National Republican., 1873-03-28


Virginia, could fail 70 have markell the breadth
u the picture, and the strong coiors In the
ground and the envlronipg wall Of wooded
Nv a. 70 inoIoss s noble S aroma sTsns d IA Isndsssps
~ Tor the supreme deliberations Of
CONTINENTAL NATION.
Dropping down from those heights by stately
over several miles, % a terrace Of
hills In the middle ground, the foreground then
divided, parallel with the eye, Into basin and q
promlncnt but aI not pPeep,ons re i MI s0f Win 0
agreeable slope, at the back Of which the Poto-
mac reached doep, auppoftlna arm, while
course when half wsy adyanced, and tsen
flowed TO the left, parallel win the Potomac, and
between two equal grassy knolla straight
spfed eye, % a. plainly as reveiation, he avenues @
As such washington must have buiided il up
In his own IoTRStys rnn NINA iSr many time
He did not require to take note Of the shiftless
slave farms for which the ground hal been al
ready broken. Where yondsr orchard grew, he
extending down to the riverside cottage OF that
curmuigcon Scotch planter who was to he
among the last TO say words Of lmpudence TO the
swelled up TO the clear skies In the night, WASH
ington saw the spiritual outlines Of The fair
white Capitol soon to he embodied there. Flow
over The hi % Of the capto, he realised he lower
and the upper city, on which circle OF villas In
the higher background should some day look
blue heights Of The Anacostis and the heights Of
Georgetown, from the river hack TO the table
land, should, by another century, smoke with the
a.s to honor tRs founder % q IL. Sir9n eapta m
Having named tho three clvll commissioners
to whom COnRress-wlser than CouRreasea Of
lateC Predetermined the puslness of capital.
making, Washington set out from Philadelphia,
TO CoSFKR WIN THEM or TUE srof.
1t Is characteristic Of Maryland roads in those
days, In March, that the President drove down
Ing the susQuehanna, and was ferrisd over from
ROckhall to Annapolis. At the latter place he
rested all Saturday, receiving hospitality, and on
Blsdensburg, where he dinei and slept. Next
mmning he took breakfast az suter's tavern, q
one-story frame in Georgetown, having occupied
one week In fatiguing and psruous travel from
From The heights Of Georgetown washing gton
could look over the half-uncuitirated tract,
where the commissioners had plotted part OF
their surveys for the Federal city. and Pennsyl-
yanla avenue was then path through an older
swamp from Georgetown TO CaTrollsburg.
On Tuesday, a misty aud dlaagreeable day,
washington rode out at seven O'Clock, with Da-
yid stuart, Daniel Carroll and Thomas Johnson.
the three ommisaloners, and with Mr. Andrew
Elicott and Major L'Rnfant, who were surveying
city. Al derived no great sstisfsction,S ssys
Washington, "from the review |" aud this We can
readily snppoae from oqr prcseht knowledge o.
District IN tho spring Of the year. on damp day,
with the landhoiders OF Georgetown and CAROLS
burg contendlng with each other BY the way,
tcr, e. aud nd The crude and tsSaisd nature q the
region, ,,
ored 70 oontrlye an accommodation between the
probably 1t this time that he had reason 10 des-
lgnate Dayy Burus, the Scotch farmer and father
60 ,ne iuinre nearess n ol ,ne Guy As "tne Ses,i,
| FORESTS with large company. Tho next day
| the contendlng landholders
| AGRERp TO wAsnINGroNr SUGGESTIONS,
and entered into articles TO surrender half theii
lots when surveyed; and, having gwen aome Of
his chAracteristioally precise instructions TO the
! engineers and others, the President crossed ths
ing, and dinsd At AieSaadris, and slept t thsi
night at Mount Vernon, his homestead.
