The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-04-28
fFRoM OUR SPECIAL CoRREsPoNDENr.l
WASHINGTON, d. c.. April 90, 1883.

md q. very handsome woman, almost
white, and many, many years his Junior.
Mr.. Douglass's wife died year or two |
lgo, and, although he is about sixty-six |
years old, he has a perfect right to mar
~, providing the girl is willing. There
is much that is interesting in the life OF
Fred Dougless. Born and reared in
slavery he has made himself one of the
first orators of the world and secured for
himself q position that any educated
white man may be proud of. He stole
the time in which to learn to read and
write, and when he ran away from bond
age the event created almost as much
excitement as the rebellion of John
Brown. He fled from Baltimore to Phil
adelphia, thence to Massachusetts,, being
pSrsued like thief as he was, for he
stole himself, but the excitement became
so great that he had to 60 to Europe. In
England hewas the guest for John Bright,
and his lectures were an event that was
commented upon oil over the British
kingdom. Douglass's fortunes havo come
and gone. He has been lucky aud un-
lucky. But in his old age he is ind pen
dent. He owns an eighteen room house
near Washington and is worth not Ear
from hundred thousand dollars. Mr.
Douglass came to Washington many years
ago, and has not lost anything He was
secretary of the Santo Domingo commits
sioners in 1871. He is good deal of
the demagogue and hypocrite, but he is
eloquent. persuasive and convincing
yet no better than other people, though
be will try to make you believe he is.
Mr.. Hayes made him United States Mar
shall Of the District of Columbia, aud
new r recognized him ut the White
House. The judges of the courts did
not like him ana he was unpopular among
the lawyers. Garfield removed him in
order to appoint his dear friend, Captain
Henry, but he gave Douglass better
Office by appointing him Recorder Of
Deeds. Douglass now gets big fees and
does no work. He has nearly all his
relatives in Office. He plays the coloi
dodge for all it is worth. 1 sometimes
wish l was. a smart colored man or o
smart old soldier. They get along SC
we'll
The reports which have reached Wash.
ington concerning the Presidential ex
cursion party since their heads were
turned homewards are not SO rosy al
some that came earlier. 1t is evident
that there has been some disappointment
concerning the trip. Besides Secretary
Chandler's fall from the wagon there
have been other unpleasant experiences
Private advices indicate that the cause
of Mr.. Chandler's fall was as follows:
is we'll known in Washington, although
We have striven to keep the dark secre
to ourselves, that the President is {
frightiul snorer. When he begins snor
ing in good earnest it sounds like JumI {
trumpeting amid herd of elephant is
1t seems that the Presidential party il
Florida were taking night journey
when the Secretary of the Navy and th,
President both dropped off into cat
nap. When the President began to wax,
the echoes of the forest with his snorts
Mr.. Chandler, suddenly awaking, ,spran.
from the wagon In a spasm of terr ,r anc
thereby injured his shoulder. TIL,
driver stopped picked him up. but tb,
Secretary slept no more during tha
drive. The reason of the Presi tents bat
humor was that, against his expires
orders to Private Secretary Phillips tha
he was not to touch gun, Fred got hol
of one with the usual ingenuity of th
small boy in the face of such prohibition
and went alligator-shooting. When tn
President heard of it he went for th
hapltSs youth. Frederick, be said, il
his sterGest voice, Didn't l tell yoI
when l brought you on this trip that yo,
were not to meGdle with guns and such
Now, sir, the next time / hear OF you
borrowing a gun to shoot three finger
off shall send you Immediately back t
Washington" The following is an el
tract from a private letter, by one Of tn
correspondents accompanying the Pres
dent, written just before the party start
ed for home. 1t don't tally with som
! of the rose-colored dispatches publiShe
in the papers: "ThermOmeter's dea
| average 9G degrees. Mosquitoes the siz
8 of humble bees. One bite on the ankl
: will make you walk lame. The sands al
5 fall of heas. These creatures have th
= uutamed energy of the far north. Th
: orange season is over. The country
t fiat, damp and malarious. The ishin
n is poor aud conducted under great diff
q culties. Tho President has been bite
/ by mosquitoes and fieas until he is begiI
ming to be reeoneiled to going back |
A the Office seekers, Everybody is croi
a aud out of humor. You see notes
!. changes of our plans. We are huntir
3 for g comfortable place. Old Sanfol
r. has cooked his goose inviting the Pres
O dent down here after lying to him abol
q the paradise condition Of this couutr
II You see if he ever gets his foreign a
! pointment. The only sport down be
"a is alligator shooting. That involves
te much danger as numbering cows, but
,e will make good subject to talk abo
,s when the hunters return"
ri Mr. Allan Arthur, the scion OF. Il
n house. had some high links in the Viii