Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-20
WnshIngton Correspondence,

that over. coats were a superAuity and il
seemed as If Summer was about to steal a
March upon Spring. But there's been wind
from the east and north and the houses are
white, and glisten in the sun, while every
one you meet wishes you good bordidg."
The sudden changes to which this Capital is
subject, and malaria that comes from the
marshes hereabout render the city un-
healthy of itself; and when to this is added
the effect of late hours, potations, both early
and late, and the thousand and one irTegu-
larities of Congressional life, is it any won
der that the servants Of the public sicken
here2
LEvEEs.
The crowds that beset a Congressman's
room at this time, are something to see and
be amazed at. The number of large men
who can be squeezed into a small room, is
a problem receiving its satisfactory solu-
tion nowhere but in the Federal Capital.
There's been a squib in the papers, of
Where's Judd2" It's just so with every
body of influence, supposed or real. Eager
crowds call him from breakfast, waylay him
on the stairs, spring out upon him from be-
hind his door, button hole him as he steps
toward an omnibus, insert their arms into
his as he walks up the Avenue, send in their
cards to him as he sits in the Senate cham
Der, follow him to his bed and keep vigils
about him sleeping, that when he awakes,
they may present their claims to him. Sun
days are as other days, only the more abund-
ant to the Office seeker. Aud the poor
member" or "Senator" finds the Sabbath
no day Of rest to him.
ONE PGoUs MAN.
Secretaries and the President are not
n m Mt will ha
pleased, however, to learn that there is one
pious man in the Cabinet. A gentleman of
your city, one who has known him and
worked for him many years, last Sunday
called on him to pay his respects. The
house was closed, and though the Captain
rang the door. bell till the wire was stretched,
no one came to answer the summons. At
length the Captain departed, melancholy and
perhaps "mad." AS he was leaving, he saw
a boy staggering toward the house under a
load of papers and letters as big as himself.
| The Captain inquired Tor whom they we're,
and the boy informed him that the Secre.
| tary was supposed to possess a proprietary
| interest in them. The Captain followed the
boy. The boy came to the house, rang the
bell and was admitted. The Captain asked
no questions, but when the door was opened
pressed in. Then he inquired of the janitol
| whether the Secretary was in. He was in
him my card" said the Captain, producing
the pasteboaid, 'and say that as 1 leave
town at three o'clock this afternoon, should
| like to see him moment"
| The black dived into the breakfast-room
! and returned with the response: De Gubn'l
say, sir, dat he don't 'ceiVe no Wis tors on de
| Sabbat, sirp
! The Captain left But am sorry to say
that he thinks the profession of Sabbatarian
klw Hoa,
"Gubn'r' has been cutting" his old friends
| most stunmercifully since he became Oabine
| officer, in a manner which has ELECTED mucf
talk and stUtTiaL osths. Men who have la
bored for years to advance another man
| fortunes DO not think it right for the sale
man, when he has attained distinction
| through them, to pass them in the stree
with a very cold " How do you do, sir %
/ KNOW NofHrNcisM.
! Among the many thousands of person
who have sought office here are three Ger
MANS Considering the proportion of Ger
man votes to the total number cast last Fall
! l should say the Teutonio demands wer
! moderate. Of these three, one has been ap
| pointed Secretary of Legation to Berlin
Two others are in the city. / refer to
Hassaurek and Carl SchuIz. Schurz, yol
know, is an applicant for the Sandman mis-
sion, and Hassaurek for the Swiss mission.
The President wishes to appoint both, bu
| New England, and it is said Seward, object
They don't want to send "foreigners" abroad
| In the name of all that is sensible does ou
naturalization" mean any thing2 Do W,
| really believe in the American theory that
man may expatriate himself Are we at hear
still bound 10 the despotic belief "once a sub
iect always a sutject?" Do we believe tina
nation is owned by its government, or tina
nation owns its government. 1t seem
singular to me that Seward should object
Seward who used to talk about the "Wels
and Irish blood of the mother who bore him.
There are objections urged against Schur
which seem 10 have some force. 1t is sal
that SchuIzis refugee and a "Forty- Fighter
Now to return him to Europe as a Minisse
would be, it is said, an insult to Europea
Courts. And we want, at this time, TO be O
good terms with all European powers. / d
not pretend to judge of the weight of tn
objection.
But, be its force what it may, it does nc
lie against Hassaurek. He came to thi
country when a boy, and of his own fire
will. He came because he believed in Amer
lea and its institutions, and because b
wished to live here. He is in no sense
"retugee."
sincerely hope Mr.. Hassaurek will re
Ceive his appointment. OF the many VIII
dance attendance here and cry for offict
there is not one who has done more, if eve
so much, TO revolutiOnize public sentimeI
and make votes And it will be PARTICULAR
disastrous if the policy of the present AC
ministration be such as to brand it Know
Nothing. RODERICK RANDOM.