Show OUR LETTER from out our own correa fiorre ai indent t washington sept 11 1886 dullness las has beon been reigning in 11 washington since binca tho the adjournment of congress and the tha departure of the president the exodus of people to the mountains and ba aga shore has baa this year been greater than usual those who leave washington in in the begin ning of the warm season and do not return until after frost fail fai I 1 to soothe cap capital ital city in in her loveliest aspect the be teme rapture here during the sum mer months is is quite as cool as in in far hi higher her latitudes the streets with ehg their air smooth surfaces shaded by the overlapping branches ot of trees form beautiful vistas at the tha ends enda ot of which may bo be seen a cool fountain or maceo tic statute all unsightly objects are bidden by a luxuriance of verdure unparalleled in in any other city of this size size the iha parks for for whose beauty washington i is famous aro are a delight to the eye with their many mant colored flowers and shrubs and altogether one wonders where a pleasanter plea santer place could be found to spend speed the summer bummer already a few familiar faces facas on the streets denote the return of some of the old the president is is expected to beat be at his post again in in about a week it is is still a debated question whether secretary manning will be ba able and willing to resume his bia duties the crank has not felt it his bis fash conable duty to leave washington during dur i ng tha summer m me months month the a other adga day a good d looking well veil dress ed ll 11 gentleman walked with an imps ing air air into the white house on being asked his name and business he ha answered haughtily I 1 am tho the em geror of america aid abd I 1 desire that thirty millions of money abail be immediately medin tely brought me from yonder building pointing to the treasury the I 1 be mock obeisance and professing his hig allegiance per pe sanded his bia majesty to enter a earn carri age ae and he be was quietly driven to the insane asylum A s alam there he ha should be placed i in n company with another has been there for several ye arsand whose claims are even eren more extensive that those of the would be emperor lie ile believes that be is r the th monarch of the world worl dand and unlike the despondent alexander the great he does not weep for other worlds to bon conquer quer the employed emp loyes at the iha white house are very busily engaged just aist now getting the mansion ready for or occupancy pancy every summer daring the residents presidents vacation it undergoes a thorough cleaning all the carpets are ara rolled up the window curtains and draperies taken down and chaos and the chambermaid reign the woodwork in in the house bouse is ia be being i painted and re gilded both in the tu private an and d public apartments then there are ara to be some changes in in fur far kiture ni uie the wear and tear ot of which in the rooms open to the public necessitates frequent renewal everything will be completed Q and the entire house bouse in in order by the time mr and mrs cleveland return though it is is not probable I 1 they will ace occupy up y it at pa present r as their sr country home borne is is alao a ora rapidly eidly approaching a g completion und and it was th tha pro presidents 1 l e n Vs original intention to spend the rest of the hot season there mr layard bayard is is the only cabinet officer in in th the city cily at pr present ellent hr lamar is is in vermont writing a it itis is said eaid to be delivered at the unveiling of a statue of john C 1 calhoun in charleston the statue will be anve fed provided any ally solid ground can be found for it what a spectacle and nhat hat a theme for the poet the historian and the moralist ino A bron bronza z calhoun looking on cc abo skeleton ruins ruins and the Puls elass heart of Bece adom naion i ami amid a sulphurous fames rod and infernal perturbation 0 |