Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-10-22

WASHINGTON. October 10. 1885.

Letter trem NvasninStOm.
WASHINGTON, October 10, 1886.
Messrs. Editors nomination Of
Henry George for Mayor Of New York
was much of a non-plus TO the Demo-
Gratis there. because his ideas are proba-
bly entertained to a considerable ex-
tent by many Of the rank and file Of the
party. But the kink seems 10 have
been straitened out by the nomination
of Abraham ;. Hewitt by Tammany;
the county Democracy endorsing.
George, however. will run with Irving
Hall at his back; and Il young man
named Roosevelt by the Republicans.
Of Hewitt's ability and honesty there
can be no doubt. but whether he can
stand the rub OF even a New York cleo.
ton, remains to be seen: it being re-
membercd that he was Tildsn's chief
cook in the pusillanlmous surrender of
1867, pittsd against the audacity OF
lack Chandler.
Russia's impudent grasp upon the lib
critics of Bulgaria seems rather tighten
ed than relaxed. Her mass of armed
serfs of about two and a-half millions is
the terror of Europe, but when her i'm
pecuniosity is considered, she may
find the mass too heavy burden TO
carry. Russia's plans are stealth and
seizure, secretly and openly. Her oc-
cxSional exhibitions Of great affection
for Americans arise from no love OF
American principles, for if it suited her
purpose and fell in her way, she would
strike US and our free government and
polity into the dust.
"The sparrow must 60" says DR..
Merriam, the ornithOlogist of the Agri-
cultural Department. But cock spar
row, in language mightier than words,
says "He WON'T" or, if he must 60"
lie will 20 further than he has already
gone. AS things look just at present,
thoroughly as l deplore the visitation
brought upon the country by General
Babcock's blunder, would wager on
the sparrow's side against DR.. Merri-
ANS ornithological illumination.
Some people think the troublesome
inequality now existing between the
values of gold and silver, will be mater
tally relieved by recent discoveries Of
gold in Australia and South America.
Out with the yellow "root of all evil"
and come along with all you can get.
Every now and then some stranger
alights upon the discreditable fact that
the 1000 and odd people Of this Dis
trict "have no sort of influence upon
their own destinies." We have hooks
in our noses and are led this way or that
lust as our "bosses" for the time being
please to drag us. We can neither
truthfully call our souls or our offices
our own, no matter what stripe is worn
by the big man in the White House.
The destruction of life and property
by the unruly violence of those opposite
elements, water and fire, has this year
been appalling. On the heels Of the
shocking news Of the inroad of the Gulf
of Mexico whereby many scores of lives
were lost and thousands of acres of ter
ritory submerged, comes the sad intel.
ligence that the pleasant and thriving
town of Salisbury OH the Eastern shore
of Maryland has been swept away by
fire. For one thing, cities and towns
must have less than the present pro-
portion of framed wooden buildings.
Many populous and prosperous towns
and villages are little else than piles Of
combustible lumber. They are always
in peril, and must pay extra prices for
insurance.
From all accounts, Secretary of the
Treasury Manning 10 anything but well
enough to give hope of continuing Sec
rotary. He is, undoubtedly, an import
ant and much priced member of the
New York family in and around the
White House, but he is risking health
and even life in the effort to meet again
the demands of the Secretaryship. He
undoubtedly overworked his ability.
The President last week slipped
quickly off on hunting frolic up in
Hampshire county in company with
Col. Lamont and Commissioner Miller,
and one or TWO more. A deer was killed
but not by the President, aud as it was,
Commissioner Miller was in such prox-
unity TO the deer that bullet or bullets
whistled uncomfortably close to Mr..
Miller's personality. The President
will 60 to the Richmond gathering to-
morrow, and on the 2sth to the Bartholdi
Statue celebration in New York harbor.
Our "Home Rule" new spapers are in
glow of delight because the Parnellites
have started new source Of trouble in
Ireland between the tenants and their
landlords as to how much deduction
shall be made on this years rate. Most
of the correspondents of our Home Rule
press are red hot Parnell men. What
can be expected of them but sedition?
Yours, &C., JADIs.
Mrs. Greenwich, widow, aged sew
enty years, left her home at Mount