Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-11-18
The MeAillNr-

MAsHINGroS, ID. q Nov. Is lszl, 10 . M (
risTSorsis FoR rHt rAsr TwENTY EoUs HeUEs.-
Ohio Vslles INTO Virginia ani New Yort IN r.' S
sro6 meter, 1itsr Ss.ther and north rly Winds
sn"ke continue On the lower lakts with light winds
HebfaskS into HisSanri sBa sg nj p.-sa from
parently branch 81 the same. has pa-ssd into l. n
have rrecedea th.se disturbansss fem ~ MILLS MILLS
lakes q the Louisiana ami TeNas coasts and threat
p,rts have been received from Nebra-ks and ~
ward Violent storm IL reported eastward Il
PRoRA BIZ TlEs.-Rising barometer with partially
CLOUDY and pleasant weather j. probable tili Snndq
morning % the MIDDLE Sbd eastern state northW.st
winds ith rising perature the southern state
cloudy and rain west ~ Alabama, with bTisk south
noTtherlY winds aud clearing weather a. ntsl,i.
oloudy weather On the lower lakes, and light Winds
N.erinE O. southwost threat. ming wrathrr aud pls
sibly rain On Lake Michigan, with increasing south
essier} winds the SRA 81 Lowest barometer extend
o.rr missouri and Mississippi.
. Ine cSn,lonary signal continue for THIS morning
at New Orleans, Cldosso and MilwAutie.
Development Of the Capital Town.
ne supreme Court of the United States, in
daily session, and the Library Hall of Congress
are the only portion of the Capitol edidce fire.
quented by people AT this time of the wear In
other portions there are painters, carpenters,
plssterers, and uphOlSteTcrs, doing the annual
work Of furnishing and repairing. The big
bronze door OF Rogers-thc nOblest monument
eNtant 90 the memory Of Columbus, except the
Continent-has been removed from It's narrow
the door OF the ROtunda. new drab carpet
covers the Hall OF Representatives; the Ola
corridOr-arches between the wings and the cen
trail Capitol have been enlarged; the green ter
races Of Capitol Hill are at last sOdded aud com
pleted. Probably by another summer we shah
see the Capitol grounds incloscd and finished on
the Hanks and the east front.
BY that time the nasty creek, which winds
around the city side base of the capitol terraces
will have disappeared, az il Is already In the
hands Of culveTters. Congress, having exclusive
Jurisdiction over thus territory, should then com
pei the gin mills, hOrsc-car depOts and shambles
ana other glpSy appurtenances 20 keep their dis
lance from the building, and leave the fine nat
ural knoll of the sight unembarrassed, ~ that
we shall get sight Of our property. for which
We have expended at different periods within
and without, about fifteen millions OF dollars.
There II no building extant In classical archi-
lecture equal 20 the American Capitol. It's de-
fects are not palpable 90 the citizen-eye and are
such only a. fastidious architect OF fault-fnder
would lsboriOuSly pick ont. 10 II staunch white.
capaciOus, comfortable, and eNalting 10 the
mind. But one building Of modern times has
beCp erected Tor such comprehensive legislative
Ises,the Houses OF Parliament, in which use
has been sacrificed 10 Gothic gOrgeOusness;
and English denunciation OF the interior OF that
edifce have been far more copiOus and deserved
than with ours The agitation in the West, for
the capitOl-removal, has apparently subsided-
being now, indeed, an extinct desire, except
amongst few men In 81. LOuis-nOne prOmi-
nent IL had good influence upon Washing
ton, however, provoking such nervousness here
that the municipality aroused itself 10 under
take series Of general improvements which will
involve four millions Of expenditure, and which
have, within six months, cost quarter OF mil
lion, The leasing of the New Jersey lines by the
PENNSYLVANIA railroad, endorsed by the decision
Of the State Chancellor. = W benefit Washington
city particularly. By the time ,hat ~ goes into
full operation, the Southern Trunk t.."e OF the
same corporation will be open 20 RichmOli1' M
Guiding the lease OF the Philadelphia ~ Bar
more road, and uninterrupted transfer OF trains
around Baltimore. The fare TO New York will
be reduced 10 s. or 20; and the cheapening Of
freights has already prompted the building OF a
steam Hour mill near the Navy ard. 20 grind the
wheat Of lower Maryland and the northern neck
OF Virginia, now about % be developed bv the
new lines of rail. The powerful company OF
capitalists who have assumed the direction OF
the Chesapeake and OHIO railway, aud have
already leased the Short Line" from Cincinnati
10 Lexington and Louisville. will insure Wash
ingtOn a rival line 10 the Southwest. At the
best, however, this city appears 20 have no
stronger future than arose naturally from the
purposes OF it, ordination. The only industry
here Of any consequence T. the building OF hons :
Tor strangers 20 live in. A. place OF residence
Tor men OF wealth and scholarship. in winter The
city has but two rivals in the East-New Work
and Boston. Two OF the celebrated hotel men
OF The North have now pitched here-the Roe
sels, al Lake George. and Coke, Of Congr,ss
Hall, Cape Nav; aud il is now rumored thar
hathorn, OF Saratoga. meditates leasing VIII
lards- The existing hotels, with one execution
are incapable edfices to meet the educated tastes
OIL modern travellers. A very large and entirely
new motel, with thcater or opera house com
yenlent, Is amongst the foremost needs OF the
capital Gth" an Chiodgo T,IbHHs.
CATHOLIC MISSION FOR CoLoREp PEOPLE
The Baltimore AaeTicdH SAYS that AchoiShDn