Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1854-03-24
VOL. VINO. 43.
For the Jour ,al.
Washington Correspondence.

"A8tVu OOTTSSpO00e0C0.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1s, 1854.
when came out on the street this mor,in, IA
taksa view ef Washington, the ground va, psvf ..tIv
WAits' and It vas moving q though the hsa,~.
were to Be smptied, and that, too, IN {, sh~t u.s
possible. The snow was falling 20 thickly Mat I
ooula searcely see across the street. ,tsf.A ~
ward the capitol but there being no Sidewalk. sank
ankle deep In mud and snow at syery stem. wb.,
u ias reached the capitol, found that Copsr,~,
a'o met SIT TIL ii O'Clock 80 thosght would strolr
around the city for an hour or two.
ros Treasury Building Is . pretty ediacs, With I.
i'nsro OF columns in front, and stands .bout :.
square from the Presidents house. Psssips into IN.
park In front of the White House, auused mvsslf
WITH case at Clark Mills great -qutriaa stasus Of
1asfson. II is beautiful thing, and wall vorAh =
long walk on stormy day to sec. The public buid.
inss OF Washington all fns specimens of .rchita
ture, and would add greatly to the embs,isbent a.
sven city as New YorS-but hero they are sadly ont
=. place looking hkeSo many palaces in Hottsasot
v'uagc. The Streets ind ., ere dne-vide str.,~ht
ana level az Moor. But the buildings, almost ~.
riasly' are very poor-two and three story brick>
houses and strswed about in clusters you seldom a..
compact square of Pennsylvanis Ayenus. rhsv
sack oy some Brobdgnagian gentleman, and whsa
falling, been scattered ahrosd by tho vinas Th.,.
arc scarcely any pavemen's, and might almost say
n' gas OF the thoroughfare, Pennsylvania Avenue.
Then, il you should be seIzsd with desire to 10 "a
'ne Capitol or nowhere else, you may stand IN .
puddle OF water, with the driving in your fso~
nftesn minutes or more, before an omnibus rolls
i's'y BY and when does come, ten 70 one .h.,.
are nineteen Passengers insid, and fourteen outad.
And while the driver casts you look Of commi.sr
alton, you have the insxpressibie satisfactiou Of
kno"ing that you closely resemble very nost d,sb
rag (and feel %, too) At the same time that you ars
urable to discover what benefit you have derived from
your fifteen minutes soaking and 90, driving yo,r
the inmost rccesscs Of your brsechss pocke
you stride away in despair. with step and grinacs
shas would make tbs fortune Of tragedy acto while
your "ousry appearances is crested with "scresms of
laftar from pask Of vagaboud boys over the way.-
su;h IS life, and such 10 Washingtoni 4e7-o7. l5
ihe Capitol is very Gno building, bat IL has bcsI
SO often Jeeeribed. that will not attemps another
portrait. The statuary with which it is adorned r.
N st BEAUTIFUL; bus az am no connoisseur in such
mafssr will let that pass also The large hall b..
tween the two Congressional Chambers is embsiished
with nun,rous large paintings, portrayins some Of
the principal events in American h.tsry. One, the
= Bnbarkation of the Pilgrims in the Nay Towef,''
struck me as very 6ne-so fresh and natural. The.
"Bsp:isn Of Pacahon;us is also noble picture. and
worthy the place it occupies. sF sy.a' 90
Ipasssl into tn, Senate chamsr to sac The nsa
who give the people the benefit of their wisdom and
learning for little glory and eight dolsrs Ssy.-
The Senate il now composed of diff,rent materiar
from what 10 once was Its glory hath departed. IL
balls no longer echo the words Of Clay, OF Webets,
or Cahou1 Thsy have played their parts and rstisd
from the stag and taough they are st eosupisa lp.
others, tne void is fer The Senators dress vefy painy
az they should and all avoid display and do not speak
unless they have something to ssy-snd that sannss
ba said Of ths Representatives. Mr. Cas- Il Ans-
locking old man; Mr. ,ug:ass, or "Young America"
looks like lawyers clerk, and Mr. Sswa II slim,
dark, bony individual, and looks like rupsctab'0-
wind would blow him out of the country. 81
In the House nearly every man seemed 10 have
something weighing bis mind on which the saliva
ton Of the Republic depended, and which be appeared
very anxious to ease himself of and 50 there were
generally half dozen of them on the Hoor, aaa "Mr.
Chairman Mr.. Chairman !' was echoed from every
part of the house. Mr. Benton sits silent and gloomy
-
cage Of monkeys, who, feeling his superiority, d.
dAins to notice their ehattering
February f9s
Tho Smithsonian Institute is large, One bsilding,.
in the same style of architecture the Trinity Church
of New York. 1t is composed of the sans kind sec
sono as that edi6ce, and looks like half-church and
haf-eastle. 1t has foe library, and 90 an sxten-
sve gallery Of paintings L,ctres afe delivered in il
almost every evening. PAk B,pjamin lectures there
this evening. @ fH s sat fc
If there is anything in Washington, worth visit
it 10 tho Museum Of tho Patent OGce. Il i frss -
visitors at all times Of the day, and is By faz the sr
gest collection Of curosites in tho United Ststss
The first story of this magnificent buildings oocupis
by the models Of patents. tbs second story L oecu
pied BY the museum. spent very pleasant fsar
hours in this part Of the building looking at the thou
sands upon Thousands Of wonders il contains. In o.
department wers several Peruvian msmmies Of crsst,
antiquity. The hair wes perfect. and remainsd-
plated just as it was perhaps centuries ago bat the
b'diss were black, dry, and crisp, and what the sp.
psarance Of the faces during ife it was impos
sble to determine, for nothing remained bat shaps.
less mass of skin and esh. The printing pssss ussd
BY Franklin, in London, nearly one hundred sad
s"euey ycafS W WAS n otJect worthy OF nOuco.-
The bed is OF wood and is not unlike very shallow
b,x. The platen is only half the size Of the hd,.
thus requiring two pulls Of the lever 70 each fulsss
sheet. What vast progress has bssr nsde In the aet
of priotingi This press is capable Of printing sbsux
l25 sheets hour and after seeing have vatehed
Hoes great machine throwing off its 20 900 shssts in
the space Of time, with interest never hsfoes
felt. In other Gases to be the suits Of cothas
wern BY Washington when be resigned his eomminion
As C,mmandsr-in- Chief Of the Amercaa forces The
coat worn by Jackson At the battle of New Orleans
Washipgtons sword, waf-tsnt, cooking utsnsils,
knives and forks, b., and camp equppage gsnar sly
tho treaty Of the United States with Turkey e hess
BILE specimen of orisntal chirography y tbe original
Declaration Of Independenoe; autographs Of Bona
parte and several kings Of Europe; ragaa idols part
Of the costumes Of Atahualpa and Cortss, snl tAeu
sands Of other things Of sqsal interest. ai
Toe Washington Monument is a. set but plain
white marble obesk $50 feet high. It will no doshG
be very beautiful when finished. When completed.
iron staircase will up within Is feet Of the top
Il is to be $50 fost high. II Congress would appee
propsiats 5000 coo to the Monument fund, thi 60
with the contributions Of the people, woald bsid h
-four years.
Mr.. Forrest played Oshelle at the National Theatre
la.t night, to good audience. This is very large
theatre, and the only one Consequence in wasAiAe
ton. JHltpn aA
aa W..