, 1861-05-24

been under arrest for utte1ing treasouable
| words, The cords are getting pretty well
drawn now, and 1t Is certain the Government
is in ea1neat, about furnishing al aid aad com.
fort to the enemy. This Grunaser will prob.
ably learn to speak better language now.
| ed 1t the 1aisfng Of splendid Aag on the Gen.
cral Poet Ofilce. President Lincoln will hoist
it to it's place, he having some advantages fol
lofty deeds: There will be present the entire
cabinet and clerk force, and one force such rs
tE:s city never faw, and that is, the entire 80,
stand or be deployed, Is = mystery. The ave
nue ia the only place which could hold them
|. and then they must stand in very solid col
umn. J.W,R,
A TARDY LETTER WORTH READING,
like following letter, as IFS date Iadicates,
has been long time on 1ne way; but 1t il
etiu. worth reading.-EDs TAIB].
Especial Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribune
WASHINGTON, May II, 1861.
Six cents expended On one Of these omnibus
Jiues, this day, took me, for the first time, to
Georgetown. After which OF the "Georyes',
1t vas named, I do not know, hut the hoary
antiquity OF the buildings suggests that It
might have been George I, more likely than
elmer o. the three subsequent ones. With
IL.
brick or plaBtered houaes, shops and stores
have much the appearance Of the earliest e.
1orta IN Albany and other Dutch towns, when
Holland furniahed the materials and the arch
itectuIe.
As we cross the branch Of SONS stream go
Ing into the Potomac, we see fine specimen
OF modern ext, where the water works Of our
city run through huge pipes under the bridge,
which are made to answer the double purpose
Of an arch to the Bridge, and an Aqueeduct to
convey the wafer over from Georgetown to
Warrington. The Reservoir is on tie heichts
Of Georgetown, and adords panoramic lev
OF rare beauty and extent. Il il 80 fine, that
part Of the range near By, il called " Kdlora-
n1," which means ssbeautiful view" Rfpht
across the Potomac arc the Arlington Heights.
90 much talked Of, and go much feared Of late.
as an inviting place for Rebel battery. But
Is snsuld think the place whe!eon | stood, by
the reservoir, could command any point On The
ether eide. There were disccrnable two or
three epecks In the skirts Of the woods, which
Fere said to be the enezny's scouts. The Al.
exandria Sentinel which has to keep close guard
noW,a days and nights too, eays that tthe bat
tery" which was dlacexucd on their eide, from
spy glass view, was nothing but two loss
a very c1eyer joke that, t,-borTowed from Gen.
MaHon-but I suspect that many Of their can
ne3, her1ded by the thousand, are nothing but
It is curious that tho Southern brasra,ts
have General s'Bragg" in their army, and that
hero and there aud every where, and afteT ali.
perhaps no where since Sumter, Is not more
omnipresent. The two educational lions in
Georgetown ere the Young Ladies' Seminary
ard The BoJs' College, both wn1led towns on
email scale, where disport themselves gcner.
ally about two hundred youths in each school,
Under rigid system Of Nuns and Monks
There Is an anti-republican mir In the very ap-
peasance Of these huge walls of brick and
stone, carrying one back to feudaI agas.
However, It was quite relief from the first
End natural impression to find on entering the
college yard, that near q thousand United
Of New York. were going through iii, ana
making mimic charge on the foes
Of our Republic. The Massachusetts
boys, some two hundred, we're there Oh
friendly cay, and enjoyed the scene-the
Puritan and Catholic both on the same side,
and a exchanging military honors. The "dou-
ne soldiers make, and It was terrific IS a
thousand bayonets came full tilt as If to. run
you down, and With this there broke forth n
var cry suggestive Of the words Of Scott-uot
our General, but Sir Walter
.At once there rose as wild yell,
A. every fend from heaven that fell
Had pealcd be banner CRY Of hell.''
It Is said 1t nss In the plans of the enemies
OF this city, to destroy the bridge above spoke
OF, and thus deprive Washington of water. It
ought to be Hen guarded, as it would serious
~ affect the comfort Of oar city il the Poto.
mac supply were cut of But there are plenty
OF pumps, which furnish most Of the drinking
here who would not know it, it there was no
Matcr re-! to dEink, except as they might want
little In their. brandy. In the college ward.
Whe1e the 69th regiment came out ot their
tar1ackE-the college buiidings---to dril, I
saW about dozen Of the soldiers paying The
penaity q disoheying orders. Il consisted
in deing the most menial offices and The most
re..sltang Worksthat pertain to camp. All
military life, nm told, keeps the same xigid
1ule OF camp life, unless, indeed, it be- Bouc-
thing Mg more % summary than dirty work
~. 1no Micnigm 4fegiment No. L which has
make very fine march, have neat uniforms.
and all carry the new MIME musket, from
which the bullet Is sent whlrling in such
nay IS to tear terrible hole A splendid
band, each member having red cap. Gives
ont ehts Find Of music for the regiment,
and generally treata the listening crowds to
the eamc, while drum and fife band
does the more martial music Tor the every DAY
dfil. ! eaw one little twelve year old how,
with red clothes, standing in the regiment this !
evening, and on asking who he was, WAS told |
he Is one OF the Adrian boys, who had come
=. =. AAGAs ntsA tAt 3tSSuue1lH uAQ more
herz. Thus far, this piercing aud insplriting |
slm Of the War, Is poorly represented Some
t1mes We see d dozen drums, without single |
a.dub. b.dub."
The number Of ofI1ce-seekers Is risfng here
IKE the old -Mdssasip In June. They pour into /
MlI2rd's and the National, rush up to the |
Presidents and the Secretaries rooms, and 80 |
c!amorcus are thsy, that eone Of the Cabinet !
advertise In the papers, and others, as Secre- |
tary Smith, stick up notices on the walls, that |
they canuot see visitors except on certain |
hGul6 Of certain days. |
A great proportion Of the loaYes and fahes |
LoW LIE IL the military basket; some few in |
The civil list. ny hope is that the President |
and the Cabinet will not be so swamped with !
applications for Msjor Generalships and every
other office down to the lowest Brevet, that |
they will haTe no time to 90 to actual war.
There Is new phrase getting very current In |
the North. mean "red tape" aud there Is |
danger that the charge you all bring against |
the powers that be, OF whiting too long to tie |
up the army into nice md precise rulea, |
should Lave some foundation. But ron must |
blame, In good part, the persistency of your |
otd army officers; and then you must remem- |
Der tIat military matters are always matters
9! rule: This not 9 guerri1a war, and Davy
CTockett's motto must come in, BE sure that
5ou orc right and then go aLead." j. r., R,