Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-01-07
(C.rre,ronderea & ~. Beacon }
Washington Eaa, "a, 1869.

going on-tro1ble ID the canr II NAY
80 call it. What Is up AMI ou:, 10 one
can toll. The President else. swings
round the circle, gets back and Wash
burne and Wade take dive as him
Then you uay sse cronPs Of tie tai;ii!--
il low. bu: -eIy earnest c0nver=A'lon and
uar bear az occasional -..-s!e1 70 the
Deity and some ones e.es AMI soul
What The matter car DC re are u9aelc 70
say. up 70 da:e. Faces certainly are lo7G.
Wssh5arre, !, is sad, left tic Presile.'
elect fe. days since in a very bad Ia
NOR. S;relling in Grants neighhorhood
shout the game tine, re encountered Ben
Wade getting home BY he back streets
With all possible dispatch. Ben is not
remarkable 70. his pleasing countensnce
=: best Ca other words H.sn would no;
Ike g sleep in tie same room VIII tie
Presideu. Of tie Senate unless well &C
quainted With hin) but on that occasion
he looked much darker than usual. He
had large cane in his hand sad gave us
sucb look IS we passed that we took to
the eprb-stone With al possible haste
What she difficulty ia will, We suppose,
leak on. in time. to the pleasure or NOR
titcstion of some one.
There ia rumor sfoas that Grsnt viii
decline s!l ceremony in the way ct an In
aueurs.ion 90 the 4th Of March. Esueh
be Tie case he disappointment will be
.srrihle to tbs Office seekers acre ard elae-
where, Ger each is wing vita the Other
how he can draw most attention OF ia: I'm
por,snt day l. is ssid that The General
will eat hasty breakfast efter he has ts-
ken bis morning dram, gotc the nearest
faithful and sober Justice Of he Peace Of
such car 90 found in Washington) swear,
make for the White House and tell Mr.,
johnson to make himself scarce SIS soon
ss possible, order dinner. light fresh
cisar and haze good time generally -
The crowd of ofhce- seekers expected here
on the 4th Of March is something euor-
nous Large numbers Of rooms have
been engaged weeks ago. These, We
suppose, are for the more prominent Of
6ce-ssskers, such az candidates for for
cign embassies, collccsor-ships and the
ike, while the small fry. such aa clerks.
will take to the lunber-yards, stable-lofts
or any place they can get into, the cheap
or the better The lumber ysrds, not
costing anything, will be Rost extensive
" patgopizad. There are about sixty
thousand Offices in the gift Of the Gov
ern,nsn, and We learn from 8 reliable
source that forty thousand feel certain Of
esch Office. Il Is 10 be hoped the Gene
raj will take the precaution TO have =
large army here about the time sha. the
Offices are filled, fer there will bs trouble.
we fear, with thirty-1ine thousand nine
hundred and ninety-nins men On the
verge Of madness, tearing albeit. wanting
70 lick somebody and sweay2s Grant IS B
Rebel, CopPeg-head and a Southern
syppathirer.
Christmas and New Years days have
come snd gone with sheir hopes and dis
appointments The usual custom Of
dreaehihs you with egg-nogg was car
ried OF. with a vengeance. We do not
remember ever 70 have seen so many men
and boys in condition Of total beTilder-
ncnt as to which side Of the street be-
lopged TO them Some gaze up the at
tempt snd stretched themselves st full
length on the pavement, waiting for the
hrs, policeman who caDc along TO set them
right. The firing of guns and crackers
vas decidedly slack and mostly confined
70 small boys, while the Jakies spent the
dsv on whishey and water and eoaxing up
fights with each and all who were so in
eIned, and we're successful in many in
stances, judging from the damaged features
We saw during the day.
New Year. Dav certainly ~as net bril-
liant The rain continued in pleasant
.nd refreshing showers up to about one
o'clock, when an agreeable mist set in
which has lasted up 70 date, and from ev-
erv indication bids fair to last the remain
der Of the winter But the strongmind-
ed .nd male evcrIuajr5 were rot 70 De
Backed out. The former shortened their
skirts very short, hois,ed large cottol
umbrellas and plunged anSle-ieeP into
The mud and water With courage won
dsrful to behold while TIE males stack
their 7su:aloons inside their cowhide
boots and took 70 the water s. fit had
been .he;r native element Receptions
on receptions wer. th- orier Of thc day.
The Presidents WAS Yet crowded bu; one
Of the mos, brilliant SIS j; drew all that is
eff Of c,n,ili,y in Washington. Hacks
did fourishing business Snd might De
seen ave snd SIX dosp II some oftho doors
IN he ives. end cf teEn The ladies'
seemed % vie WIKI csch other VIC should
be most elegantly dressed and give the
NOS SUM- ;uous entertainments Some
Of the dresses and3ewels we saw will make