Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-10-21
THE RUTLAND HERALD.
THURSDAY. OCTOBER IA, 1869.
Warrington correspondence.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9th, 1869.

E8a5r RHtlnHd Uefdld The onwaI
march OF time, which brings to man tt
promised seed time aud harvest, chase
away the fiery breath of summer wit
the biting blasts Of winter, and bears on
ward youth and beauty to silyery old ag
has not failed to leave its marks upon tt
capital city OF our nation. We doubt
upon any other city in our land of il
magnitude the short space of a few week
or months has loft such unmstakabl
signs ofadvaneemeut, both in appanrssuc
and In tac', as it - in Washington. Per
hap7 we need no reminder of with wha
rapdity the world around Us. and even
ours ives, are changin. the future int.
the present, but here we have it presentet
in yariou ways, % that 'he who run.
may read" Yea, even the literally blind
ahJ cta neither run nor read, are not for
-otea-eveu they e1n feel it. But yes.
..d,s, ii, it were, the sun poured upon u
a.aa de-rcap pf heat that it required
. Slight ~ Of Imagination to believe
e* -, tropical climate. The city
r.. Jtss|tre. All who could do 30 fled
.u,.a- refuge IA northern climes OF
#.}r urutsins. 4 few there were-oi
go D.. writer WIS oae-who belonged
..0 "t'4a't get way 5 ciety," and who.
trt."- ke OF complying with the rules
... .r...a OF aid society, endured to
sr"i. Sve', when forced out of doors,
...-.. hve LEN -.cu with b!isteriny feet
n. sIe A.-~iu4 sidewalk, one hand sup
f..5aa IN umbrella and the other vgor-
oa y pisluL palm leaf fan.
Jg sy. the scene j. a very different
.a. The city no longer has that deserted
apiemance, but everywhere its broad
s,.e.l, and avenues te m with the evil
lraac- OF returning lite and thrift. Ho-
, which then supported no oilers on
alr -paeiau4 fronts, have now u more
Iu,pgre1, appearance, and whore one
. A4Ltstarvci bootbl&c< done the Have ii
shine, Mi~'r,' now "A dozen rows Of ivory
and a dozen tongues elatter at one for ii
job.
The palm leaf fan--the badge of tie
aforementioned society-is no longer
worn iu~tell, the pedestrian carefully
avoids the shady side Of the street. find
u4 tlo sunshine none too warm, and
many walk the streets closely wrapped in
oy.raolts.
Turning from a4pficious man and beast,
vr Grl Il n.ture telling the same story.
>,re.ly had the equinootial storm suh
,l.i Will it, chill il yet felt upon the
II
u oti its chilly breath, and where, as it
v., hut yesterday buds and blossoms
aimed the departure of winter, aud
aa .,tea Of the turtle echoed the glad
a.aL- Of summer, to-day the "sear and
fe.'@ leat' points plainly t. natures
le.ty, md the chill autumn winds chant
a.r uieu. But these changes being in
aw.t.uac with the immutable viii of
4er.ienre, and occurring regularly, are
t.- noticed There are, however,
change, otaarsing in our midst which can
l1ttHl - arrest the attention Of the most
er,.a7 observer, and which tell "a story
af #t-hu-ton far different from any
thing ".;c. could have been said for her
tn the .as.
Il, contrasting the city as it now is,
"irh the cry a- il was ten years ago, it I
4 wa. De noticed that the old city is fast be-
coming .n-t ia the new; in other words, it |
b., to SOME extent ceased 10 be merely
ana auly the seat of government, con
taut'i to draw al it's sustenance from. this
,.aaa.. but i- fast learning and applying
the One grand principle Of all free insti
'lian-, the gem IL you may say Of our
t19crrment, namely: self,dcpendence
Emywhtre arc to be seen the evidences
of tlie, from the five story marble front
which greet, the eye, where but short
tme since stood some antique specimens
vt architecture, upon the great thorough
iro Of Washington, Pennsylvania avenue
70 tho iayiug Of a curb or sidewalk away
in the suburbs Of the city. Such evidences
were rat TO be found in the good old
1#ya Of slavery. Over fifteen hundred
b4lIinL- were erected during the year
..s, aud despite the stringency of the
na.y market a greater number are being
@ i this year Miles of street are being
4llycd,' bills and wales are being lost in
aamruou grade, and this two where ten
year, ago were frog ponds or hunting
grounds. Of the public buildings recently
erected, not included in the above num-
Scr, hve not time or space. to speak
-eF", or 1t least but briefly. The~IIQward
o'iis.r, structure of recent date,
>1'dlug upon a hill as it does, is one Of
he shining edifces of Washington, and
'4'Hsh IN its infancy now, will doubtless
f'4Ee 2 shining light as it is intended to
oshsdt the race so long kept in darkness.
LIE Metropolitan M L. Church, recently
elee'ed at a cost of two hundred and fifty
"'1s md dollars, is perhaps the finest
structure of the kind in the city, with
'As franklin School Building, erected at a
'''' OF one hundred and eighty-fve thou
siAd dollars, and but recently dedicated
" The all important cause of education,
~ 20 to show that progress is being made
u The right direction.
from statistics, 1 have ascertained that
'4e whole number of children attending
rao!ic schools in 1850 was 2,611, and the
whole cost of schools S11,7 ,72s. It is to be
.sretted that no reports have been made
',hce 1867, at which time statistics show
NC number of white children of AGE to be