The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1883-02-03
=. MACMILLAN Correspond adent.l

WASHINGTON, January 27. 1883.
rh;s week has not been remarkable
i. ~. nreat activity in congress. Indeed
,Ssre y, = are indications that the National
,yan;sIature has become discouraged by
nss; lsa s;mmens.tv OF the task before it, and
.ne !n;, : state Of semi-despair. To wage
Elf legislation in the face of such alob-
VA ~ a. i wintering in the Capitol is seen
y ha u too much for this effete old Con-
u,ass y dsparting from the stage with the
S;sses Of November in its ears. Since
,hese things are so, there is a revival Of
III % %ahont an extra session, and the pre-
sa;Iinc opinion with political wise-acres
Y that an extra session will be called to
!. ,1sst Immediately after the 4th Of March.
y rS cose an extra session il called the con-
~ for the speakership will be precipi-
tsted much earlier than has been antici-
mated. There will be no trouble or delay
! X [ the organization OF the senate, as the
Ponublicans will have majority of two
~ four with the assistance of the Lead
;uster senators from Virginia, The
course Of the senate, it is thought. will
he to elect senator Anthony, of Rhode
island president Of the senate, while the
Democrats will bestow the compliment
If Their vote upon senator Bayard, of
delaware. There may be another reason
wby congress is doing but little work. 1t
Il not within the power of mortal man
ITO caper nimbly in q ladies' chamber"
ali night and then to give intellisentcon-
sjderation to legislative subjects during
The day. The social season is at its
iheiyht and is raging in balls, receptions
and dinners The season is too short for
The social programme, hence two or
three entertainments, each issuing cards
TO everybody of note, are crowded into
an evening, and Mr.. Senator, Mrs. sena-
for and Miss Senator, as well as Mr.. Rep
resentative and his household may be
seen at reception at one of the Justices
al the Sup, eme Court from ten to eleven
o'clock D. m., and from eleven to two in
he morning at another crush at one OF
the foreign minister's. These "c.ushes"
IS they are well called, are about as we'll
calculated to produce headache and ply
sical wreck as anything that diabolical
science could invent. The crushes are
really the source of the far-famed Wash
ington malaria. The over-heated, gas-lit
sdd crowded rooms producing malaria,
iniis genealogical sense (bad air. of the
worst type.
1t is curious to see the enthusiasm
with which the old fellows and their
wives plunge into this dissipation; they
really seem to enjoy it; conceit still
works in their seasoned bodies, else why
dothey not go to bed at ten o'clock in
stead Of this martyrdom to vanity until
twoin the morning, 1t is somewhat dis
enchanting to see aged senators, justices
Of the Supreme Court and cabinet minis
tefsprancing around in spike-tail coats.
No sculptor has yet dared to give statue
70 this drapery; it is not dignified, and
'dgpi6ed' comes from word that means
worthy. | have been led to these refec-
lions by seeing two very prominent
presidential aspirants. and half a dozen
less prominent but still hopeful aspiraAts
at two different receptions the other
night. Mr.. Blaine is growing old very
'sfuty uC ioohS w uc IlcdtCf r NCuty
than fifty-two. There is a listlessness in
his motions, an air of WEAKNESS in his
manner and bitterness of disappointed
ambition in his facs that was not observ-
abeten years ago, when h, sat the in
carnation of health and energy in the
speakers chair of the House Of Represen-
atives. Attorney General Brewster is,
through terrible accident, the homeli-
est man that ever appeared at a recep-
lloa. lie fell in the fire five years ago,
and bis face is Scared, scanned and dis
ngarcd until it looks like raw beef. He
mas been much ridiculed for wearing
fuiiied shirts, instead of the conventional
@srched bosom, but M. Brewster doubt
,ess wishes to dstract attention from the
horrible disagreement of his face by an
sfcentrlclty of dress, and his ruffled shirts
nave certainly the effect OF neutralizing
,as shastiness of his countenance. The
Marquis Of J.orne has arrived and is the
!sclplent Of much attention. This even
,ng lhe President will give dinner in
as honor, and tomorrow there will be
sh stthe British ministers, which is
1pected to be the social event of the