Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-09-09
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS OF THE MoNIToR.1
WAsuINaToN. Sent g. 1879

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3, 1878.
The beginning of another autumn
finds Washington in more than ordiri-
ly good sanitary condition, and our ex-
emption thus far from single case of
yellow fever is source of great felicita-
ton. The terror with which its march
up the Mississippi has inspired thous-
ands, is lifted little by little as We near
the cool nights that will bring with
them certain antidote against the ex-
tension here Of the infection. But the
terrible details sent up every hour from
the South, have moved the great heart
of this community as the tales of burn
ing cities never did. No great calamity
has ever called out such almost uniform
manifestations of sympathy, and few are
found unwilling to contribute generous.
ly in proportion to their means. The
bitterness engendered by political strife
is forgotten in the dread presence of
this destroyer at whose touch whole
cities melt away. The response of the
north and west and of southern commun-
tiles not included in the area of this
terrible visitation, prove that sectional
| prejudices and feuds based on partisan
differences, are little more than skin
deep. among the great mass of intelligent
American citizens that the law of hui
manity-of common brotherhood
as high above such petty considerations
as the heavens are above the earth; aud
it sweeps away the accumulated hatreds
and resentments of decades like chat,
when its current is stimulated by such
appeals as those coming up from decim-
ated cities of the lower Mississippi.
The feeling here is that the Interna-
tional Silver Congress was failure SO
far as the adoption of the double stand
ard is concerned. Although our repre-
sentatives are said to have labored as
siduously to that end, weight of opinion
seems to have been against the practical
bility of any such contamination at
present; and prospect of any returns
from the money spent in giving several
gentleman pleasant trip to Paris seems
rather remote. But reports that Ameri.
can exhibits at the Exposition there are
taking more than their share of awards,
and diplomas may prove partial com.
pensation to those disappointed at the
outcome of the Silver Congress. Buffers
denial of any knowledge of the Sherman.
Anderson letter has served to dispirii
sanguine Democrats who had been sc
much elated by previous reports to the
effect that he had seen it, and that il
would be sprung on the public just be-
fore the November elections, insuripg {
Republican stampede and democratic
E coup d etat.
Kearney has come and gone. Hi
. coming excited no rejoicing, his goins
p no grief. Excepting the call of CoheI
and few of his vagabond gang he wa
, left undisturbed at his hotel and he ant
+ his private secretary found no imped
= iment to locomotion by the crowds at
tending him on the streets. 1t was, il
f short, anything but the triumphal entr.
q into the city of the deliverer of its toll
ing masses. Reputable people of al
q classes appeared intent on leaving hin
. severely alone. The various labor or
y CARNATIONS seemed to wholly ignore him
4 and he gained only such distinction il
% this way as Cohen and few Of his ra
!. muffin disciples could comfort. He wen
early to call at the White House ar
!. on such members of the Cabinet as wer
in town, and was civilly entertained 70
# few moments at each place, then with
Il drew. He took advantage of the OF
portunity offered while looking over tn
# stacks of currency Uncle Sam has store
' away in the the Treasury vaults for
If rainy day, to inculcate some of his Pr
N culiar financial views to the clerks d,
=. tailed to pilot him about. But they ha
+ no difficulty in controverting them wit
n. good sound doctrine. He found himse
As SO quickly foored that he gave up tt
e. attempt to debauch Mr.. Sherman
If "lecherous bondholding" assistant pimI
v as a bad job, evidently thinking his a.
e. dience were of those given over to b
Of lieve lie. His speech was simply
M rehash of the old one he has repeated
n many times since he left his sand l
90 admirers. UNDINE.
H. HISTORY OF THE YELLOW
ss FEVER.
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