Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-08-23
Our Washington Letter.

Washington Is left dcsolate
THE CAPITAL WITHOUT coNGnrss
resembles Coldsmiths deserted yuiaoou T..
that the town is left, but the princpal iphati,a,,
are gone. BY the haste with which evervhod,
rushed to the railroad the morning after the ri.n
Of Congress- one would fancy that the cars ln,o
Cinderella's coach, would be changed into pumn-
kins at the stroke Of twelve. The town 90.
evacuated in day. On the next placard wa.
sent back by the hotel keepers at PHILADELPHIA
declaring that there was not so much as a garret
to be had in that city, and mplorng ladies and
gentlemen 10 remain quietly In Washington for
twcnty-iour hours. Young ladies were seen at
the depot with long faces, leaving the delights of
Washington for the duh repose OF the COUNTRY
their lovers with longer faces trying to solve the
problem expressed by their still longer bills-and
members Of Congress with long faces too. for pot
one in twenty has made the impression " he ON.
pected, and he departs moralizing on the decline
in the taste for eloquence and on the want of n
golden opportunity for the display Of indignant
virtue
When Congress and IT. ten thousand casual
visitors are gone, and only the official and indip.
cnous inhabitants remain, nothing can look more
dosolate. lie who would be reminded of detarted
friends should walk down the avenue viewing
those charmed spots Of gay resort whose gayety
has departed the numerous frequented places
that shall know the oit-timo visitor no more IN
December. The person u whom the desolatiop
is the unkudest cut of all is the haol-driver
His occupation is gone indeed Gone is the dollar
made every successive hali.hour, gone are the
short but profitable trips to the theatre gone the
four or five families all taken the same evening
to parties and each pay ing the item Of Carriage
from nine TIL twelve, and gone the absorbed
politician who would rather give the FIVE dollar
bill than wait for the change. The chop-f,lien
coacly drives to his stand in the morning and
creeps home to dinner night comes on and nj.
horses begin 10 believe In the millennium. while
the cobwebs are wove over his whip-socket
The President and family return to happiness
and Long Branch TO spend the close Of that long
summer, the greater part Of which they have been
defnudcd from enjoying by the long drawn-out
session Newspaper Row is deseued, attaches
grow fat and dispatches grow lean, "a the report.
ers slip away to Cape May or the White Sulphur
We who are left have the prospect Of enjoying the
most delightful portion Of the year, as far a.
weather Is concerned from now I'm December a.
a recompense for our solitude, aud in the never.
failing delights Of Washington autumn we are
sure to be comforted and c0nsoled for the loss Of
the crowd
rHE ctosfNG HOURS on coSoRrss
we're not without their usual e1citements. and
even what might be considered as a nice little not
was precipitaied on Monday night in the House
| On that evening the House was more than usually
well filed, nearly all were looking for speedy
adjournment and were. therefore, bound 10 see
as much Of Congress ~ possible, before the cur
tain fell We found a vacant seat In the gallery
about ten o'clock, while Mr Kasson Of Iowa wa
| IN the midst Of his eloquent speech on the polt.
/ ical situation Every ear was strained IA catch
| the speakers words, both IN the gallery and on
the floor a. his subject was one la which all were
deeply Interested Mr. Kas.on i. polished
speaker the best Of anglo-saxon and never al
lows his feelings get the better OF hi. judgment
| Every one Of his numerous aud able speeches dur
! ing the session have been especially remarkable
Tor their candor and close application TO the
subject in hand. On this occasion he was reply.
ing to the attempt made by Sam Randall during
the day to bolster up his own record a. leader Of
the majority in the House, by an eulogy Of the
democratic party, and an eHcoriation OF the Re
publican party Mr. Kasson went through with q
scathing rehearsal Of the records Of both Tilden
and Hendricks based upon historical fact which
aroused the democratic side Of the House To a
high pitch Of frenzy Hester Clymer, Randall
and Sanders, sought repeatedly 10 Interrupt him.
bat made matters worse for their candidates at
every attempt. When kasson had finished little
Sammy Cox endeavored TO get the floor. and
finally succeeded lie started ont with the as
sertion that MI. kasson WAS the apologist Of Bel
KNAPP and the post-traders Mr. kasson called him
10 order for stating an untruth regarding mem
Der Of the House Cox then, in the most mclo-
dramatic style rushed over to tho Republican
side up the aisle where Kasson sat, shook hi.
fist in the latters face, and called him DELHI
crate liar winding up by striking his eye-glasse.
with his ngenai and telling at the top Of his voice
that he had letter from Gov Tilden Many Of the
more prominent Republicans we're seated around
about kasson, and had been listening 70 hi.
speech General Garfield sat at his left hand
Colonel Joyce directly at his right and Henderson
Of Illinois, the next seat beyond while Iloar.
lIurber, and Stevenson were In the next row
front The latter gentleman, As Cox came up 20
Kasson and uttered the Objectionable word.
threw himself between the two, fearing persona
contest, while Mr Ioar promptly called Cox to
order and asked that his words be taken down
This was done aud Cox was given chance to
apologize which he accepted very soon after
such scene served to throw all ideas Of business
from the minds Of the House and as conse-
quence an adjournment was not reached until six
o clock in the morning. one Of the surprises Of
the night was a speech from MI Hewitt, Of New
York, which, although such speech As Tam
manyite would be expected to make, was never
tbeless an eloquent one and proclaimed Hewitt 20
be an orator OF no ordinary ability. His looks
are against all claims he may make to statesman
ship, as his face, figure and actions resemble those
Of proprietor OF firstclass bar, but he has got
the true fire Of oratory within, and should be
given the credit for one Of the best mpronftn
speeches made this session.
rHF WORK or TIrF Session
has been very light in comparison TO the number
Of days it has been convened Three hundred Laws
have been passed about evenly divided between
public ard private acts. -Four thousand and
ninety bills have been introduced in the House
and one thousand and forty-GSe in the Senate
This Is a larger number, we understand than was
ever introduced in Congress before at any one ses-
sion. There are more private claims before this
Congress than ever before, most of which come
from the South Every day of the next session
will be required to get through with the work
left over.
As to the work accomplished and concerning
the principal workers in Congress- we must defer
comment until next week
PERSONAL ASD POLITICAL
A dispatch has just been received here this
evening announcing the death Of Speaker Kerr
lie has suffered the most intense agony through
out his illness, owing TO the nature of his disease
liberation of the bowels, and death followed rom
sheer starvation and weakness. The remains are
TO be taken TO the late residence of the deceased,
New Albany, Indiana, on Monday, accompanied
by the acting Speaker, Mr., Sayler. The DEAN OIL
the Speaker OF the House necessitates an election al
theopening of the next session, and Milton Saylei
will most probably he elected, having shown an
admirable fitness a presiding officer and being
a fayorite with the majority Of the House.
Henry Watterscn, the editor Of the Lonh'l"
Cowier-IoHadl, was sworn in as member OF 'i''
House the day before adjournment, to NIL tn'
vacancy made By the death OF RepresentSu'e
Parsons, Of Kentucky. lie will be a man oil mari
next session. aud has some claims to promlpen'''
both as an editor and presiding officer n'
looks to be about thrty-ive years OF age, mas 'u
intellectual face, which ia somewhat marred W
defect In the right eye, and well-defined iea'ui''
He wears a mnstache of sandy color and gOatet W