Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1874-04-09
Washington CSEEespondence.

MEssRs. EpiToks: The Treasury build
ing stands most grapsily in the centre Of
the city. and imme ediately adjacent to
the White H9nse Tpon ascending the
hard granite stersSAsd pushing open the
heavy self-shntting doors, the arst OBJ
jects that meet o9s eyes are the large
gilded letters, "Tb Treasury of the q.
s." affixed to thefSall opposite the en-
trance. Pass bendath those glistening
characters and ysSdnd yourself in the
Bank of the U. ere, if you are a
poo..-.nurs; pss<l4l ssshozcesazs,- ,-epa-
even if you are s your feelings OF
pecuniary importapa viii not bo at all
expanded while |zziing upon the vast
pileS of notes andafns whIih 50 far out
strip your individual accumulation.
Here in the Union,s' heart7which emits
its rich drops to every part of this vast
land, but too Otter, unfortunately, send
ing them where trey least belong-we at
first stared arourS in bewildered awe.
But upon second thought, we began to
wonder if that litnt green paper, SO east
ly torn or lost, and SO little snpefi9r IN
beauty to the painted pictures in child's
spelling book, wasreally the chief end of
man in this country, as by their actions
they SEEM to say NO reflected on the
power of that "gresn-Jakced monster"-
Shat dRgFaaleA seEyaR.s g ants # Il makes m of men
how 1t causes them to cast aside IoreyeF
their honor and integrity, in their excited
anxiety to worship this powerful creature
of mars hands. We indeed sighed
while considering to what base uses
money converts 'ua mortals, and doubted
the justice of its potency, although it
now sways tie AighegGt Gtl!!cials. !:il!si Rnt Rn
turning our mind from the sorrowful
thought of It's abuse to the pleasing con-
sideration Of its use, we reconciled our
self to its adoption into society, and left
the scenes of the great Bank.
The employees of the Treasury depart
ment are ire mostly tQmalesi aRd it is thF
custom of many here to speak of these
-creaturos,. Il, - aretty occupants Of
the Treasury" E1r rtvoproEt1nno'TI..t tt, c
".pretty" ones must have been absent
the day we visited there, as it is special
poini of jaHrs to notice for:beauties wher-
ever we go, and we really did not seq
any OH that occasion. Some of them,
though, are quite young and gay. while
others appear sedate and matron-like.
All of them arc employed counting
money; and it was very amusing to see
one stout woman, aill double phIIn an 4
spectaclos, counting fractional currency.
When beginning to count parcel OF
notes, she would look at them long
enough to get nicely started, then she
would lift her eyes from the. task, and
her fingers would run over tho several
bills Of the package, mechanically and
IN miraeqlalislx F4pid moyements. We
suppose sho would have bacome highly
indignant had we asked hor il she cver
made mistake,
Wandering through the lengthy stone.
hoored halls, we found the Office in
which the worn ont money was collected
and new issued in its place. Here was @
most dilapidated scene. Tables were
covered with the vast heaps of thu lacer-
ated and dirty paper. Could some o.
those ragged hills aReak, alas what tales
they might tell! This dingy notp per.
haps was treasured up for months in the
dirty pocket book of some negro in the
desolate forests of Texas. That one
with its corners worn off, and pasted as
to its back wishs.sisss-JsassSsas sSasper was, for.
sooth paid to some member Of the s. G.
Legislature, as q hrihe, when Patterson
was being elected to the L, s. serate
The same note, after much wandering
perhaps, passed into the hands OF some
noble and pure minded maiden; to be
expended in the purchase of her exquisite
bridal dress. Such, is the varied task
which money has to perform But, like
an old and decrepid man, the bill, after
performing its multifarious duties amid
the strife Of the busy world, and becom
ing worn out from its diversified treat
ment, has at last come back to its birth
place, there to be nQpheyed amongst the
things that were.
The honorable Delegation from 8. c.
have been here some time, and seem to
be treated with utmost respect, not only
by the President, but members Of Con-
gress and the influential and wealthy
citizens Of the District Of Columbia. We
" i! say iiore about them, perhaps, in
our nexi. 't PHAON.