, 1869-11-27

At CN utk ep<AA% apA DpAaAN 0Ao APNA AVaA*S@s
there viii be Kept up sacn newspaper espionage
that Will make nigh, daylight, and The adtectlves
ei sepfobaston threadesre-
PREPARING 1ux Lists.
Meantime The Capitol rudtng has uufeENone
tee usual summer EausacklDg. upholsterng. a1d
pA,1siDE. ThiA edinee ~ tte&sed every seAt ME
ryat corpte,-wAahei, empalme1, and deserted.
except = few eoleLn n sentlneis, wao sit up around
II all night BY din tapesa- Then II u encased IN
the 1obes Of state the tcepre Frightened AID ls!d
upon It, and. as Congress- returns, Tbs CT goes up
IN every couft,erH soul: Tho old King u dead!
Live the pe*!"
There q DOL part of the exterior marble that
has not peen rcruufsed md scraped: all the
seaus have been pointed. and the angles and
tcse1s sbsrpened; many Of the a'sssrases iaseD
mp and re-sei the apaba atd cdEes Of the plasered
walls demolished and reformed; The feass taken
out Of botn balls, vanished, rep aeed, OF ra-cov
tred; all The carpets shaken a.d ~Aehed. or new
ones purchased; the clocka taken to pieces and
regulated; poztiona OF the marble roors fatd
anew; the commlttee-rooms touched up bJ the
deNRner1; the heating and lighting apparatus
thoroughly examined: the Immense stored Of fuel
ard stationery TepleDtsned: the document rooms
cleaned, and the wlndow.panes and oaluted sky-
iiRhta repovAseds and new coHm,tteerooHa
have betn cut IN old Lumber eyf1ea and pathotes;
AID the two restaurants uadef the Wings en-
I8tEtu Blu uEEQ16IGIn a Cul4QIuX "a Eu4 HlLE OE
the Capitol requires IS much attention as hsoy,
Durtrg The recess have been sruck with the
Imperial polemnlty sud ynstne5a OF this mighty
conslucuan,-a helpless yet almost I hunan
tnitg HIllpg 10 sleep without attendance fJttR
Ike cAtacouh OF kings IN echo aud diu2y srlen-
cor; the itRhta IN Its lorg halls turned low, the
sculptured busts eonsulee, and capitals onsearely
grant, n,-snalow and Asate, power and solitude,
death and rafrel, all together
When Cor gresa coucs It Wit seem IKE an inun-
bat1on Of saFages npou some barred pslaec.
Eoisy Intrigue and designations In daEk corners.
the march Of feet tho carol Of unrenecsn9 laugh
tel, the tppo Of little nrA,o9, and tue conflict Of
L1lputA; lille BY their Diminishing associations
the cellipgs Will stoop 1oFer the tail white shafts
will cztn9e, the Statues smi1k sud The f1ue paint
legs grow dtnQJ At the Rightly prosrtuted pano-
rana Of \ zuoansehank.
OEe By one al the familiar faces OF tho edl1ce
fesorn to Us: There II Warren In the documeIt-
room-whilo1n Tie lobby Of sce Old House OF Rep
rac1tauEes; and It Ia 4 sors Of justice that
~tese the p!ossert used to wak 8nd cen.
toet, the psges recl;at!7e Of their expo
tuTe Rre now stored away, Tonder, in
the done, aucuHst hts books aud photograph, u
the Patient and costented antiquarian, Wyeth,
With his Few history OF the haraf1 ready. and Iull
Of pictures, Up among tho House archives IL
the tall and haEdsnme co!orcd man who used, II
1Nb*~A ubENEptuDdt ~ kAaeA2ASA 40& lAG CpG8keF
himtelf The ttout AID goodly genueman who
guards tho diplomatic gallery, looks, on his To-
turnt Ike the risen nun, and is standing welcome
TO America Downing, tue rsstanruteur, u here,
with bis picked oJsterd and tracts on equal rights,
in doubt ~ 10 whether he w,11 spply for foreign
tnhAon or Wildly embark IN a vast enterprise OF
bcasting the government By eonHacs. Tae fat man
with the blk care and I'D face ia cooked back tn
hts chair In the rotu1da, usual. looking like Bar
ffr1n ~ IN 2 frtRtn ffA%
stored to health. And the company Of Stewards,
pn1tegs, and sefvitor, knoF each other, aud have
the same Kind Of secrets and behavior u the full
complement Of attendAuta on large ssesnsntp.
4 msn can GO to Europe and learn to be q fool,
bot he cannot be educated III. he gocs to sea
cure and prevention OF idlocy 10 10 send four
patient on zone such niT shlp ~ the Rossu.
