The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1867-06-14
The Lady Of thn CanltOl.

lnC LlAJ VI tAlO OdpAtUb
Mrs. Ames, in her last Washing
ton letter to the Independent, de-
scribes some of the female lobbyists
and their ways. The following
sketch is thrillingly interesting:
'Leaniug back in deep chair, no
one near her, you sec u fair woman
whose beautiful presence seems at
variance with the many anxious and
angular and the few coarse woman
around her. The caImness of assured
position, the serene satisfaction of con-
scious beauty, envelop her and float
from her like al atmosphere We
feel it even here. Pale plumes droop
above her lovely forehead velvet drap-
cries fall about her graceful form.
We catch glimps of alluring laces,
the CLEAN of jewels glittering on dim
pied, ungloved hands. Look long
into this face; its splendor of tint
and perfect of outline can bear the
closest scrutiny. Look long, and
then say if a soul sanity as well as
serene looks out from under those
pencied arches, through the dilating
irises of those beguiling eyes. Look
and the unveiled gaze which meets
yours will tell you, as plainly as
gaze can tell, that adulation is the life
Of its life, and seduction the secret
of its spell This beauty would not
blanch before the profansst sight; IL
is the teauty Of one who tunes her
tongue to honeyed accents, and lifts
up her eyelids to lead men astray.
She comes and goes in q snowy car
riagei She glides through the cor
ridors, haunts the galleries and the
ante rooms of the Capitol-every-
where conspicuons in her beauty.
All who behold her inquire: "WhO is
that beautiful woman" Nobody
seems quite sure, Doubt and mystery
envelop her like a cloud. "She is a
rich and beautiful widow" "She is
unmarried; "She is visiting the city
with her husband" Every gazer has
a different answer.
"There are few deep in the secrets
of diplomacy, of legislative venality,
of government prostitution, who can
tell you that she is one of tho most
subtitle and most dangerous of lob
byists. She is but one of a class
always beautiful and always success.
ful. She plays for large stakes but
she always wins. The man who says
to her. "Securc my appointment
make sure my promotion, and l will
pay you so many thousands" usually
gets his appoinsmont, and she her
thousands. Does she wait like n
suppliant? Not at all. She sits
like an empress waiting to give au-
dionce. Will she receive her subjects
in promiscuous assemblage? No. If
you wait long enough, you see her
glide over these tesselated floors
but not alone. Far from the cars
of the crowd, in some ante room
sumptuous enough for the Sybritos,
this woman, as beautiful as nature
and art can make her, will dazzle
the sight of half demented and
wholly bewildered magnate, and
tell him what she wants. With allUr.
ing eyes and beguiling voice, she will
besiege his will through the outworhs
of his senses, and so charm him on to
do her pleasure. He promises her
his influence, he promises her his pow
err, her favorite shall have the boon
no demands. Thus some of the high
er prizes in the government are won.
INSCRIPTIONS men pay willy women
to touch tho subtlest and surest
springs of influence, and thus open a
secret way to their public success" "
no. The Buffalo Express is response.
bic for the following: One Of our
printers, who used to set type in the
Tribune office, smiled audibly yester.
day when somebody wondered that
Horace Creely co aid be willing to let
his name 60 down to posterity affixed
to jeff. Davis bail bonds. Horace
knows, he says that posterity can't
read the signature.
t@ A lady in Holyoke, Massachu.
setts, obtained a divorce from one
husband on the morning Of the 10th
instant, married another in the after.
noon of the same day. and in the eve.
nihgpreseuted her new husband with
an heir. All parties, are doing as
we'll as oould be expected.