The daily gazette., 1877-01-11
Our Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent.


WASHINGTON, January 10, 1877. -
Just now much interest centres in the
senatorial elections in the different
states, and number cf Senators of
both political parties have left their
seats in the Senate chamber, and hied
off to their respectior state capitals,
20 shake hands and he sociable with
the rural legislator who holds politi
cal prefermcnt in his horny fists.
Washington was enlivened last
week by an Influx of tho members of
the West Virginia House Of repre-
sentatives, many of whom stopped
here on their way to Wheeling to
orient Themselves az the National cap
ital, and ia the national baI-rooms.
Changes are in prospect in the perso-
mel Of the United s .atcs Senaie, which
whilei they may not amount to a reaen
Grafton Of that. somca hat fallen body,
will, nevertheless, be 4 long stride to-
wards its reformation. There is a
strong probability of the elimination
Of such men as Boutwell, and Logan,
and certainty of the elimination o.
Spencer, West, Dorsey, and, in two
years, of Patterson and Clayton. Ire
West Virginia Legislature will elect u
Senator in the place of Mr.. DAVIS, and
his successor Will, it is thought, be
tue Hon ChdrleS James F'dulkncr,at pre-
sent the representation in Congress
from the second congressional district
West Virginia is a young state, and
has not so far figured very creditably
in the National Senate. When cut
off from the mother of States and
statesmen, Mr.. Faulker was one of the
very small number of the type of
broad and cultured statesman that fell
on the her side of the line. He had
been a congressional representative
from Virginia when the old state ex-
tended from the Chesapeake to the
Ohio river. He was United States
minister to France when the second
empire was in the zenith of its power
and when delicate international queC-
tons, requiring the coolest fnesSe,
were to Nc det with and it is saying
much, but not more than the truth
warrants, that neither at home or
abroad were state or nation ever more
creditably represented than by Charles
James Faulkner, Although master
of the strong and polished oratory for
which he was distinguished even
among his eminent associates III the
thirty second thirty third, thirty fourth
I'd thirty fifth ConTress-Mr. Faux
ner has not courted notoriety on the
foo Of tie House. 1t is in the COM
mittee room and III council that his
splendid talcntsand rich experience
appear to best advantage. From
Washington standpoint, Ae is one OF
TIE most unsociablc of public men.
have been told that daring the many
years of his residence in Washington, he
has been to parties only twice, and to the
theatre not at ALL and, that during the
evening, when the average Congressman
is in swallow tail capering nimbly in
the splendid saloons of the West End, or,
alas. as is too often the case, drinking
himself under the table with boon COM
panons, Of either sex, this veteran stu
dent may be found in his room working
with the ardor Of an undergraduate.
Who will succeed Senator Boutwell, Of
Massachusetts, cannot, with any certainty
be predicted, but any change will be sal
utary. Since the elimination of Chandler
he is preeminently the most malignant,
narrowest, and most hopelessly jaundized
Senator left. The country may be CRATE
full for any change for in Boutwell, it has
seen the worst. 1t is thought by some
that Mr.. Hoar will succeed him; by others
that General Butler will be his successor.
Generol Loganwill probably be succeed
ed by Hon. Lyman Trumbull, consul
nation to be prayed for. 1t is thought
that Mr.. Norwood of Georgia will be his
own successor, any prospects that Hon.
Ben Hill may have had, having been
ruined by his fatal tongue. Governor
Harris OF Tennessee will succeed Mr..
Cooper, and Mr.. Lamar, of Mississippi,
will take the place of Governor Alcorn.
1t is to be regretted that three years must
elapse before this State can elect in place
of the fat mulatto, who now represents
her, the able and distinguished Hon.
Charles E. Hooker.
The Democratic mass meeting held in
this city, on the anniversary Of the battle
of New Orleans, was the happiest Of sue
cesses. The crowd was immense: the
enthusiasm was superb; the speeches
were the best ever heard; and the ap-
plause was sublime, Its effect is seen in
depression verging on despair of the
conspirators. A handful of oflice-holders
have hoped that they would be able to
hold their places through the Chinese
strategy of noise. They will find them
selves as powerless on the 4th of March
as was Packards sham government, yes
terday in New Orleans. c. A. S.
REDEMPTION OF FIVE-TWENTIES