The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1877-01-13
Letter from Washington.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Jan. 9th, 1871
The sleighing which will render the first week
of the year of grace 1877, memorable for many
years, both because of its exceptional occurrence
and because the entire community, almost, aban-
doned itself to the enjoyment of seigh-riding
and coasting, was irreparably damaged by the
heavy rain of Saturday and the succeeding night;
and what of it was spared is rapidly disappearing
under the influence of the mild weather now pre-
vailing. No more animated scene, verify be-
eve, could have been witnessed in any part of the
world than those of Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day of last week ON Pennsylvania avenue. Every
sleigh from the surrounding country, as well as
many from Baltimore, appeared to be in town.
Large numbersiof late importations from Northern
cities arrived in season to participate; and that
superb street. ten rods wide, straight as an arrow
from the foot of Capitol Hill to the Treasury,
filed and crowded with every imaginable form of
vehicle on runners with their freight of jewellers
It was q sight the like of which was never before
seen here, and not often, certainly, elsewhere
Hundreds of the occupants were in masquerade
historic, political and religious
events were all represented. Even the horses
seemed to feel the contagion of fun and frolic
everywhere prevalent, banishing for the time the
bitterness of political differences, and making the
carnival one of unrestricted good fellowship
Even "corner" effected in the hand-sled
market by the indulgent parents of the juveniles.
One consequence of the heavy snow, saturated
by the rain the nearly fat tin roofs of maj or
ty of the buildings in the District, was not so
pleasant. I venture to say that half the buildings
of the city were found to be in leaky condition
on Saturday afternoon or during the night, and
almost every house-tOp was decorated by "shov-
eist" on Sunday morning clearing the roof of its
burden of snow. Much damage in some instances
resulted and hereafter the roof will be prompt
ly attended to as the pavement.
Of course the fashionable swells, snobs and Miss
MoE tuO,v Inr OvnH
over the Bennett May affair. 1t is regarded as
delightfully."- romantic-even 'lovely." / believe
the verdict OF intelligent people generally is to the
effect that Bennett deserved all he got and good
deal more; that he seems to have imbbed with
other things the error that the possession OF money
ought to bring with it full liberty to outrage the
feelings and sensibilities Of others with absolute
exemption from punishment. But how much has
Mr.. May improved the humiliating position in
which his sister was placed by Benefits ignoble
course?
We have had our fill of those two typical DEM
ocrats of the Pacific coast, Grover and Cronin-
The name of the latter appears destined to be
handed down to remOtest generations on account
of his nose. Growers effort to explain away the
fraud he attempted to perpetrae at the expense OF
the people of Oregon was most lgnomlnlous
failure. The few who charitably acquitted him OF
wrong motive before he made his appearance
before the committee, have generally withdrawn
all sympathy and very few are FOUND Wiling 10
apologize for either. After their testimony the
conviction cannot be resisted that they acted their
allotted part in conspiracy set on foot in New
York, and that neither knew or cared whether
they were acting in accordance with law or other
wise. When the disbursement of eight thousand
dollars, very intimately bearing, apparently, on
Growers action, has been freed of all the mysteries
by which it has been purposely surrounded, we
shall all be better able to judge of the motives I'M
DERIVING the preparation of the outrage, and an
other proof will be added to the already long list
of the honest methods adopted to saddle the peo-
pie of this nation with "Reformer" by installing
S. j. Tilden in the White House in violation of
every principle of honesty and of representative
government
Congress did very little business last week, ii
being found quite impossible to obtain quorum
in either House. The fact is that until we know
who is to be our next President business in Con-
gress, as well out of it, will only receive nomi-
nal attention.
There appears to have been no progress made
by either the Senate House portion of the joint
committee appointed to devise method for count
ing and declaring the electoral vote.
MAXWELL.