The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-11-09
Our Washington Correspondence.

WASHINGTON, Oct "a, 1872.
THE Season ia Uashington-7He AttrectionS Of the
Cay-Death Of Mr.. UeJster, &c.
The weather here is heavenly-the sky blue, the
air soft and pure, the sunbesms revealing amid the
autumnal foliage, as if to warm the dying leaves
into life again, take last parting embrace, be-
fore the rude and cold storm shall sever them from
the parent stems, on which they have quiversd out
their brief summer, and scatter them the face
Of the country.
1t requires little Of the Imagination as one strolls
those capitol grounds, to fancy the slight
moaning of the wind to be the requiem of those
trees, and shrubs, and flowers, to the memory OF
Downing Hov ne did love them all, save only
the aleanthus Where will be found one, with tasIe
50 refined and Judgment SO matured, and skill so
perfect, 70 take the place Of this lamentsd man!
NateTe has her breathing times, and her seasons
Of rett well II is relief here always
when = session Of Congress terminates. Every
thing 20 enjoy the intergaland silence is SO
sweet, after the hustle, and confusion, and same
hess, and dullness, Of long session. We have all
this here now. The very Potomac is a7leep Its
wsNeless surface lies fat and sill, aid sllgery like
q mirror. The vessels upon ii sre at 81 stand still !.
ard the sails and ags ali hang teless by the masss
The steamboats, alone disturb this tranquility.
There is, however, good deal Of busTie ia doors.
The hotel keepers ana boarding house managers
all hard at work, putting things in order for
the coming winter Willard would seem to have
resolved 10 make his hotel aud highly attrac-
tive place II the public eye could what is being
done ior The public accom- mediation ADD comf)it by
this intelligent, and courteous, sud OK periencei
hotel keeper, a corresponding gratifc4tion would
be ftlt by thoie DO intend making bis hou3e their
headquarters. his apartments are already being
taken by many who are the ette of the lau 1, fro
the North, South, East, and West Oar friend
MGjor Field, who Is 50 well and favorably known
for nis geatcmanly courtesy aud well drilled exp.-
fience, Is second in command at Wizards. No
wonder the GENTLEMAN boarders at the New York
Hotel should have testified their appreciation Of
Major Fields civilities and competency, by present.
ing him, on leaving that fine establishment for this
city and Wizards, with service of plate
Washington has many attractions and is in
creasiDg RAPIDLY in buildings and population. Tune
was when the question Of a removal OF the sea. Of
government wac entertained even in Congress. Bat
that time, ! think, has goDe by forever The en-
largement OF the clpitol--the Smithsonian Inst-
tuition, and the Washington Monument together
with the great increase in population and the com
forts Of living, are go many anchors to hold the
capitol 20 It's present moorings And then it is
csllcd Washington.
What sound is thisl Why these suppressed sighsl
Why all this gloom! What briggs men together,
in groups and what make them speak in whispersl
And whence the gloom that nantes every csunte-
nance! Webster is dead The greatest OF his race
is gone. Like the sun, after having ilumined, and
warmed, ard blessed the vorlI-after having sped
70 INC west. anu Induc ICr nitnselI, OF tue
surrounding clouds, pavilion Of glory, and at.
tracted al eyes 10 the splendor of his track aud
the gorgeousnees of bis setting. sinks below the
horizon. 20 has Webster gone down from a peer
less track of light, and amidst glorious setting, t,
the Darkness and silence Of the tomb. How the
besrt struggles to ightea itself Of the oppressive
load which attends the announcement Of the death Of
this matches man. cannot open my eyes with
out seeing everything here in close association with
his name and fame. Yon capitol-the ways TO it
the grounds around and about it the Supreme
Court room-thc surrounding hills aud the inter-
yening valleys-the Cabinet, where he was pre-.
eminent in counci-tbo State department. whence
radated from bis great mind instructions for the
guidance OF our foreign policy social circle, Of
which he was the cnarm-the poor, who never found
hs hand shut or his heart insensible 70 their need
--and the chp,ch, where be went TO worship God
all, all, are IN association with Daniel Webster. lie
lives in them oil, dead though he be, and will live
after yon dome and shose spires SD al have crunbed
into dust What vacuum in the domn)n of
mind! Who, and what, shall Gil itl L0RRAINg.
young nsmed Peter Giblin was shot IN porter.
Of fgln nkuan