The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-01-02
Washin yt,a Letter.
,From our regular Core pondent.)
WASHINGTON. Dec. BIZ

WASHINGTON. Dec. BIS;
| The President having dined last
week With Secretary Baynrd i'll order te
meet DR.. Holmes, accepted the invita-.
ii II ofSccretary Mannn. to the Christ
mas din ler, and d ubtlrSs he will bt
entertained by other members of the
Cabinet hereafter; but fancy he will
nor be h~eiy to accsnt invitations out
ids of the families OF his Cubine;. III .
New Years + ,sptiun at The White
House will begin at the usual hou~,
a Il doubtless it will y" u,,' Of the most
cuw'ied receptions that has ev + been
held there. The arrangements seem t."
have been vrrv successful, ml.le, anI
il CoinIes Lamont onlv sue; I'd, IL.
iispoSlng nfthe ''!adv c"rrrspo ,'r't.'
t. their own and his sarisE,c ! N. i
Viii he memorable NeN Years ia, "a,
rhr Whir H nus.
The jn>,ia> # the S'prcm G AZ
are very indignant over report, '-,,r
have been sent ont from here about y
narr'nm they main Ill, behi.l the
scenes. ?."ple who read this article
ani il las been wi ipIy pnb|i<hc |
througho the c''u4trv, will later from
it lat to" Z e>' in !ici,l tribunal #
ne country, hitch w arc Ia he hao
o. nrllcrin. the ahlcst, pure It and
wisest in the word, i; cNmn 'se'i Of a
1t If old sn kvr> r,,4ay Il j.. II probing
ed detnucn. The st'ry y.~s that they
nave "a 81, elard G!ie.i Mil IT,. f est
la lnrs, Il kettle of vanr alw,vs a. tte
oii ~ ,,,int, au'l keep nlan AT he
expense uf ~" Government, o,sC
eli i:-ot qpaliic rio is toe nr,'c' Iala-
t he o,iul>, and whose. ".iv duv i,
to do it. Ever, lily who knows any-
Thin about the Sup,r',sc Court is aware.
that 'lns story is a ''R'e tic ION, Invent,
I'd t" give srice tra l.t''r a'1i pr" ",;ly
WRIT Ell vi. boul ina.,c" ~ Il :i.nu-, az II
tie false ;,nnrcssi n it wnu | create
S,,.nc If the real estate dealers in this
CRY are eudeavori,lg 10 persuade the
President To- rec II mend the erection of
\ new executive mansion, but | under
stand that he has given them no en-.
enlargement A bill all he IN reduced
in both houses for the pni],ose, and al
Offer will be ma lie by tie svnii ate VIII
control TIE PROPERTY On Columbia
Heights to sell sufficient l,ni for the
site at very low figures, as they can aI-
ford to do, but do not think tn,
scheme will meet with much favor.
President Ar,hur had plan which,
ought to have been carried our before
the erection OF the new houses which
NJ. Adams and Mr.. Hay have placed II,
The cornnr of II and Sixteenth streets.
1t was to purchase that bl ok boundeu
~ Ii, |, Sixteenth Streets and C,mnec-
tieut Ave.r on which Mr.. Corcorans
house stands, and erect an exccutiv,
mansion there. Mr.. Arthur often dis
cussei it with Mr. Corcoran, aud the
latter was very tavoranly imp essed
with the idea, although it took no deli
mite shape.
The other day, Pm told, couple of
Congress 'lnen went to tn. White House
to ask the President to assist them in
securing the confirmation OF u maj,
against whom some ebjcc'ions la been
,ased. The President told them that
the appointment had been made upon
their recomm nd,,t,ou, and without any
perscnal knowledge on his part of its
fitness, aud ii the objections were JUS
tilted he hoped he would not be con.
tirmed
hear that Senator Evarts is going
to charge in his speech on the silver
question that, bat for the attitude of
the Arthur administration, the silver
commission to Europe, OF which he was
"a member, cuuld have secured an int r.
national agreement which woui have
solved the silver question aud given the
United States III! the advantages tn It
such al arrangement can bring.
Just &c Miller IF tie Supreme Court
has expressed the opinion, Iunder.tand