The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1882-09-15
WASHINGTON LETTER.

The death in this city Of Anton le
Paquet, an engraver and die sinker at
the Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing, reviyes u strange coincidence.
Congress had voted medal to Abra
ham Lincoln, and its completion was
put into the hands of Paquet. The
work was just being finished, and in
the process of hardening the medal, on
the night of the assassination the die
cracked completely across the head,
the course corresponding exactly with
that of the bullet from the pistol of
the assassin Booth. e.
The Readiuster movement in Vir-
ginia, under the leadership of Ross
Malone. does not command the con-
fidence Of the rank AMI file of either
Republicans or Bourbons. The Read
justers' bark does not float upon un-
ruffled seas. Nor does the gallant
knight, her commander, find the crew
all ready to fall down and worship
at his shrine. Republicans are re-
fusing to support nominations made
by Malone through the influence of
his machine. In Prince William
County the Republicans passed res
olution declaring that ''they would
not support the candidate nominated
by William Malone and not by the
people that whereas John w. Woltz
has been faithful Readjuster and
Republican, we will give him our sup
port for Congress unless previous TO
October a fair convention, unnamed
by Malone or his minions, shall make
a nomination that we rescind our
action taken one month since endors-
ing John S. Wise for Congressman. at
large, and we declare our intention to
support John M. Dawson, unless a
State convention, fair to all, shall
place candidate in the field for that
office before October L."
The Republican Associations of the
various States, have arranged with
the managers of trunk lines Of rail-
roads to transport voters from this
city to principal points in the north
and west, at reduced rates for a period
of forty days. A sub committee is at
work expecting to make similar ar
rangements on the roads connecting
with trunk lines. These reductions
are very helpful to government clerks
who are not only expected to be at
their Ts.ectiNesvoting precincts, hn4
to make ''valuntary contributions"
towards the expenses of the campaign.
The statistics gathered by the
Bureau of Education, show most
marked improvement in the conduct
Of the schools in the south. both in the
numbers attending and in the pro-
gress made by the pupils. This year
the southern people will spend fully
SD 100000 Tor educational purposes.
The outlook now as compared with
ten years ago, shows a very remark
sble advance. Political dissensions
nave heretofore been the greatest OBJ
stacle to the free school system, but
the coming of a better feeling
is now most hopeful omen.
If our Congress had been wise enough
to have appropriated 100000 for
free schools at the south instead of
spending that amount Oh Goose
creek, "''Mosquito rum" and the many
other unknown brooks dumped into
the River and Harbor bill, there would
have been some show of honest phil
anthropy and craftsmanship. Let us
hope that the next session will exhibit
some true devotion to the cause of
widespread education in the south.
1t would seem that with the pro-
ceeds of the enormous crops in the
whole country and the large payments
to be made by the Government, there
must be an easy money market for
the year to come. The treasurer of
the United States will make the fol-
lowing payments during the next
sixty days: On the lst of September
there will be So 900, 900 due as inter-
est on the 4! per cents, on the 4th of
there will be 100000
due as pensions on the 18th of Sep
tember called bonds will be due to the
amount of $l5, ,000, 600; Oh the 1st of
October S7,O00,00O will be due as the
OH per cent, bonds in Octo-
Der the call Of the continued skies
will be due, about S3, 100000; on the
1st of November there will be due the
interest on the 81 per cents, and 3
per cents, about S3,000,00O; making
a grand total of SAL 100000.
The experts who made glowing
report of their recent examinations of
the factories where our postal cards /
and stamps are made, ought to be
awarded leather medal and have
leave to retire. They say they found
everything sin good condition at every
point" and the work being better
and more cheaply done than ever be-