Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-04-14

while number Of colored lanterns and eui-
doDs were also displayed. A transparency
| on the 18th street front bore the inscription Of
"Our Binnaele Lights Irradiate Glory" An
other transparency contained representation
| of an eagle, and from Its talons was o scroll
| with the word "Victory." "Our iron. clads, q
terror TO the nations" third transparency
| represe nted an iron clad, while a full. rugged
| man of. war stationed ir one OF the windows
| attracted general attention.
The Treasury Department building was
| thorouehly Illuminated and tastefully draped
with flags. Just above the entrance OF the
| southeastern portico was transparency rep
resenting fifty dollar seven.thirty bond,
| liant fac-simile OF that popular issue. Be.
| meath this was the following inscription:
"rhe note Of a free Government, endorsed
| by free people, and guaranteed by the
power and wealth Of the United States"
| The Department OF State presented deci.
| dedly brilliant appearance, every window in
| the building being fully lighted mp. The en-
frances and porticoes of the building were
| beautifully festooned with American flags.
! The Executive Mansion attracted general
| attention by its magnificent appearance, being
| radiant with lights, and handsomely decorated
| with guidons, cavalry standards, national and
| camp colors, garrison, storm and corps flags,
| and evergreens. DUring the evening q large
| crowd gathered here, in expectation of hearing
the President make speech, but he did not
make his appearance.
Seventeenth street, from F TO G streets,
| (Which takes in Winder's Building and large
| number of branch offices OF the War Depart
| ment,) was respondent with light.
| Gen Haileck's headquarters was brilliantly
Illuminated, as were also the Surgeon Generals
| OFF, ce, Gen. Rucker's office, Col. Bel's Office,
| Capt. Mooce's office, and Corcoran's Art Build.
| ing, which Is occupied by Quartermas'er Cen
The office Of Col. b. F. Fisher. chief signal
| officer, on f street, above 18th street, was
beautifully decorated with flags, and the fol-
lowing notices were displayed
"Gods Providence Visible" 1.-THE nation,
| in its constitutional right, dooms slavery and
victory follows" and "Victory brings peace,
and peace the good old times"
Capt. Brinkerhof, Post Quartermaster
made fine display at his office, 232 q street
| The windows OF the second and third stories
were shaped with red white and blue, and in
| each corps badge was displayed. Over the
| entrance was fine portrait of the President,
with the following quotation:
| And Abraham drew near and said, Wilt thou
| also destroy the righteous with the wicked /!
| And the Lord said, If l find in Sodom fifty
| righteous within the city, then will spare all
| Portraits of Grant. Sherman and Sheridan
| inscribed "Ohio's quota" In one of the lower
windows photograph OF Secretary Stanton
| was displayed under which was the following:
"Not content with dispensing one traitor
cabinet in Washington, he evoked and or;
ganized the powers OF war and dispersed
In the other was photograph of General
Meigs. with the letters 30. NJ. d. and "onr
| the Secretary Of War, March lst, 1865:
"The army bas been well supplied with all
the essentials OF military equipments, and with
fuel, forage, and all necessaries."
Gen. Harding's headquarters, corner 10Th
street and Pennsylvania avenue; the head
quarters of the 1st Brigade Veteran Reserve
cerner OF 18th and streets, were also brilli-
antly Illuminated The Clothing Depot, Capt.
u. G. Thomas, was gorgeously decorated, q
ont. while numberless flags were tastefuIlS
hung in front of the building. Evergreens
were hung from each window in beautiful
| words, "Richmond," "Petersburg," Charles
ton." with the names o. other places captured.
Victory" .'Union," &c. AS on the pre- vious
tion, and it was considered by many the best
dressed building in the city. jay Cooke &
Ce.'s Banking House was finely illuminated,
the inscriptions, "Glory TO God, who hatDto
Q. S. Grant-d the victory" "The Busy Bees
Balls, Ballots, Bonds:' 'Response OF the loyal
people to the cry Of trators-Let us loan
The Bank OF Metropolis, the National Bank
of the Metropolis, and the banking houses of
Riggs Co.. and Stewart Co, on 18th street,
are deserving OF special mention for the hand
some manner in which they were illumina.
ted.