There Ia a statue Of Washington In one OF tht
on efsfs tered se Stse DOING nv
AtoCAL TREATMENT oR TIE sUBJEcT
| would have heen more touching and Thoughtful
the veteran Of war and politics. worn down witt
perity, riding through the marshes and nelds oi
| Washington, on the brink OF his slNtieth year
to give the founding Government he had reare,
an honorable home. Could q nner subject appea
TO the artist or to the municipality oil Washing
ton; the virgin landscape Of the capital, and th
greatest Of founders OF cities since Romuus
mIssonSrs, and certain coarteols denisens' o am
seeking 10 reason tho necessities OF the Stat,
and the pride Of the country Into the nlnty sou
Of Dayy Burns, that successor Of Dogberry-fo
he Ia said TO have been magistrate
osE op Tus PLAQUES
OF Gen. Washington for the remainder Of hi
CESS and it had 20 suffer the concentrated Or,
Of criticism and witilclsn, domestic and foreign
as we'll as more serious financial adversely. he
sa 81 ss S
tied 1t in the nelghb0rhood OF his estates, proba
bly, weighed somewhat upon his spirits IN to,
midst o. Ieat ilsnl repartee which & grave ns'pr,
temper than him who bpldeth q city. Thal
Washington did both well the later century car
answer better than the former. The extrava
Gated until now, when the habitations OF 1901 ,Oo'
people hegll 10 develop upon the plane OF hll
magnlleenoe. The helgabors Of Gen. Washing
gate In cities, and the Federal site had 70 wni
Tor gregarl0us domination and period OF com
paratiye wealth. II Jet to be tested whether
sguaid tunes Tor, New York excepted, Wash
ldgtOn u soy tSs'asSTess Z. S z siI! IN AlIsries,
properly, % were faomss sssii aSs M Joen
Gantt. The chief owners OF the site were Daylt
Burns, Samuel Davidson, Motley Young An'
THk cosr OF rHE GROUND ..-
on which washiaGton city standa was truly In
significant rs compared with the romarkabl
The few property y-holders agreed 70 convey i
the Government ont OF their farm lands a. muol
ground a. would be required for streetA, avenues
and 10 sSSnasr "sc oSs sai Si Il. fsssS M
land to be sold by the United Slatea as tt Nigh
} deem nt-reeelVing, however, at the rate OF ~
per acre for the public grounds, but nothing 70
the streets, In other words, the Government
through It's three commissioners, was TO plot on
the Federal city In the first place, delneating q
the grounds required for buildings and reserya
Ii vas then " diylds these inhabltable loi
sell Us osn lots when and on what prices an
sales % make its payments % "a for he nstIons sI
gfounds and reservations.
In this way the GOyefnment took seventeen
such a. now surround he Capitol III ~ P Presdent a
House, etc., and the same amounted to oll acrei
AZ $500 per acre, this yielded to the farm
holders ~, o09-a very small sam, indeed, II "
: compute Interest upon Il, and subtract principe
aud Interest from the preseut.
The building lots assigned 10 tho aovernmen
, numbered lO,iSS. The amount OF sales OF thes
lot', up TO the year 1884, wa. sIai,o2tto, and q
. assessment upon the unsod lots, made at tina
! tlIBs, brought the Goyernmonts share up 4
tioO, 300. besides thls handsome speculation
the sum Of 1900, and the State ci MsryiSn
the sum Of tI2,0oo, as oonceRsiOn for pAntin
the great city on their boTders. With eqnl
courtesy, the Government gave away q Rren
i many lots TO such institutions ~ the Columbia
4 aud Georgetown colleges aud the washlngto
aud ". ylGnelt's Orphan Asylums: and Il ais
sguaDdered many lots upon less worthy sol
oitors, giving adepOt7slIe AYay 70 Q railway CON
pany IN lsIq, which was worth several hlnane
= in rue HSTIRu ARIA
lncluded under the above agreement, therO wef
T,lO0 AoTea, with o circumference Of fourtee
mtlea. Tue uneven plain Of the city extende
, four miles along tho river, and averaged thre
quarters Of mile In breadth The only stream
were the Tiber, which divided tho plain near
} equally; James creek, emptyng into the mout
OF the Eastern branch; aud Slash run, emptylp
) into Rock creek. These streams still presery
tie names thsJ received long before the capt.
! TBR PIRsT nEDI0AToRy ACT
was to TX the cornerstone ut Jones' Point, net
: Alexandria, james Muir preached the sermo
: Daniel Carroll and David Stuart placed the ston
= aud the MAsons OF AlexanhrlA performed the
I mystic. rites. Gam.
! New buildings In YATioHs Parts OF the City
. Mr.. SrArie's Plans.
Vermont avenue, one Of the finest avenues i
, the city, and between X street and the Clrcl,
: has been greatly Improved archltecturaIly b
. deslgns from Mr.. II. r. ssarle, architect. q
: The southwest corner OF l. street and Vernon
! avenue Or. W. II. waISworth has beautlfl
. residence nearly completed from the plans Q
Mr.. Seane. The building IL about forty 70,
square, with q basement, two stories, and
| Rranrh ronf and rontaina ahoul aIxlaan raaa,,