
sold, to whom sold, the prices paid, disposition
: of proceeds, &c. The Secretary says that to do
so will take from one to nine months time to
complete the work, and will cost about S32, ,0OO.
If Congress will make the necessary appropria-
ton to employ extra clerical force, he will try
to comply with the terms of the resolution
Should Congress agree to make such appropri-
alton. it will take some time under nine months
to do the work, Just time enough to tide over
the Presidential election. Mr.. Beck knows
that there are several screws loose, which, TOR
the political health of the Radical party, it is
not desirable to have tightened just now, and
hence the practical application of the trite but
homely saying, that "there are more ways OF
killing dog besides choking him with butter" J"
The frauds and robberies more than limited at
in the War Department may be brought to light
before the Presidential election in 1876.
SALE OF ARMS.
The testimony of General Belknap, Secretary
of War, and General Dyer, Chief of Ordinance,
before the packed Senate investigating commit
tee, prove that arms and ammunition were de.
livered to agents after the Department had
been informed that they were buying them for
France So universal has been public censure
of the dirty, small dodge of packing the com,
mittee that out of very shame they have invited
Carl Schurz to be present and examine wit
Fnesses. "The Mess" may escape being made
party to q big job in the sale of the arms,
which doubt, but one thing certain, we, as a
nation, will be made to occupy the very unen-
viable position of bowling over the outrage
which John Bull committed on us by permit
ting private individuals to fit out vessels to
prey on our commerce during "our late unpleas-
antness," and While bowling over his naughty
behavior our Government vas selling arms, IN
clear violation of the neutrality laws, to France
to be used against Prussia, and with duplicity
truly Radical the Administration slangwhang-
ers were blubbering tears over the sorrows of
the Fadcrland or exulting over her victories.
fancy when the acts of this administration are
pleaded before the Geneva Conference as pallia-
ton or justification of her course in the Ala
bama case by England, there will be few cuss
words uttered by our commissioners about the
mess"