The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-03-19
Our Washington Letter.

Our Washington Letter.
ESPECIAL coRREsp oNDENcE OF THE DAILY NEWS.
THE CONGRESSIONAL NUISANCE REFUSING TO ARAT1
ITSELF.
TIE CAPITAL, March 18th, 1867.-We are ikel,
to have our hopes Of an early adjournment mos
lnceremoniousy dashed, by the action Of th'
House. AS intimated in former letter, th'
strength Of even the very few members who favo
impeachment grows to be something colossal
when exercised upon q House that has nothing tx
do but wait patiently upon the movement Of tht
Senate. And thus it is already being proven II
the Representative Chamber, and I fear, with {
power of arresting congressional adjournment, tt
which there will be little avaing opposition.
The movement was made yesterday in the SINH
ltude of a resolution by LoaAN-BEN. BUTLER's
right hand man-to instruct the Speaker to com.
plete the formation Of Committees for tho Fortett
Congress, commencing with the appointment o.
the Military Committee. This notion which was
put twice, under different guises, and which, il
carried, at once places the House upon s. business
footing, and induces an indefinite prolongation o1
the session, only failed by vote Of ffty-fve to
eixty-fve, and required but the change of five
votes to carry the proposition. LOGAN himself
avows that it was only thrown out as 90 feeler,
and that, in approximating so nearly to success
full consummation, he sees the sure promise Of ul
timately obtaining his end.
The significant fact, however, which points with
;,ot, 4o ~
this extra extraordinary Congress, is in the action
Of the House Committee on Expenditures, which,
under pretence Of Investigating and reporting
upon certain abuses in the New York Custom
House, has in reality struck hands with the i'm
peachment junto, and with the latter is conniving
to 80 protraet the session as to enable the Judiciary
Committee to complete their case against the Ex-
ecutve, and present the several counts for his in
dictment aud impeachment.
This coalition was formally apparent yesterday
by the adoption Of resolution providing that the
Committee on Expenditures shall Investigate the
conduct of henry A. sMYTHE, Collector Of the Port
of New York. with view to impeaching that officer,
should he be found to have been guilty Of bribery
or c:ner crime. This is all that appears upon the
surface, but the key to the plot is in aprivate un
de1standing that Immediately after disposing OF
the Presidents veto to the Supplementary Recon-
struction Bill which is now before the Senate, the
Committee above referred to will report in favor of
sMYTHE. The House, having author
lied the preparation Of the report, cannot well de-
cline to give it immediate action, and SO at least
tour weeks of further business is at once made o
Especial order" not to be arrested.
And then comes the coup detat of the impeachers.
The Judiciary Committee, which is putting forth
herculean: efforts toward the preparation Of evi-
dence against the President, have promised, upon
the faith of MIR. BOUTWELL,, Of Massachusetts, to
be in readiness to report by the last week in April
BY the programme have already indicated, the
House will be made to wait upon the Judiciary,
and thus is opened the prospect Of an endless ses-
sion. j 49, -..z-- - -. - -
THE AMENITIES OF DIPLOMATIC LIFE.
Yesterday, senor FEouNDo Com, the newly ar
rived Spanish Minister, was presented to the Presi
dent, and 'spassed the time Of day" with our Sec
retary of State. Mr.. Corr is dark, handsome
man, about forty years old, whose diplomatic life
has been passed mostly in South American Repub-
lies. Like all newcomers, he is stiokler for the
pomps and circumstance of his position, and in
visiting the Executive mansion yesterday he per.
sisted in wearing the full uniform Of his order,
Notwithstanding the advice to the contrary OF the
attaches Of his legation, who have been here long
such mummery. Howbeit, the Minister repaired
to the State Department in 'full cap and feather "
and thence was escorted to the White House by
Secretary SEWARD. OF the subsequent interview
with the Chief Magistracy there is noahing worth
recounting as it partook entirely Of that school
boy defamation which has been in vogue for the
reception cf foreign representatives in this coun-
try throughout the last decade.
It may not be uninteresting to remark, however,
that IsABEI1A's agent was not little disconnected
at the outset Of the morning ceremonies, to find
Mr.. SEWARD waiting to receive him, clad in robes
no more decorous than parti-colored dressing
gown and very limp collar and cravat. His sur
prise vas still further heightened when, on step
ping into the dngy old carriage, which the Depart
ment hires by the year for the use of the Premier,
hc found seated opposite the doorkeeper of Mr.
SEwARDs apartments, who was accompanying the
party as bearer Of the inevitable portfolio of
State papers. Her Majesty's Minister had been
startled slightly by Nr. SEwARD's rakish morning
costume but at being forced to sit ois-a-uis with
messenger Of tho Department. and rab his gold
lace and decorations against the finsiness and
seediness of SEwAhD's old coat, quite unsettled
his reflections for the remainder of the day, as
learn privately from parties intimate with bis Le-
CATION.
It does seem little cruel that because SEWARD
is o slatternly old -unkempt and fossized
even when brought To the surface on State occa-
sions-we cannot peremptorily put a stop to such
outrageous woundings OF the seEBibilties Of every
foreign minister who for the first time comes with
in our midst. Let the "Blue Book" hereafter pre-
scribe the clean linen in which the head Of the
State Department shall be arrayed from week to
week, and, at tho same time expressly tabooang the
presentmept Of that forlorn old morning gown on
public occasions.
THE REDMAN IN WASHINGTON.
About one hundred Indians, representing q score
or more Of TRIBES are still soourning in the city
Their appearance has created quite sensation,
and the barracks in which they sre housed at the
expense Of their Great Father is sought and visit
ed with something like the avidity and zest which
attracted public attention alter the Japanese few
years ago. They are frequently waited upon by
hosts OF distinguished ladies in quest OF moving
novelty, and are made to perform vasious approx.
mate cyrations to the war dance CT their native
heath.
A few days since one Of the members of the
Prussian Legation conceived the idea of inviting
about twenty of the duskY WretchCs to q sort O
tea~drink:ns ct which a hundred or so OF fashion
able people lent their assistance. Both the ladies
and the Indians wore not little startled at the
gorgcousnes Of their respective costumes, and il
was hard to say which It tho twain were the mos
haghiy cotored. flDEA.
Nunnicutt in FrcderickSburg.
The New York Heralds correspondent from
Fredericksburg, Va, AIarch 12. after saying that