Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-06-17
Washington Correspondence.
WASHINGTON, June IA

anything like monopoly of the good cold
e weather up in Vermont. If you do you
: should proceed to disabuse your minds at
t once. Such weather as they have had
; here for some parts of the last week OF
/ fortnight would do credit to Canada, il
: not to Greenland and Alaska 1t has
been so cool thin the last week in this
: latitude that many people had fires in
their parlors and sitting rooms and over
} coats and thick shawls were not unfre-
quently met with on the street. Especi.
? ally was this the case on last Thursday
The season, though better than last year
seems, on the whole, quite cold, back
ward, and wet, and the wonder is that
vegetation has come forward as well as il
has. Everybody is predicting, however,
and, no doubt, correctly, that the hot
weather will come by-and-by. Probably
: ere the present month is out we shall have
, of heat and dust plenty, instead OF
chilly weather and mud.
The streets Of Washington are almost
always either muddy or dirty There is
no halfway between, no medium ground
to speak OF.
Two hours q wind and sunshine often
suffice to dry up the mud after heavy
rain of two or three days duration, and
set the dust flying az ain in many places
so 1t Is difficult to say exactly where the
mud leaves off and the dust begins Both
are disagrceable enough when they pre-
vail in the extreme but the mud is per-
, haps generally regarded as the lesser evil
of the two. One can hardly conceive Of
anything more thor oughly disagreoable
than day of high wind and dust in
Washington.
At such a time it is interesting 10 stand
on some one of the surrounding heights
overlooking the city, and see the heavy
dust drifts driving along the avenues
oftentimes rising high above and com
pletely envcloping the larger portion Of
the city III dense cloud, and presenting
a scene hardly possible for any other city
Of its size to boast Of. think, and far
more. agreeable and entertaining to look
upon from distance than to participate
in and parta1e of actively and perso-
nally
This dust finds its way into street car
and dwelling, and -everywlore, to the
great discomfort and annoyance OF side
walk pedestrians and street travellers,
tidy house wives, and good citizens gene
rally,
do not find that there is much stirring
here just now IN the way of political
news and gossip. It Is said that Reverav
Johnson viii soon issue large pamphlet
in defence Of himself and his course on the .
Alabama question. 1t is to be hoped that
he will hurry up the publication. Such a
work would be just what i wanted, ana
would afford delightful reading for tn
piping-hot weather which we truat j.
to come uron Us, We want soon
to talk abont and keep us 51"ethins
the dull season. by all awake during
hurry up the PAM means let keEefay
President O. 4Iet.
and Raw ..,ut. Secretaries Boutwell,
lCIf ~ is and OtbtT Gels Itlt7 iAst , {
~ Arlington for few day rest and
realion in the north. ~ - the journey
Of the President ana those ao' 9np4nlins
t him, that lis TO doubt !Tstty widely
, known. on account Of accident to the train
r they were on. and need nor re enlarged
Upon horo. S,,o-ot",,y Eawlins issued hi
2 order for very extensive dismissal o.
clerks and Immediately took steps towards
> making himself one the absentees from
G the city. which undoubtedly was wis.,
: proceeding on hi.part, for he thus escape.
the importuniugs for reinstatement Il
: office ana innumcrable other useless p.ln.
: and infections to which heads Of depart
e ments ere nowadays subjected. 1t /
! stated ii a morning paper, that Adjutan
e Gen. Townsend telegraphed 10 the Seere
y tary, concerning this order, and the latte
/ replied that it should be suspended anti
he returned to the city.
One order alone "plovilcs' that onI
sixty clerks and other employees o
bureaus of the War Department shall b
e ret 4ined out Of 22s Bur whit can tn
Secretary DO about it y.hen he gets bae'
to his dutie. That, the questi ~. Con
i rrcss ha~ made ii necessary tt-- tai- an
4 other large reductions h nele aud
y Secretary has lJtle OF NJ choice in th
matter There seems to be uo WY bu
l. to do the bidding ii these Cou-rre-eioua
Is serv tnt- Of tie people, YEN through IL
v public service should ssat,r IN ca.sc
d auence. "a, VIII ana must L. tle cast il
more instances tl.an one. II o.,rettr.
,s RawlnS could act a. he Judged lt-t Their
g would I've not tht. Ics.t danger that tn
public interests would stuff either fror
40, lack of clerical force 10 perform tn
bo necessary work Of his Department, 6
=, from disposition to squander the Pc
ple's money There would be Just enoug
clerks retained to DO the worl, OF the d,
partment, and no more And in al cas'
where he can act upon his own judg
~ ment entirely he viii, unless | ana muC
. mistaken, be very apt 10 deal justly. in
=" partially and right. He is a m.tn Of il
oh tegrity, capability and force of charaete
though of quiet and unottrnsive ma
Va mers; man of better parts and
greater capacity, as | believe, than t
%" country generally has As yet come to u
derstand. He has mind and will
~ his own; and SO long as he occupies h
-iy present position in the cabinet, John
ny Rawlius and nobody else, will be Secreta
OF War.
lat Theatricals are about at that poi
eu which is sometimes called ".tand-stil
though there are good many concer
m fairs, pic-nics, etc, being held. At "a We
PHI interesting literary and musical entertai
ous ment, given ON Friday evening at t
ion Assembly church, Miss Emma Carnpbe