Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-11-29
Letter from Washington.

Letter from Washington. |
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
WASH, GToN, Nov. 25, 1871.
DEAR FREEMAN The second general elec-
ton under the new District government has |
been had and the result is exceedingly graf |
flying to all who are interested in the pros
perity of Washington. The important ques-
ton at issue was, whether public improve
ments should be continued or suspended
whether the city should have bOulevards and
fountains, and paved and shaded avenues, or
endure the old order of things for years to
come. The enemies of the four million loan
made a sorry fight. They told the negroes
that taxes would be so outrageous as to ruin
everybody but the Board of Public Works
and the contractors, who were all thieves and
villains. Their invectives were vain. As
for taxes, the cJloret people knew they had
nothing TO tax, and their experience of the
Board of Works had been that it always paid
promptly Saturday night. So their banners
bore such notices as " Boswell and two dol :
ars a day." and all their votes were for d" de
loans an de Bord of Wucks.' In the eve
ming, when the result was known, there were
professions and music and bonfres, which
the Russian Prince, who arrived In the midst
of it all, may have thought to be in his honor.
One poor unfortunate, bungler in the great
art of repeating, was proved to have exer-
cIsed his franchise in three districts, under
three names, and was accordingly sent to jail.
such cases were probably rare.
PRINCE ALEXIS.
The people of Washington have also been
informed through the newspapers that Prince
Alexis, otherwise known "a the Grand Duke,
has visited their city, for his presence has
heen ATTENDED with very little public demon
stratiou. Reporters with their customary
reckessness IN the use Of words, tod of
- surging multitudes' awaiting at the Balti-
more depot the Princes arrival. But 10
truth the multitude was very small for a
multitude, and it did very little surgng.
/ The Grand Duke, on alighting from the cars,
passed hurriedly through the depot with Mr..
Catacazy, and was driven away u the resi-
dcnce OF the Russian minister. Two or
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asking unintellisible questions with ast)nish-
Ing rapidity, till they were hunted up by the
police, pulled out Of the wrong omnibu=es
and arteI of to their hotel.
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