The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-12-09

The report was finally rejected by a vote Of Il 70 70
and the Board obliged to adjourn after session OF
nearly hours, without having accomplished thing
Of Importance.
Our Washington correspondence.
WASHINGTON Dec 4, 1858.
The Capital Under Coud-A Cheerful Prospec,-A Dun
Winter Lmpending-Ihcovaphs Of SociAy-hrusting
Uphe Hoels-Agfui appetite Of Washiagtoa Editor,
de-, dc.
Some peoplc--anxous individuals seeking for Office,
log rolling in the lobby coming to assume for the
first time the senatorial purplesome people, say may
think Washington very place. trust that in disa
greeng with them shall not be considered singular. Not
that my opinion, any other individual opinion mat
ter OF any consequence. On the contrary quite tho
verse. But people do Ike to read other peoples i'm
prcssions and they will insist upon being bored, why
here goes.
Washington, as It appears to me from the windows Of
my hotel, seems to be very wet and very dirty They
say that cleanliness akin to godness." If such
be the case the chances Of the capital the sal
vaton market very small indeed A gentleman who
supposed to be "poscd up all matters terrestrial and
celestial Che says he is a correspondent OF the New YoRK
HERAD) informs that Il has been raining pretty much
all the time during the past three weeks, and that the
style Of weather, which look upon with my atten.
ed against the window, is positively the very best tnng
that be done in that way. is very miserable,
sure you There lies the avenue-Pennsylvan
baled In lis own mud. II not sylvan, by any means
uness accepts the wooden heads that walk
for the outrageous groves whereof Horace sings Tnere
the side streets still more desoate sneakng of at
angle OF forty five, they ashamed Of the avenue,
but did not wsh TO hurt its feelings by cutting on IN
straight lines. There the moist hackmen, hungry
"frce" eoored persons, crouching in aIthy and
| hmsy garments under the shelter Of the market
house. Free they are in namc, but in reality
saves without the protection and support which tho
| peculiar institution gives 10 ia protSg,s Within
he hotels Gnd only desoa,ion and n lew army men,
who look miserable IN their uniform clothes, which the
regulation compcs them "a the OF gov.
eminent Without, people say that there is not only
Dothng doing but that there nothing to be done There
heavy dinners tn be sure, parties and many
Of the prcttest women who have heretofore ilumIned
The saloons are not coming at all. so we are not only
rared upon for the present, but the future is xew
under cloud.
In point Of fact, Washington 10 dul desperately dull
Society here s OF the Roman candle order iashug for
moment, and then 6zzlng out The dipomatists them
'elves prefer New York, and make every ex-
cusc TO relieve themselves from attendance at the
Csato or the White House. Men who unfortunsts
20 BE- elected TO Congress mus, dnd e here terrible
bore. Some Of them work bard upon committees others
worry through the cay with small hrtalons ponder
oinn.rs others how down TO the sscnstons u po
kcr or Whist al The club others affect the Pcnnsy
avenue whskey shops, or talk against time with some
stray constituent The enthusiasm with which people
greeted here 10 something wonderful Wherever ono
goes, he hears the sastaton " How are you, Coooels
when did you get inSn Been wellf and thea trsmcn
aous amount q hand shaking, as if the parties IN
are are rival I. ro'isa ans 90 or OPPOSITION Iseey agents
etcable r,fns tn the cutters Then the hard SWEARING
the deep drink ~ @d the c,rstabt tobacco Gevcurng
Ysopenses &C aw makers aud their q icnis 20
sstonish locker on NJ desi,ed 10 make a man tho
roughly dneustcd With las species should nothing
more than % make him acquainted with The Of
Wa brgs n We, especially ~ raIay weather
have referred incidentally b. the hotels 10 Washing
ton they places where people 80 10 other
pie rather than to live. sun am told they have much
National. a 80 me AT
about the time Of Mr. Buchauan's DauguraiinB,o viii
rems mber that several persons died II . mys
disease which attacked rearly all the hdaass
of the esiablishment-has passed INTO hands,
and has been mach improved. Beng cqui4stant
grand rendezvous Of all the members of AT the
houses, the lobby included Here rural rcprcsen.
taves who wil dress coats and dirty shirts IN the
morning; grave Senator's IN funcreal black, always
their good behaviour wry newspaper yearnng for
drop of news or BIT OF scandal; claim agents affecting
the ccvish clever fellow style popular here (and
everywhere else In fac), and broken down spongs of
the Bcau Hickman ordct-mscrablc beings who are too
larry TO work and afraid 70 stcafubbng along from day
80 day, subsstrg upon the eicemosynary OF
people attached 20 Tie eass 90 commonly known hcge
men with move money than trans.
WIZARDS IL iulc more select II is rather too far
from the House for the lobby, and the barrcom not
large enough TO hod all The oaicrs. !, e good deal Ike
the Brush Constitution, having received so many addi
tons alterations end amendments that s original blsis
IL quite indsnct II lns been The " many old sd
ventures It's day this hote Here, the rcadBg room
young Bmbshel, q the artillery, had that quarrel With
Sabretacbc 81 the Dragons, and finished him OF at Bs
ueneburg. There In the dining room, Californian lcgs
ator sbes servant who, Punch si, dii pass tho
mustard with sufficient cccr1y Above you sha Ind IN.
nTtnE place, Just against the drawingroom, where
Mise relssys broke oG her four years ,gement with
Smith and immediately made new one (perhaps u
was made before) with JORGE Smith went away to
creron and married Rackfoot squaw--and Bellasys-
WE'LL she didn't marry the otLer. What curious things
ihsse walls could tell, "a be But, fearing they
should do 50, have bad them all newly puttcd and
painted. We very enc 10 mirrors, bright
carpets and oak furniture made for and duty pulled n
the wasbire,on tarcrs, whose edh"rs "a, with us,
snd have account upon only one side Of the
ledger Tue, people from the etorolis, fassdious
toCrat say that they would rather have a little
more dinner and a little less furniture; but, really
not unreasonable that people shouid cxpec
Jcfoes Ia RENE in republican country, and have
not the press IN favor and the press poten
tiaR Ry The way, did you Washington editor
esv II sa splendid thing They say that
ten how they ever got the great blocks up the apex
the Pyramids can tell you that the amount of solids
consumed by lever OF public opinion here would aston
sh Champolion himself Imagine fat with suspi
cous shirt greasy black coat, spectaclcs and shiny
uowsers, rolling into the dining and absorbing In
the sace of i've minutes sufficient quantity of food IN
maintain Gle of soldiers Tor whole day. Then he rolls
out again, smiling blandly upon the proprietor,
who is only too happy TO bo rid of his cormo
rant at that fearful price. The next day hc eltor
calls our house "palata hstci.n ! wH ask
you, rs fair man. is that enorgm Really aow, 1p-s u
pay Tor ic pyramid u roast beef the csrtcal "
tables, the avalanche " pudding Cant Nou 10 some
iirg for us 20 reprnss the awful appetite IN captS
lire sfrihef The person l refer 10 wi make famine
here, some nnc don't stop him lie eats h. the
Ing cf the spolsmcn, and was atfad tnai The GOV
ineft would 60 ont of Office ~. ntrrow.
suTtcsc when writes 4 lctter one y sxpe1,si to
put stIno rcws III H. u is unreasonable hit na,nra ~
txfct such ilng ] sorry. hut inst 1uW lh.fa rs
MT any and the patent for nsugfteuruR fhc ~
&c Is b vs. some of Tie hungry sopd,u.s a tHo