Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-11-19
From Our Regular Correspondent.
Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON Nov. Il. 1S7

w ANOfs H 49,.
During the last week Washington has
relapsed into summer. malaria and mos
quitos. Think of that for the middle oil
November! The city is filling up with
unusual rapidity; many senators and
members of congress have returned 10
their accustomed haunts. The rapid filling
up ofthe city is in part due to the coming
unwilling of the Thomas equestrian statue,
1t is expected that fully $4,000 people will
come 10 Washington to see the imposing
ceremony and grand street pageant
Preparations for unwilling the statute or
the 10Th instant are well advanced. Tn,
detached pieces arrived yesterday, encaset
in five separate boxes, which have beer
safely unloaded and conveyed to the four
tenth street circle. The work of unlocking
and placing in position, it is expected, will
be completed by Tuesday, the 18th instant
1t will be time to criticize the statue aftel
it has been unveiled, but ii is sincerely t.
be hoped that il will be superior, in poin
of art, TO the other bronze equestrian
monstrosities of the capital. No city il
the world has us many colossal equestrian
statues rs Washington. One is seldom
out of sight of IL huge bronze cavalryman
Generals Washington, Jackson, Greene
Mcpherson and Scott are all mounted OF
huge chargers. Washington's and Jack
sons steeds are rampant, like grass-fet
colts at military parade. General Scott
animal is supposed TO be walking but hi
feet are in position never assumed by ;
horse except when he is balancing himsel
preparatory TO scratching his ear with hi
hind foot. General Greene is on huge
angular, but picturesque brute, and is, per
haps, the best of the paddock.
can send you nothing this week in til,
way of political news. There will be
sutliciercy of that when congress assem-
bles. The different departments are bus,
with forthcoming reports. In the paten
office Commissioner Paine is engaged il
completing revision of the code, which
will be submitted to the secretary of tn,
interior about the first of December
Among other changes it is said that h,
will suggest dispensing with the model
which, according to the present law, mus
accompany every application for me
chanical patent.
Postmaster General Judge Key is en-
gagged in an effort to protect rural, gulla
BILE greenhorns from city swndlers. Evi
dence has accumulated in the postoffic,
department sufficient to show that non,
OF the so-called lotteries is anything othel
than fraudulent concern, conducted upor
fraudulent principles. Enough has beer
submitted to the postmaster general tc
warrant him issuing orders to the post
masters at New York, New Orleans and
Louisville that no postoflice money orders
shall be paid to certain lottery dealers and
"curb stone brokers" who advertise to
buy and sell lottery tickets on commission.
These dealers are designated by name and
firm as follows: w. X. Porter & w. C.
Creighton, alias B. II. Porter & Co., New
York; Wiley Barrow, alias T. j. Com
nerford, alias Thomas II. Hayes & Co.,
1G3 Broadway, New York; Theodore
Z,osch, New York; T. j. Commerford,
alias the Commonwealth Distribution Co.,
Louisville. Ky; B. Nathan & Co., New
York; Williamson & Co., alias the Royal
Havana Lottery Co., New York: B. Frank
Moore, alias NJ. A. DAuphin, New York.
and M. A. Dtuphn, New Orleans. An
other lot of orders against other alleged
fraudulent concerns will be issued to day.
As there are a number of these parties
doing business under fictitious names, the
postmaster general has also ordered that
postmasters shall detain ordinary mail
matter addressed TO these fictitious names
and send it to the dead letter office. This
is merely enforcing an existing law.
Judge Key holds that the statutes give
him power to prevent the mails being use d
by fraudulent concerns.