, 1870-01-13

bstly xtounded on the rocks bslov the city sad tho
baIba;taus vese obliged 10 ,bo landed IN boa'A"
; Jsptou than tells how tho fever Of speculation
.zsed in Europe oveztne great city.
an London. eboo stetlisg Wa st oue >ans,
axked tor s'1th part o. angie lot, naoS o. tae
pthne Of = nlch wc1o originally purchased I4
Go n three yests ctodit' -
!; oKo, wAs1nAoTddH q rRouB11a
: Tho eane plain author, In his BOOK called tho
"sssaneer IN Aucf1ca,' . 1876, shows that WASH
inR,on Has blamed for the choice Of the este:
"Tne Republican party !nslnua:ed shas aaa-
tnston had p.tcned On spot for tho SEAT OF gor-
e1uneus Lear hts esta,a Of Vernon. IN order 70 |
enharce IT'S valne. This cnoioc, believe, WAS
directed 10 one object oulJ; tae Capitol L. eont
In the centre Of tho United 6sateA ..--
"Itcan reyex become p'nce Of commerce,
however, while Baltimore lies on one aide and
Alex erdsta on the otner -..
Wsahip1 1tnn himselr wrote a. TO tho lotteries |
10 buttd parts Of the city: The who.e WAsalnE-
ton iottery business has turned out bed Of horns
raihef than tuseA.'"
CHILDHOOD OF WASHINGTON.
Janson goes On TO esy that: .-...-,.
!" Strangers after viewing the oenees OF s:ate,
are apt to inquire for the city, while they are In
tt8 rtry centre.
"Mauy EnsIsh artists, enchanted with tho
description Kscn BY inttres.ed writer's. left faeF
eupIoy IN oEder to exert ther abilities IN fnishinG
this scere OF con1eu euplated maeni0cence+
sTtppitnR ehopR and houses OF rendezvous for
eai!o1s ard their doxtes, with number OF the
lowest order Of traders, constitute the navy yard
the OILY 1o1r1sninR part Of the town. sx irtgates
in ordinary, one IN commission, atd Email vessel
Of war we're Just launched at the time Of bis visit
IA locR range Of houses, called the twenty build.
inss At Greek leafs Point, begun BY Nicholson and
olnefs nrat1ate specutators are covered IN undu-
ished, and arc dropping plecemeA.' 30 they ara
.e dag. .
"Icescr heard, ~ said he, " OF moro than PENN
syvaniA ana New Jersey avenues in 1sso. except
Eoue houses uniformly bntlI In one Of which hVed
MI Jenerhon'8 printer John EAtrtron Smith:
feY more Of inferior note, with e0me public
bouEes, a1d hese.and there erog bhop. THIS
bobsted ayenue B as much Wilderness Is Ken
lucky, with this disadvantage; that tbs soil IL
coed Ior LothiuR. Some half'atarved cattle ofoWa-
ing auong the oushes present melancholy spec
t2cie 10 . Br1RoSer. Qua'ls aud other BIRDS arc
constantly shot within hundred yards or The
Capitol during the s,ttlnK OF the houses Of Con-
III, Green and the Virginia company Of come
is1s were nearly starved Ia the email place called
theatre, IN the Pennsylvania avenue. during the
ouy season 1t was occupied. and we're Obliged TO
70 on TO Richucnd during the very height OF the
sitting ol Cotg1eas." ...-
SOCIAL PtK4suREs OF TEE PLACE
John Davis. school, Il aater, Who resided tn
America from 1928 10 1903 has gwen lie amusing
Warrington. i" he says, " on my second yi.lt 70
It, wore very dIearJ aspect. The untutude had
gone 10 their hones, and the Inhabitants OF tho
place we're few. There were no obiecn 70 catch
the ere, hut q foriorn pilgrim fornog his Way
through the grass that o3e1Tuus the streets; or
q cow rumlL atlng on bank, from whose Becf de-
pended q bell, that the animal might be found the
| more readily IN the woods.
I ST obtained accommodations at the Washington
| ,aye.r, which stands opposite the Treasury. At
| TITS tavern took my neals ut the puollc table,
| where rhere was eserg day to be found number
| Of clerks employed at the d,1etent otnc=s under
| sosernucur, together With aho1t halt dozen
| t'15arnians, aud tew .ste England men. Tnere
vas perpetual copnlct Of opinions between these
Southern aEd Northern nen."
| PKEsEhr DILEMMA or WASHINGTON.
E1tracts ike the aLoYe night ue multiplied
from ALMOST every Traveller, from Bt!ss,s 10 Ty.
| rore Power, but they Wou oe u,ciul no further
tran TO sho = thst any at,emp: TO satisfy Us with
ttfs city as the National Capital Is made tn spite
OF the prejudice OF three generations OF Cities.
| mar5 Of whom were pleased @tth everything else
! IN the couptry. Eulogy and PATRIOTISM alike Gus
| petd Congratulations when. after naE!rg the ctr-
cui. Of cur public buildings, thes cone unNlltingJ
| 10 pass Judgment upon the Struggling city around
theiy louldatlora. ..
