, 1879-07-15
CAPITAL GOSSIP.
Gsn. Chalmers md Missisaippt"--He
Admits that There Is Ere
,-~. In the Rear.
Lcadrllle as a Congressional E1dofaao...
Plumb and Dorsey. Spencer
and Con0vcr.
Washington's Most Beautiful Women-
Honri Wattorson and Roscoe
Uonkling.

From our Oten Corrtsrendtnf.
WAsu1Noroa, D. e., Juty to.-ft ID stated
that Geu. Chalmers finds TINT bis hoalth re-
uutret him 10 spcud tho eumnor In the VlrgtnIa
mountains; that 10 will not take part In the
canvass Ia hts Btats this fall; urd tint no re-
ports, after o recent visit TO Mississippi, that
his people do not caro- about the Issues rRlacd
by tho Democratic ConEteas at the extra scs.
sion. Whya Gen. Chalmers has been ouc
Of the most. noted OF tho Confederate
D1iQalters IIe was ono Of fns forc'
most In the councils Of the last-dttchcrs
here. He was an officer Of the CAUCUS. Flo was
the Chairman Of "the House branch OF the
Democratic Joint Advisory Committee" better
known as The Committee Of Safety. He was
The author Of some of tho tremendous Tesoln-
tlous which read: .
"Th. rock shall ny from lts firm base .as soon
as1." ......-
Why does he como back from his trip 10 Mis-
sissippt nnd say that his people do not caro-
much about tic Issues raised by the Confederate
Dtigadlefs1 Perhaps the folluTIng extract from
letter written from Mississippi To the National
G!obt will give
AN 1NaiaHT INTO u11A1kRRs' REA6oNBs
Your readers will femember that In 1870 Con.
A. II. West was ne,nocsattc Klector for tne
s.ea o he :.rpe.l sss beaes bens
lawyer Of mark. ncforu tho people he u more
sisn . match Tor seuatof Lama. The a39 q Ja!y
| stppt parties. Tbs mas. .meclng va! ,organl1ss
tha National party. and enter the Hold FOR afhs
10 tlo Democratic lcairrs In Aississlppi i4 anl.
mattel with tho conviction that, nnleF tue Bonr"
bonem which por ras. the sate thsfs y hn9 no H. d.
chanea froa carpet-1apgera to radical Dem:
:aorm r. md Ss ne oe. a,osaee e. .s
supported by corruption md ballot: boz onttages.
that the DemosEat!o lcA4eEs took advantage Or tno
political staatlon " ysatn at9 q ths 1g!a' tn sad
s"iSasSe Ssdieal Th. "a: though e silence criticism
II f. doana9e y these reckless and violent
leaders hss at Last been questioned by .he Cream
on such ssnt.xe .. t. maze oC snS
s s:ess%is. q ths ststs q Mss'.:,pe', = .toss
Ths leader @ y 81 the Democratic party o. M,..l.-
sippt is Lamar }lo IL NJ. oniy oppo@ssa Az to : isee
% issars INSTRUCTED him 70 vSse fof ill., sllver hi taat
wns pasacd BY thu lsst congrsss but hs setaaed 70
@ tesdcrs s''e Of the monoy power s vent 20 far,
t!io fcPuhlle when e.p.a mast b. protested 1y
woula be- a hurd taak TO make 0resnbuekee out Of
Lamar. A. well m'ght you tsy to perform p po;
whSshet With % Lamas - dsyouss ] conkltng. Of Gonkiing
Lamar, docs not concern the useenEaGkota " MI.
| no choice, "a thry arc both ngalnat the people.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. PLUMB.
