Show OUR witter 1 froin I houi our own correspondent forr capi bial washington sept 18 1880 the winter population of washing tonis coq is beginning to return aad the hotels as well as the business busine aa and fashionable quarters of the city are nr resuming le suming t air wonted appearance it will be a long time until the halls balls of congress and the corridors corn dora of 0 the capitol are again aam crowded with legislators isla tors lobbyists hobbyists and sight seers but meanwhile matters of national interest are daily transpiring here and the importance of thee the capital tip it a I 1 as the great and per pennant mant news centre of oc the united states is is recognized by the many papers who keep correspondents pon dents here the year around arouni the capital has grown with the growth of the tha ration nation the ibo government of the united states the national life and manners as mirrored in in washington ington have become a subject of in in tere ter stinK eating stud only to the abilo 0 pher the tha historian bis and moralist b but ut to millions of intelligent citizens throughout tua the country every year more and more wash ington is is being selected as the natural rendezvous of all conventions and assemblies that are at all na en dional in in their character arrange ments were proposed the other lay day for the accommodation of the sol thera diera to la be present next may hay fit at the grand competitive drill tor for which 20 in i prizes are offered and to which elinzy every military company in in the country will be invited during the coming winter several national con mentions will rendezvous here washington is la the moat attractive city in in the country especially in win ter liand handsome some public b ul aldin I 1 vate rasi residences dences hardly equaled equalled equal ld led by any american city for number and beauty broad streets a and nd two hurt ban dred hiloa ot asphaltum paTon pavement lent almost every empowered embowered ered in foliage olise and the pre presence cresenc e of the most distin distill men of 0 the whole nation in assembly these are unique features and alwy draw they have drawn thousands of wealthy men to come from all parts of 0 the tha union and build residences transforming the caal capital ij into our winter saratoga Hara toga if the knights templar desiro desire to hold bold their conclave hers bore during our nicest acost entertaining seo Bf eason son we will not only welcome them as an assurance of our regard for their honorable and useful order but we will take meas ures urea to extend to them royal he hospi toli bality washington is is equal to her destiny it u expected that special envoy sedgwick who has haa completed the mission of investigation of 0 the tha cutting matter in in mexico menco will reach this city to day at which time be will make tho the secretary of state his ofil cial verbal report col instructions when appointed special envoy were to the effect that his blare re port fort should not be made in in writing but ut delivered in in person to 0 o the secretary this thia being the case there will of course be no record made in the tha state deportment of his hia mission mii aion aud and its results the ilio chances are that it will nver be made public asit ai it will be delivered to mr balard ISa yard anil and tin an der tho the circumstances it in is not at all likely that he will allow it to become the property properly of the public the con tro vergy growing out ot of cuttings Cuttin ps im in has practically settled it self and it will make but little dif ference what may be the result of the tha investigation carried on by the en voy the 1 bo war De department just juat now is i in in the midst of a discussion us its to the roper proper disposal dispo salof of the apache indians choso whoso capture has cost ill the e government so BO ranch blood and treasure there are a class of ary ann pundits tits who imagine that the hunt for those mur murderers derors and thieves has ha been warfare and that the in deans are entitled to belligerent rights when V hen a score or two of indiana who have been living iving on a lea er valion Tation fed and cured cared for or by the government stealthily leave leava their and ariga ge in in it rani raid throughout a wide extent of co connar conn tr not seek seeking ing troops to fight but I 1 ut robbins robbing and mur dering der ag peaceable working people men and children in their homes and fiendishly torturing und and mutilating men and ravishing women is is that war tiny any more than piracy t and rd when these miscreants ancar nations of cruelty and batish b lust last aro pursued anti anil lifter loj loi pursuit i thi r caught or campoll con apoll 4 d to give themselves up because eltiy y are out of ammunition oat of food and so BO surrounded escape a anil a d further farther deviltry is impossible is ia that capit illation of a hostile force engaged in legitimate warfare are the they prisoners of war they are simply felons murderers mur derera assassins assassins ravish ers ere briand laws caught red handed by c r pursuing force a military posse ministers of outraged justice tas tico |