Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-02-15
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WAsHINGrnN- D CE

that State, but evidently takes away
all his chances in Louisiana. AS bi,
hopes in the Oregon imbroglio rest
upon slender thread, which common
sense alone without legal aids or tech
nicalities will suffice 10 cut, the de-
spondency Of the Democrats at the de-
cision is matter ot 10 surprise. They,
however, in the main, brag and buster
as much to-day as before, aud in listen
ing to their prCfessed confidence in the
ultimate result one is fOrcibly remind.
ed of their claims as to carrying Col.
Orado, and electing Tilden with a
sweeping majority last fall. Samuel j
got black eye this week for sure, and
II will puzzle Philadelphia lawyer to
determine how he can escape throwing
up the sponge eventually unless he re-
sorts to the Revolutionary programme
OF bis extremists..,Ihe Witnesses. in.
trOduced in order t. determine the
eligibility of Humphreys, the Flcrida
Elector, certainly gave 1ilaen it'll,
comfort. Geo. T. Rainey Attorney
General of Florida being. ruled out un
der Mr.. Evarts', sustained. objection.
Mr.. Humphreys then appeared and his
testimony completely fioored.ihe. Deui.
Ocratic counsel who then set up the
only theory left them that an officer
cannot get out of office, until his re.
signation is formally aoet pied. Judge
HOadley, of Ohio, notwithstanding his
exceedingly ingenious opinion in t 1t
Oregon eiector case, aud tor whicn ht
was SD well paid out of the IS 900 sem
by Tilden to Oregon accom- plishe6
nothing in his hours speech before tn.
Tribunal, as he had no new points and
besides labOrs under the difficulty o.
being believed by no one in any asser-
ton that he makes that is not alread 5
known TO be fact. On the contrary
ellabarger, of Ohio, carried convic
tiop to the minds of all by the un
iduubted impression he lett, that ht
spoke what he ielt Was truth. The
Democratic counsel HOadley, Greer
and Merrick, spoke throughout thei
hours effort As lawyers VINO felt IN,
judge, jury and law were all agains
tneIn, and that NO hope Was lett bG'
appeal to prejudice and passion by
sweeping assertions of .ifaud, crime,
and prejudlces.
THE SENATE. -t
So intense has been the interest. TAX er
in the proceedings of the Tribunal tha
even cur staid and dignified Senate
has had its equilibrium disturbed by
its grave and solemn Senators piayin.
truant, and precisely, as when boys un
der the stirring strains of "A circus bant
and the ia cinating antics of the paint
ed and spaDgled clown, trooping ef
heedlessly to see for themselves tn,
great occasion of the day. Yesterday
under the call to order of the Vice
President Ferry, no Senators were pres
.ent but Messrs. Allison and Wright, %
Iowa. The Senate resolved itself into
the Committee of the Whole, and di.
rected the reading Of the entire Indian
Approprist tiUn Bill Of. sixty pages. Mr.
Ferry called Mr.. Allison into ths
Chair, and with Mr.. Wright at once
proceeued to supreme Court, room. il
which the Tribunal sits, thusaleavins
Mr.. Allison in Supreme control i'm tht
Senate. That he presided gracefully
and with true Senatorial dignity n,
one questions, while the entire. pro
ceedings were characterized with .
harmony and peacefulness strongly il
contrast with those of the House who's,
turbulent wrangling denizens persist
entity violate all rules of order and de
'corum, and whose turmoil over til.
simplest questions of the day is akin t.
That of the yeriest bedlam. -
- ,-aE!o. Z - = BELKNAP.t 80 ss.-" Il;
= In my last expressed my confidene
in the ability Of Mr.. BeIk nap TO. aequi
himself before any jury of the crimna
charges under which he has restet
since his resignation as Secretary o
War, and under which the Senate fail
ed to iiapeach last summer. The orde
Of the President sent yesterday by tn,
Attorney General directing a nolie, en-
tered in his case is simply a sequenc
Of the entire inability of the Govern
ment to,prove him guilty of crime
After careful and deliberate examina
tion Of all the evidence of the prosecu
tiOn the District Attorney decided; IL,
conviction could be had, ard after i'm
mense expense the utmost the govern
ment could expect would be q, lisa
greeing jury, hence the order dirsctins
dismissal Of suit. While the appear
ances are strongly against the ex-Sec
retary,, and he must necessarily pas
through life under a cloud of suspicion
because the partisaDship which put hiu
in his unfortunate position will never
permit charitable construction upon
his actions, yet those who know him
best will, and cannot permit othel
opinion than that he is wholly and en-
tirely innocent of guilty intent or ac-
ton. He is now free and deserves tt
be so. r. 1'
SENATOR CAMERON. @
Imagine Mother Grundy'y excite
ment when our papers announced tha Al
the venerable Senator should at hi:
seventy-eighth year have turned lot,
the gay deceiver, and with gfeiuniDu,
intent have stolen the. affections si {
poor forlorn widow. Mrs. Mary Oiivei
enters suit against the Senator fol
breach of promise, and eloquentl,
pleads in her bill how justly She Us en-
titled to receive $50, 900 -as cola pansa
ton for her blighted hopes under his
refusal to marry her as promised. We
have an indication of some rich deyel
opments, and it will doubtless be shuwo
that he is as successful in love-,na king
ds in political and financial matters.
The plaintiff is said to be widow from
Pennsylvania and is a year or two,on
the bright side of forty; sheis rather
of good figure, somewhat
under the ordinary size, has very
pleasant countenance, light brown
hair, blue eyes. and dresses with much
Taste. She has resided here for several
years as Treasury Clerk. and has a
daughter attending our school. She
undoubtedly means business, ami the
Honorable Senator will find that he
must either marry her or pay the
damages.
.Iz1f HAVE WE A BAsTILE? isf 81
The Incarceration of the Louisiana
Board i'm the dark cell-like
rooms OF the Capitol basemens, and the
refusal of the Democratic
House to accord them privileges, ex-
the worst of felons smacks
argely OF Red Repubiicahisui, and
needs but a guillotine or rack in the
back ground to com plete the pict nr., of