, 1878-07-18
ORR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON. DC. umc =, 1,7S.

Tho Arklru.Ra,,er mj,roucrptiou con-
,ip1c. IA furnish uS large proportion ol
,,. daily gossip, II wa, expected mat
, .l,Icn Noll'd reach here last night. Con-
,,r ,ssn,n Willis. Of New York. the al
,,eL hrother-in-hW OF the woman III
.,I,.tior. i also asserted to be IN town
,,,ajtinr ,rklpn arrival to force SeparI o
,ion Ros,rr i, said to he chiefly intent
on keeping himself hid somewhere III tl''
wilds of Minnesota until matters gri more
nnict and the hot blood engrnderrd oy th'
vide nubliciy given the ailalr Sllll' nave
cooled Off Many other probable stores
arc hoard in connection with the matter
oII nrotesSing to br authentic, but the
most Of them resting on no authority btt-
FER than that of the incorrlglhle gossip
and scandal-monger The DchIocr1''c
:, Post" intinatcs that everybody who has
aided and abetted This Slandcr. ana whose
nosi,ion in the social world entities them
10 such kindly office at the hands OF
Acklen will be slain Of his arrival alter
the STYLE most affected and approved IN
the rropagatiug grounds OF cIiVaIry,
shouid thcv tail TO 30 down on their mar
row homes TO this man who seihrs ana APP
nronriatcs another mans seat in Con-
yress BY the grace OF partlNlh majority
We all hone 1t wont come to that. now
ever. Ifeyerv one who has discussed the
matter here Is to be taken of IN that sum
mary manner it will nearly drpoplIate
Washington of it, adults and give the llh-
derlakers an al-sumner JOB. Nor docS
the past record of Rosser Justify the pal
,roon character that is attributed to him
bv those protesting to speak for Acklen.
Ofall the many contemplate inSinuatlons
some of them have been guilty
of since the scandal. was started on its
rounds. that made with the evident pur-
nose of screening Acken and relieving
him of any responsibility in the matter by
alleging the diSreputable character Of the
woman. will challenge comparison; ana
Of all that has beer said in explanation or
eytenuation. | believe 1t the sense of the
D lblic here that the main features OF the
sclndal have not been essentially altered
The Potter investigators have got
through the list OF their witnesses rs iar as
WIN. f. Chandler, the "stalwart" Re
publiCan of n. II. What little character
Anderson left himself was finished up by
subSeouent witnesses. Mrs. jerks pre-
served her reputation for originality if for
nothing else, to the end. She and her
friends are not to be blamed tor constituting
the failure of the Committee OH points that
would not unlikely have made the unre-
liable character OF Louisiana politicians
still more palpabe. as a testimonial to
her smartncss. But 1t seems the general
impression that no lady has occasion to be
cmulous OF the reputation MIS-. jerks has
given herself She persisted to the end IN
the statement that she was the author OF
the fisherman Letter" upon which rests
the whole case against the Secretary and
10 some extent the President as well. One
of the effects of the testimony OF Pitkin
and some OF the Others will be to strength
en- the belief that the influence of the
Louisiana Commission was exerted to
break up the Packard Legislature and to
invest the Nichols Legislature with au
a pearaucc of legality with certain elias.
of Republicans and Democrats. Though
his memory may lie regarded AS treacher.
O.ls by some, Chandler'S testimony was
clear, to the point, and without II sus-
picion of evasion. 1t does not contribute
one iota to the Democratic claim that the
State went for Tilden. Minister NOyes.
SEEMS to have had happy way of satisfy
ing all the local Florida politicians whose
aid was deemed necessary in order TO es-
tlbish his case. that they were only help
ing themselves to good fat offices in work
ing for Republican success, without giving
any pledges that would subsequently prove
embarrassing. But he and some of the
other visiting statesmen succeeded in
getting themselves thoroughly distrusted
and as caring less for the triumph of cor
ret political principles than for Il warm
herth for number one.
The engineer officers to superintend the
work of completing the Washington Mon-
lIment have been designated, and rs soon
as the plans are completed we are assured
the work will begin, only to cease when
the flushing stroke shall have been
given. The first work will be directed to
strengthening the foundations, which will
likely consume most of the season. After
that, work on the shaft will be resumed.
The new building for the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing is also to be be-
gun rs soon as the title for its sight shall
have been perfected. Besides giving
work for many needy men, its construc-
tion encourages the hope that the work
Will all he done here instead Of sending it
to the New York Bank Note Companies.
ut a considerable advance in cost. Be-
sides this there is $4,000 to be expended
on the harbors of Washington and George
town unless our appropriation is among
ose which 1t Is rumored the President
WI prohibit from being expended this
, ear. 1t is certainly needed, as vessels
drawing above S feet of water are liable to
ground on the sand bars anywhere be-
tween here and Georgetown. which is a
g eat detriment 20 the roal trade.
KNOX.