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! banks Of the Potomac River; the best menortats
Of our tlstosJ are 10 be found ibeEa. aud taefr

bank2 Of the Potomac RtSeIs TIE best meN1orta4
Of orf hIsto9J are 10 be found itETa1 and toSrt
Iron a. Sep yort En<1tng o*t-
: When Washington was selecsed for tho capital
n,eis a !n sae % Desa1ars, i6s sasqsehaoas ND the
Potomac. 4 river was at that time posenual!tJ.
Il -
uontked m thu, else th1- Atzstsnppt might pre-.
sent formidable claims e the ~, and y Lonis
other poiss ppon its banka
Washington II In many respects an uncozfora-
We,sest snd ibe dfyest rlace on tho Allanuo boz
DEF. John Randolph sad penasJlS4-A ATcons
YES The rzce~c ~course Of the eienentx which VA
even = happier n41f than Ills wsll-thoxn dtscrr-
tion Of the loNn ~ j" The city Of ma9naoent dis.
taucea-" In extremes OF tempcratuse, u mud
q 9a sbs % a,sss1p ii: % 10 enanre nom one bot eod
binkte1uR, muddy city II another, Il cost Of I'd.
told MILLIONS. merely 70 Ct near the eentFs q
population, beena most LnTtsc measure, EaicR
Cuugrrss Viii be sow to adopt.
St. Louis, with Al1 ttl drawbacks. Il growing up
mighty city. and docs not need the s.at o. SGv.
ernhenf, and We c4nnut AFFORD ns Jet 10 make
auMb1e solitude, Taul1us, o. La5nak On the
: From lh< Springfield Iayssiitua-
THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE continues IT. apparently
helcAt a1s ocacy af ihs Frino'a Al Of the Satiohal
Capital to st. Louie. As III i Arst article lhero
apss ps Sc Nessnss. q
tEgton. lin military position u 50 bail thai IN tho
c.enl Of mar, The cOst ot hotdtuK II tweaty days
.NpHHA NY kAS tpkAC EAGEi4C4 "a 4lhAVsA& At@
bulldogs 10 1t. Louis WHERE It would need hal11lJ
Apy ucitnee. A!.o, in oue-si.led situation hna
stctouautrd tn ieg4Ala''on and worked genera.
ot Nas.acLuscs,s, PcnasJ!v.nia and New YORK.
And moreover, iEe Eocial md moral atmospheric
q = E s.es, se aS
ard 70 docs iA want Of = permanent porqi.llon.
t;amtierr. rErstitu,ce. there's and "orokets u
have ruined The toto Of *octal te, they 40 10 all
mere wAiennS-pAeea. Fhsse1ofc ltrpt~s.nsaiiS@ea e
vent ieteh !ae f4nss taT5 IN s. Ls ~ ~
scrfled 80 nnesuous1y Would b. merged tn cltT
largo enough 10 hold It without being pox1bly COZ
ol thsr families, would unit LII with shetr l1ouse
hold guRa; and, perhaps even, the States .Mould
boy thafd permanent dTel!.nss for thetr Repre-
ihnt leXthAth0 Wuuiu ee hAthnanxed morals
pnrlnsd-And Et LOUIS ,ecomc aontica1 AID ur-
so'''s1e' - F.pm q. Hannibal cburtrr.
whero the matter Will end We cannot at present
determine. We slncSrei5 hope It VII not, nke
:. s!de sssSe. b eoasgaed e - to@o e the
capuiets;" or flke the witches tn Macbeth, " ran.
me- memsers o1 lie aacan.se lce sa.s On tie
slightest 4, ,mpsona Of such cons41n1usi1nn We
thal ,rrt ou. lie clain. OF Hannibal
II ourB he ayonng, athletic End growing nation.
Is deserving OF capital worthy Of ~ advancing
greatness and manifest de.tin5 Taat 'sa, capital
bic b5 all our leading thoroughfaies, and IN close
rn.xinlty of ali car avenues Of commerce. and
Meknnw Of no soea.ion 80 aaEsnssssoasl5 1itaas-
Iet Ihc voice Of the west and central States pe
heard. md their fat will soon determine the qaes
ton.
or the rnsl resut Of the discussion re nave not
the slightest doubt The completion Of the Pa-
clrc KaEroad, and the movements Of population
which Will follow It pante It certain tnat Inc Gap
ual OF the United stated cannot lor many Ieata
atn ~
nefote the great railway remnsed " the West"
thouk ands Of miles nearer 70 the setting SUE tae
centre q our population had Eot ss laF WssiEafa "a
| the Same direction es the rate OF about niteen
miles year. Sow it wlli 50 with Jump. Within
ttn years the States and Territories Of the ROCKY
Mountains and the racinc slope Fll gather III al
decreased population larger than that Of al the
States east os the Hudson, and the :a1geI States
= Tors r. ana Serinl Penna sl1an,s ii population
With every step Of this adsnnce the aos1fdlty
| OF having capital whose site wns once central 70
| thin belt Of population along the Atlantic sea-
! board. Will become more and more apparent.
The Western people will, before long oeg1n 70 oe.
mana teadjus mcnt ~ aSeoaane1 mnn ~ 1..n .'
Lnd lately, when they have agreed on .nJ man
| or measure, they hare somehow managed to cAr-
n the milton with them.
Prpps the l. ifttt Etck Rtt'aHitdn.
| TO us, Knowing a We do tho deepHeateti aud
| almost 1ancosous feeling Of 1tvalJ e1httnR BE-
tween the two cities, there Il II the article IN aues-
10 The elrtyc az ii wcrc At i.s certain effect upon
The rut lie p5ess and especially Of 81 Louis, tnnt
hoTs n ;ast 6 III ae ths clerk Of
weather. jump from one e1irtue u tue o.hef, tae
press Of 81. Louis you'll psnye that a~aSsanE AZ
1T oEce from her lip Van "lntle sleep ot the past,
she IL now about 10 eclipse the World
| From TIE AcLanesb,ro 7fae&
Ne arc In faror Of the capital being to-1ted 81
ST. Louis, NO. Egypt taNors tho moSe: Lot 9o %
more improvements be maAe In Warrington, u.
G. h7 the United States until the location Is set.