The daily gazette., 1876-11-27
Our Washington Letter.

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LATEST INTELLIGENCE BY BALLOON FROM
THE BEsEIGED CITY-GRANT STUDYING
GEoGRAPHY-A APOwERFUL REINFORCE
MENT FROM THE MISSOURI PENITEN-
TIARY-MoRE EXPECTED FROM COL
UMB1A, ETC, ETC.
From our regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, November %.
Gay adolescent Washington oscillates
between revelry and artillery, grim Wis
aged war;" and the lascivious pleasing of
the glide waltz. True, there is nervous
ness in the complete rythm, caused by a
suggestion of dynamite in the political
strata-bnt, "On with the dance~ The
rumbling is nothing but heavy ordnance,
innscent cannon. "Cum pede hbero pulls
d,add telt,ts," drown the noise! AIlis safe in
Washington. Let the country be reas-
sured; were not Grant and Sherman
closeted two hours yesterday studying
geography? One of them at least knows
the Gins and outs" of w ashington in more
senses than one. Moreover, two or three
hundred government clerks said weeks
before the election, that Tilden should
not capture Washington, that they would
shoulder muskets before he should come
here TO receive Uheir living the coun-
try.
Fight it out ON this line: 'Let no guilty
man escape"C) ''Let US have peace"(?)
"Do every thing to insure fair count"(')
Next thing a Reconnaissance in force,
an enemy Turks somewhere, and the seige
OF Washington must be raised for winter
is upon us, aud the supply of buckwheat
| cakes is short. send this letter in a bal
loon, please send me something to eat
There is nothing SO admirable as pres
ence of mind in emergencies, and there
isno man likeGran ograb the unicorn by
both horns ofh dilemma while Chan
dier, Chamberlain, Spencer and Belknap
tand by in sublime apotheosis, / have
Jeen studying military works, for i
realize that it is the duty of your CORES
pondent to be up with the times, and that
l may have to wire about heroes. l
have been reading "kinglake's Crimean
war;" ""Napier's Peninsular Campaigns"
and Paradise Last" Meanwhile let us
all congratulate ourselves that in this
centennial crisis, we have very few of
the qualmish namby-pamby statesmen of
1776, but President who means what
Chandler tells him to say, and is more
over, great silent, sagacious partisan.
Though cut off from the rest of the
world, with bowling majority without
the wall, the work of Republican govern
ment glides on, and the National capitol
is still the sweet refuge OF the thief be he
little or big. Avery has just arrived, and
we are in hourly expectation of being re-
inforced by the Returning Board of South
Carolina, that issued certificates and
''slid." That they may soon be safe under
these guns, is the wish of every patriotic
government clerk who has settled down
in the downy delusion that he will not be
disturbed for four years at least. and that
he may now enjoy the fruits of heavy
campaign assessme mt and onerOus re-
peating.
'Tis true there is an element in our midst
not quite congenial an element canting
about reform, publication of the civil
service, economy and the constitution
But this sinister crowd is prescribed, it
shares none of the government patronage
and is regarded with suspicion by Mr..
Chandler, Mr.. Shepard, Gen. Belknap,
and our great President. There is no
reason to fear anything from them provi-
ded Mr. Hayes is seated, rs he certainly
will be if the "bull-dozed," intimidated,
army protected, braveand overwhelming
Republican majority is counted by the
Board, and, provided further, rs Mr..
Patter suggests, that the President of the
Senate has by dint of lung, precedence
over the precedents, the constituti on and
the representatives of the people.
There is of course great Indignation
here among those who hold the fort, be-
uluu TOScWOOu ucSkS, tildJ tut STtdC INc-
publican majority, backed by the U. s..
A, should have been intimidated by a
pitiful minority, thus reversing a physical
law as venerable that the memory of the
Almighty runneth not to the contrary, as
as well as a political arrangement of
Messers Chandler, Packard and Kellogg.
making it necessary for the returning
board to restore things. 1t is well known
that Louisiana is naturally Republican
fhof ha n,rtn ,tax. us
the white. We have the word of Mr..
Chandler and the "Ne,O York Times" on
this point, and IL any one desires further
evidence, let him read any newspaper,
edited by post master, and he will find
that it agrees with the '.Ne,c Yor.b TinlSs''
and Mr.. Chandler. 1t is rue the last
censns does not sustain them in this as
sertion, but then the census is mere
mathematical unideal enumeration; f.
CURES, figures, figures! as Hamlet said.
Did he? Congress will assemble in ten
days, by the grace of the army, and this
beseiged city will enjoy sensation. 1t
is said that Mr.. Sayler, of Ohio will be
made speaker of the House, and there is,
in spite of denial, serious purpose to
elect president of the Senate in place of
the amible Mr.. Ferry, who is reproached
with never having set q river on fire. 1t
Is important. in a crisis like this, to have
man with some fire in his belly, and
with dint of lung to encourage the army
and overawe the intimidators. Mr..
Blaine of Maine can do it. After these
officers are elected we will have the count
ing of the electoral vote, n question about
which hear there is some interest mani
tested outside. Then, till the fourth of
| March, there will be much calling of the
| roll, risingto point of order, or to make
a motion, interspersed with words, words,
| words, in the House and Senate. On the
fourth of March-who? what! the Louisi-
| ana Returning Board, OR CONGRESS.
G.. A. s..
| TWEED VS.. The WHISKY RING.-The
compulsory return of Tweed to his for
mer place of confnementis is in sharp con-
trast to the fate of the whisky ring rogues
who, after short period of imprison-
ment, are restored to liberty by executive
interposition. Though Tweed had got
far away from the scene of his villainies,
he mad not got so far as to escape retribu-
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