, 1876-03-24


SOCIETY IN TnounLE-TE1HlDLE TnounLE-RE-
rnExcnMEST AND HEronA-IEH HouKs 4 DAY
rou THE CLEAKs--WAHHIN0Toa JnyiS0 ON
WARRINGTON L1rE-conuuPTloN UNDER CAL
uoUN-THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPA1dA-DuTLEn
VI. DANA = CONGRESSIONAL dosatr - MINING
suAnEs-TnE AATloNAL HrATuAnx GALLERY.
Special Correspondence of Tbs Chteaao Tribune.
WASHINGTON, D. O., March 10.-Society found
the pass week cold and cheoslcss. st. Patrick
gaye us Ills annual storm, and tho cold westerly
winds haye swept down from tho mountains.
ovoking weird music from tho many wirca Of
the sclcgraphs, Which aro 30 many Eolfan hsrps
Tho pcnitontiHa season has been duly observed
In tho Roman mud Episcopal Churches. whilo the
members OF tho evangelical denominations havo
boon attending tho royival meetings hold by day
aud by night And tllen VIC have had this aeriea
ot Investigations going on making tue rule Of
tho Democratic House
4 nEIaN or TERROR
to scores Of tho old bArnacles and TurveydropR
who have for 10 many years been at tho hcadB
OF iJle bureaus and lucrative anecurcs horc-
abouts. WhA. makes II heavier for these yenor-
able old parties Ia the fact THAI while they have
disguised their own political aenttmensa and
contributed to Postmaster Edmunds' demands
fof campaign funds, thols uiyca aud daughters
hnvo remained loyal to tho Lost Cause, and
his own aga,nln But now that tho preliminary
stage Of this restoration has arrived, and
"sou1uExA GENTLEMEN" AGAIN sWAudxR ANp
liant
In the House OF Representatives, thego wor-
eh.pers OF "tho bonnie blue flag find them-
ee!yoA strlckon IN tho house OF their friends.
Such inauia,tiyo fellows they are, 10 bo ause,
these iavestig gRtiug Congressman, mad how they
viii know why ccttnla c'aisns wore reported OIL
tavorably after having boea dIsaltowed., and
why these claims wero rushed from ono office to
another and paid ia a few hours, while it gonef'
ally takcs weeks II not months to accom- p!ist
tho eano results Nay, they hayo in
some instances gone turthoE, aud have Actually
sake respectable 8entA whose fs.ues In soccty,
whether they haye not received money for tbe EoveE.a
Of opinions aud for extraordinary haste in tho sccet.
lua Of such mpcrslncns Interrogation especially ~,
nancy WA 50 received foF extra services y was ins'
Ms.ss!y exIenas far furniture o. feminine sty
ehoo.a e ruward ". who y tue loseri n Mesaxhils
| suffers i1ola !ts kindness.
RErnExcllMEar AND REFORM.
| Those public fuuotionariea, n buchanan called
them. who llayo resisted temptation, feel somewhat
cast duwu bee.4o Of The reosu,s which both political
cas1sgss psa fos out oi sae Pub,ic Treasury, With
horses kept on Government feed, aud coachmen whu
psnsisa futaltuIs can no more bs purchased for
nouss sooa called osice. nor eau expensive I'm
ported an1e.paI~E. stampea with monogrAins, 10 OBJ
t.inel ~ dcpatt!nunt stationery. Th14e and otAel
lS abuses which r1cps Into tho pubo service during
w. VI n asS 1T SeaE xsssa out .n aftsr ths mr.
| Low leBEto will ssaye 10 bH 1t tAels 1esks
| /" At LEAar TEN HOURS EACH DAY,
sscspt Bundass aud days declared puhu holidays By
law, - provided ly 6ec. lea Of the lkuyi.u.i tA
ute4 This !ncscase III ottcohousg, win tnu rroposct
reduction Of forcet aud decrease u salaries has not
~ may be MaHue4 lten productive of ollJty ani ot
.he whole, W hass ,sstdsaly uncomfortable ua1nt
Of March. There H. however, compensation for over,
Ill., aud this increase Vt work suu duc1ease of Eay
llay tuake
| lIElKsu1IH LEES DE81RADLE,
Washington Irving, WHEN young ,nan, refused ii
offered position IN one Of the Departments hers, d.
clarip4 III Als utter Of decnatio: ~ really Le!luy
It would tska but short caEs<r u pubo Life IT Wssh
inxtau 10 rrniur us mentally sna physically peEfec
wreck, aud to hurry me rreustusaly luto old Aga.
I1yluK WAs sanslbo. :,
While, ~ I hgYe remarked sbotc. many Of sh
shuscs Of public life here cAmo in during tho Hs
whca the head. Of DeEartnenss had 40 tae 10 "a, l,
annals OF Adsnluiatrsuons show thai the
eleska usss not Immaculate. una Of TIM 1noak aolab