Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-03-02
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Il WAsnrseros. d. c.. Feb. Is. 1876
i We have had little else ia either House
Of Congress- this week except 1hance
md they have made aboutas mueb pro-
sress towards q solution As any hodyCt
men eonld be expected 20 make Who
have each an individual view upon the
subject peculiarly theirown. Ofeourse
We refer TO those in Congress whotake
any active part In sta proceedings.-
There are of course a great many there
~ho have no yiews of their own upon
this or any other subject. In the sense
Of being to some exten, WOODEN beaded
| suppose We may call them the mere
drift wood in the stream. They are rs
idle as log in a Jam. but rush along
with the rest when. the dam 10 opened
They are as gifted and accomplished AZ
the Princess de Trehizonde," " boz could
distinctly artieulate Papa, Mans" for
they have also two words and only two
in their legislative vocabulary, Aye and
No.
The West Point Appropriation Bill
in its reduced proportions as passed by
the House has met with very spirited
oppositiensty The Republican Senate n
matter ofscourse. For oarlelves, W
can see no reason why the Goverumen,
should pay the Professors ut West Point
salaries half as large again as gentle
men of similar qualifications receive at
Yale, Harvard and Amherst. We do
not believe in cheap talent, and we Ger.
tainiy dodeprecate pinching the sala-
ries of professional and scientific men,
but $4,000 year, with house rent aud
fuel thrown in. strikes rsa rather steep
when we consider that 10 is almost IA
sinecure. The Senate adjourned until
Monday without taking any action upon
the bill.
Speaker Kerr. who had only just re-
turned 10 us in somewhat improved
health, yesterday received a dispatch
announcing the death of his brother in
Pittshure, Pa. and WAS compelled again
to resign the chair. Serious aprrt hen
sions are felt among MIR. kerr's friends.
and indeed they prevail with the party
in the House, lest Mr. Kerr will be
compelled TO retire from the Speaker
shin altogether. 1t cannot be disguised
that his health IS very much impaired
and the effort of presiding for a few
DAYS successively breaks him complete
" down.
This will long be remembered At the
White House as the jubilee week Or
dear Babcock has escaped, very mar.
row escare. it is true. but then be is
free. and svlpb-like on the wings Of air
he ia even now flying to his nest in the
bosom OF the President. Such quaint.
ties of the Crooked" a. will he CON
sumed when he arrives here il would lie
difficult 10 calculate. No pains or eI-
pense will Re spared to give him an
ovation.
Arv comment from ia upon tho trial
would he su1erfincus; the press Of the
country teens with il. and There seems
to he very little difference Of opinion
amoncs, them. He is turned loose
nron the country again with verdict
Of acquittal. hat il is really more Tx"
the old Scotch verdict Of "No' proven. 4"
We who reside here at the Capital are
not At al surprised a: the termination.
It was 4 foreone conclusion tha. be mutt
be acquitted.
Bris.ow and Grant are at taY TO each
other. A very few DAYS must determ-
inc the matter between them. Bris.ow
only withholds his resignation in the
hope that Gran. mas he provoked into
requesting it, which would lie big
card for Mr. Bristow. Neither ofthem,
however, can hold on muci, longer, the
end will come very soon now.