The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-08-14
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LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
Some Of the Beauties of Baltimore Coun-
ty-Ref1ections on Other Matters
Matthew'S Appointment, &c.
WAsuIxGroN, D. c., August 18th, 1886

WASHINGTON D. c., August 18th, 1885.
Editors Union For the third time since spring
or the beginning of summer had the pleasure on
last Saturday two weeks of running out into your
county and spending couple of weeks there. I
can conceive of no greater pleasure than to get
rid of the heat and noise of the city and do so.-
Lounging under the green shade trees that adorn
some of the front yards in the 18th district of said
county, or roaming over the fields watching the
farmers work, the slowly moving pillow turn over
the light and friable soil, or occasionally playing
a game of croquet when the sun is getting low and
the shades are gathering around, or listlessly con-
templating the lowing kline as they slowly wend
homewards their way at eventide, or casting the
eve further around and viewing the varied beau
ties of nature the rounded hl-tops their slopng
sides all covered with lawn like carpet of green,
or the waving fields of corn, or thick folaged for
ests interspersed here and there, and then the in
tervening valleys and these all stretched out for
such distance, one after the other, as to form a
beautiful panorama to the eye, is far superior to
being immured within brick walls or having to
tramp hot concrete pavements all day in super
heated city which hardly cools at night. I speak
thus, although the Summer in this city so far has
not been q very warm one.
1t may be for the sake of change that some Bal
timore countians may take themselvs away from
their homes to Atlantic City, Cape May or even
Canada. I mean no reflection upon any who
have gone to the latter place-our friend, Mr..
Reese Arnold, of the 4th district, recently ap-
pointed in the Baltimore Custom House, included
except they be bank officers or of that kind;
but to me there is nothing more enjoyable and no
place more inviting to go to than your own beau
tifu Baltimore county. While there heard that
one of the editors of THE UNION was paying a
visit to the same section of the county was in.
In fact got glimpse of him twice on last Sun
day, at the Asbury Grove colored amp-meeting,
but did not catch up with him sufficiently to speak
with him as he perambuated through the grounds
and within the tent circle.
On last Monday morning was reluctantly CON-
PEELED to leave the country and return to this city.
Every one can appreciate the great change in the
order of everything on being suddenly transported
back from the country to the city. The whole
order of even ones thoughts is changed. In the
country he has been engaged in contemplating
nature and viewing its beauties, he has listen
ed to the talk of the farmers about him relating to
country affairs, the crops, &C., and for 50 long
time that he forgets that there is another world
existing outside of that small arena of rural facts
and rural scenes-a great, bustling world that
does not interest itself with the matters that the
farmers dwell so much upon, but great topics of
politics, business and government, and upon a re-
alization of his change of location he is at first
much like soldiers who have just crossed pontoon
bridge with steady step who can't tell whether
they are still walking on the bridge or the land.
So he is confused and must take some little time
to overcome the change and take up the entirely
different order of thoughts and things that pre-
vail around him.
When 1 returned found Congress had adjourn
ed. No one seemed sorry except perhaps the
boarding house and hotel keepers. To the rest it
had become drug and certainly was Of no use to
the business community longer, except to buy
few seersucker coats when the weather got pretty
warm. But after its departure the city had
somewhat deserted look.
Since the adjournment of Congress, and even
some time before in the one instance, the main
topics of conversation Of interest here have been
the two with reference to the embroglio with
Mexico and the reappointment by the President
of the colored man, JAS. L. Matthews, of Albany,
N Y, to be recorder of deeds of this District. As
the former is not likely at all to result in war
with Mexico it is not worth any extended notice.
But the latter is exciting more interest Of local
character The appointment is most unpopular
with the citizens of the District especially the
Democrats, the latter of whom think that many
good white Democrats Of the District could have
been found to have filled such an important local
Office Hence the appointment of Matthews is
r;oht roundly condemned. To hear the converse
ton on the streets and ia the hotel lobbies with
regard to this matter one would shortly conclude
that the Democrats had two causes Of complaint
against it. The first Is that such working Demo-
Gratis as VIM. Dickson, delegate to the National
Democratic convention and others, are passed by
and man imported to fill the offce-a $4,000
Mace: and the second is that importation should
he eolored man. They think the Democracy of
the whole country should rise up against it, and
in fact a great many or nearly all the Democratic
Congressman when here we're opposed to it,
When the appointment was first made Repubi-
can Senate was looked to to defeat the oonfrma-
ton, which was done in Difference to the desires
of the people oil the District But after the Senate
adjourned the District Democrats here say that
the President reappointed him in defiance OF the
wishes of the 100000 acknowledgements as
we'll as Republicans. ANON.