The New York herald., 1851-10-02
Our Washington Correspondence.
O.. 1881


| TaShington City-hs Improvements and Progress
Iheatraak, &c Sanitary Report, &C., S'c.
Since the passage Of the Compromise measures,
Washington appears to have received an impetus
which bids fair if it continues, to fill up its "may
niicent distances, and render IL as attractive as
city as it n,w is grand stumping ground.
Within the past year hundreds of houses have been
erected--some of which would not Disgrace the most
fashionable streets Of Gotham--and yet at the pre-
sent time, here are not dozen tenemenss unoccu
pied. The barren waste, known as the "mall, I" is
also, thanks TO the liberslty OF Congress, being
rapidly converted into elegant and spacious park
the Capitol is undergoing its ampli6cation-the
Patent Office building has assumed an imposing
appearance, one marble wing, extending an entire
square having been completed, and the other wing
rising from the earth, in all its grand proportions
Lafayette Square, too, 80 long mere enclosure for
the benefit Of herbivorous animals, has been placed
under the charge of Mr., Downing, the rural archi-
tec and promises TO add greatly to the appearance
ofthe "White House," which faces it. 1t is in this
square that Mills equestrian statue of General
Jackson is to be placed. In addition to all these
besutifcations, it is understood that the angular
vacancies, which enc who has ever been in
Washington, has failed to remark as destroy ng
the otherwise fine appearance of Pennsylvania ave-
nue. are to be enclosed in handsome iron railiDg,,
with fountains ad shrubbery, thus converting into
elegant gardens those unsightly gaps.
In this connection i. is proper also to make men,
on of another attraction which this city is about
possess thanks to the iberality and public spirit Of
one of its citizens, c. H. Winder, Esq. The Ma
tonal theatre is to be elegantly fitted up by that
gentleman, SO as to make it second to on this
continent. For this purpose, Mr.. Winder has en-
gagged the services Of an eminent architect, with
oUfe Honhhefor all he requires. 1t Is understood
that the interior will somewhat resemble the Astor
Place Opera House, although on a larger scale.
Mr. Marshall, tbs popular and esteemed lessee Of
the Broadway theatre, New York. and the Walnut
street theatre, Philadelphia has leased the Nation
al the atre, and this alone is sufficient guar sntee
that the performances will not do discredit to the
theatre and that 9TH viii reflect credit upon the
city. Theatricals, If Of q respectable character,
have always been well patronised here; and even
the wretched troupe which the Monplaiser's have
had playing in this city for week past have had
crowded houses, notwithstanding the very inferior
character OF the performances. Mr.. Marshall will
present to Washington audiences as high talent as
he brings out IN New York; asd there is not the
slightest doubt but that he will be eminently
cessiul
prejudice has SOM chow prevailed az ainst Wash.
ngton, under the belief that it is no; as healthy as
some more northern localities and whenever it hap
pened that any DISTINGUISHED man shuiiied of his
mortal coil here il at once SET down to the un-
healthiness of the place. We have before US
the last annual report of the able President of the
Board Of Health, DR. Thomas Miller, upon the sani-
tary condition OF the city; and it appears from it,
that, the large numb of strangers
drawn together here,in proportion to the resident
population, that the deaths do not average q per
cent. The following table gives q condensed abb
stract Of the monthly reports Of interments In the
city Of Washington from LIST July, $50, to Both
June, 1851, inclusive -