News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-03-01
FROM WASHINGTON.

L IC dllAlN iJOAlNNlINN SNS''N ~
REPRESENTATIVE Townshend and Has
kell recalls some of the old verbal en-
counters in Congress, which were fol-
lowed by hostile meetings in a retired
little valley near the village OF Baden
buro. On one occasion there was a,
correspondence indicating a duel be-
tween Daniel Webster and John Ran
dolpb. but the hostile meeting was
prevented by the interposition OFT
friends. Senator Benton taking an ac-
tive part as a peace-maker. Kan
doIpb's arrogant and insulting manner
was always leading him into dItlicui~
ties. which frequently resulted in an
order for ..pistols for two and coffee
for one," yet he was no shot. When
he was about to fight Representative
Eppes of Virginia, Gen. Breckenridge
undertook to superintend his practice,
and said to Mir. Crawford OF Georgia,
who was to be his second on the field {:
.sBy all means arrange the matter,
for MIR. Randolph can't hit barn
door," When Randolph exchanged
shots with Henry Clay, and they
shook hands after the first fire, Ran
dolph loosely observed, pointing to
a hole made by the bullet in his tlan-
mel dressing gown: ''Mr. Clay you
owe me a gown" Mr.. Clay promptly
replied, with his usual smile: - am
clad, Mr.. Randolph, that / am not
! deeper in your debt" in one Of Mr..
Calhoun's earlier speeches in Congress
! he criticised Mr.. Randolph for his
saudacity in comparing himself to the
great Lord Chatham" Mr.. Randolph
modestly discIaimed the pretension,
but added: sin one thing we are
alike. Every scoundrel assaiis me. %
and as he spoke he pointed his long
index finger at Mr.. Calhoun.
The Patent Office has wei: Eeen
called a sensitive barometer of our
national prosperity. The inventive
genius of our citizens advances or re
cedes as the times are good or bad,
and financial panic is always follow
ed by falling off in the number OF
applications for patents. Last year
i2O,jl5 patents were issued-only
eight per cent of which were granted
to residents of the old slave States,
and the cash receipts for fees were
/ Sg9, 7O3. The Commissioner has aO2
subordnates, 10I of whom are exam
liners, and New England is well repre-
scented on the pay rolls.
An attempt will be made to engralt
on the Sunday Civil bill an appropria-
ton Of $4,000 for the purchase Of the
legal papers and documents collected
by the late Senator Matt Carpenter.
There are upwards Of 400 printed vol
umes, including the records Of the SUI
: preme Court since they were first pub
lished in 1882, and the briefs Of cOun-
| sci in the same court from 1861 to
1877, which are rare and valuable.
Some m:sstatements concerning the
1 wife Of the Attorney General are go
ling the rounds Of the newspapers.
! She is q daughter Of Robert }. Wal
kcr. WHO during her childhood, was
! Secretary Of the Treasury under Pres
ident Polk. Subsequently, she married
/ M. De Leon, who had written q
clever report on the cotton trade, and
served as Consul to Alexandria, but
he followed his relative, Mrs. Slid
ell, into the Confederacy. The mar
rage was not happy one, and after
the war she came to this city to reside
with her widowed mother, and to aid
in their support size accepted clerk
ship in the Treasury, While there
she attracted the attention Of Mr..
Brewster, who had occasion to visit
the room in which she wrote on pro-
fessionaI business. He was then a
= widower, having lost his first wife, a
| Partisan lady, two years before, and
the second marriage occurred in 1870.
The Yorktown monument is to be
built of granite at a cost Of $G6, 900.
1t is reported that Miner, the star
route defendant, will turn states evil
dence.
Dorman b. Eaton has been collected
as chairman of the Civil Service Com
mission.
| Secretary Folger is slightly improv-
ed in health, but is not yet able to
leave the house.
The President has nominated for
7 ciyiI-service commissioners d. b. Ia
ton, Of New York; John NJ. Gregory,
of Illinois, and Leroy ID. Thomas, Of
Ohio.