, 1877-07-28
Our washington Letter.
WAsuINoToN, July Z, Iol

" AH-itNSloNr Jul - 49,
EprroR STATESMAN = The National
Republican is silly enough to say that the
President expects the republican party
viii hereafter carry several Southern
states besides those which were last fal
counted for Hayes. As there is hardly
corporal's S guard of white republicans IN
any of them, and Fred Douglass says the
colored men, left to themselves, Will m
eyitably go with their old masters, the
lief woald seem To be IN direct opposition
Rep,;Jiieea's assertion Of 8Ir. Hayes be
to facts and probabilities. IN sober truth
there IS no hope among Intelligent sup
porters of the administration that any
Southern state can he carried this iail,
and the most that is looked uponas posi-
Die is to prevent the annihilation OF his
supporters IN sonleof the Northern states
Already the triumphs OF Hayesism Is put,
by It's more iudicious friends, IN the far of
time, vaguely described as 'before the
end Of the term
The programme of Southern travel of
Mr. r, 3, Hayes and members of the
GdDl4tCk- I4Oh II ID e1-4AAOhAASS0 ~
authority, many short excursions North
and South, the headquarters being in this
city.
4 trial closed here yesterday which has
excited great local interest. Two men
had been arrested on the charge Of keep
ing a gambling house, and the place
broken up by the police This was the
result Of az attempt made year since to
put stop to gambling. Yesterday the
Jury returned a verdict of mot guilty,
and as the accused could probably have
been convicted if any OF the profession"
could have been, We may consider it GER
tain that punishment for gambling with
cards in Washington IS played out.
There have been published throughout
the country, of late, reports of epidemics
IN this city. These, it is certain, are gross
exaggerations. Our death rate for this
summer is large, but, while it seems
wrong to raise race question" on such
subject at such time, a few facts ought
to be published. The mortality among
white people here is less than among
white people in any other city of equal
size ON the continent Death of ne
groes, especially young ones, swell what
would otherwise be low rate to what is
certainly a large one. A reading of very
carefully prepared and full report of our
board Of health for the month Of June Will
show this. The lower class Of colored
people die off Ike sheep, owing to causes
rot perhaps fully understood, but partly
because Of the filth, irregularity and vice of
their manner of living If the more intel
Igent blacks here, who adopt the habits
Of regularity and cleanliness which pre-
walls among the whites, be classed alone,
or with the latter, al that is left-the
contraband negro who came with the war
may be said to be dying out in this
city.
General Howard does not seem TO be
Just the commanding officer to fight the
Northwestern Indians In the first place,
the General Is constitutionally unable 10
believe anything bad of any one He can
find more virtue IN an Indian or an Af-
riean Of the lowest class than history re
cords of al the Indians and Africans that
have lived. Neither has he had expert
ence in Indian warfare. Ii the war Is to
continue, the government viii probably
find It's advantage in sending some other
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