The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-03-18
WASHINGTON, March Il. 1875.

with oranges at twenty five cents dozen:
with boxes OF mlgnonette selling for d song,
and tempting pots of English violets all
abloom, drenching the air with their rich fra
GRANGE; with the grass peeping greenly
through the brown mold; while the buds ara
swelling on tree top and shrub, and the sweet.
golden sunlight is wooing to new life all that
has seemed dead so long, l am rapidly forget
ting and torgiving the wretched weather
which gentle spring manifested all last week.
There is something so wonderful in this re-
surrectlon. Earth seems to laugh at the ages
which have striven to make her old and
Wrlnkied, when, scorning their efforts, she
decks herself with robes so deity woven,
with ornaments SO fifty chosen, that Won
must greet the sweet, bright face
she hts to you now with smile
OF welcome, cordial as if Won
did not know how wonderfully well she was
made up. And then, aside from al the
positive perfumes of the flowers the equally
delicious though indefinite scent of .vounr
things growing perpetualy salutes you and
you don't wonder that the hooking bird goes
mad with rapture, making the air culver with
the delicious music that is SO full of melody,
| "lees J! drawls out my matter of fact
friend beside me, to whom | have read the
preceding "gush, "but your golden sun
shine hasn't exactly the same effect on dry
goods, which looked very respectable in tho
paler light of wintry days, and she gave an
impatient fling to the cashmere polonaise she
was brushing, but that's side of the subject
| don't choose to recognize, and speaking of
sunlight reminds me of
| Sunset-Cox.
The Senate went into Executive session."
which MEANS being interpreted, that no look
| ers-on are to be permitted. The door keepers
order Us out speedily, closing even the small
est peeping- places, and we wander round in
disconsolate knots, waiting to see how long
| the exclusive fit will last
Yesterday it seemed long drawn out, and
our inner man needing comfort we descended
to the Senate restaurant, pre-emp. ed a table in
the furthest corner, ordered our lunch, and took
an observation. Mac, of the Boston GLobe.
came strolling in, and globules naturally
u H..
We, ourself, had ordered oysters Before our
waiter could get to the dispenser of bivalves
Senators Conover and Jones, of Florida.
stepped to the counter. They didn't know
that hungry woman was waiting, so crash
went shell after shell; rs often as a crash n
Senatorial mouth opened, till "Mac" de-
clared that my chance twas not worth two
cents on dollar. Then / found il amusing
to watch the performance, especially as my
private and particular waiter stood plate in
hand giving me sundry winks of encourage
ment, which were extremely funny.
l began to wonder how many oysters those
Senators could devour, when with his light,
dancing STEP cane tucked under his arm. the
inevitable gray overcoat and the hat tipped
knowingly to one side, Sunset Cox entered
First, those quick eyes of his spied Mae, then
bless him! over he came to our table. with
friendiest salutation. ] can never be grateful
enough to Mac for divining that Duets are
preferable to trios, and acting "accordin',"
by pretending to discover some one in the
ante-room. interviewing, in the professional
sense, is new business for me. I'm awfully
awkward at it any way, and Mac would have
had good stories to tell for a month if he
could have heard the clumsy fashion in which
| went to work.
OF course you know that it was Mr.. Coxs
sharp rldicule of the artistic monstrosities
already in the Capitol, which defeated the ap-
preparation of 500 for Miss Ransom's pic
ture OF Gen Thomas, and at the same time
killed the similar speculation of Mr. Frank
Carpenter Abiding to that opened our talk.
"Sunset - everybody calls him SO laughed,
but instantly SOLDERING said:
Eyes, | know that finished the matter. but
| was sorry, for it struck a lady this time; a
thing ! never mean to do, but really that pic
ture ,ras too bad ] hope to live long enough
to see some really fine paintings here We
have daubs enough.
Another effort of his at the close of the seq
sion had hindered a waste of many millions,
and you ought to have heard his deuuncation
of the well kno wn practice long existing.
| mean the habit Of keeping Objectionable
bills ont of sight till the last hours are at
hand, then plling them upon the Speakers
table, hoping in the exciting rush Of Affairs
they may escape careful examination. S id
Sunset, the collected putresconee of political
Jobbery for the whole Year lies on the Speak
er's table, and only the most untiring vigil
ance can avert shameful legislation Then,
talking of gestures peculiar to individuals, he
took oil Nlblack and one or two others in
laughable style. You could hardly fancy 80
small man doing" Fernando Wood so per-
fectly, but Strengthening himself, he buttonel
his coat tightly around him, arranged his
Inonstache IN the Uood-en droop and sat back
IN his chair almost "a perfect personhcation
OF department as FeInandy himself. | told
him that up in our gallery We always ceased
scribbllng when he rose, for We were sure Of
amusement.
II know" responded he quickly "The
reporters are bright set, and most Of them
are very square men. They have been shame
fully abused by some Congressman who have
] been afraid to have the truth told wish