Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-01-31
WASHINGTON LETTER.


ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE MONITOR
WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. %, 1881. "A
The bill for the improvement of the riv-
er front is still being discussed. There
was TIME in the good old past that no
less than three thousand vessels anchored
at the Georgetown port. In these days,
however, the channel will not admit ships
of large tonnage and the result is that
Baltimore, with her deep harbor and I'M
obstructed navigation, gathers in all the
trade Washington might, under favorable
circumstances, rightly claim. Several
plans are suggested by which the Poto-
mac at this point might be freed from the
accumulation of mud and other deposit.
In the deepening of the channel large
area of valuable ground will be reclaimed
that is now lost to the District, some
hundreds of acres at least. The House
spent the whole of Friday night last in
the vain effort to get quorum, that they
might consider the Senate bills on the
private calendar. No sooner was the roll
called than some who answered to their
names would slide out quietly without
giving parole. AS fast as the Sergeant
alarms would capture enough for a quo
rum on one side of the capitol, enough
would escape ON the other to keep that
worthy wrestling with his unruly prison
ers and his temper through the nights
long watches. At six O'Clock, or near
that hour, the light Of the dome suddenly
disappeared as signal to anxious out
siders that the House had adjourned for
breakfast. Nothing was accomplished by
the extra session only that few stubborn
ones lost a nights sleep for the satisfac-.
ton of seeing few others do the same.
At the present the ship railway promises
to be a sure thing, and the Panama route,
Notwithstanding the eloquence of ex-Sec-
rotary Thompson, will undoubtedly "go
to the wall" Independent of the imprac-
liability of the way, as tunnel of at least
ninety feet in height must be drilled
through the solid rock of the mountains,
and the 'Monroe doctrine" lies on the
| side of the United States near by where
the work must commence, M. de Lesseps
would find something harder than Suez
sand to impede his progress. A sad Sc
quel to the hilarity of the members of the
! Ohio Editorial Association which arrived
here ON Saturday the 22d inst, occurred
at the Imperial Hotel the same day of ar
rival. B. M. Kelley, editor of the Lima
Democrat, died suddenly of appoplexy.
What news to be flashed over the wires
to the happy wife and five children, who
waited in anticipation of the speedy re-
turn of dear husband and father:
"E'en such who lives by breath.
Now here. now there. in life, in DEATH"
John Mccullough, the great actor, clos
ed two weeks engagement here Satur
day night. He was well supported b!
Warde and others, and drew such houses
as never before in this city. The receipts
dollars The last night of his stay, Their
was not a foot of standing room in tn
whole theatre. He was encored frequent
ly, and finally acknowledged the favo
shown ip very feeling speech, which wa
appreciated by his many friends. TIL
Providence Hospital, which, by mos
, curious mistake by John Sherman, wa
, built by large appropriation from Cor
gress and given to the Catholic Sister
hood, instead of to the ladies of Prov!
dence, r. L., as was understood by Shel
) man and also congressman from tina
state, is having very unenviable airin
just now. Those who profess to knoN
accuse the sisters of great injustice to p;
tents, whose expenses are well paid b
government. They are said to allow tn
sick to suffer in the night for lack of me(
ical attention, their rules admitting II
man within their walls after night. @
D the other hand, the sisters say the med
0 cal fraternity cut up all who die there VIII
{ are friendless, and now comes the resi-:
@ nation of most the gentlemen of the no
/. pital, and next the students leave pc
nell because negro students were admi
ted into the class last Sunday, Gt is
q habit of the students to meet every Su
= day morning for practical obsesvatiC
and study in medicine and surgery.
= What the end of these troubles will
the future alone will show.
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