Daily Republican., 1880-12-23
SECOND EDITION.
QUE WAsMlnarOM LEFFnk

Special Correspondence Of the Rspablican.
X WAsHiSeToH Dec. q, 1880.
MEssRs. RDIToRs The twelve. foot
snow storm which Vennor predicted
some time ago, reached this section
about nosn, yesterday, end for two or
three hosrs the snow fell heavily. 1t
was 8 genuine Northern snow storm
and such as IL seldom enjoyed in this
part Of the country. The merry sleigh
bell soon began to sound, and all that
were lucky enough to have q sleigh
made good use Of it, bat We poor "Gov-
ernmsnt clerks" can't 90 the % per
hour for the enjoyment and "its snow"
use trying 1t. If we do there is liable
to be q "thaw" among the creditors.
The stores are filed with rich and tasty
holiday gifts and in spite OF the un.
pleas ant weather many are cut buying
and many are the anxious little ones
waiting for the dawn OF Christmas
day. Still, do we, who have the com
forts Of life, ever think Of those whose
circumstances deprive them OF the
pleasure which the holiday season
bringsi
There never was more suffering than
this winter. Within the radius OF
q mile below Pennsylvania avenue,
with its crowd Of plush oostumed fur
cloaked pedestrians, its handsome
equipages, filled with the fsvorites Of
fortune, starving children can be seen,
little ones who, by no fault of theirs
inherit the curse Of poverty. As
some one has said: it's no disgrace to
be poor, but exceedingly inconvenient."
Bat the real fact is that poor people
have NO business in this world. II
seems as II it was intended for the
swallow tailed, lavender-sid and
broad-cloth "sristocrscy. OF course
these people we're once poor themsslve',
bat that, you know has been forgotten
now they have an elegant mansion and
servants at their call, and as the say
ing goes "are really charming people.
It must make some Of them feel little
queer when they call to mind the tim 9
when they did their own washing and
chopped the wood. The most contempu.
BILE class Of people in the world are
these peop.s better known as the " cod !
fish "aristoorscy."
They we're born into this world, the
Lord only knows how. | sometimes
think q good many were won at q
rattle, and like the man with the
elephant, don't know what TO do with
it. They never give to the poor.
They hardly ever pay their debts, and
subsist mainly on chicken salade and
"bone turkey" provided by their
friends at receptions and parties.
Washington has her surfeit Of these
individuals. There are people here,
considered "Society Folks" who at
tend all the receptions, visit the differ
ent Foreign Legations, take lunche on
with the Cabinet Ministers and in fact
do most every thing, that Is known,
and spoken Of as 30 ignorant that they
cannot write their own name, or tell
you the reason ''smoke goes up instead
Of down."
Now there are plenty of folks who
don't mind claiming this kind of PEG
pie for dear and intimate friends but
as for me give me the good old COmly's
Spelling Book Society-those who be-
lisve that Worcester did write a die
tionary, and that the multiplication
table still exists.
The amount asksd-s50, 900, 000-to
pay pensions, under the new bill
granting arresrages, appears to give .
some people good deal OF unne oessary
uneasiness. 1t seems that under the
arresrage act ga, 100000 has already
been expended, and that deducting
about 80 per cent. of the claims now
pending averaging them at 81 100 each
together with others which will aver
age $567 each, the sum-total required
will reach $2l9 ,O0O, 900, which with
that already paid will be about S243,-
900, 600. II is further estimated that I
by the time all the pending claims are l
reached and sdjudicatsd, the annual Il
payments will amount TO nearly s46, q
900 600.
The FIRST thing to be ascertained Of
pensioner is, whether the sclaim is h
Just and proper one, and this once G
settled beyond dispute, no l1OTs sacred n
debt eau be- found against the Govern =
ment.
VINO We ask can have a higher claim
on the bounty Of the Government than
the descendants and relics Of those WHO G
gave all they had to save the Govern
mentf
The retirement Of Associate Justice
Strong, who is universally respected
and esteemed, and whose family are
fayorites in Washington, is source OF ~
much regret,
Miss Flora Sharon daughter Of LA
tor Sharon, is to be married 10 Sir. v
Thomas Hesketh, on December 3lst.
The marriage will take place at the
BRIDES home near San Francisco, when q
man and wife will immsdist ly there. =
q ter sail for England.
The future Lady Hesketh will have T..
an income Of her own of $4,000. Sir "
Thomas and her father having settled -
$25, 900 year upon her for pin money, p
Her mothers magnificent diamonds Z
were left to her and are now being re-
set. The necklace is said TO have cost
$50, 900. Miss Sharon is prstty and
charming younglady and will honor any \
hon g she enters. The confirmation of
General Hazen, chief Of the Signal Ser
vice Bureau, without opposition mus.
bo exceedingly gratifying to his many
friends, in view of the attempt to get
up some silly charge against him. To
tlts3 who we're most assidious in their
efforts for his rejection, the rebuke '
should be q wholesome one. Mud
throwing Of any kind, and especially
when actuated by a mean spirit, never