The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1868-12-10
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WAsluNGToN, D. G.,
December 4, 1868.
Messrs Eslitors The city is begin
Mag ID assume its Former activity, als
! ways consequent on the assembling of
Congress. For week past all the pop
ular places OF amusement have been
ablast with the blaze Of fashion and
folly ssasf
Miss Kellogg, the fascinating Clara
Louise, freslrtrom her Ei-opean l.urels,
has Just closed series Of very success
ful concerts at, Metzerott,s Hall. The
Worre.l Sisters, at the National; Mrs
Alexiina Fisher Baker, at Wallis Opera
House; and Blihd Tom, at Odd Fel-
lows Hall J; have all received a fair
share of npltronagc.i In TRUTH there
never was a5city of the size Of this one,
where SO many places OF amusement s
were SO well sustained This may be
accounted for, in the fact that there are
always a large number ofiyisitors; not
nieraiy while Congress sits, but IN the
fntel walls also. .i3s,,.... .
NJ Already. the city is fllins up with
visit ,rs-some for winters stay; 9th
ers temporarily drayn thlther by the
open ng of the next session. They come
inppe.led by variety Of .nlotipytesss', Not
a few Of them have, to use an old phrase,
congressional taxes to grind" bills 10
push through; and are on hand in time
10 get the ear Of "a member before the
session opens. Whilst the mass come,
in many instances to get the first peep
of Washingtoa-they have he I'D all
their lives Of it, bat distance and cir
cumstances have all the while proven
ted until now, at last, the gods have
granted them Il full purse aud a propl
tious moment, and they are here to lose
the one and be edited by the other. If
they bringa full purse, and itgave them
care and trouble in the bringing, they
may rely upon it that only short rest
deuce will suffice to relieve them OF al
such care, on the score that what they
care fer is gotie. So many sights to
see--so many good or fine things to buy
none but Il miser could be proc
against the attractions that loosen the
pursc-strings; and the consequence of
ten is, that very many who thought
they could live Tor months on what they
brought; after a stay of a few weeks,
deplorc their absent change, and are
compelled to absent themselves, and
make the wholesome change or exchange
of giddy, gawdy Washington, for the
ou.et distant home from which they
came. Is there no moral to be drawn
frolnsall this? Only, perhaps, in these
few, trihing words =" They:who dance
must pay the fiddler r
The great attraction to all new COM
ers, and to may old ones, begins again
next Monday. commencement Day
at the Capitol is decidedly as good as
Christmas, or Thanksgiving Day, and
w,ll-nigh surpasses the Fourth OF July.
There's such rush always to see how
it will 'begin-who will be in their seats
who will >peak-and thousand other
achos! Galleries are crowded, corro-
doris are crowded, rotunda full of loi
terers, and hundreds of feet continually
tramping through the long entrances:
AS it has been during past Seasons, it
is very likely to be again next Monday
Nearly all the Congressman are in
town, and large accession of visitors.
The Board of Police, last evening re-
fused to grant licenses to some forty
nine applicants, showing determination
to lesson the traffic in ardent spirits in
this city; although forty-nine would
scarcely be missed from the vast num-
bey of saloon keepers. G. NJ.