The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-07-03
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, d. c., June %, 1873

WASHINGTON, ID. G., June 30, 1879.
DEAR WHIG:-If any one ever doubted
we were to have any Summer their doubts
are most emphatically laid at rest. We
are now grooming and complaining about
the heat, just as short time since we were
growing at the cold. | think it is char
acteristic of the human race never to be
quite satisfied. IF we have one thing we
are so apt to think we would be intensely
happy if we only had something else.
But altogether, warm weather is not con-
ducive to the growth of that sweetness of
temper and disposition that all christians
should have. Things that, under ordinary
circumstances, are rather a pleasure than
otherwise, are apt to upset ones sweetness.
Chasing street car, for instance, on Il hot
day-you make an Odd Fellows sign to the
conductor block off, he slackens, and you
rush up the street; when you are nearly
there he disappears, and you think he has
gone on, and fervent prayer is offered up
for his welfare; when you reach the corner
you find he has stopped just beyond, and
all the passengers are bowling for you to
"hurry up" On cold day such an cpl
sode would he exhilerating to the blood,
but when INDUCED in with the thermometer
fooling around in the nineties it is exhie-
rating to the temper.
However, we of Washington enjoy priv
| ileges not to be met with in other cities
In possessing our departments and public
men we have sort of shield from the
heat of Summer. There is always some
| thing going on or somebody doing some
thing, the GOODNESS Of which is very refresh
ing, and no matter how high the thermom-
eter chooses to elevate itself, keeps one
from being entirely cremated.
We have also other things for which to
be truly thankful. For the ancients never
hailed the disappearance of a comet which
they feared portcnded the destruction of
the world, with greater sense of relief
and gratitude than the average American
recognizes the close of the Beecher- Tilton
case. Nothing in the collected trials of
criminal cases parallels this case for the
| grossness of its details, and the moral filth
mess of its general character. The jury,
like the people, will probably disagree in
its verdict. Two men, however, who once
enjoyed the confidence of the community
have had their inmost thoughts opened to
the microscopic scrutiny" Of the public.
They have wrestied together and they have
| thrown oaph nj har in no no
verdict can have little influence over pub
lie opinion, which has set one down as the
weakest of men, and the other as the mean
est of husbands.
We will soon have a surfeit of the trial
of the indicted members of the Western
whisky ring. For, next to the Brooklyn
affair, we may expect to hear some of the
most conflicting evidence in those trials
that have ever been given in any court of
justice. We may look for startling devel-
opments in st. Louis in a few days-for
cross examinations, direct swearing, rebuff
tails, &c. We are becoming famous peo-
pie on swear
BIG INGUN.
The Indian Bureau discrelits the reports
of an Indian War among the Sioux. They
believe that neither Spotted Tail or Red
Clouds men are engaged in any war-like
demonstrations, and feel confident that if
any Sioux are mixed up with lawless move
ments, that it is only a few roaming raiders
who are not under the control of these
chiefs, and it would hardly be fair to hold
the Sioux, as nation, responsible for any
raids or depradations committed by these
lawless bands.
The records of the past week show an
unusual amount of crime at the Capital.
One of our prominent merchants on Penn
sylvania Avenue was burglared to the
amount of five or six thousand dollars
worth Of silks and laces, on last Sunday, in
broad daylight and the burglars escaped
as far as Baltimore with their booty where
one of the parties was arrested and about
SO, 900 worth of the stolen goods recovered,
and the prisoner is now in durance vile.
An Irishman, Milligen by name, made
an attempt to cremate his better-half by
crushing her skull with coal oil lamp and
setting fire to her clothing, and while she
fingers on the verge of death, he is suffer
ing the remorse of a guilty conscience in
Jail, and repenting his last drunk.
We also had a shooting affair on Satur-
day night last, in which one Tim Weeden,
a notorious character, was shot by Charley
Goodman, of similar notoriety. They had
been travelling together all day, perspiring
and drinking whisky, and finally disputed
as to which was the monopoist of a fair
maiden's love-onc Ida Sears, courtesan-
and after several attempts at fisticuffs, de-
cided to call on Ida, and learn from her
which was her Adonis. Arriving at the
house where the tender being boarded, she
expressed her preference for "Goody,"
whereupon Weeden struck Ida, turned on
Goody and fight began, which resulted in
Goody shooting Weeden twice, wounding
him fatally. Goody is under arrest, and
Weeden is in an uncertain condition.
Last, but not least, the negro element in
our city seem to have a decided preference
for making war on women. Last week
one of the champion brutes exhibited his
brutality by savage assault on one Mrs.
Thomas, dispenser of beefsteak in the
first ward. Warren, the negro, entered
her store and attempted to make off with
an unpaid-for steak, when the proprietress
seized him. A struggle ensued. He drag
ged her to the street, and with a cobble
1
battering out her life. He was arrested
His victim died the same night. So another
darkey's soul will be waited, we suppose,
to the happy land via the Jail yard in few
months. J. II. P.
The Public Confidence Well Placed.