The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-01-17
Our Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON, D, c.. Jan. 18Th, 1871

WARRINGTON, " ", JAM lStn, 1919,
We are likely to have Investigations enough.
Besides the Teller committee and committees
which have long been in session here in the ex
animation of the affairs of various Departments,
the Potter committee has resolved to go into the
subject of "cipher dispatches" l am glad of
this. Those dispatches have done and are stil
in condition to do great mischief to the Demo-
the less harmful they will probably be. Our
friends will do well TO make the inquiry thor.
ough: and to sit at all times with open doors.
In Kansas, Illinois aud Wisconsin the senate.
rial contests are getting warmer as the days of
election approach. In New York, Pennsylvania
and Indiana it is conceded that Conkling, Cam
eron and Voorhees,, present Senators, will be
elected. There is far from the same certainty as
to ingalls,, Oglesby and Howe. Against ingalls,
serious charges are made and opposed to Howe
and Oglesby are stronger men in the persons of
Carpenter and Logan
Since December LIST four members of the House
have ded-MessrR. Williams, of Michigan,
Douglass, of Virginia, Hartrdge, of Georgla,
of the last named will be held in the Hall of the
House to-day. Mr.. Slecher was an extremely
popular man, and actually controlled legislation
on the subject of the Army at the past session
of this Congress. He succeeded in securing
followers enough among Democrats to prevent
| a reduction which would otherwise certainly
have been made in the strength of the Army
| On all other subjects he voted with the Demo.
| cratic party.
| have before mentioned the fact that an effort
| will be made AT this session of Congress to Sc
cure small subsidy for two lines of steamship:
| To South America-one from New Orleans and
one from New York. At present, although the
! United States purchases more than one-half q
| the products exported by Brazil, our exports "a
| that country amount to mere nothing Instead
! of paying for Brazilian produce in products o
our own we are obliged 10 send gold to Europ,
in payment thereof, and with that gold tie sup
| plies of Brazil are purchased, every article o
which could and should go flom our own coun
try and be of our own production. And why Il
| this? Simply because of the superior CONNER
| cial and pos tal facilities furnished by the Euro
| pean governments
1t being understood thai Justice Hunt will
retire from the bench Of the U. $. Supreme
| Court, even If he RECEIVERS from his presen
| sickness, there is much speculation us to hi
successor. 1t will of course be the wish of Mr.
Hayes to give the Office TO some one who i,
| some way assisted In miscounting he votes TO
President. Attorney General Devcns woul,
like the place, too.
i Apparently basng his theory upon the wei
! known fact that yellow fever disappears will
the coming OF the first severe frost, Prof. Gam
| gee submits proposition to prevent the intro
duction or spread of that dreadful disease b.
submitting to the action Of frosty air the infect
cd vessels coming into port and the dwelling
in districts which are infected. He claims tina
| he can III fifteen minutes reduce the air in an
| dwelling or vessel to zero, and that every germ
| of the disease is destroyed at that Temperature
If General Sherman had at any time hope @
securing the passage of Burnside's Army re-ol
ganZation bill he has probably given ii up br
fore this time. Untavorabe comments on
are received here from all sections of the couu
try-from the army, from private citizens an
from the press. SEMINOLE.