, 1874-01-26

to rotnip tho amount charged for tho transporta-
tfom OF mails aud cerrying sorylco;
Tho Company ask tho United States to gl1ar.
nntoe tnteroat ol, tlloir por cont bonds, running
fur thirty years, to limited aim por mile. Ii.
consideration Of snol1 accommodation. tho Com.
1'any propose to pay to tho Government liberal
per cont Of itR groBB earnings, thus securing tho
Qovornnent fran loBs.
ALABAMA coarEsrgp ELECTION.
Tho Senate Committee on Privileges and Eleo-
tom will to:morrow taso up tho caso Of Sykes,
WHO contcgtB tho Senatorial Bpat Of Spencer,
presont Incumbent from Alabama
THE FINANCES.
pEnAooalNa WITH r'tH CURRENCY" MOVING
THE cnArs"-gEtIooo, LOGAN, WRIGHT.
Fro.n Our 0,cn C'orrespondcnt.
WAsu1NaToyt Jan. 20 1874.
Congress- ia peculiar body. Whom man
runB for It, 1,o must havo somo Object III his
mind bnt 1t appears that l,o commonly forgosa
1t boforo llo comea hero. Wo Boo him
rnEotrlTAT1sD ON ALL FouRs
Into tho Capitol halls. Ho votoa for MI tho naia~
takes Of previous Congroaa, aid gooB wrong
on ali the questions before tho present one.
Dnck-pny he takes chiyalrons Wow Of. Tho
Salary~Grab he dofouds on tho highest moral
grounds. Ho is, preforco, MI inilationfst thinks
gold bnrbarous, and believes TINT proper Con-
grcaa ought to appropriate extensively. aifleave
to tho Executive tho bothor OF raising the row.
! c,uo. Thoro nro not enough mon In Congress
without Bono bill or bills to apond something.
to mako con,n,ittoe Of. II you will taEo two
or three hundred Of tlcBo bills, and
goneralizo tl,om, you will find thas thoy aro all
OF u speculative class, just lko the past policy
of the party, to use general taxation for tls
stimulation Of localities or special intcrosts.
| laayo often thought that the American Congroas
| was . body annually assembled TO disHt-
pato the property Of tho United statca
| Tho object Of all atatcsmauBhip Is to got tho
last aero Of tho public land. Thiovery is Unborn
| in good dcn Of tho American character. Thirty
years ago, we stolo from our noighbors, Spain
! und Moxco, aud added the discipline Of arms
and tho lusro OF victory to our roal-oHtato job
berry. But ut present sc arc manifest dcstinan-
| iat1B en- fn,nile. Our 1nBts are turned in-
wards. Tho nation faces army from it's coasts,
! and behaves li1io 4 certain animal known to
] mythology which turned himself outside in, mud
| eubsisted upon tho residue OF himself.
| First wo l,ave clasB OF bills for what uny
cali .--
| wnArp1Ha-pArEn CURRENCY,
and, strangely enough, nobody has moved to
obtain historic portrait of Mr. n1icawbor to be
engraved upon these pronissory notcs, with the
motto: "Thank God tint note is paid with this
one." However,, II hIr. Mcawbcr cannot DO
had, we might put Senator Logan and Wendell
phillipR ut opposite ends Of this currency. Nlr.
Bill Kolloy, tho Doanergcs of tho HonHe, tho
lively conch Of fluauce, wants convertible bond.
This appears to 10 basod upon . sys-
TEN Of financial evaporation and con-
aonsation. Your bond is tho gentle rain
from Heaven upou the place beneath ;
your currency is the Divine afllatus that
riBos in tirno OF noodand "moves the craps" All
true Legislation is based on moving tho craps.
II you can move your crap, sou can lay goldcn
eggs every day in the year; but crap that will
not move mist have aotocted some obstacle in
tho currency, mud stayed fast whore 1t grow, in
| is apparent to n1r. Kelley that oil which SIC owo
ia better than hard money, aud TINT it is crftnc
against Nature aud opportunity to permit our
obbssons obssstons n sasy ssis H. Kay
EN- got value BY their own acceleration. Egnp-
orate 'om! Collect ON into clouds to confuse
the range Of vision, purify the air. fruotify tue
' Morop pr shore Is ' eean IL intelligence IN the
Congregational mind, beyond Which It new
er gocs. We legislato by g1eauls. It
pans e :. sns Hha ts We he as
dcmnnd-noto indefinitely postponed by tho draw
CT, Ind bettor be arranged for au infinite renewal
and called square. 70 give it company and ata-
more notes, ropow theao also infinitely, funl
'em overnight, 30 that they shall bear interest
while We scos, got them into tho GASEOUS state
next morning, and blow them into circulation
Thus our peiialtea shall all go for responsibility
shall stand our debts, running OF rilla at'{
rivers Of currency to doaconti into the plains and
prairica, aud ''nlova the crapa." Tho
P1cTurg or MT. KELLEY
| is to be engraved on the bonds, to represent tlt
echo OF the mountains.
listened to oil this roar Of platltnde and rum
bio Of rot. tho osor day, n tho gallory, praisint
my Maker that tho idiot is not without sonl'
things from the wise md prudent, aud reyoalet
them unto cry-babies. Even 80, Fathor Pom
yylyania, for it soomcth good in thy sight:
There iB no Bolace like aphiloHophic and ycasn
ing love for our common human nature.
thought should like to take Kelley home. ant
act linn up amongst my children. aud give him
toy OF some kfnd.-a leather sucker. or a pip!
au1 II bowl Of HoaI'-watcr, or n Protection doll
ioiced in his niirmiten. I insensibly recallo
III incident in tho life of that singular gcnluH
| Col. Dom Piatt.
The Colonel WAS At. the Sweet Springs las
benet by quocr, feeble minded character VIII
conposes doggerol aud ropcats it with iuhnt
complaconcy. Tho verse is neither wise, witty
nor lecently ldiotic hui 1t Acryes tho purpose
OI 1tH HuuG ~ Hill LilN9 III Lup phpl4 aDCltEp u
tho Old Sweet, and ho j. wholly Unconscious o
: his folly emphasizing tho foofishcst pllns. de
claiming commonplace with visor, and stoppin
:, Ut the polnts for applause. with tho self-satif
It faction Of John u. Cough. One day, Cuekol
II tue poet, apptoaehcd piatt On the piazza.
!. "Colonol," Haid l.e, =" wrote nn ad0ross lat
t summer year GU the OCCASION Of tho suehts 4
tho Old Sweet visiting il, d body tho Guosts a
t the Young Sweet. Would you mind it repca.e
r it to you -
! Tho Colonel took of his hat and wiped hi
! hoad OF rich brown hair,-not i lnir III tho crow
b gray, though life il little old With tAe wcaror
& lily dear clolsor," he said, in kina, passiy
: way. II nothing would mora please mo-"
: Tile poor numbkkull repeated 2oo lines {
weary tli'iyel, and thon tho Colonel sad
Ally doar Cscker, tliat ia n renarkaby-grac'
q full thing. Would you mimi repeating 1t alt t
' mo again. ! know lint ! am asking u gre;
q donl but you would roally obige me-"
!. Tho astonisbod md delighted C,lckor repeatc
d tho whole lugab1ious performance. Tho Colon
n mt III nnna rnt astnnY mt n twinbln III Lila rne