Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-12-13
WASHINGTON Letter.
WASHINGTON, ID. C.. Nov. II. 1877

WASHINGTON. ID. c.. Nov. IA, 1877.
To the Editorof the Avant Courier:
Among other petitions before Congress
is one for an appropriation Of $4,000 to
be used in the erection of a new building
on the Smithsonian grounds, a museum for
the accommodation and display OF the nu-
unerous articles presented to our Govern
ment by various foreign nations that ex-
hibifed them at the Centennial last year.
These presentations amount to more than
million Of dollars worth. and there is alb
solutely no room for them in the Smith
sonian Institute where they properly be-
long. hence they are packed away in their
original boxes and stored in the old Arm
DRY building.
With other matters pertaining to the
Paris Exposition, now under the consider
alton Of Congress. is the proposed estab-
lishment OF IN American kitchen where
the various methods Of cooking and pre-
pairing Indian corn shall 90 on, and receipts
for the same. printed in different languages.
shall be distributed tree of charge. The
food prepared is to be sold at lowest prices
and the art of cooking the corn taught. Ii
is believed this will have the effect Of en-
larging the market and promoting the
general use OF our corn. III
Although the Presidential flmily receive
their friends and those who wish to be-
come their friends, in their library and par
lor, receptions at the White House have
not yet begun. Mrs. Hayes has genuine
liking for the spacious. olol-flshiOned rooms
of the Executive Mansion. In fact. that
lady holds firmly to all those old notions
of her foreflthers Which are strong and
true blue. never describing them because
they are out of date. Taking an old friend
through the White House the other day,
she said. mo matter what they build.
they'll never build any more rooms like
these"
Senator Morton in his young days thor
oughlc learned the hatter's trade. He dis
liked If. but undertook it in accordance
with his fathers wish. 1t is said that he
never made but one hat; that, however.
was thoroughly done and perfect in every
respect.
Mrs. Morton is soon to return to New
Haven, Conn.,. where her son Oliver is |
about to enter Yale. She purposes living
there during lis col yiate coLr,e, but, vi
retain her house in indianapolis, spend ler
sons vacations there, and return to il
when he shall have graduated. rs her per-
home. Oliver intends to study !
law after he leaves college, and to practice
in indianapolis.
saw an acrid estimate of carpeting used
in the Treasury building the other day.
The room and hall space in the Depart
ment proper and its outlying offices covers
nine and Il halt acres Of ground, about one
sixth Of viii n area requires fresh carpet
ing annually. Now that the Government
is beginning to use American carpets, the
firm that takes its orders will make good
stroke of business, for many hundred
yards are trodden out in the buildings ev-
cry year.
The House of Representatives spent sew
eral days of last week in discussing the re-
luction of the Army to $1,000 men accord
ing to Mr.. Blackburn's resolution. reach
ing the conclusion. at length. that the
Army shall stand in numbers at the figures
he law now puts it. namely. $4,000 mn-e
he balance above $4,000 to be for service
IN the Texas border exclusively. This
passed the House on Friday, and is load
we'll OF its shoulders.
We were favored last week with visit
rom another delegation of Indians, this
lime from the Ponca tribe. These termed
iBGpa J!nqSS'1gfr 1e t Jt rfqqEEa d
assertion; for it is their pride that they
nave never murdered white men. and that
rom the first they have obeyed the Presi-
lent's decisions and advice. The President
md Cabinet are determined that the differ
,nces between this and the wild or recently
civilized and still more or less rpbellous
indians shall be recognized and marked by
he treatment they will receive from our
lands. All they ask for is to be allowed
o go back to their former reservation
where they were living in houses and till
ng the soil successfully. but FROM which,
hey removed to the Indian Territory
where they now dwell in wigwalns and
re fast dying from exposure and destitu-
ion. They do not know. neither can your
ascertain, the reason for
heir removal
ADAMS.