, 1870-08-15
WASHINGTON.
The logan-Lincoln Fight.
Buildings.
Things at the Departments

,rrox orY cwN coN1xsFoFpkNE1
WASHINGTON, Aux. >.
c.1,~d to Washington for day or two, I
e,d httle here to detain me. Coming out OF
tsn savsts and bustle Of summer reaotta, ona
fse1s n indescHbable melancholy when he
.s,,a entrtA thia half-1ese1tsd czpit4 during
Ire recess. 4 few old battersd haclu stood 1t
tse depot, and theit drirara made discour-
aged effort to rs.iFe tbs old shunderoua CIT OF
'.Ctt1iage, air! carriage, sir!" But, aftar
ven OF two, which rssounaed up the empty
..:ea And.platfozzns, the bue xud cs!Nwete
oys.: the hotel omnibus1ss drove OF a. they
E.d come, AID the dilapidated cd gentleman
rao keeps the platform wicket vent to sleep
ir1mediately, Il the train lad found him.
Is drove down the bread, eultsr, dusty
Avenues, I felt return Of feeling Each -
lad often experienced in entering the streeta
0, ruined citiea, Eieited out Of eympatby with
WHIST had gene rather than for any reverence
~. 4l.at hs4l zeuainsd,-suc sitiee - siena,
Av:suou, OF Wisley in the hle Of Gothland-
Hc:s .ad thers, It far intervals, slow ps-
eesti1n might be seen ehamblins down tbs
snads side Of the street, tanning hinseN With
! sEAw hat. Looking into ths open ahopa,
Que saw nothing savs ths proprietor DOING
ls!.i.d his eoda~wAter fountain, or his back
WIDOW. trying to get lttls ziE- The Jennsss
Eo.se vas al closed up Ths thsatrn, round
r:Lch 10 E.any Gia-znills and gambling sAows
e,'agrrg1te, vas also locked md barred;
Wizards Hosel hid put down pEscas to txo
Rad 4 half dollars day, but nothing could I
30 in the vAssioule except ono clark and that
immortal rsv1pxpez boy via ehargsa eight
ceats for the New York dAilisa- He hxd fully
resolved be would 6gh: it ont On tbs old scala
i: !: took hin all sunarnsr. There vers Just
sv1t! hosrdess in all thai mighty rnAzs, almost
w1thout plan, Wills the Ehbst* Honse, On
tas next corner, proudly held mp ita hsAd It
four uollars day. and alleged that it had ona
ES1d.ed people. I said TO 5nysclf, the1s
N ona Tlscs 1t le11t Nhszr / &ha11 61d
~: !:sle sronp ef NJ friends, snd ! wsat to
-ant tn sesk plain sofa and tho soes- headed to
a:1Ve essig for kisanEeu- AAa, there wsa
to enc thste aaTs the immemo1ilt negro, who
Fas polling dcnn tbs ice with stick 10 tho
s'aa cisteEn- He looked II me ~ II tbs sos-
siol, h1a begnn With my APPEARANCE. and the
~as to be ssen directly zt my cost tail. Sach
80 tho impressions that one stranger makes
E.'sa lie AeAt ot Eo1a1pmsnf in the month OF
AESnst- Tbs street cata travelled along F
n.e:: anu shs aye2ue in limp and hzy land
&: paoe, and one had no difficulty in making
sa- drivor wait for h1n half block or = block.
aaa Arlington House Vac open, but open like
tus catacox,ba, and ouo negro. with str1pea
oo.n the leg Of his pzataloons, greeted ms "a
j: haa been Senator Neyels, and had an APP
continent for him Welkess, the restaurant
~uere al the conspi1acles are ha.ched, was
4.iite shut up - to the uaaiu story, aud tin
Riga t&cked 70 the door aAla. "a To be roopsned
IL Soveabef. Tbs Capitol edihce, on the
etoat of ths hill, wore the abandoned look Of
the Ac1upolis ut atheua. and ono ca1pents1
dame, Ike Macauley's Now Zeslandsi
~ Han, vhere he Doven p.rt,
and aati-Bowcn p4zty used to sun then1solve:
upon the flights OF etepa, NAe quite rcspecta
be now. As GANG In aiXht Of tho Post Othcs
th1ss ferocious newnboys pounced On me, likt
taa Marathon b1iEAnas upon tho English tour.
i,ts. and, 6stt insisting Tax shon1d set theu,
UP OF buy them out, concluded by aaking the
l"ao OF come pennies to disturb the silence oi
# g. {sat ss os 91 hs asa s5a,
has2n to.this, except that, in enc case, the
towa had been dug ont, and in the other case
il Waa the people who dug out. Suddenly
Uncovered An acquaintance, gouuins otf cial
OF she Cnited StAte4- He rushed up and zaked
mo how it looked II Harat3gx, and whom had
s-=n: and he wan not content with hearing til!
