Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1875-01-01
OUR WARRINGTON LETTER.

ours, very trul
II. ID. STONE.

OUR WASHINGTON LETTER..
WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. %, 1874.
The King has gone and we shall see him
no more, but we are blessed with the re
f1ectlon that we can get on without him.
lie Is not so bad monarch as tlunkies
have sometimes run after and toaded to,
nor so admirable in person that we greatly
desire his continuance among us. By his
visit we learned one thing about kings.
that they are costly to keep, and in a money
point of view do, not pay. The bills for
our royal visitor little of king as he
was, governing only potato patch, and
his people nearly run out. were thirty
thousand dollars Sor the few days that he
was here. This could hardly have been
afforded had nota lucky thought struck
the Cabinet, that some of this expense
could be made up by depriving the Gov
cernment employees in the Departments of
their customary half holiday measure
that has been gracefully submitted to by
them on account of the Importance of hay
ing the kanaka properly cared for. and
because they could not help themselves
State dinner was given IL His Males
y by the President on Wednesday even
ing, which was a great affair. The east
room and the reception rooms of the White
House were illuminated. and a soft and
marvellous light shone down upon the
heads of fair women and brave men. The
Washington gas company won impcrisha
BILE honor by the way they lit up. and
the pleasure WAS So universal that even
Jewell Was willing to utter a short Oh
LIS ',, 10 4
the expense. In the green drawing room
there was displayed q new picture of Grant
an horseback, one of the later presents that
he has received from an admiring friend.
Flowers abounded in all the rooms, but
the dining room WAS perfect conservatory
of blossoms. and 70 such AN extent that
the noses of more than one Of the guests
were decorated with them. but of size
more remarkable than the flavor. There
were pyramids Of sugar that forty cen
turiuns NAV have looked down upon. and
all theconfeCtions were delicious. Ateach
plate were glasses for sherry. goblets for
water should any be wanted, and hoquets
of flowers. \ card with the name Of the
guest engraved thereon was placed on the
plate that he was Ia take, So that no one
could get in the wrong place. and that in
ease any became SO hilarious that he should
forget his name the servants might know
the proper destination 10 have him remoy
cd 10. The President sat on the north side
OF the table, remembering that Daniel
Webster had thanked God that a north"
had been discovered at last, the magnifi-
cent Mrs. Fish wasn't his right, and Mrs,
Blaine at his left, kse it was the other
a! iais 4 yls'ns slGfis arm in in
the most graceful way with her preiudices
apparently all conquered. Then came the
members of the Cabinet. the Chief Justice,
Speaker Blaine, the Chairman of the For
eign Relations. but with no other relations
than their wives those that had them.
The Vice President was not there, ii being
understood that his notions on the Third
Term had so far affected his stomach that
he could not relish any more OF Grants
dinners. The dinner was very choice, but
how ii compared with baked missionary,
no one but the King could tell, and he
was too polite to sag anything about II.
The currency counters in the Treasury who
lost their holidays that the King might
have his dinner were graciously allowed Il
look at the oyster shells from which the
King and Cabinet satisfied their alimentary
desires. and reported themselves highly
pleased with the entertainment. On the
dav after the dinner tho King and his re
tinue babe farewell To Roessle OF the Ar
lington, the only man who was truly sorry
to have him 90, and departed for Baltl-
more in Pullman car. number not known,
and We shall see him no more.
The Senate passed the Currency and
Banking bill by party vote, all the
Democrats and Sprague, voting against it.
1t is supposed to be more of a political
than a financial measure. and many went
for it not expecting il is going 10 cure the
evils of paper money, or that IL will he the
cause of a return to specie payments The
most singular thing in connection with it
is that parties could unite for and against
it, but they did.
Mr. Irwin the Pacific Mail man did not
run away as was stated, but was too sick
to be questioned, and could not be taken
before the bar of the House. 1t is suppos
ed that he could appear before some other
bar without serious injury to his feelings.
1t is certain that he knows what became
Of the money but not SO certain that much
of it went into the pockets of Congressman.
so they say, but they are not the most
knowing people who hold to this opinion.
Few believe that the witness will tell any
thing of Importance, but that he will re-
main in custody to the end of the session,
and that will be the end of the case.
Vice President W ilson has been able to
preside since the commencement of the
session, and claims that he is better for it.
He went home on Tuesday and the Senate
chose Mr.. Carpenter to act, in spite OF the
attacks of the Tribune upon him. Wilson
expects to take the chair on his return
and do duty to the end of the term. That
he aspires to be the successor Of Gen.
Grant, is generally believed
Grant does not by any means despair of
holding on, but the managers are against
him, and if he persists in running there
will be lively old time. The training
for the next Speakership goes on Lively,
and Fernando Wood givss elegant suppers
to that end, or has the credit of SO doing
at any rate. Banks stock is decidedly
downfall, as they say.
There was great eXcittment in the city
on Sunday over the case of Rev. j. n.
Coombs, one of the best known and re-
spectcd members of the profession here,
who cut his throat will a razor, whilst
his congregation were coming together for
worship. On Saturday h, was detected in
stealing a book from one If our bookstores.
The owner promised to lush the matter
up but it appeared in tn, Sunday Herald,
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