The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1868-04-18
lie In WASHINGTON.

life sn Washington.
c. II Webb, in one Of his letters from
Washington to the New York Tribune,
thus describes some of the people he
meets at the Federal capital:
OF whisky inspectors and revenue
oficers-men Who distrain on guat and
swallow a cameI-who hold their posi-
ton BY uncertain tenures, and have
charges to explain away, there is an army
The woes Of these innocents would I'll
volumes, and the tender faulty with
which they relate them Is especially
charming, One of them who is said to
have made 100000 since May last, nail.
ed me at Wizards the other evening, and
unbosomed himself in a sort OF conf
Dental hari- kari. He had made moth
ing. he said; indeed, he was out fpock
q, by virtue Of his Office, and Nnsd will
ingly resign if permitted II
an honorable manner.
But he strongly objected
with evena shadow of suspicrz1fes
on his character Had he not been viz
tuous he might now be happy andNealthy
On one occasion, while investigating the
business of distillery, he was surprised
IN going to his Office By large envelope
living on his desk. How it got there NJ
Que knew Opening it he found to hi.
horrt0 and amazement ten new scriI
$1,000 notes. OF course he did moi
know from whence they came, but he
had suspicious. Going down to the dis
tille,y he charged the owner With the
outrage. and demanded either explana
ton or an apology. The man denied all
knowledge of the money but Convinced
that she aud none other-was the guilty
party ray friend-ts.yew II iuds&S= -.
the head of a whisky barrel and lef
The end was not there.
Some days afterward the joke was re
peated this time the monetary Enclosure
being accompanied by a note. stating
that like amount would arrive in the
same mysterious manner from an un-
known friend aud well wisher, if he
would but consent t0shut his eyes little
snd NJ worm out the secrets of the still
\ gain he sought the distillery owner
aud again forced the money into his
hands, notwithstanding his protestations
of ignorance, emphatically declaring
that another experiment of this kind
would meet with prompt and severe pun
ishment he would report no attempt at
bribery to the Government. This had
the desired effect, and he was not again
troubled from the same quarter. sStill
he was not safe from like prosecutions at
other hands, and from time 10 time again
had he been approached with induce
ments to betray his trust
When lovely woman stoops to lobby
what should be done with her? Really,
the conditions of granting her request
that she will wear an unbecoming bon
net the rest of her life The pressure
'shich is brought to bear beneath deli
cately gloved hands is really amazing
hydraulic force is scarcely a circum-
stance in comparison. There is power
behind h throne which only the throne
can realize, aad the humber of shorn
Samsons IS something mary elous-more
than one stalwart member Of cur Con-
gress IS bound by seven green withes-
seventy times seven, in fact Office or
honors for themselves, their relatives. or
their friends. is what these ladies ask,
and if they have beauty and brass, they
seldom ask in vain.
A woman interprets mans {" no by
her own construction of the mon0sylla-
BILE, and falls back on the parable Of the
unjust Judge and the fair petitioner for
IN assurance that she shall win after
much wearyiDg But as Heaven gen
orally sends almonds to those who have
no teeth. and rains # = into baskets that
are already full, 50 it happens that the
vollau who really needs Is sent away
emp. handed \ case was told me of
one who came last spring to obtain, if
possible, some place in the Treasury.
Her husband had been in the army, and
90 reduced by hardships encountered in
Libby Prison as to be incapable Of leay-
ing his bed Her only brother was Mill
cd in cue of the battles of the Wilder
ness She was left with a sick husband
and three children to support. Little
by little she parted with her few valu-
ables for the support Of her family, IN
Ill she fually was compelled to pawn her
husbands sword
Without friends and without money.
it was impossible for her to obtain a
hearing, and certainly she must have
thought that, all things considered, it
was pretty hard life. Fortunately, her
story came to the ears of kind hearted
and Influential gentleman, ,wha at once
took her to the Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury and demanded rather than
asked, place for her. One was made.
hut it came too late The husband died
SION after and the misery and humilia--
Ton she had undergone so wore upon the
wife that she sickened and died during
the summer.
1t is singular how rapidly time passes
in Washington. No one does much. and
few accomplish anything. [ speak, of
course, of visitors; yet no one has
leisure moment. In the morning there
is breakfast to be got, and that, in itself,
is no small job. Along toward noon the
ladies and all must go up to the Capitol,
and SIX Dhish around the two Houses,
and through the Halls, chatting with
friends, and watching the occasional bear
fights on the floors. Ills c. nsumes the
afternoon, and then the receptions and
germans Gil up the evenings As for
members Of Congress, their time is
equally divided between making laws
aud breaking the commandments, that il
= seareety lro5sf - g % n "a ssssi al
Hesidents OF sn'asfington jog along very
much Ike the residents of any other
place. making all the money they can off
strangers, and lamenting the good old
times. Newspaper correspondents spend
a good share of their time in cooking up
news, and the balance in hot wa ter, the
consequence OF publishing it So, take
il all in ~, r may be said that a cheer
ful stateOf society exists, and that it is
emphatically good to be here
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