The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-09-15
WASHINGTON LETTER.
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" ASa1NGIoN. oSi ~ IL, iOSo-
Dullness has been reigning in
Washington since the adjournment of
Congress and the departure OF the
President The exodus OF people to
the mountains and sea shore has this
year been greater than usual. Those
who leave Washington IN the begin
ming OF the warm season and do not
return until after frost, fail to see the
Capital City in her loveliest aspect.
The temperature here during the
summer months is quite as cool as IN
fer higher latiiudes. Tie streets,
with their smooth surfaces shaded by
the overlapping branches OF trees,
from beautiful vistas, at the ends OF
which may be seen cool fountain or
majestic statue. All nnsightly objects
are hidden by a !uxuriance Of verdure
unparalleled in any other city of its
size. The parks. fo- whose beauty
Washington is famous, are delight
to the eye with their many colored
flowers and shrubs; and altogether
one wonders where a pleasantcr place
could be found 10 spend the summer.
Already few familiar faces OF the
streets denote the return of some OF
the old habitues. The President IS
expected to be at his post again il
about a week. 1t is still debated
question whether Secretary Manning
will be able and willing to resume his
duties.
The crank has not felt it to be his
fashionable duty to leave Washington
during the summer months. Tie
other day good looking, well dress
ed gentleman walked with an impos-
ing air into the White House. On
being asked his name and business,
he answered heautily, Il an the En-
ecor OF America, and l desire that
thirty millions of money shall be i'm
mediately brought me from yo1der
building" pointing to tie Treasury.
The doorkeeper, with mock obeisance,
and protesting his allegiance, per
suaded his Majesty to enter a carriage,
and he was quietly driven to the L.
sane Asylum There ne should be
placed in company with another
crank, who has been there for sever
al years, and whose claims are even
more extensive than those Of the
would-be Enporer. He believes that
he is the Monarch of the World, and
unlike the despondent Alexander the
Great, he does not weep for other
worlds to conquer.
The employees at the White House
are very busiiy engaged just now, get
ting the mansion ready for occupan-
Icy. Every summer during the Presi-
dents vacation it undergoes thor
ough cleaning. AL the carpets are
rolled up, the window contains and
drapecies taken down, and chaos and
the chambermaid reign. The wood
work IN the house is being painted
and regilded, both in private and
public apartments. Then there are
to be some changes in furniture, the
wear and tear of which in the rooms
open to the public necessitates fre-
quent renewal Everything will be
completed and the entire house in or
der by the time Mr.. and Mrs. Cleve-
land return, though 1t is not probable
they will occupy it at present, as their
country home is also rapidly ap-
preaching completion, and it vas the
Presidents original intention to spend
the rest OF the hot season there.
Nh. Bayard is the only Cabinet Off
Ger in the city at present. Mr. La
mar is in Vermont, writing speech,
it is said, to be delivered at the un-
yelling OF statue OF John c. Calhoun
in Charleston. The statue viii be
unveiled provided any solid ground
can be found for it. What {: spec
tacle and what theme for Tie poet,
the historian, and the moralist. \
bronze Calhou2 looking on the skcle-
ton ruins and the pulseless heart of
secession, amid sulphu-ous fumes and
! =, eeypol mort irjynntiON