Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1867-04-11

WASHINGTON, d. c., March Is, 1867.
Washington agin | Wat changes
hev bin made in the last two yeers
Not in Washington, for this delight
ful abode Nv oflshl purity hezn't
changed a particle, nor never will.
From the summit Nv Wizards hotel
| kin see now, ez did a yeer ago,
the same sign Nv steamed oysters"
in front, the Capitle towerin over the
trees at the tother end Nv the Ave-
moo, and behind the Patient Offs and
Post Offs buildins, the first the Mec-
ca nv every Dimokrat and the tother
Nv every Yankee who comes her.
No Washinton aint changed, but |
hev. Formerly when | visited Wash.
inton it wuz tite times with me, Will
lard's wuz my hotel, then ez now
Chadwick, him NV the towerin hite,
rotund abdomen, side whiskers, and
round hat, wuz then ez now my land
lord. In them days, before the hap
py return w 4. Johnson to reason
! pnt sum Thousand Democrats, who
hed more stumick than money and
more appetite than small change, in
to offs, and, per conscience, into con-
dition to pay their bills, | wuz a guest
at this hotel, witch is to say slept on
the steps Nv the Capitle, and took or
tried to take my meals at Chadwick's
bountiful board. Eff | ned no cur.
rency | he'd taste, and ez wuz forag-
in for subsistence, ! alluz made it a
point to forage Oh the richest paster
| fields. 1t is ez easy to check first
class dinner ez it is second class,
and besides, | felt that sich hotel
ez Wizards wuz better able to stand
sich boarders ez | wuz then them Nv
less patronage. kept away from
tother hotels out Nv sympathy for the
proprietors. Never shell forget my
last visit here. ] he'd run the dinin-
room guardian-angel for a week, and
wuz congratulatin myself on another
week at least, when Chadwick stop
ped me hisself, and the follerin CON
versashen ems ,od:
"My friend" sed he in winnin tones.
"Davis Garret is my name !" sez l
ave hear enuffI," sez he. Listen!
I've let 700 run week, coz it's my
regIer practis. Yoo he'd a hungry
look. but by this time 700 out to be
filled up and able TO go q week at
least without estin. Ez 700 amt Nv
no earthly use to anybody, and make
no pretentions to bein ornamental
git y and three we'll directed kicks
landid me onto the sidewalk.
But hev forgiven him. He treats
me we'll He hez confidence in NE
now, | hevin paid him in advance
It's rool he hez, he jocosely remark
ed. with men Nv my pecooller cast
Nv countenance, TO hev EN- pay in ad
vance. He says it's much the best
way. Hevin paid, sich men ez me
feel more comfortable about the
house and 30 do the proprietors. It's
me that's changed--I hey money to
pay my bills Bless the lord for
Seward, johnson, Randall and other
Injuries.
But pleasant ez it is to contrast
my former posishen with my present
proud one, | hev not time to dwell
upon "reminiscences Lite is short |
am a practicle man, and tho it may
be pleasant to linger for a moment
onto memry's pleasant ields,I cannot
My biznis in Washinton is precisely
what every Democrats biznis is here:
to git confirmed. It sint no trouble
for a Kentucky Democrat to git ap-
pointed, for the President heZ 50 far
relaxed his rules in this pertikeler ez
to appint them ez wuznt never in the
Confedrit army, but to git confirmed
ia the pinch There's the gauntlet
NV an Ablishn SENT to run, and good
Lord wat knowledge they hev NV
the out-goins and in comins nv ap-
pointees
The President and Postmaster.
General Randall wuz extremely anx-
ious for my con6rmasher SO much
so, that they advised me to resort to
the strategy now so common in the
North.
"Go back on NE for the time bein,"
sed that trooly great aud good man
who adorns the sofas in the Presi-
denshel Mansion. Wilcox en-
That's yoor only holt, Wilcox EN-. |
advised him 70 do IL and see how il
worked"
"My dear sir" sed /, carried away
by this new and experienced display
of greatness, "Kin 700 bear to hev
me who bears yoor banner in Ken
lucky bend the knee to an Ablishen
SENT, and repoodiate 700, even for
an hour? 1t is safe in my case, for
my material sfinities are with yoo,
but don't, beg Nv yoo, advise all
Nv them to so do. Ny deer sir, two
thirds Nv them will go out for con-
frmashen, and, ef successful, will
forgit to return.
But the great and good johnson
wood take no denials. Draw up"
sed he, "a letter to a conservativ
member Nv Congress, explain yoor
connection with me, and"
And overkum with emoshen, he
bust into tears,
Sadly undertook the task, and
after four hours Nv intense labor, the
follerin wuz completed:
"Hon.--, House Nv Reps.
my dear Sir Ny conhrmashen
by the SENT Nv the Yoonited States
to the posishen Nv Postmaster at the
Confedrit Y Roads, witch is in the
State Nv Kentucky, bein somewhat
jeopardized by my opersshens in the
politikle field doorin the past two
years. | heY the honor to explane