Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-09-16
SUNDAY EVENING.
SCENES ON TIE STREET.

b nilrrnd- To ,SrntIoB. iioiCis r,iuhEs-
Palaces Of pirn,ure su,st ~, nchioa--
Druohards.
There Is not that VIDE distinction between
Of SUNDAY evening amt week
day night which might exist AMI which
stricteT regard for morality would suggest, AMI
to the attentive and obserCant ras'er-by on any
{ our prIncIpaI thnroughfircs there Is much to
arrest attention, prOvoEe comment to point a
moral" and to "adorn a tale" The active and
usual scenes Of the week day are largely carried
into tho sacred day Of rcst, and one cannot help
being strongly reminded Ol the fact that ~ tue
"battie Of lie as on tile "neld OF glory the
Sabbath IL TO a great extent practically ignored
BY the majority VI the community aud year by
year this iact il becoming more and more ap-
parent, especially as tho signs Of wealth, lux
ury and what may DO called sybarluc ciNlllla-
TIN ADVANCE IN uuf larger cities.
The WIckeinegs ut a city "a commemorate
with IT, wealth, and Washington eau never al
f,ri an exception to the rule TITS Is only an.
DINER way oi repeating what used TO 10 IA al
our eOpy nDUks, % ldlOnCss - the parent OF wee,
nut IL should 10 remembered that wealth ls the
THR RAILROAD.
There WAS not much Vi solemn country SUI.
ness last evening around the Baltimore aud 70
tOmac railroad depot Altogether there we're
ct least . thousand people there " witness the
departure VI two pa rtytic CLUBS on pOiltlchl
otito were not there, the Tribes Of Shissler and
short were, with thoir mighty men, marshals
In crimson regala, captains over hundreds,
lIeutenAnts, aud their warriors, battle SCARED
and sleeveless, all uniting tor a shiloh o. Oct.
tysburE charge upon the enemy again. Mothers,
wives, daughters and sWeetheaTts were there TO
SEQ them on, but not az Of yore, when, with tear
ful eyes, they kissed their go3d.byes, with the
fearful thought that possibly they might DO the
| last.
with worship. God loves truth and principle,
They are the attributes Of His own nature
| One worships Hod when telling the truth and
when slgniiying DEVOTION 10 principle. They
were only giving evidence that there are SUI
patriots la the land, and that there u still au
| adherence to the priuciplo for which human
blood was W freely sacrihcel On the altar OF q
| e 4 niun, one aud iHdiyisiBle.' We pardon and
bless the 0u west aud Veteran clubs for what
they dil on SUNDAY.
| HOTELS AND sALOONa.
| Il was a busy evening wItnIn the cofFLtOri
and yesttbules ol the hotels. troups o. ldleri
| lanIy leaned up against the posts, snUUzed AVA
| on easy lounges and chairs, while others In ami
mated style discussed the political questiOns o
the hour and planned the real business Of to-day
| Purters were busy In smashing franks driver
| Of hotel coaches were shouting All aboard tu
Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York /" Beat
| Hickman was as lively as n cOckTOach In picklnl
| up red chips = guests, Us they pail their bulls
| were wondering how and when they drank 8,
much vi Widow Cliquut's beautiful but danger
Gus beverage; OhstrepeTeus uTchlus were insist
Ing upon totinB carPeIhaEs to the depot, AM
| had Il not been Tor here and there the tone
| OF a church bell one would never have imagine,
that II was Sunday.
| in TACT, hotel is not church, AMI hote
| clerk and o minister are a. uhlike each other a
| Topsy and Eugene. Besides that, It 10 sal,
that hotel clerks have No need OF ministers, 10
| they have no s0uls hoover said 50, though
told a lie, for u man without a soul cannot writ
poetry, and the best poet iu this town Is a hole
| clerk. His whole nature Il song and romance
Then, again, man without a 5Ool cannot love
and yet who Is more devoted to hts young On
| bsautiiul bride than u certain hotel clerk "
might namei His very life Is u bOfgrr Of bllss.
| PALACES UF PLEASURE.
| II, Of o Sunday evening, business pTOmpte
us " visit one OF these we sbsuId md Il Just IN
same almost as on week day night. Seeing
carriage roll up to the entrance Of one last eyst
Ing put us Ia mind Of that fact The richl
cushioned sofas, chairs aud OttOmans, the inlhl
tables Of ivory and wood work, the StenWa
grand, tho high colOred, luxurious pain
Tugs IN OF, the chromOs Vt "Beautiful SNOW,
"Magdalen'' and Poverty" the Bohemia
glassware, silver trays and pitchers, and a
sunday night as ever The Iewoled hands
the Young ladies hold the same literature, To-
such as The New Varieties, The Sportn
| News" THE Days DOings." Yet those VI moi
elevated taste will he found pouring uy,
Byron "rho Confessions Of Rosseau,"
"BeccaciO's DecamerOn;' and SUNDAY night
lust the snme as week day nights, they hold T.
ceptlOns for husbands, fathers aud young me
II Is not our business to look into the hearts
| these yOmen-but Heaven knOwH that they a
| not all bad, and that In many there " dee
rich and falloW ground for the seed VI klndne
and love.
Strict PREACHING.
| Not n thousand miles from the scene depidti
| above u group was gathered last evening at u
| corner OF seventh and Pennsylvania avenue
| listen to the old songs Of Zion from piOus mi
: and women and to hear eEhOrtattons TO Tepe
! from members Of that earnest band, the NUut
Mems Christian Association. As we passed b
| lhht Er~rt anu "I"'" ""n ~~-'-' 'h"~"' -
Warren Choate, was urging mon to repent 81
. | to accept the sacrifice and love Ut Christ Te
dsTly he told them OF the ever new and oy
beautiful story Of the Gross OF the peacoit
happy lives Of those who have hope aud "
| elUquently pietuTiLg the glory Of the re'ieetne
Here, at last, was sign Of the SabbAth-he
was proof that this is vineyard OF the Lord
we'll as n city Of syil-heTe an effort was belt
made to stay the tide Of iniqultY
DRuSKARDs.
We passed %, but botUT0 we we're out Of u
range OF Mr.. ChOate's voice the dreadful sig
OF a common dTunkArd was presented. He v
o plteOusly begging Kind hearted iTlend
ten cents to buy rum. Clothed and In
right mind, this drunkard lisa smart and Us
full citizen, Last night he was "a object
derlslOn and scOrn-dirty, tattered anu tor
Rum had clnuded hls brain, aud he was lit
hstter, II any, than o miserable, gibbsTlng ldit
: Just what any man Is liable 10 cums to who Civ
, loose reins u passion for strong dlink. Was
! no tears over hini pauper's funeral and drum
ards grave Is his Immediate destiny. There
more hope for the WeiLdTossed young man WI
Teelod by In fearful state Of intONicatiOI
us constitution is strong now, and he can sa,
himself but, young friend, beware
There were other scenes quite as intere Btln
but time fUrbids their narration. The yaLl,
news Of the city Ia To bo written up, and VIII
} awake TepOTtsTB have no time TO tell Of one ha
they see and hear. lie who enjoys tho Ohum rI
, dignHdie can md time TO write OF these thing
i hut not the busy FepOTteF