The mountain Democrat., 1863-12-19
TAs Morals of Warrington City--A
Picture.

The way AbOlitionism has improved
religion. and morals in the City Of Wash
ington, can be seen, perhaps, in the fol-
lowing Republican correspondence Of the
Chicago Tribune. After denouncing the
6raG Depressing effects Of the var, upon
that city, the writer adds:
f"Bdt By and by, as the gathering hosts
ofyolunteers began TO circle the city, and
10 surround It with Notifications, q new
and rapidly rising trade sprung into exis-
tence. The soldiers and officers soon
wore out or soiled their holiday parade
clothes, and soon exhausted the liberal
sapplieS Of comforts of every kind sent
them by their friends. An immediate
demand, fOr. suffers supplies sprang up,
and during the summer and fall Of 1861,
OVesJ tAcant store was reoccupied by bu-
sy and thrifty men from New York and
Other Northern cities, who did splendid
business in whatever can minister 10 the
comfort or crafty the taste Of q sOldier.-
Tha substitution Of the regular uniform
Of the army for the diversif0rm aud often
RrCtesQue costumes of the volunteers,
caused an immense trade in shoulder
SkrGpd caps, hats, and SO forth. The dry
ae0ds business revived in consequence of
the influx Of strangers. All branches of
IL retail trade felt the new impulse, and
shovS SA, aad before all, the liquor and
grocery business.
A legion Of new establishments were
opened TO deal 10 liquors, generally claim
iag to be branches Of come famous house
Il New York, and their bottles line the
ahOp wiadewS from one end Of Pennsyl-
vania Avenue to the other. The hotels
sAA boarding houses have been crowded
&ith strangers, Who have come here for
business or pleasure-to transact busi-
peaEith the government; to seek Office !;
70 get contracts, OF to visit the seat of
WaTs These establishments have also
been most literally .patrouized BY loafing
army otncers, who, under one pretence or
another, manage to escape the hardships
Of e9mp lie, and shiFk the dangers Of the
field. Willard's Hotel Is the common fo-
Gus ct which these idle officers and 9TH
eFs meet OF an evening, it is almost
imposSible TO penetrate the mass Of men
who crowd into the large balls in order to
beEog each other with conflicting rumors
end tobacco smoke. have often won
dered how the proprietor could afford to
furnish Standing room for such crowd
OfVntsiAe idlers but now have the Sc
cFss explained In the fact that he rents q
s1all 10 9 dealer in newspapers ct the
uiodkst 1um Of two thousand Ave hundred
SellaRGs This perquisite, together with
~ income Of the bar, will amply COM
pensata for the inconvenience.
%BefOre the war, Washington could
nsyer support regular theatre. Several
experiments had been made In that line,
6us ono after another they all failed, and
ct the breaking out Of the war, the Wash
isgtOa Theatre was the upper story of
CAtonSrS old dancing saloon. But with
tAs rise Of business above described, thea.
tre attef theatre sprang into being, until
The city Numbered Eve such places of
a6ussment The old Washington, after
m0aths Of disquietude, was revived; the
Ola Tenth Street Baptist Church was ia.
ken By Ford, and turned into neat little
theatre, By the addition of an ample sta
gIng. The Assembly Rooms were turned,
By Grover, into the Canterbury Hall,
paass 0f thestrieal amusement exclusive
y for men aud boys ct night, and for Ia
disa end children in tho afternoon.
The old National Theatre, twice burn
Cd down, and at length converted -four or
Eve years ago) into . circus, or hippo
drOme, wAs, in 1861, restored by Grover
b its original purposes. The Varieties,
theatrical establishment, has taken the
placO Of the GymnasiUm. Besides these.
there are halls for theatrical and other
ss.sll.. as.nsAn,Anla too nnlnarnua tn
meatiO0. Finally, on this head. Ford's
old church thsstre was burned down last
winiA5, and has been rebuilt on wider and
deeper foundations, and though still not
one Of the largest, is now one Of the finest
theatres in the country. II opened about
ten days ago with the "Naiad Queen"
which has had . great run, and will soon
bring out The "Ghost." Grover, not to