DURING SEVERAL MONTHS OF THE
SESSION OF THE 28th CONGRESS.
By a Citizen of Ohio.
Washington, D. C.
PRINTED BY G. A. SAGE, E STREET, NEAR NINTH
1844.
Entered according to the act of Congress in the office of the clerk of theDistrict Court of the District of Columbia, by Caleb Atwater, in the year1844.
To the Members of the twenty-eighthCongress, Senators, Representatives andtheir officers, this little volume is respectfullydedicated, as a small token ofhigh regard for them, as officers of thegovernment of the United States, and asmen, devoted to the best interests of theircountry, by their old friend and fellowcitizen,
THE AUTHOR.
This small volume is the first of a series,which the author proposes to write for theamusement, and he hopes, for the informationof his countrymen. This is “Mysteries,”the next will be “Humbugs of Washingtoncity” and the third volume if deemednecessary, to reform the public morals, willbe “the crimes of Washington city.” Whoeverreads this little work, will find in it nomalice, nor even ill will towards individuals,whom the author wishes to reform, notto destroy, by exposing vice and recommendingvirtue in its loveliness and beauty.He is happy to be able to say, that thepeople of this district have been growingvibetter during twenty years past. Severalof the Departments, perhaps all of them,are better conducted than formerly. Thereis in them a better system. We refer moreespecially to the Treasury Department—theGeneral Land Office and the Departmentof the General Post Office. The StateDepartment is and always was well enough.All party spirit has been carefully avoidedin writing this little book. Feeling no illwill towards any one, for opinion’s sake,the author has expressed none towards thegood men with whom he has freely associatedduring several months past. Treatedkindly himself by men of all parties, he hasendeavored to treat them as they havetreated him, during this protracted sessionof Congress. In his next volume he proposesto describe the Patent Office, the WarOffice and the Navy Department. Hehopes to be able soon to begin his visits toviithem, and continue his visits until he understandsfully what is in those departments,so that the people can learn correctlywhether common report be true or falserespecting them. The Indian bureau willbe examined.
Errors in this first edition of an originalwork could not be avoided, and the reader,it is hoped, will correct them as he readsthe work the first time. Unless this volumeis soon sold, his next work, “The Humbugs”will be put to the press when Congressrises. The author will take off hisgloves when he writes that volume duringthe dog-days.
The reader’s humble servant,
THE AUTHOR.
WASHINGTON CITY, June 1st, 1844.
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