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CURRENTS.
Due sPANIsH ROW A,BREwINe.
Presidential Intemperance--Grant's
Successor---The Treasury Watch
Dog---That Senatorial Pic-Eic--Ro-
meo and Juliet--St. Patrick's Fair
Theatrical Mention.

Theatrical Mention.
From Our 0rn Correspondent
WAsHiNGToS, April 4.
A few settlers living on the Texan border,
instigated by the devil aud bad whiskey, have
made themselves troublesome TO our Mexican
ueishbor and been demonstrated with. This
is. briefly, the long and short of the so-called
MEXICAN TROUBLES,
aud vet. in these triiles ligh, as air" the Adj
miuis,ratiuu has found a new pretext for hur-
rying on It's pet scheme, aud involving the al
ready impoverished nation in an expensive and
bloody war. 1t is stated authorIatively that
the President intends demanding reparation Of
Mexico Tor these insults to our flag 81 IN the
shape Of moncyel indemnity, AID If refused,
will enforce the demands by carrying on
WAR ALONG THE BORDER.
We all know what this means. Grants trump
card ia the great game he is now playing Is
Var. with Spain. Mexico, or the South, 1t
matters very little 10 him which, 50 he can air
his ine military qualities and thus a second
time. as he thinks. blind the people. Bat Our
soldier-Presideut is mistaken. We are becom-
ing wearied with such logged stupidity, such
gross ignorance, and such desire for partisan
rule. as have been eyinced all these eight years
hv Dir. Grant Combined with these imper-
fcctjous, 1t has lately become known, as a fact,
that the
President DRINKS FeEELY.
II IS an open secret here that he has been
drinking very hard Of late His red nose,
bloatcd features, and the red blutches which
mottls his face disclose that fact to all who
lool, upon him. Il is said his Arkansas mes
SAGE was written when he twas not himself, "
and thus is explained the many Inconsistencies
which have marked his conduct and his policy.
Ia this connection it may be related that a
prouiEent Congressman, accompanied by DR..
Brnwn-Sequard. Philadelphia physician OF
GREAT repuic. called recently on Grant The
N. c. asked his friend beforehand TO notice
his Excellency, professionally, and give his
opinion. after the interview. As they with
drew -" Well" said the Congressman, turn
inc TO the physician, "wbat do you say -
" saw answered DR. Browns cquard, that
that man must change his way of living or die
within six moatlS' There are cases, Of course,
In which il would lie wrong to thus give pub
licity 10 tie habits of on individual But
when that individual holds a responsible pub
lie position, it Is essential to the proper dis
charge of his duties that he should possess a
sound mind in a sound body aud il he puts
an enemy iu his mouth 10 steal away his brains,
the poop G. whose servant he is, has a right TO
know it, Is a man who is habitually or fire.
quentlv. drunk TT 70 control the destnies Of
OF forty millions &c people That is a qaes-
ton the American people should consider, now
that Grant has openly begun his campaign
fra thirl term. Fhere are several possible
candidates for
TIE NEXT PEESIDENCf.
On the democratic side two new luminari,s
have lately risen on the horizon. These are
Governors Hendricks, Of Indiana and Tildeu,
of New York. The former means to take the
field in person, aud look to the Democratic in
Haeuce in the next Congress TO insure his sue
cess. to which end he has, according to late
despatch, engaged the finest suite Of rooms ut
one Of the principal hotels here lnr the entire
session cf Tie next Congress. Tildcu is quiet
~ aiming fer the fight, and his adminiStra-
ton of State affairs. has double design, Of
horciltiug the State, and pleasing the people.
flj, htcS, p,,icy-StrOsc was directed against
tie Cana! Ring. an organization exceeding, IN
IFS corruption. that of Tweed'S Governor
Tilden in warring upon it has put himself in
an uneuviable position. mourning the wrath of
many bit he smiles swcctly aud ludsS % toe
people for support. llcis becoming immense
" popular. and it is more than probable that
he will be given a chance 20 try his hand on
the Aueean stables here, which reekiug with
bitterness. indeed need a good strong broom
90 clean them ont Gath, 10 the PittSburS
Gazette gives a good moral Veu-pic;ore Of
d -,f,-ef1 In eart1ffln 20
Then. there Is E.ihu Washburue, "a man Of
the times. bu. never ahead Of the times And
rs the time draws nearer Tor the nominating
convention % meet, the number Of candidates
will wax vet grcaler-men who uow Keep be-
low the surface will shyly raise their heads and
look around them.
SKINNER HAS RESIGNED
and the feminine portion of the Treasury is in
tears The venerable watchdog, having a
kudlg eye for female tenderness Of heart, has
posted MP outside his rtiice door placarl
with mruruir, border bearing this pathetic
announcement
Embraces aud Tears between 10 and H."
and daily. within this short hour, until July l,
p,afiuees he u,iseyt will be the gGlc, in the Iu-
terror Of ibis Department.
SINNERS RETIREMENT
rccessi,ateS the counting of every dollar in the
Treasury vaults, amounting to more than one
hundred millions. His successor, Mr.. John c..
New, of Indiana is a very rich man, and was
Quartermaster General under Governor Nor
ton Of that State. He is - years of age and
has wife and small family.
The grand senatorial excursion to Vera Cruz
came near being Knocked in the head by the
recent yellow fever scare ut Key West, but ma
ture consideration caused few Of the partci-
pants 70 continue it. II seems strange that
these
AEGoNAUTs OF 70
should De allowed to enjoy themselves at pub
lie expense. II our Senators wished to give
their families n select picnic, could they not
pay for it cut Of their private pockets?
The latest social enigma demanding solution
comes, Of all places in the world,
FROM A GRAVE YARD
Oae would suppose that within the walls Of
these cities Of the dead. at least social antason-
ism could find no rest, but alas Oak Hill
Cemetery situated beyond Georgetown Heights,
is the best ordered and best kept cimet5ere we
have 4 Mr. Blundon had charge of it, and
was deposed for sufficient cause and Mr.. Dam
iel Barker. appointed in his stead. Barker
was married, but his wife died soon after, and
be xed bis loving eye upon the pretty daugh
terof BIund5n, his predecessor. The case here
assumes
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
form. Barker loved BlunaonS daughter and
vice versa. The enmity of the Trustees Of the
n