The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1882-12-30
Our Washington Letter.
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lFRoM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.
WASHINGTON Dec. 23, 1882.
The parlors and corridors Of the White
House which have been recently decorat-
ell and refurrished Ly Louis c. Tiffany
d Co., of New York, were opened to-day
Tor inspection by members Of the press.
The designs of blending colors present a
right royal appearance, and all of the
falling features of the old rooms have
l,een entirely obliterated by beautiful and
changing effects. The East Room is
covered by an Administer English carpet
Of simple design and effect, and is other
wise the same as before. The octagonal
Blue Room presents au oriental appear.
ance; the walls, ceiling, furniture and
carpet are of pale blue, with changeable
silk curtains, mosaic trimmings about
the mantel, seven-burner mosaic sconces
rbout the wall and rails d metal designs
and cots Of arms enciycling TIE ceiling.
The Red Room is replete with gold trim
bied mirrors in mosaic design, red galnet
v lvet furniture, gold and copper STAR
designed ceiling and terra. Gotta walls,
with piano of same hue. The State Din
ing-room adjoining is finished in olive
green, and door has been added leading
to the conservatory. The hall approach
ing the Blue Room is flushed in gold
and olive, with brilliant gold alcoves and
colossal pots of palms The changing
effects are numerous and beyond descrip-
tion.
The Senate yesterday not cnly declined
ty vote of SO to 25 to take recess from
December 22d to January 3rd, but de-
clined also to give its consent to the holi-
day the House had voted to itself. Mr..
Garland took the position that if the
House thought it could aft ,rd to adjourn
il should be allowed TO do so, though the
SENATE. in his opinion could not. 1t is
evident that the older heads of the upper
house have comprehended the meaning
OF the rebuke uttered by the people on
the 7th of November better than the
statesmen in the other wing of the Capt.
tul have. Tue first business taken up
after the virtuous voting here mentioned d
was the civil service bill.
The whskev and tobacco interests
have been largely represented here ever
s'uce the beginning of this session OF
Congress. The whiskey people clamor
with vigor for the passage of the bill ex-
tending the time in which whiskey can
remain in bond. The tobacco people
want rebate equal in amount to any re-
fnetion which may be made in the tax
OIL that article, and to-day both the Ser
ale finance committee and the ways and
means committee of the House made
favorable reports on the subject. Ther,
is considerable opposition to the measure
also, but probably not enough to defeat
Il. There is a strong pressure from all
the tobacco producing States in favor oi
the absolute repeal of the tobacco tax
: but it is pretty well assured that tLis
cannot carry. The sugar men were also
thick around the rooms of the ways arG
Ireans committee to-day while the con
hideration Of that portion OF The report
relative to sugar wRs uu der consideration
aud many Of them were net satisfied Will
the action of the committee.
In his annual report Pension Com
missioner Dudley states that Of NOR,
IAN two million of soldiers who enliste,
daring the late war pensions have beel
applied for by, or on account Of, onl,
twenty-siY per cent There are one mi.
lion of these soldiers living now. Lock
inR over the wide expanse of countr.
from the Atlantic to the PAcihc il mus
seem to the thoughtful Observer that th
greatest mortality during and since th
war was among priV"tes As priya'e
rarely seen now, the conviction is force
upon the mind that all the priVates al
sleeping under NOISY mounds and /
unknown graves. TIE million Of vet,
ans who survive are officers, each an
al. from captain to general A lieuteI
ant even is great rarity.
Tue United States SOpreme Court hay
affirmed the conslutionality of tie Ia
nndeT which Gen. n. Nj, Curtis was col
Nicled and denied the petition for WI
of habsss corpus. The Jeanette iaquii
! rosresstd Ia. little, ald with the e;
c-ption of documentary evidence no mol
y itaesses can be examined until the r
rn Of the rest of the crew. The jui
ia the Star-route trial has been compile
el and Mr.. Bliss closed lis argument T,
the prosecution to-day.
There IS more or less considerable
among the clerks in the departments
Washington. The discovery has be
made tia law Of nearly dlIy years &C
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