Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-04-14

utermshie, BAR and fepper, WaiieFHuht, tohA
B. Wheeler John u, Johnson, Charles II. Cter.
mobile AID Joseph J. May were bright and ~.
diant with lighted eapdlcs.
Growers Theatre was tastefully decorated aud
uluminated also, the large Cnion Building ad4
Joining. On the top Of the theatre were three
u.nspsreneies bearing the words PkAeE,
brilliantly lighted up. The large billiard hall
in trout o. Grovcr's Theatre was eaulgcp. With
lighted CANDLES, md prtsentsd y Vert haudsohs
appearance.
Arlington Heights, the former residence Of
General Lee, done honor to the occasion. The
rooms were decorated with flowers contributed
BY tho ladies Of the forts adjacent thereto.
The hospitals were handsomely adorned and
tsstcfully illuminated,
Hudson Tsylor's bookstore, on the avenue
near Ninth street, was tsstefully decorated aud
Illuminated In the mcst approved French style.
The windows were decorated with the portraits
Of the President and General Grant-and not In
the dim vista wercto be soen the Gag 81 all
hag., tho "stsr'sPanEied Banner, "furtouRd.
Ing portrait Of the Secretary of War.
Phip / Soloinons' bookstore was tAstcfully
illuminated with stsrs, torn,lnT tho words
"Cnion, - 'Ursui, aud sherman, - In
transpareucies and large supply Of Chinese
lanterns.
Brady gymnasium was most brilliantly iliu.
minated, aud bore the motto, from Shelly, the
poet u 'MullAgataney. -
Tho residence Of Councilman Larncr, On |
street. between Eighth aud Ninth, VS. lrl.
liRnily illuminated aud decorated with dAgS aud
Chinese lanterns. In tho pRrlor window was =
very handsome transparency with the following
inscriptions 'NICTcRI, A SCRR REWARD to 4
JUsr CAusR -
CoES. W. Over, PennsylvAniA avenue, between
Fourteenth aud Fifteenth, wss very neatly illu.
minated. Portraits ~ Washington, MArthN
Washington, Jackson, Clay, and Webster adorned
the window. There wA5Idso large profusion
cf Chinese lanterns suspended from the 'ide.
walk
The one. Of the American Telegraph Company.
on PehRsylVsniS avenue near four.ahd -a.hsf
street, presented mag Hincent appearance.
The ofhces or the RgFrgLICAN, Star and IN
tthgsnesr, tho People = Telegraph, on Ninth
street, V. II. Miller, aud Sebastian Aman, Ninth
street, were brilliant with hundreds VI lighted
cpndlss.
Captain Camps oiHcc aud the Soldier. Rect
adjacent 10 the Baltimore and Washington Depot,
were Illuminated and tsstcfully decorated.
The headquarters Of the Department % Wash.
iugtbn, on Fourteenth street. wss mVst admirably
illuminated aud beautifully decorated. The
military commissions, ChristiHn aud sanitary
Commissions wcr" all Illuminated.
Tho once u Col. y. Y. Fisher, chief signal
Oficcr on y street. above eighteenth, displayed
y motto Of Gods Providence Visible, aud
Tho Nation, In it, Constitutional hight, dooms
Slavery, and Victory f"llows'
Tho ofico Of Captain Moore, chief sssiSls nj
qusr'eTmHstAr I. =. A., corner Of Twenty .hrst
and streets, Wa brilliantly lighted up. SONS
twenty Ave lanterns, Of the cVlors VI rcd, white
flagstaff " the ground. The building was drRped
with the star spSnglcd banner, and large mum
Der 81 guidOhs wefs in vArioYs places shout tho
building; =. were slsO the following trHutpArcu.
| cies. upon which were the notices. 1.-THE honr
! OF triumph tho time for inAgnunimhy:' Ella
pnlon thrre u strelTth;' HId IN" motto, "a
free P, opls have sr,eu In ii nifty aud power Il
maintain the unity ot their nation TO strike iOl
freedom and Justice, and thus demon1i rats iaA
right make mi ght. -
hast Of tho Cpl oil r.. rly every bui'ding va
bri 'htly illuminated. The wsl'seh Seboo' Guild
ing W. the principal ro'dtoi s.rfetior The
residence Of JOAN HilI. X O., swi = Consul ".
brilliantly illuminated. Tfs Centre Housc NJ
rlne Barracks, Cot Survey Lurdinys, snd
Sherburne barracks were lighted up 10 mas
indecent style.
:, William pixUA, Es,, CiIy Collector, william
: y. Hutchinson, will, "ilkinsoa, Mr.. Ca .lrCi,
T DT. walsh, M. Ou"rna,h, IL" Stora n GAddi,
Go. were all brilliantly and spondidly illuIsi'
Z mated.
/ The Insane AsyluIG Ht,rgCtod Tuch 70. ice ard
! presented n grand Appearance.
Itwould be Impossible 'ur us In Ppb,i,h the
names o. those who illuminated last eVenin {,
unless we should take tho Washington City ri
rcctory and reprint nearly tho whole work.