Ellsworth American., 1874-07-09
Correspondence.
Letter f,om Washington.
WASHINGTON. ID. c.. July 9.

MN friends nj nrst sight. 1 royal man Is Sir
Edward. and fine house his government IL
erecting at the P-street circle. opposite Sens.
tor Stewart's-the grandest house in the city
and long msy Thornton live in il and enjoy it,
Fish Is away TO the Hudson's lonely banks /;
Delano to Mount Vernon. Ohio; Robeson to
Rye Beach; Douglass TO Pennsylvania. Rich
ardson aud Creswell hsve gone TO Coventry.
! where vacations are deal longer than they
are at Long Branch. but not usually quite so
[ much coveted. Mr.. and Mrs. Williams are
not travelling so much they We're. AMI will
remain. As their landaulet won't run in the alb
sence of an appropriation. Mr.. Bristow be-
ing new to the Treasury, must stay and learn
the ropes. Gath and other correspondents
tell in advance what he is going to iiud. and
are raady 10 furnish him with a full supply Of
wisdom in case his own gives out wh,c,
from the numerous hints they volunteer 10
him, there would seem to be on their par.
some apprehension.
The city government, Board of Public
Works. and all thei: belongings, are also of
cut of. like the dogs tail. close behind the ears !;
and with their taking of, the jolly contractor
hnds his occupation gone. aud gone forever. so
he's of. We have no mayor. no alderman, no
governor, and no dignitares but the jaier.
chief of police, and the justices OF the courts,
all very well in their way. perhaps. but great
let-down from what we have been enioying
for some months, VITA President, Congress,
the foreign legations. and host of investig
ins committees TO take clre of our interests
a:id keep up the tone of society. We shin't
have much high life for some time. but the
fax. H. .,,a,.
10 make up for all loses Of other high things.
Three per cent. TO b. levied and paid in Sep
tember, besides arrears and improvement
| leNies, which will amount TO ~ much more
| They call the clim1t, hot in September but
| the members OF Congress who have voted this
tax will find il full warm enough for ordinary
constitutions next December. Taxes six per
! cent. and one-fourth OF the clerks voted out Of
office. snd who won't have moley cnou III TO
pay their rents on leaving.
/ When Oases Ames gave his testimony in re-
gard TO the subscribers To Credit Mobilier
| who were sick, he sad they allied IL ''of."
and how much went Of then and Sine. Alas.
mauy fine regulations, ~ well a. trades our
/ District government got of, but there was no
salute, and the Boss was not serensded. Not
drum was heard, nor q funeral note Some
Of the members Of the Assembly tried at the
last moment TO steal the furniture OF the le is
iative hall, showing that they were rulers with
the ruling passion. said by Pope TO be '.strong
Ia DEATH and proved in their expiring
struggles. What was not stolen WAS attached
by the deil.r who furnished il. A. il had nev-
er been paid for, and yet some men. like ou
good brother Harlan, think the goverum ent
was no failure.
Tomorrow, and io-mori ow and tomorrow.
Sreeps in thi- petty pace from day TO day,
To the last syllable Of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
lhe way 10 dusty death. Out, out, brief cam
dle''
TERRIBLE DAY.
The aoth Of June will be long remembered
as day Of appalling blacsness in the Depart
inenis at Washington. for no such scenes were
ever witnessed there before. Congre. .s having
reduced the appropriations, some five or six
hundred employees had to be di mis- ,ed; an
il not being known upon whom the axe woul
fall. all were apprehensive an 1 troubled ex :
eept those whose political support was of the
strongest. or whose special talent made their
services Indispensable. Heretofore, when
large numbers have been retired IL has been
on change of Administration. and the victims
have had six months warning of their danger
time 10 arrange for other EMPLOYMENT and 10 !
brace their minds 10 meet the calamity. But
now the bill had but jus, passed. and only a
few days elapsed for consideration, 50 all were /
unprepared and unforiiged. The calamity |
was nearly as sudden H. the bursting Of the |
Mill River reservoir. and in an instant tn /
~.
families were washed away by the ink III at
flowed from the pens Of a half dozen Secre-
iaries Of Departments The victims are most
ly poor, because il is usually the poor who |
have no friends and influence, and becau So
nothing but poverty could ever have induced |
most OF these people to accept positions 10 these
miserable Departments. Many ladies tainted /
and hundreds were iu tears. The halls were
thronged with the unfortunate, wringing their
hands, aud with friends who were question
ing and condoling. There is no other employ
ment for the ,e people here, and after paying
their debts they will have n o money TO pay
their fare elsewhere, SO that the case, except /
no lives were lost, is much ike second Mill /
River disaster and curses will follow the engin-
eers whose hesrtlessness caused the break.
much less sweeping re iuction, with longer |
notice, and provision not 10 have vacancies
caused by death and resignation filed. would |
have answered every purpose but buncombe.
Mr.. Hale. after chewing the cud of reflection !
few days decided that the Post Office was not
healthy situation. and declined, prefer.ing
rest and recreation TO Cabinet honors and la.
bors.
Mr. sayille retires from tn, chief ele kship |
OF the Treasury, and is succeeded by Mr. ".
.. Avery, Of the Internal Revenue Ofice.
Mr.. Conant. Of the Warrant Division, sue
ceeds Assistant Secretary Sawyer. Conant is
very popular. and unless his promotion turns
his head and impels hun TO attempt some Is
tonishing thing, he will get along well enough. |
but the effort To astonish ruins many good fel :
lows.
Vanderbilt, known as Lying Vanderbilt" |
Is also out.
St. Louis being red hot for the removal of the |
Capitol thence. the appoiatment at of man fro |
that city to the new Comission for the govern. |
ment OF W Washngton is regarded as the hssvies. |
btoo TO the interests of tlis city that could be /
given.
A commission TO wind up the Freeman's
Bank will soon be appointed, and there is much
competition for places omit.
Miss Edes, whom the gossips had engaged
to marry the Vice President. returned from
Europe last week looking young, and not at I'll
depressed that the story Of the gossips proved
untrue.
Over twenty-one millions have been ex pend
ed to beautify this city within three years, aud
sill bone-burning nuisance, which poisons
the air and creates and intolersble stem Ii at
the White House and Treasury. and the lead
ing hotels, is allowed to 60 on in full blast with
in fifty rods Of Wiilsrd's and one hundred of
the White House, ami nobody dreams that this
IS not the finest city in the Union.