, 1870-01-21
Admission Of Virginia.
Scenes and Characters.
The National Hotel Dtscase.



almost made cIeaf; the nurntllated monarch WIS
anous to be permitted TO kiss tho foot OF freedom;
the Old Dominion TO resume her crown
srew, He8uly mu1ctsd, yet GlAd on suy
terms to recover her identity, vtg.n,a
should enter the family OF the republic Ike the
prodtss1 welcomed to his fathers house.
VIZ not ono Of thoss brethren who said, "Th
iatted calf was never Killed for raa: ths ring vAs
never placed upon ny ntger." sat In the gallery,
silently, ana LOOKED my satisfaction. thought Of
I'll the rtotous joJn tn which my brother had
taasIde1ed himseif, the bloody and cruel daYathc
nights OF denauct6rJ,ths treason to hia childhood.
the shame to hta preDta2e, the d1fgrsce To h:a
children. Bat now only saw nlm remo1eful
starseiipu, bearing on htH coupteLarcs fne ie2-
tures Of our couuaon or7g1u,-abandoneo b7 hts
paIns!tca burnt with foreign eunB, empty OF belly,
and tie poorest Of our tylpe,-and 1t vas sad and
glad to wish TO see hin received TO his latht.A
creaet. HAPPY drea,1s to the EnercIfQl men who
10 sdVised his retuYn and WILL consent to hIs re-
cept1out
TIE DEBATE.
All dsy Monday the debate rsged in the Senate,
hut marked BY 10 speech Of more than marc
ohsttnacy md 1easseltlon, Sumner and Edmunds
being the lcadem Of the resisting party, while kne
ratty Of charity nrd welcome ssocd Without
mA1thaL taye that growing sympathy for one
Hl,hant the door which makes all nne'1 l1tnds
within leadet1. Old N{e, never bitter be!ow the
surface, vas even upon the surface besming With
beneyo.erce now. Young Stewart, warming with
the popularity he has sttalued on this question,
etaw mars sn~es-+"~ - --s~.. - -..--~"-v. -.
b.a pa,ure- Ferry Of Connecticut, man OF
eouity and duty rather thsn OF genius, spoke also
with yiEur. Sumner made a rancorous tpeeco
aRa.nst Governor Walker and the forgetting pol
icy. So tho matter hung I'LL neas15 O'Clock, aho
close my Letter without the Ee1a for which
hoped, Yet hopefnl for its happening tonight
Htf1a fN kfF}fA
down B!ugnann4 bill. should 1t return there-
TIE NATIONAL HOTEL D1azAaE.
Retusuine from the CITY to Capitol Hill IeH
p,ohts ago, 1 encountered celebrated hotel
CLERK. BY mama Uns1orth, who gave me the ne"s
in ratshel:
"BenkonH dead." ..... .-.,..-..
THIS Benson waa the proprietor Of she Nations
Hotsl, aud he waa man nou DelaSare1 lh,ed hsd ,e
rom the State capital OF Dover, who rTasny ~
Pni,sdelphia, to Atlantic CITY ;o-rs cs-s1s. ~
Washington. keeping. ge9sSd ge9s:Sfed. narsSrann,eaily.
Iel1es; 50 that hla desth hxho b.d er-crs,.d III
many thousand per- s,.nna,e 49, ssr1 ~.
coffee. gt.l.saa = sa OF os unpaid board pnl upon his
premises.
Benson was dead and what s3yory Gs7or
nrtaes about The memory Of the man who has for
many years sustained ! big tavern In
a thorou9hfare city. He has been hos
pitanle 10 insratefuf millions, end they reuem-
which he presented to them as bis bustneat
card. When the great day Of Judgment comes,
and they cali the nAMe OF LslAnd, Cozzeus,
Willard, or Benzou, there viii be sttt md
sensation. and perhaps aprrener s!ons abou. the
resurrection Of the BODY, Of witch they were 80
g1eat a1lic'err. Tayerns Heem to have chsnged
very ut.le snce the beginning OF the Cnrtettan
! era With Henson's death ii our mind, the
| keeper Of vast gravy-1abie, ard honeyconh
| OF cheap bed chambers In poutca! CITY, ho1
J easy 1t Ia 10 make secular conception Of the
! IEn at Bethlehanp, where there Haa 10 room"
for tbs poor carpenter aud his wife, 1ou can see
1, all: The property y-holders going up to DO nun.
beted BY the Internal Revenue ofl.
cers; great rush for private par
loo; hackHen with cames at the
front door, nourtshIug vi handles; the gorgeous
hotel CLERK With pen behind hls ear, ennbhiog
Josepb, and the poor carpenter turning about TO
| eA5 IN sore spirits:
"Tntre Is 10 room for ps In the tnnl"
History tepeats Itself: Clad in little brief au-
thori:y, the hotel clerk was probably The saue
beiuR In tho 1rss a In the ntnetes1e1 century.
| BeEsonA teAth haa olwsga bt en- largo uaatter
| whenever q tavern-kecper died.
