The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-01-10
Latrst from Wrsrtncton.

feature of the policy agreed on by som,
Of the ''last ditch Statement here, {,
make IL 50 hot through mob and rint
club violence for Republican Federal
officials in the South that they will De
terrOrizcd into a neglect Of duty, then
their negligence can De urged Is a ba.
rs for i change good Confederate
being selected 10 succeed them. No one
has forgotten with what ~eiirOHtry and
success q southern Senator recently
urged the appointment and couirua-
ton Of Cunicderate-Dcmocrat Fitz-
simmons o. the ground that any Re
publican would be- about equally often
siye 10 1.-THE people" (Dcmocrats) OF
Georgia. The shameless admission was
virtually made pending the appoint
ment, that il would be useless 10 ap-
point any other than a Democrat as
there was Il predetermined purpose 10
so obstruct the enforcement Of the laws
By a Republican official that the APP
pointment Of such would practically
amount TO multi tication. These and
kindred reasons appear to have been
accepted is valid and binding by a suGi-
Cicnt number of Republicans to secure
FitzsimtnOns' confirmation, against the
protest Of almor every Republican Sem
ltOr. Now comes the official report of
the latest outbreak in the jurisdiction
Of chat ''great and good man" Wade
Hampton. Several revenue officers
! were Qyrrtaken by Of his rife
! clubs and forced to release a prisoner
who was captured openly violating the
law /: untler pain ofdeath In the refusal.
IL is further added that the leaders in
this act of defiance to the GOyerhment
authority, are men of great influence
in tlieir communities and in the light
of The wholesale release Of political
m%urdercrs in that State since last
spring, and the grashing Of all legal
processes looking ia their punishment,
very few entertain any hope or eXpec-
tatiOn that the perpetrators Of this latest
crime vii be brought 10 justice.
The life Of Senator Patterson is again
dcSpairerl Of; he hasSutiered several re-
lapSss, the last one very severe, and
there seems no reNOnable ground 20
look for his ultimate recovery. 4 re-
port is also current here that he has
concluded to fall in with the overtures
Of mercy made by the Hampton ring of
South Carolina Democracy, whereby
his alleged miSdcmclmOrs are to be con-
dOned in ease lie resigns his place i'm
the Senate, making way for o1t of
their kind: Otherwise he is prosecuted
into the Denitcntiarv. In view of the
facility with which iuries and judges
can be found in that heightened commits
nifty to convict and sentence accused
Republicans, it appears only a question
with Mr., Patterson, even should he
survive his present illness, whether he
will retire voluntarily or by force; and
the prospect is now regarded as first
class for oOn having that little State
represented in the Senate by that brace
of eminent patriots, Butler and Ilamp-
ton. The Pelican State is too ricls in
Democratic Senatorial material to war
rant the suppoSition that Mr.. Kellogg
will long be allowed to occupy the seat
recently awarded him, m~disturbed.
The political quiet so noticeable here
since the holiday adjournment, is wear
ing very thin as we approach the day
for re~-assembling and all the appear
anccS seem to indicate that partisan
III ilt III ~ Nlkfll bJ HUH II W tN
dropped ON the 18th ult., and that the
caldron will be at boiling point directly
Senator'S and Representatives,, myigOr-
ated by % days relaxation, get well
down to work. The Democratic lead
ers have never since 1851. been more
solcntly aggressive; ard they appear
anxious to rush into the inevitable
struggle uniformly prcriicted, with a
confidence bcgOtten of late successes
and with characteristic impetuosity
and without regard TO appearances,
when the spells appear almost within
reach of their hands, outstrCtched TO
grasp them and Republicans are rap
idly apparently coming 70 realize that
it il nearer a life aud death struggle
than any they have waged since their
first great contest in 1856: there is also
an under current Of feeling growing
more p%crceptible each day, that party
and individual destinicS are so shaping
themselves that the relations that Pres
ident Haycs is TO hereafter hold to the
two former, now ~contending for SUI
pramacy over the broad field Of the
North American Republic, will soon
be so clcarlf defined that neither will
be left in dOuGt As to the measure Of
SUPPORT 10 be accorded his admimistra-
ton. 1t is gratifying to be able to
break the monOtonous history of bust
ness depression and failures by the an
nOunCement Of m actual reduction Of
the national debt last month, an exhibit
not possible during any pryor December
for four years. Below are some items
from the annual report of the supcrin-
tendent Of the Life Saving Service.
New districts a lded during thcyear, 4;
3 on the lakes, the other in Florida.
Disasters to vessels within the limits of
the Service, 1874. Estimated value Of
vessels and cargOcs, So, 203 ,332. Lives
saved, l,lGl. Lost, 30. No. of ship
wrecked persons sheltered, 3GS, ana to-
tai number Of the days shelter afforded,
963. Total amount of property saved,
81, 1851; amount lost, 1857, 6S5.
Number of vessels and their caagoes to-
tally lost, 81. On so occasions where
life saving apparatus was used, an ag-
gregate ufS7l persons were landed.
The monotony of the life Of the crews
and the inadequate rate Of COmpensa-
ton Recommended for m increase) are
assigned as the greatest obstacles to
their desired efficiency. The obscr-
valice of New Years did not materially
differ from that of most years, except in
the diminished number Of ''open hous-
e2." The White House was filled with
members of Foreign Legations, resplen
dent in gold lace and other decorations;
and the officers Ct our army and navy
were almost rs prOfusely ornamented
with brass buttons and epaulets. La
dies, despite hard times and busted
banks, were dressed in a style Of regal
magniiicence rarely attempted hereto
fore.