The Daily Tombstone., 1885-10-16
W w.ASNlNGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, DC, Oct. l2, lSS5.

one of more than ordinary iI.tcres. is evinccd hy the large number 0: Con gregs,n"n who have arrived in this city during tine week. Though nearly two Mcai.Is il.t"rvc:.e be!C.e Co,c-c,. convcHrs, :he Eo:ci lobhys already p:c- sent an appearance pE animation, earcc- ly cXccllcd during the time tha. body was in session. Oi Cour5c tht. piiuci- pal topic of discussion is the batter of the reorganization 0: the House of Representatives.
 The conviction that llnncccssarv de .ar in legislation must be prevented, is finding expression in vari0us plans for advancing business, so as not t0 have repetition Of the last session ! l. has been proposed that the app.o- priation bills should be divided among the various committees interested in them. bU: tlI" prevailing opinion i: that suul! course would tend to still further retari business. Mir. Randall will probably be placed at the head oi ! Ci the Committee on Naval Affairs, which Was made vacant by the aD- poin;mcnt oi Mr Cox to a foreign mission, thpr2h many of his friends predict that h. i3 tn retain Iii: present position upon the Approp,iat;oi, Com. mittcc. II iS generally conceded that the usual vacation period is much longer than necessary, and f is hoped that it may bc limited so as not t. cx- cccd 9 week o~ t"n days.
 When the Senate meets. list ot nearly GoQ postmastcrS, appointed dur- ing the recess, will be submitted for confirmation. In addition to which rUmbcc the terms of at least coo post masters will expire during the session. There a~c 2,&jl ircs;d@ntial postinas- tcrs in the country. ard at the present
 rate al of the presidential postinastcrs will Dc changed within two years.
 A story Cf the good fortune which has fallen 10 the lot of an official ill thc Treasury Department sounds much like q ru,,sancc, and yet its truth is vouchcd fo- by the friends of the gentleman, whose intcgrit: is ungues- toned. Eight years ago clerk in the department announced to tine police that ..e had beer, rpi bcd of sum of money, which he had placed i'll q trunk in his room at lis boarding house. several persons were arrested, but the evidence Was not sufficiently strong tU convict them. Thc matter qui, .cd down, and the clerk resumed his official duties, having abandoned all hope of recovering his money. 4 day or two since letter Was received from gentleman i'll san Francisco, Cal, i'll which he states that'hr j. the cxccutor ot the last will of q man wno recently died ther" Tire NiA relates :hC fact
 mi;tcd the robbery in question, and , bcqucatns the handsome sum Cf Sl ,- : o0)00O to th.. gentleman wno had eu.- !. tainei the loss Tie truth of the strang, story having been outirmcd
 the clerk iu question has t,ndcrod his . resignation and will soon leave for l California, to take possession Qf his , fortune.
 \ Washington naturalist has just
 produced q book witch l;is fair tc , give him at one stroke wealth and - world wide reputation. l refer to NIT ! Vim. T. H1rnadas'. "TwO Years ir |; the Jungle" just issued, from the press
 Of Charles Scribncr's Sons, New York To the general public MT. Hornaday is almost totally unknown as an au
 thor, and although his book has not
 been three weeks from the press the
 reviewers of the great New Iorl; da
 lies are showcring praises upon 1t, and | quoting il by the column. The book , which Is simply Illustrated, is simply U an unprctcntiOus and truthful account | Oi the authors adventures as huntc, r and q naturalist amongst the strange
 men, beasts, birds and creeping things 0: India, Ceylon, the Malay Peninsula and Bornco. The critics pronounce 0 the book charming ill style, of thrill : ing interest, and full Of fresh facts ir
 natural history, gathered in the field r All lovers of natural history and |. thrilling adventures iH hunting (iol
 skins and skclctons) such animal. a. c elephants, tigers, bison, orang-Outangs : monkeys and crockadilc,, have treat