Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1861-07-12
Correspondence.
Our Washington Correspondence
" ssulxGroS, July lst, lS6l.

hundreds of them may be seen exploring its
spaciou. galleries and halls, ,or gazing intent
ly upon the statues and pictures that ado,n
it. After all, what more proudly to the
uhppeful patriot prefsures the destiny of his
epntry than the Capitol? Its founda-
On stones sink deep into the earth, its
Sinarble walls are reared in beauty. What
ever is useful and enduring is already com
pie.ed. And when the majestic p1rticps Of
either wing, adorned with columns, entabla-
lures and friczs shall have been finished ,
- when its crowning dome is hung in the air
: then will le the glorious image Of our coun-
tfy realized in the future
The s,ntries still 60 their rounds, til, bar
ricad,s Of iril have not been removed, but
the martill aspect Of the interior has disap-
Feared. 1t was a novel spectacle two months
az u yisi; the Gtpitol at night. Its brill
Elutly lighted halls, chambers ani rridors
Were filed with armed mon; sentinels paced
u anl fro; every passage and chamber had
It's guard stacks OF muskcts rtnsel in long
rows, or disposed in circles nt-hel in tn"
gas hight Not S1uth,rncr in fact held
his court in the Capitol. In the Senate
Chamber the 9th Massachusetts, were
auartered in the Rotunda the sth M,ssa-
chusctts. still proceeding Southward the lou
ases occupied the old Hall vi Rerr r'sentativcs
white the Nv York eth regned supreme in
the new Hall Of Representatives, All fra
IL I,,t
basement was but vast kitchen. Tier upon
tier of barrels Of -four lined the galleries
hogshcads of bacon, bags of coti-e, aud OF
sugar and Of salt filed the vaults Of the Rp-
tnnda. In fact all the appurtenaners Of ar
my rations were here stored sufficient for
long siege The boiling, baking, roasting
and frying for thi. army of msn-exeeptins
tiie 1th--was all done within tic walls OF
the Capitol 70 tie Massachusetts, men the
credit is due for the plan and execution Of
the kitcicn establishment. The bakery
built by them IS regarded model affair.
$4,000 luayes Of white bread are here daily
baked for the army The subtle aroma Of
e. much fermentation going On in the very
halls Of Congress would have furnished food
for john Rand1lphs 5 wit whole session.
Tent lfs has now become an accomplished
fact. 20 regiments Of troops ar, now quar-
tered in the Department Of Washington, IL
whatever direction one goes out Of the city,
he IS continually meeting sentinels and pick
cts. companies drilling, regiments reviewing
orlcrlies bearing dispatches, wagon trains
allen with supplies. \ novel feature has
been added to TIE artillery praetite--at the
different forts (carth works. now completed
On the Virginia shore the men exercise daily
viii he heavy 81 and ca Founders. The
9oise is like rolling thunder.
= The Nttbern hive is not simply atradi-
ton. 1 end Of the millIe ass.-a figure
10 ad2rn the rhetoric of a patriot
sion tmas. History yindcltes hers If
I'll krs the beautiful law Of cpmpen-
-, Arthern hive sw4rms with
.-,.Irn hern never. For the last ten
The ~ as set in from the North ,SJuth
S~1Lf land with mighty fl DIV The
~ ;laud, of the central States,
SQs&AI invest here like conhucnt
sxsA, r regiment reached here
a'das, Fort Smelling, Minnesota
II t. 60 i,consin, Michigan and
\. ,o,,Ts iSst fb'4tea to the boundary
e'''@' fro" 'jop-a parallel of more
% tarotH, Of soufa.h an example of
10 pu, into :, :. a place and ~, 70 law. man.
brc was seen They
The weather ~ H1,ch strength aud
'sfJ "~t'" ihe 'Hs'' cement, that never
~ A''''' - = ssty and power of
-eys,iuags- -soAqeen known and re-
e no ovation. NJ cor
|39 aab Sc Psl Of their arrival. Of
= ( G. "a. .isount-at Boston, New
-, e.iist at Chicago, Cincin-
S%.ss> s'.Mi as., line of march re-
MN slngs-but all this sud
- ~. ,,sa pmore, aud the same is
Ma. p steenl. Secession at the for
,.nsa.,N ed desperate here it is
rg la,dTI IJame. issue of events. Hence
ming sdFUnitedon the scene silently. \
H. Q[ Mr.. Pill awe and respect OF North
t,ss--rAs Anpused and this is reyolu-
nds II Church by the cubic feet and all
r.;9 81 JOhn'sntury Of Congresses meyer
nHl Post ofd.
n4 M-,d, andproiessors Of Mental Phi
~ .ahereafter be s'thern colleges would tar
~ 81 oder OIL tue II, doubt not they would
HIyAh ELEVATED ~ question in metaphys-
Atgsr by trade, asake their lectures next
u Of Trinity Church, III moro interesting. and
81 NOS Of the Fourth, c,ivo The news of a
IN This was -. ...,.h e,I
Sde on the ouu uae'a"O'' ""s
me crochet to- much ahA'c'y' a"
l4 IN hour upon real, and at night the
soSn ls 9ip hest pobeculation as to coming
Ai% ~atrsoon adventure. Every
Ereaa gsaigns In the short in