The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-04-19

of the drama of Washington life for time
and then disappear. Mrs. Cobb was described
as "a neat looking little woman, dressed in
black. with tiaunty, little hat on her head.
Her figure was petite and pretty, and her black
eyes, as she turned them upon every new COM
er, were such as few men could fail to notice.
Some persons suppose this lady is pretty we'll
advanced in years, but this is not the case She
does not look to be thirty, and probably would
pass for less"
The State election held in Virginia July 6,
1869, had attracted much attention in Washing
| ton. The Conservative ticket, so-called, was
headed by Gilbert G. Walker. Northern man
and former Republican, and the Radical tick
ct by Coy. Wells, with coored man as candi-
date for Lieut.. Governor. Virginia had not
been reconstructed. The influence of the admin
| iStration was given to Wells but the Conserva-
| tive ticket had large majority. Although the
| Walker party had been stigmatized as the
| "Rcbel Democracy'' the President was the re-
cipient of a dispatch from Richmond congratu-
latIn9 INN on the triumph of his policy in Nr-
| GINA 1t is said that Grant studied over this
! document for some time, evidently much puz-
|
''Wel its all right. Both parties support nv
| policy" The result of this election was under
stood TO have caused change of policy on the
part Of the administration. and the postpone
ment Of the elections in Mississippi and Texas
until November. These States being also I'M
| reconstructed the date for holding election was
decided upon by the President and Cabinet.
| The Conservative candidate for Governor in
! Mississippi was Judge Dent. brother-in-aw
of the President, and he was supposed to have
the support of the Administration. In Texas
| Davis and Hamilton were rival Republican
candidates, and both had representatives at
| Washington who sought to secure the rccogni-
| ton Of the Executive. In Tennessee also an
| election Was pending and stokes and Sertor,
| both Republicans, We're seeking the Governor
| ship the former having the support of the Adj
ministraton Delegations from these States
daily visited the White House, and it is hard to
realize now the excitement which then pre-
| vailed.
| The labor question was now theme Of dis
cussion in the South, and Southern men gencr-
ally advocated the importation of coolies They
declared that the south needed cheap labor:
| tlliI lily u'SIo NbtlQ nUl ana III some S''cllOIS
the white man could not work. With Cooe
labor they hoped to restore their section to its
| former lro>perity; to regain their position in
the cotton marts Of the world and to raise
| larger crops than ever before. What was to
| become Of the negro few of the advocates of
coolie Labor paused to enquire. Some We're very
| out spoken and stated the question about rs fol-
lows Mes, the South wants cheap labor and
must have it, As to what becomes of the Mig
ger don't care Il cent The New Orleans
Times in point of circulation and influence the
| leading journal of the South. advocated procur-
ing Coolies for the cotton states and the Mo
! bile Register was the only Southern newspaper
| of prominence which took the negative side of
! the question. The Register opposed the i'm
! portailon Of Coolies on the ground that they
! would not only drive the negroes Of the country
| into abjco pauperiSm, but that they ''would
enter into competition with all kinds of white
labor and take the bread from the mouths of
| our kin>men and women.
| Pr Mary Walker, of whom mention has
| heretofore been made was at this time in WASH
ingon in quest of Office. A slim, sallow little
| woman in Short skirts and pantaloons. with a
tongue that wagged increasingly. She wa in
| tPrvieWcd by an editor in Delhi. Iowa in 1850.
| and informed him that Sat the age Of fifteen She
| began to tcach school and taught common school
for five Years that she taught for five years in
Il seminary; that size worked at the printers
trade for five years that She was for five wears
associate editor Of literary magazine; that
| She had studied medicine, Irregular" school for
|
three years and then practlccd il for two years.
| that She was an invalid, unable to walk more
than few rods at L time for five years; that
She was cured by hydropathic treatment which
led her to investigate the water cure system.
which she had practiccd for five wears, etc. etc.
| Aggrcgatng the time occupied in her various
! occupations. She must have been close TO Il hun
dred and twenty years Old, unless she--but we
will not question her ycracity" The writer
proceeds TO tell how when the war broke out
Dr.. Mary went to the front, and when it closed
crossed the Atlantic and delivered medical lee
lures in London. He concudes '.Noyv She is
| back to America again ard if She don't torment
the life out Of Grant and i'll his Cabinet, we
don't know Mary Walker, but we think we
do" The Surmze was correct. IN July 80 the
doctor announced her intention Of going on the
War-path. She said She was the only one Of
her sex who had fought square, stand up
fight for the Republican party and that it had
never accorded her any recognition whatever.
She declared that Che had in her possession a
quantity of private and personal information
which would be found raey reading and that
She proposed to make Rome howl"
The West was agitating the removal Of the
National Capitol, proceeding upon the assump-
ton that sooner or later this must be done-it
was only q question of time. st. Louis claimed
the seat Of government on the ground that geo
graphically it is east of the centre of the coun-
try, and west Of the centre of population.
These may not seem very substantial grounds
for abandoning Washington, but as west
ward the course OF empire takes its way st.
Louis expects 70 become the centre of popula-
ton. The removal of The public buildings was
| regarded As h mere bagatce and it was sug-
@ested that much of the material in the Capitol
building could be used and that it might be
shipped TO st. Louis on Tie Mississippi river
The labor question was still an important one.
At this time southern planters were making eff
forts to secure laborcrs in Virginia. but with
out much success, the coorcd people not being
disposed 70 20 - Gar from their homes. OF
available labor there was Il scarcity in most of
the coton-groWmg States, but many of the plant
crs were very sangune with regard to the i'm
portalion Of coolies, and thought if they could
secure a suliciency Of this class few years
would make them richer than ever before.
The situation in Washington at the close of
July is thus indicated in u letter Of that date
The absence Of the President and many prom
inent officials has created Il dearth in the news
market. Quotations are as follows First class
itcWS-none on hand. Second cIass--scarce
There is much enquiry for lower grades but
few Offering.
in August even the correspondents fled and
none save those compelled to keep the routine
machinery of the Government in motion were
left TO tread the hot pavements and note the
range of the mercury.
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