The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-03-31
OUR wAsHINGT LETTER.

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bring no healing on their wings, for they
lift such quantities of dust from our mi
paved avenues that, as it rises dense
clouds, even the Goddess of Liberty on
the dome Of the Capitol is obscured from
the view Of the half srffocating pedestrian
below, 1t is to be hoped our law eivers
in Congress may experience its discomforts
at least to a degree that will induce them
to take up and pass those sundry little
bills for street paving and improvement
that now quietly slumber with the Com
mittee on the District of Columbia.
A sagacious old blind man of this city,
claims to recognize the original locality Of
each dust cloud as it sweeps along by the
cessation it produces on his palate and OIL
factory organs. "There," said he, as the
Sahara like blast came blowing up toward
the Treasury. "Hhat's from Haryoy's, for
l can taste the oyster shells, and that he
said; half straugliug, sis Twelfth street,
sure enough,-they opened a sewer there
lately" Still another dusty cloud, comu-
lous and dark, como sailing up the Avenue
and ducking like an ostrich he sputtered
forth. "Tho National Hack stand DIN
their measure.
To paraphrase on Burns, we migbt~ay
to our dilitant Congressmen-
o wad some pow'r the giGtic gle EN-,
To see our streets rs blind hen see 'em,
IL Wad irae mauy Il dust heap free EN-,
And filthy notion
At every lull in the storm, the ladies
sally forth, so intent on the openings Of
goods at our fashionable stores, that one
would suppose their only idea Of Spring
consisted in the artificial novelties it
brought in train for personal decoration.
Such sales Of dry goods, chignous and dear
little nothings Of hats is enough to fright.
en- the most ~plethoric purso-but its fun
for the ladies, and funds for the shop men
whose faces beam with delight at the re-
yival Of trade.
Tie hotels are all full, and more active
lobbying is going on than was ever known.
Tariff and auti-tarif men are here, pulling
in opposite directions, The delegation
from the Bank Of California, after their
sound drubbing in the House Of Roproson,
t]atiyes, while fighting against Mr.. Sutro
have given up in despair and are packing
up their trunks for home.
Fremont's lobby-soid to be the richest
here, has its head quarters at the Airing.
ton and backed by the millions in golC
loaned him on lands to which he has no IT,
tie, he IS keeping open house at the cost D
S5O,OOO per annum for Hotel bills alone
and clamoring for subsidy for his usua
prCjecied-Rail Road.
The Cuban lobby is quiet, and makes
up for It's poverty by its restless earnest
ness and energy, which is gradually having
its effect as will be seen BY the reported
resolution from the Committee On Fog~igy
Affairs.
The st. Domingo lobby is composed 0
The President and one or two chosen coan
sellers who are urging the ratification o
the treaty Of annexation with "a PeIs's en-
cy that Is characteristic. But Charlie
Sumner is dead against it, and no L cal
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his classical philipics however, We yentur
to assert that San Domingo-the most val
liable island of the Antilles, will yet be
come the property Of the United States.
The penny wise policy of the Commute
on appropriations in cutting down the e;
Inmates for the Navy is meeting with tn
seyerest criticism since the publication 0
the letter from Secretary Robson, in ans
wer to the Committee on Foreign Rcla
tons who requested information r~elatiy
to our force in the West India waters, an
why more vessels had not been sent there
The Spanish fleet at Havana and abol
the Island numbers eighty-throe vessels Q
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