The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-09-07
Washington Correspondence.
WASHINGTON Cry :,

WASHINGTON Cry, Sept. 3, 1872.
Close Of the R,Vnp Congress Their MoraLs-C Cana
cities-E6ect- Ney Organisation ofthe Nary
Department.
My DEAR BENNETT
have occasionally heretofore advised you of
matters and things doing and TO be done in these
central diggings and shall thus continue ever and
anon TO edfy yon and the countless host of eager
readers who laugh and grow both fat and funny
upon the varied and instructive contents of your
Ubiquitous Herald, which ever brings glad tidings TO
honesty, and Humpets detection of vice.
The headers-oh of the Gaping here find them
selves very much in the uncomfortable plight of poor
Pat, who, TO his utter surprise, sliced of his own
humeral excrescence with sythe, in his eagerness
to head with the end of its handle, honest indie
pendent trout, who was pursuing, in his legitimate
and constitutional element, the and straight-for
ward tenor OF his way. They have, as YOU know,
adjourned, and most of them are now on their way
(bunot rejoicing) to meet their constituents. Like
truant schoolboys, they go home in fear and trem-
bling of the birching which nine months CESSATION
of puerility and pettfogging, reasonably entite
them to expect. However, there is, It's said sun
shine behind every cloud Let said deluded consti-
tuents grumble about neglected duty-about the dis
graceful and degrading scenes in which they have
acted tor the qualification OF the prePosterous hopes
OF the Kentucky jugger-sti they believe the vr-
tues of soft sawder and lying, like those of "sper
macet for inward bruises, will soothe and cure all
such popular irritation, and if they fail, there yet re.
having pocketed eight dollars per diem for nine
months, and an equal amount for every twenty tor
tuous miles of constructive travel which they have
been afflicted with IN going to and returning from
nothing Of the books. gilt edge paper, pens, ink,
penknives and other ''stealings," voted to them
selves, out OF the public purse, amounting, besides
sSd per and to about to each
OF these things, however, did not intend dis
coursing you at starting. i may hereafter resume
the subject,a and enghten your readers with expo
stion of certain ingeuiou and recent within-wheel
movements that will doubtless highly edfy and de-
light them.
What proposed on commencing this, was a CON-
municaton In relation TO an act OF Congress, which
passed on the last day of the late runp session,
abolish the office Of navy commissioners, and create
in lieu of it, five bureaux appended to the Navy De-
partment The bill, as it originally passed the Sc
which, either Captains or Commanders fthe Navy
to preside. The latter rank of officers was en-
braced by amending the bill asrepored by the Naval
Committee, with the expressed view of affording TO
the Secretary OF the Navy more extensverange for
the selection OF competency and talent. This sautary
provision, inserted as was all hands understood
for the purpose OF giving the Secretary opportu
nifty to get rid Of the late Navy Commissioners, and
new bureaux, was stricken out in the House of Re-
personalities, by the active lobbying of the Navy
Commissioners themselves. To this amendment
the House also added others which am informed
nearly destroyed its usefulness, and rendered the
attempt at reorganization an utter abortion. OF
this, however, l am personally ignorant it may
may not be the case. To the Board of Navy Com
missoners is Justly and generally attributed the pre-
sent lamentabe and shameful condition of our ma
tional vessels and OF their equipment. The EXPOSE
tons Of Lieutenant Maury over the signature of
of the grossstupdiy of this Board of its g-headed
obstinacy, and of its dlsgraceful, infamous waste
Of millions upon millions of public money! puts
beyond question the fact of the entire unfit
who have constituted the different Navy Boards, to
control or superintend any of the naval matters,
heretofore entrusted to the Navy, Commissioners,
bureaux in question. Yet, the three late commits
sioners, and their secretary, to whom perhaps
more than any other man, the evils so loudly COM
preside. over four out Of the five bureaux The
nth being entirely OF medical character, is pro-
perly to be under the direction of Naval Surgeon
My paper | find is used up. must, therefore, de-
fer to a future number, any further remark on the
subject, and remain, &c.
WASHINGTON Cry, Sept. 4, 1912.
Washington-the Ladies-their opinion of young
Mr.. Bennett-Tebb and Mike Waish-A peep at
Certain Proceedings in the Senate-Mr. Clai-
borne of Mississippi Philosophy Of Politics and
Lorc-I'H Secret Of Success-A Ghost Story.
DEAR GENERAL
The "city of magnificent distances" is most de-
serted. Congress is gone, the God-like Daniel is
gone, Captain Tyler is preparing to go; but the la
dies, heaven bless them, are here STILL as bright and
beautiful as Boast as you may about Broad
way, avenue is paradise compared with it.
Washington is beyond all the world for lovely wo-
men. They are decidedly Parisians in their
manners, gentle, accessible, lovely, and in
many instances, highly intellectual. They all
read the Herald, and now that Tom Mar
shall and temperance have put out, they talk
of getting up a. meeting at the Apollo Hall, and
sending on delegation Of the most beautiful to
escort eje"ne editew to this city The girls are al
date for 1880, who has used Webb up so often
They swear he is "a chip of the old block and
will be terrible. fellow one of these days 1t is
shrewdly suspected that the young 'un wrote that
famous speech for Mike Walsh-glorious Mike.
Who can forget his graphic description of Webb!
6 fellow" said Mike, "who prates about honesty
with bride of $1,000 in his pockets; who talks
about courage with the whelps Of a cowhide on his
gallon Of punch in his belly!" Why, less than this
made Cicero illustrous, and Mike is of immoi-
tality. Every body has the speech of by heart;
Miss Nancy Kinney sells it at a shilling sheet and
Hlncheys parrot repeats it TO every passenger but
the girls, who detest man like Webb, who will
run from six inch mahogany stock, all swear that
Bennett junior wrote il.
Be this as il may, no speech has ever created so
great a sensation, andif Mike comes here we will
lionize him.
N. b. Is he married. Single men are no go here;
they uncurrent coin; value is attached to
them. Married gentlemen, who know how to do
the agreeable, all the rage, and petticoat nhu-
is beginning TO be felt in all the arteries of the
metropolis. Well, this IS as 1t should be- The
Kingdoms of the old world have never been so well
governed as when under the administration of wo-
men, and if we could turn out one half of our lazy
office holders and appoint their pretty wives, bust
ness would 60 on much better.
good many singular incidents took place to-
wards the close Of the session, not the least of
which was the proceedings in relation to the cele-
brated Choctaw Commission. The President no
minated Mr. CIaiborne of Mississpp late member