The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-03-31

tFRoM OUR REGULAR CoRREsPoEpENT. J 4
WASHINGTON, d. c., March &c. 1858. A
Through Congress adjourned March
4th. the Congressional Record is still
published. II comes out at irregular in
tervals, heavily freighted with tedious
lot of SO called "spceches" which were
never delivered, but which are publish
ed at enormous expenfe because their
authors obtained leave to print" Men,
bers who could not hold the attention
of the house five minutes in this way
work of upon their constituents several
cords Of literary rubbish, pure and sim.
pie. One prolific congressman eccu-
pies seventy solid nonpariel pages Of
recent number of the Record with four
speeches, which would make an ordinary
octave book of over 500 pages and which
he never could have induced the house
to listen to. This versatile and erudite
gentleman gives historyof Napoleon
and his wars. with maps and voluminous
criticisms, all under the head of the Fitz
John Porter case, from which he skips
lightly to illteracy in the south; then he
makes a dash ut the federal courts and
his own peculiarly interesting case as a
contestant for seat in the house, and he
rounds of his career as a post humorous
speech maker with a history of the
Mexican war and defense of the SOUTH
ern rebellion. There should be an end
to this species of fraud on the public.
1t is an abuse of Congressional privilege
to compel the government to pay for the
printing and distribution of political
essays written for the Record. That
costly publication is designed solely to
record the proceeding in Congress But
the fiction of ''leaye to print" is made
use of to publish mass Of matter which
never saw the light Of day until the Gov
ernment Printer gave it circulation. Il
The new civil service commission is
quietly getting ready to open shop.
They will be located in the City Hall
building in a room soon to be vacated
by the Register of wills. The members
of the commission seem to be very
amisble, courteous gentlemen and have
made friends with all the officers of the
government with whom they have come
in contact. Dorman B. Euon is large.
strongly, built blond gentleman of say
fifty FIVE years. closely shaven, and OF
most engaging manners. He somewhat
resembles Judge Hanlan. of the supreme
court, and is not unlike Quaker in his
simplicity of dress and demeanor, some
people might think him a trifle of Il
demsgogue, but it is not for me TO
judge. Mr.. Gregory Is square and gray
quiet in his manners, put quick of per-
ception. He is about sixty. should
say Judge Thoman, the other commits
sioner, is a young man of dark complex
ion black hair and thin black mus.
tache. He feels il encumbent upon him
to dress in black broadcloth. although
it becomes him. He cannot be over
thirty-five years Of age and looks TO be a
practical man. heard him say the
other evening that something wns "a
d-outrage." and, therefore. think
that he will not open the sessions of the
commission with prayer.
People are talking a good deal about
the fight between Senator Malone and
Colonel Mosby when the letter gets back
from China. 1t will be what Horace
Greeley called mighty interesting read.
ing, whenever it does come OF. To one
who knows the two men there could not
possibly be two antagonists better quail
fed to cope with each other. Malone is
q man of more brains than Mosby, but
Mosby has enough to make him danger
ous, and he has besides q .dogged and |
ferocious Vindictiveness. so that Mr.. Ma |
hone had better be on the lookout, for |
some letters have been received here
from Mosby, promising circus when he
gets back. The two men are alikein a
great many particulars. Both of them
prefer using their kniyes 10 their forks
at dinner. Colonel MOsby says little,
but what he says Is short, plain aud to
the point. He has the whole history of
Mahone's railroad transactions at his
Angsrs' ends, and knows a good manyoth-
sr things which Senator Malone would
prefer to rest in fOrRelfulneSs. Mosby's
hard asr0e determined force is enough I