Year: 1869

that the interests OF tnelr SCHOOLS WOulu
not admit of it.


There is great demand for such
school in Washington, and if properly
conducted it will be great success
The colored people are anxious to 'be
somebody anxious and willing to study.
So great are their desires to be able to
read, write and keep accounts, that ma
nv take their books to their work with
them. The messengers in the Depart
ments and hotels are seldom without
some elementary books within their
reach


SECRETARY RAwLINS,


who has been reported better from his
long holiday in New England, is still in
very poor health, after an attack Of
severe hemorrhage of the lungs on
Wednesday. It has-been known for
long time by the friends of Mr.. Rawlins
that he earnestly desires retirement
from the War Department. In fact, at
first his appointment to the Secretary
ship was not sought, but, on the contra
ry, opposed by him for the reason that
his poor health admonished him that af
ter his long and active service in the
war, he required rest. He is better to-
day, and it is hoped that the approach
ing cool weather will have favorable
effect upon his delicate constitution.


DISAPPOINTED POLITICIANS.


There is class of politicians here,
hangers on, who are always surmising,
predicting, yea, hoping bad luck to all
whose success politically might not
rebound to their benefit. This class
might have been found during the war
among the home guards army contrac
tors and suffers. A few of this class no
doubt anassed fortunes, kept them and
are now living at ease, but the maj jority,
Judging fre IN the numbers here in Wash
ington every year, have foolishly spent
their easily earned money. with the idea
that shrewd intriguing would ever af-
ford them a competence. Andy was
dead, and the clique supporting him
would be known no more. The nomi
nation of General Grant was enough to
assure them that the Republican party
would triumph and become donor of the
spoils, and they consequently made ev-
cry effort to identify themselves with
that party, to the end that many of them
received the sanction of members of
Congress in their efforts for offices un-
der the present administration but in
most cases failed in their efforts, thanks
be to the sagacity of General Grant -
Ever true to their nature, pro ct con, as
their interests dictate, they now oppose
the Republican party, and take courage
at the mixed condition of politi cal af-
fairs in Tennessee and Mississippi


GETTYSBURG BATTLE FIELD.


Our citizens have been attracted very
often from the city this summer, and
just now number Of them are return
ing from splendid farce, to call it by
no worse name, at Gettysburg. Let us
see We Generals, Colonels, Majors,
few if any Captains, perhaps they are
hardly high enough in rank, and none Of
the boys who did the work, as they are
not apt to know, or care much about it,
as they are unknown to history, ace, /
say, knowing that Gettysburg was the
turning point in the war, and rs it is
nothing but right that history which
is sometimes s!ra NICELY forgetful Of the
truly great, should be made to hand
down our names in letters of living light
and glory to all future generations we,
therefore, will call general meeting of
the officers of rank, who engaged in this
battle, to note all the points and make
US as prominent as possible, and we will
cal! upon all the highest officers of the
johnny Rebs,' also. to aid in cur en-
blazoning the records of their defeat and
help US to see exactly how hcroica.ly
and wonderfully our prowess beat them
back, though they had such heavy odds
against US. Did they come? Some pre-
ftrred not Most preferred not, it wo'd
SEEM Our own officers seeing clearly
the egotism AMI self laudations of the
whole affair, were slow to take hand in
it, Gen. Slocum being the only Major
G eneral into it. Letters of excuse have
been received from others north and
south. 1t was beautiful thing for
Gettysburg and for the hotels which a
correspondent caused to loom up so
prominently in his dispatches in every
thing he talked about There is q great
deal of money in it to the people there,
and the selling of cannon balls, swords,
bayoncts, and other relics of the battle
field, which will continue so long as it
is profitable, were still as brisk as ever,
and it is possible that the traders Of that
charming little village can find ways