The Daily clarion., 1867-05-09
From OrsT Travelling Partner.
WuLIARDS HOTEL, !
WASHINGTON, May 2, 1867.
Dear Clarion:

[ A~thf CtNf tC'o-
When l wrote you last, had just arrived
in this city and only gave a glancing view
of my trip here, but promised in a future
communication to describe the sights 1
might discover in my wanderings over the
Capitol of the Nation.
/ first visited the Treasury DEPARTING MT,
which is situated near the White House
This is a magnificent edifce in which l am
| told there are over 600 female clerks and
f~szsss 70 nIsiuy ;IseS~. - a-l I'D Z 80.
bly, together under the direction of the<eec-
---ss- f -hn Treasury, Hugh McCullougb1
From here prOceededFo the Whits Housl@
in company with Hon. " L. ShariSev. " no
introduced me to the President. Finch
pleased with my interview with Mr. John
son. He expressed "a desire that our trou-
bles would soon be over a that, although
the measures presented for Vne consideration
of the people of the South were harsh, yet
he hoped they would not prove to be so Op-
pressive as was at first supposed. From
here visited the Patent Office Department
and was much amused and interested in ex-
amining the many thousands OF models of
IeAtSAoS w ENSi1oOs 1SetS - anu tNGh NCchS,
might be spent in this building and each
succeeding hour would bring to light some
new invention. was particularly interes-
ted in examining the identical printing
press, on which DR.. Benjamin Franklin,
first worked as a journeyman printer" 1t
is now just 100 years old, and made after
the style of our common hand presses, only
lac
whole frame was made of wood 1t is in a
prominent place in the building and placed
in glass show case with suitable inscrip-
tions.
On enquiry learned that Hon Isaac New
ton was was theCommissioner of Agriculture
and after some little delay l was ushered
into his presence, to whom made applica-
tion for some seeds to be sent to Mississippi
for distribution. / was told that the appro-
priation of Congress was too small to permit
as fall supply as they would like, but,
that L should be accommodated with two
large mail bags full of seeds of various kinds.
l do not know how many papers ofthe differ
ent seeds would be contained in each bag,
but suppose about $500 papers / turned
one of these bags over to Col j. L. Morphis
of Pontotoe county, for distribution, and
ordered the other one sent to my address at
Carrollton. Mississippi, and have written to
have them distributed in small quantities on
their arrival, free to all who apply for them
Will our friends in Carroll please call on Col
c. P. Newell, or J P Marshall, Esq, who will
take pleasure in distributing the seed2
My next view was the Post Office Depart-
ment, which is located near the Patent
Office. This is fine building and every
thing seems to be moving on as sneN ID IS
eloek-work. l was informed by Mr.. Fgcles-
ton, the appointment Clerk of the President.
that postmasters We're being appointed daily
the South. and was assured that
any requests from the CLARION would be
duly acknowledged.
From here l took street car on Pennsvl-
vania Avenue to the Capitol, of the United
States, which is decidedly the most magnifi-
cent and costly structure | ever beheld. 1t
is on very high hill which overlooks the
whole city. 1t is not entirely complete. but
for a full conception of it when
finished. 1t is in the shape of the letter H
rhe north end being the Senate, the south
.he House of Representatives, and the mid
lie the Supreme Court room. took stroll
through the entire building, viewing its
elegantly arranged apartments, fine paint I
ngs, statues of the great men of America |
md finally found myself in the Supreme /
Court room while that august body were
ON duty" and on a close inspection of the
whole troupe" [nine in number,) came to
he conclusion that it was very old, infrm. /
md decrepid bodys sof men, and that several
# its members were not long for this world
When I entered the room Senator AcDou-
rald of ofCalifornia, was addressing the Court
When the Court adjourned noticed Jnstice
srier was compelled to have the assistance
If two negro men to enable him to get ont of
lis chair and walk.
The Washington National Monument Is
situated in q very prominent place in the