The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-03-10
Washington Letter.
From our Special Correspondent.
Woahiu ptnn n n NJ

From our Special Correspondent
Washington, d. c., March Q, 1877.
Intense excitement prevailed at the Capitol
the last few days of the Session, but at last the
agony is over aud We may very soon look for
peace and quiet throughout the country. Con.
gress remained in session throughout the whole
Of Thursday night and it was not till between
four and I've o'clock Friday morning that the
last state was counted and HaN es declared
elected. When the formal declaration of the
elect on was made. the announcement was re-
ceivPd with hut little demonstration, the as
semblv evidently remembering the injunctiOns
that had several times during the night been
impressed upon them, to ODstain from any
hissed and another clapped his hands-so ended
the greatest and most threatening struggle for
the Presidency that mas taken place in the his
tory OF our nation. May we never know such
another.
II is TO be regretted extremely that some OF
tue scenes that have lately been enacted al the
Capitol should have occurred, disgrncing the
oOuuIry. as they have, by the shameful ac s Of
several OF her Representatives.. For instance,
Friday quite a prominent JOngI eSSm m got into
a regular rOugh-andtumble too. Ii and nal fignt
with one OF the House dOurkeepeIs He he8rd
that Mr. Harms tine d0orkeepel mad refused to
take card from VISITOR to hun during he de-
bate ON the Presidential count and IN high du-
geon made for the dOoI and without word
pus 1ed Harris fTOm his seat on to the floor. As
the surprised door keeper rose to his feet the
gentleman ~ struck him blow on the chest
winch Harris returned with one under the eve
of the pugihstiU legislator. The Gffray was then
put an end to by thg Interference OF other Re-
pres, natives and he man Uho rights carries a
black eye tor hls folly. Again Thulstiy q
member of the House utterly refused 70 obey
the Speakers ruling, leapeu upon the top of a
desk screaming at tine highest pitch of his voice
in frantic effort to make hImself heard amid the
tumuIt that prevailed, and finally was fOTcIDlY
pulled IRON the desk and quteted only by the
appearance OF the SeIgeant-atarms with his
mace. During the counting of tile Electoral
| vote 1t mad Deen the custom of the representa-
tives TO rise as the senators enter the hall for
| joint convention, but Friday morning, when
| they were snnOunc for the last time, the una
| jOrItY of Representatives lin childish pet be.
cause their game was up anu they saw them-
| selves defeated remained sitting Now are not
| such actions anu such demonstrations as these
uttery uuwoI thy a United States Congress
man, no mater what his State color or pOhti-
The city was plunged into state of tumultu-
GUS excitement the last OF the week by the an-
nOuncement that hOrrld murder had been
committed in the Treasury, The facts OF the af
fair, as they have since appeared, are as fol.
| lows About noon Thursday a man entered
the Treasury building and sent a card TO Mrs
| Mary StOrer, n widow VINO has been employed
as cierK In the Redemption Bureau for some ten
| years past. TIE cnrd bore the name of " JOhu
Diits" ana Mrs. StOrer ImmedlateLy stepped int
the passage TO speak with HIM Very few words
had passed between them when the man seized
her-fOr what purpose Is not KnOwn sh,
struggled, screamed, broke away from him anC
ran along the passage. Diits followed and finally
fired two pistol shots al her neil her of wmcl
were effective Waterman and messenger sc
cured the man after a hard struggle and pre-
senty turned MIN over TO au othcer OF the me
trOpOlian police who tOUk him at once to tn
station ueIe he acted In O strange way, ap
parently hall unconscious manner and ii wa
| SON discovered that he was under the InhuenC
OF some drug OF poison. Dlts is Just wnat D
appears to DO, well TO do farmer about fort
wears Old. Hess widOwer with famIiy-frOI
Michigan. He met Mrs. StOI or some month
since iel violently In love with her, proposed
and was rejected-hence his attempt to end bot
her life aud his own, He refuses TO take an
medicine but lA still living.
! President ana Mrs Giant gave farewell
dinner TO tue CRblnet saturday evening q
which Mt. and Mrs Hayes were present. n
last eVeLlug but there was a grand torch -lIgh
possession, hrewOrKs and illumination. Penn
= sy wanna Avenue was Il umined by calciuI
+ lights furnish ed fTOm New York. NJ. ". w.