The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-10-04
WASHINGTON, Oct. i. 1850.

Among tie looby members OF the two hOu se5
having claims or bills Of relief pending before Con.
gIcss, every session, number Of ladies' are fair
~ entitled 70 be enumerated They are gene
rally the widows or orphans Of men who have
died in the public service, by land or by sea-
They may be singled out, by a stranger, from their
punctual attendance, day by day, upon the pro-
ceedngs of the House or the Senate, for months
at e tme-ran or shine. IF lady is seen, every
morning, in the library, hour before the sitting
Ofeilher house, earnestly converting with the mem
bersasthey arrive and regardless ofcommou pc Ope;
and II with the punctualily Of the clock she takes
her seat In the gallery, intent upon the business of
the morning hour until the taking up of the special
order, rely upon II ia. re is bill somewhere in
the calendar in which she is deeply ttrested
And il, on the taking up Of some particular private
claim, she disappears from the gallery, and shortly
after is visible at the door Of the Senate, sending
iG fer Senator "lrst Tor momeI'," t5a!'s the
case.
Seine two or three sessions ngo. the lamented
Mrs. eY President Madison, and the venerable
Mrs. Alexander Hamilton, attended by her faith
fal and aiieCtiosae daughter, were among the
most regular attendants Of the Sen ATE debates But
after The passage IF the bills for the purchase of
the Madison aud Hamilton papers, these interest
lpg relics ct the revolution suddenly disappeared.
Iht If mies0n was accomplished; and with il their
interest in the ysieries Of legislation Their pre-
sence had excited great influence in their behalf,
for the opponents Of their claims were comparative
ly dumb under the scrutiny of those dear old faces
in the gallery.
For several years past the extension Of the patent
Of JethIe Woods plough has been II great object
with the heirs o! that gentleman But il has al
ways been rejected AT the present Session, there
fore, the egusrds were brought into r-quisition in
the formidable combined force Of three of the
nieces of Mr.. Woud-three of them; but they
were TOO quiet and submissive 10 congressional
delay they did not single out the weak points in
the enemy lines, but carried on their EFT icks at
he Ia troh nv d.
fault The bill was lost, and the heirs Of Jethro
Wood abandoned the field, prob ,by 10 bring up
their reserves again at the next session.
OF one Of the alcoves OF the Congress Library,
day after day, modest, highly intel gent, middle
aged lady has held the exclusive occupation from
eleven I'LL one o'clock, for the greater part Of the
present session. with as many papers and pamphlets
before her az the Chairman OF the Judiciary Com
miitee. She has wasted no time ia idle converse
lion, but has worked with the s,eadiness Of good
clerk in the Land Office upon her manuscripts.
Who is che What il she about IL il Miss Dix,
of Massachusetts, sister, we believe. of Hon John
A. Dix, Of New Iork-a lady of wealth, and
who, having TO family upon which to expend
her store Of domestic affections, has taken up
The cause Oi the poor lunatics all over the
land. She hss travelled from State to State
on her mission a mercy--she has collected the
statistics Of the luIatcs OF every S,atc--she has
made out u powerful case tor them, and she has
had bill peadire, providing for grant of ten mil
Lions of acres OF land TO be divided among the
vera Stacs, for the support of Their indigen, in
sane Was toe bill lost! Yes. HOWE Old
Bullion killed il. There was no time 10 lose
only day or two Of the session was left; and as he
rcsc, with the evident purpose Of talking the bill
down, Il was postponed till next December, when
We shol all be happy TO welcome Miss Dix again
10 Washington. The fault Of Mss Dix was the
Dcglectng 10 get 10 The windward Of old Ballion
II you don't consider him worth con suling upon
scheme so Important as this, you will be very apt
to IND our yos, mistake, when you least expec. H.
