, 1874-05-15
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Departure Of the Centennials-Gen.
Howard's Aoqluttal.
Col. Rose---Powe1l Clayton'e
transformations.
Dcnth of Mrs. =. NJ. McCook.-.
6landered to tho Grnve.

Ftun Our 0,on Correspondents
WASHINGTON, Mny ~, 1874
Tho Centennial tootorn hare gono homo, and
tho glory Of William D. Kolloy has departed. In
vain did be lift that orb Of hts to the akylights,
md olalu, that Philadelphia was tho first In de-
ecent Of tho Declaration Of Independence. roople
md CougrosBmen wero tired Of his oomplacent
egotisn, aud OF the perpetual mendloanoy Of
Phtladolphin. Z. n. Hoar sAid portinently;
.nWbat would bo thought Of o growu-up man
Who borrowed tho money to celebrate his birth
dny2"
ACQUITTED NJ eoLD1Eng.
Gen, Howard has been acquitted Of any per-
version Of funds or defalcation, and recon-
meuded to tho confidence and sympathy Of the
oficors Of tho army. SO ends long and malig-
nant Aght, whore tue native weakness and want
of method Of soldior have been imputed to him
for noriouB, deliberate dishonesty Flrat he was
thrown out Of tho true limo Of army-duty, and
put In ohargo of civil bureau With political
trimmings. Tho work was sure to demorali2e
On of1cor. It was loose philanthropy and iutos-
tine diplomacy, thinly disguised undor shoulder
straps. That this bureau prevented much suf-
foring, Is certain; that 1t acquainted tho col"
ored man with tho extent Of his liberty,
Is probable that 1t started him in tho
way Of education and public spirit,
is not to be controvertod. 1t was tho
crude machinery Of transition,-the moral cot
tou-gln to take tho Bood Of fear, apprehension,
and paralysis out Of tho darkoy's. head. They
build we'll who build up gratitude IN the SOURCES
OF this great negro raoe,-a raco to flower hore
first OF all and, as Johh P. Kennedy wrote:
ave SEQ in thiB contamination tho mysterious
grandeur Of M old scriptural prophecy or proc
lAmatiou OF Divine command" In certain
Sense, tho negro lis tho basis Of stability at this
moment In American Society. Howard did moro
than enough for him; no not only garo him
University, q political economy, Anan-
cial Bystom, mud religion, but no
gave his own soldiorhood away reduced
himself almost to mawkishuesH In the
nogro's hshalf, dropped to be what is called
4 hot gospeler and imperilea his reputation.
There was s2o,0oo,0oo dispensed by tho Freed
mems Duroau tho detalcations and losses, oil
charged mud all admitted, were not above per
cent. This trial has literally ruinol Gen. How
otforcd for salo to pay lawyers' fees. Well may
TINT competent Jury OF his peers-Shorman, Nc
Dowell, Pope, Howe, Getty, and tho rest
recommend him to tho sympathy OF hia COM
Eight, ecclesiastical, Congressional, md military,
began in Christian church, and WaH incitod BY
vinGicative parson.
FERNANDO AND rRou.rnou.
Fcrnnndo Wood, tho light Of tho world, tho
patngon and quintoaaenco Of virtue. has bocn
of THO parhon aforesaid. Wood as the prosecu-
tor Of Howard is ono Of tho jokes peculiar to
the Democratic party. Belial pursuing Ithuriel;
lhe DoviI treudlng on tho !Voman,s hoel; iocar-
Dn Charlty.-suoh ia Wood ~ tho prosecutor Of
Howard, II there 10 no life beyond this, how
often does Injustice 6aom to be enthroned, and
It's line to DO dynastic.
That Is game man at Little Rock, who with
two or three companies Of regulars. keeps asuu-
der the ruHlans OF barbarism and plunder. Tho
sther day, when ool. King White-not poor
bis haranguo, aud noso, With one Sergeant, gal
locet right through his cowardly tribe, and put
revolver at his head, while tue Sergeant luny
Ehings both ways, We oil felt through the coun-
little chill Of prido goes down tho cabins Us tie
resume ,hoir books. That was good speech
Rose made at TINT gallop, though hc said moth
Ing. 1t was speech IN reply to lot Of very
windy ones against the regular army, delivered
BY various gentry who ''fout into tho late war;"
md concluded that the conflict would not bo
properly finished until West Point was RACED.
II we had moro such schools Of honor We would
have Ieas thleying and lying; for tboy actually
~
10 be no gontleman., Why il il so7 Perhaps
ihe reason is, that manual labot aud
brnfn-application, temperance. and exercise, aud
honest emulation, maze tho roster Of West
sponsibly to lis country, his serYioa, and his
honor. For tlis reason bettova that.
r1rz-JouN PORTER
ought to be tried agnin. Els vindlcation, II It
can be made, will DO to tho credit OF the army
md the nation. There arc no reasons but p1ejn-
t.ice against it. This country is interested In
Beclng every eminent citizen OF it cleared of
lmputntion. To fail in battlo like John Pope,
Ia no disgrace. II he has tho high instincts Of d
holdier; ho ought to ;ecommcnd nav court
sufficient. Tho man was convicted in time OF
war, midway between military faction and tho
political necessity ior burnt Offering. He gays
That lie WAS not fairly heard.
Three years ago, Gen. Porter wrote me let
Yer asking TINT I would consider certain papers,
tnd help public opinion, not to his vindioution,
but to bis tlia!. road tho papers, was unable
10 arrive at q conclusion, and nevor answered his
letter. But havo many time felt TINT for 4
General to have to address newspaper-oorre-
npondeut was q humility not honorable to tho
Zines in whica we liye nor indicative OF a right
Grade OF propriety IN this country: To-day En-
R4sh history deplorcs tho fate Of Admiral Dyng,
laments the spirit OF TRADE which drova Halifax
into The Spanish war. and puts ita foot upon tho
pawlnE terMagRnts who shouted " On to Hich-
mond." As We are investigating everything e1As,
let us reinyaatigato Fitz-Joln Porter.
THE AAKANBAs TRAVELLERS.
The carpet-bsggers in Washington are alarmed.
They represent stnto plunged into anarchy be-
hlnd them by their own act. 1t was they who
devised this revolution, They are responsible
for this bloodshud. On their heads and memo
ties let 1t bo.
Tho highest crime poasible ia uBurpatiop. II
Is both TREASON and tyranny. 10 depose Goy-
ernor by ono'a will al Senator IL an outrage upon
eoveroignty, and tl,is is what peSoll Clayton and
ILLS ooileaggee ,e,, have done. They impudently
nothing elae tho right to move men III and out
Of tho Governors office, lite checquer-board
pieces. On thiB issue Gov. EaxterA conyersa-
aion with tho reporter OF the Now York Herald Ia
olcar, Flo says that Clayton troated him like q
creature, and ordered him to diapand his militia
The true remedy for things IN Arkansas il fol
Powell Clayton to get out Of tho Senate OF tllt
United States. He cannot make hpeoch there
OH any matter Of rational CONTROVERSY He ha,
nothing to do there but move United Btatoi
1larshals and Attorneys in and out; protect III,
Western Judicial Circuit, Which Is tho most OK