Weekly Trinity journal., 1857-10-03

PoswloN or THE CArIroI.--lt is not generally
realized by our citizens that the eastern side Of
the capitol is the principal front. and that the
western side is in fact the rear The main en-
trance to the centre building is from the eastern
front, and so will be the entrances Of the new
wings. The principal statuary of the centre
building is on the eastern 'front.' and so will be
that OF the new wings. And it is to the east to
old Atlantic, and to the emigrant ships of the old
world, that the magnificent statue of liberty on
the new dome will look.
In this connection we Will simply state that the
statuary in marble designed to occupy the eastern
gable pediment of the new north wing is now
nearly compctcd that for the south wing is not
yet designed In the centre Of the pcdimont will
stand the Genius Of America, based on a rock,
amid the lashings Of Old Ocean, with the Amer
ican Eagle couchcd on her left side; oak and Ian
rel Wrcathes in her right hand, and her left par
TALLY raised in a supplicatOry manner, as if
invoking the blessings of Heaven upon the scenes
about her On her left are to be ranged in order
aud decreasing in height according to the angle
of the pcdment-a a sturdy pioneer in the act Of
telling large tree; an Indian hunter boy return.
ing from the chase, with his dog at his side and
a duck and rabbit hung over his shoulder on his
hunting stick; an Indian chief sitting on rock
in deep meditation; an Indian mother reclining
with an infant on her breast an Indian grave
oyerhung with grass and wild flowers. On her
right are to be ranged in the same manner, an
American soldier, with his hand on his sword
ready to draw it at the call Of his country Mer-
Gator sitting among the embems Of commerce.
with his fingers resting upon the globe. as If it
were his play thing; two American youths, about
twelve and Fifteen embraced and advancing, the
younger with a bool, under his arm, and the eld-
er pointing forward and upward, as if they had
set ont to scale the highest peak Of Parnassus a
schoolmaster with his arm around his little boy
pupil, studiously initiating him into the mystic
ries Of the primer an American mechanic reelin.
ing on a cog wheel sheayes of grain, &C. The
most OF the statuary is now on exhibition at the
Agricultural Committee Room. in the southwest
corner Of the new House of Representatives, aud
would we'll repay the visit Of any one who has not
already seen it, Washington Union.
'Ir.'-Who will not read the following chip
from the Chicago Journal with pleasure
IT is the pleasantest member Of the whole pro
noun family. OF the flower that cannot sin, and
the child that has not snned Of the June that
is always welcome, and the morning that comes
from Heaven, We say it, Ia that present pre-
lude in an infants life, when the stranger iswat-
in to be named, and becomes the it, of the whole
household, ambition is often nearer to the crown
for which it pants, than ever in after life.
Only as an it, can We hallow the girl into the
glad young mother, and hasten the comely ma
tron into a grandmother, in twnkling only
then, do we turn urchins into uneles, aud little
sparkling planets in pantelets into aunts. The
it's are the true rulers of the world, and all poor
pronouns must do them reverence.
y Twice arc We its , yesterday, when from a
loving bosom we look up helpless and trustful in
to the near heaven Of a mothers eyes tenor
row, when We lie asleep upon the broader bosom
of the common mother Of rs all.
AS it cbristens the child, 50 il designates the
G4st