Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-07-26

might have been expected, the labOrs OF
these devoid men are not without fruits
and they at encouraged by some cases Of
conversions
Lettr from Washington,
WlsH1NGToN, July 16, 1870.
So little tine has elapsed since the ad-
journment { Congress yesterday evening,
that l havei ardly had time to regain pos
session of 70 mind sufficient TO give your
intelligent raders an interesting Washing
ton letter. lie weather, too, is 50 extreme
ly hot that is with great risk and suffer
ing that onyentures to walk the burning
streets to &c news. The hot season bids
fair to be log and continuous. What lit
tie rain we @ have cools the air but little,
leaving the lights 10 less oppressive than
the days.
The closing hours Of the second session
of the ForAirst Congress yesterday, was,
as usual, veg exciting and full Of interest.
The halls an lobbies Of the Capitol were
filled to oyeAowing; this Representative,
and that Seator had to be seen and talked
with by lousand and one persons on
matters of iterest only to a few.
The nonigreement of the Conference
Committed IN the Indian appropriation
bill causedFvery one to believe early in
the morning that a calling of an extra SEES
sion by the resident was probable The
President coupled his room in the north
wing of the Japitol, as it has always been
customary fir Presidents to do on the last
day Of eyerysession, to facilitate business
by immediaely considerating the bills as
they were pissed This gave the Presi-
dent a goodoPportunty to exert power
full inAuene in urging both Houses to
agree upon tie Indian appropriation, as
surfing them tMtnO little trouble and an
noyance had ben experienced by both
Secretary Cox ad himself during the re-
cent visits here d the different Indian del
cations, in ordqto pacify the Indians and
thus stay blooy Indian war and then
to adjourn withut making the appropria-
ton would be .uicidal-he assured them
that in case ting did not agree before ad-
journment, hes should feel necessitated to
Immediately cal an extra session. Nearly
all Of the Congessmen had had his house
put in order, tunks packed, and many
checked to leae on last nights train ior
their respectiv homes. To necessitate
the calling ofiln extra session, to be de-
tanned here AID thus disappoint their
friends at homevho would anxiously await
their coming On the arrival of the very
first train from. Washington, was too much
for the sternesuInd most persistent patri-
otto N. c., to lear. Notwithstanding, il
was generally Considered that by agreeing
with the Senae on the bill the House
would stultify it5elf, for reason of provid-
ing for carryingout what it had voted on
ly few days since were invalid treaties
the members unler the pressure of a. feel
ing Il want to 90 home" voted, though
virtually under protest, the adoption O
/ the Conference Committee report.
The confrmat on of ex-senator Freling
huysen to England, was attended with {
long and excititg secret discussion, Mr.
Sumner taking the displacement Of hi
friend Motley DEEPLY at heart.
The reduction Of clerical force in severa
of the departments has thrown upon thu
tender mercy Of the people of Washington
a number of mccoy and helpless families
The name of Witch Dog of the House
which was vulga'ly, though significant!
applied to Minister Washburne, while h
was chairman of he House appropriation
committee, can with more propriety be ap
piled to the present able chairman of tina
Committee, Mr. Dawes. With a single ex
ception, there has not been appropriated
to any of the several departments an am
cunt asked for by their respective heads
and the result is the clerical force must b
reduced-thoug1 the heavens fall-onl,
to be increased at the converting of tn
next session-Gfter the election.
Those clerks have no alternative but t
make an onslaught on their representative
for place in he Census Bureau, and tn
efforts in that direction are enormous. S
great has been the pressure brought upol
Gen. Walker, superintendent ofthe bureau
that nearly his whole time has been takel
up in hearing appeals from NJ. C.'s in ad
vocacy of THEN claims upon him.
The Presidents message calling the al
tention of Congress that in view of the al
preaching European war, something shout
be done toward charging our commerce:
interest, and recommending free trade i
ships for that purpose, interesting th
members only little as compared wit
their desire to leave Immediately for HON
Admiral Dahlgreen has been a residel
of Washington the most part OF the tin
for nearly thirty years, and his sudde
death on Monday, was most painful to tt
citizens here, with whom he has been
long intimately connected. He was e
teemed as gentleman of unexceptionab
character, and his sympathy for the po'
was best appreciated by the thousands
INDECENT circumstances for whom he yea
ly contributed to support.
kilograms have been received at the L
!; dian Bureau that the different Indian dc
cations, which lately visited Washingto
are exerting good influence among Il
| different tribes in the way of encouragir
friendly relation between them and O
government.
, The markets in Washington are gene
: ally good at all times, but prices for near
every necessary commodity will avera
from 10 to % per cent. advance from 9th
: cities. The lands around Washington a
principally loan, and sandy loan, Of ca