Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-05-06
A Festive Clerkess.


A Festive Clerkess
Her Brief but Gay Career in Uncle Sans Ser
rtee-Ho,o She Came Near Corrupting the Morals
q An Entire Buredu-What Kind af Literature
Size Read in Office Hours, and Where She Vent
After Office Hours-4 Masculine Sinner Re-
commended for Dismissal.
Quite sensation was created in one Of the
bureaus OF the government In this city the
0the- day by report that certain improprieties
had been discovered on the part OF a young
ployed in a clerical capacity in the same bureau.
Like the story of three black crows, the ruEor
expanded in magnitude as it circulated thrOu Oh
out the department, until it involved half the
number OF female clerks in the bureau, and
any number of masculine pen drivers The
subject was finally brought to the attention of
the head OF the bureau a few days since by
several elderly female clerks who long since
reached the age of discretion, when ''the hey
day of the blood is tame and waits upon the
Judgment" and who were greatly shocked and
scandalized by the conduct of Young clerical
sister who occupied desk in their room. The
young lady referred to is New Yorker, and
was appointed about year since, being highly
recommended by several members of Congress-
She is about twenty years of age, good looking,
some would say handsome, is well educated,
and, until recently, was regarded as above
csi0a' 80 ,a az, as rSpn.au,on was concerned.
the head of the bureau instituted an inyestiga-
uon, when 1t was ascertained beyond doubt
that the young lady referred to had been guilty
OF imprOprieties of conduct Of such a nature as
to render her undesirable as an emplOye of the
government and the daily associate of the other
ladies employed in the bureau. The investiga-
ton broughtout the fact that she had frequently
been in the habit Of accompanying the male
clerks and others to houses Of Questionable
character, and that through her wiles many a
nice young man in Uncle Sans service had
been seduced from the arid path of virtue aud
moral perpendcularity. 1t was further ascer-
tanned that she had been following out her evil
inclina<iOns ever since she entered the bureau.
mt harx firv, I'm,
New York with one of the male clerks OF the
bureau, who passed her off as his le-
gally welded wife; and that she was
vice, as. instead of attending to her clerical
duties she and one of the young men in the hui
reau spent much of their time in exchanging
plates such as special agent Comstock, of the
Post once Department, was wont to exhibit to
admiring members OF Congress in Washington
last winter to illustrate the ingenuity Of vice,
and to convince them that he should be APP
pointed, on fat salary, to look after the sup
preston of this class of literature. Mr. Com
stock gave several exhibitions Of this kind for
were always we'll attended. The delinaucnt
clerkess stOutly denied, call and singular - the
charges against her, but the evidence was too
with a moral lecture by the head Of the bureau.
The young gentleman whose name had been
prominently associated with hers in connection
with the improPrieties referred to, learning
Ia
head of the bureau and made a clean
breast of the whole affair. He was penitent and
lachrymose. He threw himself upon the gem
crosby Of his chief; alleged his tender and I'M
tested that he was the seduced and not the Sc
ducer In the matter; that it was his first offence
ana that the irregularities" complained of
were committed out Of Office hours, and conse-
quentiy could not properly be construed as off,
cial; and finally that if his chief would forgive
him this time he would never, never, never, do
n Tbo obi arl scxo AZ
sensations and under the instances, could
not help commiserating him. He believes in
the good old adage, however, "What is sauce
he s1s told
sense Of official duty to recon mend his dis mis-
sal. This he has done, but some way or other
I no action has been taken on the recommends
ton, and 1T is thought, as the young man is a
good clerk and Is very popular personally he
may be transferred to some other bureau and
retained in the department. Be this as it may
his duty in the premises.
The REFORM SCHOoL.-The trustees of the
reform school held a meeting yesterday and a
communication was received from j. Jouvenal,
asking that the case OF Edward Rutherford be
considered, and agreeing that if released from
the school he will take the boy as an appren-
tice stone cutter in his works. The trustees de-
cided that no boy should be bound out as an
apprentice until they were fully satisfied of his
reformation.
The petition of Louis Schultz, asking the dis
charge Of his son Alexander, was taken up for
consideration. Gov. Cooke thought as long as
they had got the boy back, it would be best to
keep him. 1t was so decided.
On motion of Mr.. Carpenter, &5375 was an
propriated to reimburse Mr.. Howe for money
paid by him in purchasing an organ for the
Mr.. Carpenter offered a resolution, which was
adopted, that the Washington gas-light coinpa-
ny be requested to extend their pipes to the
building OF the reform school,
I'm h,,i1A
mittee was authorized to have lightning rods
put on the buildings.
The COMMISSION TO ASSESS DAMAGES
TO PROPERTY CAUSED BY CHANGES OF
GRADEs.-The board Of commissioners appoint
ca to consider and report upon the claims Of
in % pnSe iesn s1s
ments by the board Of public works, met at the
Columbia buildings, on ~ street, at II O'Clock
Bs S S % Ms A
Edie as clerk. An informal discussion was held
@ 70 the manner Of doing the work-some pro-
posing TO take the districts and Others the
aieets In regular order; finally It was deter
The purpose q the board to anish their WORK -
900, ,o e pr Eis;sissble IL order that the report
q early day = possible. :. :.
TaRn H.x I.yuRHD sr THE FAILING OF
WALL.Z,About so O'Clock yesterday after-
noon, while some laboFers were employed In
Seafme down brick house On north A street.,
nsoun nS R tss On g s.tendins TIE Capitol
men, named John T. Durney and John McDon-
nell, and slightly injuring another named Jos.
Mullen. Durney and Mcdonnell were con-
ve{ed 70 Providsnce hospital, and Mullen taken
TH1oRAND PRoNENAbB coHcRRr st Nssonio
mem mp PIE tn,s evening fos the bsnet q the Aged
o. the Poor, cOmmends itaolf to = sonavous nrh-