The Washington critic., 1886-06-24
TOPICS OF TIE Day.

tembcr Z, 1861, while the Confederate
army was at that place. lie writes that
he would have sent the bill before, but
having mislaid his book in which he
kept such charges, he could not recol.
lect the exact amount, though he re.
membered perfectly the transaction
but having found his book he now
sends the bill lie calls Mr. Hills at
tention to the fact that there Is
also interest due on the bill,
but he leaves the amount to he
paid for such interest with him. He
states that about the same time he did
work for some of the "dignitaries" of
the army amounting to about 50,
but was unable to collect his bill. and
last fall he saw Governor Lee aud
mentioned the matter to him when the
Governor promised that he, himself,
would pay him. Under these circum-
stances he thinks Mr.. Hill should pay
sixty cents, If not the interest also. Mr..
Hill, who was with the army at the
time, says he recollects that his whisky
cantecns were frequently empty while
he was at Fairfax Court House, so they
must have been In lcaky condition
ana needed mending, and will send the
amount of his bill.
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Says a New York special to the Bos
ton Herald: The liveiest talk of Wall
street to-day tinges financial topic
with romance. George Gould's mis-
sion to England is ostensibly to look
after certain monetary interests of his
father, but the belief is that the busi.
ness errand is secondary to the young
millionaires desire to visit his reputed
fiancce, Edith Kingdom. He was a
constant, devoted wooer before she
went TO London, taking her riding al
most daily in carriage or on horse.
back, and whenever she was profes.
sioDally disengaged in the evenings,
the couple were apt to be seen in some
public audience. When his brokerage
partner, Washington Connor, was
asked why George had determined to
go abroad, he replied: "On private
business "To wed Miss Kingdom"
your correspondent suggested Mr..
Connor closed his left eye and said:
"Of course that would be private bust
ness" Wall street had good deal of
fun anyhow discussing young Gould's
trip.
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A prominent Republican politician,
speaking about eXPresiGent Arthur
the other day to the Washington cor
respondent of the Kansas City Times,
says that what troubles Mr.. Arthur
now is the might have BEEN He
sees now where he made grievous and
almost criminal errors. He ilouted
General Grant, turned his back upon
to
confidence and friendship and indeed
punished almost every old friend,
particularly those to whom he was
under obligations for favors, personal
and political. He undertook to found
dynasty of his own, built upon such
flimsy foundations as George Bliss, Bill
Chandler, Benny Brewster and few
others of like kidney. His adminstra.
tion was presumed to be the incarna.
ton of intense respectability and pre-
eminent aristocracy. The "Barneys," 4"
Mikes and "Jakes" of New York
politics, who had been check by iowl
with "Chet," and put up together many
musty jobs at the New York polls,
were placed under the ban, exor-
cised by bell, book and candle, and
the anathema maranatha launched
against them. He snubbed his old
stand by, Colonel George G. Gorham,
endeavored TO railroad to the penitenti-
ary his friend of ancient memory, to
whom he was deeply indebted for no
end OF kindnesses, ex-senator Spencer
formerly of Alabama, now living in Ne
vada. Hewas terribly angrywhen Judge
Wylie dismissed Spencer from illegal
arrest and detention at the hands Of
Brewster and George Bliss. When
MIR. Arthur sought denomination al
the Chicago convention of 1884 he
found all the Macbethian ghosts of his
victims come back to plague him, and
in consequence was avalanched by the
cohorts Of Mr.. Blaine He did nothing
TO aid Blaine election and retired to his
New York home when President Cleye
land was inaugurated. Then the ever
living present turned its back upon
the past, and the eX-Presdent, bereft
of power found himself no better thar
other folks and to large extent po
litically Stunned. Therefore, he
has become i'll at heart, i'll Of
mind, and, doubtless, ill of
body, deriving some consolation, how
ever, from the publicity of these ills
and the persistence with which they
are kept before the people to remint
them that there was once Presiden
by the name of Arthur lie is no
alone in keenly feeling his retiremcn
from public life. The reynardish Bill
Chandler likewise keenly feels it. III,
turned the cold shoulder to the very
best and Oldest of his friends, and now
they turn against and rend him. Bol
Lincoln, perhaps, keenly regrets, bu
he has presidential aspirations, poo
fellow Ben Brewster keenly regret
also; Frellnghuysen, Howe and Folgel
are under the sod, and the only two
left of the Arthur Cabinet membership
who are lively as crickets are Franl
Hatton and Teller-the first sue
cessful Chicago editor and the other
talkatiye Senator.
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Says New York letter to the Al
bany JoHHal' General Daniel Il
Sickles, who for some reason or othe
prefers crutches and an empty trousers
leg, was an object of especial rcgart
during the pageantry of Decoration
Day. ooh, Dams hero, guess,
said an old campaigner "and fit int
his division, but just the same I've go
somethin' agin him. See that dog?
and he pointed to brute of particu
larly mean aspect and sinking man
ncr. 'Ile Nin't got no spirit--you ca
see that, eh? or course. Well, tina
was once the breczest, sassiest, proud
est dog that ever gnawed bone.
loved that dog like father. We'll,
brought him to town for Decoration
Day, In Broadway we met GencrG
Sickles stopped to look at him, fo
hadn't seen him in ten years, II