Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-03-07


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f+,-, Washington As It Is.
Correspondence tile New York Worldl
s .a.5a WAsRISoToS. March 1.
The golden days have fallen upop The
capital. The air hath In it all Of June
except,the breath of roses, and that drift
ing incense which the censers of the
honeysuckle hold. think this premature
6almincss and warmth of atmosphere sn.
Perinducesa gcneratlauguor and iassitude.
People of extreme opinions whom meet
look, In u moist, disheveled way, open 10
conviction. Men of profound aggressive
energies wander vaguely along the avenue,
shlrt collars lump and pendant, moist
giobulcs upon their brows, and mans of
Asia, in yellow dust, upon their coatIthils,
with such nerveless incertitude of pur.
pose tliNt one might think them about TO
stop policeman 1Or the purpnses Of in
curing whether they were really awake.
ana this was March, and that, yonder, the
capitol, aud so on. Seriously, there is u
grlm reality in the clutch of this velvet
handed demon, the spring fever. think
1t has even tempered the ncerhily Of lcsis.
lative debate. passed an hour in the
gallery To-day, and really the trandnilitv
and peace of that asylum OF bald-headeI
sinners Cnn liken to nothing save, per
laps, the council cnamGcr (ir there be one)
OF those mild-eyed dWellers in the happy
isles, sought long and fruttlessly beyond
the Oaths OF NIL the western stars by the
ulysses. Some question of coffee, / think.
was being discussed-sOmething about the
dntiesthereOn-and a mild vow was nude
by thin gentleman, with u bald head and
blue sPccuiclcs. am conversant with
coffee. but know little Of duties; cohse-
quentt the discourse presently waxed
tediouss When tho gentleman with bIue
spectaeles reached "tifthly, reached for
my hat, and shaking the dust of the gal.
lesHsir rom my sandals, ascended the dome,
or "a the pilluFed tiers whereon thai
stNPeFq9ps coppyeTity, crested with Craw-
toEd.s hiaster!p !piece,s Is ta. Be reared,
at y a good place --@tIiS lfght. 6efiaf tKRl.
lery, rOn-railed-frOm which Danornm-
ichlly to view this sprdwling, chaotic
town. Seen from this point, the city un-
rolls ITS dusty mngniticeuccs of distance
Tue slupe1dOus haFmonies of its design
reveal themselves in broad avenues, which
converge upon the capitol us Mi the roads
OF tue Roman emPireic upon that
golden milestone by the Pincian gate
moreover, distance lends enchautment
here as elsewhere. The town is conge-
rie OF thoyels, inharmoniously sown with
temples, as the NapoleOnic tapestries were
sown with golden bees, but something in
the dust, the Temoteness, the sunlight.
loacnes them into respcctability, fit docs
not gloriiY them. For the chief thor
oughth 60 capital itwould be difficult
20 con eve ot 3 meaner street in arcbisec-
LuEa. adornneDt tthanPennsylvaniu avenue,
nut from this point it takes on the stately
aFs o. grand Appian Way among thor
oughtares. Very straight, very brond,
and, seen from a distance, makes a ftlse
prctense of being splendid, which Il is
not, but only escapes squalor by hairs
breadth. Why did they attempt to build
~ a clty where no city was ever intended TO
oe rearedH It will never Ge capital, ex
sept only in name; never n metronolis
like Rome, or London or Paris. The
eternal blazonn is againstit. Yet il will
sometime, of course, be clustered about
wiih historic memories, Cesar will he
s!ain'in the capitol, and -Brutus haranpuc
!he Foughs from the terrace. Who knows
put capttves from Patagonia, or some terra
lucoSnitn elsewhere-some undiscovered
tropic isle jeWeliug tue tawny forehead of
tue Tue, orient ocean-may be somehow brought
miner 70 rear a new Coliseum. Our civil
ilallon must relrogrHde first. it is true. but
history sobs with the record of its retro.
gressiOqs. 1t has been swinging back.
ward and forward like pendulum since
ever the flaming sword wns fiSed. at the
edge. 80"
y very cool and inyigoFatinR gthis
wandering around the circular gallery.
One FALLS insensibly 70 wondering how the
men with paipt-pOts and hammers cling
to such slight projections at such diEzY
attitudes, recollect hearing u story of a
correspondent who reported the proceed
lngs OF some crowded occasion, clingino
the while with his steeth to the bell rope,
writing with one hand and reversing the
sheets with the other. But the feats of
some OF these artisans are even more as
founding. They sit astride the slender
IRON bars which gird the frame work Of
tne dome, tOuFishing their brushes or
their hammers, chant patriotic stayes
make their little jokes, and twho' knoWs?l
dream. of days wherein they shall {, DO
ehtettans, like the mighty aud much
badgered Abe. Up from the Nazareth of
rails prophet has come why may not
one come up from the paint-pot and forge!
am not sure that the excellent and In.
treptd ArtiEans. with whom now and again
I stop to exchange such observations as
IN my srlal out-look suggests, cherish any
nloden ~ no ambitions oS the sost. Probahiy
tney, ,il do not. IL one belbittsn by the de
sire OF legislative or other fame. Washirio-
Ienls #Sel good place TO diSsilutionizs him
lon shall see here, IL may be, a reverend
senator blind with bad article Of whts-
~ ~ an eloquent representative, purpureaI
OF yssteEday. You shall see eroWdipr tbe
bars, Shufiing aIopg the aisles,, potpanIs tine,
the cotrid0Fs. .of. .llhd hleSr cnrarnnnn.s u