The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-08
rRsrpHL,s WASHINGTON LETTER
correspondence Of the Herald.

Some of my readers may perhaps remem-
Der that wrote the HERALD one letter from
the historic Ferry, given q century ago to one
Harper by Lord Fairfax, and since then an
heirloom, in the family. Well, here | sm
soain. with the turbulent rush of the Shen-
sndoah on one side and the placid murmur of
the Potomac on the other. Before me, as |
sit at my favorite window, the Heights of Boil.
war rise In verdsnt beauty here
and there bedight with cottages; on my right
are Maryland Heights, and on the summit OF
the highest height a farm breaks the mon
otony and CLEANS out like bright day in a
rugged life; on the left old Loudon's hills
ascend in gloomy splendor, their sides riven
into great assures, which the new growth of
mines and cedars do not entirely conceal, and
varied by huge boulders of grsy stone, which
hear silent witness to some great agony of
nature in ages past.
III turn around can see the confluence
of the two rivers and the flow of the Potomac
for many miles. Everywhere look see a
new beauty, for the same scenes change with
every hour of the day. What joy it is! l
look and look and am never satisfied with
Gazing. | shall be content with this for a
few DAVIS and then shall feel a longing to
explore these heights, and shall take long,
toilsome Journeys up mountain sides to the
imminent danger of my BODY and the great
injury OF my apparel. But they are glorious,
these long scrambles alone with natur +, and
bring home such an appetite that our ex-
celent housekeeper now complains OF any
waste from my side of the table. If any of
YOU should chance to come hitherward, dear
readers. beg you will stop over day at the
Ferry and ask for the Lockwood house."
which is on Camp Hill, above the village,
where | will be most glad to see you.
| hate to turn from the sweet and noble re-
nose about me to the turmoil of politics,
not because don't like politics, for
generally revel in them, but because am
tired out with trickery, machine running, and
the pitiful scramble for popularity worse
than that for partisan favor. II does not
even rise to the questionable dignity OF party
preferment. Just think of it--everybody
knows that Grant is not the favorlte with The
rank and file, nor even with the leaders OF
the Republican party, yet everybody fears or
hopes, as the case may be, that Grant will be
the nominee, because Conkling and Cameron
will it SO, and because they have money at
their command to make it so.
Every one knows, also, that Tllden is the
choice of very small minority OF the
Democratic party, yet every true DEM
ocrat fears he will be the NOM
inee of the Cincinnati convention, and that
his money will buy the nomination. 1t is
shameful t, hear people talk OF buying up
delegates to a convention of States, as if they
we're eggs or cabbsges. l think the country
needs change, and we can't be worse oil for
anv change of administration.
Congressman Jones, of Texas, says Grant
and Tilden will be the Nominees of their re-
snective parties, and the disattected from
both will unite Oh Wright, the Greenback
nominee. And let me tell you they might do
worse A great deal than have Mr..
Wright, of Pennsylvania. lie is good
Democrat, if he has taken new departure.
| must hope however, that the convention
will do better than to foist so unpopular a
man AS Tilden upon the party.
The prospects are that Edmund j Davis, of
Texas, viii be the Republican nominee for
Vice President, in which case two OF the
three candidates for that office will be from
Texas. Who can tell? :.
The Oh cago convention is the absorbing
tonic of the hour. Nobody talks of anything
else even the boat race is forgotten.
Appropos of which will say that Riley
did his best in the last race
But II was mere play to Hanlan to beat him.
| had a seat near three greatly excited
French Canadians who seemed to be on
springs. They bounded up and down, first
on thar heels and then on their toes, and
when Halan came toward the stand about
even with Riley (at the START the three men
moved their arms like windmills and shrleked
out "Hurrah Hanlan! Go it Hanlan Can
ada forever" in the funniest broken, Engllsh
ever heard HaAlan heard 1t, and making
one of his long, powerful strokes, he sent his
shell scudding past the stand leaving Riley
way behind, whereat the yells OF my neigh
bors and their bouncings and gyratlons De-
came too amusing to resist and L had 10
laugh. But they forgave me because l
waved my handkerchief to Their favor
tie, and told friend near
bv that he was the hnest
osrsman | had ever seen in Europe or Amer
ica-which was saying very little, for never
saw any professional rover in my lie tlIl
saw Hanian, but the Canadians didn't know
that
The mornings dispatches show strong
Blaine gain at Chicago. | do not think
he will be nominated, although he is the most
popular of the three who are candidates for
nomination, that is, most popular with the
people Of thosr States which must ell ct the
Republican, if he is elected. But 1t Is curl
Gus feature of this canvass that the States
that nominate do not elect, and this defeats
the popular will as ehectually as coup d'etat
ever did the French sristocracy l rather
think MIR. Sherman will be the Chicago nom
inee. He has worked silently but necessarily,
and he has the government patronage 10
keep him.
Judge PAWS, of Bryan, was in Washing
ton two weeks ago on his way to Virginia, to
take his children to some relatives there. tie
then believed himself widower and his
children orphans. Th Texas colony has
been thrown into great excitement by the
recent nj VS. concerning the re-appearance OF
Mrs. Davis. l really cannot see, however,
WHY guilt should be fastened upon her so
hastily. There seems to be no proof That
she eloped with any one. Perhaps she was
tired of everything and everybody about her,
and wanted to 90 away, and if she chose to
let herself be accounted dead and made her
escape in the original and unique manner she
did, l see no harm in it except in causing I'M
necessary grief and anxiety to her family.