The Republican journal., 1876-03-23
Letter from Washing ton.
Correspondence of the Journal.
WASuINGION, March Is.

and expectation i'll Washington as at present.
! EVERYBODY is on the qui-vive to see where the
! lightning shall strike next Were anything less
| than national disgrace involved it would be
! laughabe the way people rush after the news
papers, glancng their eyes up ana down the
| columns to see what fresh discoveries the morn
| ing or the evening has revealed, their tongues
waxing fast and furious over every little tid-bit
| of news, whether fact or fiction. 1t would be
quite impossible to describe its ludicrous aspect.
Y on would have to live here awhile before You
could come 10 understand just how much more
a sensation amounts to in this quarter of the
| globe than any other. Why il is the sum total
| of lite-thc food, the drink, the breath the ac-
| ton. in short the very whole of existence.
| Washington without some new sensation daily
wouldn't be Washington at all, only some com
mon place affair. True, most people have The
| decency to express verbally some little pain and
! regret at the shameful exhibition of corruption
now going Oh, but in good many eases there
| is y lighting of the eve. drawing IN OF the lips
| and glibness OF the tongue that indicates any
| thing but deep heart sorrow over this down.
! fall of 30 many of her shining lights. Whilst it
must be confessed that much of the grief and
| pentcnce OF the shining lights themselves looks
a little pharasaict. and their entreatieS some
| thing after the manner OF the prayer of queer
| old fellow down in Maine, who WAS given TO oc-
| ca>ionai ndul&ences ofthe appetite, and OF look
| ing upon The Wine when il il red. And once,
| having thus looked and thus INDUCED, he start
| Ell sorrowfully and crookedly homeward, man
/, aging very shortly, however, to get out of the
| I'll, +, i,tpt l,a
,litlonal pit by the wavSiie, where after tioun-
dering around among the rocks and brars for
| awhile he finally concluded TO try the efficacy
! of PRAYER, and thus addressed the Most High.
| ''Oh Lord, hear my prayer and come to my AS
| sistance | thnL YOU ought 10, oh Lord. for
| | never asked anything of YOU before, and
| wouldn't now, oh Lord, ii | knrw how To get
out OF this light place my self. Not knowing
| huw 70 get out Of the tight PLACE into Z" inch
| they md Themselves most unhAppiy thrust,
| they are down on their knees asking prayers
| for - family m great atiiction." All. these
eleventh hour repentances, brought about by
| exposure, wounded pride, fear and loss OF OPP
| portunities tor further SHINING | fear they
will hardly lind II murh favor III the sight Of
! the Lord A. did the h4unhlr queen in the eye
| of the king of 0d.
| Meantime each Succeeding day sees curious
| throngS hooking to the Capitol, eager for The
! latest sensation or newest Developments, fail
| ING of which or finding the majority of the
| House absent III Committee rooms, they >aun-
| ter slowly over to the Senate and fail back on
/ the lesser eNcements OF that usually cool and
| serene body. What attracts cyerybody'S attcn-
| ton there Just now i the great feat OF Ameri
| can pcdeStriani-ln exhibited in the walking
match going on between Senators ingalls, and
| Chri-tiancy. Tramp, tramp, tramp, the bo"1
90 marching" up and down, up and down, in
| the reserve space at the rear Of the Senate With
| hands folded loosely behind them and heads
| thrown forward. giving no signs of WEAKNESS
of cessation. 30 that it is hard to say which will
prove victor, and as champion dispute honors
with our yankee Weston. though bets are freely
offered on Christiancy albeit he is much the old
| er OF the two. Poor ChrStiancy. were it not for
| that look of utter self compacency that hoverS
| over his stolid features, could find it in his
| heart to compassionate him, and drop tear
over his fast-thickening troubles; for they do
say the course of true love isn't running exactly
| smooth, and that Mrs c. has a way and will
| of her own, and doesn't take a bit kindly to
| lectures upon the proper subsection of the Wo-
| man to her husband, but insists upon Whirling
| his poor old rheumatic bones of to the parties,
| theatres and the opera a good deal ottener than
| is sute for such an elderly person to be out.
| Besides. he has 4 mother-in-lHw; and as if that
| wasn't woe enough, the newspaper correspond
ents him an unceasing theme for their
Fostering pencils. 1t is even limited that the
| great Michiganders, ncensea that one Of their
noble tribe should prove 10 be only such poor
| old goose after all, are around making anxious
| inquiries if this can't he construed as "a high
| crime and miSdemeanor." No, you bothering
| Michiganders, and YOU impudent newspaper
| people, and tantalizing wives and aggrayating
| mothers-in-law. had all best beware, and not
| presume too far; Tor if ever an individuals
| face said "kick," As plainly and squarely as
mules hiud leg. this is the one. As for In
| gals, his contestant for perambuAting honors,
| you wouldn't miss him anyway, even if he did
| MT parade up and down so much like show
figure in 1irst-class dry goods establis hment,
| there is such somebody In particular sort of
| air about him, as he PAGES to and fro in sight
| of the crowded galleries, as if he were saying
'Why don't YOU look at me, and see what
| mighty individual l am; Aud it always
prompts one to follow the example of that au
dacious wag, Theodore Hook, and ask him
''Please may presume to sit down where you
| are:' He is a slight, slender individual, with
plenty Of gray hair gray eyes, behind steel
trimmed glasses, a young, smooth face, rather
| small feet, and a very large head, upon which
nature placed her two hands, pressing all the
little bumps that Fowler locates around the
front and base up into one huge lump at the
top, where there is enough set-esteem for In
gals and veneration for the Senator 10 60 all
round this venerable body, and leave some
thing over for common people. After having
had their ill at gazing at these two important
specimens of senatorial greatness, the next
query of all new corners is, Where is Sharon?
| want to see Sharon"-it being accepted as
sound American doctrine that the next best
thing to being millionaire, is to have Il good
fair sight at one And there lie ii, this western
prince, this Nevada silver mine, rolled into not
more than one hundred and forty pounds of
bone, blood and flesh, and standing but tIe
over five feet with his boot heels on. Were il
not 1Of llie many otnei noble exam IltS IN ms
tory the wonder would be now one small man
could be great. He is rs neat rs II pin, from
his wrllbru-hed, thin. blonde. slightly gray
locks down 10 his glosSB polished boots, look
ing for all the world like gentee French
dancing master who had just stepped out of
the traditional handbook, barring his Unframed
leather complexion, which would indicate a
little more sunlight. And oh, such II perfect
bonanza of smile that wrinkles way across his
smooth cheek, behind the generous ears, and
up to the very top OF his shining pate, saying
as plainly as poSsibe-'I amt a bit stuck up.
and am delighted TO see youth fact I'm glad
to get somebody to talk to. for this is the dull
est Old hole ! ever got into, and not halt as
nice as digging silver out in Nevada" Near
by sits the other Nevada silver mine. the Jolly,