The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-09-23
Albanp Registeg.
ERos1 ouRowS CORRESPONDENT.
WASHINGTON, d. G.. Sept. S. 1871.

AsIiINGToN, ID. G.. Sept. :, 1871.
AROUND THE CAPITOL.
Washington with its one hundred
and thirty-one thousand inhabitants.
is, in reality, very little more than AN
awkward, overgrown village. To the
casual observer this is matter of
curiosity; but a few days sojouf1i
here eiliglltens the mind by revealing
the nodtis opeIandi. and wonder
snent ceases. The stranger enters the
city by the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road, or comes on foot-tliere being
but the two modes of reaching it-and
as he steps upon the WORKOUT pave
nent, in front of the dilapidated tun-
ble-aown depot, his eyes turn to the
left. Following row of dingy
saloons, low gambling hells and
brothels. the sidewalk encumbered
with apple. peanut and candy, stands,
the great imposing Capitol. with its
huge pillars, elaborate carvings. and
immense ctIpola, looms UP before the
enrapttned vision-a monument of ma
tional giory-tl1e perfection of arch
itecturTal beauty. The amazed behold
!. err palIses, Incapable at one glance of
coinprehenoling the grandeur OF the
scene. when his gaze falls on those
old stracttres-the unliSputed abode
of verniin and pestiience-known as
street railroad stables and the
charm is broken. What u picture
An edifice not having its equal OH the
continent, as central figure, and low
sqtalid slianties that would disgrace
the merest hamlet in the land for
foreground AT the intersection of
First street and Pennsylvania avenue
The constantly thronged thorough
fare-almost within the shadow of the
Capitol-betwecn it and the beautiful
Botanic Garden, tile smoking. hiss
ing. laundering locomotive, with long
trims of passenger coaches or dirty
freight cars, packed with hogs, sheep
and cattle. pass and repass every hour
of the day and night, with not so much
As a sigilal-fiag to give warming of the
approach of the engine-aild this di-
rectly across the path of our Senators
and Representatives, who for the last
quarter of a century have suffered the
nuisance to exist.
ALONG THE AVENUE.
avhe has not heard of PENNSYLVANIA
avenue! 1t has a Worldwide fame !,
Much of the sidewalk to-day. the
stones broken and worn. is but the
shattered remnant Of that laid seventy
odd years ago. Over these fragments,
once solid and s,ssooth, the immortal
Washington has walked. and the feet
of AmeficI's I.oblc=t sons have pass
ed. This thor'ngi.i:rre, lying between
the Capitol aIsl l';'Jl ,ury, a space of
one hundred aiai >iX.Ly feet. by Il trifie
more than nii.e needs no erllowv from
IL 4 -. !. ~l.I.-
yet there are ar lntrv beautiful. far
more prosperou ;lxcE.uas in many
western cities with os.e-fourth the
population OF this. '!'ihr.. Is not enc
expensive or elegasii b;ts:'l the entire
distance. nothing IA j y u'9shing grand
The setsfh side consists. IN most part.
of low antiquated o.1e alAi two story
buildings These are of brick and
wood thrown together ia the most
lnlslgHtiy manner. ami Noefully dc
diuieafan uniformity Of design. Tlae
.eye at every eernes- takt.s 4 hl}l view
.of that filthy open sssWcr the essaniiei
of the old Chesapeake canal alxl the
olfacterS nerves are sJses led l,v full
sinhalatiens of the pes ile;-ti2l etfasgium
1lsapssse 1lsap.s. fTEI0 the TITTri1 ls8ss - f0tIf
drainage. Increased in the epen sbsice
by heaps of rotten vegetation sDd de
composing animal cor1uptien. The
mi;lsIna frem this EIrAense sIalgi.
constantly floats over the faIsegs .axe-
nue. and spreads through everF part
eof the city carrying disease and deati,
into many hitherfe happy homes
The nerfk side = the siae of the ,ye-.
hue. Here Be haSe the Exclisng
Washington Continental. Netrepeli
tan, National, So Mare, kirkxs ssd.
Jenness, Willard and Owen hoaels- sIl
mere or less renowned. but notl,in.
externally 4e attract special attention.
There are ne large Wholesale houses
retail asez Iss the chief trade The 4s1oil-
grel of all the weed -.paIents'' eyer
issued, and to make tlEis mere perfect
!. wide strip Of the old eetlsi, stene is
retained through the centre sshasse
trees are few. broken. uIIcslred for,
and an appearance of slothful neglect
is apparent on either band. TONI