Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-04
wasaixGT0N LETTER.
osr, REGULAR CORRESPONDENT. ]

an. REGULAR Correspondent
wsH1soros. d. G.. Aug. rs. 1884.
c...iue a glance along Pennsylvania
-. The correspondent or observer
~ h.s cleaned ideas from its crowded
/ 80 during the winter is forcibly
.,s,k With the fsct at present that
.,.srs Is nothing new under the sun. "
a.. vsry hot, scorching SON, and the
s,,l.aiss clad in transparent gauze and
!. ,sIlov.coated gentlemen are only
.,.,,;sipQ what the English call the art
I doing nothing. Under the circum'
.,ooss, perhaps they are right. The
-, ssason has long come to an end,
,,d his occupation is certainly better
AN sunui. about which the Capitals
a.s0b,srs have so much to complain in
nnusr. 1t 10 a difficult thing, this art
4 doing nothing. A recent issue Of
laudou weekly tells us that to be prof
s.ns the art cannot be practised too
adv. Oar cousins from the other side
!, seeming masters of the art. and i
issrour Washington stay-at-homes can
~ hons to beat them in its practise,
,tsoueh the ieanesse doree of New York
m Rostou are ia a fair way of emulat-
isg ,he.p. The result in Washington 10
~ aIroQsther satisfactory, for our dudes
a moi seem TO know exactly what Is
upscssd Of them, and our English cou-
INA trIl rs that the great achievement
s,osppear continually occupied. There
IN tgo classes Of worshippers seen at
IA shrine ON Pennsylvania avenue: the
ous does nothing in the fashionable
drss Of the period-perhaps his clothes
srs uropiti0us TO his wishes; the Others
asppesr 20 have their hands full. but II
,ou look little closer you will sse that
here is nothing in them-their labor Is
urposeless." :" ..,
The report that the dear old Tallapoo-
A. With all its memories of festivIty, it's
veil bumped bottom and the effects Of
secretary Chandler, Ia sting IN she
Ends Of Vineyard Souds, caused wall
q regret in official circles. The old
halk Was very much endeared to Wash
seionians, tor she has been kept busy
hkIng naval guests on pleasure cruises
b chesapeake Bay and Fortress Mon
me. During the intervals between her
no a. a pleasure yacht, she has been
tuesRed Ia tue exciting pastine OF run
ning into all kinds of pleasure craft
vhich hug the Eastern shore. None of
lef commanders seemed able TO govern
The caprice of running into her sister
Vessels. For several years past. when
svsr the Tallapeoss started out on her
lrps, heavy odds have offered by adven-
iureus betters that sne would run into
something before she reached her des-
iinaiion, and seldom were these bets
losi. 80 successful were her encounters,
however, that always supposed the old
s1h had her life insured and would never
some 10 such bad end. l am told that
U the course of her numerous contacts
With the rocks and reefs of the Ameri-
an coast she has received a good many
strains that the Construction Depart
neat was not cognizant of, and conse'
quantity was more easily knocked cut by
tnve-knot schooner than anybody could
have expected. Moreover, she Is said To
have had some twenty or thirty COM
passes on board when she sank; and as
l1sss compassss probably all pointed in
Inherent directions, IL 10 not strange
bat Secretary Chandler's spike tailed
sss is new water-logged Ia Vineyard
Aads.
wonder what Secretary Chandler will
bior marine headquarters nov. IL he
Nly had the authority, he might buy
u Roach's Yosemite nc once; but per-
lapa Is would be In better keeping With
Ae navy TO hire a raft or catamaran,
hnething with all its works above the
nies. As an additional safeguard
ssinst collision with rocks or sister
sait IL could be provided with i'm.
vowed electric lights and burglar
iAfms, and IL might be as well TO have
nall balloons as permanent life-pre-
svsrs.
President Arthur has shown bis wis-
tum in Away travelling on the Dispatch.
sn:ch 10 trim little Government steam
nsht that, it is true, has consistently
enstimes been aground, but, Lbelieve.
nz always carefully and prudently
wooded serious collision with any other
Hseei.
Y b enough to acgravate the mild na-
lfss Of the Democratic Congregational
vsmmittee 20 find that they have been
aoussriously firing broadsides which
sess Intended for the enemy into their
~ ranks. The clerks have been care
NV circulating Republican campaign
\ noomsnts ameug faithful OF the
nsmocratic household. Through some
- OF blunder, documents intended
.os The Republican Committee were
s1l fslded and ready for addressing,
non the senate folding room 10 the
ssmocratic Committee. They were
aAnked without inspection, and sent
! ssscast. Ii might even up things II
: = ses discovered that the documents
salea the Democrats supposed they
- s.e mailing had been sent out by the
spoolican Committee. Such are the
'ss'tudes Of political life.
LKNox.