, 1869-01-15

&NFEIlNUk kU4uk 4tA AttA44ks
What wish to state uptn Tho remembrance
of this neglected otfer Of premiums tor pfans.
Is the uorel atd in Sumo respects admirable
p1au for War Department advanced by I'd
ward Clarke, the Capitollne architect:
Yon remember that the White House Ii
separated by Pennsylvania avenue from Ia
the middle OF hich Is the large statue of An
drew Jackson. Mr. Clarke's plan was. the
erection Of shallow building arouad three
sides Of this sqnare, open on tho aide toward
the Preaident's house, which would 90 seem
IN the vista 10 close up the court. To htte
the sba1lowness Of the building at Its abnt,,
streets With arches, confronting the Prcsf-
deut's grounds. The style Of the building
was to be renaissance. Every room In
1t would open either npon the green
park or Que oC the three Streets Partitions
would aeeompany the two arches and face
Without expensive Greelan poFtic.ls, with
French roofs, and with tho appropriate
stxtue Of jackson as an accessory, this
bufldtng would make, with the Treasury. the
White House and the adjacent fine huildlugE,
almost ss exquisite group as on the Place
Sehloss a. Berlin. It would be built on gov
ernn nent ground and bo comparatively incI.
pcnstvc. Tho government Is pairing In rents,
In Washington cIty, about two hundred
thousand dollars year. Coleman, the New
York hotel man, has hu lucone OF three
Thousand dollars year from merely trans
fesrfng bis lease OF brick hotel heze to The
Burean Of Internal Revenue. One Prcsideu-
tta1 adm intatratjuu of these hEgh tent5 Would
amount to mora than half n million Of dollars.
Enough to make the government Its. oTn
landlord and provide fre-ptoot storaga Tor
valuable matters, which might be burnt to
ashes any day ID these rented Offices. To
tet on fire these buildings and consume the
evidences Of fraud ,nrhc flames, Is trick no
older than the War, when detaulttug Quarter
uastcrs resoftcd to IT. ...-7---
i Rad ARCHITECTURE ACCESSORY 70 FRAUD.
Ihaye been, as I think yous columns will
testify, an advocate tor the reasonable adoro-
ment ot Washington, as our capital city
the only American settlement tor which the
government is responsible Ard the repository
Of our tastes Ia art. To house oneself
refnedly i4, the decent ambition OF every
cittzeu, and sgualtd, perverted. dciormed,
or dark buildflgs hare a sombre inauence
on their occupants. Is q crippled body
affects the temper ol the man. au uEly office
| rccol1s upon the officer, aud SO tho architect
| in degree influences the adminfatratiou OF
| the State. The most ignorant officials IN.
| aeusibly take The hue aud characteristics ol
| thels quarters. Joc Wilson, tho Land Comm,s,
! tioner, on The sunsbioy corner Of the Pa,en.
| O11ce, Is cheerful as 8 canary bird II lore,
| Ehlle Mr. Nix, Of the Indihn OlNce, housed
| in the vaults thereof, is dark and 'tottnoua
| IS all our Indian transactions.
| 1uines Of the cheetsul0ess and stsaIghtot.
wa1dness Of men. It combines the eras oi
! PhIdias and Arfstfdes. and of saWmili John
| ny and the Peddier Fisk. 4 steam paper
| mill tn the bowels, group Of belch1ng chin.
neg stacks IN the zenith, and the palace OF
! Alexander the Great In the foreground! This
architectural dragon aud aondescslpt laas
| chewed up enough money to construct quar-
| tets for all the departments OF the govern
meut, With Its n1enolithic claws planted IL
the earth, sefrfed With granite scales, hold
,rc up It's uany-lated foEehcads ID mon
d1agon Of Crete called for newborn children
Hereafter, let rs haTe saic buildings
l. lfe.ptoo{, simple, Republican, rather thai
temples 10 Jupiter. The Capitol, the Cit
Half, the Treasury, tbs Post Office and th
Patent Ua1cs are al classical building
| crease OF government business mud the accun
ulation OF archives Is gaining upon our qua
ters. Mr. Spe1ny, OF the Cougre3siSni
Document Room, told INC yesterday that th
documents reached buck for twenty year
and the Oldest Of them wetn daily called la
where classification q impossibie, and th
tune and help demanded 10 and them II
both Of tioss 10 the Stale. Meantime tt
new library is a.ling up, growing while y
sleep, managed By Mr. sponoEd With untiFiu
Industry. aud to some Of .ns here II Is Il
library viii be fu1l, zhe document d-pax
meut will occupy the premises OF the lIbras,
aud the library must lnd . new abode, on
side Of the Capitol building.
Without c.::c t,c..c lnto The tasuEe to aat'clpa
@ xeeto 'nd - ~ast i. !9l; th., ii sa''a5 i
| Interests cf Intelligence and perHptcaous go1
/ m nf the rFnsHt
clerical torce must be had to make ara111n
! The documentary and library intormatie
; that IL already collected.
