The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1873-06-07
Letter From Washinoyo,,

There is no longer any fear here " warm
weather. Hot weather is the most to afraid
of. Although we have not had hot nil Is, the
mercury rises to between so and 90 agrees
above zero through the day. All up nosti-
cate" we will have very hot SUNNI let's
wait and see.
Tom Wright, who is to be executed here on
next Friday, through his stubborness has caused
himself to be both shackled and hand cuffed
and his hands tied to his shackles around his
legs. Probably never before has there Jeen
such hardened criminal as is this Tom Wright
He was convicted of killing q peddler Tor mon
ey and his goods. He has all alone declared
his innocence, but the evidence against him in
his trial was such no one doubts bat that he
committed the murder. The whole guard at
the Jail awaited on him yesterday ard reques-
ted to allow new suit of clothes to n - Pc on
him. The shackles around->his-k "a T4re 'res
moved and his pants put on, after which he be-
came stubborn and would not allow anything
else to be put on him consequently he now
has nothing on him but his pants, and proba-
bly, will not have until after he pays the death
penalty for the crime he has committed. In
accordance with the order of the Department
of justice, it is probable but few will be allow
ed to witness the execution, notwithstanding
thousands have already applied for admission
for the same.
There certainly can be no good excuse for
several anti Grant newspaper correspondents
writing from Washington that the friends of the
President design his becoming the Republican
candidate for the presidency for the third time.
Whatever may be the wishes of the President
relative to it, Republicans here know nothing
of it, and it is believed such report has no
foundation at all. 1t is thought here that these
reports are gotten up with the view to encour-
age bad feelings against the President, and thus
defeat the Republicans in some of the Congress
ional and Gubernatorial elections next year.
Occasionally, when the enemies of the Pres
ident can find nothing to denounce in the gen.
eral administration of the government, they
return to the old charge, so often refuted and
persistently declare that he is constantly
drunk, and some even go so far as say that he
is in the last stages of deliriuna tremens. AS a
general thing the friend of the government and
| the Independent and truthful press of the coun-
try, and correspondents from this city, take nc
notice of these ISLANDERS; but as these charges
have again been started, this. time by CORES
pondent of the New York Sun, paper devo-
ted to daily denunciation of the President, il
may be necessary for the fourteenth time, to
say that there is not even the shadow of truth
in these charges.
The people of this city, who see General
Grant, almost every day on the street, walking
or driving and the officials who have daily in
tercouse with him upon business, could not fail
to notice any failing in this respect, if it was
even but partly true, while those employed in
and around the White House, must know to O
certainty some of whom would not fail to scat.
ter the news Throughout the city. But from all
of these sources of information nothing of the
kind has ever been heard, not even a whisper
and the conclusion is, therefore, irresistible
that these charges are false. On the contrary
some of the strong friends of Grant assert shat
he swings too strong to the contrary side, and
gives undue encouragement to the temperance
cause and the church interest by appointing
distinguished temperance advocates and minis
tiers of the gospel, to important and lucretive
positions. But these charges are doubtless more
or less influenced by those engaged in the great
liquor interest, and others opposed to any en-
enlargement to religion by the government
from which medium it may be concluded thai
| the President is very evenly balanced, and GER
tainly that the charge of intemperance is en-
tirely false.
1t is rather strange coincidence that the
plat of ground recently puschased by General
Butler in this city, which was at the time con.
sidered of but very little value, is now being
talked of as the most desirable site for the pro-
posed Executive Mansion. If the people dom
think so, the Commission authorized to select
| a site, DOSE
The June report of the Agricultural Depart
| ment will give the first notes of the growing
crops of 1873 But a small portion OF the re
turns are yet received. Winter wheat in the
it in the counties already reported. In some
localities matters look to its entire aban.
donment, its growth being substituted by spring
wheat The latter is well reported so far. In
Franklin county, Ohio,a black or brown worm is
working by millions for the destruction OF bott
fruit and forest trees.
The whippers in of the Union Pacific Railroad
and defunct Credit Mobilier have commenced
preliminary skirmish along the lines. They
now give out that the demeanor of the counsel
for the roads will crush the movement of the
Government land officers and that the matter
will at once be carried to the Supreme Court Of
the United States. 1t is said that the act Of
Congress, under which the suit was entered, is
unconstitutional and th''" ,edings un-
der it are void. II indeed if q
Governr""" self-protec-
ton commended
thu own disin-
IS power to
people will
LIFE.