Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-03-04

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space Il lime yet remaining for the transaction
! II ha-ines-.-ani even while the saptoi re,
| sounds with he denuneiatlnn Of 'brleeiy anu
carrup;inn. there are schemes OF plumber a.
fnoi IN The House If Representatives which hon
t est men would a., veil t. watch.--lest they clip
through unab.eised. nid-t the noise aud contu'
sion incident H. the closing scenes Of a regular
/ session 7 tins description of plumber, tue
| Book Job. -oicinating in the liouse,-may be
-ai L. h./ung. Tie history ii II -. IN brirfJnst
/ fhis:-la Ire Deficiency Bill, which passed the
/ House Saturday a-t. an amendment was III
/ SERTED tppfaFraiing nne hundred aud eighiy-
tRr i4ou ,anl seven hundred AMI sixty i've dol
lAr- AMI eighty five cents isl52 7d5 So for
hnuh.. which the members voted themselves
last session. Under the present law, no books
can be- ordered unless by joint resolution of
both Houses The House lsst session pass
ed such resolution, ordering books 10 the
amount above stated, but the senate refused ~
concur in IT. The resolution was the subject of
/ much comment at the time. as 1t was considered
TO be an effort. the part Of those who sup
ported it, 40 increase their salaiie, some xix or
seven fh"usond dollars" it being optional with
the member whether he took the books to which
he was entitled. or their value in money.
Washington correspondent of the Pennsylvania
saw:
When this scheme WIS defeated bY the Senate
there WAS a resolution introduced INTO the House, di
recng the Clerk Of that body to furnish the members
with the books, and an appropriation was insertelin
the miscellaneous appropriation bill, covering the
amount cxPen led III then purchase THIS te SEN
struck out. and the House adhering 10 it, tue bill
came near being lost, the two Houses could not
/ agree but il near the close OF the season, and
the appropriation of so questionable character,
/ the House recedel from at aud allowed the bill to
pass The Deficiency bill reported this session, from
the Committee of Ways and Means, TO supply def
ccncies in tue appropriations OF last year. contained
m item of $4,000 for money expended and liahlli-
ties incurred by the CT TX Of the House, under the
resolution Of last session. aud when 1t was under
/ consideration in Committee of the Whole sat
/ nriay, it WAS amended hy substituting the amount
appropriated last session, which The Senate refused
it, assent viz: Sls2.IGj =. This agreed to in
Committee by very large vote; hit when members
/ came To ote upon it in the ou#eand when the yeas
and nays taken, it defeated by decisive
muorty-ouly - voting in favor of il, showing that
its friends afraid to acknowledge themselves
SUCH and allow their names to 20 to the country ms
supporters ofths plumber scheme. When it WAS de-
lettrd on Saturday motion made to re-consid-
/ or, FeHlin, which the House adjourned; aud when
Tie subject again came up the following Monday,
the motion agreed to and the amendment adopt
ed bg II small m jGritythe qualms of conscience OF
many Of tie members having been settled in the mean
time The bill. a amended, WAS passed. This will
render the tte OF the bill very uncertain, it l. said
the Senate will never agree to the amendment The
House will again have to reeede, or the bill will be
/ lost
'7 ~ .l'',"s o'''
60 "'a ''' ,''''', ~, a,a
discovered, as 1t were, IN the act of jnbbing IN
t""ks. Let the Senate look to it, and kill off
this i.hone,t schcme,-or we shall begin 10 look
upon The Capitol as but little better than den
"
sinmcs. F,mu,e s,Idjcrs
The following description of the King of Slams
f. male military body guard, though not entirely
new. i interesting from il, minutrness 1t APP
! p'ars III til Manittpur ,.r l'Armre:
\ battalion ct The Kings Guard consists #
iOD women chosen among the handsomesi and
most robust girls in the c ,untry. They receive
excellent pay. and their discipline is perfect
They are admitted to serve al the ace Of ID and
are placed IN the army of reserve at 25 From
that period They llo longer serve about the Kings
person but are employed to guard the ROYAL
palaces and Crown lands On entering the an
they make vow Of chastity from which ,herefs
no exemption unless any of them should atnact
the King. attention aud be admitted among his
legitimate wives The Kings choice seldom
falls ON tn most BEAUTIFUL. but on the most skill
ed in military exercises
The hope of n reward animates them with px.
taordinary zral for military Instructions and
Europrans are asst, nishea at the martial appear.
ance that battalion, ii, well as its skill in nanu..
uyring and is excellent discipline. The costume
these women wear i, very rich Their full dress
j. composed Of white wooden robe. embroider-
ed with. gold The cloth i, extremely fine and
Grcende L, far IA the knee; it is covered with
light co..t of mail aud n Gilt curass The arms
arr f., and the head Is covered with gilt cas-.
que. When wearing tn, dre = Gus late occasions,
| Their only weapon i, IA nncr, which they handle
with wonderful dcxterilv With their unlre>s
they are armed with mn- ket. The battalion is
composed of four companies and eaoh company