The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-12-13

: now the subject of such ardent resear'
in Switzerland. Much as We have learn'
in recent years about the strange al
- interesting people whose traces ha'
, been so suddenly revealed. it is probab
i that still more remains to be discovere
The language and religion, the poet
and tradition of the Ages Of Stone ar
Bronze in Europe would indeed be
e contribution to our knowledge of pre-
!. historic man. LOUIS.
WASHINGTON LETTER
5 From our SPECIAL Correspondentl
l WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 2, 1873.
Upon no people under the sun. pei
3 haps, is the rapidity with which th
5 earth makes her circuit about The cen
I tire of the solar universe, more deepl
impressed than upon the Westinghouse
? and the crowds that regularly come AM
go with Congress. 1t is as but yester
day that the members of the first session
ofthe 45th Congress convened organized
struggled and intrigued during the da.
and d;ssipated (many of them) the night
till the heat of fsummer drove the forth
With them went the hangers OH, NAL
and female, who make the joint oocupa
ton of Washington during the Congress
sional season more or less profitabl, o.
so pleasant as to insure their ann Ia
return with the (for the time being
honorable members. To day the second
session meets with few short weeks
in which to do their work With very
many of the Representatives it is likely
their last session as such, and the tern
of service ofan unusually large number
of Senators expires with the ringing
down of the curtain on the Sd of March
Senator Hamlin, of Maine, is of the
number. 1t is understood that he pos
lively declines denomination, but will
follow the bent of his inclination to live
private citizen the balance of his life
He is the senior member of both Houses
as regards length of Congressional ser
vices, and of all the men of the past who
have grown famous during their Con
gressional careers, and have died with
the harness on or have retired on tn ,ir
well earned laurels, not one left a more
exemplary character for the imitation
and guidance of their successors than
Senator Hamlin will have done should he
continue yet few more weeks in the
straightforward course that has charao-
terized his public life of more than 80
years duration. He has left the impress
of his Craftsmanship and his incorrupi
bic honesty on MANY of our most cher
ished institutions. There was never a
measure introduced into the Senate,
looking to the perfection of Republican
Government-to the advancement of
the interests of the great mass of his
fellow men-that his aid was counted on
in vain. With nct one of the innumer-
able scandals that have brought ship
wreck and ruin to other men eminent
in the public services, has the name of
Hamlin ever been coupled. His hon
Iesty is as undoubted here among those
who have opportunities to scan his life
as when he first entered the Senate quite
third of century ago. In order to
fully appreciate the kind of integrity
requisite to preserve one spotless in a
maelstrom of corruption where men are
alleged to be bought and sold like sheep
in the shambles, it must be remembered
that the vote of one occupying the posi-
ton of Mr. Hamlin, is not infrequently
worth fortune-could probably com
mand it. Yet Mr. Hamiin will go out
of service comparatively poor man,
though his life here and at home has
always been economical and radically
Rep p.,blican in Its simplicity. All in All
no man ever in the aenate has worn
better than the veteran from Maine, and
very few have succeeded in retaining
such full measure of the respect of all
parties. May he yet have many years
vouchsafed him is the almost universal
wish that will follow him into his retir
acy.
The fight between Army officers and
the Indian Bureau is likely to be taken
up very early in the session. Mr. Schurz
has Of course espoused the side of the
Bureau and General Sherman that of
the Army.
Another matter-the guarantee of the
interest of the Texas Pacific Railroad
bonds-willsbe pressed to an early hear
ing. Prophecies lack good deal of
being facts, sometimes, and 1 forbear
But it is evident to those looking on
that the reaction in the public minds
provoked by the oppressive course of
the Central Pacific road towards those
forced to patronize it, has been favorable
to the T & P enterprise; and this has
been rendered much more decided by
the refusal of Huntington's road to
comply with the laws and by its def
ance of Government authority.
From the tenor of all that has been
heard from returning members of Con-
gress we seem justified in believing that
the more influential of both parties have
come back from their respective consti
tuancies imbued with the importance
of making politics secondary this winter
to needed legislation; and we may reas-
onably hope that after the passage of the
Appropriation bills, action that will aid
rather than reiard restoration of pub
lie confidence, will be had in conjunction
with the resumption ofspecie payments
Enlarged and more intimate CONNER
cial relations with Mexico, Central and
South America will be regarded favora
bly, in Congress. The mission of Com
modore Shufeldt under Government
patronage, shows that everything look
ing to restoration Of old time prosper
ity will have the hearty cooperation Of
| the Administration Maxwell f,
HAPPYMA1.
The brighter lights of the strakosch
Opera Troupe gathered round them a
few friends on Saturday evening for a
quiet little supper. The talk turned on
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