, 1870-10-11
WASH GT0N,
The Census-Its Central Management.
Local improvements.
Folks nnd Facts OF the Recess.
tFRor oCH oTE coKHEsrospEST.l

Folks nn1 Facts OF the Recess.
tEpH oCE OWN coRnEsroNpEST.1
NAsu1saEos. Oct 6.
The Executive Government will get together
sgain within few weeks, and then NC shall
have the next uuiaAuca in absent eeism: the
voting holiday.
n1.EKDrS1 TIE c1+EIks.
For every Stale election whatsoever the
clerks must 50 home to show devotion to tho
candidate Who put them iu, or to avoid the
appearance Of party Indifference. Poorly
paid. for thu 1noss part. they must incue tue
expense Of leug journey -psying themselves
car fare-Plnnge anew into the gu1fs Of can
vase, aud get they and their employers nc
couEt nothing to the government for this cx-
traeted time. which n ght be we'll lost it takeu
in the interests OF health sud recreation.
II there be four thousand clerks going
hn:ue 10 vote, and each h>ve two
wteks--Nhich IL about tLe aresase--
then eI sue shout s1a0.0o0 lost lahae to The
State II the ezlieue&s OF these ba thitty
dollars apicce, the sane SUN Is lost to the
persou. Taking the two losses together, VIC
may compute tue par valuc Ut every vote to
to sixty dollars. tiovernnart thus arrangea
the marlct rate OF bribery, and no wout.cr
that individual politicians arc iitt2e less
-c,urusous. There are many who urge tA,t
voting should te compulsory upon all electors,
hu, With All administration holds tAat th,.
hrst duiy OF all its employees il put At the
deck ,.us at the poll, this is simply Republican
Cnsasism. The t1pops who aere 50 well pro.
vided with balios-buxes il ths cassrass Ut
pa1is surrendered theis mn skcta wittliu few
mcntns At Selan.
Eut for tlis derelic;ioa to government tlut,
at tho desk the ADMINISTRATION Is not fe,poa-i.
d1c. 1t il the State politicians, holIiuc th.i,
PARTY cl-tke IN tcrru-t9n, who au tacoutfr enter
ihcse Federal dti'srt:ceIts, levy Butsc1i:.tioa.
upon the poor fellows. and also command
:h~m to aplcar At .irir iocai polls. At least
funr taL,net uflcers expires themselves
Indignantly upon this outside inpudence. bur
if one, likr Cox, e1c'a;m against it, the local
urEans raise ttae CT, Of "INkewArm !" Th.
Sts,e IT penasylsania, always deepuos, iu
!,ni'lic guile, has actually taken it 10 heart
tast Mr~ Cox ordered some bummers ont OF
llH office, Vie Here hyposhecatinE the salaries
VI his clerks The occurrence remlnds ms OF
the onls prize fight Lave hid tue stomach to
rec, and that Nar several years ago. When
tue principals had fought themselves into
wf.at ap}easei 10 10 two pats Ut hoI-ua,le,]
.loee. surMounted by two disteutled appl.
]nuapiug~. AID there wese sympsorus OF dis.
sust even from tue p1oseen,p,u box. g11u.,,
lime 1ougLs had inysnously rpaIe Of nv l,acE sjs
the seconds. to-ssit: Mr. Hit Burns on ire QUO
part, and S1r. Barney Aaron on tle other.
se1ztd the old elnuvhed ''cas.nss Of the 1,,,.,,.
lists aud teeau, III opposite llsections, io
traverse tue ROPES:
I(hr collection" exclaimed M, Barns. !. i
fos the tlnGmaster-"
- I yausr TO know ,teludy my he-eyes.s :" cried
voice frb,n the pro-cen,u1l Lox above me.
"v'ci. II il sot YOU 1uessss, der iosin' man d
der siaGua.ter:S
Ins'an:ly the two phi1anshropia:s made n
rally o:s tho pTosceniun. box, and felt IL s
tLis 1ntiicsrion of tbs danger ot interfering
with rarty philanthropy, tue collection .yenr
on. ard. as ! hat just had my pockct ,ickr,i.
it waa mun.Gcens. Ey tho time II mas tlone
tic "lcsfn' MAu" Was EeromFensej With
nothing Int LIS old sloucl1e4l hAt; tue RUG.
tsnrns aid AARON were engaged iu A tussIe in
1te ccptla Of a mud-h -hole for the respecti7o
collections OF each other.
There It no mural to this. except that it il
rEclatle, III ioltteal e.oH.estons, that ho,t thk.
c!s1Lh AID the candidates Ase the .'losin
men,"
. WASHINGTON LOCALLY.
