The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-10-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.


/ AsHINGTON, u, u, October -, 1863.
The Common Council have expelled th
Free Conference" from their ohsmber,' OF
account of the freedom With which religion
and social questions were discussed.
From the report of Gen. George H
Thomas, it would seem that Alaska will b,
considerable of an elephant forIus. We
shall only have to send, af.er the 81 ,OO0, ,0OC
upwards that purchased it, centinaslvin
definite sums 10 keep il, while, we dom
know what on earth to do with it, after all
That is about the import of the Generals
report. .s.--
Distilleries are said, at The Internal
Revenue Bureau, TO be increasing through.
out the country, in assumptions of suspended
ores, and in new ones, at the rate of about
five day, e.ss
Acquaintsnces of mine who know W. w.
Belkpsp, the new Secretary of War, very
well, speak Of him in admiriDg terms.
According to them he not only has excellent
executive aud adminis,r rat,ve abilities, but
is also man of fine Commanding presence.
animated and graced with a true gentlemanly
spirit, large aequirem ents and high culture.
President Grant was right in suppUsing a
pretty good sec'y Of War might be got out
of all that. - -
The foreman Of the Govt Printing Office
some time ago committed the blunder of
ordering the type Of the Commercial
Relations" distributed before the edition
was worked off; whereby the whole work
had to be re set at loss of probably SO, 900
at least. 1t having been spoken OF in our
papers, he has The. e1frontery, after trying
to belitde the loss, to add that there would
be no loss at all if the work should not he
ordered to be reset for the balance of the
edition; whereas, at the same time that he
was making this statement he knew the last
of the copy for the decomposition was in
hand, and perhaps the last page resell
The Freedmen's Savings d Trust Com
Psny of this city are reported to have
81 400 900 assets, and to contemplate the
erection soon of banking house on the
premises already purchased by them, on
Penn. Avenue opposite tie Treasury.
The Internal Revenue Department is after
some city railroad companies in Brooklyn
who have omitted to return the full amount
of tax-paying income.
Taleing about being after" reminds me
that number of Ofice-seekers are after
some of the most desirable places about the
Capitol, such as Secretary, Sergeant-at Arms
and DOOrkeeper of the Senate. The present
of the second mentioned office,
J. 3. French, have known personally
from the day when it was all work with him
and no pay, for the principles which are
now triumphant; and as he was elected anlY
the beginning Of this Congress, 1 guess they
had better let him alone a little while vet.
that he may be able to understand what he
has done for some othsrs, il nothing for
himself. -.u
There are indications Of brilliant Oapiiol
10 be this winter. At least half q dozen rich
men, members of both houses of Congress.
and others, are added to the number Of
house owners here's aud of course bought
their fine mansions to use them. For ex-
ample, Fernando Weod is reported to have
ordered the furnitare for hls new house
from Paris. Senator Buckingham, Speaker
Blaine, RedOubtable Ben. Butler, Assistant
Sec of-State Davis, ct id genus omue, al
thrugh they may peter TO patronizs Ameri-
can manufacturers, will not be behind in pro-
visions for an elegant hospitality Gen.
Mcclellan and family, and his father-in-law,
Gen. Marcy, and family, are ANNOUNCED as
among the visitors to the Capital for the
whole winter. After their long soiourn in
Europe, circulating among the best people,
no doubt they will form an important
addition in themselves to our rather ANAL
party of very "best society,"" Members of
Congress are here in prOpria persone or by
proxy to secure quarters for the session, and
many of them with view to obtain some
thing more elegant, and hospitable than
they have INDUCED in heretofore. We have
a new hotel, aiming TO lie Fifth Avenue
affair, which must have its fashionable oc-
And So forth and-so on. think
your readers may rest assured that if they
wish to visit the Capital for its gayeties, this
winter viii afford them a better opportunity
Than any of its predecessors could have
done
Talking about society" reminds me of
something told me of one of its members
the other day by lady acquaintance of
mine. Privileged by intimacy, my ae-
quaintanee said to Mrs. General Sherman;