Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-08-01

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..ssafxa9o1 x1ws AND eossfr.
The icbbise Are now daily crowded with
e!ainasts and draansss 30 dense is the
throns sursoundine ths halls Of both Houses,
that one not scesstorhed 70 be much about
them, can With great difacuity pick his way
thee. Many woe.oegone claimant, who
has for years in vain beseeched VIVA. he holds
to be justice in his case, may DO found there
| treating the stone pavements outside of the
Halls for hours, just as he has been accustomed
| to tread there at the close Of each session for
from ten to twenty years past, in the hope that
| in the general rush Of business in the exriIing
hours of q session, streak Of luck may turn
up for him. The faces Of more than score of
such people are as familiar to the habitues of
the Capitol, as the appearance of the con-
| glomerated pillars of the House hall. They
| look shabbier now, than ever before. Their
locks have grown white, while their eyes and
| cheeks are deeper set in their bones, and time
| has wrinkled and bent more or less of them
Verify, some of them would pass, in their toute
| snsembte, for the most heart sickened quarter
century pauper clients in an English oh ancery
| court. One has but to note the countenance
Of any one Of these patient poor creatures, to
realize that hcpo deferred does, indeed, make
the heart sick. On Friday next, they will
cease for time to seek the Capitol, and be-
fore the next session opens the grave will close
over more or less of them; dying of disappoint-
ment's contingencies-want Of nourishment
and spirits-to be buried, it may DO, st the
expense Of the corporation of Washington. In
our day, We have seen more than one claimant
before Congress commence argiug his case in
rufiied shirt, gold watch ana chain, and fine
broadcloth, and end it-dead in q gutter or
clubhouse, half clad in mid. winter @
The drunmers, too, are conspicuous there.
Being in for everything likely to pay; and as
nearly everything being matured during the
PAST long session is to be fnally disposed Of
within the next four days, they are exceeding
ly nervous just now. At any monlert from
half dozen to twenty Of the aristocratic of
this order, may be seen in the rotundo, count
ing the chances with as much apparent in
differences as that displayed by my lord Lazy,
when betting money at Crockford's, on faro.
The lady drammsrs, too, are On the ground.
They sit in the ladies' gallery Of the House,
oyling the creatures below, from under curls
and artificial flowers, knowing we'll just whom
to strive to get out Of the hall when an import.
ant vote il about to be taken Or Who g seek
to molly in his opposition to an obnoxious
measare-witk squeeze Of the hand, melt.
ing look and an" All, do now, for niy sake:''
As strange as it may seem, it is generally be-
iievcd here, that mere or less ladies are hand
| ssmely raid at times for services rendered
after that fashion, in influencing the action OF
Congress. They are, of course, fcr the most
part, winter Birds with US, and a:e nearly all
blaze in society here; their Washington asso-
Citations being almost exclusively hotel society.
After all that is said concerning lobbying
| in Washington. tho lobby has of late effected
little which the country will have cause to
regret. Much previously effected b. it ere.
| ated reaction, and thus drove of most Of
these whose conduct gave reasonable cause Of
| complaint. We miss, at this period of the
session, fifty familiar lobby faces-the faces
If those whose operations nave, for the mos
part, earned for the lobby, the unenviable
| reputation il bears. Early in the session
| many Of them were on the ground; but the
tone Of the present House Being very decided
| y against their success, they SOON "vamosed,'
| like sensible mon. There are gentlemen around
he Hobbies who are legitimate professional
| legislative attorneys, who are men Of az much
mid and character as any in either hail, and
whose services arc absolutely necessary In
these days, to the success cf almost any private
| measure whatever; a. the time has gone by
when o claim-we care not what its merit.
nay be-may be relied On TO pass itself. Some
ne must be on hand to take due care that il
does not receive the go-by, in order that tbs
| favorite bill Of same member or outsider may
be urged in improper precedence Of it.
Prolongation Of the session.-We arc in.
clined to believe that majority Of the Senate
| are anxious for prolongation Of the session,
and that movement t, that end is contemplated
in their chamber. This is the result Of the
apparent impossibility Of closing up their real
business in business way, by noon Of the 4th
inst. Yesterday,it will be remembered, quite
IN hour was devoted 10 the Senate Chamber
to the reading of the reports in tia Batcheldol
case, VIXEN there was not the slightest necessi.
~ for 50 doing; the fiat Of . single member,
ander their rules, being sufficient to set at
bought the wish of all the rest of the body
The same cas-, was debated, too, at some length
Notwithstanding the offer Of Mr.. Adams to
submit it on the reports, by way Of saving most
precious time. The River and Harbor bill
discussion occupied the balance OF their day,
though there were five or six general appro'
priation bills before thom uucOnsdered. Post
loning them thus. to the las. hour. renders it
,a-.ain that they cannot be properly disposed
#, ere the time fixed for the end Of the session
arrives. By Wednesday or Thursday next We
anticipate they will pass resolution extend.
ing the life Of the session. and under circum-
tarces: it may be, which will compel the House
assent, if they would save the civil and di.
plomatic ard other general bills, without the
lue enactment OF which tho wheels of the
Government must stop.
Mr.. OR in the Chair.--We have seen every
member preside, who has been called to the
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