The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-11-07

OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.


cupied less than half hour yesterday
and no business of importance was
transacted.
The nominations of Messrs. Gilfill-
ian and Wyman as Treasurer and As
sistant Treasurer of the u. 5. were
confirmed, no objections being made.
There were S45 bills introduced in the
House. an unheard of number, most
of them were old ones which, though
long dead, are not allowed tolie peace
fully in their graves, but are, every
session dragged forth in their tattered,
yellow shrouds, to perform a ghostly
pantomine and again, as usual, sink
into oblivion. About one-third of the
whole were introduced by men who
have axes of their own to grind. One
man, soldier, so anxious to have a
pension had his bill introduced by six
different members as these bills are
each printed by the hundreds, theneed-
less waste must soon attract the at
tention of political economists.
These bills having been referred,
Speaker Randall announced the COM
mittees. As this gentleman kept his
own counsel in this matter entirely, of
course there has been great anxiety
and the House were sail ears" Alas
his voice sounded the funeral knell OF
many cherished hopes, and the excited
groups of unappreciated statesmen
about the hotels last night indicate
considerable dissatisfaction. Among
the bills, was one introduced by Mr..
Eanes of r. l. proposing that after
the lst of JAN, 1878, letters to and
from any point within the u. 5. be
charged only cts. a half ounce, ILL
stead of 3, the present rate. Its not
probable this will pass as the last re-
duction made by the 2. o. Dept. has
proven to be losing speculation to
the Govt. Rumor as usual seems a
little mixed on the subject Of the mis-
sion to the court Of st. James, one
day she announces Simon Cameron,
another Wayne McVeagh, the next eX-
Speaker Grow. Which of these gen
tlemen will represent us remains fol
the present unknown. A motion IN
the House will refer the Legislature
recommended by the President in the
matter of the Paris Exposition to q
committee to arrange a system fol
raising the necessary funds more sat
isfactory than the one in force at the
Vienna or Philadelphia exposition. A
report from the Chief of the Register
ed Letter Division showing the opera
tons of that department, during the
past year, gives an increase Of almost
II per cent. IN letters registered, ano
exclusive Of one or two cases of acct
dental burning Of postal cars, calcu-
lates the losses to be only about one
letter in 400, thus proving the per,
lection of the system and the appreci-
alton Of public.
Among all that is beautiful in this
city, there is one thing that should
bring a blush Of shame to every cheek,
and that is the unsightly shaft located
in the low grounds south of the White
House Whnr wn were. vOnnOnr thar
now, we were beguiled into a streak
of patriotic fervor, and denied our
selves a card Of gingerbread and con.
tributed our half-dime to swell the
funds for the erection of this Wash.
ington monument. We then supposed
the money was given for that purpose
we have sometimes been wicked enough
since to wonder if it was. If it is
true that the departed dead revisit this
earth and are familiar with what tran
spires, there must be much in this mat
ter to disturb the peace and quiet o
the father of his country. After many
committees Of engineers have made
reports some adverse to it's completion
and some in favor, it is now decided
that the whole matter must again b.
brought before Congress. The 5000,
600 appropriated by the last Congress
for its completion will in this even
not be used. The stranger notices
daily on our streets among the throns
of beautiful ladies', a jaunt little wo
man, neatly attired, who although ia
past the middle of life, walks with
firm elastic step always carrying
bright smiling face. This is the nota
BILE Mrs. Gen. Gaines, VINO for nearl.
half century has been engaged il
one of the most sharply contested liti
cations known in the history of tn
courts. This lady has herself pro
posed the briefs and arguments in thi
case involving the title to an immens
estate in New Orleans, although sh
is now over 20 years Of age, she re
tains all her powers, and there are fey
lawyers who have greater legal acu
men. There is much said about al
early adjournment but neither part,
seem ready to take any decided step
and each days delay makes it NOR
probable that the session will continu
until the regular time of meeting.
FAX.
4 The National Republican, in speak