Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-02-18
Our Washington Letter.


q outsiders allowed to be present. VIII
| SeuatOr Boutwell, as Chairman aud AT
. open~inyestigaiion, fthe result will have Il
+, be accepted AS the 6nal vindication OF
=, condemnation of acts of our District off
. cials. There has been so much condem,
I, nation expressed all over the country b,
y the opponents Of the Board of Public
> Works, that complete vindication would
fall Ikea, wet blanket on the Democratic
q party here which has staked its fortune
g upon finding omctbing like an offset to
q the New York Tammany frauds. The
truth ought not to hurt any one, aud, il
frauds have been perpetrated, tie Repub-
= iicau party, unlike the Democratic, will
endeavor to expose it without stint, though
in this case, the appointments being made
by the President. it must be more per.
sonal than a political error. for no one
=, pretends to assert that President Grant
has not made the appointments under the
law in perfect good faith. .. '-
The Committee on Expenditures of the
Department of Justice had meeting yes.
terday and concluded to call in person on
the Attorney General. which they did.
de received them courteously, aud prom.
ised to afford them any facility for ascer-
taiulug fully everything relating to the
expenditures Of his Department. lie ex-
planned that no money was disbursed by
the Department, and that the only money
which passed through the hands of his
sueordinates was that for the payment of
is. MarshalS Deputy Marshals and kin.
dred officials of the U. s. Courts, that
there had doubtless been frauds in the
Western Districts Of Arkansas and North
Carolina where, as soon as accused he had
dismissed the officials The expenditures
III the Arkansas district had reached
$3.50, coo aud those in Western N. C.
$l39,0OO
The Commissioner cf Internal Revenue
states that the receipts for tho present
month will be nearly nine millions, and
that 1t in now settled that the receipts are
restored permanently to the amounts BE-. ,
fore the panic. Thus the furry in finan- F;
ces Is surely passing away, aud the dawn {
OF a more permanent prosperity for the
whole country plainly in view. Over
speculation in railroads and their securi
Ties will now be severely let alene, and a
The growth of business, with restored con. r
iderce, will be all that substantial Pros 8
ocrity can desire. A little time is all II
mat is wanted to give general confidence L
'nd TO start forth the currency that has "
'een boarded, when the recuperativc pow 81
'rs of the uaton will soon give an exam ?
Die of the vigor attained by the great life ''
md health supporter in business free = =
md natural circulation. ..,......
The trial ofJudge Wright on the charge ;,
'ttorging recciuts for Indian bounties, and !,
winding the Cherokees of Indan Terri.
..lL.rl. d. r ~ al
DRY came to Il conclusion by verdict off
ot guilty, as was expected after the pro.
ecutlon showed its hand. There appear. -
d the most meagre apology for case, =,
nd this vanished before the evidence for
ne defence. Some 1000 was disburscd ~
the Government for witness fees. &c. -
- ~ ..y.. H'', ''e'' w. tn
'r the prosecution alone, and mol. pros. -
Ill be entered upon the numerous other -
ldictmen's founded upon the same gen.
raj charges on which the defendant was
,quitted. ' pu
A report Of the Secretary of the Treas. 70
y was made to Congress to-day showing 40
at there are 2,l2l clerks employed III m,
Department Of which 154 have been tn,
pointed from competitive examinations
gives also the number from each state Sb
g. from which it appears that enc fourth int
the whole number are credited to the to
strict of Columbia While the fautas. Sb
ideas Of George VIM. Curtis on Civil be-
rviee may have proved abortive, there tty
Ftalnly should be some regard paid to air
rthy competitors who have been drawn Ia
re from some distant cities, aud kept stri
re under heavy, expense, passed sue. pos
sfully have been allowed to live nm
ut promises and deferred hopes for A''
ny months past. "Lct Justice be done DC
ugh the Heavens fall" is a good motto in
this as IN other transactions Of life. tina,
The declaration of principles adopted and
the National Grange at ST. Louis has ~
been published, aud little fault can 70
found with them. The movements il seen
'ainly radical step in advance of any. add
g undertakes in the past. Nobody shou
doubt many Of their CONGRATULATIONS from
Tor such progressive body as this 90
en- taxes wemen into Its counsels and =
1ses generally the details of trade ton,
as come under the head of middle wen,
}, IT. sounds strange to read the thread. ter I
piatltude with which the declaration hear
cs, VIZ; pledge "to return by our door
Gu ehor's 10 the wisdom, justice, fra. hand
ity and political purity Of our fore. said
ers. ""9 t7s."f s-bi' Fort