The weekly Anglo-African. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1859-1861, 1860-06-02
Our Washington Letter.
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WASHINGTON, May q, 1860
Mr.. EDIroR:-The excitement occ,s,
ed by the arrival of the distinguished vii,,
ors, the Japanese, is yet at fever b.,.
Crowds may be seen daily, from mor,,
until night, surrounding the window, 4
the rooms occupied by the strangen :,
Wizards Hotel. They expect to leavsn
few days for the Northern cities, andvm
Will soon have them with you.
There is much fear felt and expressed
here in regard to the recent action Of 90,
tain members of Congress, who are dom,
all in their power to defeat that portion d
the general appropriation bill relating to
the night watch. 1t appears that at rat
ifcation meeting held by the Republicans
on Saturday evening last, the meeting was
much disturbed by the rowdies, and when
the faithful and gallant guards were called
for, none were near to put an end to The
disgraeeful attempt to check free speech
in the capital of this great nation. The
Evening STAR" fearing that the ReppbE
can members Of both houses would stOpd
appropriations for this one-horSe village
raised the cry of "Shame !" and declardt
to be an outrage on American citizens. But
| am glad to say to that bright lunimy
that it is of no manner of use to put On
false face now, for its original face is too
well known, and it will not be able to %
any good in this connection, for it appears
that with all the efforts used here by The
lobby members, the Republicans still perl
sist in cutting off the $50O,0O0 for tie
continuation of the work on the capitol eZ.
tension, and the $4,000 for the auzlHy
guards of the federal metropolis. Thecd
ored citizens here rejoice over this long
prayed-for event, for all the guard now %
is to arrest colored persons found out alta
10 o'clock, and take them to coop caIa
the guard house, where they are cOnfna
all night, and in the morning compelled
paw a fine of So d. TO the treasury OF ta
corporation. AS regards the capitol G
tension, that will not directly incOnva
fence us but little, as there is not one Cd
ored laborer employed in or about the St.
pendous work, which gives employment
some 1900 men, mostly Irish, brOus
here for the value of their votes at OIL
municipal elections. They are compeA
to cast them for Democratic ticket, or 4
dismissed from the public works.
Writing as / do from this God-forsass
locality, l fear to take up too much d
your valuable space; but l cannot eOncIu's
without speaking of a very pleasant MAJ
feast which took place at the lecture roo'
of Fifteenth street Presbyterian Churs
on Thursday evening last, when Miss u
ry Fisher was handsomely crowned as p
queen. She looked decidedly beautlt
The company was made up Of the beaufI
grace, and intelligence of the city. II
feast was gotten up by the Attuck Ass
citation. Mr.. Richard Carrot was the Bn:
This being the first entertainment Of ~
club, too much praise cannot be given
the manner in which everything was Co
Quoted. After neat little speech by III
Bailey, the company separated, ma1
pleased with all they had seen and h''ia1
Our markets being now well supplied WIZ
strawberries, strawberry feasts will be W
next thing in order; and while the lnVl11
tons are being sent round, our good lau'
will not fail to remember Boa