The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-01-08
WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON, January 3, 1870.
One Of the remarkable men of the
country died Yesterday in Massachusetts
In any other state where personal indie
p2ndence ofends less than in Massachu-
sets the general sentiment, Caleb Gushing
would always have had a leading place
He was man Of great national ability,
untiring industry, and of studious habits
TO the end of his life. lie was the conf
dental advisor Of Mr.. Lincoln's admins
traton, and of General Grants. That the
latter president esteemed Mr.. Cushing
highly is shown by the fact that he sent his
name to the senate as Chief Justice of the
supreme court and as Minister to Spain.
Mr. Gushing held the rank of General dur
ing the Mexican war, and but two of equal
rank among the volunteers Of that war sur
vive him.
Senator Ingalls, of Kansas is caught. 1t
will be remembered that he succeeded Pom
eroy as senator when the latter was detect
ed, or was supposed to be detected, in pay
ing seven or eight thousand dollars for u re-
election. Pomeroy's friends here now have
letters Of ingalls,, in which is shown a sys-
tcmatic course of Matchmaking of Federal
office holders in Kansas. They will use
them, they say, in time to affect the coming
senatorial election in that State,
The public debt statement for Deem
Der shows an increase Of one million and
quarter over the previous statement, The
stated reduction since June, however, is over
100000.
Yesterday subscriptions to the four per
cent. bonds amounted TO over $S,e00,000,
being by far the largest amount SO far The
substitution Of four for six per cent bosds
means, as far as it goes a reduction Of one.
third OF the interest charge on the public
debt and is in itself . gratifying fact.
The New York Sun, which processes to
be of the anything beat Grant party, sug
gests Hon. f. B. Washburnc, of Illinois,
as the Republican presidential candidate in
1880. l have the utmost faith that what
ever candidate the Republicans may have,
he will be disastrousIy beaten, and that in
that respect there will be little difference
whether Grant, Blaine, Bob Ingersoll, or
Washburne be nominated. And it is clear
that the Sun is the same opinion. has
some ancient grudge against Washburne.
Last week | mentioned report that
efforts would be made as soon rs congress
met, to secure government ald for line of
steamers to South American ports. Our
trade with these ncighbors OF ours is in this
condition. We buy enormously Of them
and sell them very little. We pay them
gold for what they send us, though having
almost every article which they need. The
reason is that Great Britain and France pay
large sums to steamboat lines engaged in
trade between those and South American
countries. The British steamers, thus subsi-
died, carry to South America direct the
manufactured articles of their own coun.
tries, and on the return trip bring to New
York the products Of the South American
countries. II is urged that our lines cannot
without government aid, successfully CON-
pete with these subsidized lines, and that
our manufacturers and farmers are thus
deprived Of one Of the largest and most
profitable markets Of the world. II is fur
thcr urged that, while grants, II given at
all, should be given for ut least ten years,
70 ~ To enable our merchants and shippers
to got . firm standing, they can by that
time establish themsclveA and need no fur
ther lid, aud that u Brazil and other South