The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-01-03
WASHINGTON LETTER.

" ANlilEItIbN, ljtNtHib9l ~"s 1910
The coolest spell of weather for some
years, for the season, ushercd in the Wash
ngton Christmas and continues still. Christ
mas day passed pleasantly here, It's obsev-
,nce was general. Tie churches were all
,per, and the drinking-pIaces nearly AL
,losed. There WIS marked and agreeable
ibsonce Of the firc-cracker nuisance.
II is said the project Of establishing a
mail by steamer between one on more ports
u this couatty anl various Soath An 'rican
ports, win be pushed after the assembling
ot coigraas in Jannary. Some ot' the South
Americas states wi! payis mitch as this
government will for TIE purpose. and it is
thought Girct and profitable trade can lc
buill up nearly all II which is now con
tiolied lly Eur0peunS--if lines Of steamers
are one established. We have nearly every
manufactured article the South Americans
need, gnd we gre by far nearer to them
than any Of the people with whom they now
trade The government expenditure 10 en-
able our lines to compete in rates of freight,
etc, with subsidized European lines would
net be great,
Senator B.aine's investigating committee
seems 20 be doomed to trouble. Having
passed the inst few days successfully, when
hunt for the head and part Of the body
Was in progress-thgre now comes up the
want Of breath. The proper lccoun ing Of
ticers Of the treasury seem inclined not Ia
furnish the funds. In tins case il was H.
serted by senators that 100000 had been
appropriated, but there is II hitch in TIC
engrossed bill that makes ii possible that
work cannot he undertaken by tins comm T.
tee until the democratic house makes the
proper appropriation, 1t is now said that
Senator Blaine is to have free access To III
records Of the department Of justice wntr
reasons are assigned for the appointment 81
deputy marshals to supervise tlc late a.cc.
tons. \ resolution was presented IN TIC
house the other day by Mr.. Southland, OF
Ohio calling upon the attorney genera Il
furnish statement of the number of u'iu.
ties appointed for that purpose, but Mr.
Garfield objected to the passage of tn rlso'
luton. Probably that report Will he fur
nishrd, however, before the money required
to pay them is appropriated.
Attorney Gen' Taft, by thcway, reported
the appointment Of more than $4,000 dep
uies to supervise the election Of 1876 in
the states of Massachusetts, Now York
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Vr'
ginia, North and South Carolina, Louisiana
Arkansas, Missouri Illinois and California,
and the committee ON appropriations want
u little light on this subject before advising
appropriations to cover this large cSprnS'
II is II thousand times better and vastly
more consistent with the theory of oar gov.
crnment, that elections should be- held en-.
trcly uadcr state auspices, the general
government not interfering.
II is thought that Il successor TO Bayard
Taylor, MS Minister to Germany, Will be
agreed upon at to.day's cabinet meeting
There seems u probability that Ex-Governor
Henderson, of Mo-. will be the man. Tay
friends of others, however, claim to h0v
assurances from Mr.. Hayes All The cand'
idates and friends of candidates who visit
Mr. Hayes are made happy and they remain
so until the appointment is announced
Then it is generally found that 'anohcl
man" has captured the office.
There il almost entire unanimity among
army officers in support OF the Burnside re-
organization bill. Almost the only tSccp'
tons are among the staff officers. 1t IL
evident however, that the bill has no pcs
sibo chance of passing at this session, or
without great notifications, at any other
session. What the people want--and The