The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-21
AN OCCASIONAL LETTER FROM
WASHINGTON.

Special Correspondence Of the New Orleans Croscsntl
WASHINGTON, D. c., July "A, lS6S.
Red hot, as applicable to the temperature of
this place, has for the past few weeks become a
very common, and literally. most appropriate
term for the swelteIing oppressiveness Of atmos-
pheric surroundings. The exaggerated ills of a
New Orleans summer, involving its refreshing
changes of from 10 to Is degrees in the twenty
four hours, bears happy contrast to the delight
ful sameness which charaeterizes the standing of
the mercury here Daylight disclOses 81 deg;
noon, 80 TO 100 deg; and at midnight, in our hun.
BILE sanctum 9S deg. is indicated by the thermom-
eter, and amply testified by personal moisture
and these are the changes which the good people
of New Orleans annually go to such inconve-
nience and expense to realize, and invariably do
realize, together with the delights Of dusty rail-
road travel, over crowded hotels. irregular living
and depleted purses. How much better and more
profitable to encourage local enterprise, and de-
velop home resorts. 1t may be that sensible
tourists would prefer a more Northern range of
summer explorations than Washington BIT to
be brief and explicit, its " much OF q muchness"
curing the summer term OF heat.
The approaching adjournment Of Congress re-
wives the interest which the recent New York
convention mOnopOlized. Everywhere the cam
paigp may be said to have begun. The Demo-
CrhLlC members OF DOll HOUSES appear less Ve-
spondeLt in the hopes of glorious future, and
feel a confidence which they are not slow to eX.
press. Senator Davis, the other day, made a
most fluent and jealous declaration of the hopes
and aspirations of the Democratic party, aud
most sanguinary onslaught on the perfdy Of Re.
publican legislation in the matter of the electoral
vote. To-day Senator Hendricks, in his mild and
impressive manner, submitted 10 the Republican
senators several pertinent and momentOus ques-
tiOns which the American people will require TO
have answered during the approaching campaign:
BY what authority Congress abrogates the peoples
rights nstituting military governments In times OF
peace, and at an annual expense Of nearly slOO,'
600 ,0O0 foisting this unnecessary system on the
people with no other ostensibe reason than the
overthrow of the rights and liberties OF the
Southern people, who, conquered and sub
| missve, in asking for bread are given stone,
and in whose ultimate and final degradation is in-
! voved the elevation of the negro, and thus the
| only salvation of a corrupt and vicious faction
Moderation and dignity characterized the entire
speech Of the eloquent senator, (as they always
do and bis tribute to the nominees of the Demo-
cratic party was sincere as il was honest and
truthful
After q most interesting and exciting debate,
Gen. Banks has successfully carried through the
ALASKA appropriation bill, amounting to E,2)O,.
600, by vote Of l04 TO 40. In his prospective
pie this is doubtless a luscious plum.
number Of hungry Office seekers are s1 Con-
gress draws to a close, constantly in attendance
Louisiana politicians are constantly dropping on
'he stage, and we have TO chronicle the advent
amongst us of the Hon. Chas. Smith, DR.. James
Reedy, C. A.Weed and others. AURORA.