Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-01-02
Life at Washington.

correspondence Of the Cincinnati Commercial
In spite Of the inseparebe association OF Washington
M me minds Of good people abroad with the gravity Of
p0oiie business 1t has its little amusement for the d
version Of its citizens and the s1ourners here: some
moral some questionable, and others demoralizng to
any out Congressman or lobby member 7he moral
amuselents are especially pafronized BY the permanent
residents Of the city who as class Of that highly
orthodox type opposed to cars on Sunday 10 tie drsm
70 dsneng and other fashionable dsslpations and very
Kindly affected toward dseourses on moral reform and
the deprayty Of the heathsu Tbev sTs s,,,.J e. -
scientific and terry lectures ia which the capital o
lows the fashion Of other places during the winter sea
Besides the Smithsonian lectures we bsve b.sr .,
leTtained ths week with eharacteristie lecture from
Iohh D. Cough who forsook his haekneyed theme OF
emper@nce 70 give us series Of sketches Of London
-. ' IN S'setheI m defiance OF rules Of composition
yetLui OF en- erta nent and instruction The lecture
Is ehehy nooeabe, in this connection for the opportu
80 no slhoI sl'qsion to English opinions gave
an expression Of feeling the part of fhe audsenes
toward England and the English The applause Ia
gIeetea Mr. Coughs complimentary references TO Oaesu
victoria showed that Americans do not forget the msn
tlo1te lhey il owe TO the wOnany virtues OF Eng
- nO9ls Queen n spite OF the fierce detesta-
ton awakened by the selfish double dealing poliev
OF tnat class OF her subjects who nears the throne
Dlti WINE testuyns to the hearty il will of Eng
lands aristoeracy toward this country Mr. Couch
agrees with others fresh from association with Ensb
sentiment pubue and private in his rejection Of the
idea Of any possible interference en- the Dsrt of Great
britain IN our affairs. The vyacbfaness of Fran q ~
improve the Opportunity Of England's eulbarrasnat
ls the ground Of this belief wine is also based upan
'he PROOF Of the answering loyalty Of the common
people Of England to those prfBei les sf frssd ~
!
ships The struggle L. fsTin 49, s bearing tt9 hari-
through all the mis- representation of their r1ier re
O oattie IS theirs as well and bidding rs God spaed
with an earDestness to which the inisTerr.sst
such sheets as the London TINS should 1.vs- iI %
GOD speed the effort for the I.aneasbre onsrsff,
Never were aims more voIthilyr besto,vaIF rTl.st
charity begins at home, surely they are In the tTrt
sense our neghbors who are kindred to rs in rssIi
ana ana syilpasny IL s pity that government could NOT
AID Ia the work without going OF its ysv too Far ~
policy is wiser than that OF multiplying friends In tbe
midst Of your enemies, and this doing a. we bind
the hearts OF the yeomanry Of ngland more firmly to
US, through such proof Of in crest as wa give In %
sympathy with their distre.S It should NOT ba fo
tSeh zen now truly they are bearing with the burdens
OF .his war Whlcn come 70 tEeW in the horrible
Of forms-those Of grim famine and pestilepcs
Ihs moral amusements 70 which I have alluded
SOoNe are quite oVer-shadowed in number sud popu-
lary, by those Of whose immora itv there can he no
question with the most liberal lattudinarian Though
little IS apparent en- the surface the quiet citizen
who goes his Own sober way those who know Wash
ngton viii tell you that there place in the Union
where smaller proportion Of the people are p ne
habitua practice Of those cosmetic virtues which are
the pillars Of State Nowhere does vice grow more
rank finding its way beyond the limits to which h fs
ordinarily confined and disturbing with its presence
the sensibites of respectable society The boarding
houses and hotels have been 30 troubled with fies
widow, and soldiers wives" that some Of the most
respected people sometimes fall under very unpleasant
susPieions.
For instance an officer attached 20 the star Of one
Of the generas stati0lvd here, had visit from soms
friends-a grave and disnided physician, of envabs
rePutatioD who smo from neghbOring city spend
day wish his wife and child Wishing TO find a resting
place for them while here the officer applied at the
house Of Wiards for room, for gentleman and his
"I your wife sirin asked the usually aff4bie clerk
in serene tone
''No, sir; I want 1t for friend
DO you know the gentlemani L It bis wife r.
Certa N.Y. and the now half angry officer proceed
ed to give impressive accouHt Of the digni6sd and
venerable character Of bis friend which was listened to
with ineredulOUs Oos and the Whoe question fuav
referred to the proprietor who fortunately remembered
the gentleman as an old customer of hs and gave him
But the difficulty Of getting abingdon to hotel for
A1nlf wifi
which assa the husband who seeks apartments else
yyhe5s- To iadgs from ths experience I, bachelor
have had in hunting rOJms the trials whicn would
have laid upon me, could nave been proven guilty Of
having wife would inevitably have driven to
suicide or divorce The ancient spinster who let
n Washington, seem 10 have entered into solemn
eague 70 admit into their hou es and ques
ton not that it has been ned by sueh witch
Ike demonstration that in Macbeth where the wieri
sisters thrse wished The
BLACK spIIts and white spirits
Blue spirits and gray,
Mngls, miuge. mingle
Ye that minge may"
was questioned and cross questioned wherever
to the extent ef my family, and not unless
able prove my entire innocence Of any associa
tion wiih females, calling themselves wives cou
obtain an entrance into many of the ruOus happy
homes, which open their he pitabs doors single gen
ilemen, 20 the Of forty fifty dollars a month
Alas for The city when families a a dsoOhnti
Speaking OF wives reminds me OF the portrait saw
at Whitneys gallery Of the wife Of the German Prince
Salm-Sam, now colonel on General Sges staff. She
s fair specimen Of an American girl from the country
VINO has the affections Of the ptibs TeutOn
and mag eventually etaphorphoss him Into An Amer
can citizen, or as much Of enc as any Of those "vUt
tights nit Sigsl"
But little aeed is given here to the proceedings of
gress tl whole interest c=nterin upon the opera
lions Of or army entirely at work al along the
line Nex4 these in public interest are the proceed
ngs Of the eourssmartia that continue 10 disclose an
interesting inside view of the manner which the war
has been conducted There evident disposition to
go beyond the strict limits Of the investigation
DoNelrs case reveal much possible and sim
liar tenden viii, doubt develop itself in the Porter
trial heard Of the court, previous opening
declare purpose to bring the President upon the
witness stand It would not be very shocking tho
ssnsibities Mr.. Lincoln be thus called upon,
be came forward voluntarily witness the inquiry
into the matter Of restrictions on the press WILLS.