, 1877-09-01
WASHINGTON! GOSSIP.
Mr.. Hayes Sumn1er.Tours..-
Customs Of Former Presi.
denis.
Simon Caneron's Waii--The Distrihu
ton of Cabinet Offices.
n, k.gro Population Of The Capital, and Their
pbJsIta! aud Aorat Retroyresstan.

Prom Our 0en Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, D, C., Aug. 27.-Somc Demo.
c,ati. papcrs are slnple enough to accuse
President lInves Of 1unkcting, and Of neglect
I,p tic duties Of the Administration for pleas
nrc.tfIps about The country. Nothing could be
more conten,ptuously unfair than such o treat
ncpt Of the President by the opposition Jour.
pals. The truth Is, no President .las ever
~ closely attended to his duties in Washington
AZ President Ilaycs. II WIS tho custom Of the
rarItcr Presidents, probably Without exception,
To spend tic greater portion Of every aummer
eway from the Seat Of Government.
cuBToM or FORMER PRESIDENTS.
Washington always went to Mount Vernon,
which, In days Of the staEe-coach, Was u good
i1;,,anre. John Adams always took the long
ttarc-lourncy to Qutncy, Mass.; and Jefferson
.pcnt tho hot months at Monticello and Poplar
: rures,. Thcro were then no telegraph, aud nu
raIfrpads by which tho President could com.
mun!caso With tho Scat Of Government Ia few
minutes or q few hours. Yet thcrc wcrc few
complaints from tho Democrats fn those days
Tint public business was seriously t1npedcd by
the abtcuce Of tho Presidents Ut their summer.
retreats. John Adams, indeed, vert 10 far Us
to Iatc official letters iron, Quincy, Mass. In
tsao ac did this from July Until October; and,
during the ycsrs when Congress adjourned on
TIC 4tll VI March, tile Adams pnpers slluw that
uDteal correspondence was dated from Qutncy
u carly III tho middle OF May. In ouc.of these
letters President Adams wrote:
JOHN ADAMS.
The people elected uie to adn,ln.ater the Govern
ment, It II true; nnd & ! 4, sdiniGiste, T hctsat
sccfellrles Of State, Treasury, War, Navy. and
tbe Attorney General transmit me ,.iy, BY post.
done without MY alvico and direction whcn n,1,
hero any moro than When Mn IN The An1nr city
With !hem. Tns to,t Soss scry y rapidly. an: m
u Iost
Auy ouc fauilar with the Washington climate
will alnlit ttlatft Is bcne1t to the Allln.st<a.
tlon to avoid as much OF tho heated term it
Washington as possible. And many Presidents
haze spent the summer holidays IN less useful
ways than President Hayes.
TIE D18TliuuT1oN or Cln1SET-oFFfcRs.
Old slnion Cameron, tho other day, complain
I'll TINT Pennsylvania hns no Cablnct-posIttun
under ills Administration, aud u,at Tint State
Is III various other why's not hti,urcd. Cameron
not untreQMentI5 complained Of what 1lc cAIlcd
4 similar slsht put upon Pennsylvania under
the lust few months Ut Gen. Grants term Of
office that PENNSYLVANIA had o representative In
liz Cabinet, III tic person Of Sftnon's sou Don.
The following table represents. It as believed
With great deal ol accuracy, the number OF
representatives. which cach State has Ind in tho
Cabinet, Iron, the beginning Of tho Govornment
up to the present Administration:
noLL-CALt or TIE STATES
Stcrttarr Of S;at<-3fust tachuscttA. i; New York.
{; rsnn'y1.anta i, Z; !n nsIa,a5. =; Matyand !;
'ina. ksnta,,ky; l; ll!!nols, J.: sttcIagat, !.
shire, i; Massaclaselt4. .: connccticut, l; New
iork, u: rennsylsansa, II Delaware. !; Mary
Tcn'csscr. /; uho, >: Indiana. !.
afff<fary Of observation-disclosures, 6; Connectl.
cut. !; Ecw York, 4; psnnAylvnnia, j; Mary.
iand i foath cs5o'1n@ = Hsotg's. Z; sl..iss"
Z; Ohio, Z: loWu, Ii: III nuis. i.
=, Secretary of fhs sarg-Suw Hampshire, /;
Massachusetts,, &; Connecticut, =: tew York. 2:
New Jessgy, >: ,,lsnn,ylvanIa. :; MARYLAND, ?;
iosfs'dtttr-t tfntras - 3tnlnc. ]; Vermont, l;
Ma..sehtnsssts, .; !onpeet'cut. 4;Nsw york: 2;
tuexy, I; Tennessee. :; Ohio. .: Wisconsin, l.
attorney. y.hehtsai-Maine, !: massachusetts, a.
Connecticut. !: New York. 3: Pennsylvania. 6;
Msfylaud.. &; Virginia, 4; aouth Carolina, /;
GfIofsl; :; Knsnt,csy Il Tcnnessce' I; oho' l;
Secretary ofshf l"ttrior-vlrg1nfa, /; Mississip-