The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-08-15
Washington Letter.
From our regular Correspon ent.)

removel from leased lands. There is 4
still gre .tar abuse to DO c,rrac5el, 81
the S 'uthern Utas country ofC,l>ra1o,
says gentleman VINO has recently com
in from that region, "there are four bi,
English cattle conpaRieso@ned entirel
OIL the other side of the Atlantic The
, have taken up a million acres of publi'
l.nd without the slightest pretense .
having lease Or anything else. The
have thus assumed possession Of lutte,
States property in the shape of Govern
ment land without any right and fenc.
it in. They have driven out the Other
persons and hired and armed the wors,
element to be found ia all that section
and directed these guards as they d..
nominate them, to shoot ut sight an,
Indian found trespa>sing. These people
came very nearly provoking az our
break among the Utos Il few weeks ago
by shooting and wouuding Il young In
dian who did not know that these allan,
had taken up 80 much land. These En-
! yllShmen do not own an acre, but on
,eme ones advice they have jnat taken
possession Vt the euormous quantity Of
| lind mentioned without leave. How
long will the President permit this to
continued The facts AS above stated are
comm ended to the Presidents attention
Any further information ht ma desire
CA, be had, upon inqur from the
Gcncral.in-Chief of the United States
Army.
Tho Presidents departure for New
Y,rk Oh the iocloCll train on Friday
VS. the frat occasion that he had gnn'
away from Washington il acc 'riance
Sth definitely announced program.
lie has soinc liking for going aa1u
without public announcement. Ono re&
son is that he wishcs to escape crowd
whenever he can to SO. To-day he viii
br in Albany, and in few days he VII
20 to his forest retreat. The date of his
rsturn hero is definitely fixed as the
10th. Of September, exactly one month
from yestcr lay.
President Cleveland's letter TO the
,ti'ioncr who betrayed him in recon
mending All unfit person 20 o &c hs
attracted universal attention. 1t wn
ingcniou ly given to the public III the
gr,ise a. Cincinnati dispaic cit to the
New York YimeS. M Judge has bacI
appointed in Ohio, aud the letter WA
not written TO anybody in Cincinnati"
The judge vino Was appointed "" +.
i. bovine, OF Oregon, who WAS mad
district Judge Ivr AE,sa, Oh the 2 st. OF
July. 1t SC :n,s probable that ne was
tho person referred to as being ,,nst in
tnis spicy correspondence. The Presi-
dents declaration that he engaged ''ln
hand-to-hand fight With thu bad 81 :
.u,nt Of both parties" is the most ein'i-
,u,ly mugwunpi,h remark that has
come from him sinca the inauguration.
Secretary Whitney tells Inc that tho
reason why he bought residence out :
side the city ID that he finds great diff
Guilty in sleeping in Washington Hs
SAYS that the difference between New
York and Washington il not so much
IN the temperature during the day as
1t night. He IL having some repairs
made upon the heuse which ho has
sought in the country, and sill occupy
| it upon his return to duty here two
weeks hence.
Secretary Endcott has at last begun
10 take positi,e 'ction in regard to mi
liary matters which require IL reforma
tory hand. His ord,r limits almost
very che Of the department comman'
icrs to send away one cr more members
Of his staff to the re- lin, mt to which he
,elong-. The evil Of long detached de-
ails had become crying one in the
wrvice. Ex-9ecrctary Lincoln would
i've corrected il had he been able to do
Ill that he wished to do for the benefit
Of the Army, bat President Arthur was
not dispJ.el to Insist Oh y high military
| snjrit ~ th, Ar,rv Tbn reyt tSiny tina.