The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-07-30
FROM THE FEDERAL CAPITOL.
WASHINGTON, July 25, 1879.
From our regular correspondent.

Washington is very much exercised at
the lack Of means to improve
the river front so as to pre-
vent the disagreeable and unwholesome
odors that arise from the flats in the Poto-
mac at low water The Kidwell bottoms,
so called, are low, marshy, muddy series
OF flats along the south Washington front,
where the sewerage of the city is emptied
through its great sewers, and much of the
foul deposit fails to pass away with the
sluggish current, but remains fostering and
swelling in the sun when the tide goes out
For long time, plans have been contem-
plated for filling in and improving these
flats, and congress has been asked to take
hold of the matter; but the excuse has been
that the citizens were not united upon any
plan and were apparently split upon several
| "jobs.' There is truth in this, put the
| trouble has become so serious now that the
people have taken hold Of the subject and
| will hereafter bid the .jobbers stand aside.
When congress meets again it will proba-
bly, be asked to make grand effort to
remedy the evil complained of, and which
is one cause of the foul air which congress
men experience at the Capitol, and at the
same time to beautify the river front of
Washington. Now that is the uglIest
quarter of the city, but under
the hand of compent engineers it
can be made the most attractive
Persons now here from Pennsylvania say
that the reports from the Republican con-
vention Of that state to the effect that
Grantism was in very small quantity is not
true 1t is time that the resolution to pre-
sent Grant as candidate in 1880 was voted
down, because many Grant men thought it
premature. But these authorities say that
the Blaine and Sherman men were greatly
annoyed by the aggres,iveness of Grantism
and threatened a bolt if that idea prevailed.
One fact was developed Unexpectedly, that
Sherman has suddenly taken strong hold
of Pennsylvania. His friends here attrib-
ute it to his steady work in the financial
course marked out by his party and his
success as cabinet officer. His populari-
ty has improved with his party since he
started out on his present stumping cam
paign, and our accounts from Maine say
that the demand to hear him and the en-
thusiasm for him almost rival the feeling
for Mr.. Blaine. Mr. Blaine will have to
get even by going to OHIO as he proposes
to after the Maine election and arouse the
Sherman men to enthusiasm for him
self
Speaking OF Maine reminds me that the
reports from these OF Republican unity are
not all true. What divides them Is the
senatorship which Senator Ilamlin will
leave vacant in 1881 The candidates are
ex- Congressmcn Peters aud Hale, Congress
men Frye and Reed and several Others. 1t
is rather early to talk about that election,
which docs not take place until January,
1881, butt IS having its influences never
thelcss, as many members Of the legislature
elected this year will be returned next year
The Democrats and Greenbackers claim to
take hope from the fact that some Of the
candidates will not encourage a full Repu-
blican vote where their candidates are not
nominated for tho legislature.
AT this time last year the South had no
thought that the yellow fever would ap-
pear in their cities. The history Of August
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