Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-02-04
WAsnINoroN, Jan. End, 1853.

IVY $3.50 ~
Friend Burt What nature has done
for this region about Washington, is real
" delightful. The climate here in mid
winter, is so warm that no overcoats are
needed. The sun looks down upon us
with as warm a face, as II did IN Nebras-
ka Inst May, and even in June. The
farmers are actually turning over the
grodnd for the reception Of the seed.
Every body ought TO live here during the
winter months. la. ..
But there is another side. What man
has done is far different from the above.
Old Dame Fashion is q very tyranical
body-those who do not conform 10 her
rules, had better be some I where else.
She is the most proscriptive Old bag, in
these regions, that | ever saw. Then
again, the better feelings Of our humane
tartan natures are crushed and tied up by
the all powerful influence of an ontnipres-
emf oiigarchy. II a nuns tongue would
speak in these regions, it must be tow ,rd
the south pole. If he turns it northward,
it might get frost bitten. | never saw
that Bible prediction so clearly verified rs
l have, since my wandcrings here. The
ground is literally cursed for mans sake.
This curse has SO spread its virus over
the whole face Of nature, that it will hard
Is bring forth thorns and thlstles.''
The work Of men in all this region, are
all imperfect-this is a great pity.
Yesterday being the first of January,
was a gala day at Washington. Old Sol
looked down smilingly, and all of Uncle
t Sans children here were out in their
very best. The Presidents ievee was a
) poor place for crinoline, but they were
/, there looking more like a lah than air
; balloons. In company with thousand of
| others, | was borne along to the spacious
a room of the White House, and took hold
, Of the hand of the nation. The repre-
,
e senia,ives Of almost every nation under
heaven were there, in their peculiar cos
!. tunes, as we'll as many Of the sovereigns
Of America-it was q miniature world.
I called on the Secretaries Of the various
departments also, during the day, nibbling
a little from several Of their side boards
d Col. Orr had the most common sense ia.
bic Of them all. Beef, pork, oysters, cof'
fee, and nothing stronger Of a liquid ma
mre, were articles tina, such a hard day;
N work required. This was Just the mate
N rial for material beings. Struts nigh
n, have d,ne with something else, vel
Sc enough. Lord and Lady Napier wer'
the lions Of the day. The Lord love
y. good becf-I know; and instead of pu,
ting his soul in his pocket, he carries
as in his face.
re forge, to say in my last that Judg
be Ferguson has been admitted to the bar O
BY the US. Supreme Court. This speaks we
~ for him. ss all candidates do no, stand III
Id test when examined by this learned body
ey The Judge is making friends taste
r. than ever, With the present aspect {
nd the case, he certainly will be sustained
Gov. McComas is here at the Unite
er States Hotel, looking hail and healthy
ry lie is no, the smallest man even in Wash
on ington, much less in the western region
leave tomorrow for the north, an
will drop you a line soon. I close with
Happy New Year to all my friends
-. Nebraska.
CHACCFR