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


ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE DAILY NEWS
CONGRESSIONAL ADJOURNMENT.
WASHINGTON, March 9.-Congress has now moth
| ing more important to pass upon than the dsy it
will adjourn, and upon this question there is Likely
to be no little vexation Of Legislative spirit True,
the Senate have considerable List of Presidential
appointees to dispose of, and the number is being
largely aggregated every day, but as, at the
present rate Of senatorial confirmation, these
nominations could not receive final action for
decade to come it is manifest that the latter body
may quite as well retire and wait for more con-
genial season for transacting the work In hand
And apropos, Of the possibility of such a sensl-
bic conclusion being arrived at it is well to mel
ton the rumor that hovers over the political cir
cles Of the capital to the effect that his Exceency
intends to take his revenge after the prerogatiVe
| of his Office, in Immediately convening the 4Osh
Congress, after about the time it would seem likely
to have become comfortably settled, AMI
respectively difused under the representative and
senatorial vines and fig trees Of private life, and
again set the Senate at the task OF wranglng over
the Executive appointments.
This rumor is the more plausible from the fact
that there is manifest prejudice to our government
tai resources, by reason of refusal to sanction Mr.
JoHNsoN's appointments. In the Postof6ce Depart
ment alone there is reported to be three millions Of
dollars in cash, at present outstanding In the hands
of chief clerks Of postoffoes, whose appontees
have been denied by the Senate from time to time
These clerks of course, give no 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 moro deplorablY
than in the line Of Internal Revenue Collectors and
Assessors These latter districts are particularly
unsettled, and productive of small revenue to the
Government by reason of the continued local
snarl over The agents for ap7raising and collection
all of which is directly incident to the dictaorla
action Of the Senatorial cabal at Washington.
And so it goes in every caprice of this Seru1ap"
of a. trump Congress-" which, while it retards or
utterly defeats the harvest Of Government re-
sources, piles up the liabilities of the national
purse, Us though greenbacks had but to be IN
creased and multiplied the country over, to fill up
the measure of national prosperity.
FASHIONABLE 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 the entertainers or
entertained. But especially have those reminis-
cences Of ball and .faes become the notorious
waking nightmare Of more than score ct Gay
ssIotharios," )" who were marked and gallant leaders
in the round of jo1lity and hippery just closed.
How many more there may be, who grieye in se-
cret tanxety or remain temporarily shielded from
the consequences Of e1travagant folies, it is not
well to speculate, lest society should thereby suffer
reproof not easy to repress. But the twenty
odd young dissipants whom shame has overtaken
and blasted publicly, there can be no harm to men-
tior, inasmuoh Us capital society itself in
their condemnation and ceremonious e1communi-
cation. - 2 .r.llt
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 go popular and genuine are con-
sidered their claims that not little Of the ruinous
expense involved in keeping pace with the wants
and conceits Of the nymphs Of vhaM tom, is graci-
ously thrust upon their slender pay. Lieutenants
cannot sand the demand Captains shudder at it;
and even Brigaders, 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
indubitable fact, that shoulder-straps wore being
feufully worsted in the course of the winters
"engagement."
Meantime the money-changers have been
reaping harvests upon an average rate Of interest
of five per cent. month, and, in frequent in
stances, double that usury. And out of this again,
has grown q system Of tmortgaging officers
accounts and pay-rolls twelvemonth in advance,
and finally the ruined principals have completed
the succession Of folly by forging duplicates, and
even riplicates, of their official vouchers against
the PaYmaster. It is not an exaggeration to;say
that the number Of these respondents are twenty
at least, and full half Of them have been stho
bright particular stars" of our fashionable iEma-
ment the winter through. ..
Just at present must not mention names, as
the Government is kindly lending its connirance
to admit Of the squal .'blowing over" and quiet
intervention upon the part Of friends and relatives
who propose to restore to Cesar the things that
are Cesar's, and so relieve young spendthrift from
the odium OF his 'smistake.n Suffice it to say,
that the List embraces certain roloksome sci6hs OF
distinguished houses, in some Of which the pater-
nal heads are high in the register OF our naval ad-
miralty, 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 vicissitude, must not neglect to mention an
additional case in point: That A. a. LEE, ,Eho abb
seconded about lunch time from the Treasury do
partment few weeks ago, and who took with him
a batch Of seven-thirties, footing up to nearly
fifty 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
wintry gaietes gone BY has not yet applied for
admission to comfort the prisoner. VIDEX.