, 1874-03-01

Tn6t e6tct8 In the Hoods auQ o1Q Worn~0n
delds,-usine fertilizers manure, mari, an,
muck, aud laying out thousands Of orchard
t1eea and vines. He kept pack OF hounds
and invited the British High Commission to
fo1-chaao there and, in course OF time from
demi-Rebel he turned Hadicat, mas elected t.
tho State Senate OF Maryland. and nearly re-
ccllc the CAUCUS nomination for United State.
Sena.or to succeed Hamilton. He is q siuguIal
compound OF energy impudence, and s1eight
of-hnnd Amongst his more recent opofntiont
! has been railroad building and hero he fel
afoul OF 6moot, and dragged In John B. Rice
| your Congressman.
Smoot is natiyo Of tue same parts, outlying
| Washington,-a moro pompous. large1-nan.
uorcd man. He was page in the Senate 70.
six years. when ho attached himself to Harlan,
or somebody Of influence in Iowa; and in In.
dian Agencies. or something Of that sort. &C
quired good deal Of money. 10 also showed
! tho instincts Of bis origin, md, removing tc
! Washington City, devised q railroad -euteEprieo
t precisely like Suits.
! Below Washington nro threo old tobacco-gr grow
| ing counties Of Maryland, Prince Georges,
| Charles, and st. hary's,-stretching between
low shores, aud nutritious shores Of Point Look
| out. It cccurl ed to Suit and Smoot that here
| 'was region in need OF railroad communications,
and they applied to the State Legislature for q
| chatter. Both being impudeut and unwilling to
consider each other, they obtsihed two charters,
S,Io VII, ..anrs nf MAJ, fhro.sins M t3vo AM,
hnnk1nents where t1o country would doubt fnl]v
support one railroad. Finally they compro-
missed, and agreed to begin at opposite ends and
,.ov frou Point T,ot,kont nearly nm to tLc Rs,;.
more 4. Potomac Railroad dan o1tcnsion Of
Tom fcort'a Ines.-aud there he stood waitine
for Suit to como along. The willy Suit, however,
min 1Sai}road to seli ont hia charter w;th-
in thn Di.trict Of Columbia to Mr. Gar.
rvtt for forry. bridge, and depot PURPOSES.
and fhng secured the ron for his road-bed and
tft. Conyroesional oud Ia rayo an infereet and
tho ras1,ros,Jnncv ID Norton p Chinman tha
Da,egsts in ConI.rcss OF the District Of Coluu1-
I;a wbo ia a natiya of Ohio and a nrosnoroua
rjaim-aoent. Suit was very unpopular in }Yaeh
iunton and Chinmau's afi}1ation with him ,vas
Vinwed with ;7istrnss and anprohension of tia
zy,,o,o civic intfnenca which sent him Ia Con-
rresa. Tile chertor was used TO buiId about 2
mile. of railroad. from BIndousburc to a point
opposite Alexandria, wlero the baltimore L
Jhih Railroad conld noaEe direct Southern eon-
nactions Nv a steam-forry. Then this mart of
tho vnat vas leased to Mr.. Garrett whIla
S1poot still WAITING of in the woods for his con-
nections vag Without remedy. md eo
wenf to nrotest and broke nm lila
bauker. Fant. Ho had his revenge. however.
when Rnit and Chairman neraeynrinv in tho
line OF cool i,npucouce. undertook to get leeisIa-
tion from Conptess to cross the broad river Of
tI1a I;aatern Drnnch unon 3 ple-bridce. and. en-
tari,,c sho CIV Of Weshinn @ pass a.ross ;ts
uiers and Waterfront for two miles. or to
f;eoroetown. and tho,a aeain cross the main
Totomac to Tho Virginia ahure. Thus tho port Of
Georgetown would 1e enbarrassed. perhans
T1,incI fna Wash;nrinn Nnrv-Vard ct1t ar from
tho cIauucl. aud tho Eastern Branch be flled
viii 4noju-;o,,o Nn}s G1,o fLo polom,c so1a1v -
a,Iou, Snit and Chinman to hrino tha Ralt,r1ora
4 0},io Railroad fbronch tn Waahintrtnn and
t,nI NV ;,ts,,t,n, ~ rrorao1 C,th fha or;r;ovi
Ina n road for fha bnnaGt of the neon1o of
Iorar Morv1,ntI And lain J., Ricn ~ Chtcaoo
,ysa set in tlla front to nlny Uriah 70 1fr. ChIp
mn,,'s Joat, ond Mr S,z;t,s 1,ovid
n.nny p1cx
WIZ did ha nndertai.o snch . nart7 waa It
hoc,,se h;s svnnofhias wero viii Tho r1aat
nrrv1and cor,;oraton ~, the scora nf ,,no .yn.
Rid ho Te,snn that Fan scott had nravio1sy oh.
1rincI = t1enot-ste worth 81 bad. .0D1 from Con-
and that WEI waa no scandal Tor Scott couid ho
-nn,u4aI IN Gorrott7 Atanwrsto Ia tonL cla,.,a
~ tba hi AMI w;t1 1oo1 da,l - ho1f1ness anJ
eaao nr0eae,,.a to drve II t1ronch
Hero p was presented the spectacle, so common
in mr. iav of two cnrnoratinns both h.clzed m |
Nv fha Cnncroas1ncn nF t1ci1 raanac1iva Gt.toa
nIrave1 agr;ust eoc1 nther. Tan Sco.t hai
cvery PcnHsv1vania vnte Int thrcc and thosa of |
man ,;v;no remoto rom tho live ~ his r,iIroad
Tho -,,t;to ~ -. gco+r No, w.a "a kooD tho /
iI. ~ .a 10 n.use nn faa;,1ao re- ~
~ tia P1:srre,I ,ra,. ~ cr,s,d ;,ta t1,a
13sD;ta,, C;tv sd ~ a asronr aitan avarv ress.
a1a a5ra,,t.nna r. 10 f,';,>ro Gba Ja,o,ev ~
anneoranccs VA acainst both but tie scott
@ h: ra1 49," s' r;t 49, ta ~ fi;o;t1s -
s1e"tnE u oe pEotecto.a " luo tcoela9 eett!o
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mi, IVA 0aN1''' ~'oNoo' ''>4@ ~
0'>A' -ro,,r,
II o,,o,rad o+w;,1.Sta ni,;no Mr. p;co,a bo,.
,o,nmts md .f,d,c,tr tI,at 1%S in,m,dcncs of hi,
iii r,ss r. na ,s:sl to it In III. Enstcrn Hranch
10 Nevvayard w ront, ~ I'm i II nronartp
son1d ls, fn,crcr I,n@.I9.'.eI H. wae ~ M
urs Garrett's engines across tho prosiIont's