The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-08-08
NUMBER 10.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

OUR WASHINGTON LETTER..
The President. yac,.tion-yaried Views OF
Washington Observation-Disclosures Naval
Observation-Disclosures and Health
of the Capital-Prized Relies ss-snubbed
by Snobs.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Aug 1. 1885.
EDITOR CHIEF:
The President will leave for .lew York
| on Friday and unless something unexpected
transpires he will hardly be seen in Wash
ington again before the middle of Septem-
Der. should not expect him to stay away
much later than that date. His plans for
seeking quiet repose in the woods Of North
ern New York have already boen sufficiently
published. He evidently intends to come
back fresh ill the autumn for the hard work
that must precede the session of Congress,
and, indeed, must continue while Congress
is hero. But it should not be thought that
the President is going to be simply Idle
during his absence. For five months he
has been constantly denied the opportunity
he socks to ponder carefully many impor-
| tant topics and to study the national ques-
| tione which are something new to him.
This opportunity he will have while absent
from Washington, and it will be of great
| advantage to him.
DR.. Newman is reported to have SAID that
the memorial to be erected over General
Grants body should not be conventional
and meaningless, like tho granite shafs
erected to honor Washington at the Capt.
tai" DR.. Newman's opinion upon such q
| matter is not of much importance, but
there are others who ought to know better
| about the Washington Monument. Those,
however, who live within sight Of the great
shaft know that the design justifies itself.
In the ho1nely phrase of tho household, "the
Monument grows on YOU" It has grown
to be part of the daily life of thousands
who havo never analysed their feelings in
regard to it. Unconsciousiy the eye seeks
it, and dwc!ls upon it. Its vastness and
simplicity allies it with nature and il af-
fects the mind after time, as do tho sea,
the lake, the cataract and the mountain.
As all great natural objects have, 1t has its
moods. 1t has many aspects. III the gray
of early morning, in the bright sunshine of
noon, in the mellow evening, in the star
light, in the deeper darkness, the Monn-
ment gives distinct und separate impress
sions to the belolder. The gathering mists,
the driving rain, the gently falling snow,
the fierce lightning, all seem to have pur
pose in their dealings with the great shaft
as they do when they come to surround
towering craY or fall upon the tossing
ocean. General Grants friends will do
better than think they viii if they obtain
for him so satisfactory memorial as The
Washington Monument.
The court martial Of Paymaster General
Smith Il dragging. .iits slox langth al0ngt tia,
| hot weather. It is thought that the Testimony
may be finished some time this week and
the argument bean4 . - ZEE most
remarkable couus s-ne ever held in the
Navy in time of fpeaee: The present
bureaus of the Eaxy were established in-
l842, and until the recent coust-martial Of
Surgeon General Walesthere never was,
believe, Il trial Of head d bureau. Tho
court is an imposing one. All sit with their
full uniforms on except tina Judge advocate,
Lieut.. Lern,ey, who is SO ac.sye that a reg
ular uniform would be little furdensome.
He wears white dress uniforI &C
cused, of course, is in uniteES
torneys on both sides are
case vigorously. "a. 2
A Boston paper says th,i ss,idsss, 4 ,,o
has had a temperatsg'1isxe ixeaical Deaf f,et, =, \
erees tor someths@ wye Mprs; MaI. Claa CHI, b,
there seems to be All Ut ssciaIay. J4 sran.a
vacations on the part of sc1th. 18th Is this Yea,
in spite Of the extraor sis moderdl ,uducenar
to get away which, tIx offer.
It has Tong been tn, lkaS. write ahon
Washington as lot ana & s,althy plac
IN summon. AS matter o.f.s it is th
healthiest city in1 the Easte}n States, an,
during the hot fpell the theS Smometer doe
not rise as hi9G as it does hn Baltimore
Philadelphia and New York, while cases q
sunstroks ARE almost unknown. Washing
ton is feally one of the most desirable
places for n summer residence
| Jfhe 3Oo medals struck of for the dole
gates who voted for Grant in the Republican
convention of 1876, are better npprseiatesi
llnow thar, they we're three or four years
ago. One of them WAS shown at the Ebbitt
House OH Wednesday evening. A Tonnes
see Republican held it in his hand with low,
ing clasp. 81 was offered $500 for it by
gentleman from New York to-day" said
he. "No money will buy it unless / am
starving. It is now precious relic, which
was but little while ago the SCOT of the
politicians and newspaper vita. For one,
was always prouder of it than anything
possessed Now uaas sslse WORM fusla.--our.
choice Now all the world knows that yfe
rightly interpreted the hearts of the people
and named their choice. Ii any politician
doubts it let him die and note how tho
mourning for him compares with that for
Grant"
| am glad to write that one of the big
London clubs has been blackbaliing num-
Der of New York gentlemen who were mp
plicants for admission there. This auits
me exactly wish they had blackballed a
hundred instead of handful. AS long as
American gentlemen will put themselves
in the way of being snubbod by the London
snobs let them have it i'll good thick slices,
l say. ! am always delighted to hear that
some Americans have been insulted and
turned away from the Grand Metropole and
hotels in Trafalgar square. l hope tls"
EuglisEmen will g pile Oil the agony" until
uf..upid fellow Gil iE.sns find out Just how