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Our Washington Letter.

he was always heard with interest, and the
fOrty-fOur millions of American people were
his outside audience.
Our Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 80.
To the Editor o. the Free Press and Times.
The " wisdom of the nation has now
been in session more than two weeks, and
as yet the main business for which they
were called Incorporating money for
the army-has not been reached. \ large
number OF bills have been introduced and re-
ferred. The unprecedented number Of SIS
were submitted on Monday, showing that
they have plenty of work before them.
| Among these was one by Mr.. Hendee provi-
ding for permanent form of government for
the District of Columbia. Nr. joyce asks
for the repeal OF the Bankrupt Act also
for q commission on the traffic in alcoholic
liquors. This commission is raised for the
purpose of collecting reliable statistics per
taining to the traffic, and it is hoped by the
temperance people that By so doing the
frightful results may be brought to the
attention of the public and that speedy aa
ton on the part of Congress tending to the
suppression of the traffic will follow. No
appropriation is asked. Bills were also in
trOduced providing for the reduction of the
tax on whiskey and tobacco !; and to reduce
the postage on letters to two cents per half
ounce to any part of the United States.
1t is said that the present session Of Con-
gress will be noted for its economy In re-
ducing public expenditure, and that the sue
cess Of the Democratic party in 1850 will
depend largely upon this course. CndOubt-
edly the reckless extravaganee with which
our Legislators usually appropriate publ
moneys, will, if not checked. produce the
overthrow OF the Government. They ignore
the tact that extrayagance in public eIpen-
dtures falls heavily upon the men who earn
their bread by the sweat of their brow, and
who pay, directly or Indirectly, the larger
portion of the expenses Of the Government.
In later years the laboring classes are COM
ing to feel this burden more than ever,
and the present Congress will be made to
understand, in mskins appropriations, that
the laborer has '' rights which they are
bound to respect"
The length Of the session Is still in doubt
Many think an adjournment will be reached
this week, but according TO Mrs. PLrtngtOn
long session may be looked for. She says
that I" the stentorial fuss at one end of the
Capitol about not returning their board in
Louisiana, and the muss in the House o
Reprobates at the other, over demOrallzlng
the silver coin, and Phil-a- clustering about
the Indians in the West, will n doubt keep
Congress busy for several months to come,
to say nothing about Sherman's fallsey OF
calling in all the greenbacks so that he will
have none of them to condemn when the pre-
sumption of specie payment begins"
NEWSPAPERS.
Washington is one the best Of places for
"sprouting" newspapers, but many of them,
before coming to the bearing condition,
droop and die. The Nation announced Itself
as the organ Of the Administration, but its
"tunes" were soon exhausted and its harp
was hung upon the willows, it having been
merged in the new Administration paper
called the National Union, edited BY cx-
Congressman Lynch. of Maine, and said to
be owned by Postmaster Edmunds. Public
Printer Defrees, and others. The Repubh-
can, under its new management-A. NJ.
Clapp. late public printer at its head, and
Harry Clspp as business manager.-has been
greatly improved and is the leading morn
ing paper. Ii is strongly and purely Re
publican, and is evidently not quite really
to swallow what there Is left Of the South
ern Confederacy. The Star is the Oldest,
and best having pewspaper in Washington,
,bnrou,blv ,ndenenbrnt and truly the
.,neople's paper.- Its owners receive 500
O6O ner wear net protit.
THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
EMPLOYS about thirteen hundred men and
women, producing 81 100000 worth of
printed matter per year. The report of the
election Investigations made about twenty
five thousand octave pages. single num-
Der of the DAILY Record, giving the Congress
sional proceedings Of day, contained over
nine hundred thousand ems. or fifteen times
a. much As the reading matter OF the FREE
Press. Three hundred and fifty Jhou-a1d
copies OF the Agricultural Report Tor 300
ase si p' ~ .cn oSo 80. -, one
time one of tho peroui,ites of the Congress
sional printer. although the amount was not
as lsrpe AZ now. strong eA,rt will ho
made in Congress to restore the wages of
printers and bookbinders to four dollars per
day. One font of type recently purchased
for the lob room weighed nearly two tons
Five tons are REQUIRED for the Record.
LoRkN=" DOW
The Spirituallsts, comprising about thirty
such persons as used to cousrerte at he
Eddy homestead in ''Spirit Vale, In c. IT.
tenden, held seance at a private hou>e one
evening last week. and celebrated the one
hundredth anniversary OF the birth oi Lo-
renzo Dow, well known as an ecce"''Ic
preacher IN Vermont, furty eight years ago
Lorenzo saiu Nc was elAu Ms '',euuS '"u
met on 'niS iuPore'n' veoi>'o" o
Poseu 70 Saiay p"' ~ -, NJ ~
ever III cart" li'e
4un1 i''o'itI M a- NJ -. ~, -
T1ar usn ns, Ia ..,5r - h. 49, -
ruuys : hH u'u uo4S II .'.r,e-;-
'o' ~ NV"
IN the ground, under plain stone Sian IN
YAK Hill cemetery, "eorsetown-
PERSONAL.
hia. lie has already served with the com
nittee for one term, and has given general
one OF 'ne CITY EPerS' III
" W - -. H., b.,
iIisd tho boporable nosition of Governor of
the educated commonwealth of Vermont is