The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-12-25
FROM WASHINGTON.
WAsn1NcroN, Dec. 22nd, 1879.

WASHINGTON, Dec. .22nd, 1879.
Editor Bfookhapea Ledger
1t is, l may say beyond question that
there will be no currency legislation ct
this pession of Congress. There was a
DIAL of foresight in the newspaper de-
man,i early in the . .ssion ''to les well
enough alone" The wisdom Of doing
SO is perhaps a question with many,
but this policy is the policy that will
evidently prevail. There will be no
currency legislation.
OF the appropriate bills we vote
Fonlo the passage OF the four before
the holidays adjournment. They are
rot very important ones as COM
pared with the army. navy, post Office
and other bills, bat their early prepar>
alton and passage show a disposition
to push the public business. I am in
formed that Speaker Randall will use
all his uaquestioned influence in the
House to hasten early reports of nee
essary measures, and that he hopes for
an early adjournment.
If sny prolonged contest is had l
think it will be over matters from the
Interior Department. The Indian
question, aud the subject of making the
Pension O1ice what it should be ex>
cite lively interest all over the country.
The Mississippi River improvement
appropriation will have. liberal sup-
port by All almost unanimous vote in
both Houses.
There is a charge OF desertion at the
War Department against a soldier OF
the late war, and the Secretary of War
wont remove it. To be sure a head
board 10 a National Cemetarv" shows
that the soldier died and was buried
Hereunder before the alleged offence,
and the paster of the soldiers Church.
and other neighbors of the man swea,
that he died then, and the records
show that he had smallpox and dipthe
ria and other diseases for a month be-
fore the alleged desertion. Bnt these
are small matters when an official re.
cord is made. 1t will requir an act Of
Congress, to show that the man is dead
The obsurceity of this is not greater
than that of the radical papers in treat
ing of the reports of murder at the re
ent Louisiana election. Some Radica
liar, who had, perhaps, just been swear
ing to Kellogg's right to a seat in th'
Senate started a report that certain
men, naming them. had been hung o
shot at that election. The report wa
absurd on its face, and has been con
tradicted by the supposed dead moi
themselves and bv their neighbors
But the Radical papers 8 ill treat then
still az as dead. 1t will require an &C
of Congress to bring them to life.
OF the same kind OF trash are tn
stories az to the late Maine election
The Governor has performed his who'll
duty. and vet the cry of dishonesty ]
kept up. Even an act of Congress can
not correct the false reports. the CIV
, ernor's enemies have set afleat concern
him. But the people next year ii
t passing upon the events OF this vii
, vindicate him,
| MI. McKanna. of Virginia. who ha
. charge of the House relief subscriu
: ton list il now in a fair way TO rails
? moro than s. 1000 among member
r alone.
:. Representative Pound. of Wisconsin
j has introduced q joint resolution for a
amendment to the Constitution. max
ing the Presidents term of Office 81
- wears. and thereafter ineligible. Mem
K her of Congress. he thinks, should b
. elected fn three vears.
C The Richmond State, a Democrat
journal of note, aoraring with Senator
II Lamar. Butler. Hannton. and Others
= goes in STRONGLY for n political uninn q
9 the extrem South and East on tn
financial 'ssua.
FIX Secretary and Judge McTrerv. p
e a White House dinner last ThnSday
took leave Of the President and Cahine
and started at onra for Iowa; his suN
~cesani, now Secretary Ramsey. assnm
inr the war portfolio ut tho same tim
It ia now an established fact thu
Gen. Grant has positively agrn"d t
:; accent the Presidency of the Nicara
u gua Canal Companv This, he it noteo
. is the genuine Ame'i"an shin cans
, scheme. and not the DeLesseps Frenc'
J affair at all.
Exndnsters-coiored paon!a mostl
= from North Carolina-cont'uue to ar
: rive in this CITY destined for Iniian'
y Nearly all are completnlv penni'ess o
= reaching hero. and have to be he,ne
" on their wav bv the benevolent. Mrs
Monroe, matron IF the Executive Man
!, sion. stated that Ms HAYES wa
! Thoroughly interested in the ranse an
!, had her kitchen in operation maxim
= bread. cooking hams, etc, for tn
immigrants.
The case of widow Oliver agains
y Simon Cameron is again up in tn
courts OF this District. IL.