Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-10-30

WAsliINdroN, D. e., Oct. q, 1855

Chauncey NJ. Depew, of New York,
well-known as diner-out and promi-
nent Republican speechifier. The letter
was written to Fred Grant, son of the
late General, and pretends to state GER
tain facts impugning the consistency
and patriotism of President Andrew
johnson in first, entertaining senti.
ments and purposes of extreme severity
against prominent Southern leaders who
had previously been i'm the service and
pay of the United States; and secondly,
when General Grant refused to fall III
with Johnson's views, in wheeling
round and endeavoring 70 get those
very leaders to join him (Johnson) in
setting up legislation in opposition to
Congress. Persons in closest intimacy
with President johnson deny the whole
story, and indeed it seems to have been
made pretty much scout Of whole cloth"
Mr.. Depew has certainly taken nothing
by his motion.
Two daughters of Boss Shepherd were
married last week here in the District
at the same ceremonial. One of the
bridegrooms was a Mr.. Quintard. son
of an Episcopal bishop of that name;
the other is young man engaged with
the Boss in silver mining in Northwest
ern Mexico. 1t is reported that the as
Segment by Shepherd was allowed by
the assignees to be suspended for ten
years without interest, and as the ten
years are about up. and the property as
signed is worth at least treble of what
it was, the Boss is regarded as now
worth double the value of his large
property when the assignment was
made. The Boss is lucky man, with
unusually lenient creditors.
Much dissatisfaction having been felt
and expressed with President Cleve-
lands apparently unsympathetic feel
ings for the Democratic party and its
fortunes. he has sent 81 900 towards the
expenses of the Gubernatorial campaign
i'm New York. He will leave here to
vote in Buffalo in few days. Welcome
as the money will be, the general effect
might have been better if sent a month
ago, or before the complaints were so
many and loud.
1t is understood that Senator Voor-
bees, of Indiana, has on the anvil
thunderbolt which he will hurl at the
Civil Service act at the coming Congress.
A writer in Republican journal now
before me, says: That that act was
passed in order "to tie up President
Cleveland's hands, or the hands of any
Democratic President. VOORHEES, APP
pears to regard said act as the greatest
fraud Of the passing age. One feature
of the act seems anomalous in that it
would disallow Mr.. Cleveland and most
if not all of his Cabinet from filling va
cancies in common clerkships or mes
sengerships, if they so desired.
In Maryland, but more particularly III
Baltimore, there is a strong fight against
Senator German. He is charged with
endorsing Eugene Higgins for an APP
pointment in the Treasury, although he
knew that Higgins in 1882 broke into a
room where ballot boxes were deposited
and put 300 fictitious tickets in them.
Two others, Thomas and Mahon, are al
legged to have been his confederates.
German is also charged with having
bargained with Pearson i'm 1884, then, as
now, postmaster of New York, to defeat
Blaine if possible, by preventing the
LOO postoflices employees from getting
to the polls. Pearson is said to have
done this, and was rewarded by contin-
| uation in office.
Senator Sherman, of Ohio, made a
speech here at the Ebbitt House on Sat-
urday evening, the burden of which
was elections in the South. He auda-
ciously pretended that in Louisiana,
| Florida and South Carolina, the colored
people had been deprived of their votes
in 1876. Perhaps they were, but by Mr..
Sherman's act and consent.
| One Purvis, colored, from Philadel-
phia, saw the President few days ago
with a view of putting some colored
man into Fred Douglass place of Re-
corder of Deeds. 1t is good place with
from $4,000 to Sc, 900 year. Douglass
was made Marshal of the District of Co.
lumbia by r. B. Hayes, but as he was
not proper person to introduce foreign
ministers and high people to the Presi-
dent at levees and the like, Mr.. Garfield
removed him as marshal and gave him
his present office. Mr.. Cleveland told
Purvis that as the place was to be vaca-
ted Douglass having been a very offen-
sive partisan) any suitable colored man
could have it without regard to politics.
Surely Mr.. Cleveland cannot mean to
give the place out of the District, for the
office is supported entirely from fees
paid by District people. And why Mr..
| Cleveland should follow in the footsteps
of Hayes and Garfield it is hard to see.
If he wants to conciliate colored politi-
clans without regard to party, there
must be a plenty Of offices without using
up the veiy few that properly belong to
the District people, and whose wishes
ought to be paramount in the matter.
What has this community done that the
President should bear and feel so hard
against it?
1t is reported that Malone and Rid
! dleberger are not on the best of terms,
and that the former has "cords of
money" to help him. Hot work for
week all round the political hive.
Yours, &C., JApIS.