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WASHINGTON NOTES.
ROseerans ms n DummY-Shipherd
Pumped Dry-Lum Tum Bobby
Must GOA PaFd Of 'aMad,s
WelIs' Rewarded.

WASHINGTON, April Is.-The Democrats OF
the House have done wise thing. They first
made up Congressional Campaign Commit
tee, with General Rosecrans at the head Now.
Rosecrans is a very good Democrat and one OF
the very best men that have ever met; but ha
is, on account of age, not suited to be Chair
man of the committee to which he was chosen.
He makes a very good name. how
ever, to be at the head Of that
committee. The Democrats have seen their
mistake. They could not go back
on Rosecrans and depose him from his Chair
manship so they have added to the committee
what is known as a "board of control" At the
head of this board will be Representative
Flower, of New York. Flower is a sharp.
shrewd politician. He will have the manage
ment of the committee. while Rosecrans has
the name of it. 1t is wise and sensible move
and evinces n return of sagacty to the Demo-
cratic party. And, considering that there has
been of late years very little sagacity in that
party. signs of this kind are like signs of rain
in dry country.
SHEPHERDS TESTIMONY.
Shipherd. the attorney for the Peruvian
Company in the South American business has
been examined for some time now by the
House Committee on Foreign Affairs. At first
his testimony promised sensation upon sensa-
tion. Blaine and any number of big men were
to have been BROUGHT into the meshes of the
investigating net Shipherd, by his innuendoes
and his lawyer-liks guips and iusinuations.
gave this impression He started out by keep
ing sick for days. This added to the interest
of the investigation. By all sorts of
dark hints he gave the committee
and the public to understand that he had deep
and damning secrets to divulge. Within the
past few days Shipherd has been shorn of his
mantle of impor ance. He is put forth In his
true light-a tricky lawyer, pretending to have
evidence that he has not nor ever will have.
Tn, chorf GhiOhprd ic a framH arf fpurs
public men, notably SUNDAY School Blair, of
New Hampshire were caught by the Peruvian
Company. but beyond them there were no
tried to involve others. This the COM
mIttee has shown. He is the checklist
and most unparalleled fraud of the century.
He has been shown TO be a liar and an impos-
tor. The sooner the public ceases to heed him
the better. General Blount. of Georgia. who
is on the Foreign Affairs Committee, has, by
his mastery cross examination, done more
than anyone else to show in his true light the
eX-reverend fraud, Jacob r. Shipherd. The
investigating committee is nearly through its
work, so there viii not he much longer nauseat-
ing details of Shepherds sayings and testimo-
ny in the public prints.
REPORT.
There is a report-let us pray that it is un-
founded which affects our immaculate and
too utterly pretty Secretary of War 1t is
handed around that President Arthur is going
to undo Lincoln as Secretary of War and put
in man more suitable to his policy and
things. Great heaven forafend We cannot
spare our Lincoln; we would die if his scrupu-
lously faultless attire and beautiful whis-
kers were taken from u.s. They are
all we have to live for. It is so
refreshing to have a Cabinet officer so
beautiful as Lincoln, and so far above common
mOrtals that he will not admit to his beautiful
presence any one less in rank than member
of Congress- hope that the NEws, as public
benefactor, will arise in its might and denounce
any attempt TO rid us OF Lincoln. The re-
port that pretty Bobby as he is called, is to
go, seems to be pretty well founded In the
fear OF losing him weep and refuse to be COM
forted Without "aristocratic Bobby" as he
is likewise called, Washington would indeed be
a blank.
PITKIN GETS A PLACE.
Pitkin who was Marshal of Louisiana when
that state was stolen from Tilden, and who
had no small hand in the theft, is going to be-
made Marshal again-is going to get bis old
place. Hayes as he did most of the people
who stole for him, went back on Pitkin. He
would not renomnate him, but instead put in
Jack Wharton. recently deceased. Ever since he
failed to be made Marshal again under Hayes.
Pitkin has been hunting for an Office He is
a stelwart. He hunted for an office under
Hayes for awhile but drew off towards the
latter part Of the term of that man of dough.
Under Garfield he Wantei to be made Minister
to Mexico. Under Arthur he wanted the same
thing, but as soon as news came
of the death o. Jack Wharton his successor,
as Marshal of Louisiana. came the other day,
he applied for his old shoes, and Arthur has
given them to him by a nomination to the
Senate. Thus Arthur rewards the man who
did the big feat in the stealing of Louisiana for
Hayes. He the other day rewarded Chandler.
who stole Florida, by writing him Secretary of
the Navy. In rewarding the conspicuous
thieves of 1876, Arthur is much more liberal
than Hayes Hayes, with q few exceptions,
only rewarded the small fry who did the par
ticularly dirty work. POTOMAC.