The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-06-20

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The White House is being renovated dur
ing the absence of the Presidents family
for the reception and festivities of another
winter The department clerks take their
months leave Of absence few at u time.
yet enough are left to keep The wheels Of
state in motion. The government printers.
who get no leave except Il ticket of leave
which they generally prefer not to have
are here in diminished numbers. Although
there is an immense amount of work on
hand, which is constantly increasing, there
was such Il demand upon its resources dur
ing the last session and up to the first of
May for extra and unusual printing that
the appropriation has nearly run out. Over
three hundred female employees were fur
Laughed week ago until July less than
half the printers are on duty, and only
work which admits Of no delay is being
prosecuted The fiscal year commences
the first of July. when the new appropra-
ton will be available, aud then the nearly
empty apartments will I've rcfllcd and the
whole force of twelve hundred once more
in eager activity.
The Arlington estate is held by the
United States by Il tax title. II was the
property of Mrs. Lee bcqueated to her by
her father, George Washington Parkc Cur
lis, and was purchased by the United
States at II tax sale at II price nearly nomi-
nal. The estate having been turned into II
cemetery, as if to destroy TO the owner the
value of her Inheritance and make the dead
the means for doing an injustice Mrs.
Lee docs not desire 10 recover it, but she Is
living in somewhat INDECENT circumstances
and she very naturally desires TO recover
the value of ii. 1t is to he hoped, rs she
cannot be held responsible for her dead
husbands trcachcry-hc having remained
in the War Department up 10 the last mo-
mcnt and fleeing thence and openly cspous-
ing the lost cause with full knowledge of
the administration programme for the pro-
sccution of the war-that she may be sue
ccssful, for certainly her claim seems TO he
Just if not valid one.
1t is a beautiful place, the old mansion
standing upon q bold hcadland, in an i'm
mensc park, and commanding fine view
of the Potomac and the opposite city OF
Washington. There are upon this estate
the remains of over twcnty-tllrec thousand
Union soldiers, the bones of twenty-five
hundred lying in one immense vault, hav.
ing been gathered from various battle
fields throughout the Shenandoah Valley
and the road to Richmond. The supcrin-
tendent in charge resides in the mansion
which remains unaltcrcd since Lees oc
cupancy-and the register there kept shows
Il record of $4,000 visitors since April
1865. 1t is much rcsorted to on the Sabbath
by Washingtonians, who there find cooling
shade and contemplation meet for the day
just opposite in the Potomac, and connect
ed with the Virginia shore by calscway
where once the channel of the river ran, i.
the island of Analoston, the birthplace
and long tino rooidon.v of Donatoi nIasun.
the Confederate Minister to England. II
is said that when the Virginian portion OF
the District of Columbia was coded back
to that State he caused this causeway to be
built that he might thereby become IA citi
zen of Virginia and then be eligible to Con.
grcss from the Old Dominion.
The Walworth murder seems to be at
tracing unusual attention, and is elicitine
the most varied feelings. 1t is peculiarly
sorrowful, and the source of much arglt
ment. Naturally many fathers of sons arc
in favor Of hanging Walworth, and there
are tender, loving wives who press theil
babies closer to their warm hearts and pray
God to avert from them so terrible sor.
row; then, again, mothers and wives there
are who have tasted the golden apples OF
the Dead Sea and found therein ashes, dust
and desolation, whose hearts are bruised
by neglect and harshness, writhing in hid
den torture, hiding wounds that are never
healed, cOncealing the skeleton from every
eyc,--known only to the recording angel
These women secretly love this young
man they look upon him not us Il reckless
bravado, but as the brave aycnger of his
mothers wrongs, goadcd almost bcyont
endurance by letters threatening that deal
mothers life, and by the eowardly blows
she bore in patience. Surely is there NJ
palliation for murder like this for ii i.
murder, horrible, unnatural murder.
A very enjoyable feature of Washington
life, and IA partial recompensc for swelter
ing days, is the open air concerts of thu
Marine band. Twice week, in the coo
of the twilight, once at East Capitol park
and Saturday evening in the Presidential
grounds, the band discourses most excel
lent music to throngs Of delighted listeners
The femcninc element is well represented
Here the rich and poor, white and colored
bewitching toilettes and lovely garbs min
gle together and enjoy to the full the en-
trancing strains. You can walk, stand o
sit, as the mood controls you, or the tight
ness of your boots suggests. of cours
there is much flirting and many whisperin!
of sweet and soft things, and tender glance
from bewildering eyes, and all that. 1t !
pleasant, indeed.
An old Vermont printer told me TIN
other day he thought the GLOBE the hes
weekly paper Vermont had yet produced
1t is creditable both in typographical ap
pearance and quality of matter. Its loca
sketches are especially interesting. r.