The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-12-04
WASHINGTON coRREsPOnDENcE.
wAmlsoroH, Nov. Is, 1865.

HaiTi WAxHINOfoE, Nov. ~, 1855.
DEAR gate: Trusting to find place in
your columns, Iconmence my Capitol items
fno eoak) for the second session OF Cons
gress.
But few members haye ~ yet made their
appearance in our city, attributable, no doubt,
to the fact that there is no Speaker to slect,
no diaribs3iS1 Of seata, and the closs prox>
inits " as1hsnt4ivsags--sAe nsioeity of
the members being able to leave their homes
on the sothl time to- reach Washington on
the Sd Of December. In fact the only signs
Of the approaching session are the advertise
menss Of boarding house keepers, and the adj
vance in the price of board and rents. The
sessions Of Congress, bringing 20 our city an
army of lobbyists, contractors, delegations
and Office seekers, are the millenium's Of
landlords. Desirable quarters (?) q back
room, NJ two fight Of stsirs) are advertised
for rent, at the modest rental of $40 per
month; board, two meals per diem) $25 and
$50 per month. tits expected that the ap-
preaching session will be ono Of more than
ordinary interest, and already large number
Of people, arrived during the past week, gil
our streets.
The various Departments are full of life
and business, in the preparation of their an
nuai reports ! hare been unable, 40 yet, to
get many items, which would warrant . prog
nosis of their contents. In the Pension Of
fee an appropriation Of thirty-three million
dollars viii be called for to pay Pensions
during the first year.
A strong effort is being made BY the Clerks
employed in the various Departments to Sc
cure from the next session an increase of their
salary, and justice seems to demandit. Con.
gress, at its last session. voted additional com
pensatlon to the Treasury Department, and
they also increased their orn salaries Nov
Congressman resides but portion of his
time in Washington. In the interval between
sessions he can return home, where, it is adj
mitted, a reasonable price is paid for the me-
cessaries of life, while the Department. Clerk
has to reside here the whole year, and has to
pay an exorbitant price for everything he may
require, and that out Of . small salary.
This movement for an increased compensa-
ton is evidently favored by the respective
Secretaries, one of whom states, in his budg.
ct, that the salary of ST. 200, per annum, will
obtain only copyists, and earnestly recon.
mends the increase to the speedy and
favorable action Of Congress.
met the "nar worn veteran" General
Fitz Henry Warren, yesterday. He said he
didn't want to go to Congress this time, and
started last night for Guatemala. Last nigh,
! also had a visit from an old friend and
brother Bohemian, J. P. C. Poulton, the able
Potomac correspondent Of the "Muscatine
Journal" He has kept the readers of that
paper posted on Washington news during the
past three years, and his face looks as genial
as ever.
The Soldiers and Sailors Union are pre-.
pairing TO give grand banquet to Congress
on its opening. It viii be held in the builds
ing used for the late Fair, and from the mag
nitude of the preparations, promises to .be .
grand affair. l shall be present to report it
for your columns.
Weather fine, and warm as early autumn.
WArcHnAS.