The Russellville Democrat., 1879-01-09
OUR WAsHfNGToN LETTER
WAsnIN roN. D. e. Jan. 3. 1879.

SAS$S2~i Atat \ hN t,se' VT htasN e z " taking any of it's own money for any purpose, and paving out any kind that is demanded, receives more gold than 1t pays out. The ultimate effect of resumption on the generalbusiness of the country, cannot, of course, be ] judged by this but it seems clear that if no panic occurs that result must be beneficial. In this city re sumption was an accomplished fact in business circles before 1t was, as the papers put it, illegal fact. " 1 Gold was as freely paid out at the banks as paper, Capitalists here have no fear that the government will be embarrassed at any time in continuing resumption. The public debt statement for December, be- cause of the Halifax Award payment shows an increase of oyer one mil, lion dollars. But for that payment the decrease would have been over three millions, and tire decrease since June of over eleven millions.
 Advices from Ohio seem Co show that very strong influences will be brought to bear on Sec. Sherman to accept the republican nomination for governor, and upon Senator Thurman to accept that of the Dem oerats. Here would be a memorable contest. and it would do IS much, perhaps as anything else, to fix par ty lines throughout the country. Those lines as everybody knows are now far from being established. What is orthodox Democracy or Re publicanisln in one part of the coun- try is neither in another section. Mcssrs. Sherman and Thurman are among the ablest men and most ex- perienced leaders of the two parties. The wish that they should accept the nomination urged upon them is be coming general.
 There is painful story here that Senator Ingalls,, by letters lately dis covered in Kansas, is shown to have exacted from Federal officers in that State large portions of their salaries. It is further said that appointments to such offices in that State, if con trolled by the Senator. were made only upon an agreement ito divide. It is not easy to believe that the Senator is this corrupt, or that such practices could have been concealed for SIX years, but there IS no doubt that damaging letters are in exist ence.
 There is pretty general discussion of the proposed payment by govern ment of such sums of money tin the form of mail cohtracts) to American lines of steamships as will enable them to carry our manufactured aud other articles to. South American ports as cheaply as subsidized En- glish and French lines carry the pro- ducts of Great Britain and France to those ports. It is argued that in no other way can we hope to secure a l fair portion of the enormous and profitable South American trade. We now buy heavily of South Amer lca but sell it almost nothing. This is because, while the English lines of steamships stop at New York on their way from $. Amerlca to En- gland, they do not stop there on the return trip. There is but one line of teamships running regularly be tween New York and South America and that is an American line aided by small subsidy from Brazil. It's evident that the subject will be earn estly discussed in Congress after the recess.
 Gen. Caleb Gushing who died yes day, at the age of 79 years. has been prominently before the public fol more than 50 years. He was a born lawyer, and had a more profound knowledge than any other American of international law. At the age ol 70 years, being then a member oi the Geneva Commission, he labori. ously reviewed his knowledge of the French language at Pans, so that his pronunciation should be as exact as his understanding of the language had long been. The title of General he acquired in the Mexican War He was legal adviser here of all the Administrations from 1861 to the time when, by appointment of Presi dent Grant, he became Minister tC Spain. VIRTUE.
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