Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-03-18
Our Washington Letter.
wAsu1xoros, D. C., March II, ls7c

AshlNuIOSi IL. u, march II, 1870.
Just in time for some of the people /
now prominent before the world In po-
litical circles, comes the decision OF the |
English Privy Council in the case Of Jen- /
kins versus Cook. That case hinged up
on the question Of whether there is a
personal deyil'-''an old scratch, rip
ping, roaring could clootie," who goes
around seeking whom he may catch, aud
carry or bodily the wicked people that
are caught in their wickeduess. The
Priyy Council, after due deliberation,
have decided that there is no such theory
that he only exists in the heated inn
agination OF poets like Goethe aud Burns.
What source OF rejoicing it must be to
the chaps, who are being exposed for
their misdeeds. Belknap and Robbins,
for instance, one of whom sold himself
to the devil for $4,000, and the other
for 500 They belong to him as much as
if they had entered into bond after the
old style, written on the skin of dead
monk for parchment, with the blood ex-
tractGd from the veins of an innocent
maiden, and sealed with touch from the
tip of the DEVILS tail. Such a bond
could hardly have been made here as it
would have been so difficult to get the ink
required, in this city.
This week has been one of personal ex-
IN, 60
have been attacked in regard to the Bel
| KNAPP and other matters, that half the
time of the babbers has been taken up in
explaining" Clymer, Robbins, Black
burn, Lamar, Hays and Hartman have
each had to rise to "a question of priv
elege," and say they "didn't do it," or
words to that effect. What a pity that
the newspaper correspondents won't let
the babblers alone, and force them to get
up and denounce the newspaper men as
''mere barnacles and eXcreScenceS," toe
low for one of the babb!ers to stoop to
answer, and yet they do always answer
them.
The senatorial ladies are rejoicing
The skeleton in the closet Of these ladies
for the last three years, has been null
latto "Mrs. Senator" in the person Of
Pinchback's wife. She has been theil
bette noir--their horror, and they have
fought Pinchback's admission on her &C
count. Had "Pinch." been q bachelor he
would have been admitted long ago; but
his wife was the weight that dragged hin
down, and finally caused the Senate to re-
ject him, and the Senator's wives rejoice
As for any business that is being done
in the tower of babble, there is none
They meet and babblc and cackle anC
hiss and do nothing. This is their dali!
round, and they seem to be satisfied will
!, it, Act like they thought this was TIL
chief end of man, particularly of man il
the tower Of babble. They arc all busil,
engaged in trying to make President
What pity they can't all succeed! l
we could amend our Constitution so as t.
have two Presidents, one Democratic an,
, one Republican, and let them serve alter
nate days, it might enable the babblerS t.
, 60 on and do the work they are sent her
: to do, or another plan might answer, lie
) each one of the babblers have a privat
, Secretary, man Of sense, and willing t
l work, and lett these Secretaries do tn
9 work while the babblers were cacklin
and Kissing and President making.
would save the people millions Of dollar
to pay for private Secretary for eac
| member Of Congress, provided always
= that some method could be devised, this
the Secretaries should not belong to th
tribe of babblers.
Seriously, there is nothing in Washing
ton in the way Of news. Nothing is tall
ed Of bat the Belknap case and the G.
pectation Of others like it, and the effet
of the revelation on the different aspi
ants for President. As don't happen I
care what effect it will have, and wouldn
know anything about it, if did care,
shall not trouble you with any guesst
upon the subject. Such matters are b
yond the pen Of SAXON.