, sLuvKSLT poCCNENIs.
1tisre1t to impossible here to obtain !
| form auon upon the affairs Of the State vii
; psouptntss ard condensation. 0tticials {
rot chs rye their heads With 1t. The doc
; ! ue11ts arc. by reason of the cr1mped acc ON
: aa,ions Tor Them. dii2eu!s to g>t At, and Il
! documents, when found, are cften prepars
: by such slcyenls CLERKS a. 70 warrant the
. lief that they Wish 10 disguise or conceal !
= formation. Instance particularly the Il
y po.,aat Executive Document No. s: III
: te1s lrom the Secretary ot tho Trtasul
+ transmitting estimates Of additional app'
:. pr;.uons," which Is Z disatsanged msss
!. statistics nearly 80 pages long, spparen!
!. prepared with view to keep journalists q
!. Congressmen from getting al Inc gist OF
r The ofacer that Is most needed here Ii one
/. edit the documents sud publications ofCs
gfees.
:. Mr. Hiram Pdce, Of Iowa, Chatrsnan
the precious Committee on Pacific IL
= roads-nnmbering The dlslntorcstcd Oak
!. Ames, the high. minded John Corode. fg1
- titus DpEue1ly and other birds Of feaIt
= from Oregon. Kansas md California; co
!. tatttee Without parallel In the House-l
~ Inttoduced u bill making Il comgnlsory ':
= The new PAc,fc Railways aud nj land Fl
g. railwars, to u.s only american Iron. q!
= we begia 10 get At. the yolk oe
- cry; these numbcrless Pacific Rat1wl
= are merely markets fpr the iron rollers, .
=. the Congressional Subsidy. Of land aud e
of Is not N enconssgcr merely. but buye5
- ~ supporter, a preseryer OF the Hon-roll
= Their. are now between ninety md humid
bills foe railroads, demanding land and 81
e!dv, before Congress. Fifteen Of these
e. NJ. Iguatiu. Douncl]y's, u am CORRECTLY
ss o formed. ! map. whiea ! n psepasax !,
- other, enter upon each others tract,
ribbon the naked plains with HI
ways. / g, SCI plaIsed to ackno
= edEe, amonE the high-minded jour- I'll
y. / Fbo aze expo9ng these railway teouadre
~ Genera, BoJnton, Of The CanciDnal gs1.t
ng er; Mr, L. II. Crowse, ofthe New York TT
q md Don Piatt, Of the Gucianati C<asamts
c1 covopx Ayp JUDD.
E The differences between blind dtMago
10 sud dlplomatist Il seen in the reiattfc .
=, rudes Of John Covode aud Norman !odd'
ut the question OF the Roman m!aston.
.ls Thur5diy the question came up of cont
at, ipg The Kotuan Mission, suspended some
20 aEo. This, sonae New York city memo
u. on grounds Of deznag ognefI, affirmed = =
ea earnestly, hoping to enttap into pppoA
- some Republican. The only memoef
q o. "oit" waa John coyods, Of Psnu,{atss Pm {{ats
nc Church, concclrcd ID sucn bad taste md
otrE That be cleared the Horsa Of ~ h
minded Peunsylyaniars Immedtately.
took thia che to advocate his claims 70
os seas-which need ~ supPosifdous sfEuu
=" b. tbs WY: The effect ol bis speeea ,aiI ~
lot 10 be tery unfortunate to the hepuel
in ns,ty. md to couuteraci i. Ar. Judd AZ
or Fna With mingled Temperance
IAN Intelligence disposed OF the .questson
s.. grounds Of public interest aud inteFnA,
Il eoprse.z w. 5nad h's 9th nSt peen t:entine aU
.,u European affairs hHs trcq1eqtlJ been .; q
tnE laFpeN uso Ia the House Of Representa-,
uAt and he retains the g7sces Of Rtntieu.s ~
up 4hsteyer he mar be called npon 70 eiaeM
sne He vas trusted friend Of Fteea4eo! Laas s1
'e., and his administration N Be1An y rsI =
...f t:red anong the pieas1ntest ep1sooee ~
~ American legation there
10" THE JpEnSAL1sE sPEAE1S9.
Iharc made mention nboye OF tne =
me eous iabors Of some journalists 70 aave
J Of .ue s. 5i.c>in1fnntfon and spirit, the p1
avs Mill Be- kept adrIsed, IL this wa{. ,St, Of
nd titions 10 rob md enoaHass the 20
afe, ment. Anexapaper friend OF mme a,a;ass w
so preached the other day " fetaaef
L. Have you seen The .ttaets made
orr senafor by tho Cincinnati snd Oh
h7ns usw1rsnerss'; be aa1d. SHAY Accuse
sra sersscr ot beire up 70 the ears In Iot
AR0- | .ss.-nilon trade HhstAYer IA rle1ps