LcadyfEle ID new Eldorado to pany Con-
gressmcn. A number Of the more enthusiastic
,noucy.getters In Congress aro going to spend
tho summer there. Some have already made
large sums, aud are engaged iil'"gnterprtses
yhcl, promise fortunes. Senator, Plumb, OF
Kansas, on tho wing hero The othsF .paI, said:
ssI UT. going to suond day pr Two In Now
York, ulll then TO Lcalv,3le. Comp alonEW L
"But 1t takes money to DO anything thcrea"
"Not necessarily. II is like building q rail-
road. r wopeopc make money out Of It: tic
man who enn bui,d It oil, and tho man
who las no money in it.. With
llttlo for stake. any sharp man
with hfs wits about him who aoca to
Leatlrale will succeed. -Four Of uH, In short
time, With but little canltals have put ourselves
Aud Plumb viii mike It ''go'' II there Is anY
20 In II, lie Is q typo Of the pushing, active,
encrgettc Western man. and is not likely to bo
lott behind.
DORSEY,
ex-senator from Arkansas, who stood near, also
S)0, ,O00 IN some recent striks In stocks. 1le bus
su,nnthng more substantial than "cat.and-
dog" storks, lowcyeE. lie Is the owner uf q
ranch of ~, QUO Or 4A00o ucrcs in New Moxico,
=" ! am going," l.c said. " out West to sec my
cows.''
Ex-senator Dorsey Is yet a.young man, md
has malo Two fortunes. lie came TO the Senate
with one mode tu railrnatl.opornltons. In the
pauir he was Yorely. Crippled: Soma say he lost
nli TINT ho had. l!Is crcdltorA were hopesess;
hut ho hns como to tho top nEatn. nnd has but
little mora than tnr1cd 10. Ills wIfo ta one Of
ton society. Il wns noticeable tllat the three
most beautiful ladies' In Washlngton Il few
years ago were tho wlvas OF The cArpet.bag
natora,-Dorscy, Spencer, and Conoyer.
apENcER AND coNoyEH.
Spencer hns been fortu1late, too. lie has d
large stake nt DeadWoo1, aua is said 10 DO on
tho way to fortune. Couovcr To not 10 fortu.
nate. lie Was New jersey connsr,'doetor,
and has never Ind the push Of the Wcstern.boru
men VITO cano to The Senate from tho South,
Hu left the Senate last alarch absolutely poor.
lie Wis appointed to small place nnder thu
Treasury,-lnspector OF Customs at 81 per day.
Revenue Of Florida. but fa,!od Of confirmation
on account Of political .rlyassles, aud had hi
name withdrawn.
wArrnnsox-cosxL1Na.
KNOW nothing Ut ths controversy bctwecr
lfonry WattcIson mud the frtonds Of Senator
| t1llkttlEt 10 ~ ALE AGpNtGN cAObV4tE 6ttCi W
Senator ConkIng to Wattcsson ro1attys to All
invitation to dinuer. But / do know this
Henry Wstterson wM, and IL, the friend o
samuel J. Illden. Wattersou was very ACTIVE
llere, ns al ad-iutcrim Mcluber Of Congress, It
Tillcn's cause, about the days Of tpR reported
euubbitK. 10 say nothing u tho 100000 uh
armed nlen hp WAs ytrv act1ve In many Ways
There wcro rcports--not very secret ones either
that tbs Democrats expected great .crfsis
that Republican HenRtor Of thu United State.
waa 10 denouneu the Republican attempt to seal
Mr.. llares, ul,d was to declare that Ttlden wa.
rQhtfuIIy elected ns,l should bs seated. Rumo
cava the name Of Roscoe Conktngas as that 8unator
Conkns'a friends never bcleyed 1t, ard do ao
believe it. 8ouo OK uonry Wa.tersou's trleaul
lid aud do belluse # As q supposed fact Of Ai1
tory; and Henry Watterson MD bis frlsni
would not have been 1oaih. In those days. to hay,
paid for dinner, II Senator CouklinE, or II AMI
friend Of senator Copkitne, might hayo beef
! willing to tell, II hs kuew, what truth tAer'
neYer have invited senator Conkllng to dinner
: Rtnator CouklIns NAV never hayo deelined hi