Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-08-10
Correspondence.
Our Washington Correspondence

The Capitol police, by direction OF Gen.
Michler, Sup't of Public Buildings, or
dered meeting Of Spiritualists off from
the east front Capitol steps, last Sunday
afternoon, where they have been acccus-
toned to assemble weekly since the warm
weather opened. Staining the marble
with tobacco juice, was the reason assign
ed.
The Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton give an appropriate entertainment to
signalize the opening of their gymnasium
in their magnificent new hall, to night.
This Association are holding regular
outdoor religious meetings, and the Tenn
.perance folks temperance meetings, on
Sunday afternoons and certain weekday
evenings, and obtaining large attentive
audiences. Some of the most determined
total-abstinence men here have just form-
ed the nucleous of a new temperance boz
dy, called the National Temperance So
cety. Open-air meetings will be pro-
minent fundamentally with them.
John S. Ilollingshead, long magistrate
Of Washington, still given to bad sprees
now and then, with long intervals be-
tween, originated the Washington Temper
ance Society," few years ago, in company
with six other reformed men; and thous-
ands of names mostly Performed men
have since then been enrolled upon its
pledge book. He was, down to a recent
date, its president, and regarded as the
head and font of the movement. Hun
dreds of determinations may be apportioned
to his agency. Yet after all he fell a
prey to the internal appetite; and last
Saturday died in consequence He was
SO years old.
mentioned that Secretary Boutwell,
had Written letter to Stokes, avorina
his election as Governor of Tennessee.
Senator Carl Schurz of Mo-, in his paper,
fayors Senter and that Senator'S opinions
are always the product Of conscientious
examination of the subjects of them.
Again, his colleague, Senator Drake, pre-
fers Stokes. Senator Brownlow, again,
favors Senter. All these CENTER are
par excellence Republicans. The Stokes
side would like to have it believed that
Mr.. Boutwell, speaks for the Adminstra-
ton. am satisfied, on general grounds,
that he does not that the Administration
has taken no dec ded stand.
The doubts which have been entertained
concerning the Presidents attitude OF the
Radical and Conservative Republican
contest in Mississippi. may, it would
seem, be now dismissed, from a reported
interview had with President Grant. 1t
is to the effect that the party by which
Dent 1.-THE Presidents brother-in law has
been nominated was disfavored by the
Administration, as the Administration
was distavored by the great body of that
party, whose spirit and measures the
party, if successful, would aim to carry
out and he regretted that some good Re-
pubicans had lent themselves to the move
ment.
1t has been repeatedly reported that
Judge Dent would decline the nomination
if the President opined that the success Of
the Conservatives would be an injury to
the Republican party, to which he pro-
fesses to belong But, if get the hang
of the barn, the National Union Repub-
lican party" whose nomination of him for
Governor he says, inhis letter Of the 30th
ult., he would accept if rendered, is the
identical party that Presiden Grant thinks
bogus Republican and anti-Adminstra-
ton.
The political affairs of all these recon-
structing States seem to be considerably
mixed.
The 4th annual Schuetzenfcst has COM
menced here with the greatest Aourishcs.
There were 100 applicants for the 9
additional apprcnticcships in the Govt
Printing Office Five were colored boys.
Mr. Clapp selected purely on merit, as
revealed by report Of the examining COM
mittee. The successful candidates are
all whites.
The Secretary of State has appointed a
commission to select site for new
State Department, consisting Of the See
retaries of the Trsasnry and War, tho
architects of Capitol and Treasury. and
the Superintendent of Public Grounds and
Buildings.
The State Department has, since the
demolition of the old building, occupied a
fine new brick cdi6cc far out on IAN
street, erected for some eleemosynary pur-
pose.
The new Internal Revenue Admnistra-
ton is driving business. Dcfrauders are
almost daily brought to light, and to grief.
Commissioner Delspo has decided that