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FROM Az OCCASIONAL cokREsPox.
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WAsHixGToN, II
January 81. lss1.

WAsHtS6Tox.
y January 81, 1s53.
-BruA-e Siz4se IF IgEashing ton--Tlnik a Ftr-
Lsciurss al ~ flstiiais- Carol 1 llssl-yF-Pticr
SsGs-$e-, @tl,
Ma EPIOE In has been such lohe long fine
since ycar qaond4m corrrspondeni has h the pa .sa
Of enghseaing ybur numeroas resaN uoa the rarious
ssbeets that constitutes one Of szors the stsps
q this metrePoli.. ihri he has. 70 honsly pro
sinciai1sns .iost the hans Of IL" y
- much has occurred q f1te and Is constantly ur-
ring here, caenated 20 awaken interest," n the md of
every one Al al Interested in such matters (snd Who
not) that one scarcely knows where 10 begin to iof
down notices d events II this respect the ezeA al
Washington not unlike those Of Athens the crntt NJ
GfeezAn learning ana seenee, wp the orator cf Mars
Hill said, "spent their time IN nofhnx else hat either
70 tel Or hear some new thing. Acts xvi G. 81 v.
AND :. TINS stkange Cannot the fact be readily ae
counted iors WV think it e=a The human MUD lbags
or an tndeseribae something. The pleasures of The
gay and dissolae City, the routine Of fashionable life
the ietes, sOirees receptions, ana endess
anse1neHts serve but 70 pass away Idle hoar-sAat
over the nind, ~ II were, falls back ITSELF and es
= me inevitable consequence. Something else must Be
ioaad, and thus the weary round Is run. Like The
tsbed hydra, 50 soon head Is OF another springs
up IRON ats bleeding carcass There IS but one sgnyee
but one fountain whence the soul drink In plehsre
that va pail nPon its appetite But an waDderinE
from nv task.
That beautiful masterpiece Of Stanarv MILL E1ses-
trizn Statue Of Jackson ctinnes 10 be the centre Of az
uaeoa % the CROWDS Of strangers who throag the streets
o. the Federal ny. go there wben you v Ill, you wall
persons examining il aid praising is Beautiful md
hie-iTke Proportloas The erities have also been at
work ePoa ~ dehefiis One sayF, the General ststoo
erect for the position Of III noble charger inti
mating that not one a Thousand could maintain
ihis eeet Postufe 4aoher t11 tle old heros Caat ts
We usht an the back Tor bis position IhelSces sad
% be entirely ti small ad =el for Old Hickey.
Notwithstanding all this, hose Yho are competent to
express Al Upn4h The suecregard il, Ss the VERY
esf fare of the at TBS4ouse has ycted the Nm,
q Any thoasanh Dollars. f0r the erection ii anoher
similar work reFs hin zttn, Thu aur CITY
e9ltinnes 10 oi arr thaf 4 IN
MSrs Aiiac'iYeto stranseFs and reader il subject
Congress still lbs the Ccatra American Question VI.
der eonsiderati9H The learRe gentlemen seem ID be
POI atosether 4 well posted ia geographical fnaiter
ihFir position woid lead u ID sappsse jade Under-
wood nT Teeclt speech, qagted authorities
with regard TO Central Ametica Sc some grave r.en
shake their headsqnfte know egy and give utteranc%
gloomy iprebodnfs " war. Surely the world is too dd
men are to- enlEghteted,-too calcnlatne5 yod plee
TO assemble themselves together and kill each OLIVER
merely because er masters arc Jealous Of The nacaai
hei6Fi -
The Lectures Ak the Smthso,iau In.titn,e c,tinis
DC attended % crpwded audftoIcs COMPRISING most
nielgfai classesEof society These lectures veFy
entertaining and pntructlye embracing they DO.
great variety OF Subjects, treated BY who excel in
the particular br4 Aches they lt;ure dpon On Wedns-
day night last pT 8. Z. Pst d New York gave rs an
entertaining and hstrucVe discourse upon Charles Car
roll Of Catrolton The last Of the Snes Of the Declaa-
ton u Undergraduates. The Lecturer is Pt:cst Of The
Rotltsh taith fpsmery Chaplain Of the u. S. Senate
and Is a graduate ef Georgetown College The lectrre
was listened b toughout with almost breathess atten-
uon and received universal eonmendatioa. Carroll Was
man, Pfrhaps, Al much Ike " angton as any Of the
Sgners 81 the grf4f Magma hars Of our liberties Ic
eloinents OF greatss were blended his character like
The grouping apAintag rendering the whole atractiye
a ilag evenings previous we Ind lecture uoa Pat
rick Henry, FROM Hon. ME. Tyson Of Md yirciniA
orator was critically anal Ezeds 1t cxcediH9y
interesting sketch Of his life The description Of Ri,
maiden seceh atthe barRas s1ecent and elicitcd nb
applause Had Htnry been labori9us strdcat vida;