National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-08-31
EDITORIAL J0rTINGs.

The Republicans OF Louisiana are toiling
with diligence and wholesome energy which
is Inevitably the forerunnef Of success.
i is about time for the superstitious peo-
pie residing along the banks Of Lake Michigan,
to see Donaldson's ghost walking on the wa
ters. H.
eve win servia no longer" they cried, and
forthwith three thousand Of them went over
to taste of the Turkey which they had SO often
served before. .-....s .......... ... .
- Spanish legious TO the amount Of %, 900
Will soon be shipped for Cuba, and after they
arrive there, Providence, with slow and sure
reaper, will commence to gather than into
judgment. . ....a .....-. .e.
English women, since the Baker infamy,
have taken somewhat to poinards but It Is
thought that most Of them need give them
selves no uneasiness, as their faces are ample
protection. .-......'y .....s ..- .
= As whisky makes q man drunk so does
paper money intoxicate society; and as
drunkenness leads to delirium tremens so does
imitation lead to commercial instability and
financial ruin.
The man who does most has the least
time to talk about what be does. Sam Cary
proposes to make fifty speeches next month,
instead of thirty -nine, as heretofore announced
by the press. '
The people of California are gradually
recovering from the great financial cathartic
which has rec emily cleaned them out Of their
hard earnings, and business will now resume
its wonted sway. .....t
Wbipper-snapper Fields, the High-cock-
o-lorum Of the recent rag-baby circus which
exhibited recently in Detroit, is the ex-M. C.
who Cox called the "Field clad in living
green" with back attached.
Hendricks, who has been balancing on
the political fence for some time past, will
Zap his wings sometime this week, and alight-
ing at GAINESVILLE, will crow Justify for cur
rency, William and imitation.
IF some leather-jointed, supple-sinewed
Yankee does not come 10 the front Immediately
and swim the English channel two seconds
sooner than Webb did, the British lion will
break its neck by the ecstatic wag Of It's tan.
DIR. Loring's chances Of the nomination for
Governor by the Massachusetts, Republicans
seem to be dwindling. As between Talbot and
Rice the latest probabilities are in favor of the
latter, and he is likely to gain strength as the
convention approaches. The Democrats have
no thoughts Of any other nominee than Castor.
And now the White Leagusrs arc happy.
The negro is on trial to answer for blood less
instruction, created by the vicious plannings
Of their own hearts for the purpose Of making
the black man an object Of sdium and perse-
cution. The Georgia scoundrels as they sit
upon the jury bench chuckle triumphantly and
mutter in suppressed whispers, snow wen
smite you the smote." a.t''t ''7'.1i
- Notwithstanding the fact that the
Tribune and other journals have blown NO less
than hundred bubbles of absolute falsehoods
about the Interior Department. within the last
month, and have sworn that they were solid
truth, and pulled them before the people as
such, still, when these dsspicable insinuations
have been sifted thoroughly, In every instance
they collapse for want Of support, and fall
harmlessly to the ground. ...-...,...'
- The New. Workers. are 30 thoroughly
proud of and completely wrapt up in their
magnificent postofice that other things seem
to glide out Of their minds Ike smooth cleo
tricity down q Grecian rod. Sunday, during
prayer meeting, q deacon in one Of the promi-
neut churches Of the city arose saying 'brothers
let rs pray,H commenced the petition with
"Oh Lord Thou rememberest when vast in
the postoffice." -
- At the end of 8 thousand and one years
of her existence, poor Iceland finds herself IN
worse condition than she experienced de-
cade Of centuries ago. At the close Of the
joyous celebration Of her one thousandth birth
day the mountains In her most fertile sections
were uncapped, by the irresistible force, vol
canic eruption, and soon one-third Of the en-
tire island was rendered uninhabitable, having
changed from rich grazing country into ia far
reaching, barren waste.
sc - Colonel Cornell, the reputed father of the
ssNational Union infant, recently born In
Boston, says that the child doesn't aspire to
immediate manhood and prominence, but that
1t Is willing to grow and wax strong with the
progress of the nation. But alas for thehopes OF
the father, the babe 10 already afflicted with
membraneous Group and the political collie, and
ere the parent knows Il the little thing will
take the wings Of the morning and leave nary
q trace behind. -i rr77L c83 Esd
Scared Faced Walker, the recreant mill |
tary man of unenyiable reputation, comes
pompously before the public as the sccuser Of
secretary Delano, when he well knows that
the public would far rather he'd seek some
quiet secluded spot, and there forever hide
bis diminished head. A cause that Is COM
PEELED to resort to such support a. that fur
nished by this well known renegade Is weak
cause indeed, and will as sure as truths eter
nal pass by the boards. 4
- Lieutenant Condor, in charge Of the Eng
lish survey Of Palestine, thinks he has found
the veritsble city and cave of Adullam. 1t 10 |
at place IN the low country of Judah |
called 4vdeLMe It Is between Gath and |
in the upper part Of the wady |
Sur. Now II that gallant officer will discover |
he raal tomb of Adam 40 that we can 90 there