The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-02-16
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
Gossip ut the Capifal-Floral Tribute to John
Young Brown-Personnl Appearance of the
Great Kentucky OratOr-PrObabIe End of
the Civil Rights Bill-The Debate on its
Passage-POIygamy n Delicate Question in
Congress "reminiscences Of "Dixie .
Etc, Etc.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 1875.


OF Etc., Etc.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 1875.
:, Bless u.s. What next? New sensation
come SO fast, rumors grow SO rapidly an
= kilograms contradict each other in the mo-
: audacious manner. "To what base uses ha
: it come at last" when lightning can lie "lik
, thunder" as men say when they wish to b
:. emphatic. Give me credit for those quota
ton marks, please, for don't usually embe
lish my remarks that way.
Fred Douglass has written a letter
''Letters are the-mischief, or words to tina
effect said a sapient old fellow once to
younger man, and this precious document 0
the dusky orator certainly will make mischie
enough everywhere. The editors of admin.
lstration organs are wrinkling their foreheads
and scratching their heads in the direst dis
may. Congress lodges the question the
Cabinet get dizzy discussing it, and the big
Attorney General proposes necessarily to solve
the problem by the sharpest, shortest method
known to Phil Sheridan's tactics. There
comes rumor that if certain members of
the present Cabinet do not resign voluntarily
made so very uncomfortable that they will
find further repose therein impossible. If
Grant decides to pursue the line Of policy
indicated by his late Arkansas message he
will also choose to surround himself with
staff officers who will blindly obey, and the
machinery of the Treasury and Post-Office
Departments are too powerful agencies to be
left in the hands of men who have not made
adroit political movements the study of their
lives, and who are therefore too honorable to
use their positions exclusively for party in
terests
The Civil Rights Bill,
over which there was such contest has
really passed the House, but that will doubt
less be the end Of it for this session. since the
Senate has its hands more than full of more
important business. There were stormy
scenes during its discussion, and for once
Gen. Butler met his match in the use of the |
English language cannot conceive u SEN |
tence which could bear greater intensity of
bitterness or force of invective and utter |
hatred than the one which MIR. Brown, of |
Kentucky, hurled in Buffers teeth. For
once, to his face, the General knew the
opinion gentlemen held of his career. He
grew pale, but kept perfectly quiet during
the perplexing scene that followed It was
contrary to parliamentary rules to indulge in
such personalities, and Mr.. Brown received
his censure like gentleman.
To-day some one sent him superb bouquet
There was not common flower in it. Great
alias, with their'exquisite purity; roses that
eemed to crowd their hearts with extra
PETALS which might act as perfume bearers
or the fragrance which the common number
ould never carry: rare Southern blossoms.
With all the rich beauty of your sunny land /
lever tint of crimson about it anywhere, y
My the white, unspotted lovlness telling 6
he sweet story of the thought which prompt ! !
d the gift 1t was evidently surprise to
1r. Brown, who received it very quietly and
len surprised us all by covering it quickly
18th newspaper, and manifesting desire to
ide the tribute. Excellent taste and iudg- 4
tent on his part, but Butler kept the bouquet
mt to him paraded on his desk through the
ltire session Of Saturday. There is a diff
renee in bringing up" Mr.. Brown had
identity been taught noJlesse oblige Mr..
utter hadn't. That's all az
As Mr.. Brown stands to attract the atten- al
IN Of the Speaker, or, more carelessly, chat. '"
,g with his friends you cannot help noticing r
e elegance of his figure. You would never
Ii him handsome man in the usual mean =, =.
9 of the term, but he is unmistakably fine -
liking. His hair, black, silky and curling, is -
'rn quite long, just brushed back of the ear. :"
le cheeks are smooth but beneath the chin :"
g beard is allowed to grow. No moustache :"
les the full, sensitive mouth, wearing its a.
'asant smile; the eyes are kindly, and the -
ehead broad full and high. while the nose
we'll l confess l can't classify it, but it bears
either side the nostrils which so surely =,
of intense pride in their possessor No va. y,
} void guess who saw him sitting there so A.
city that the blood coursed SO holly through W"
veins, or that those pleasant eyes could
t the lightnings which made even Butler 0-
Ill.
That POlygamOus Man MOI
n Utah was incidentally mentioned to-day; nei
t is, the resolution Of the committee who ver
med his election necessary was read and uea
House were asked to take action thereon. Tue
ring its reading MIR. Cannon sat facing the
aker, fully aware that everybody was shs
ring at him. His face grew very red; the i brls
nth, which is on exceptionally dsagreeable 81 oes
nth, was compressed with half smile, 81 -
Oh sent Its hateful, defiant light into his low
S. That Mormon question is another ioS
lg which Congress dislikes to disturb. 1t ~ ~
SO many issues involved, and there are la, rian
h exceedingly ugly chances for retalialory iou
arks from the member from Utah that this - !
Use of Representatives in Congress assem- a.
uttered some exceedingly feeble ..yeas" snu,
n the question was put while those who ~. .ou'
d "no " rolled out the negative with 'oo
nishing vigor, and Mr. Cannon drew T,
th again. Algl