ono OF the most sensible Of all the bue-stoc kings
has been with MS fer several months, and by her
easy, unassumine manners and cheerful conversa-
uon, has becomr quite popular. She IL not beaut-
fui, hut she don't care for that che talks WELL
walks well, and IL really very agreeable young
woman. Why, then, did her grandfa,hcr's pension
fail Everybody was for il. The fact is, she was
too certain; and when the day Of final action came,
she was TOO late. she had charmed the members
with her conversations in the library on poetry and
'uch things, I'LL they forgot, and she forgot, the Old
crgndietler's pensiun But the neglected. msiabers
say that they have got the bill all ready 10 pass the
trst thing next ssssCn
Mrs. Browning, the young widow Of the late
Lieut. Browning, who MAS diowned IN Hamboldt
hatS0F, Callf,Ipia, while on duty, also had her
ccirn 10 lock ailer. And shs, has succeeded, PEG.
zion, pIiZe. money and all Why sol Because OF
the merit Of the bill but because also OF the exer-
else Of good business tact in the case. She is
handsome pleasant little lady in black. and slips
through the crowd as noise!essly ~ possible. Bu,
she i q woman Of business She fortified her
claim IN the Senate, rot by recomrnc ndingn to the
out UGH rnen Benton, Fsors, Chas-, lIsle, Cas-,
Mgucum and others And she secured Benton by
keeping the suPpor Of foote from his knowledge:
and she secured The admiration q Fooe by telling
him adroltly that che hoped he wouldn't opposc
The bill because Col. Benton went for It," ''No,
rnudam, never; your claim is jusf, and the
cause ct The widow aud the orphan. is my
caute-rely. upon that, MAIDEN" Thus es-
Ieblishcd, Mrs. Browning's till went through
readily, and The fret conversation we overheard
fcm her in the library. was, that the ball had gone
10 the Pre- side AT and che srrd o. know At what
tine the Secretary 81 the Treasury ia his Of
ice. Mrs. browning understands the maxim Of
business first aud rsst'me afterwards.
~ the next session Ne expect ~ and rally. The
slavery Questions being adjss,ed the calendar VI
private hills win be taken up We anticipate
good time for The " idOwe and orphans. The sol.
diers' lard bounty bill will bring ihrm In, we sus-
pect, by hundreds. 10 look after their claims and
We world iusi'e al circumsPect old bachelors and
wif0wtrs, 10 look in upon the procee iings o. Con
gress fer a fcw days, q. the next session II will
he abort but lively the cabinet and the diplomatic
cons inieud Ia ~ Ike u brilliant season AMI the
lsdy lobby members are Invited 70 attend.
w,snceroy. Oct. ., Isjo.
n, Dcssried Cug-Trs y,se;wv Sliding Out
CSbiHc Sr,sicl- Changes in Oge, 70 ~ made-
NeU Cisrkf cyTofnsff- BmirssH ant Eii-7rds
goiss oct, Yrs5ib'y-NifhI. Sirg,ni's rcsc-
TN, Sc.
theis homes, aud the city il dull in consequence
The Treasury is shsllinr out the millions, 10 the
rroper Quar;ers. agT,estly to the appropriation bills
lately passed irto laws. The claimants. again
turned Oh by Congress, have. 60 tyr as they have
been able To do -, gene home once more. sad and
6isactriened, and perhaps for the last time. For
years and yeGrs, Wills; they have been meeting the
d.ef ear 81 Congress, their number has bccn thin
irg OIL until the srm total 81 The cli claimants n,
small indeed. Where are they al who used 20
wal. on Congrcss lot redress aud rri,f some fifteen
years Drol Echo snswCfs whsrfl Most Of them
arc ia heir cod graves. Who Killed ia eml Let
those who are guilty answer
The cabinet has had long session to-day The
subject ~ rcuovsing tl,c clerical force in the scye
raj Executive Departments has been discussed, aud
preliminary siti- IN the busine - have slready been
taken. Mr. stuart, the trump Wig ofthe cabinet
has issucd crr isr 10 the heads Of all the burca
in hs Del lrimeu' which will bring him the infor-
nation Necessary for bic orrec, action in the pre-
rsi.f