or tho City Of Lonoon, to Europe, and
ticket him under bond. 70 tnss he cannot 60
athore at The othes end. He viii get al
un~hole.one ,hitgl out ct bis stomach. and he
wtil dec what parallel shtp Il to Capttot Of
government In soue past letter 10 THE TILE
Ehk, have compared tie lighted Capitol BY nignt
10 mighty hor,h Rifef or " Sound j" steamboat,
ard jest now the assembled clerical force Il von-
dtrfply ukc the employees Of big steamship. The
Capitol Is Twice u Ioug aud three tines deep
the biggest ocean passenger vessel There they
are, all With their 1n1truc'lons waiting for freight
the hAIts Of officers md crew, 20 nany booked
lor the Setato In HE1t cabin, 10 many for The
House Of Representatives. aud erefy none{ed pas
Eergef Il ascetsAi1ed IN advance, 60 that he can
be y ell hlel on the TIP. There ts quite strugRte
amongst the wslser1 - 10 who shall CARY the
Iuretn for the tpnueptial Conxressmen. Ready
| a'so are the librarians and na1gatoEs IN the
csart rot n; read. the Supreme Court to tAke the
toundltg 90 Whenever called upon Tue passengers
l AtfD1HiA y fbA
| tut committee roous, aud contend together tor
! .ne top terth. Any Cooxressnau Will dr1ue his
stste-rrom With lady, Il the chips regulations
permit Of II Al last the Day Of saIlrR cones: up
! 90 the Gags At stem and stern. The chaplain,
like = pilot, catsiea them oot 10 deep
~a1cr, and fer the nrst few days they arc an1-
Mus,y cEosstng the banks, Then the tun bseaks
| loose; The new members are all ses. k,ck; they
can't catch dah o6 the snsp, hut tho nsh all abats
aSe sincerely dtsirous OF catching some Congress.
nan. The happiest day Il getting into port, and
! taert wtsn theJ were already. Down IN tne gull
| cf the told a1r the ffeEtn; eser3body xno =.
where the bar roons be; the scandals are Illlmtt.
stle, hut tho under.lfters SELDOM hesz Of them,
ard nre chiefly anxtous that the roJa9e be nee'
And protpctons; and > bile some feai lcebergs o.
ctal~ors the greatest fear t. Of the very eieuens
thar kteps the ship snoat, the occan,-she people,
1islusi
! TW ROLL o. YpACn.
| Vow there d trouble aooat the new lssuo OF
bank notes, and doub.a thrown upon tho bank
cote erstaE:ng cnmpas.es, much Of II insti9s.ed
| hJ rig wncu IL anxious 10 ret up hinge oA1x
| upte prtl lt!pg ett4bl!t nn eut as WaAh,tEton.
Ge1e1nl Grant 4 administration Il exposing the
| f1Andl undertaken ALd set s1oas BY Jahnson's
scuundrels, More thieves prosperrd In Johnson .
little period than IN Ill the Previous and peroaps
Subsequent, TINE Of The government and Jet the
| e1.rTsAiteLt u poor man to-day. He Naa 10
ApeGtbtd In bis peIforal Consequence tass, while
he ~as too proud to steal, he WIS., TOO easlly n4t
tered to dcuy thief once.
| Rnuof hA1 II here 1oat Colonel Wright Rves
! one Of his sec5e1aEts, said to him, hearing oi
! Lafayette Thonss' npf ointment to the portfolio
! Of wa1:
ant President. yeu had gone cut here snd
| drawn chAk mark on The pasenept, and takea
| the nrst IN that stepped scrpss It, you Would
| have made better seiecaon,7
Johraop, It II added, never lorg4ve this fir xnd
f1Ank C1ue; and inch Of the WORK O! this ers Ii
| 10 expose and expel the people who went tu ther
undet . my policy" and CAN'T oat TOO fat 10 Weal
| shS largest g,Ied nAndcrds.
BrsnEss TKKr rtTo rScE ruxs cABC.
Ara Harrttt BeeeneS stowe has been toe hero
tre Of Two extraosdlnaty act1 OF notor1ety bo.t
publications, and In thta fresh period Of the las
Of them, ! hare taken tenure 10 walt over 10 tht
caoiiol aod examine tn the Library tne1c peThs2a
! ths only complete tie Of tho Sstssaa, Era exit
t1R, xneresn she tusnfed her E1st novel
The Eso t. ueesly folio pape7, long ago c1
rac, OF seven cotua7ns, ptuted On sott thin, cot
soo rag paper. and announced u edited ~ 6
R2teJ, WITH John @. Whltzler for corresponding
sdlfox II b mainly literary pspEr, AMI srtsy II
| Attts1Are1J papG, Msta ne a. editoEsAu, etc.
thrown In. TIE trsi look that you get Of Ii
ahowa Joo tpat It y the paper OF man ot pslncs
pie, and nAn Of literary taste. For some tams
before AEA. Stove .zote nncn for II, there wefs
dEfereuNal uo.ices Of per rAune, and then few 1T
Ne coutEbuI!ona to her credit, eustae stock HtorJ
1 wEtt<r fer the paper gAs Mrs. 3 d E =. South
worth, wno, u she htd been woman OF ednca
| don, v1u!d pave been better novehst than MI
| 8lowe: tor abe has moro contr.vanee, v1Eut, 1nt
| EnHue than The greater lame Can taJ e!alm TO
md II The victim Ut hEI 1muefjec9 opportunities u
esrty HE. Their u never = ss1orx postf1.turu Il
A1s- StowsS stoti<a: hss people an uere veni
themselves upon- Dred wa her only frea ssent
ard he va d1eaofnlly e1umsy angel Of dAft
nees. Take nottce, TOO. thxt IN Mi2. Sso Sc
Socttegn stores. nooe Of Tie wnltas speAk Il
Southern xntto fsshson; esef5 mortal one oi then
tuned his esf cart nI north Of Manhattan Islaad
However, On Ehe lit OF 1Auu1H, 1851, II III
commencement Of tha Uncle Tom rotooe, tn1
znpogpce1ueut appeared:
-X1- z . E Y SoatnWo1an, ths America:
| noTelNt, Who Aszt became knoWn 10 rnA puntt
] itIeoAh lha column Of oo1 paper. hAs engage
| ID fu.nnh : stoE5 taE Cur na1 rolaue"
1sWAs not tn The Btn ot Hay, In the SANS 10