The Nevada Democrat., 1859-02-16
washington City.

Washington City, the capital of the nation,
the home, during term time OF the President,
land also the temporary residence OF five hun
dred aud ten men who confidently expect to be
Presidrnt,) and the srat nf the United States
Gas Works. (technically called Cangres,) is sit-
uated in the District IT Columbia-a territory
covering an horizontal surface OF teu miles
square. aud extending perpend,cularly all the
way through. AS every place in the city s
from three qnarier~ OF mile to y mile aud
three-quartets from every " here else. Washing
ton IL called. in Fourtb. W-Jnly OrationS and
that style Of literature generally, 1.-THE city of
magnificent distances" IL derives its name OF
Washington from "a cvlelhated continent | off,
Ger who built the pine huts and forced his way
through hard winter al Valley Forge, and
ade Curtwallis acknOw ledge the coru ut
York Tew' The principal public buildings of
tn, c,ty the Patent Office. where the Yao
k,,s AR graft d the exclusive right 10 manu-.
tactnrr aid S,l |, d;R-rni.her hahy juInlMrs
dou Lh-gtrrtd at.napS Railways Ready Re.
liet-Mhch u warranted 10 relieve you of Your
mO"ry, IL nUshlng -lsr-aud Other valuabie ili.
vrnti0ds Of the age the General Post Office
where they snprrlntend The mismauagemen ol
th" Nari0ns mail routes OF the country the
National Treasury. an institution of learning
which has graduated more men in the art OF
swiHdlng the government than any ten similar
or dissimilar institutions in the world; aud the
City Jail. which is the only public building in
Washington which is really devoted 10 honest
purposes, and that il devoted TO no purpose at
all, both the permanent and temporary resi-.
dents Of the city being too deeply engaged in
their own rascalities to think OF puAishing other
people for theirs.
There are two monuments at Washington
one Of red granite erected to the memory ol
Smithson OF his own exptnse, and a monu ment
to the folly. penuriousness, and gratitude of The
| American people. The latter is about sixty
feet high, with upward Uhough hopeless) ex
pectations of five or six hundred feet. 1t i,
commonly called the Washington or Nationa
Monument. Gen. Taylor caught his death il
1850 al the laying of the corner-stone of thi
structure. 1t is hardly probable that any of hi
SUCCESSORS will perish in the laying of the cap
stone. II il much more probable that Presi
dents will be done away with at least six week
before that event.
The imports of Washington consists princi
pally of Office seekers and pick. pockets, (botl
of which are frequently combined in one. and
fast women. who indirectly make half the lawi
that are put through Congres. Its exports art
disappointed politicians and whiskcy. The
latter is generally bottled in members OF Con
gress for transportation.
Taking il altogether, Washington is an ex,
cecdingy hard place. The public men there
are all very houcst ana upTiRnt, however,
that is, until they 20 home and turn against
the administration, when. Of course. they be.
come. like Stephen A. Douglas aud John W.
Forney, the most consurnate scoundres unhung.
We have The authority Of number of admin
istratisn papers for saying 20. During the sit
ting Of Congress. though, nnumerable murders
aud robberies are committed in the city; but a.
everybody there is above suspicion, and would
not hurt hair Of your head, nor take the
smallest coin from the the treasury under tn,
most favorable circumstances. the perpetT Tator'
invariably escape detection. Under these be
I nign auspices il is no wonder hit Il cannot OF
has not, been raid Of Washington. as was re
Gently said Of One-horse tow in kentucky
that If a. the last day, Gahrael shouldhappcn to
light there first. the resurrection wonId be in
definitely postponed. for some Of the inhahi-
tants would swiudle him out Of his horn before
he could make single toot.