The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-03-13

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u CONGRESSIONAL ADJOURNMENT.
WASHINGTON, March 9.-Congress has now moth
ing more important to pass upon than the day it
Will adjourn, and upon this question there is likely
to be no little vexaton Of Legislative spirit. True,
the Senate have considerable List of Presidential
appolntees to dispose Of, and the number is being
largely aggregated every day, but rs, at the
present rate of senatorial confirmation, these
nominations could not receive final action for O
decade to come, it is manifest that the latter body
may quite as vol retire and wait for more con-
genial season for transacting the work in hand
And dpropos, of the possibility of such sensi-
bic conclusion being arrived at it is well to mem
ton the rumor that hovers over the political cir
ces Of the capital to the effect that his Exceency
intends to take his revenge after tho preroeative
OF his office, in Immediately convening the 40th
Congress, after about the time it would seem likely
to have become comfortably settled, and
respectively dffused under the representative and
senatorial vines and fig trees Of private life, and
again set the Senate at the task of wranging over
the Executive appointments. - 2.'
: This rumor is the more plausible from the fact
that there is manifest prejudice to our governmen-
tai resources by reason Of refusal to sanction Mr.
JoHNsoN's appointments In the Postofice Depart
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dollars in cash, at present outstanding in the hands
Of chief clerks Of postof1ces, whose appointees
have been denied BY the Senate from time to time.
These clerks, of course, give bond, nor are re-
sponsible in the value of q picayune for moneys
lost stolen or defaulted. In other departments
the same evil exists, and in none more deplorab1y
tnsn in the line Of Internal Revenue Collectors and
Assessors. These latterdistricts are particularly
unsettled, and productive Of s.lan revenue to the
Government by reason of the continued local
snarl over The agents for appraising and collection
all of which is directly incident to the dctatorial
action Of the Senatorial cabal at Washington.
And 30 it goes in every caprice of this trump"
Of trump Congress-" which, while it retards or
utterly defeats the harvest Of Government re-
sources, piles up the liabilities of the national
purse, as though greenbacks had but to be in
creased and multiplied the country over, to fill up
the measure Of national prosperity.
aEAsHoNABLE oilers COMING TO GRIEF.
. The Scene Of Washington gaiety just closed has
been very heavy draft upon the pockets Of its de-
votees, whether classed with he entertainers or
entertained. But especially have those reminis-
ceuces Of ball and tetes become the notorious
waking nightmare II more than q score Of gay
'Lotharios, who were marked and gallant leaders
in the round Of jollity and frippery just closed.
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cret anxiety or remain temporarily shielded from
the consequences of extravagant follies, it is not
welto speculate, lest society should thereby suffer
a reproof mot easy to ropress. But the twenty
odd young dissipants whom. shame has overtaken
and blasted publicly, there can be no harm to men
hon, inasmuch as capital society itself joins in
their condemnation and ceremonious excommuni-
cation. y. r4@,-s.. s S .lss. :5.$. ie,
In the main, young gentlemen Of Washington,
considered undeniably eligible to the charms and
nonsence OF the gay season. are officers in the
regular army, and so popular and genuine are con
sidered their claims that not little of the ruinous
expense involved in keeping pace with tho wa nts
and conceits of the e'nymphs Of haut tori Is graci-
ously thrust upon their slender pay. Ieutenants
cannot sand the demand Captains shudder at it;
and even Brigadierg, with multiplicity Of brevets
are made more nervous than when facing the enc
my: And thus it has come to be a by-word and
tnuubttsbtc fucr, rnnJ u1uerssrapet-wer ua1ng
fe.rfully worsted in the course Of the winters
!" engagement 2 Ett5.
Meantime the money-changers have been
reaping haryests upon an average rnte of interest
OF five per cent. g month, and, in frequent in
stances, double that usury And out Of this, again
has grown system of mortgaging officers
accounts and pay-roIs twelvemonth in advance
e1AAo AAAaAAJ Aio HuAe0 pI4uC1palS nave cOmpleteQ
the succession OF folly by forging duplicates, and
even Iiplcates OF their official vouchers against
the Paymaster. 1t is not an e1aggeration to say
that the number Of these respondents are twenty
at least, and full half Of them have been ssthe
bright particular stars of our fashionable frma-
ment the winter through & +
Just at present must not mention names, as
the Government is kindly lending its connivanco
to admit Of the squan .eblowing over" and 7iet
Intervention upon the part Of friends and relatives
who propose to restore to Cesar the things that
are Caesars, and SO relieve young spendthrlft from
the odium of his mistake" Suffice it to say,
that the list embraces certain roicksome scions OF
distinguished houses, in some Of which the pater-
nal heads are high in the register OF our naval ad
mlralty, and, in occasional instances, doing duty
IN the administration Of martial law over the mill
tary districts Of the South.
While dropping tear over this item Of fashion
able vlcissitude, must not neglect to mention an
additional case in point: That A. a. LEE, who alb
seconded about lunch time from the treasury de-
partment few weeks ago, and who took with him
batch Of seven-thirties, footing up to nearly
nifty thousand, has returned to the capital after an
eventful spree in st. Louis. He now enjoys the
retirement of the public jail. Society, which he
courted assiduously and successfully during the
w1ntry gaieties gone by, has not yet applied for.
admission to comfort the prisoner. vIDEX.