Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-05-07
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON
Special Correspondence.


WASHINGTON. May l, 1877.
1t Is said that the President is in re-
ceipt of large numbers of letters from
business men and politicians daily, pro-
testing against an extra session if pos
sible to avoid it. Congress can hardly
regard this as complimentary to itself;
and it is undeniably true that sufficient
number of reckless or crochety men
manage to get elected to each new Con-
gress to throw every business community
into tremOr lest their meddlesome pro-
clivities lead them to tinkering expert
ments with the finances, the tariff, or
other matters of national Importance
upon whose stability and exemption from
sudden or ill-advised changes the legiti-
mate profits of millions of invested cap
ital are dependent 1t is the chances of
these unfortunate selections of national
legislators that awaken the apprehensions
of business men at every new session.
In the present instance there is added
fear of re-opening of the old partizan
strife that has been coaxed into taking
rest for the past few weeks. But no
legal way has been devised for the sup
port of the Army except through the
passage of the usual appropriation bill.
1t was also understood that the European
war will necesitate additional appropri-
atoms in order to fulfil treaty stipula-
tions, and to properly provide for the
preservation of American interests that
might be jeOpardized by the chances of
war; and the Department of Justice
also requires additional aid.
The Government has as yet received
! no formal notification of the existencs of
war from tie representatives of Russia
and Turkey residing here, although our
Ministers at st. Petersburg and Constan-
, tinople have formally announced the fact
When those representatives shall have
notified the Government, proclamation
of strict neutrality will be promulgated,
urging upon all officials and private cit
zens a rigid compliance with our inter-
national obligations. The evident dis.
; tress of the Tory administration of Great
Britain and the uncomfortable alterna-
: tives to which it has been reduced by
, the reported demand of Austria, that ii
D faithfully observe the stipulation of the
E Paris treaty of 1856, guaranteeing the
t integrity of the Turkish Empire, excites
q very little sympathy among those here
e who remember how persiStently that
r party intrigued and plotted with our en-.
< emies during the war of the rebellion
o for the destruction of the Republic. We
: await every new despatch from Europe
v with an interest only second to that fell
e in the rumors constantly reaching Wash
q ington from our armies at the front dur
e ing the war and all the indications VI
v to date are generally accepted among tn,
b well-informed here as proof that ever,
IS first and second class power in Europ
u are rapidly drifting into the terrible
'e vortex of a war whose limits. neithe
10 with respect to extent or duration, cal
IS even be predicted with any degree o
r certainty. The specializing mania whlcl
L. has swept over the country has reaches
US. Many excellent brands of -four ar
manufactured at the Touring mills in tn
s. neighbOring city of Georgetown. Flou
ra that forty days ago sold for $3.50
in now in active demand at eleven an
IS twelve dollars, with good prospects of
IS further advance in few days at farthes
I'd Many of our bakers took the infectio
TX badly. The legal weight of Is ounce
I'd per loaf was reduced to Is or ii ounces