The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-01-29

WASHINGTON DEC. Jxa, 7sh.

P'o@s"As paw" '~ "@'Vu vs. sCG1U y tGW
! win or months there IL ON the Amsrieaa
Continent. Thrre is always aAy anaunt
Of ainussmsnts in 'his city, especially in
tae winter Time, when Csaxreas 10 ia
session, and the city tbr"sgsd w,sh eHGss
see kers, who Dy the way, are the most
Srrsstent pests Imaginable. Ne Senator
or Representative Ia freq tram the is. por.
tnni,iss Of these leechcs; Il .ftice See ksr
viii call at their hntel, reside or fall
low them 'Rto restaurant ar spJwhsrc
else t.. prosecute their "clalMs No
sooner doe, the man of iatlssrss dispose
ore. than he has Aho.hsr 70 dispsss o.
~ !he same way. Thls YsAr thsrs kxs
bsea remarkable increase IL their sun-
brrs--siarmlag' 80, and the ssly one
,e.eftt,d by It are the hot&la.
Washington IS. or will be s"as, anSsg
the Rpe.' cities of the states. Tho streets
are extremely wide d we'll paved. Thsrs
ar many elegant residences And nae husi-
ne $ blocks hcre,--exclus've 1T the Qev.
erpmeat bui'dlngs,-nostly bui,s Of brick
and iron. The R,pnblsean u:wspapsr has
just c"mnltted new brick building. with
y ire manssri roof. and spaeisus access.
,mod~tisns; the ChT0nscIs has alse cree. cd
new ir IL six starry irsn building. and
"i.l eater II in few days. Tia strssts
re from 70 to lie feet vice, and th.
avenues from 1sD to 100 feet, apd are very
long and straight, VI Il lined With ire o
pr, ssnting a Aeaulful view is sumnsr.
Psnnsy vaRis avenue 10 the maiA thar-
oughtSre, tie Capitol. Presidens's Hsuss,
War, Treasury and Navy Departments
being situated npon 1t; it 10 iea feet vide,
and is frequsnted by oil learned and
noto. ioas msn Of all ustisas. The
ssdent sauntsrs along, sad bat lev
take especial notice; If they de, il lie With
the careless remark: There's Grant."
A person taking upa stand en- cay part
of THE avenue at this time Of ths yaNr can
have more public men pOiassd sus to Aim
lii halt day than he would s:s in any
,otler city in u month. Nilfisaarss All
faifresd kings who come acre to s.curs
the passage 0f SONS moaepsl y.crsstins
bill'she CabiEet If ;srs. Cssgrsssmsn
army and navy officers in bright uniforms
foreign Observation-Disclosures jSurnallstG
and literary men, all may be .seA Ia o
! short tpme,-whsn congress 10 in session.
hpf in he sumner there is uotkiag ~ DO,
nearly everybody having followed the
exampIs of Congress, and "adjeuraxd"
The Capitgt is TIE an' st public build
lug',n Washington, the main psrtisn be-
| ing built of light yellow p~mus s'sre
painted white. and the wiBgs Of pure
white marble. It was csuAsacsd In the
last century, The corner. stone bsiag laid
by Grerge Washington 9spteSassr Is,
1888; Ia 1o14it was con idsrably isjszsd
~ the British torch, aat the library
almost completely destroyed: the ex,sa
>ioas were commenced in 1861, aAd GEM
p!eted in 1857. Tho whole building il
Isl feet long, and c"veis an area Of 81
acres, and 10 situated ON an eEixenee "a
fesr assve the P"temac,-whish, at che
| p lat, is more than q mile wide-esm.
handing rhe finest view Of PsnnsylvanlA
avenue to be 0btaiued fron Any ether
point. The grounds ar,ana the Capitol
are well laid cut with shrWhbery, trees,
walks, etc. Inside the Cavrtsl are many
anc. large paintings and statues, mAty
works Of ssperi"r ertlstS AAsng shsrs
is, he painting Of Parry st shs Battle Of
Lake Erie. The commodore. with bis
Ii tile son, 10 represented 40 juss leaving
his disabled ship in y boat; be scene l.
Gaely pal nted, and the exsca,ien Of the
Whole work is Smelly done. 1t ~ we'll
worth the time to go through the Capitol,
ard among the nnest rooms IL the "masbIe
room" II any Of my readers ever vi Is
this city, they must not fail to visit shst
l4mous room. Both ihe Senate CpambeG
and The House OF Representatives are
we'll furnished, large, elegant legislative
:.Al'si With galleries FIR spectators. cssak
AID smvksug rooms for she legislators
O vsnience. Ia this building alas ma 81
|the Supreme Court. O ,nrt oe Claims, The
| Ulcers Of the Cabinet, ETC., etc.
But thsrs-are SO mary at,raesiosas hcis