The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-11-02
PALLADIUM coRREspoNoENcE,

WASHfN0rOS, u, Oct Zftn, iooS.
The Cav Season 1.-THE harvest season for
proprietors and boarding house mistresscsl is
approaching so rapidly that in almost every
department Of business, there seems t. be
more than usual life and energy exhibited in
getting the House in readiness for the grand
tournaments awaiting the meeting Of next Con-
gress. @f9@ s
The National Theatre, capable Of holding
1000 people, is thronged nightly 70 witness
Miss Lydia Thompsonts Burlesque Troupe.
which with it's familiar characters in ,Sinhad,'
is attracting to it all olsses of people. from Pres
ident Grant, Members Of Congress Foreie n
Ministers, &C., who occupy private boxes or
Orchestre chairs. to the humblest laborers who
seem pleased with the privilege of securing 25
cent seats in the Gallery. a#
THE DsFEAr OF ANDREW JOHNSON,
on Friday. is great surprise to his few friends
here. but will in the end no doubt have sal
utary effect in reconciling them to accept his
defeat as the inevitable prelude to = new and
changed area. which awaits the whole South.
His defeat however. does not seem to effect his
admirers so much IS would have been suppos-
ed. The Fenians to man are jubibant over
the defeat of the man who they contend, de-
feated them in their well-la scheme to rid
themselves Of the yoke of Great Britain. Poor
Johnson! how we. who know his aspirations
too we'll, pity him in this his hour of bsreavs-
ment; and only wish that he could again be
reconciled to enjoy the Office of the J.P. in
Greenville. and that the good people there
would clothe him with that magssterisl honor
for the balance of his life. But such hopes We
fear will not bs realized, and may again see,
perhaps mot probable, his Accidency accident
ally elected to the United States Senate in the
place of Mr.. Bronwlow, whose nearly worn out
constitution forbids the anticipation of his re-
naming with US long.
The bountiful harvests this year in the South
and her bright prospects in the future. is work
Ing wonderful change politically; and in every
other way. in the minds OF those who hereto
fore were opposed to every act or measure of
reconstruction and pacification oft Southern
people. 1 1
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
No enc in coming to Washington, should fail
to vissit the Agricultural Department. Oae Of
the most valuable and Interesting features Of
this Department, is its museum. where may be
found almost every thing relating either dif-
rectly or indirectly to matters of Agricultural
interest. It comprises both foreign and native
grain, fbres, vegetable and not animal; Nod,
els of every kind of fruit and vegetables, show
ing their adaptation to different localities and
clamates; birds of our own country, and su ch
foreign ones as can be acclimated and made
useful. their habits, food, natur es, whether ben
eficial or not to farmers &c. There is also .
very large collection ofinsects of almost every
imaginable shape which have been engraved
by the entom ,lo, ,ist, and colo red to life, only
adorning the walls Of the Musum, for the want
of suitable cabinets for them, Congress having
fled to make appropriations for building them.
The names and transformations of these little
insects are not only given, but their habits, and
relation to agricultural products are shown.
The Department has lately received new
collection of grain. cereals. fruits and vegeta-
bles, the most Of which it would seem, are
from the West. Washington Tertiary is rep
resented by several exceeding fine ap pies and
pairs: Nebraska, by nearly forty examples of
the same fruit, large, fine, and delicious; IA n
sas a fine collectioaDof grains, fruits and veg>
etables; and Ohio, by nearly fifty varieties Of
corn in the ear. 4e t ~
THE p. o. DEPARTMENT.
under the wise legislation Of Congre ss, and
the efficient o 'icers at its head is constantly
undergoing reformations which effect the
people more general than reforms in any one
of the other Departments. The P. M. Gen.
has under consideration contemplated change
in the Rout Agency Service in his Department,
securing to Ra,lroa Is pretty generally through.
out the country railroad Postal Clerks, by
which the mail will be assorted for the re.
spective roads over which they are to go, and
thereby prevent the delays now att ending the
mails in the various distributing Offices of the
Country. These reforms keep step and be.
come part of the progress of the age This
Government throughout all administrations,
think, has been exceedingly liberal ia extend
ing its favors even to the most sparsely settled
section Of our country; and the people in re>
ciprocating those favors have gradually lncreas-
ed their patronage. until the Department is
now nearly selfsustaining. It is estimated
that since the completion of the Pacific Rail-
road the Government is saving at the rate of
one million year in the transmission of its
mails to the Pacific
The Post Office Money Order System, now
being daily extended to the smaller Offices of
the country. netted to tho Government in the
last fiscal year, after paying all expenses, $65,
697 having issued l. 264. i43 orders. amounting
to $z4.s4s, ,O5S. onE sos
1t would seem with our present Postal Sysl
tenn improved BY : few changes contemplated
BY the P. NJ. General, tLat il we could now
have added to it, in practical operation. the
postal telegraph system which is hoped Con>
gress will arrange at its next session we should
be in condition to challenge the wide World
for our equal in securing the greatest amount