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wAsHrNCrON CORRESPONDENCE.

WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE
n WASHINGTON, Dec. &, 1867.
IN becoming lie cosrs spondent Of the Crescent,
confess ID tsspidation which may pc excused wnen
/ 4 i remembered that succeed gentleman whose
thorough acquaintance with politics and whose versa
tils peI have won for him the enviable position of
editor of one Of the Oldest and most influential jour
m is virginia. cannot hope to interest the read
a. of the Crescent 50 much as my predecessor, and
wish only to reap that measure OF success which is
rarely refused to any honest endeayor. In fulfilling
the duties Of correspondent my aim shall be faith
fully to report what shall witness, be able to dis
cover, and to comment thereon with more Of par
tsan temper than Is nseparabe from the very struct
urs Of the human mind and the uncontrolled con-
ditions Of education and association. To wrangle,
to misrepresent to perceive with jaundiced vision,
and to assa with envenomed coarseness belongs not
to my dspoaition and shall be no part Of my vo-
cation.
The good city Of Washington is, as usual at this
season, full Of mud, hacks, strangers, Congressman
and seekers of Office. The hotels are cheerful with
avaricious expectation, ready to welcome you with
an engaging hospitality, and still ready to ap
pend at your departure BILL whose longitude is ex
ceeded only by that Of your face when you pay it.
The hall Of Browns hotel is Babel in the daytime
and Bedlam at night; the noise Of the packed and
pressing crowd is absolutely deafening, and isbeght
ensd by the contrast Of mute card-writer who, in
the door, pursues his calling with de-
lightfhl unconsciousness Of the uproar around him.
The effect becomes ludicrous by the entrance of pitt
ful woman and boy, the former of whom twangs
gouty old harp, while the latter pulls away at an
unhappy ACCORDION.
BY telegraph you will have learned the organiza-
tion Of the House long before this letter shall have
reached you. The Democratic caucus meets tonight
in the hall Of the House Of Representatives and as it
Is not usual to ohtrade politics such occasions the
possibility is that the nominations will be made With
ont difficulty.
Congress has q busy session in prospect fpresent
signs are be relied on it will be fully as stormy as
1t is busy. The imminent question will be in regard
to the admission Of Kansas and here is the creuasse
momentarily widening, through which distraction
will come upon the Democratic party. Its best
friends Of either wing, predict this and it is to be
feared that in too many instances the wish is father
70 the prediction. How the dissolution Of the Ma
tional Democracy is to be averted must puzzle
those who are best acquainted with the anomalous
coalitions with which its past history abound. Never
was any administration in pitiable or danger
ous dilemma, and whether it be impaed upon the
Or the other horn, it matters little, snce in either
case the result must be fatal to its party boasted
nationality The mpertinent appearance here Of that
artful dodger Walker and the repeated conferences
between the President and Douglas, destined ere
long to become Black Douglas,) have resulted in q
breach, the extent and pefmanence Of which are not
concealed by the polite and guarded expressions of
official courtesy. The stand taken by the Executive
in favor Of the Lecompton Convention, and against
Walker and Douglas, is applauded by the Southern
Democracy in the highest terms and it is boldly pro-
claimed that he has done and is doing all he can for
the South We shall see.
In view of the war in Utah, it is likely that the
aisng of five or ten new regiments, to be added en-
permanence to the standing army, will be urged at an
early day before Congress. It liz probable that Gen.
Quitman will be reappointed to the distinguished
position Of Chairman Of the Committee on Military
Affairs, and, should he favor the contemplated in
OF the army the doubtless will be car
ried, and the Mormon cancer extirpated without
delay and with the least possible expenditure. How
ever ayerse the popular mind may be to any augmen
tation Of the standing army a moments reflection
upon the vast and constantly increasing frontier of
our country, the greater part of which is wholly with
out defense in FORTS men and munitions Of war; will
suffice to show the indispensable necessity Of the pro-
posed addition. Moreover, the new regiments will
afford comfort to many hundreds Of the poorer classes
thrown out Of employment by the exigences of the
present crisis and in danger of starvation during the
present winter. is much TO be desired that the bill
may be passed at the earliest practicable moment,
and the work of enlisting and enrolling be entered
upon at once.
Minnesota and Oregon will apply for admission as
States during the present session. and another step be
taken towards that preponderance of reesoil repre-
sentation which must render the South the help
less vassal of =" the original and pure fountain of
legitimate political power will of the majority"
These States will come into the conederacy with the
peculiarly obnoxious feature of alien suffrage IA
feature which, strange to say, does not exist in the
Constitution Of Kansas published in ertenso in this
mornings Union. Is it the g manifest destiny" OF
the Democratic party to appropriate principles as
well as territory; and are we upon the Of wit
Messing the adoption by this party of the most odous
notion Of the Know Nothings? 1t would seem SO.
Paddy voting for the Democracy is one thing, but
Hans voting for the Black Republicans is quite
another thing. The principle is altogether differ
ent. 1empora n,utant,u, but the Democratic party
" mutants = never. No.
To counterbalance the extension of freesoil area
the South has in prospect the territorial organization
OF NATsOu'S valley auu AFlZonia. Lleuu hoWry, ol
the latter and James NJ Crane, of the former locality
are here to press the claims of their respective
districts. The undivided Congressional strength of
the South should be brought to the recognition and
enforcement Of these claims and to the speedest pos
sibe erection Of the territories into States But
our best efforts will not long avail to save from
hopeless minority in the Upper House. When that
is lost there is too much reason to fear that al will
be lost.
Parod and Vieuxtemps are giving concerts here to
large houses These artists are too well known to
need praise. They are assisted by Miss Miner and
Mr.. Perring The singing of the former would
sound better if Nature had been benevolent to
her face and neck the latter should be persuaded to
unbutter his voice. MALou.
| ANOTHER lRoN.--We see by the Memphis Appeal
Memphis and jackson Gaey, Crisp HAS another Gafy IN
Huntsville, Ala How will
fire another time will te To Huntsville gone the
plenilerons English Opera troupe that lately delighted
for the indignant ghosts of Rossini Verdi and the
We think Mr.. Crisp would do well to change the
name OF his theater, and instead OF calling it the Cal
ETY., we propose to him to call it the Solemnity for
more solemn humbug than his Vicksbnrg Gaiety has
never been witnessed since the food. Mr. Conrad
Clarke, as Othello, and Miss Courtney as Desdemona
are little too much for the patient public. Those
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