Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-04-18

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whvania Avenue This
gh rents drove traffic to
"a !; was the principal thorough
n vne city. 1t is Coubtiul if it can
TspTm that distinction nov, though, two
Years ago, and even more receNtly, i5 could
present in the afternoon about four o'clock
the gnvest, most illustrlous, and, take il all
in all, Uhe wickedest cosmopolitan process
sion OF promenaders tllat could be seen Oh
tins continent.
ON THIS STREET,
somewhat Classic from redolence of history
and pageantry, cut at one end by the White
House and at the other by the Capitol, near
ly score of Presidents have gone to their
inauguration. The principal hotels and
drinking saloons OF the city are situated
upon it or near it, and, daily, during the
Congressional session, Senators and mem-
bers, and Justices of the Supreme Court,
walk to and from the Capitol upon its
broad side. walks. OR ride in its filthy street
cars, or roll in their carriages if they can
afford it over its now very uneven surface.
few years ago, when Washington was
touched with
THE WAND OF $50, 900, 900,
and transformed almost in night, from a
struggling village with mud roads into q
city almost as beautiful as the Prophets
vision OF the New Jerusalem, the habltues
of this avenue awoke to find it clothed i'll a
bran new Nicholson pavement, as smooth
and solid as q ten-pn alley; and during the
hash days of the Republic it wss emphati-
cally the national promenade and boulevard
flequented by the fair and unfair and van
ity lair and those who Jared sumptuoualy
b it never paid their fare, "a claes too numer-
GUS in Washington for public and private
welfare. But Gen. Babcock has long since
measured the Avenue, the contractors have
been paid twice over for their worthless
rotton Nicholson blocks, and
NOW TIE SENATE Is DEBATING
whether it shall be repaved with asphalt,
concrete, ,cobbls stone, Belgian blocks, or at
/ Senator Oglesby insists wiEh dirt, which be
SAYS has always answered him very we'll fol
anlbulatory purposes. fear we may have
undereaVimated our Senators; they can wall
4 tue earth as weil as the clouds, and tall
abon5 common things ss piosily as an!
/ body.
Bit the tedium of legislation ia atoned
for by The liveiiuese Of investigation. Th'
testimony of Whitley, NetLleship, New
combe and other ex worthless of the U. y
Treasury secret service corps, has createt
, IL sansation only ieas hr0fouuI tlaa Chat D
the Belknap expose. On Saturday, Gen
Babcock was indicted with Harrington
Whitley Nettleship, and others. Gen. b
gave bail in the cum of $4,000 ex-GoT
Shepherd going upon his bond. White.
and Nettleship it ID understood will secure
immunity by burning States evidence.
EMANCIPATION DAY WAS cELFBRATED
in Washington by the unveiling of Lincoln
statue, recently placed in the park OF hi
name. This day was cloudy, threatening
rain, but this did not prevent the eoncours
Oi lLuAububo HuAhbOAo VI pOlOlO4 PCOHA
from Maryland and Virginia, who can afoot
in the cars, on mules, and by every con
ceivable wheeled craft to witness the cere
mony The statue was overhung and con
cealed by large American flag. from whicl
a rope extended to platform occupied b.
President Grant, Cabinet officials, justice
of the supreme court, members of Con
gress, and representatives OF foreign lega
lions. At the invitation of Prof. Langstol
(colored) who conducted the ceremonies
the President pulled therope and the statu
was unveiled amid the roar Of cannon, ap
plaud Of surrounding multitudes, and mu
sic by the marine band.
The group is of colos sal size, bronze, ,and
without exception, the most perfect @ori
of art in the city, both in idea and execu
ton. 1t represents the president with
face full of benignity and pity, holding il
bis rig lat hand the proclamation of emanci
patton, while his left is extended over th
head of a crouching slave, half lifting him
self and groplng IN the dawn OF liberty
The group both in mass and in feature is ii
expre siye and impressive history.