The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-10-13
Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8, 1871

cicnt Secretary, arc revising tho report
submitted to Congress at the close Of
tho last session. Mr.. Weston is one Of
the "Oid Defenders" as they say In
Baltimore, Of silver. lie contributed
TO various publications, at the time de-
monctization was voted. articles in op.
position thereto, aud has since been
frequent writer on the subject. lie
expresses great confidence in m early
return to the double standard"
Tomorrow "wednesday morning
Hon. John Lynch sends out the first
number Of his Administration daily
The National Union. He has leased
the Globe Office for five years, aud tha!
has a business look certainly. 10 off
set this gain to the Administration, y.
NJ. Clapp, late Public Printer, has
bought the National Republican, the
old proprietor going out yesterday.
ClapP says he shall run tue paper in The
interests Of genuine Republication.
Rcpublicanislu just now is wide and
various, not to say cracked and iuhaF.
monious object. Talbot, Of Maine, is
set down as managing man Of tho Ma
tiOa0l Union editorial force.
Secretary Schurz is making n rigid
investigation into the cause Of tho late
fire in tho Patent Office building, The
loss is considerable, but it is not now
thought that tho wills will have to be
taken down. A special effort is being
made to render our public buildings
frc.prooi. Only ono Of them is
Thought to DO so-thc new State De-
partmcnt. An expert says the burn.
ing Of a fraction Of the cOmbustible
material in the Capitol would destroy
the dome. This enormous dome is Of
iron, and as the sun shines on it from
the cast, south or west, the expansion
Of tho metal on its different sides ca uses
q sensible deviation in its direction
Its support could not be burned out,
but the heat Of a confagru!iOu like that
at tho Patent Office under any portion
Of it would throw it out Of shape for.
ever.
Frederick 4. Sawyer, contrary to
general expectation, was convicted last
week Of causing while Assistant Sccre'
tary Of tic Treasury, the payment of u
claim known to him to be fraudulent.
Sawyer is q Massachusetts man who
went South after the war, and subsc.
QucntIy represented South Carolina in
the United States Senate lie VIII
have a new trial probably. 1t is only
fair to say that there seems to be
reasonable chance Tor doubt rs to his
criminal Intention Another case,
known us the Wito9skl fraud follows
in The Criminal Court. In this
Pennsylvania member OF Congress Is
alleged to be mIxad up 1t Is said,
also, that the grand jury will find true
bills against ono or more army officers
for swlHdIlnG the Government and TAX.
ing pay for it 10 connection with the
famous patcnt for preventing moth
aud miIdcw." The accuscr--thc man
who gives up his ''pais in this case
is Dom Platt OF the SHHd'y Capital
lie claims that the twenty odd thousand
dollars he received was not fair share
Of the plumber
You will haYc seen that certain Re-
pubiicans Of New \ ork propose to rebel
against the Conkling party Of that
State. 1t is useless to discuss the mcF'
its Of this quarrel. CoukIlng was no
doubt savage and coarse and indiscreet,
and Curtis is all those things sLat
Conkllng, III his wrath, painted him.
a!ludc to the matter only to congrAt-
u!ate the Senator on being the only live