Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1873-06-18
From Washington.
Correspondence of the Inielligcnccr.
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| WASHINGTON C1TY, JUNE IL, 1878
| His Exccllcncy has transferred hi:
mcnagerie, and with it tho scat O.
Government, to the sea side. Sur
bathing and the adulation OF his
grateful Now York constituents are
absolutely Indispensable in his pres
cnt debilitatGd and cncrvatcd condi,
item. Fifty thousand dollars II yeaI
is not sufficient compensation for the
privations and sutlerings which the
President must undergo in Washing.
| ton city during the dog days, and the
adnirinS people who elected the
great soldier dent expect or require
it of him. Wagon loads of tlowt4
pots filled with plants ami flowers
from the nations botanical garden
were moved along with his eNcellcn-
cy's household gods, and will, doubt.
less. whilst minGliug their fragrance
with the tonic brcezes of the Attain
tic, serve to remind him of cares left
behind for the good OF the State.
Washington has already shrunken
into its habitual summer dimensions,
and dullucss is the characteristic of
everything. not excepting the news
papers. Captain Jack in bonds is q
more difficult case than Captain Jack
i'll the Lava Beds. The question,
what will we DO with him? was sub
stituicd for, how shall we catch him?
and is not yet satisfactorily solved.
The Attorney General has decided
that hc was bclligercnt, and us such,
is entitled to all the benefits of Il court
martial, for acts III violation of the
rules of civilized warfare. Some
learned persons have thought he
ought to be turned over to the gov
crnmcnt of Oregon, to be tried ac-
cording to the laws thereof for the
murder of peaceful riiizcns. A H.
nancial grnius suggests either the
exhibition of the Captain on govern
ment account, or to farm him out Cor
exhibition, and the application of the
proceeds to the payment of the
natl mai debt. An ciitcrprisin. citi-
zen of Ohio has put in a bid OF $780,
COO for the fee simple in the mighty
Modoc, but of course this offer will
not be accepted. 1t the government
should determine to let him out, it
will be duly advertised in the
leading administration organs and
sealed proposals will be received
by the commissioner of Indian
affairs. No discrimination will be
made in favor Of political friends or
partisans. The happiest suggestion
which has yet been made, and the one
which We are satisfied would be most
to the surviving associates
and friends OF Gen. Candy, and other
persons murdered by the Modocs,
from New Orleans, ami is as
follows: If the government intends
to punish the savascs, bamish them to
and compel them to live
under the Kellogg government. The
however, expressly pro-
hibits the in1liction of unusual or
cruel punishment.
The appointment OF John a. Bing-
ham, of "Credit Mobilicr' iniuuy
and back-pay i,otoricty, as Minister
to Japan, has provoked more severe |
criticism than any other appointment |
made by the President since his last |
Republicans condemn
md resent it as gratuitous insult to |
HE party and the country. In justi-
ication, however, of his cxcclicncy,
t is said the government of Japan,
United States, at great expense,
tucptS Ill iuc uiy stcficS Vi our COlll- |
>rehcnsivc system Of tinancicring, i'll
,rdcr that the sal:,e comprehensive
system might be introduced and ae-
:iilnatcd in the latitude Of Jeddo.
The example ofsthe Hon. John, or
omc equally distinguished colabora-
eur i'll Credit Mohilicr or back pay,
S deemed necessary to illustrate the
workings of the aforesaid comprchen-
i've system.
The Polaris Investigation has come
o an end. The testimony of Capt.
yson and Sergeant Meyer sustain
he other testimony, taken in the
course Of the Investigation, the whole
.olng to prove that tho vessel separ-
ted from the ice accidentally. Cap
am Buddington was not on the ice
nut Oh the vessel. Arctic explorations
nj explorers have grown tc be in
bores, and the next fellow
Who proposes North Pole cXpcdi-
ion should be killed instantly, as a
ain disturbcr of the public peace.
VIATOR.