Beginning Id greedy expectations, Washington
liyed bE1e' period the lie Of on CITY. Of Reno.
| ana Of Petroleum Centre, aid all who entered Its
| dt1uLise houudatlea were nocked and stripped
| There IL scarce ole mao a. this day IN Washing
TOD, *ho exists upon lhe proceeds Of the oflgtt al
| sale Of any OF the lots Of the city. 4 metropolis
| waA dtertet IN republican country. without any
| ~, polttye eLthusiasr, aud tho sufferers We're
! uatLy Foreigners Hrd credulous loto*ners, ~hoee
pos:e,iIy ecarcely di:tipgulshsbe In our genera
TOD, Nothing has revived the early appaleot ln-
te1ess In the city,-not eren the mighty wAr shlch
| Maue nlgh;lt6t reLdezSous here. When the
armiea folded their tents the city gradually re-
lspsed to it, duine5s; The breath OF free
| dom encouraged It ls.le more than
the lcenitors caIcEsea OF h1ayery.
slowly. surely, 1emurseles ly,--lko snat room 10
the hpyel which the cap:i' found abbreviated OF q
window every nisnr, till It loded together and
cElsted htH,-tne tnslness people here who have
ellatged their enterprise, aatictpatedu chances
aId stfisen 10 be worthy VI l1ture discover that
the city a. capital city merely, cnnnot be Sa!San.
tied. 1t hss Its limit, AID that IS AElaler than
even Its p1eltnt population. There IL not genuine
1tnnme1atse bustness here Tor more than forty
thousand people, = f,le there are Traders AID e1-
changers for apout t<o hundred thonssuj.
II ior this discovery tnat the people rush into
the arms Of all pzeoosterous suggestions, A.d
tofc 10 bow the e1plttog fagots Of trat1c into
municipal warmth, BY the e1oetlents Of new raii.
reada ard Grand WORMS Fair. Such e1perl.
neLts Will on1y reEuis in ccnnagsatton, aud bank
rtptcy will succeed to dulness- Q; Ill PAGES
in America. this is probably the lesst adran'
taeeous :oz holdiug Worlds Fall. ahd II
Congress should authorize the lev to mortgage
the prorery and take the taxes O
toe ntpy, this would be merely
more rot ,ctous REPRODUCTION OF Woicolt'i
s,ailnent that "tne iuhapt'an:s, lt2e 1shes, ea1
e.cn her" The house-eutlder-, the plumbers
the neufpsptr-t nhliehels, and the hotel neE
hnFf IN Ia n ff1fI1
ion or lwo upon The comnonolltT, but this sh7 uit
nos tc permitted by Cot grcss ous el pity Tor the
ignorant poor. While the little fourby-n:ne paper.
IeYe rise ifar'lcall5 against any opposition tc
ste,r pet scheme OF an exhibition, an almos
daily waited upon by small rropeHy.hoIiess ask
lte ms to oppose The folly OF this e1n!o,tlon Ant
OF these are tbs os:cnkibe Subscribers to the
Word3 FAtr. draGooEed against their Judgment
Meantime the Cits l1ail is invaded by Corztahles
snu the encc chairs OF tie Mayor ose sezec
unctr Ills very sc. Instead VI 81 aborrTe
exhibition, let Congress begin By ee!ztng the CHAR
ter Of ,his Exploded corporation and itself resuu
Ing control Of the poor aud simple whose none5
Ia teiug spent by war politicians In street JOS
IL sulta, AID In prvate serenades and EEgeaEes
Net kchemts nor epecnl8stone, but TetrenChnen
Il tt urgeLt recesttty OF Washington C.ty. Tnt
nrrt MAI ement Ccrgreta Eh0u;d make. aud
ttat promptly, would be to remnut Washington Il
cemulisslor.
fushes into the arms OF ra:iways. "More ratl
wsls" Is the cry, and We saall get rich Ia no time
, OF Econsr. Now, the o1lf railways oemanted b.
thla city arc to ude-waieE, and 10 Baltimore AT
ho:h Of them are uealy Competed, By the sacst
, ice. II l do not mistake. OF the people Of loTe
! Maplapl, and BY The enterprise Of tue PeuLs5lsa
MIA Central Railroad. !.
, | The eno1t line TO the West, by way 0
] Pc,us Of RocSs must be made or The consent c
;. the President OF The Bal'l1so'e eno Rs,lroad
and set be- the osly person who can bul,t It rsp
+ td.y IL made tee subject CT attack and litigation
4 By every of1c.al aLd hand organ here. The tovl
+ drives away nae1aniDisJ and prefers to see
Il aims from strangers. Toat Congress saould re
It luke ard 1e1uke every one Of tnssc hcehnes t
+ mortgage, under pressure, the property Of III
c De or!e G! Wath.I g:on to build railways to tn
e West, lis manifest. The city can 60 nore n1tl
d ard sur,crt fsuuk line to the Ohio River .na
csn Blsdenstug or yorktown. 1t Is about a
e much polLt Of departure 10. the sea as wsS
o | po,lt, IN Virginia, has ptoEed to he.
+ These arc the TWO acEeues which hare bee
ID bern here OF alarm and lnexpeIlence: Gre.
lie Fa!r and trdtue railroads. When tneie are di
:" courssed By the plo.ilc probability Of m ea.l
'e abandonment Of this site S. tue residence {
government, the te'oit is made that the pace hs
of constitution al right 70 be forever the Feder
70 cltt, and ReaurG threats are made OF re-aneexu
II Alexandra, which was retfoceded 10 saTe f
e people from tEdlReEce- Poor II FHgt Il ts totA
re tie rcople Ct Ale1srd11a would rather cling to
t. than take their cpalce1 bneF ucder The Feder
10 pa1sepake 1t Is tts FpE!t that Waahlng gsou Ceed
1t the spirit OF ircependerce-
MAKE NATIONAL GALLERY Asp rSIyKRsIrI {