Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.

Correspondence Memphis Public Ledger.l
WASHINGTON. D. c., February Is. 1878.
OF course you have heard how swim.
mingly the senators got on with the silver
bill, and how bland the delectable pota.
tons made the notable seventeen, ac-
cused ot-hold your breath-drunken-
ness. There is a howl in these psrts for
g new Book of Revelation. But old.
Midas is the Apocslyptic angel of mercy
that comes along and turns the wrath Of
the merciless, %snd-you'll not forget
their names-not all. Doubtless they'll
unite with a cortege of happier spirits in
praying the evil eye of of them, and
of the fair dome of the Capitol. One
cannot help seeing through, from a GER
tain standpoint, written on every mar
bic column and granite base Of the Capt.
tol-irailty, thy name is man, aud con-
gress. How sorely one is tempted
some days to call that bronze
goddess of liberty the goddess OF
license. l love to gazs any time at the
splendid buildings Of our government
here, especially at night, when their
massive, snowy proportions, like white
shafts Of some strange immortality CLEAN
against the blue midnight with the serene
everlasting stars radiant over all; aud
willis | should not start to see the form
OF Cesar, or other grand cid Greek
and Roman, glide out between the mighty
columns Of the patent office, my eyes see
other visions when they turn to that
dark, sinister, yet beautiful pile of granite
work called the treasury. Knowing
what spirits pass in and out its corridors
and doors, daily aud yearly--what hearts
are bearing there, what lives are shedding
their bloom and glory there meath the
peltings of often q bitter necessity
beautiful livas that 70 out and make no
sign-hoping, aspiring lives that strive
for something great and true and perfect,
and yet fail and make no moan; then it
is | se9 toe mighty condor.wiRgs Of fate
lowering above it their pinions atouch,
from which falls the thickness Of dark.
ness, down, down On the human spirit
bound invisibly at last to the Caucasus
Of necessity.
The %pennylunch enterprise of Rob.
erls' Of the Capital, is a decided success
10 far, and creates a large and substan-
tial interest with the best people Of this
city. 1t he's fed in thirty.one days TWEEN.
ty.eight thousand people, and more.
Presnming you know the merits Of the
machine" I'll not stop to detail them
agsin. 0sly think OF the sum Of twenty.
five dollars a day feeding a thousand
mouths in the same given time. 0ae is
surprised to note the class Of people who
60 there and for a penny get a lunch
people who have had their dollars per
day. Roberts heart is in the right place.
so is her mind, II some people do hate
her like his satanic highness.
Dion Boucicault and company are here
for six nights-"The Shaugbraun to.
night. This evening the ladies of the
Riggs House have a grand terpsichorean
entertainment, n Of its purposes being
to assist the Penny Lunch room, and
eaca guest is expected to provide a
pound of something substantial aud
available for this charity. The president
is Mrs. Kimmeli; vice president, Mrs
Fort; treasurer, Mrs. S. S. Cox; secre.
tary, Mrs. Carlisle; assistant secretary,
Mrs. Msury. With such assistance and
the aid offered by many other lovely la.
dies in and out Of the Riggs House, the
affair will be a perfect success. There
are many delightful people scjournipg
at this popular house; among the grace
ful, charming ladies is Mrs, Carlisle, wife
Of Congressman Carlisle from Kentucky;
the lovely bride, Nd. c., whose AuG.
baud is commissioner to Paris, and who
is famous Tor many %sttainments and no
table qualities supplemented by the most
chivalrous, polished aud distingue mau
ners. The bride is a Louisville lady, the
lOveliest blonde, more like the ideal
Marguerite than any we have ever
seen in Faust on the boards 10 Wash.
iugtoa.
You have doubtless seen au account o.
the Socialist party meeting ia New York
city on the 9th inst. Their utterauces
we're bold" Congress eau make laws,
but it cannot restrain people from break.
ing then" etc. but not more rare than
III the qilant nnroaotsooa .oI J.