Washington.
Correspondence Of the Herald


WASHINGTON Cry, Oct. n, 1874.
National Hotel, and othrs-Pefkics, &c.


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Correspondence Of the Herald
WASHINGTON Cry, Oct. n, 1914.
National Hotel, and othes-Peikics, &C.
]. G. BENNETT, ESQ. =


The National Hotel'' bids fair to eclipse in
splendor, all former attempts at hotel keeping in
this city.


This We know is tall braggng," when put In
competition with the Messrs. Browns and the
other excellent hotels here


Coleman 10 Just The fellow 70 keep it he is from
Yankee land" originally, (the wooden nutmeg
State, we belisve,) but late of the imperial
CITY," long accustomed to doing business conduc-
ted upon scale, for style and elegance, unsurpas-
sed, and unequsled in the United States. Since
opening the" National Hotel" on the 9Th instant,
to the date OF this letters period of twenty days,
there were upwards of six hundred arrivals, ex
ceedlng that of any former year, at any hotel,
during the same time, and same season OF the
year


.ame ratio tor the next twenty days, every room
will be engaged before the meeting OF Congress.


Hon John O. Calhoun and family, are expected
to return to this city in the course OF next week,
and have taken apartments at this Hotel for the
season.


TO attempt to speak IN detail of the interior of
this immense establishment, would prove failure
know that he /" sets crack table," saying mo-
thing about the wines and good liquors.


Messrs #. Hume, and G. W.. Yeon, clerks,
and Mr.. J. M. Bother, Neutrality-suspicious.,
kind, courteous, and civil to all.


A laundering jam is anticipated during the next
six months; particularly if Mr.. Clay be elected.
Myriads Of hungry, lazy, starving expectants, will
swarm here, like the !ocusts OF old, literally chok-
ing up the streets and avenues; and every poor
devil, now holding office, who ever walked with a
hickory stick, will, Immediately after the 4th Of
March, have to walk chalk, ginger blue"


Dr. Miller has returned to the city The Presi-
dent. and John Tyler, junr., have not returned


The Court Martial met yesterday at 10 o'clock.
The case of Lieut. John W. West not being dis
posed Of adjourned till 10 o'clock, Monday NOR
ming. Very respectfully, H.