The New York herald., 1849-02-12
WAsHIKeroy, Feb. 8, 1913.
Matters awd Thimgs IN the Capital.

Matters d~d Iht~gs ~ me C0Ptt0S
Mr.. Hale presented in the Senate to-day, the
petition of Mr.. Haines and others, of New York,
praying the abolition of fogging in the navy
Upon this, as upon all other abolition queetions,
Affirmative. And here, at least, he had all the
argument on his side. Mr.. Haines is mere prose-
cuiing this important claim before Congress, a
claim on which ne asks that the backs OF the sail
ors shall no more be subject to the lash at the
Slightest caprice of the officers. When tue great
naval power of the age is lifting up man to his
true standard of dignity and res ec, for his fellow
men all over Christendom It ID true that Jack
should have hearing and a pa, a,tIcipation in the
ameliorations going on Jack demands a hearing
through his friends, and we hope they will push
bis claim I'LL Congress Is made to hear, and to act
in fIs behalf.
There was large accession OF strangers among
the visiters to the capitol to-day, and quite good
beginning for the grand display OF beauty and
fashion that s TO be concentrated here at the inau-
guratiOn balls
Item. The big white pine pavilion Is completed,
boarded, and rooted, and the inside decorations
are to be on scale corresponding with the splen-
dors Of Buena Vista. This Is the orthodox ball.
we are informed that they are also to have the
Gung'ls. The pavilion Is some 200 teet long by
SO feet wide, and half tall as the Astor House.
1t occupies the site OF the great bazaar OF the
Il intended shall be the Buena Vista Of all balls.
Ten dollars ticket, and few more left OF the
same sort.
Mrs Gen. Taylor, Col. Bliss and lady, passed
through the city last night to Baltimore, where we
under rstand, they will remain till the inauguration.
Some Of the wings begin to revive the necessity
for an extra session; but Gen. Taylor, we suspect,
Is not prepared to hazard his fortunes upon that
rock on which the administration of Gen. Harri-
son was shivered into fragments.
Fla this city there Is scarcely sympathizer with
sullivan in his late disastrous. defeat. The
"b'hoys" are of the opinion that It will do him
Wp hat he
Maryland authorities were incompetent to arrest
the brutal exhibition.
The Senate to-day. adopted a resolution, on
retain the officers of the Senate for term OF six
years. instead Of re-electing them at every Con-
eress. Mr.. Benton remarked, that year in ad-
vance OF the reelection there were men 80 violent
for office as to be boring Senators with their
claims, from the highest place to the lowest.
His object was to get rid of those troublesome
customers, and the resolution does the work for
three or TOUR yearsto come.
The next thing which the Senate ought to do,
is to abolish the constructive mileage of their
honorable body for supposed journeys home aud
back, Between II o'clock on the night OF the third
OF March, and II o'clock on the morning of the
fourth or fifth, when the extra executive session
begins. We call the attention Of MI. Turney to
this reform.
The Mexican Minister explains very reasonably
the conditions upon which gold diggers are to pass
through Mexico. They are not to 90 through as
military detachments. All right enough. Tne
only misfortune Is, that party of travellers would
think of gong through Mexico without being
armed to The teeth. This, however, they may do,
without the appearance of itary organization.
We had very brilliant and enjoyable hop at
Coleman's this evening /; for, In addition to the
Messer Of the hotels, number of strangers, and
several bellies among them, participated In the
quadrilles tn. conversations, and the collation..
Mr. Bradshaw had crowded benefit at the
olympic. He did Macbeth credltably, and Burke,
the afterpiece OF the Lady of the Lions" sus-
tanned his high character tor the grotesque IN a
buIlesque. w.