The daily gazette., 1878-04-30
Our Washington Letter.
THOSE FLORIDA CONFESSIONS

DEATH OF WIN. EVARTs-EIGHT HUN
DRIED PosTMAsTERs MADE HAPPY
fohhoPoLIs AsPAsIA A Ro-
NANCE IN REAL LIFE-THE
ADMINISTRATIONS MILK
MACHINE--REPEAL OF
HE BANKRUPT
LAW, BY THE
HOUSE, &c.
[ From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, April 27.
The Florida "sensation," as it is here
styled in official circles, or, in other
words, the confessions of M'Lin, Dennis.
ct al, who were members of the Florida
Returning Board, has occupied the great
er part of public attention here as else
where. Whether these confes sions be
true or false is of comparatively little
consequence now except as showing the
character of the men whose perform
ances the country watched with breath
less interest in the winter of 1876-77 and
nearly went to war over; and as show
ing, also, the enormous Importance of
arranging some plain mode of deciding
disputes at the count in Washington be-
fore another election. We are in the
second year of Mr.. Hayes term and
Congress is near adjournment and moth
ing has yet been done, although it is
morally certain that the country will be
in most infiammable condition on this
subject in 1880.
The death of William Evarts, son of
the Secretary of State; though long ex-
pected has cast gloom over the DE-
partment over which his father presides,
and given TO the bereaved parents the
sympathy of all good citizens. The fun
eral will take place at Windsor, Yer
mont. on Monday, and will be attended
by large number Of people from this
city. The deceased recently returned
from China, (where he had been engaged
in mercantile pursuits), for the benefit of
his health, and it will be Iemem bered
that Secretary and Mrs. Evarts went
West short time ago to meet him in
Omaha on his homeward journey from
San Francisco. He died yesterday of
consumption, aged twenty-seven.
Owing to the appropriation for print
ing having been exhausted, the recently
appointed Postmasters, to the number of
some eight hundred, could not receive
their commissions, all the blanks having
been used up. But Congress having pass
ed the deficiency Bill" they will all be
made happy within few days, as the
public printer is now turning out these
commissions as fast as his presses will
permit it. The passage of this bill also
enables the Patent Office to resume the
publication OF the "Otficial Gazette. !"
which was suspended for week or two,
and the printing of the patents passed to
issue, which have been delayed for a like
reason.
Quite little excitement was caused
last night in the neighborhood of police
headquarters, on the discovery of a case
of miscegenation under peculiar circum-
stances. 1t appears that a colored man
Alfred Hammond, had been arrested and
placed in limbo to recover from the eff
fects of "big drunk" Shortly after his
incarceration a very handsome white
woman, of the pure blonde type, came to
the station and begged permission to see
him, stating that it was the first time he
had ever been on spree. Her earnest
ness and evident emotion in the matter
induced inquiries, and it was found that
she was the negroes bride. When her
husband recovered from the effects of
his dissipation he was allowed to go
home accompanied by the weeping wife,
and with an admonition "never to do it
again. An investigation brought to Ii ght
quite romance about the woman. A
few years ago she was living at Cincin-
natl, one of the most beautiful as well as
one of the most noted courtesans of the
town-a queen of the demi-monde-of
Porkopolis. But the life she led grew
distasteful to her; there was enough of
the pure womanly instinct about her to
cause yearning for yirtuous life
again, and this modern Aspasia finally
abdicated her dissolute sceptre, retired
from the public gaze, and came to this
city of reform to reform. Unfortunately
for her good intentions, however, she
met here old acquaintances who recog-
nized her, and her reputation stuck. 1t
followed her in every effort to obtain
employment, and finally fate seemed de-
termined to thrust her back into her old
mode of life, when she met the negro
who is now her husband. He was the
only human being, SO she says, who had
shown her kindness in her hour of ad-
versity, and she married him proving to
be an affectionate wife.
Passing through the White House
grounds yesterday, l saw the COW that
furnishes the administration with milk
For be it known that the administration
keeps four horses, but only one single,
solitary cow. President Grant bought
his milk ready made, but Mr.. Hayes, who
is of a more economicalturn of mind, has
it made on the premises. The aforesaid
cow is an animal of some conscience to
the nation, for as a mans humor is affec-
ted by his bile, and his bile is affected
by the milk he drinks, SO, if this COW
should sour Mr.. Hayes stomach he might
in some way, make us feel it. It's not a
pretty specimen of a COW, being rather
lantern ;iawed than otherwise 1opsided,
and with "crumpled horn;" but in view
of its intimate relations to the admins
tration's bowels, it is an interesting COW,
nevertheless. But she ought to be kept
! away from the garlic patches, or ther e
may be trouble in the country.
The Committee on Ways and Means
has agreed to vote next Tuesday on the
proposition to suspend for five years the
payment to the sinking fund; and on the
following day, Senator Gordon, of Geor-
| gia, will make an elaborate speech on the
subject of the finance. For the rest, a
considerable part of the coming week
will be occupied by debates on the tariff
question and in the Senate by the con-
sideration of the bill which provides for
| the repeal ofthe Bankrupt Law. AS this
bill, which passed the House yesterday
will also pass the Senate, receive the
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