The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-10-11
From Our Washington Correspondent.

WASHINGTON, Oct It'll, 1878.
I notice that several prominent Demo
cratic papers continue to pour out their
vituperation on General Grant because he
did not rush, with the peoples money, to
save the cliques of the New York stock
exchange-men who make their money by
conspiracies against the people; by pro-
ducns fluctuations in the value of geld,
by luffing up and running down the value
of stocks, and by other operations which
are those of the common swindlers, and
which are not as honorable as the order
to "stand and deliver of the highway
m an. These men, who represented $780,
900, 900, made a proposition that the people
of the United States should be robbed for
their benefit. But President Grant, be it
said to his honor, took a firm and decided
stand against the proposition, and inform
ed them that he had not the authority to
do what was proposed. And SO the capt
talists, millionaires, railroad kings, and
gamblers in gold and stocks, evaporated
! from the presence, and left this man OF
resolution-this officer who makes no
speeches, but is prompt to act in time of
need-in company with his Secretary, they
(the capitalists aforesaid) being baffled,
Disconnected, and amazed. And now his
political enemies go to the very extreme of
reckless vituperation-but only in order to
vent the spleen born of prejudice and spite
because he took that action. But let
them howl, General Grant still stands un-
scathed-the same modest, brave, assured,
independent man.
MORE STATUES.
The statue of George Clinton, one Of the
eminent worthless of the Revolutionary.
Governor of New York, and Vice Presi
dent of the United States, has been sent
to the Capitol by the State of New York
as one of the two contributions of statues
of eminent men, authorized by act of Con-
gress, to be placed in the Capitol by each
State in the Union. New York will fill up
her quota with statue of Edward Living
stone, now being made in Italy. SO far,
Vermont, Ohio, and Rhode Island have
sent on statues; but if the art critics of
newspaperdom are to be believed, these
specimens reflect but little credit on Amer
loan sculptors.
SENATOR AND THE P. NJ. G.
1t is well-known that one of the charac-
teristics of many great men is writing a
bad hand. (By the way, fear the prin-
tiers in the Wing Office will think have got
that characteristic /" down fine.") This
impression has become general, yet such is
not always the fact, for many of our most
distinguished American statesmen write
beautiful hand. Mr.. Creswell excels most
business men in this respect. But | start
ed out to mention an incident that occurred
in the office of the Postmaster General a
few days since. A United States Senator
from the State Of - addressed a letter
to the Postmaster General requesting an
increased allowance for clerk hire for a
country post office in his State. He is pre-
sumed to have plead the cause with great
ability and earnestness. But Mr.. Cres-
well, after striving in vain to deeipher the
Senator's chirography, and being at length
informed by clerk of the substance of
the letter, observed, with all the energy Of
expression of which his piety would admit,
that if the application was for an allow
ance for clerk hire for the Senator he
would allow it without a moments hesita-
tion !
GENERAL NEWS.
The steamer IaHapoosa, bearing Cap
tain Buddington and his surviving COM
rades of the Polaris are hourly expected
here, but up to 10 O'Clock this morning she
had not arrived. The storm of last even
ing probably detained her, as she was to
leave New York on Saturday. The orders
are that upon the arrival of the TaHapoosa
she will be anchored in the stream and the
people kept on board until after the Secre-
tary of the Navy shall have examined them
separately. The examination will be made
by the same commission which otficiated
! when the other party was brought here.
1t is announced in the morning papers
to- day again that ex- Presdent johnson Is
coming to Washington to write some let
tiers, in reply to the awful overhauling he
received from the pen of ex- Governor Foote
in his recent "Reminiscences published
in the Washington Chronicle relative to the
execution of Mrs. Surratt. 1t has been
stated again and again that he is coming,
but he don't come. When last heard from
he was in sharp pursuit of brother tailor
| who had stolen his old tailoring table and
was taking it across the Tennessee line
into Virginia. 1t may be that the excite
| ment of the chase has brought on another
attack of the cholera, which prevents him
from coming. The statement recently
published by Judge Holt in regard to the
Surratt affair showed Andy to be a traitor
of the deepest dye.
The Congressional Printer made a con
tract on Saturday last with Mrs. S. L. Full
Ter, of New York, to do the wood engrav-
ing necessary to illustrate Raymond forth
coming report of the surveys in Montana,
ETC. Mrs Fuller is at the head of an estab-
lishment of considerable magnitude, and
the fact that she was awarded the contract
as against so many competitors of acknowl-
edged merit. is the best evidence of the
character of her work. This is, we believe,
the first Government contract of the kind
ever awarded a woman.
Prof Newcomb, of the naval Obsarva-
tory, who was sent to Europe to consult
with astronomers of the various ma ions
preparing expeditions to observe the tran
sit of Venus, has returned The meeting
took place at Hanover. So far as astrono-
mical measurements are concerned there
can be little difference in the plans adopt