Tile city, ae l had guessed before, shows a
poinlat;oA Of about 100, ,0u0. arn1 the District
e1ntlaees II. COO people, With il I .0UU u,ore
than the State Of Delaware, Probably the
negro scvessions account fer very lus:c
letcentsge of this increase, as tho nesroes,
like the clts, seem To prefer tho cities. Uut
ines.t OF Whites hero mho iik0 NasuinC.
ton bec:uso It il fres from tls
commercial domination which makes New
York, Eoston and almost all cur larger cities
satAtls bk,ssse aud 3 lotltsinfs;- house. Intel,
l.ctual life and conscntea competence pine
for rome sl'ot where the market quotations
are not Written above tho irea:de, and on
really an aggregation of men Of thought, ex-
r. E1nltnt, CONCEPTION, and study. ard, strange
as it may appetr. spmo Of there pay little
more than scholar y heed to the whirlpool OF
legislative life close t'y. AL Eco ard aepiore
that the State docs uoret move upon the nigh
some OF these are patient seekers 10: tho best
that is in it, aud they do not wail beneath the
cornlce OF the temple, for still it IL theirs.
Yet, to be deba1re.l from votiug--groaa coa-
eenting or protesting to the arm that rules
this d.ssr'cs 60 wilfn.ly let SO c.tclcss1s-is to
take stimulus out OF the live scholarship hero.
aud drive tie student bark upon inorganic.
11p, on frena's 'ablc, q hook of lectures OF
the .'Esrly Christtsn Fathers" He wnA ,
responsible Officer II practical department.
OF the government, and said. With surprise
Are you studying tteolosy:"
"oh: no; reaa no:hng but elub-books
*'Nbat are club -books;''
He opened the dy-leaf, aud showed mo tue
Eamcs Ut peEsons constituting tho club-!ead
ing officers OF the hrmy, TteasurY officials
come arcLitccts-in i'll about fpity nap,es
several Of wt,irh wcrc new to me, o:hess yrs1
familiar. This little Democracy OF Intel1.e
Wa in tue habit Of buying certain grave book
succession. Each bonk then Passed down III,
list until all had re1d il, aud ii waa finally sol,
at half price to tho original sugEestor. Tht
liz. Of 1poks wsa altyady large, an.l ali we're 0
quaint ptotutdty, without direct bearing
upon real life. Washington society IL honey
ct.fnted by these deliS Sltsnl bookworms The,
1ie in tue quiet pools OF Office, under ttis 10
warmed
"0td l0nson, Shakespeare, Beaumont, Fletcher, Q
Thy neas.l!uned p'ecrs, skilful 3lasstrger."
rEEr INTO THE cESsEs uEAnQraaruRs.
i different eort OF cl1b ID that which is a
tie bead Of tho census.
behind tie Patent Office building, in quiet
nnpaye1 street, there are four or fre 10.
brick awelliugr. Over the transom Of th
front tour Of one u there axe the words i,
silt: Ce,1sus t,tEcs- In the second story is II
te found the Snpe+ in:els1cut, General Walker
] seated behiud tab!e. the fnor 1t his fee
| covert d with mating, and to him entera, eve
| aud anon, tonc ucAr-=ieated calculator witt
HANDFUL Of rciurns footed up. tbs sqn7r
| kcot extracted, the comparative iac1easet
lations done By which mca elara their way +
truth Or fortune.
| Eettra1 Walker is a handsome suuug sol
dfer, clitur, nuthor, anu married naau, with
] black naousaache, g,ayissa hazel eye, tesers
Lullet wounds aud pieces Of broker
bone inferred beneath his neat u
leri4r, md although l;tla Above tl:rt
| Atss through altuos; An teic cancer. He va
/ Gene1a, G1nats unsolicited choice fos TIL
important responsibility, aud he gives it dig
nifty. The wse:esu part Of the ca1unouweals
| Of Massachusetts produces a-deSreo CT yoan
men such ss TO other nation can match 10
temperate Wisdom, Sa1or, and carriage, an
| GettxRf Walker Is ona Of the clavefs.t c
these. His father, Amass Walker. tho vent.
able 1nthot OF the "Sclence OF Wealth. 50 at
| kntN1edges biz valuable assistance in tL
/ rfei aration of that highly osigiu1t book. an
tu was also Indispensable to David 4. We'll
AZ tutor to Secretaries of the Treasury.
After General Walker had accepted shi
1 G&ii<E> &c &JG LEE3fA& $fIkANtl tA1GSEA fUl'
[ and caEn-etly to prepare 4 b,tl which ehoul
make the census more explicit ul.on pniat
vital to he kEoHn, but unfortunately. Senate
conkling, Of New York. had ut thst moment
t'cs,ta 10 Hcpad The iEArF consciousness Q
senator SIMMER, aud, observing that the lat
I ter endorsed Tie Esw Census hill. Ssaato
| Conkh:g beat San4tcr Sumner over the ecu
| si:iye bumps with this bill. Sumner sn:yiye
hut the bill i: dead. The only consequence +
us IL that VIC stall hsrA = poorer Census, ha
| General Makers force III quito caeetfz
/ abcIt It. .-.-....
TIRE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES SFEAEtTu.
Here il 4 lit1ie ot : talk had with Genera
| Waller:
How many men hare you employed her
=! At the central bur~au ?"
| - !sbout 3a5, uccupyine hve dxe1ling house
! IN tbs street. They zero selected after
written competitive exau,ination. and are >
| .tsiciert. They sre diti.ied into seven dirls
! ions and Ere are fnll t3a.'s work
..Nh.t il t1e extent of the ep2mey1tipG Ql