, 1872-11-25
,lo Fishes, Kings, RoutWclls, and
KennedyS---nIr. Thornton.
:. Seward and the Little BeIt..-Weed,
:, Seward, and Greeley.
IN Unfortunate House--The Penn
gylvanians---Female Writ
:. ers---Fhe Supreme
:. Judges.

ected' by the suburban reader to possess queer
sat1res. II had the disposition to write some
ltertaining fiction. could probably tell great
Of gossip which passes current here, but
.nerally, when trnced up, comes out of the vii
i imAginations of misunderstanding observers.
--.-rEE WIFE OF TIE PUBLIC MAN
America is most frequently the love of his
,uth, the bride Of his immature manhood, and,
be struggles up towards power, she follows
ter, bringing her proyincialisms, franknesses,
ID little afectations with her From my OBJ
rvation, should saY there are about dozen
omen in Washington City who are fully equal
the social responsibilities Of taking charge Of
er great husbands households.
TIE FISHES.
Mrs Fish is generally called the most sufi-
ent OF these ladies. She has q calm and
teresting face, gracious manners, and fully
oks the important hostess. She has been gen.
ally assisted by her daughter, who is full
own. Fish himself, although he has the
putation OF being 8 quarreler, is q bland,
r1eeable host; and the domestic side Of the
ate Department is perhaps as bright and
easant rs We could well make it.
THE MoRGASs.
MI. Morgan, OF New York, who is said to be
aspirant for s. Cabinet position, OWLS the
- where Mr. Fish resides, and much real
state besides here. He has q grand wife also,
I'd his hospitality WAS always large and i'm
"essive. But he is man with
ioodenish head, and has sort Of
rved look about him, which makes it
uprising when one finds that he can really
s,en that mouth and talk A1r. Fish has also
mt Of Morganstjc look, rather wooden at first
~. 1,x{+ -.
hich is kindly, and ehrewd, and chirpful. But
organ cannot chnp; the more deeply inter-
tied ho becomes, the more wooden he gets.
TIE MASSACHUSETTS BOYS.
Some Of the very. highest dignitaries Of the
orernment live most quietly. believe Mr.
outwau has never kept house since he inhab-
ed Washington, but has ROOMS, and eats at q
;;:oarding-house table with his family. Mrs.
farewd, dihgent- active-witteo, knowing
own-East Householder. She will. ask
IS many questions as she will answer, and on
t1attars Of domestic economy, orthodoxy, and
ADMINISTRATION. is perfect. Boutwell,, D8wes,
lad Ban Butler are now supposed to be contest
ats for the seat Of Henry Wilson. # We we're
llled upon to choose man on account Of his
onesty and bigotry, We might select Boutwell,.
T. we wanted to take up man for his cunning
I'D imorousnees, We would select Dawes. Il
zen nagnanino1s, re would select Ben Butler.
half hope Massachusetts will send Ben. Butler
y the Senate; he will make some fun, and,
cps, some money. The business Of public
+ ut of the Federal Treasury mora than the
!; roper share from your own State.- Butler can
: this. and get more cash spent in Massachu-
! etts than Nav York and Pennsylvania get to-
ether. Lincoln called Yates the great vote-
etter; Bntler is the great appropriation
| etter-
- TIE KENEEDYB.
+; very delightful house to visit in Washing
ion Is that If Joseph G. G. Kennedy, the former
! superintendent Of the Census, who presided
Kennedy j, OF very remarkable descent,-on
he one eAe derlvable from Andrew Ellicott,
he astro1umer,~ engineer, and surveyor; who
led at Wet Point more than fifty years ago.
5llicott rag the founder Of Ellicotts
5aafsf @ IN eonnanaed snf 5.taah ah09S1 e Ma
and militia IN the Revolutionary
Var. He ixed- the boundaries Of parts Of Viz.
,;inia, Pennsylvania, and New York; and his
BROTHER Joeph was one OF the deyisers Of the
II Georgia When the present census Was about
o be take, Mr. Kennedy was earnestly recon-
nended fo:the position; but the President Sc
ected yunger and equally efficient man in
General Wlker- The machinery for taking the
census, ho'erer, remained unchanged, much to
santed.a bitter classification and larger powers.
still, the tpo censuseB taken by Mr. Kennedy are
7ery readable md agreeable works.
II the celsus books OF 1860, there is q history
put modern nations, which was written by The
-?;e5rated Joseph Wilson, formerly Commits
7ioner Of tie Land Office. BY this essay, it APP
pears that he Canadians took 9 general cenBns
IN 1876; ani the Revolutionary War occurred in
he United States without any satisfactory cen
haor hafcr
Thich to hse taxation, conEcr1ption, and such
matters. It was supposedsthat the whole num-
ser Of Americans during the Revolutionary War
Fas somew1at less than 2,400, 900. The first
Congress OF. a, 1791. The second census was
aiken befoB Dec. 8, 1901; but the first census
IT any enterprise waa not taken until the fall OF
I81l.
Mr.. KennIdy has a quiet residence in the old
portion Of he West-End OF the CITY, near the
1ouse once nhabited by General Scott. He has
IN excellent library, particularly rich in what is
called Americana, and amongst his books arc
nanuscrptfof the El1icotts, and wonderful
AMOUNT of tayel and 30 forth in Pennsylvania
Ind Maryland. One OF Mr.. Kennedys daughter
married Rde1l, the great aheep-raiser Of tbs
Pacific Coas. Mr. Kennedy maintains agreeable
relations viii foreign Ministers, and that cIase
II quiet andhundrum people who seldom ges
nto the newspapers, and make wonderful CONT
panions for IN evening chat
You win f1ve perceived By this time that am
writing Letter upon nothing in particular, and
so ne may q well dash off and tel about
m. THtRE1of, TEE RRI1sH Mzs1sTER-
.le is 8 qeer-looking man, With an anxious
lace. He aEay1 seems to be walked nearly to
aeatb. You can see him away out in the sub
urbs, with Arge shoes On his feet, his white
mutton-chor whiskers waving in the wind, as il
she were the Wandering Jew and had to move On. i
- has been However, = very true and good
friend Of the United States, perhaps as kindly
snd loy1 to he. new Britain, as to his native
oountry. Al the delay and fuss about the Ala
ba1aa Treat fell on Thornton's shoulders
for be devised the scheme OF settling the
difficu1ty, and restoring the era Of good feeling.
WheneFer IN Engliahman comes to town,
Ehornton mikes him put on his boots and go
pn walkint trip, and the man is fortunate II
be returns to Washington without rawness
kround the ankles and heels. What in the
Eorld they ttlk about in these 1o~g walks is
kubject Of great anxiety among the average
Masbingtonilns. HRS. Thornton does. not like
Ehe Americaa climate, and is rather delicate.
when ,Thornton came, the London Times
,otchedi into him because he was not Barouet,
:5r something or other With q handle to it. So
lie Queen m6fed him up and made him Baronet.
belonging to Knapp, Of Pittsburgh, gun1naker,
md he keeps several horses. Itwould be impos-