Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-04-30
Letter from Washington.
WASHINGTON. April p, 1856


Editors Register.--It is pretty certain
that the land on both sides of East Cap
/ itol street must be bought, so as to main
tain symmetry in the new building for
the National Library OH Capitol Hill,
because the line of East Capitol street
cuts the Capitol in two. Most probably,
it is thought, the property will have to
be condemned; the owners are so hard
to be brought into reasonable terms for
their land. The present assessment on
I both sides is little less than s46O,0O0
The appointment of Mr.. w. c. Whit
thorEe, formerly of the House Of Rep
resentatives, as Senator from Tennessee,
was very good thing. He was yester-
day sworn in, after some objection about
the wording of his credentials from Mr..
Hoar. His predecessor, Senator Jack
son, has been made judge of court in
| Tennessee.
MIR. Springer, of Illinois, has brought
in bill to provide for a department OF
! labor TO consist of commissioners whose
duty it shall be to disseminate informa-
ton and assist all dissentients in the
business of composing their difficulties.
There is bad outlook in the valley
of the Great Kanawha a. regards coal
mining. The demand has fallen of
greatly and thousands of miners are
likely TO be discharged.
Three murderers now in our District
Jail are to suffer for their crimes this
and next week, Fridays being the ap-
pointed days.
Senator Jones, of Florida, whose queer
behavior and persistent absence from
bis duties in the Senate have brought
upon him public notice and animadver-
sion, is still at Detroit. He is chairman
of the Committee on Revolutionary
Claims, but for anything he has ever
done in that capacity, he might as well
stay in Detroit the remainder OF his
term. He will probably not continue
Senator any longer than to the end of
his present six years.
Anent of courtships it might be con-
sidered reasonably certain that Mr..
Cleveland is OH the matrimonial "hOme-
stretch" Miss Folsom, the alleged
fancee, is said TO have sent to Paris for
her trOuSSeau, which seems rather I'M
gracious thing. considering that the
United States and not France made her
intended President. | should think
pretty good suits and dresses could be
got upon this side the Atlantic without
the extra cost and fuss of foreign i'm
portation.
Those pestilent little wretches, the
German or English or, more properly,
the Babcock sparrows, are proved to be
destroyers of the peach tree buds. Gen.
Babcock never did a worse thing in his
life than importing them here. In Eu-
rope, they form but small proportion
of the feathered races, but here they
have multiplied TO such degree that
the sparrow is about the only small bird
to be seen or heard, with their miserable
jim, jim, the first thing in the morning.
They breed here out of all proportion
to what they do in the cooler and less
timulating climates Of northern Eu-
rope. Perhaps four or five or more
broods in year. There ought to be a
united and unceasiug warefare upon
them in city and country, everywhere.
And henceforth let our wiseacrcs, who
undertake to NEEDLE with the arrange
mentS and distributions of Providence,
keep back their pretentous hands and
let well.enough alone. One thing GER
tain, as for the sparrows, they "must
60"
The notorious (eXcuse me- Henry
Ward Beecher expresses his intention
to "renege," (Which | suppose to be
word akin to renegade or apostate) and
means to quit mugwumpery, and retire
into full communion with his erstwhile
Republican cronies. So far as my poor
individuality is concerned, he can 60
"down and out" the very first moment.
1t is probable that Mr.. Springers bill
mentioned above, grew out OF the Pres
ident's late message OH the subject of
Labor Arbitrations.
a person, very likely to know where
of he speaks, says that most of the mem
bers of the present House of Represent
atives are very anxious to be reelected,
and that they are afraid to move III any
thing beyond the merest routine and
commonplace. The Committees on
Claims are acting in an ambiguous kind
of way, seesawing between two courses,
viz, to pay or not to pay. The best
way would be to pay up the debts The
country is honorably responsible for,
and then take care to be less reckless
and extravagant for the future. Ancient
Pistol said "Base is the slave that pays"
but Ancient Pistol was neither moralist
nor statesman.
Gen. Grants sixty-fourth birthday
anniversary will be celebrated this even
! ing at DR.. Newman's Metropolitan
church, Chief Justice Waite to preside.
Yours, &C., JADIs.