The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-07-05
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Our Letter from Washington.

and other cool oirctredts.-HoD cur Congress-
men look out for number one.--A 1oord TO
the toise.- Capital Notes.
wAsHINaToN, ID. O., June 2s, 1879.
The House of Representatives has finished
all the work It expects to do this session. and
has voted to adjourn sine die on Monday next
at fo'clock p. M. The Senate will not pro-
baby agree to this adjournment resolution,
but the weather is becoming intensely hot
members are extremely anxious to get away,
and so many are deserting that, unless Con-
gress shall adjourn Monday 1t is quite possible
rat It may lcse the power to adjourn at all.
1t 10 the present week, and there is no longer
any doubt in the legal point, that hnal ad-
journment is impossible without quorum Of
the two houses voting for the same. 1t is also
certain that should an extra session be called,
which some now think probable, a quorum
would not be hero, and IL would he very diff.
fcult task to secure one. A number Of Demo.
Gratis leave for their homes tonight and to-
morrow, and say that under no circumstances
will they retul n, even ifanother extra session |
should be called The closing debate in the
House was not as animated as had been ex- |
pected. The two parties settled their wrang- |
ling BY granting to each side a half an hour.
General Garfield consumed the time for the |
Republicans, and Frank Hurd most of fer
the Democrats. Garfield summarized the ex- |
traordinary doctrines which have been laid |
down by the Democrats OF this session show
ed the alarming return of the old dogma Of
states sovereignty and concluded with the sen.
timent, which met with enthusiastic approval
on the Republican side of the House, that the
only ground Of union for the two parties in
this country is that the war for the Union and
the salvation Of the Republic was right, ever
lastlngly right, and that the war against the
Union was forever wrong Frank Hurd's con.
cluslon was better suited to the stump than
the forum, and was for the most part q resume
Of the speech delivered by him earlier in the
session.
BY no means the least Of the pleasures and
perquisltes of a seat in Congress is that of be-
ing member Of some one of the many com
mittees that are appointed, with privileges to
sit during the recess for this or that purpose.
Que committee will select Saratoga for its
meeting. place; another finds that Its business
can only be conducted at Cape May, Long
Branch or Atlantic City: third decides that
Its duties necessitate trip across the conti-
nent or up to the st. Lawrence, and so goes on
the merry farce. This year the Senate has
dipped very extensively into this sort of pro-
ceedlng some sixty of its members having al
ready looked for such os; ensibe committee
worf. The Honse Is as yet somewhat back
ward in making similar provision for its states
men, but 1t still has chance to catch up with
the Senate before the Speaker announces the
close OF the session. Orcourse the committee
men travel and lodge in the top of the style.
Palace cars, the best staterooms on the steam
boats, second floor quarters at the nobbiest
hotels, squads OF deputy scrgeant-at.arms as
attendants, and unlimited refreshments in
glass-these are some ofthe features that com.
bine to make an oficialjunketing tour a thing
TO be enjoyed once and remembered forever.
And then It is not at all costly to the particl-
pants. The Government settles all the bills,
and we never knew OF people being economi-
cal when somebody else had 10 pay the score.
True, occasionally party ofb)ring Congress
men cut such a tremendous splurg, us Pattcr-
sons committee did when it went out to the
Indian Territory, that its expenses create
temporary scandal, but they never fail to
demonstrate hat the accounts arc all right,
| and that what they facetously term their
work has been of incalculnble benefit to the
nation. The latter fiction is orcOurse the jus.
tifcation for the free frOlics to be enjoyed this
summer.
The present month, compared with the cor.
responding one of last year, has been notable
for COOL breezy days, and nixhts which have
frequently been chilly enough to make sleep
ing under blankets quite agreeable. Some
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continuous succession, while copious rains at
intervals have cleansei the streets and sweet
ened the air. But the dog days come on apace
the sultry locating days of midsummer,
when, under immoderate suns the cities man.
moth bake-ovens, and humanity Is sure to get
in stew over the weather, the days when the
Oldest inhabitants hauls over his diary to see
whether 1t was ever so awfully warm before
when perspiring mortals congregate around
the nearest thermometer as If it were a con.
ISOLATION to see the mercury in melting mood
, also and, in short, the time when the most
sensible thing you can do, If you have the
money and the leisure, is to pack up and 20
But where? Your advertising columns should
contain the answers and hints to the wise sc
The mountains, the sea, Il . SPRINGS, resort,
of every nature are open to the pale faces o.
S the cities. Sanltariums for invalds, restfu
retreats for fagged.out nature, allurements o
rod and gun, the healthful sports of the fielt
and the river, the rural simplicity and tht
pleasures of the ball room-a thousand en-.
f ticements to rest and recreation-are spreaC
) out for the inquirlng citizen.
Ali the members Of the Cabinet were pres
ent at the meeting yesterday. The time wa
!, principally occupied with the consideration o
- routine business in connection with the earl!
adjournment of Congress.
o Fifteen lady clerks wero discharged from
It the Treasurer's office yesterday. This reduc
# tion was made necessary by lack Of an apprO
|. priation in the Legislative bill.
Next month the Post-Ofnce Department will
extend the fast mail service from Washington
: to jacksonville, Fla, by way Of fCharlestor
= and savannah; to New Orleans by way
c Richmond, Atlanta, Montgomery and Mobile
Y The House Committee on Epidemic Diseas
4 es yesterday authorized Chairman Young I
report to the House with a favorable recon
incubation the bill recently passed by tn
Is Senate, making provision for office accommC
Lo datons for the National Board Of Heal h.
ls By direction Of she Secretary of War, whe
from accident or other unavoidable cOntin.
" ency, mail contractors while transpOrtin
'e United States mails to and from militar
posts in the sparsely populated territories II
+ cur he loss or damage Of their animals {
b. vehicles and are thus deprived of the mean
necessary to fulfill their contracts, command
Y ers of military posts are Rut hOTiZed TO prOvd
the means OF transportation, II they can l
spared without materially interfering wit
ID the requirements of their posts. AUGUST.
le "MOrIey's'' Letters from New YOrs,
in New YORK, July 1, 1879.
10 THAT ASHLEY BELT AGAIN.
d. We sent It away across the sea few week