But This Benson kept The National Hotel-.hc
place where the mysterious dliessn ragged ntout
| the period OF Janet Duchnuans iEauguraton, but
not while Benson WAS proprietor. Many persoes
I are eupposed to have died OF this disease, and
Others retained the seeds Of 1t through suffering
I ean,e,o. ~ ~. ..,.a -, .nn,. -
| ~ sa~.. ~ s.ao..,. rre..t, 1T -
to this local epidemic, - or, to Bpeak
| correctly, this endemte,-a popular one being
that It was occaa!oned by proalaverJ demons
4 who poisoned the food or c,ste1Es In order to
| :. 1,.s.s..-ss. 49, -: - ss.a".. ss 80. ~
~ ss.H.s Npf
Aenos "s'eA 'o'As3 s'-AA' "4''S f100s"PAp'
|
| 1ep'eo " ~ .ote.~u' "Hso NC 7s4o saA'
eenEon wa ueau, =, sa5ins
lNouoet aayeou5 ese1 sue@seo "nas uaae
'ne aiee'ee a. a. Ine Saaoaa1
~ fnon - sald pfssoHa. ~ "as rue sopef'
in.eloeht OF tne Mue.looua iaesa ~ Lne tlme' nua
ele~ "eeta previously 1ao peen superintendent
OF tae WHOLE nuuhe. .-..
| !ou kec1 oa5F VI naa.h'o.t, eaue uo*a ne.s'
!cso1'en 70 uaAe hae Natlonaa Lue oest oo1e'' 1oi
os anI =. .1n ~ .n1 soeatss. - I"ns
mt.o'e1 ~ s'e 1on.u W Aeep no "!uo.
ton. VII pau Sooo Mases, ana hep!
petnnpo Gne ue-9 peiso-s eupaoJeu
| ~ ~aooa] W. fD~' Aa 'oae - Nv 'As uatset.s *uo
no'el equaLea LIS e4Pec's@foas' tue pul o1 lase
VIZ ouc VI Nua ue.t ana ,atsess sset seen AZ
Ame1ca' Aha tas .Nat'ooa! ola tne e1eas ons1uess
u Inc caPnnl anas "ae aoe 1eaeoa oo1aaaa1
aaa 20 mseJ lsaa1nR peope stoPpeu tue1e.
Ne4!. wy WA " ut'1Ans' spo rAs VI sae
ese ~ loslng u. mlo' As nc a1et saso ola lose IL
euae1' auo' seelE9 tnat ne Eoala aoou oe uo.
ao.e 70 a1tena 10 me p!aee, he came 10 ne alu
aaAea Me 70 s@e1cise senetA sapstlu'eaaouee
I'LL ne ~aa wen enough 10 Ea1e osaet h1lanRe'
aeAA 4Ae u4a. w " AeSaau 49, I..n, Or
lfou8h val qu1.a oissa:ea oT tne "ofA nao 70
CO. Iae oete4 asaouaA5 los1 IL h1aeeh. Anu "
GER enan2eo p1upne'o17, aho peltoa a.ou .1e
SeHn came On 10 oe tRe supe!tste-oea- ue
/ fesolfed 10 1eoaee eAPeoAess sno naa ue uusse1
the ERlteiS, atd others, 10 diecnafHe Inc 8apeE1a-
oust Ana % CHI do"n tae Wa9es ol those Ie'aaaeu'
The nrst Thing he CID wsa 10 cat OF 1ae seven
waters whom ] employed fer 10 other purpose
than to clean The dlth and waste from tae loFe1
part OF tue building.
"You cau naye no conception Of the amou7t ol
nnn aud ootrupaole EATER "nica aesoaalases
tel. The National, IN particular, is m old, aogsE
rotten mouse, stuned with dead rats, pierced Re
uessh with a compiler sys'em OF sewerage, anc
the slope thereabout IA Eight, 80 that the retust
tn the sewers cacnot run on easily. Hence, |,
| makea yapors and odo1sy which escape. generals
speaking, through the valves and taps At the stree
curbsloEes- .
"At and before the time OF the Nx:ionai Hate
d1aesse, two things happened TO make all tht
fsses ard yapora ascend bY night dl1scns
up turo and through The house
First, the people In the ne!gahothcod cotnplatuet
ot stencil and headaches arising from The opc1
teve1s, and tht authorities Of the CITY hAd all the
l ya1res CAPPED. SecotdIy. the force r a. taken OF
which nsd been used 10 clean The basement eyerJ
| night, and, n little whine, The botton OF Int
| house was Ike = graveyard, died with dec,rln2
| toresx csrca41es, anu n1at.
.1t xas very mid winter, aud, - long aR tnf
ntRa,s Kept cold, 1oaody WAS affected; but, IN The
/ warm weather, the vile All, like miit Of stencil,
| climbed IN the cprr!dntA and Feot rambling
/ about The house. People would cone TO break