No / Steamer of our fire department, whose
house is so arranged as not to permit Of q very
fine show, brought out their apparatus which
was trimmed with evergreens, flowers, flags,
&c, and brilliantly lighted ap making fine
display.
The private residences Of Gent Howe, Genl
Hoffman, Colonel Hardee, and Colonel Pelouze,
all OF which are on / street. were magnificent.
ly illuminated and tastefully bestowed with
flags and eyergreens, as was also the residence
of Mr.. S. E. Douglass, City Register, and the
county residence of Thomas p. Morgan, Of the
firm Of Morgan 4 Rhinehardt.
1t would be impossible tor Us to mention the
names of all those who had their residences
and places OF business illuminated in this ward,
butas we passed along the streets we noticed
the following:-John Rheem. G. 5. Kraft,
Reynolds House, DR.. ID. X. Hagler, DR.. S. q.
Smoot, ID. G. Ridely's drug store, Mrs. Hoyt,
w. Allen, G. Wilmer, residence and store,) j.
B NJ core, (residence and store,) w. H. Perkins,
Or. T. f. Joyce, Gen. q. Thomas, J. Guttmans
confectionery, Cummuskey's restaurant, La
tham's dry goods store, Barry Hart's store, Nc
Reatern, F. Schneider. Mr.. Ferguson, Major
Miller, Mrs. McDermott, &. 7. McClue, Mr.
Bouvet, Mrs. Bttner, DIR. Pyne, Col. G.. Rhine
hart, Major McBlain. Major Smith, r. q.
day, G.. ). Gallagher Com. Shuebrick, M.
Fuller, WIN. Schoolly, John Nichols, and
THE NAVY YARD.
The Navy Yard folks were not by any means
behind the up town people, and IL may oe sald
that the whole ward was illuminated II
would indeed be a hard task to name all who
united in the celebration, and such who may
| have escaped the notice OF our reporters, will,
we are sure, excuse us. Among those who
| made handsome display in the Sixth Ward
| were John Costigan, A. Farrell, Mrs. Gordon,
MIR. Frost, James Talbert, John Smith, Thos.
Bentley, Mrs. Clark, Mrs; Boggs, Railroad
| Office, Navy Yard gate,) Mrs. Meder, Mrs.
| Otterbacks, J. Slenger, Jas. Rhodes, Steel's
| Restaurant, 18th and L streets) Sanderson's
Tavern. opposite, s. Montgomery, N. gladden.,
Capt Thorrton's Star Restaurant, Mrs. Holden,
Sergeant Mcdonald, Robert Coombs, NJ. Nash,
Charles Bean, Samuel Warner, F. Emmert,
A. Sword, A. Bully. W. Venable, Messrs.
Robb, Tucker, and Bury, Mrs. Wayson, Maj,
| Robert Clark, Frank Cole, VIM. Duvall, Henry
Bright, John Bright, Samuel Armstead, Bate
| man, (restaurant,) Heffern, M. J. Pope,
| (restaurant,) Cranes Union House, DR..
F. S Walsh, Henry Ober, Mrs Queen
Mrs Carroll, (who also had in her
window the full rigged ship Union Louis
Rice's shoe store, Capt. Geo. Miller's, Joseph
Gaddis, r. Haller, ]. d. ODonnell, J. V.
Schleif, Schoenborn, (restaurant, Hartford, N.
H. Hilborn, (of Patent ofice,) VIM. Wagner,
Mrs Waters, John Castell, Jas. Boisseau, Wm
Wilkinson, Minerva House, Joseph Howard,
Sergeant Hamilton, w. Hager, - Felger, q.
Wilson, VIM. Corbitt, Mrs. Mclean, Mrs.
Bopp, Mrs Picket. M. Holmes, w. Robinson,