National Republican., 1873-01-31
NnTRs OF TRAVEL.
Fourth sociabic Of the Governors Mount
ed Guard-Iscture by Colonel william
L. Wall

Fourth ssciabie Of the Governors Mount
ed Guard-Lscture by Colonel william
T.. Wall.
Among the many very nne notices Of the
knights Of the golden plume that OF "Iht ~
dbics" seems TO be conspicuous, for their very
pleasant reunions and soclables are preceded by
some inteIlectual treat Last evening their
armOry, beautifully decorated with nags and
evergfeens, was flled by members Of the guard,
iarge COMPANY Of ladies, who for an hour were
most agreeabiy entertained by Colonel William
L. wall, who gave an intelligent account Of per
ont making pretensions as q lecturer, Colonel
Wal seeks In this way to aid the guard In meet
ing Its ordinary expenses.
BY the aid Of series Of large photographs Col.
wall made his statements clear and interesting.
After giving sketch Of Alexandria In Egypt
and the places there OF special interest, he took
MS audience With nun 20 Csro pa and ,.,nnm sNniGnS
nature of Egyptian funeral and weddlag COS
tunes, he lead them out TO remarkable views
me pyramid, and o, tse spnn1 ns sas hat .nfh
and showed them a photograph OF the house OF
simon the tanner, which u still standing. The
Colonels remarks about Egypt were exceed
"a "a his quiet but really graphic way he gave a
full description Of Jerusalem, tts boundaries, OF
the Church Of the Holy Sepulchre, OF the Mosque
| Of omar, and Of Bethlehem, Illustrating his ro-
marks all the way through by the photographs
on the wall. He then stepped over TO Rome and
gave an interesting description Of st. Peters
| church, Of the Coliseum, the Pantheon and the
| CiOaca Maxima, and closed with descriptions OF
| Herculaneum, POmpeil and Nesuvius. FIRE.
quently during the lecture Col. wan was ap-
| plauded, and every one present. including sew.
| eraI prominent Avenue merchants, expressed
| themselves as highly delighted.
TIE SOCIAL FEsT1vIT1Es.
| The benches were Immediately removed and
| he hall cleared for dancing. The ladies' laid
asl 10 their wraps, and soon, 10 the music OF a
90 VI string band, the military gentlemen and
| their partners were whirling through gaops and
reiowas, canary bird waltSes and all manner Of
The committee, with Lieut.. BrcgaEzl at thcil
the evening many were the wel-deseryed com
pllnents given to Major Writ for the high
standard Of excellence TO which he has brought
up the Governors Mounted Guard.
The Reform school.
In the annual report transmitted TO Congress,
by the Attorney General the following reference
TO our reform school wlil be l9nnd interesuns;
pears 81 boys were In the school at the begin
ning Of this year; i49 received during the pasl
wear, and bS discharged, whose ages were from
10 Is years; that IS were OF native parentape
and 10 Of foreign birth; were committed fol
grand larceny, and 81 for peut larceny; incor
rigible, u; and others committed for minoi
The actual expenses OF the school from octo
ber s. lsIi the date Of the last report, to the Isl
instant, were tl6,iOOs1: There were paid during i
ber 8, 1871, tS,6l6.l9, making the total amoun
during that period, t2,0ii.s2.
The amounts received by the school dnrinl
the period were: From the treasurer OF thu
school, is,625,b2; from the board Of trustees
s,i5O; from parents for support Of children
t223. .b0-total, s20,OIT.B2.
The health OF the school IL In excellent con.
, dltion. The school has been removed to thi
house recently purchased by the Government
and although the building has not been com
I pleted, II has been made habltable, and the In
mates have been rendered as comfortable a
) possible under the circumstances.
/ The attention Of Congress is invited to tn
: necessity for an additional building, as thos
! now used are very much crowded, and applsa
tlOns for admission are refused for want Of prope
accommodations.