The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-12-09
Our Washington Correspond.
ence.

gathering Of The clans-Preporin for
actton-Arrical Of tie uert speaker
Of the House-Sam Raudall's china
teapot-A 'etroSpect-The "third
term" ghost again-An ertraordinarz
cabinet meeting- Why a mar is i'm.
possible About or garriSon-d.c.
T WAsniSeroN, b. c., December /, Is7o.
Bright and crisp, with q clear blue sky
and a frosty atmosphere, that makes the
breath CONCEAL in tiny crystals on the
moustaches (of such as have them). and
sends the blood tingling to the ears and
10 the TIP oil the nose, opens IN Decem.
Der in Washington. How will it close 7
Congress assemblies on Monday, the 4,b,
and already enough of the "Honorables'
are present to make a quorum, both in
the House and in the Senate, certain,
This is the first time for many years that
members have been SO prompt at putting
Id an appearance, fer as a rule, the said
Honorables preferred to eat their Thanks.
giving turkey and Christmas dinner. and
drink their New Years egg.nogg, at their
own cozy ircsides, north, east, south and
west, in preference TO coming to Wash.
ington before the holidays, and spend
their money and time solidarity and de-.
muTely--in their own chambers or hotel
bar.rooms.
But this time they are all here, full
hedged from the stump and their ~constit.
uents, and ninc.tents Of them with a Cas-.
sius,like brow that bodies oratorical thun-
der and rhetoric lightning on and after
the fourth of December next, whenever
circumstances shall permit. For there is
scarcely q methcr's son amonc all oi
them, Republicans and Democrats, who
does not in the near future forsec an on.
portunlty 10 make himself qreat. 'Gyeat.
ness, thou Httte thought ~ exclaims jean
Paul, but then he did not live in a free
and glorious country as VIC do, where
they have a free and glorious Congress as
we have, Poor Jean had no desire to be
great, and never was but is there a sin.
gle ex.member, member, or member. elect
who did, does, or will ever sit down at
his ycllow-grained oak desk lat seventy.
i've dollars apiece in tho hall of the
House OF Representatives, without exper.
iencing a peculiar twinge in his bump eff
vanity, and they all have those bumps
pretty well developed" as Gall would
say demonstrating that now his opportun.
ity had come at last to remove the
bushel of obscurity from the shining
light which has so long been hidden be.
meath 1t, to the detriment of his country
and fellow-citizens; that now there is a
chance to Ostonish and reproaoh an un.
grateful and unappreciativo public, and
to appear in print lin tie Congressional
kocord) free Of expense, and that now
at last the long sought time had come
tor the rural oyster to let itself be opened
by the sharp and pointed scalpcl of the
other side' and shed its pearl of doubtful
water?
Among the latest arrivals is Mr.. Ram
dali, OF Pennsylvania, who will undoubt-
eddy be elected speaker Of the next House.
The Democratic majority well knows that
he, OF all others, is the mar for the occa.
sion, and moreover they realize how much
they owe him. Had it not been for him
and his ''sitting up those famous three
consecutive nights at the close of the
iorty'third Congress. when General But
Ter was endeavoring to work his pet
scheme. the "force BILL" through the
House, that measure would without a
doubt have passed, and there would have
been no occasion for q suspense like the
present. That bill, had it passed, would
have settled all matters in dispute within
ten days after the election, 1 we'll re.
member those nights when Randall and
Butler fought the battle single handed, so
to speak, for they alone "stuck," while q
majority Of The other members on both
sides went home TO bed. Butler sat on
a chair with his feet on the desk, chewing
an unlit cigar aud twirliug his thumbs,
and Sam Randall was, during intervals Of
reading the papers and writing letters,
seeking solace from a blue patterned china
teapot, with cup and saucer to match.
Some say there was whisky in that tea,
but | don't believe it.
Considerable excitement was caused
here, but in a quiet way, this morning, BY
the rumor that a movement was on foot
among leading Republicans to have Gov.
Hayes withdraw from the presidential
contest, and then have the Republican
electors cast their vote for General Grant.
1t would appear from diligent inquiry
made BY your correspondent, that Mr..
Murtagh, editor of the National Republic
can of this city, is authority for the ru.
NOR in question. Mr., Chandler denies
all knowledge oft, and says that il is q
canard only but, then, it is well known
among newspaper correspondents here
that Mr.. Chandler never commits him.
self. This much is certain, that an in.
formal cabinet meeting was held last
night, at which were present besides the
other members of the cabinet, General
Sherman, Secretary Cameron, and attor.
ncy.G eneral Taft, and it is equally Ger.
tain, although not reported 10 the papers
this morning, that Geographic dispatches
were sent at a late hour from General
Sherman to General Ruger, commanding
the troops at Columbus, s. c., with re.
gard to the course to be pursuod by that
officer in the present emergency. Inquiry
at the War Department fails to indicate
the purport of these instructions. And
any further statement regarding their ma
ture must for tho present be merely con-
lecture.
"Our Garrison" of nine companies of
ARTILLERY remains quiet within doors, and
the gamins of Washington are greatly
discouraged at the slowness of the off.
GERS in command, who haven't SO far .ex.
pended q single blank cartridge of gov.
eminent powder. What are We coming
TOT Hero arc the cannon, and here are
the men to fire them, paid by Uncle Sam
at the rate Of thirty-seyen and q half