Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-11-23


dining room are arranged in the same manner, |
and are, finished with equal taste and at like
cost Thus there are q multitude of prone
nades in the establishment on the same level
from p streetfo Pennsylvania avenue, 300 feet,
and from the corner of Fourteenth street up |
the assnus, 313 feet, to the eastern terminus of
the immense pile, as it now is, truly.
The ground floor Of the original building, on
Pennsylvania avenue, has been essentially re-
modelled. Thus the former broker s Office at the
corner of Fourteenth street has been converted
into an elegant reception room with tiled floor,
for the accommodation, of lady guests arriving
and lady visitors to persons in the house. The
two parlors for gentlemen next to il have been
re6tted from end to end, and the Office hall or
main entrance for the public has been much
enlarged, and greatly increased in brilliancy
and convenience. Immediately over head, the
so we'll known promenade hall has been entirely
renovated and improved by the introduction
while the ladies' parlor, with which its centre
connects, has been doubled in size by throwing
into it, by means of large folding doors, the
adjoining rooms on the east, which are as highly
finished in all their arrangements as the main
parlor, by the hands of competent artists.
But we may not elaborate concerning the i'm
provements of this now so grand establishment.
Wherever change in the interior of this por-
| ton of the structure ION Pennsylvania avenue)
| could be made to add to the comfort of guests
| and the convenience Of the house it has been
done, and to SO great an extent as that its la
bitHeS for years past would hardly recognize its
''once familiar halls" From top to bottom the
proprietors have reftted and refurnished, so
that, with the cost of the new building, ma
chinery, &C., their outlay, to provide for the
necessities of their increasing business, has teen
| during the past season. somewhere in the
neighborhood of $3.50, 000-a quarter of a mil
lion! This fact tells the tale of the extent Of
the hotel business in our midst-a business
which has increased, par, passM, with the in
crease of the population, wealth, and taste in
our whole country. We presume that in no
other city in the world, of no greater permanent
population than ours, is that business so extern
sivey carried on; for no other people in the
world peregrinate as do the Americans after
obtaining the means Of amusement-pleasure
seeking-by travel.
The proprietors Of this magnificent and clab.
crate establishment are still very young men,
They came hither but a few years ago without
means, and by steady industry and care and
thorough knowledge of their business, have
been able to erect and furnishes their own
| property this completest and perhaps largest
hotel in the country. As business men, they
have fairly earned the confidence of this entire
community; and, as hotel keepers, they have
| so satisfied the public at large as that through
| the profits Of their patronage they have OBJ
| tanned the means of becoming the bona tide
| proprietors Of such an establishment. That the
| future business of Willards' hotel is destined
| to be commensurate with the enterprise of it's
proprietors, is certain; for its past business
when so imperfect an establishment, as COM
pared with its present condition-has been such
| as to justify the Messrs Willard in thus extend
ing and improving it.
The most of the work has been done by the
| day and under the personal supervision of the
Messrs. Willard, and much credit is due the
| mechanics of Washington for the manner in
which their duty has been performed The
| first foundation stone was laid the first of June
| and tho whole is now nearly completed, and
| will be opened in a few days for the reception
of guests.
The iron work, amongst which we saw some
beautiful Corinthian columns in the dining
room, as we'll as the window heads, Orders,
&C., &C., was manufactured by VIM. NJ. Ellis
Bro, engineers and founders, of this city
| who have furnished the gross weight CT about
80 900 lbs. to the Messrs. W. in such articles,
we understand
THE COMPUTATION OF BARRETT SENTENCE
In times Of excitement and during the prev
| alence Of lawlossness and violence, the pardon
| ing power often becomes the subject of discus
sion, and its use is criticised with extreme
severity. Men are ever prone to lay the blame
| OF existing evils Oh those who stand in high
places, however remote their connection with
the source Of discomfort. In obedience to this
| disposition it is very natural to attribute the
increase of crime to the occasional exercise Of
Executive clemency. But moments candid
reflection will satisfy any reasonable person
that such an assumption has no solid founda-
ton. simple fact will show the error in
their mode Of reasoning. The instances in
| which criminals escape merited punishment
by the favorable verdicts of juries are ten
| times moro numerous than the cases in which
| they are saved by Executive interference
Were there no such thing as a pardonng
power, the effect would be to increase the in
| diligence of juries, to make them more reluc-
tant to convict offenders, and thus to defeat in
greater degree the ends Of justice.
The power to discriminate between grades of
| guilt, in cases whore the law recognizes no diff
ference of punishment, must reside somewhere
Take it away from the Executive, or forbid, by
| denunciation and popular clamor, its exercise
| in any case, and it will be welded with twelve
times as much capacity for mischief, by every
| jury that is empannelled. Our laws may pIo-