New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-08-06


buti oaul.vttcy rcre d. as 1ucTo or as interesting
ss bpl lr,,9 t,,,voll be- L. Barbaulds essay On
tie Inconsistency Of Human l. pecations' VIII bear
reading a3ol many fines ane ia go osoo many moe
famous place shah toko il with me Ill my Trunk A.
rads nernn II. Won have never reaG ~ oaA 'oN you
whore 10 lud t. IN pleasant company. IL maAes ue
The 81 or 50 d.Lghtfd essays, o1ir "A anu
pieces hcl Leigh Hunt cul.cd out OF 10 s'-o" - -
bcok-sieyes aud which he vel name' a Doo4 - :"
Coner.') Il had Lille mo-e expcnene sN''lU ~"
known ysry well By tlls time, tat, Lie al uSo'' '
PsteniOuee woad prove borc unless 'cn' '-ole q"
push peculiar study 10 gully 'ne s~o'e
enthussn, ~ IA company with some one whose A-O"l'ue
Of The place, interest department OF A. "ouiu
make ~ fr rs ignorance spur ny indiftre lee b"'
wen. alone ina blazing day, when YOU copdn LOCK 81
the Capitol without wnkiIg, ard the great hall WAS DC
gltfuly cool ard silent, COMING OFT Of Tie sw altering
heat T4lcy faux great halls, arranged al out a
central square, making walk Of nearly l4Oo fee y the
floors paved with black ard white marble tiles
ard will glass cases projecting from the walls On s@A
side making On alc)ye between each two, lighted y
large window and yol have tie ngemon Of tue Pate u
OMce The Great II II Which runs along the southt II
side Of the squa or pc raeogan is wider than the on T
thrce and is devoted ;hor 70 relics and TO the pre-eh'
made By foreign powers 20 Government tAah toFne
exhibition Of patented Implements and II, Therefore tAe
one that people in genera ind most interesting IL has
recently been painted in atrocioas fashion, with coors
that twist the eyes out of our head as It they were CORK
screws think there Is nothing 50 bad in Washington
Iwish Wrcy Mould could sec II oneei and yet don't
know hat be has done to that hould WISH say Sloh
thing But wish he could laTe the scrapins OF 81 these
barbara cclors and showing people no" 70 se' un elal
brlliancy with larnoryN hge, and grace ana vdieY
Of design added such - no else il America, that
10. rfgfrv a.
TO the nextaee that havug, have, few men VINO
are as good as the bes. ~ the respective helds-i "Il
name two. WIoy Mould q Arch lecture, Quincy MARI ID
scpptrc and there are ,ther- should have pat tue
decoration Of our CAPITOL into the hands 0. housepan,e
and children However went about singing ln"a''y'
with prrrrg content, All this paint VIII WASH away
well got nd Of it cone day :; aud 80 gave ny mad 70
Tie cuuositie1.
Those rcl2s o. Washington interesting, ala ogn
thore is yery Itils tia. is individual about them. II,
simplicity Of those times is amazing to Is modcrns, II =
inspiring to contemplate. How few DISCUSSES people lu
then OF dress end fiuntuIe How few thing TO 'ue
bic II Al lnan bohinG Here ricli and oatTN gu
gentleman the Head great Ration, one OF tie ~ u
ramcs OF Historv and yce how h1re be WE'D Aoot p"
.Ae handsome th gs 80 hid abou. hlm, hon LONELY M
were "a suite c.curtan. cmhro dcred b. GrtA" fss'
ingt5n" forsooth pAat would q Fifhave- asd "aF
nust people who haze lace curtains THAI eosta shousns
dollars % window .av to these begsaTy pieces 81 ls"
with their coarse neodleWCkl Why Their sorv's nave
better And this table this burcau this dinni'r service
could anything be perfectly urPrcter iiH- Ana 50
was with an the great men of tho time Adtas was no
bettcr Of nor JcG,fol and II tl1 highest Were such
plain ve-s how must IL have been with @ nj IS OF the
people The greatest spicn1or I'll, time aesm very
tame spendo. 70 our owes But It .ends Tcns at th.h
through the heart O. feel that thee mel wse' content
with this simplicity II sounds little lau .habe' in these
d,5 90 read OLD franklin, occurring hs d. nsn1 on hor
eytravsgaat purchases. Wen times change and we
change along with e and simplicity may come IL fashion
again. For thing, suppose ouf Presidents to-day do
not 1--we whit nore gautly than ashin ton him
self There are 10 signs OF any rncy oeEe Is IA that
direction and there to have been 40 d. sposinon
manifested on the part OF any Frrsdere-untess Van
Burons purchase Of TOW gold spoons wer, an exception
30 any undue hiZu-y.
In one Of the large cases in thu Great han an displayed
some Of the treaties made with frcgg Powers and WIS
glad 10 give ally idea o. Q treaty material forIl They
a.c wnton sometimes parcb mont and soiprimes Or
paper arranged in book form, AID incoeed N coSprs,
Each page is divided into ounns except II tho se'
Of tho treaty with England in OF which IS the trftv
III tie foreign guags, and IN the other he
m English 10 each treaty is eppended-in lone oa 20
hy very snowy cord aud elsthe great seal % sae
state incloed metal uo'i which often has the 90 .
Of TIE SHE'D embossed ne cover These eo7e!sfre
here removed thar examine the seals. They are
generally very large someti mes the is plain vi lie
wax; sometimes 1t ia ooloreI think il is Che SEA, OF
Sweden that is a bright and srleldid vermihon.
Two Of these large eases hCI with the thrF obes
Of six presented to Mr.. III by the Japanese to
mont They arc getting look quite faded and - abby.
They are all made double Idh immense sleeves I'd By
some coltuyance p,beb OF wire bamboo, n ey arc
kept in al inflated state lks tho skins which Il boys
dextcrousy slip of from bnog leg and boS ont 20
their original pumrnoss. These robes looking sleek
and swelling 70 typify the pomPcus oie ais who
once struttcl about in Ii en- aud who had about real
relation human being and human Affairs as "a sc vert-
able bags of wind. y Of tie patterns were peculiar,
and ike all japanese design worth studying The pat
terms speak OF re 10 rce and ae, puIey yen;ional
and generally in two ooors ground Of "a I'd. They
are identical in spirit with many Of the design for wall
papers and brocades nd chintzcs OF the toe1 ty mean
inclgs illogical and pulling as to how he designer
conryed TO henor ize such iacongrpous ements, and
yet the harmony insputa.lc, AMI tho design has
permanent cham.
Another case is .entely taken up with delicate
bamboo screens p csented by the Japanes Government
They are pretty very plaza, and ono Is # would do a.
well a. % 10 .hoy. On the whole, WAS disappointed in
the beauty o. use gts mse By the jar Embassy
have secniafHiiely hneg THINGS Co0 idenng the way
H. which 20 trsted the Jrpanese think they might have
eent US coneter cole cson their ally beautiful pro-
ductions. There is .. handsome dde, birdie and
trappings FOR lorse thiTd-rate Ia cqueed cabinet
large porcelain bowl, several swords What pity Buchan-
an AMI hts Cab let couldn't have bee persuaded 10
nit Har-Kari with tliem two three rolls of silk and
tha, think, rs all. These sis all useless here
ceDt a cuiotes; hey might have Jumped all together