Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-05-08

or. 1t IS OFTEN r1gnt, out sometimes
wrong. Like all faulty things of earth
this picture must be possessed of the
proverbial good side, and the popular
verdict says it's the side next to the wall.
but we presume ten years hence it may
receive more favor.
The Supreme Court adjourned Thurs
day until time appointed by law, which
is in October next.
Justice Miller and one or two others
are about to join the crusade of Ameri-
cans to Europe.
The tide of travel seems outward
bound this year, largely so. The Amer
lean who goes abroad on the sly may
find it difficult travelling under ''aliases,
-''strictly incog. you know" He must
be prepared to meet his next door neigh
bors, their friends, confidants and tale
bearers at every turn. Hardly paper
taken up but announces the departure of
some scion of Yankeedom for the old
world. But this is not all, for some
prefer going unannounced and slip off,
like knotless threads, unbeknown to even
the neighborhood gossips, whose first
business is to know everything. We
don't know why they do this unless il
be harmless way they have of express
gossips, or to surprise the old world
cousins, or may be, themselves.
Outside the Capitol building a gigan-
tic improvement in its immediate sur
roundings is being inaugurated. Upon
its east front two squares are being clear
ed of the buildings upon them, and this
extra space added TO the east park will
enlarge its area TO the amount of some
fifteen acres. These buildings have,
some of them, been noted resorts, and
are all prominent because of this mani
fest infringement upon Uncle Sans
front yard. First upon the Senate side
Of the grounds, and Just across the street
from the Senate Chamber, known as
..Whitney's," has been from days ante
rior to our advent, a hotel and restau-
rant. Cgrog shop it would be called, and
prosecuted by law In Vermont Ii has
divided honors with Congress in the past.
and dollars too. for that matter. We
have often noticed that it "drew" well
but failed to ''hold" its audience, for
while nothing has been more com
mon than to see men In squads
leaving the dry debates of the
Senate. and streaming over the
streets to Whitney's, they were sure TO
return in few moments evidently salts
fled. 1t got to seem almost az auxiliary
to the Capitol, and has no doubt inspired
much legislation with .'old rye" which
was supposed by confiding constituents
to have been prompted entirely by the
spirit of the constitution. But tiTues
are growing better. So is Washington.
Adjoining, or nearly so, fronting upon
the present park, stands the house sacred
ly memorized by reason of the living
and death in it of an eminent
Vermonter-Senator FOot-whO when
in the last struggle asked to be
raised to the window to see once more
the green earth and the scene and con-
summation of his hours and ambition,
the Capitol. The film was gathering
upon his eye and his breath was uncer-
tain with final effort he exclaimed,
'sHow beautiful, how beautiful, leay-
ING friends in dOut as to whether he al
luded to our material edifice, or TO the col
umns, corridors and domes of celestial cit
les beyond, for just there the curtain fell.
Upon the other square Saunders restaur-
ant has, for long time. done the moist
ening of dry debates for the House of.
Representatives and a few doors back
the .1Casparis" has done an ordinary
hotel business the latter is to be moved
off whole, and all the rest laid low
This is all good so far as il goes, but the
stingy appropriations made by the last
Congress will hardly make a beginning
of what ought to be done for the edifice
of this great nation. The original plan
for the east front of the Capitol cOntem-
plated this and much more. The first
architect of the Capitol submitted plans,
/ and estimated the cost in pounds,
| shlllings, pence and farthings, for
! lowering the eastern grounds some
/ twenty feet, in order, so TO speak, to
raise the Capitol building out of the dirt,
/ so that the dome and building would APP
! pear in more harmonious proportion to
/ each other The impression conveyed
! by an eastern view now, might be lik-
ened unto a church spire on a train Of
/ cars or a haystack on raft. The archi-
/ tect's report was made to jefferson, who
submitted it to Washington, then living
1 in Philadelphia, with arguments demon
strating the urgent need of this outlay
I True. If was said, the estimate was inn
mense, but the demand for this measure
/ of relief for the cOuntry's Capitol was
even greater, and by taking two or three
years time for il, it was thought that the
I country could stand IT, His estimates
. announced 40 -s1gsUDB- " hat a kDAAl-
ment upon times and things Now
] government contracts and pays debts by
the million. lis waste baskets are worth
more than those figures; the filchings
would build new park every year, and
still the first story of the national edifice
is left under ground. Now, however, il
could be done for fifty thousand, as the
dirt removed would be very valuable in
grading up other places. Mr.. Morrill,.
Chairman of the committee on public
buildings and grounds, who is here still.
will spend a while in New Yorkin search
for the best plan for the new park. The
stupendous piece of architecture, the
new State Department, continues to lift
slowly into the sky, and the committees
have issued proposals for plans for a
new Congressional library building. The
more public buildings the better, for
they viii all tend to embarrass the
question of Capital moving in the goth
century. Rejoice, that time fails Us,
/ otherwise we might s.K