H.oie story himself, but he made me so up in
u the lntarior Department, xpa then gatborei
a-ouod LII about + score OF others, "a unfor
tl:,att ~ himself, and I gave thsua the new
u :he world, With the same philauth1ny Is tn
t:ayelar from Europe entaftains his country
Lien on sotns diktant island. They liH aned
R..h teAtn IN thsir eSss, but when Itoid all th
u.ss there Vas, desire wss exproasod tha,
ua;ess knew something more, il would bs re
.'=4e1 felt befoze wha4 deiishtfz
i.tnple lived in the departments. ,.Th
i'-al Latter 0hee uAn uas xiliin
/, give all his time to chow mo his museum
ILr Commissioner Of the Lxnd Office read N
s~hols lecture upou the development OF mir
latie. slnce tho time Of Noses. He predicto
80: it was now aure that withln two ycara tt
uu.ted States wzs to do III tbs trade Of Pers
1T grind the axes OF Dauascus-
What wonl hsso happened to me in Il
Curse OF the next twenty -four hours kno
Grated by Al arrival, And the necessity Il
Z; 1:,og Up some news which might mako
,rth MT while to stay for dsy, one Co
+ eastman etIAisttvas proceeded to club Al
Ia. scalp Of Mr. LINCOLN, than Poitce in
tn. wishing to keep mp the excitement II
by ~ake, saj1led out Of his of3cs With thr.
tuuslsbles, and arrested both the atsiker II
tie struck. At kh.a, there uan general rin{
,-s ot bells, and csy went. through tbs c,l
u1.tng the rltgue, Of " RE1ng out your dBAd
a"i atout fifty persons. who had boan ulppiI
L =, inleps On their back verandAhs, seiz.
tueE s,1aw bats aud hurried to the S4pire'a q
il. the light OF morn prziect l.stois,u than the
two ex-CougreeSuep who had disturbed I
gopose OF Washington
7Ax aEaAE AND LINCOLN tight.
Leaf it might be supposed that this lett
IN sonrWh.t extra~agxnt, may refer you
f%e$ kat &1t kln+
a.nauit xud battery considered IN tho irtcre
Ut the city that they kept up the fight for t,
days. Nhaa Ssgat Ind whipped Lincoln \
tai been hiznseif bound over BY the squi
saa1i7: tu1nultuaus applause, deputaeious =
IeA- 10 have called upon Segar md advis
b.m to keep 1binga I7ely By Gaming Linool
partner To give 1 tripartite character to Il
second actiou+ I int man wan persuaded to Il
position on the sidewalk 10 that the 9TH
could fight round hun. AL three parties /
uneAutiuo been provoked to swear A. much
{.,-sibls. 1od when they had kept up this .
ol r1eIce before tsrket's book shop ab,
ta-ty minutes, reinforremeuta we're called
il The shape Of Captain Graat, the leader
Il they could get him embzoi1ed he might
u h:s two regiments and thus prolong
controversy until the opening OF CouEIe
t1s; in the nick Of time, however, another II
canc in from baltimore, and anuther stranl
Va. seen approaching, At this 1euarka
tie luala Ill began to ring az,
t., newsboTs dsahed after the nev..asr1v
sut le was escorted to Nillards by half
a'.e-eoaiea population OF the place. !
u-1t morning, tbs Chronicle, one Of the ahl
41i most conbiAten. slyoc1tos OF pfvtalti
4.ue ont with leading article, eaylnK thu
~rs uupatKiotic for any uno1e men 10 le
t tow., Apa il any petnoax should leave 10
i:.at It would oe neld tha: they wanted to
&na1 .oods elsewhere, md wcrs, therefo1e, o,
L t.
ou1 Of town tomorrow, Ialess the City Ct
c4.1 take action on this suggestion II /
IL impossible to gek out Al ouce, ! ahan in
t:A:e:r begin to read the eaiiEe file OF the
grtsslondl Globe.
!us segx. Lincoln fight, to be really se.i
lie important in nothing else than to show
..,r- Ut rcrEou au average Congressman
sega1 u IN old gentleman, ~ho for many y
oWaed Hsgeis houte, on the beach Of Fort
;'onspe, once 4 celebrated .e4sido 1rso.s
tic people Of Richnaond. Ptederictal,
Wa,a:ug gtua. Baltimore, and So1fask-
sa,aa1 broke out, and the Cniou army 90
IL, catise peninsula round the fortress,
t.egaa 10 Level tJuiidings 60 u to gre plA
tb7 guns Of the fort, SeE11, whe
if-m interest, or from patI1ohs1n.
t-ted to the Union side. When P1erpoint
otaero established new 6txts Gorernu
in Virgins, Segat, claiming to bo Unio
vea, through the form III bcinR electe,
G3.sreee. He has spent much time patti
~. fos redress for damages, for recocp;I
t.: ~ ioslh. and Ike many mon who sre
L.;,r in staw bsfore the Fedesal author;
t.t.:at hope and eonsummAsion, he has :
afay run aown good deal He il also 8
az: old, but eee1nx to bare ahated none .
IIs;ala psope1 atty to caue his enemies
tul5ow t1prn his friends. Joseph E. 10,
nav ~ ye4sE Of aBe. He has been re
tines : member Of the Virginia Eou,
I,r!es.tes, and knowE how thing. ca
worked there
william s. Lincoln il IN ola gentle
He4rlug = black wig and . r.nile, who
from mo interior Of New York St4se. whe
I.x Ia.n \ laather and n.1ttelsa yn1rtf i.