The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1875-06-25
The Washington Monument Disgrace.

WASHINGTON letter to the Chicago Tribune.
The scarcely tapering column stands on i;
base Of granite SO disproportionately mar
row and low as to have the appearance o
being overloaded and half sunk in th'
ground. The top is surmounted by crazy
looking wreck of hoisting frames, which
seen from distance, gives the beholder al
impression that the witches of the air hav,
pre-empted the place had established
thereon "a laundry drying-rack and he look.
in mOmentary expectation of seeing . weirG
figure riding tandem through the air.
astride q broomstick, up to that roost, tt
hang out her ghostly robes to dry. If the
visitor approaches the base, he will FIND
the mundane surroundings quite in char
acter with the witches rookery at the tor
old, decayed and tumble-down work
sheds, shaniies and stables, which look al
if they would gladly lay down the cares o
this life and return to dust piles Of debris,
with the rot of years upon it; scattered
blocks Of granite or marble, half sunk in
the yielding soil, and sinking yearly deeper
and deeper; grass and lichens growing nnt
Of the cracks of the walls; and, over all, the
black mold, and an air Of neglect and ruin
When You have learned to wrestle with
''ague-fits,' you may look npon the scene
without u shiver-not otherwise. Tho
visitor wonders why all this IS SO, and
wants to know why the American people
d' not. in one tremendous g,,sh of patriot.
ism. burst through purse-strings, pour ont
their treasures of greenbacks, and finisl
the thing. Then he is told that the Wash.
ington Monument Association is still in ex-
istence, and he is consoled that the w.
NJ. A. is still receiving donations of frac.
tional currency-and he is exalted into a
satisfactory state OF patriotic exultation
that the sum annually bored out of the
American pockets is. however, barely suf
ficient to pay the expenses of the officers OF
the W. NJ. A., and he subsidies into hope
less state of patriotic disgust, and thor
oneh conviction that American hero-wor-
ship IS fraud and a vanity.
The Direct Atlantic Gable Completed
The direct United States cable was CON-
pleted this afternoon, and communication
is now established by it between America
and Ireland. The news of its completion
cansed great rejoicing in this city this after
noon and evening, especially among mer-
chants and business men, aud more par
ticularly the patrons Of the European cable
telegraph wires. The first announcement
of this news. was received at the office of
the company in New York in dispatch
from Torbay, N. s., this afternoon about
3,o'clock, and it was immediately published
here and telegraphed to the papers of the
American Press Association, which was
the first news association to get the intel
ligence. The bulletin boards of many of
the newspapers business exchanges and
other public places, announced the news to
the people at once. Later news from Tor
that the cable was in splendid working
order the signals from Ireland being per-
feet.
THE NEW CABLE
runs from Rye Beach, N. f., to Ballin-
skelligs bay. Ireland, which points are in
with all first-class lines in their
respective countries. The last work of
the company was to complete gap off
the American coast. Owing to the preya-
Ience and continuance of heavy fog at sea,
250 miles from the coast, this finishing link
had been greatly delayed. The offices of
the new company, at No. 16 Broad street,
this evening were brilliantly lighted to a
late hour, and u. Guard, the general Amer
lcan Manager, and other officers of the
company gave to the many congratulaSing
callers any information in their possession
relating to the great work and its history.