The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-01-28
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
wAsnrroroS, D. O., January %, 1879.


WASHINGTON, d. g., January 20, 1870.
Ever the Congressional mind is given TO
instability. What u determination House
and Senate solons showed In the first two
weeks Of this session, to dispatch the pub
lic business Some of the Appropriation
bills were ready for action on the first day
the House met, and were disposed OF at
once. There was even belief that all the
necessary work conld be done before tho
holiday recess. But this Is all changed.
There are now less than forty legislative
days Of the session remaining, aud It Is
doubtful IL an extra session will not be
afraid, has been lost through the consider
alton of political Subjects and for this
both the Democratic House and Republi-
can Senate must DO blamed. II is really
no part of Congressmans sworn duty to
work for the interests Of his party, and It
is a wrong which ought to bo rigbted
when anything of the kind interferes with
the transaction of proper public business
Igive below the principal portion of
bill which passed the Senate last week,
having previously passed the House. 1t
will be seen at once to be of great impor-
tance to poor people in every township in
the country, especially in the North. The
amount necessary under tho bill is various
ly estimated, by some as low rs twenty
million of dollars, and by Secretary Sber-
man as high as one hundred-and-0fty mil
lions. 1t is said that the President is dis
posed TO inquire very carefully into
tho subject of expense before approving
the bill. The first section, tho only i'm
portant one, is as follows:
"That all pensions which have been
granted under tho general laws regulating
pensions, or may hereafter be granted in
consequence of death from cause which
originated in the u. s. service during the
continuance of the late war of the rebel
lion, or in consequence of wounds, injuries
or disease received or contracted in said
service during said war of the rebellion,
shall commence from the date of death or
discharge from said service of the person
on whose account the claim has been or
shall hereafter be granted or from the ter
mination of the right of the party having
prior titlo to such pension"
Mrs. Hayes gave lunch to very large
party of ladies on Monday in honor of
lady friends now stopping at the White
House. Mrs. Hayes is somewhat famous
for the admirable way in which she enter
tains, and Mondays lunch is said to have
been great SUCCESS. No gentleman we're
present
The whole country having been filled
with tho fame of the " cipher dispatches"
doubt not your readers will be glad TO
know that they arc to be thoroughly in
quired into and reported upon. We shall
soon know who wrote them, who author
lied them, how they became public, and
all about them. Yesterday the House di-
reoted Mr.. Potter's Committee to make
the inquiry, and gave him $4,000 to do it
with. An early report will certainly be
made.
Washington has never until now had a
poultry show. Now it has a very success
full one. Owners of fine fowls from adj
joining States and from more dista mt parts
are here in large mum bers, and the local
interest is very great.
OLIVE.