Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-03-07

bring up the soil, make baied hsy and feed st1ck
AT Quantico is fne. imposing railroad hote
Of the native cavaliers are said TO be good A.
aforetme, but the education down at the heel
and their dislike Of manual labor monotonousy
common. Virginia has too many traditions and
TOO little elbow grease and nom POLITICAL town
meetings. As We advance mp the Northern
Neck and reach the Quaker settlement around
nemsnt near Fairfax, the country shows the
tnrit OF the latest acceseions. The difficulties
OF me grain growers in the west win stimulate
settlements hereabout next spring and fall, the
| I9ss IN the newspapers about the Improvement
OF washington having had the effect TO adver
slse our region and growing market over al.
EEeG Jersey, Maryland, New York, and New
| -Four steam roads and ferries will soon be in
operation across the Potomac, from Pope's
| creek, Alexandria, Washington, and, not re
| motely, from above Georgetown The YORK
River and Richmond railroad is expected TO b,
| carried ont to the mouth of the Rsppshannock
out, and direct roads via the Eastern Shore 10
Phiiadelphia and New York, the whole Chesa-
peske basin ought In time to equal the activity
OF the Hudson valley. The opening of Chain
bridge, after two years Of Interruption. viii
nelp materially to revive certain branches of
uade In Georgetown which have lansuished
had dealt immemorially with this old tradins
port and market, which is still one of the
qualntest Of Maryland towns, mixture Of Ger
man Frederickt0wn and Scotch Baltimore
with ravefipgs of villa architecture, drives
city.
Portraits Of Our War Statesmen.
The collection Of oil portraits of the Secreta
ries of the War at the ONCE Of General Belknap
is Of more value-and say it after reflection
than the whole Of the paintings at present in
the Corcoran gallery, and particularly invalu
able to the historical reader, battle painter and
student OF our biography and politics. Begin
ming with General Knox, Timothy Pickerins
and George Rogers Ciarke-the latter unofS7
cial Director General and founder Of the North
west-the series extends to John Armstrong,
presented by his son-in-law. VIM. b. Astor,)
the Crawfords, Calhoun, Poinsett. Marcy,
stanton, Rawlings, Sherman, and Schofeld
own portrait and only four or five are missing
Davis and Cameron most notably. The series
probably makes forty accurate life-size like
nesses, generally In the first style of art, by Peeie
Sully, Huntington, Ames, UIke and others
They are to be added to the remaining subjects
and to await the completion Of the new War
order in a gallery with q museum collection Of
trophies, standards and battle relics, to add one
more faculty to the American Polytechnic
School. Such subjects as the above infsome
manner escape all comment from Journalists
who never lose sight of any malicious rumor
flying around. While the Secretary of War has
e been piously returning along the line Of the
oblivion these presiding faces, the fact that he
has some new furniture is being printed always
& literary
artistic task appreciated by journalism!
An NJ. C.'s WinkIet.
My sweet little girl, who is feeding
A thousand sheets Of law,
With such a sweet figure and breeding,
To that printing press black NAV,
What would happen to me to be leading
You up to the priest by my paw?
You would never be half so pleasing,
oh q hao mt nj fno%-
You would never work more, but be teasing
For another new bonnet and suit;
And then would grow naughty and freezing
To me and your babies to boot.
You know you are only coquettng,
And do 1t the same, naughty Miss,
To all the young clerks who are frett
That Congressman hoped you were his:
So. while MIR. Ciapp Is forgetting,
Fling me over mischievous kiss!
The Garbage Press.
From all parts Of the horizon assurances Art
received of q renaissance movement in the news
paper profession, to the end to expel or detach
the notorious element and assist law and public
opinion to extirpate 1t. The Portland Press
publishes leader, which the respectable press
g copying with great unanimity, saying that
the war, which built up the material fortunes
Of Journalism. also demoralized it, and that IL
is afflicted with class of men processing to aim
at reform, who are really the worst influences
OF the age, spreading infdelity to our country,
to personal reputation, and to human nature
The chaplain Of the Senate prays God to palsy
the slanderer, and much OF the press responds,
A concomitant of degenerate period in poll
tics Is always scandalous press, and on exam
and Churchill and John Wilkes execrate most
wildly they represent large part Of what is
The Newspaper press in New York generally
shared in the plumber of Tammany Hall and
Tweed and Barnard found their last defenders
ID the most rampageous, because the most
CINCINNATI press capable as 'i II is is Ia af,
what no feIlew can find out, except that the
an apparent discovery that Hon. VIM. s. Groes-
beck offered s25 900 gratuity to dispose Of his
woods to the city, though some politicians, makes
iond rejoicing that another high character Is
pulled down. In San Francisco two publishers
knock type into pi, shoot off pistols and expound
each other, to the trepidation of general socie-
ty, which is only interested with the fact that
such professors" hold everv mans character
In pawn or In perogative: Chicago journalism
is complacent that one editor will shortly die or
60 crazy, and that several others are bankrupt.
Brooklyn is apparent to the senses on week
days, chiefly by its frantic editorial personality
What relations, as rule. do the New York edi-
this hate, malice and uncharity, there is no
reason except inflated self-esteem, wounded
vanity, the sense OF great power balefully ex-
erclsed, or mere business emulation such as
would incite no merchant to abuse his rival.
Why should the editor Of q paper, with one
hundred Thousand daily readers, admit to his
columns In bold type a piece Of tavern gossip
affecting United States Senator? III il is true,
what good to make that obscure scandal ma
nonal topic to the injury Of our race our freside
thought our patriotic faith!
This age differs from others chiefly in this
That all Is now printed which Is known. What
story, what character might not a modern
interviewer have made Of the execution on
Mount Calvary and the subsequent sacrament
supper OF the bereaved disciples? IL In we'll
that all reverent traditions took their origin
and rise before the day Of the power press.
The true utility of the journal, and the right
province Of the Journalist are In constructive
work-to assure society and report public life
at and above the surface, and not In the CULTS
and lobbies where tattle Is irresponsible and
obscure a. the darkness and the echoes. A pa
triotic press win leave to courts Of Justice and
commissions OF law the detection and punish
ment OF public men in national life, and hide
the wayside slips Of great advocates and states
men for the sake Of their larger usefulness.
This is more obligatory upon an independent
tnan upon partisan prese; for the former
assumes truly national task, and should
be dCnbly tender Of the general fame. To
detective ways, relate it with q FLOATING smack