The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-07-23
Washington Letter.
espondence OF the star.

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WASHINGTON, July 81, 1877.
The Capital looks little warlike JUS
now. We can't as yet
sMELL POWDER,
but we see troops marching from thu
arsenal to the depot, en- route to Mar
tinsburg, and the jolly marines from
the Navy-yard lett this morning by
special train for Baltimore, where the
"plug-uglies" OF that delectable city are
raising IA row about the b. so. Depots
THE LAUGH COMES IN.
The funniest part OF the performance
is the TACT the first call for Federal
troops after their withdrawal from
| South Carolina and Louisiana should
come from the Democratic Southern
| State of West Virginia. And it must
be tritle humiliating for Governor Mat
| thews to see his gallant State troops
gObDled up by the rioters, and be COM
PEELED to Cali on the Government. tor
help.
| This squabble in Virginia has fright
ened the "chivalry" almost as bad as
old Jonn Browns raid did in 1859, when
the marines had to 60 up to narper's
Ferry and capture the old Gray ybeard
| and his nineteen followers.
ON THE WING.
The President and ns Cabinet will
leave Tuesday night tor Richmond, TAX
ing in the Postal Convention at Fort
ress Monroe on the way. They will be
back on Saturday, and the Indications
are that they will have a cordial recep-
ton atthe Capital of the Old Dominion,
| whittier they 60 at The special invita-
| tlon of Governor Walker and the City
| Council.
The President has also decided to at
tend the Louisville Exhibition on Sep
tember 17th, and in all probability ne
| and his Cabinet Will be ''visible to the
naked eye" in the city OF Porkopolis on
or about that time. So get your eyes
wiue opeu and your reporlorial pencil
we'll sharpened.
A BIG SELL.
The big scare Lnat The Virginia farm
| ers got over that awful wheat diseasen
which was devastating their fields,
turns out to be nothing after all. The
microscoplst of the Agricultural De-
parLment, who was sent to inVes Ligate,
reports that the ''root fungi" which was
supposed to be killing the wheat, is moth
Ing but punches OF very SIN Ill, haiy-like
routs which really assist the growth OF
the wheat. The wheat is dying out be-
cause the fields are Worn out and The
cultivation is so shIfyless. What a
tempest i'll teapot for nothingl
Ho! FOR PARIS.
Gov. NoyeS is here getting on the last
coat OF paint at The State Depar ment
and digging up a few French roots pre-
paralory to sailing over the sea. He
HASN'T yet resigned his position as a
member of the Republican National
Committee, but it will come soon. The
Governor is a great Republican, but he
isn't patriotic-partl -Otic l mean
enough to throw upa 1000 French Mis-
sion to stay at home and do party WORK,
and he'd be cheerful idiot to even think
of 1t.
r. CARDS AND WHISKY.
The first installment of new postal
cards came in Thursday from the Amer
ican Prototype Company, of NV
York, three million in number. They
are little beauties, and are not the ones
the truly piouS" Deacon Diksmith was
to furnish.
A big delegation is here from North
Carolina to get the whisky tax taken
off; so they can compete in tue maui
tacture of that article. AS the tax is
the. same everywhere, we don't see the
point. They get no encou: agement, and
will go home sadder and drunker men,
from present appearances.
CINCINNATI.