The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-05-13

Sorrowea ones pray:
1 Fray tEat another oIAe
Rise III his stead
Weep, weep America,
! Liaco!u IS dead.
S. II. NJ. BYERs.
OsKALooSA, iowa.
w.shinEto1 correspondence.
WAsHINaroN, May ). 1865.
I FRIEND DUNHAM:-The convention oi
the State Of Missouri having removed al
the district Judges in the State, in order to
get rid OF the secesh Judges and authorized
tue Governor to till their places 10y appoints
ment, these appointments, 81 You are
aware, have been made. One gentleman OF
my acquaintance. received an appointment,
and though he did not feel as II he could
afford to accept the position, he concluded
he would DO SO. He said, in order that he
might " experience the qualification of I'D
| aud amnestlea devils" The gentleman
is Missourian born, and was q large
STAKEHOLDER ut the outbreak Of the rebellion.
have before me what purports to be a
transcript of the opening of the first sess.
ION Of his court. II is little mirthtul in
itself, and quite Indicative OF the new or
der of things existing in that State since
| "tLem conservative chaps" went cut OF
power. 1t reads as follows:
"Open Court, Sheriff. Clerk read Pre-
ceedings. Give me the r,ocket.
CASH l.-Nigger
vs. Judgment for Niger.
Rebel.
o1>'1- Suit dismissed at FIJI 5
Niger cost
| TIE court starts right, in my Judgment.
| II looks rs if the " returned rebels aud .tl-
| nestled devils" were likely tn get more
justice than they want in that district.
| The capitol building. in the midst of great
events, goes in regularly towards compile
ton. The last five years has seen an inl-
mense amount OF work done upon ii.
The eas, front If the north " ing(tie Senate
side Of the builaingl WAS pretty much com
p!eted last autumn. Ey midsummer the
least front OF lhe south wing tthe Eepresen-
tative>' side) will be completed, and the
finishing touches g,ve., 20 the cas-, front OF
the Senate wing Tnt columns are ill up
on the Representatives side, ,east front, J
aud all which rests upon them Is complete.
except little Of the prediment ard balus-
trade ye: to finish. Columns are now cut
ting Tor the North from. OF the Senate wing,
ana will be erected this sumner. The
great painting in the eye of the dome will
be finished this summer. Externally the
dome will, in q few days more, be entirely
seq the whole building completed, so for
IA present intentions are concerned. 1t
will, however, Oe nOsooner completed than
the process of still farther enlargement
will have to commence. The first thing in
that regard will doubtless be the bringing
forward Of the main building, on the east
front, far enough TO furnish one tier Of
building itself requires this. The wings
GA either hand. though protTudad no !Arth-
er than use required. do still project too
Tar beyond the main building - be recon-
ci;able with good taste aud tho Recognized
principles OF architecture. But what taste
requires, necessity will soon esnphaticaily
demand. Extensive as the building is
large enough. as it was thought to be, when
the plans OF the late extension were made,
to suffice for an indefinite period-it is still
I inadequate for the uses to which 1t is APP
piled. There are now rooms needed for
the new committees which the progress OF
events has rendered it necessary to create
by dividing the Committee OF Ways aud
Means. Rooms are also needed for other
necessary uses. But there are none to be
had. They are all occupied. And hence
forward the process Of cr0wding will have
to be pursued. BY and by that will have
proceeded to its utmost extent, then en-
largement will be again necessity. The
supreme Court and Court Of Claims will
have to be removed, eventually. to some
building erected for their use, and that
viii delay the. necessity Of enlarging the
Capitol somewhat. TIE enlargement hv
addition to- the east front Of the main build
,1x will, however, be the last enlargement
that eau be made consistently with the
architecture. Tie tiGle is not far distant
when "A n,ss aud mure extensive building
wal be u ti.s.s s.,ity.
! Ahnut this u,ijflny, there are great mer.
,t~ aud great .a.et:-. "a setn from the
wpst, resting, upon the GROWN uf tue hin,
there is just that lOftlntss which its 2rchi-
lecture requires, aud when the west fronts
Of the two wings are completed, from that
side the general appearance of the building
will be at once imposing aud splendid. -iu
those respects perhaps Unsurpassed by any
; other structure in the world. Viewed from
the east, however, upon which part the
chief ad0rnments have been placed, 1t Ii
incoatestabiy and disagreeably squat, to
use an inelegant but most appropriate
term. The extreme length of the building
compared with the height, the magnitude
and elevation Of the dome, compared with
tho height Of the roof from which it pro.
jects, there being no depressio ion of earth
. from which to view it, as on the west side
and showing one story less, by the non.
appearance OF the basement upon the cas-
part, at that. this rather painfully squat
, appearance is inevitable, when looked upor
at any distance. The splendor Of impress
ion v thereby greatly diminished, and al
that there IL Of the imposing exists IN tn,
! dome, which overshadows and swallow.
up ali. Viewed from that point, the dom,
is out Of proportion. The building is pref
ty much all done, SO far rs impression ii
concerned. Drawing near to hand, upor
that point. however, there is = splendo,
and perf.csness in the separate parts no
, else " here 50 be discovered. At the dis
lance of bu. a few rods, OFT Of the ful
shadow OF the dome, the disagreaable I'M
, preston alluded to does not prevail. Th,
. main fsout, or the front OF either wing, II
lofty enough 10 be considered by itself, o,
1.-The three fronts can well be- considered Co,
lectively that near. The Senate front i
probably not surpassed by any front in thu
world. 1t would he difficult to oonceiv.
tany thing in the line Of Grec:xn architec.
tture finer or more perfect in classical ele-
living wiz be precisely similar, except tie