Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-03-11

Washing on March 9.h. 1869

" ell Inc iIauTira't9ni Win Sb Is
pride, romp aal. circumstance, +" is
over offce-seekers Nay now say that he
cup Of happiness IS full to overfow,rg,
Grant IS in the White House and the
Ra5icr1 party Lave full swing not only
At both erds OF tie Avenue, but through
cut the Whole universal American nation
wherever the screech Of cur eagle i
heard. ortthc stars and stripes now com
monty known as tie "fqun'ng l!e") Is
fung to the breeze NJ. Johnson left
the White Houae on the morning Of the
fourth. ana We feel confident, Of the two
Presidents, the out going one is BY far
tie happier man TIE crowd increased
constantly up 70 the very hour almost Of
tie Insucuration. On Wednesday al
noon the city seemed filed to its utmost
capacity and we began TO hope that not
another carload could he added to the
mass. but they n'inuei to come with
every passing hour as fist az tho iron
horse or any other means Of conveyance
could bring them Haven on Y knows
where they slept, or took their meals
Looking out into the street at any hour
of the night Of the third. YOU might have
seen groups Of men, sometimes accom-
panied ty women, roaming up and down,
earpet-bag in hand, waiting anxiously for
the morning. Fortunately the night
though rainy, was warmer than usual, or
there must have been much suffering
among these Lousc!ess strangers. The
noises in the streets were as great during
the night as they usually are in the day
time. In many places the crowd was so
dense that one would be obliged to pause
for several seconds until sone ofthe rush
ing mass could unpock itself and allow
passage way to be made In addition to
the crowd, we believe we had en- exhihi
ticn every new invention, from bottle
of patent glue up to the steam man
(By the way, that steam man Is fixed
fact, We have seen him and seen him move
and it is astonishing that 50 few persons
believe it, several to whom w5 So Ike of
J it, laughed III our face and it gave Us somr
/ rrouD;c 70 convince them that We were not
jesting,) You fed from one-legged' sol
dicrs and organ-grinders only to run into
agrcup Of wandering MINISTRIES with harps,
yiollns and bad singing, and you only got
rid Of them to encounter 4 set Of fellows
with all kinds of nice little Inventions,
each trying to out-scream the other land
/ convince the everlasting nation then and
| there present, through their representa-
tivos, that lie would no longer be endura-
be without full supply Of the article
/ then Tor sale. Then you would have to
run The gauntlet Of half thousand boot
blacks, or some fellow, not knowing
/ where he was going, with his head III
somebody's stomach, which would cause
a stir and make the crowd more dense,
ard the next sight would be that Of some
unfortunate young chap as pale as death
with bis hands on his stomach crying
out, My God my poekct-book is gone
with every cent | had and ! all tie way
from Massachusetts. and of to the Pc
lice Station he would break in dog-trot
only to find the place damned with hun
{ dreds as unucky as himself. The thieves
did foufishing business and we learn
! that one of the fraternity relieved detcc-
tive, who was watching him, Of lis entire
cash capital which he happened to be car
ryjng in his breeches- pocket but this
was probably only a little bit of playful
ness to show lis expcrtness. Tie Rail
read Depot presented the myst lively
scene What with the screaming Of the
locomotives, the yelling Of the hackmcn
and portcrs, the swaying and rushing Of
the crowd, one might have formed vivid
idea Of the lower regions. Hotel omni-
! buses would take up a load for the Hotels
Just as cooly as if they had fve-hundred
| vacant rooms, drive to the Hotel, empty
4 them out, pocket the money and back to
the Depot. fill up with another load, and
reach the hotel where the dozen previous
loads were standing Oh the pavement, car
pet-bag in hand, looking for all the world
ike stray dogs from the country. who had
/ lust discovered the loss of their market
wagons. It is remarkable upon how lit
/ tie the universal can travel AMI what an
amount of fatigue they can endure on it.
I AS we heard colored gentleman say
'dsy doesn't spend muffin" They fill
the carpet bag with bread aud apples or
/ cheese. calculate the railroad fare to and
from Washington aud there the spending
stops. We know OF one fellow who Of
/ f,red car tickets. which some fellow had
given him, in payment fer crackers and
cheese. We overheard nyersation
betweeu q man and lis wife very early
on the morning Of the fourth. They had
evidently been out On the II, mp all night
and the man suggested the propriety of
going some where and getting q b. eakfast.
The lady demurred and assured him there
we're dried apples and peanuts snough
in her satchel to last them both all day
We thought when We heard it that each
must be provided with patent digester
20 enable them IL swallow such a cons
pound aud pass the day without an attack
OF Cholera Morbus.
Tie morning of the Fourth dawued
upon Washington and it's hundreds of
thousands wet and gloomy in the extreme.
Everybody wore a look Of disappointment
rs If their minds were made up that the
FUN was not to come off The first part
Of the performance. not down on the pro
gramme. was the letting off dog with
tin pan tied to his tail After tina: the
clouds began to freak little aud the
rain to slacken. By ten O'clock the Az
enus began TO be packed with = dense