The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1877-02-03
Letter from Washington.

| WASHINGTON, ID. C., January 3Oth, 1877.
PROFESSIONALLY the great weight of public opin-
ion inclines to Hayes winner before the arbtra
ton commission. Indeed from what is heard
about the lobbieS of the Capitol at the hotels and
other lounging places of the professional politi-
clans, it is safe to say that large minority OF
Democrats are of that faith and the conviction is
irresistible that with respectable number OF
them, at least, no other solution of the matter
would prove as satisfactory.
| Ben Hill has come to be good deal better un-
derstood than he was twelve months ago; and
what he has lost among the hide bound Bourbons
Of his own party by this more correct appreciation
of his character he has more than made up on the
Republican side of the House and Senate. He had
hardly ceased his speech the great event of the
session-the adoption of the plan of the joint
mittee-when notified of his election. He was
warmly congratulated by every one of his Con-
gressional associates save the element indicated
and by no one more cordially than by Mr.. Blaine
1t is said that Gordon, who was credited with
some liberality when he first appeared in the Sen
ate, feels very sore over Hills success, having op-
posed him with much bitterness. Of the two Hill
is the favOrite here, Gordon having forfeited long
ago any claim he had to be considered a liberal
man by his close alliance with the unrepentant
rebel-copperhead wing of the Democratic organi-
| cation.
Although Mr., Murtagh invited tho hatred and
il-wll Of the Chief of Police and his detectives by
his exposures of their apparent collision with the
gamblers and has been made to feel the weight OF
their displeasure through very searching inves-
tigation Of his official and other acts and which is
not yet concluded, he succeeded in pretty efectu-
| ally closing up the many gambling dens in this
| city; and now Major Richards and his detectives
| have been suspended and an investigation of the
charges against them began to-day, and their in
nocence or guilt will appear in due time; but the
revelations of their gross neglect of duty has al
ready been so firmly impressed upon the belief Of
the citizens of Washington that were they acquit-
ted on the formal charges, they could never again
| command the public confidence if reinstated.
C. H. Moulton, who ran away from this oty
several months ago after victmizing many of our
residents and one or moro banks to the tune of
nearly quite 100000 rs estimated ut the time,
and who, after the lapse of eight or ten weeks, re-
turned here, thereby showing considerable pluck
if he fully advised of the exact feeling against
him, was arrested on Saturday, and waving an
examination, sent to Jail. After his return he kept
closely secluded but his creditors insisted upon
seeing him. They used such persuasive arguments
that he met them and offered to make a compro-
mise which was so exceedingly mean in its terms
that he is said to have been very roughly handled
At the time of his arrest he had the appearance of
being utterly broken down. He has found the
way Of the transgressor hard and he begged that
he might be treated with some degree of leniency
by the reporters. MAXWELL.