The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-03-26
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, d. c., March %, 1885.
Mr. Editor Notwithstanding
The clear and pleasant weather
which has prevailed during the
week, and the numerous Out'Of.dOO
attractions afforded by the advent
of spring, the President has kept
himself secluded, aud has cOsItinu'
Ell to astOnish every one about him
by the remarkable amount of labor
he performs daily. Among the
rumOrs which have been current
here duriHg the past few days Is
one to the effect that Mr.. Cleveland
has sent an agent to Lltchheld,
Conn, to look over the ground fol
a summer residence, and that nego-
tiatiOns have been completed for a
lease OF a house III that town Tor
the summer months. The PreSi-
dent has in reality made no plans
for the summer, and it is thought
by bis friends that he will spend a
few weeks ID the Adirondack region
late in the season
Although Thursday was tue
fOrty-ninth birthday of the Presi-
dent, there was no celebration of
the occasion at the White House.
In the evening the President, nc.
companied by Miss Cleveland, Miss
Van Vechten and Co. and Mrs
Lamont, attended the "MilkadO'
performance by the Emma Abbot
Opera Company at the New Nation
al Theatre. The Presidential party
occupied a private box, and upon
their entrance were warmly APP
plauded by the audience.
On Wednesday Senator Ingalls,,
of Kansas, introduced in the Senate
IA very sensible proposition in the
nature of an amendment TO the
constitution, changing the date for
inaugurating the President from
March 4th TO April Both. A great
deal eau he said in favor of this
measure, aud there al be no Seri-
Gus objection urged to it in any
quarter. There certainly should
therefore be no delay in
its adoption, either by Congress or
the legislatures of the several
States.
The debate upon the Edmuuds
eSOlutIOnS, which has continued
the week, is beginning to
gu w wrarisOme both 10 the Sena-
tors themselves and TO the general
public, AS is attested by the thin
sprinkling of people IN the galleries
and the number of vacant seats on
the floor.
The Senate Committee OH com
has been found to be equally
iNided upon the question Of re-
PORTING the Eads ship railway bill,
Iud it has been decided to material
y mo.ify its provisions. MesSrs.
and Kenna, who have been
10 the committee, are under.
stood to be hostile Ia The bill, aud
he prospects Of it's being iavOrably
exported are thought 10 Oe slight.
The long continued absence OF
Jones, of Florida, whirh
las been the subject OF universal
newspaper comment since the com
nencement of the sesSlOn, ~ begin
to be- regarded by his friends
u a more serious light. One of his
EARNEST friends in the Senate says
lN,.f la L.ay $40 .I..l.f fl.f AIp
IOnes is actually insane. He ig.
lOres every effort to induce him TO
eturn to Washington. 1t is
bought that had he paid attention
o his Senatorial duties during the
winter that he would have had no
lifficulty in securing a reelection
o the Senate for the term begin.
ling next year. Now, however,
lis chances are believed to be hope.
eSs.
Among the bills favOrably con.
idered by the House Committee
N Invalid Pensions during the
Veek were bills to Increase the rate
# pension for loss of leg or an arm
increase the pension for the loss
# an eye, Snd the Ellsbury bill to
'ensiOn all h%OnOrably discharged
Oldiers incapacitated from per
Orming manual labor, unless such
disability was OccasiOned by their
,wn gross c~arelessness or vicious
1
There has been placed upon exhi. /
'itiOn la the National Museum, as {
present from the Pennsylvania ,
railroad Company, the original :
"JOhn Bull" which was {
'uilt in 1881 by Messrs. Stephenson !
Sou, at New Castle upon the
'yne, England, for the Camden & n
ImbOy X. Il. Co., of New Jersey. 6
first trip made by the engine |.
ms upon the 18th of November, 4
in the presence OF the mSRi.
ers OF the Legislature, and il was
ODtInued in use until 1855. AL.
this is not actually the first
used in the United
tates, it is probably the oldest in
xistence at the present time.
The monthly report Of the DE. j
artmeDt of Agriculture, about TO y
g issued, will contain under the \
cad OF "Frauds upon Farmers,D 4
n account OF the manner in which s
Irmers throughout the country I
ave been sWiDdled in the sale Of a
nlless oats. This fraud is found Ii
have been imported from Canada Al
1850, since which time IL has =
atle its way intO every Western y