New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-04-18
GOSSIP FROM THE CAPITAL

PERSONAL POLITICAL AND kNFCDOTLL.
frRox THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT 81 rHy TRrBrSIS
WASHINGTON, April 17.-I,efOre this letter
you qudnuncs and wiseacres OF the town.
having already settled upon the person OF the young
lady to whom the President is surrender his hand and
heart will have fixed the date for the marriage, deter
mined whether 1t shan take place 10 cnurcn
or at the White House. and decided upon tho
length and duration of the welding trio
In the course OF the several attempts made,
understand, by ambitious matrons with manageable
daughters to capture crusty Old bachelor who lives
in the White House. They failed ignominiously. how.
ever each left out Of consideration tho Pres
dents sister, This true, was serioas mistake Miss
keeps close watch over her brother audoeng
a woman and keen observer 10 boot had no dncnlty
In dvining tho plans OF the conSpraiors against her
bro,ber's liberty and Of frustrating them. One young
woman In particular-I say yong" because she has
thirty for the last seven yearsreeeived lesson
which no proved interesting incident IN mo
campaigns waved for years against transporting
bacheor and which she ever 70 give an account
of her experience in this field to the public would no
taken by other young women equally AMBITIONS
Unfortunately at liberty to tell what TOOK place
at one OF Miss Cleveands Saturday afternoon recep
tons.
peculiarly unfortunate nomination was made bJ tho
President the other day. 1t is that OF H. Donhit to
be postmaster at Salem n C. Since II was sent to tho
neghbors Of Douthts and Democrats too. who charge
him with having perpetraed the most inhuman cruel
ties during the war Among othsr things he Is SAID 10
been the commander OF provost marshars escors
OF the Confederate Army and such It was his business
to guard and prevent Confederate conscrps from cs-
Gaping. At tine no arrested nrooer
Of men who were suspected Of an unwlingness
to 20 to war; lie marched them out Of town and after
going short distance OF the prisoners TO stand
up the roadside He then ordered the escort " he
volley the This was done without tho oricr OF
q court martial and. apparently on his responsibility
alone The body OF the ate was left lying
in the road After proceeding for some distance ne
stopped and az ain amused himself the same manner
And thus continued until every prisoner except ono
had been disposed OF IN this cruel and DAT
barous manner This last man he tod
thar he might escape to the woods II he
first volley did not finish him. The voaey was nred'
and the man. being only slightly wounded. started up
the road in obedience to the orers of Doutht but tho
latter, who horseback. pursued him, sabre III
hand slashed him over the head and, drawing MS re-
vover, shot him down aud riddled his bohy WIN o''
lets The deed excited Indignation at The time,
and though an ardent advocate OF the confederate
cause Doutht has never been able to live down MS
record. Among who now protest against HIS con-
armation by far the greater number are eh-Oon'
federates
Twas talking tho other day with Arnold Hague. tho
geoogst Of the Government Geological Survey about
the destruction OF timber IN me Rocky Mountain rego
said he: "Innumerable railway ties are annuaIV
consumed by the Oil and lines OF railways In tho
far West they are usually dependent upon young trees
from ten to twelve inches IN diameter. b"ch
tree furnishes on an average only two tee IN
Montana and Wyoming the demand Tor railway
ties is largely supplied by tho tamsracX OF "''cA
pine In q year OF active railway OulidihS IN AZ"
West the des rucOn of vigorous young trees must y"
counted by millions IL is etnated that the I'M 'ry 10
by
amounted to IL 00o aud in Wyoming to S32oo'oV'
Another source of injury 10 the Tor stS near mn' ~
Tres IN the West is the enorinoos Consumption VI '
coal In smelling furnaces country devast'tei oy tho
charcoal burner is dreary waste The nuhoeF vi irs'
smelling furnaces however so scattered over tne
country that permanent injury. except 10 te" c'e'
MAY NOT be considered The other causes on
the other band amount to what IS almost "n"1o'"'
struction Of timber. and 1t Is not easy 10 cacu"' ~
permanent injury the country resulting thef''fon'
Washington is the town OF bicycies AT every honr o,
the day It's streets crowded with 'inachihe'' ieh
nv peope young and old Even ladies' on
come 10 be a curiosity longer or course the enoo'h
,sphalt pavement OF The Capital is great ihdu''"c"s
IN neople TO ay all themselves of this kind Of ocomoo
shoud not be surprised the next generation OF TWO
in Washington CITY should produce some re'harAao''
blcyclers surpass in skill and eDdur~oe .ho p''
of the present day The boys OF Washing
ton are brought up the management OF inc ueyc.o
almost from the cradle, before they seem aiy apis
walk
Tn. work Of pa,nting fresoo in the roiunda
of the Capto. 0hs ire SEQ tho way, is an abominaon
and sham because designed to Initiate oas-ie"oi'
and it ought to be wiped oup has come 10 H'l Stop
apparenty work. at least. has ceased upon IT. i"'ro
IA not history enou around says tue ARTIST anu
he shrugs HIS shoulders as no surveys ans
nainfing which covers only about tbre'qisiters
OF the space allotted to IT, me No. ~ ,he
New World. Thus the boat Of Columbus eisrs u,'u
sand and Ams5ea I. depicting the barcans
sIruck with the Indians their lands yard OF TWO
farther on few Of r S,aroas Wsr FOR
fought by half dozen hgares on seventy i've eq"" r
feet OF wall Lexington and n%tk sTr,;e with Eng
and Scenes from the Mexican war ieIi"w,
ia all very grand. The imagination OF 'ne , AlVss
nor wanting Tucn comes a blank The artist has Iaa
WORK until septs October There r. serious d
ncuty overcom" propem 20 sose i,.r. ia a
Sso vim link n history al this pon Putting the las.
pume In tho helmet OF his soldiers INC a,ust ST.
In m xed Italian aud English Zoe inaiahs .1 ~,
zee .adiers all gone vat now r aud stops VITA ms
shoulders his waiting for ,hs var Of m,
yeheIloo would hurt the feelings of the party ID y. w.t.
Il is not thou ht Of An emsne'p"n 70 oset
Fnsily Architect Clark and Librarian sp nofd p' .ne
mi 70 @yo.vc into sham bas-rref They sng
ve.teI first that he represent tue usoosc., ,,iJ.,.
S.ntornia But the Italian only raised his shou,ae,s
oarer MIS- ears and looked blank di.approvaL I1sn
Mr. spoord proposed that the artist tes. va. ~. IN tae
r, y cinc railroad or tas artist eApre-scl ~
LAYING zoe corner-stoue ov zee raros III. H,r,et
H., head bet ween his shoulders stll another propos
to NJ The s ar s be-, sSS artist
snrrnrs,r,ck at the idea. In tnls diemns Ine ",.s
has been iurio9shei Il o. NH Mr. CisveaSa. Adj
n,pstration may in mean~ his have mads nis'o'J
How, for instance. would aPah'Elec.tIo P""
HrcCNne nsDR IN ORDER