New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-12-31
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENTS.

mas presents are for sale. Every 10 auioAu' 1N
aspy Of the girls as they file past the hotelsis some
thing 10 stir the blood of male humanity, for although
] the fair sex Of Washington are nearly as homey as
I II New York Or Richmond, they improve wonderfully
on acquaintance especially on windy, snow threat
epng day. like the present. The sharp wind imparts
bright color to their plump cheeks, and discovers
The natural excellence Of their understandings, which
| never mind the weather though the wind does blow
In the windows Of the book and jewery stores, and
ii the toyshops the exhibitions are peculiarly gilt
tering and attractive. Poor married clerks, unable
to resist the opportunities of their children, are there
buying presents with borrowed money; and the
wealthy the great the proud the lords and ladies' o.
foreign or domestic growth are there, purchasing
freely, while their stately equipages wait outside
Among other attractions my attention mas neea u,
rested by the remarkable number oil congress wafer
placards paraded in the windows oil the apoeuec"iS
shops What connection these obtraslVe caros nave
with the Christmas morning e&lgencles q conYlVlal
Congressman registering clerks and fuddlng cores
nondents it would not become your correspondent 10
say.
The booksellers here have way Of drawing people
"a their stores which is worthy Of imitation by all the
booksellers throughout the Union Iu addition to the
attractions of their ordinary wares, they exhibit cele
hated pictures and, when they can secure them, sta
tues. Thus TAILOR and Maury exhibit the original
painting of Herrings Village Blacksmith while Philip
has regular bijou art gallery. No charge is made
for these exhibitions
Yesterday, both Houses adjourned over to the 4th
of January wisely thinking that the less legislation
the better for the country Yet it would have been
decent to have consulted the country on this point.
What other servants in the world take ten days hol
day when they please, without saying 50 much as
" by your leave to their masters, and without con-
senting to a deduction in wages?
Last night the hotels were deserted. From the
United States to Wizards, your correspondent wan
dered vainly in quest Of somebody to take drink
with him. The coneertina players, the harpers, the
ddlers, the organ grinders, the vendors Of tooth
picks and Heralds and Forney's Presses, wore woe.
begone aspect Speaking of organs, your local editor
ought to come to Washington if he wants to organize
a really tuneful item. Since the days when music
melted rocks and splitted cabhages the like of wan.
derng ministries now visible never seen in this
nor any other city.
When the Senate meets again it will be in the new
chamber The old Senate chamber will be used by
the Supreme Court the old hall of the House will be
converted into book depot. This last, imagine,
will be temporary arrangement. 1t wond make
grand library.
have taken pains to inquire into the political con-
sultation Csaid to be in behalf Of Grtenden9 held
last week and can assure you that is more serious
affair than was at first supposed The consultation was
held in pursuance Of agreement entered into last
summer at enc Of the Virginia Springs by number
OF prominent politicians from various parts Of the
Union, but mainly believe, from the South. AS yet
no presidential candidate has been decided upon
any fixed platform. But it is certain that vigorous,
weIEdesgned effort is being made toward the forma-
ton Of new party, conservative in its character, in
imical alike to Democracy and Black Repubicanism,
and so constituted to embrace within its oganiza
ton the best men of the whole country. At the next
meeting the purport and aim Of this movement will
be published under the sanction of names so numer
Gus and of such established worth and dignity, to
attract the mention and inspire the confidence Of the
entire Republic
While free to confess my doubts of the success of
any embryo movement, am inclined to look hope
fully upon this In the present dsintegrated condi
tlon Of every party, and in the unsettled and
dissatisfied state of the popular mind the existence
Of new party is urgently Indicated Properly con
sructed as fromp present appearances this new organi
cation will be- it cannot fail Of dimensions respect
able as justify the attempt at securing the control
Of the government in 1860.
It settled that its leader shall be Southern mar.
But the chances are no more in favor of Crittenden
than other men of like qualifications Indeed, the
probabilities look to younger and active
statesman The charge of senity, preferred with so
much justice against the present Administration,
while it would not apply to cabinet selected by the
gentleman above mentioned, is of too recent and
too significant import to be lightly esteemed by