The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1870-07-22
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Special eorre.Oond.nt Of the Union Flag.l
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Special CORRESPONDING VI the Union Flagl
WAsnlS;TON, July 10, 1870.
Editor Union Flag:
Til, second session D the Forty. first Con-
gress is among the things that were and
Washington has mlth smaller number Of
members 81 Congress lnd Senators than NJ
sunrise this morning. Last night the law
makers we're gathered bgcthtr IN the Cipitui
Ia nv and rush thrunH some Of The unfnIsh-
rti business on the elcnd"r. Uf course il
was MS pleasant 10 the members rs il was to
the occupants at the Ellrrics the thermom-
rtcr being only ut equity. hNe. THIS heat
compelled the ~ ltaiM Ui tue dried palm
Leaf and Chinese NlnE srirers in the homes
that stray atom II the passing breeze
might b. forced 0 btsh the damp brow Of
one OF the sw,aiiugSir ones in the gal.
ltrirs, thrir A,tendHnl- or the gray. and
wise lawmakers on the floor. Above the
sky.liphts m improved thermometer WAS
placed beside the flag tah, and the only
means OF nscrr'Alnlng lie Temperature was 10
send a ANAL hoy alnh, WHO womd cry out
like our Weet,In rlvsrmarinrr doris Ms he
takes the sOundiuIs "Gne hundred and
thirty ninr!7 We lett, but the boy and the
Thermometer were still going Up,
In the House it WINS 'Hll cOmnO,ion all
confusion all cong OmFhtion all vexniion
to n fellow trying 10 catch an item for the
fLAa. Whrn ~ lOrtnIats mrmhef would
gain the attention OF Mr., Speaker, a piece Of
paper would 20 10 the clerk ; you could then
near the clerk vnl"e bit not his words. he
stops the gnvr fails the Speakers lips
move. lh,nl Oh thtul on hrdlan where
| j. thy glory Suprrccyicd By tho House Of
Representatives for wall gues up from
everybody lhsl can LoVF, to this effect, mir.
| Speaker But 10 the uniWiIiird eir the sound
appears to hr Mr.. SPtr. pnr, more fortunate,
il recognized then a rHpr, sound from the
clerS's lips, the gAy,l, TIN the Speaker and
| again the glorious rhorn 10y the House 50
it continued until twelve o'clock, solo and
! chorus
| In the Senate the grge Senators pufTrd
and hluwcd like porpoist lnun,d walked, sat
| down got up, tururd buud opened thrtr
shirts ut the utrk, hut 4 was no rsc, they
couldn't rails, brwz". j. was hot, yes hot
Ms brzcS, il not n litltIlotirr. The Senate
was m Committee Ut HE Whole Senator
Trumbul in the Chair ,ni happy lime hc
had of il. Ii his ears ion't ting with the
sound Of Mr. Prcsdeit- ilr-sd
dent--drnt- Pre,i-Prs--ior the next three
months, all we have to lay is, thai, the drum
Of his p,,rsare badly ,snsructed Here, as
in the House. there WIZ much coumolon.--
Every Senator yas,oFhis feet with appraised
hands and OPEN muufls ready to cry out, "hr
PRESIDENT lfauy sedSSH that was present
and knows what wtsi9onF, aside from what
he did, We would LID 10 see that m,n ids
tor once. In the gahries the fair aud forty
with some phai, wore iuduslriously engaged
in circulating the atmosphere.
To-day the plrilrni, tslluct aud some other
went b, the CIptol iu fc this session flicker ont
The prr.dcpt ,At with Fn IN hand, the cabinet W.
ready " receive, aud sab drawer took MI that wa
l coming TO H. The timp 60 AdluuIu was ~ NJ, I'm
they did not get throngl In tie Sruair. Tho llur
TUX rcc~s., and II issulhlNrd barr ball club Nh
| the result. T', Srnnle ernt into executive srssir
! soon Altci assembling att ucl. eli THE morning, au
o. course an thr ralrri,t were cleaned out Off,
you could have seen tbs y,Nious R,piranl ur plarc
HE name In that s. nate aud hot Senate In rNecutir
suSiuu and then SnOtt1t" icller' less fortunate In
equally ~ willing 10 tGkfn rrunh zach with mN
inns ficr and oHErr eyh satrh,d etrsy door To n,
senate Chanber aud jufIlr - plgour an usher shr'
the Zip rnd NJ HE uns,, aud all these fellows woul
70 for II like "hlack atd TIM after atN Rui. "A
how disalpoinhh whrnrlr unsusrsctinr me VII
caught aud the rStrnctna pnnp Applied ~ him ~,
there was NJ yield, 10y could there be- he kur'
nothing. Woe he 10 TIE senator whu vrulutrd "hl
lucky would he be- Il he gain reached the portals
thst olnin"nsly sIlrnt cMmbrr Evsty word, act o
tuuk NJ which the Seiatd was guilty WAS int,uprru
and me 4c round m Tho l,lf she'll Nv suit purchaser
IN the House. things wrishnore dnet thn the uirl
before, hut sill there vi str enough tell tht
i there was something goflg on somewhere nuar, I'll
galleries we'll hlled but the fnccs huro NJ sur
anNuus expressions A. tlpsr In tho lobby NJ the SCI
ate They DID wi want 5hrr. And tkuy, Hmd ,uc
seems. NJ O'Clock, Tie flgs came dow aud tuugrs
was ADJOURNED ECHO