, 1869-08-12

4 correspondent In the Cincinnati CommeFc.dl
who 10 Ultimately posted on the ways Of Washing
ton city, takes Parton to task for hts unsophtstt
Gated faith In Congressional virtue and the I'm
maculate purity OF female CLERKS IN the depart
mcnts. He saJa:
of the reports that congressman keep mlstrcsse4
or tnAt tte3 arc quartcrci In the government de.
departments. We would prefer 70 admit that no
nlt'IesLtc arc now Kept there. Ii could be 1nit
Gated 10 Nj. Parton. nevertheless, that more
than i've tints nte members OF Congrehs have .:
the same tinae kept mattresses. II tie Will come
here for review, IN sttte Of the ilnpoasl.lty ot
ns rrr1eh n;st ts r, ceIn rnnS he
II. chit - nxkuftd, too, that not MI women who
Etbk their crinolsue on the same pegs with Their
thas Is wei M 1t nome In Se. p. iost Or M bosson oSs'
"1ohDRon's Hen. oclatlc administration, damned
With every Other upchasttfy, WIS notorious fuf
this 81 ecies Of untrue too Commencing ~ tne
y bite House, It Uttered into the departments
You never could guess what xas bot done therr.
nfi.hf ortnR SECRETARY Kept for time IN his de-
pertinent husband and wife, the latter undoubt-
"ne New York rlctortals appeared ut the t1ue,
representing chtlo Q! this person labelled with
the srtretnIJ'e 4 naHe. You did NOT have to trace
bAck lucil 1uItheE for the htatury OF Individual
made Auditor ~ . DISTINGUISHED olrcial, on the
condition Of tsklng wife from the depart uent,
WEo, before the marriage bills warranted II, bore
him an hcir, 10 ~nom he generously. or out Of
arar,tudc tor bis otace, nad1 present Of his OWL
na.ne, q ia ~, ~. ,.. p,,,, ~. ~.
Treasury, when investigated, was tnunu too ugly
and Nidt.t pftod ftt publication. The present ILL.,
coming administration Threw tbts tgcntIetnan '
t'y the heels out 0! the Window. And now, when
such things arc no LONGER done. We had q cal!
from Hannah Tyler the ether norn;ns, and
department orctll and one OF his clc1ks were dts
ni.stn for improper Intimacy.
"1nese A1e wallis and strays One can pIck ups
hundred iscts OF similar cases in day. IT,.
ftc's ~ bs old now, and before thai one daF, ::
Is ntes tsR1t 10 have teen here longer than taEer
xttks. 4 gust Of wind will Hometines make
queer revelations II wlll lift vail, mad chow
you hldecusl5 marked lace; OF sEtt, ,In1 eInlt-
II q dcftfmetl lnh SEeepInR through the for-
ctt II NH lift an autnmu leaI from the earta, and
discover close uuder Il nest OF hotr1tle, po11oIs
rt1nin- II Las hten shown that /, WILL uncover
Is curious neral defarnltfes~ One day there
came h.MhE breeze around TIE corner Of =
GoytrpDenI department not far from the Interior,
s*eeF,ng IN behind The massive colonades ana
female clerk through the open window.
"The lady CLERK had read tbe letter, aEi hHa gone
hastily ludtgnaut from the foom u consult the Cen
ilenan1y ct ,el Of The huEeau upon its contents
The letter VAS written BY sister CLERK tn an ad-
COY es, thnt the person to whom It was addressed
WIS rival In IN unlawful intimacy With tht chief
OF the tuteau The letter. In lis turD, ha1 Just
deyeloI meni. MeanEnilc, ne1soo;.E . tie rH5,ain
Of the Washington tt5eets-had caught the nuf-
tertnG letter oct OF the Endow, and returned IT 10
the room from which It cane- II was received
thete into the general Possession OF tue Iady occp-
contents was shocked BY doubly c1aspesa,tnS
turpr1sr, bHt psudcnt1y withheld the letter nom
further obserss stlon. -"
The owner, returning, aecuEed her Of theft, and
Utility Of eeCrtts. The {recze had discovered
(hrfe MAutst*, in sintls department. 10 III ek,tIn