Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-11-20
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Nov. 10, 1874.

ASfiINGioNj ~ u, NV 10 io'f'
| believe it is well established fact
that they had Cabinet meeting ON the
results of the election, and then and there
the question of Tweed, What are you
going to do about it?" presented itself IN
full proportions. Some chemists have
held that there is a good amount OF calorlc
in cucumbers, and the great difficulty IN
using them for generating steam has been
the lack of ingenuity in devising proper
modes of extraction. \ similar difficulty
seemed to be in the way of Republican
Cabinet in trying to get comfort out OF the
returns, but they were equal to the occa-
sion and obtained enough of the article to
save them from entire dependency tor
long time to come. Mr.. Fish was self
poised and held that there had been no
fault found of late with foreign affairs, and
that he could not be accountable for the
disaster. Delano felt that his frequent and
long continued absences had removed all
direct responsibility from him, and besides
by keeping Baker in the Pension Office
he had prevented him from going over to
the Democrats, where he would have been
capable of much mischief. Robson was
willing to stake his entire nautical reputa-
n
calm, and that soon it will be plain sailing.
So that by &c the vessel will get into port
all right. Mr.. Bristow WAS reticent, he
didn't propose to follow the example Of
Richardson:
Wear his heart upon his sleeve
For idrcS 10 peck At,
when Congress meets Williams was in
philosophical mood. He had been called
thief on account of the landaulet bust
ness, but what Of that,
I'm example you with thicvery:
The suns thief and with his great attraction
Rob> the vast sea; the moons an arraut thief,
And her pale fire she snatche> from the sun:
TIE >..a'> "A thief. whose liquid surge resolves
The mpou into salt tears. the earth : "A thlcf,
That feeds and breeds by compr>ture stolen
From general excrcmcnt; each thing sa thief
He did not propose to be scared therefore
bv what was said about the landaulet
Still il WAS not easy
ITO throw away thu dearest thing he owned
ASt were IA careless tribe.
~ cannot hut remember such things were,
That were most precious IA me.
Belknap was of opinion that they should
drop landaulets altogether and make up
their minds. one and sill, that it was 4
splendid time to
wait for the wagon. wait for the wagon.
Wait for the wagon and az taxi ride.
The Postmaster General was exceeding
liz iovial. and said that To him at least
there was abundant consolation He would
not wish TO lie considered egotistical, but
long before the present emergency II has
been known that:
'rircnt ar, the USES of adversely.
Which like the toad ugly and v"no1no1S,
Wears Yet u precious Jewell in his head
True. he has met with some trouble with
those pcskcv Claim Agents, but hailing
from the nutmeg State he understood how
10 NEE: them.
''Ti> the same with common natures:
-, the III kindly they rebel;
I'ut hs rough like nutmeg gTHtcrs,
And the rusuc~ will us.r YOU WELL
The President was more cheerful than
any Of them He bad not cared for third
term. and had-Rbne nothing to warrant
the discussion, pnt somehow his worthy
friend Dix had 1oS>notion that the slues7
tion before the people of New York was
not the election of IA Governor, but on the
third term. Mr.. Dix had taken pronounc-
ed ground against it, and the result was
that his g'rR term had terminated. In
Georgia, however. Mr.. Stephens had come
out sluarely for it and had received the
votes Of sll parties. II the Governor of
New York owned pipe. ~ he probably
did, living in pipe laying State, he would
advise him 10 take q little of that weed.
and smoke IL as now he would have abun-
dant leisure for that kind Of employment.
Upon this Nr. Williams remarked that
in h il oDiuiOn the observation WAS perfect l.
ly constitutional, aud he was sure they all
saw the point: so he moved an adjourn
mcnt and il was carried.