The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1883-09-22
Correspondence Balfimore County i'sisH.
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.

WARRINGTON, ID. C., September lSth, 1883.
Msssrs. Edi'sTs!- For once circumstances favor.
ed the prophets" here Of the press and hciped
their pTopbecie- true. with reference to the Prcsi
dent again leaving the city last week for New York
IL there y anything newspaper correspondent
delights IN u IL prophecy of something that l. 10
come 10 pass, although he may bc rs ignorant of
Il at the time as II be lived on another ,pherr,
where there could be no knowledge Of any such
things, and then have il really - occur. And
thus IL was with these "know aiis" on this coca.
sion. They hal confidently proclaimed that the
President would go % New York aud possibly 10
Newport 'the latter part of this week or the irst
pf ncxt," and TO- Il came 10 pass they bad said.
tn'vh0 had thus prophesiol were happy. and
eere able 20 say 10 the other members Of the pcn.
ell fraternity, who had refused 20 believe what had
been pgophesied unto them, 81 told You So" Tho
President, With his Private Secretary left for New
York on last Friday afternoon. TO attend the
funeral Of Mr.. Hugh Hastings, late proprietor IL
the New York Commercial Adrerfissr Who was an
intimate friend aud enthusiastic supporter
Of President Arthur. and whose funeral took place
IN that city On last Saturday, at which President
AFthsr, Secretary fOiger and ex Senator Conkling
were pall-beaTeTs. But now what l. botherine
these wise gentlemen referred 60 above l. o. be
able 20 NJ luckily ioTetell Just wich the President
will return here again. or how long probably he
viii stay in New Yors. or NewPoTi, II he should
90 there. In these particulars their omniscient
facilities do not seem 90 serve them in a. good
iurn as before. and they are afraid 10 gue,s.
In consequence 81 the President having o. ~ to
New York, a. also did Secretary Folger, no Cabi.
net meeting has yet been held. However. Secrc.
taFy Teller has returned 60 the city aud was at
bis desk In the Interior Department last Satur-
daJ. Secretary Lincoln, too. has returned. and
ALMOST Immediately made rcqui.ition upon the
Civil Service Reform Commi. sion for the names
ofGve persons g. be appointed - n 600 Positions
70 GIL vacancies In clerkships Of that grade which
I has N uH t.f.
and since he vent away on his summer vacation.
SO will all the vacancies that occur in the other
Departments be filed. rcfuting the stories that the
headf Of the Departments would not dli such va.
esneiss On the recommendations Of the civil ser
vice Board.
] referred last week 90 the inadequacy or room
IN the school houses and buildings belonging 20
the District 60 accommodate the school children 81
the zane. The whole number 81 school building.
In the city and country within the District bounds
10 four. &c which forty four are brick 0ncln-
ding I've nov in course of c.ns.ruriipnl aud the
remaining twenty frame sirurtures. ,cveniecn uf
which are uu;.ilo the boundary. There have been
nineteen rev school buildings erected within four
years. and yet the accommodation. are vastly in.
adequate. This fact atiesis the great acccleraion
81 the sroN,h Of the population II this magnificent
city. made ma shihcebi since the war IL before
possessing but few attractions 60 induce an influx
IL inhabitants % A. 10 cause a growth Of IL. popu-
iaiiOn. Now, however. il contain. n population
Of about two hundred thousand. against sixty
thousand n, the beginning of the late war. The
magnificent improy einen'. commenced anil par
TALLY executed BY the late Boss" SHEPPARD and
the unprecedented beauties 81 the CITY, are every
year more and more inducing the wealth and cul.
tn-e Of the whole country 90 settle here. and now
u y rather an uncommon thing for Cons gre ..nan
or any other person 10 here and GO away
again without building himself residence IL he
has the means.
correspondent. AMI a clerk in the sixth Auditor
sniee, Treasury Department. died very suddenly
N last Friday morning. at his residence in this
CITY. 81 rheumatism of the heart. lie WI. about
forty eight years Old and one Of the most esteemed
employees in the above office. III. wife was alb.
sent IN Boston. a; her iathers where also he re.
sided before coming here, and IL was hi intention
90 star; for that city On hi- vacation 60 join her
on la; Saturday morning the very lay hi. father.
in.aw cane on and took away hi. remains.
The seveTa! Government Departments were ys-
iiel yesterday by large number q; the veterans
% Zen. Phil. sheridan. command ia the Shcnan-
doah Valley. Va IN lsGl On their way from New
Engand to Whit the battle acids in that section.
where they puTpose hoiiin; several camp. fire."
or Reunions. They stopped over here twenty
four hours and v,i;ed the oid fertilization. around
this city and the cemeteries which contain some
Of their dead eoinralCs. Tie fru.ts q many win
tiers have somewhat changed their appearar nee and
they performed their exploits % yalor in the noted
valley of the Shenandoah. turning back the Rebel
kordes under Jubai Early and changing defeat
into victory.
The melancholy days have come.
The ssilesi of the year
Already the "sear and yellow leaf il seen on the
trees and the change from summer 20 autumn l.
quite perceptibe. " IL did not seem inappropri-
ate in esrrsspondence Of thi. Kind. NIGH. like
Col. Mike sheridan. drop iatO poetry aEd quote
the lines Of Thompson:
J''fbele, a. they change, Almighty Father, these
Are bat the varied Cod
But presume your columns will be taken NJ too
much with the trial. and tTibuiations and conyen-
tions % the Democratic party this week 60 admit
of diia;iOn of ih. sort.
II l. pretty veil under,tooJ nov that Mr.. John
&. NeS will no; resign hi. position, bat will re-
main in connection with the Treasury Depart
meni a. Assistan; Secretary e the Treasury. I
made the error last seek of saying that Mr.. New
was L. :. Treasurer.
The Potomac regatta will take PLACE on the ?s,h
instant. Ax0N.
esr- Piitsburs has settled for the riot. Of 1877.