New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-10-13
WASHINGT0NIANA.
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There are strong indications from various op,-s.u.
Of fierce quarrel between the Aiamantine All Pa.
Head Democracy in Congress, from the very ops,s-
Of the Session The feeling on both sides !. bi,t, -,
unrelentiDg TIE Adsmantnes are mos, resps,hn.
not because the Union party was ever OF any aceas,
but because they infinitely the better class Of 49,
better educated a general thing. better eiti,,.
more honest and in every way more sincere and r,T,
bic thsn their adversaries. the Putty Heads T,k. g
comparison the following
DANEL ;. DlcEISsoS JoHS Wax Bsatx
GsrESs BKOSsoS, Isaac v Fosrss
SHsxLss OCoSOs' fsSsrss Sss
Look al these men and their acts, and say VIZ. =,
them are bigh-toned, consistent and honcrable a.
which time-serying hypocritica ami treachera, -
their former professions There ia difference tr,l,
The Administration. you know, is Putty-H Head 30 n.
death. Pierees anger is kndled sgans; the Alma,
tines and he has determined 10 conquer them or p.rA
in the attempt The latter win probably BE- the rrsslt
Removals viii be made and Executive frowns SEQ, an.
errsnds of humiliation Probably Sidney webxte,
himself (the Presidents private Secretary win eet m,l
and swear. If so, there will be terrible time.
Among the leading Adsmantines in the Senate WA,
be reckOned Bright of Indians, Hunter Of Virgins.
Rusk Of Texas and Others. CsSs secretly hates tAs
Administration but openly he will be as subservieas 4,
Pierce could desire His son Lewis is still AT Roma
and the old man himself Notwithstanding his advanced
age, and the weight ofyears upon him. still looks din
ly forward to the time when n shall dispense fven
from the Executive Mansion. Oh. how childish ia el
age.
The Sentinel which started in this city soma tina
since under the management Of Beverly Tucker dis
appointed applicant or the Marshalship in the District
OF Columbia is doing very well having already Acquired
n circulation of $500 copies, At $40 wear For A
Washington paper it is quite readabe and have %
far noticed but bare-aced MEASUREMENT in IT, AL
that was 10 the effect that the Wings still hold half he
offices in Washington. The truth is. that when Mr.
fillmore retired on the ith of March the federal Offices
within the District of Columbia were about equally a.
yided between the two parties-Loco focos notorious
ly holding many of the best clerkships When General
TAYLOR came into power, and Judge Colamer and Ftr-
Henry Warren took possession of the Post-0fhce De
parment, only tco Wings could be found therein 0at
Of nearly hundred when Mr.. Fillmore went out and
Pierce came. the LocoFocos held equally with the
Wings, and there one Webster man. Nor out Of
the hundred clerks or thereabout there are but
eight nominal Wings, and believe not one who has
been known as an active Wing for some years. At one
time during Mr. Fillmore's administration two chief
cIerkshps OF the Departments became vacant and the
office OF Second Assistant Postmaster General They
were all filed by the appontmentof Democrats. The
Departments so supplied were those Of the Interior
State ard Post-0nice.
Mr. Pierce is narrow minded man, as every
body who can read may know and SO we find the ai-
minstraton, Instead of attending to the Legitimate
business OF the country (such regulating the nails
for instance deyOting its time to balancing the patron
age between its Adamantne and Putty Head aihercnts
as ii that were the peoples business. Secretary
Guthrie leaves his desk at the Department and goes 10
New-York 10 see about the LOco-fOco quarrel, As Il
that constituted any part Of the service for which be
receives 5000 year. Secretary McCleand has
also been away on the same kind Of employment
Five years ago he Wilnot Pr0yiso man, at work
up in WimOts District He won't own TO Il now, bat
your readers up there will know whether they saw
him going about In ISIS, and what he was doing
must say a word in regard 20 the improvements 10
Washington since Congress ADJOURNED IN March last
They have been very considerable. Probably no city
in the Union, considering natural advantages, has ed
yanced more rapidly within the last ten months than
Washington Real estate has more than doubled on an
average In some parts OF the town has quiiru
pied and But the rise is not altogether healthy
one Speculation has been rampant, and many have
bought time and will have 20 sell at sacrifice when
their payments are called for. few shrewd fellows
Joined hands in secret and bid each Others lots and
thus raised their value apparently several fold 0ccs
sionaIy an outsider would get his foot in at high figure
and the papers would publish the sale evidence d
the rapid rise of real estate Washington nigh become
a manufacturing city-ts advantages are good Coal
can be brought here at small expense But present
there little 10 sustain 10 except the constant stream
of gold that is pumped out Of the Treasury, and
which goes 10 pay for servants earragehire, costly
dresses sumptuOus living polite vices and 10 sustain
in general class who consume rapidly, and prcduos
little else than the fruits Of an evil life. spesk,
course, OF the transient population Among tbe peof
class of permanent residents TO be ioant the CT
cellent Of the eartb-purer because they live uneon-
taninated among the corrupt and abonilnabe workers
of iniquty
As general thing the private dwellings Of Washing
ton cost about the money the barns Of rich mea
in New-York and have about the same c0nyenienees
They built by ayaricious landlords only TO REsr
When vacant they need sign 10 tell you they wsEs
occupant Is there any pump 10 your house y 700
ask of the little and dried up No Any eisteni
No. Cas- No But the pipes within twenty let
Of your house Well, can't help IL il you want ~
you must bring il in yourself Rents generally amcst
TO about 20 per cent upon the yane Of the property
The markets are high and rather poor. The mesi@
binary spples sold for 81 bushe; potatoes from
81 TO 81 80 and everything else In proportion.
On the whole, Washington has taken decided starr
since the latter part Of 1851 and will in few searsee
come a desirable place in which TO live. The wew
nuisance at present is the dust, which fills thsAlf hn
d thick cloud penetrates every crack and creyiee, hm
your eyes and hair, aud obtrudes itself between
your teeth When we get the water from the Potomac
which the people to give us shall at least aba"
This evil +-+
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