Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-02-17
WASHINGTONGOSSIP
Joys, Troubles and TribulatiOns Of the
National Legislators-The Office
Seeking Mania.
Women as Plaee.Hunters - Romantic
Marriage-Peter Cooper and
Alex. Stephens.


From an Appeal Correspondent.I
WASHINGTON. February I3.-Three weeks
in Washington is sufficiently long to see
vast deal, and hear a deal more, and the only
conclusion one can come to is that of Mr..
Mantelini, that it il tone demnition grind"
from first TO last. The daily papers, if
perused, lead you to one conclusion, that
congressional halls; and inside observation
leads you to the equally sage conclusion
that they are terribly bored by their constit-
uent7 having an ak TO grind. Reasons are
as plenty as blackberries why each Individual
is entitled to his special claim.
THE oFFIcE-sEEKING MANIA.
A moderately good-looking and gentle
hammered lady, of the big State of Texas, is
in the city as applicant for the position OF
postmistress in one of the largest towns in
Texas. She has enlisted many persons in
her behalf, and / saw at least four letters 10
the President from leading men, pressing
her claims as ''loysl woman who deserved
and should have the position she seeks"
One OF the Washington papers says: "She
spoke in the Senate chamber in 1865, setting
firth the civil rights POLISH s Which Shs wa a
seven brothers in the Union cause, and all
her property was con6scated in the South"
A young, good-lookiDg half-breed Chicka-
saw Indian, from the same State, is in con-
slant attendance on various parties, seeking
the position of Marshal of Texas" and if
one can judge by ability, he is as worthy of
it as anybody else. Women seeking a
hearing for thousands of reasons and many
are seeking positions in the census bureau,
treasury or other departments of the govern
ment. Poor lambs, my heart yearned ever
them as | saw the coarse rudeness, or almost
as coarse politeness, shown them in many
instances.
THE TEMPERANCE WOMEN.
The temperance women made their petit
ton, represented by Mrs. Ellen J. Foster, the
charming and talented lawyer of Iowa. The
women are ever weighted down by the feel
ing of interfering, overreaching their time,
before the august and able committees.
Each applicant, representing the wishes OF
hundreds of people in the temperance and
suffrage cause, forgets that the right of
petition inheres in the citizen, and that these
men are paid to seTUe the people, and not to
be autocrats and masters. Individually, |
feel thousand fold more self-satis6ed, an
applicant for self-government, than for any
other cause. So well do l feel assured of my
right of petition for redress of grievances"
no matter how Mr.. Jackson, of Tennessee,
may sneer, or Mr.. George, of Mississippi,
growl; the fact is patent, and another genera
ton will respect it, and admire the pluck that
made the demand.
ROMANTIC MARRIAGE.
Speaking of young girls in the treasury
reminds me of a romantic marriage that was
told me took place here some time since.
Two lovely sisters, utterly untitled TO strug-
gle in life, were left homeless and destitute.
They tried to get employment, and were
brought in this way under the notice of
noble man in one of the departments. See
ing their useless and almost despairing
efforts he proposed marriage to one of them,
and the home and care for life of the other
sister. He was old, but he was genial, noble
and lovable. There are few more charming
or happy homes than that in which nestle,
under a good mans care, these sheltered
doves" A child-wife, truly, but the husband
is very grand and noble gentleman, and
his pretty wife can say, as did one of Dick
ens's characters in Dauid Copperfeld: "My
love is founded on rock"
MR.. STEPHENS, OF GEORGIA,
has Just completed his SEVENTEEN birthday,
and was the recipient, last night, of countless
evidences of the esteem in which the ladies 7
hold him. His room was filed with vast
lots of flowers and bouquets, contributed by
many ladies, who were guests at the National !
Hotel, where Mr.. Stephens always stops.
DISAPPOINTED oFFICE-sEEKERs.
One source of amusement to me is the
TRADE launched against the government by
office-seekers who served in the
Union army. One of these occupies the ia
BILE with me at breakfast, and his one deep
regret is that there is no hell, for one is
needed for such government, that reCards
starve.