Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-02-11
Correspondence.
0uf Washington Letter.

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and Cheap Transportation. AT meeting la'
evening the President and one Of the members
Hon. Geo. S. Fisher of Georgia, made very sue
cessful showings Of the interest which the gen
eral government has in this Southern develop
ment. Statistics evidence that Southern wa
ter-line connecting the waters of the Mississippi
with those of the Atlantic would prove a mos
invaluable adjunct to the prosperity of the ma
ton, and that the loan of capital or credit of tn
Government for such an improvement mus
give ready return besides comforting lastinI
blessing upon the masses in all sections of tn
country.
The admission of Gen. Harvey who has Tough
the Indians all his life and is well qualified l.
Judge their characteristics is very damaging t.
the veracity of many military men regarding
the Indians. He has given it as hisopinion be
fore the House Military Committee that if tn,
Indians are honestly treated and not plundered
they will live peaceably on their reservations
He says that Indian outbreaks are usually mad,
to avenge injuries offered them by agents and
hangcrs-on around the camps. who live by de
cciying and robbing them. These are the samt
scoundrels who are continually sending eastward
terrible stories of Indian butcheries and how
they mutilatc their victims. Many of our
masses swallow these stories as gospel truth,
and there is often some truth in them, thanks
to the dishonest Vaccinations of these pathetic
story hatchers.
The House Appropriation Committee appear
to be smelling around the Treasury pretty
kcenly of late. Their report that "thc slush
fund a technical name for the money appro-
priated to pay increased compensation to deserv-
ing and meritorious clerks is divided on the
biblican plan of g to him that hath shall be
given" will cause an intelligent smile to fit
across the countcnance of many an old clerk.
Let them find out who guages merit in the l'rea-
sury if they can.
The opposition press are now ohjecting to the
reduction of estimates in the various Depart
ments in which the Appropriation Committee is
engaged. They have clamorcd until they thought
they had frightened the Committee out of its
propricty, and that it would so restrict the
Government that its business could not be per-
Termed. They are now changing the cry OF " re-
duction of estimates and say it is all humbug
because in the case of the P. O. Department
supplemental estimate has been introduced by
. bn b,,l hau 6 Q
additional clerks that are required to run his
Bureau, the cost of which is put at $1,000. 1t
seems then that nothing in the way of rctrech-
ment will satisfy these hypercrtics, but the alb
solute blocking of the wheels Of Government by
means of inadequate appropriations. To at
tempt to raisfy chronic croakers is itself absurd
and while reducing all expenditures not actually
required for the needs of the service, Congress
should carefully avoid going the length proposed
by them.
Another specimen of the inconsistency of the
opposition is the fact that the have always
opposed. Federal interference in elections,
and still continue to do so, but their vo-
alterations in favor of forcing new election on
Louisiana by Congress are now loud and con-
slant. All similar acts by the Administration
heretofore carried out they still denounce as
unconstitutional tyranny while they favor this,
because they think there is some little milk in
the cocoa-nut for them-tbe present State Gov
ernmcnt being now in quasi administration
hands,
An investigation of the cost Of transportation
connected with the printing of currency and
bonds in cities distant from Washington is now
being made. The object of it is to ascertain
whether the printing, ETC., could not be per-
formed for less cost and otherwise to the adj
vantage of the Government at the Capital. Enor-
nous amounts are yearly paid for expressing to
and from Washington, Philadelphia, New York,
ETC., which might be saved by having the work
done here. The fact that the Capital is q pecu-
liar city, and is necessarily debarred from ever
becoming a success as manufacturing city
would seem to call for the introduction here of
at least all the business which necessarily be-
long to the operations of the Government, The
risk of loss and damage in transitu is at pres
ent very considerable and, if itcan be shown that
cheapness is added Inconvenience and security,
there is little doubt that steps will be taken to
transfer this work to Washington where it can
be done under the constant surveillance of resi-
dent Govt officials.
The statement of the public debt Of tbs u S.
shows a decrease of the debt during the past
month of nearly two millions. This is very best
evidence that restoration of confidence is being
brought about among business men and con-
suners. The total increase of debt since the
panic as reduced by last months transaction
is S9,65l 400 81. In five months n, the same
rate of decrease this amount will be overcome,
and there can be little doubt that less time
will suffice for a renewal of the usual reduction
Of the old debt. The statistics of the country
show that 1t is even now more generally and
substantially prosperous than at any previous
date. Manufactures and trades are nearly all
in full blast, and though there is no doubt
many are cut Of employment, there never was
a year when this was not so at this season.
LIFE.
ACCIDENT ON the RENSSELAER, RAIL
RoAD..--The train number six on the Rens-
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