The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-12
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inaugnrated and enjoy lew days of re
creation. To tho who, like ourselves
have not visited Washington for years
and consequently have not kept the rur
Of the radical changes going on there ii
the way Of new buildings and magniGcen
street Improvements, the contrast be
tween the old era and the new Is indeed
something marvellous. In the matter O
vide and superbly payed streets, on which
the asphnltum is laid as smooth as Aool
and yet not hard and harsh like stone
Washington has no equal in this country
and is not, we presume, surpassed by any
city in the world. Whatever may be
said OF the jobbery and corruption thai
have attended this grand march OF i'm
provemen5 there IL no denying the iaCI
that something very attractive-attract,
i've almost to the point Of enchantment-
has been left to show for the princely
sums that have been spent.
In the days Of slavery before the war
tollovirg Tho va wo.hin.,aa 80, ~.I
to be an abOrtiVe sort Of a city-a met
nrovom.n, AMI hoan,;ea.Ii", " - ~
M bodv had ,nv ro.l;n,a.a,, rL. - -
nnbIic bp;ld;nc, instead ot h.ins Ill.,
coma set in un;ctu.s. of si,,a. y ,ono;,,;,c
and conferrinU bo,utv vors ~ .on,o
ore s,id .bort g. po,o,,, =, D. &C.,
" niles ont of placsp--a ,rsot swnr,, mon.
etrated bv a malariou, canal an ana s;do
and dresrv wos,. of yoo.s r,.,n,o ~
,ho o,ho, W.
All this has been changed. Washing.
ton is now city in which every Ameri-
can can take pride. It is not only as.
suming metropolitan proportions, but
it can boast of parks, avenues,
drives, fountains, sLatuary, private res.
licences and architectural adornments
Of the most attractive and heartsome
character. In many respects Washington
is symboiical OF the great changes that
have come to the whole country by rea.
son Of the war-changes that have their
drawbacks and dark sides, but that have
on the whole immensely benefited the
country. Any one can see that a great
future is in store for city capable Of
such indefinite extension and improve.
ment, and that pari pass,s with the growth
OF this limitless country it must become
the grandest National Capital in the
world.
Rut We dill M, ga, M, n WRITE .hor,
the nbvaicoI cb0n,os tho, have ooonrso,1
At WASHINGTON of late vo,r. hn, ro,ho,
,bont tbe nrogsrt ou,Iool, of n.,,o,s NJ,
,;,;c,I and n,r,icrlorIr =, ,ho nro,,oo,,
of Tho row Adn,in;.,.n,;nn Co.
wears 400 we saw tbo fr., Rorrhlio,r
pre,idsnt ir.ugnr,,od Tn n.orna ro.noo,,
,bors wo. . no,;oo.hI. ,;.,;I.-;,r - a.,
,r,ocsJor,o and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
;nou,rr,t,on and Tho, ~ Hava, soono,
of eycitsmor, ,bro,,or;nr rovolr,;or
and war n,ocodod .nd .rrso,ndod ho,L
Of them There wos 10 bo hoard oI
W.ob;r,,on m Tho A,h ~ M,,oh 1877
mucb of tho soua GOV, ~ tall that NJ,
heard thsre on The 4tb of March 1891
Tho anna Domoorot;c .cowl ~ di..n
rrobo,;on d;.,fFsc,;or and ir.rhora;ro
lion re.tod Ike , clord nror bo,b score,
-or,v tho cloud nj. ,;me was mrcl
smslIer and f,r lao, rorter,ons tb.,
wben TincoIr too,, Tho oath of ofic,
,mid., f, nn,lsv or,wd 81 .old;s.. Low
.Ii.t. ond oon.,;-.,o.. Thoro 90, ,
yre.t crowd in attendance or botb orc.
s,ors hu, mi. time ,boro v.s an over
.h.dow;r, rronor,;on ~ noorlo vho0,
feelings were in close sympathy with tn,
incoming administration. When Lincolr
stood before Chief Justice Taney anl
took the oath it vas not known vha
minnie . shot wonld he fred h,
some one Of the tbopsands of disIoyalist
from MARYLAND and Virginia who stoot
before him and listened with updisruise,
expressions Of hatred and contempt I,
bis ipappnral address WASHINGTON wa
then a hot bed of secession and treason
The rebel cockade had been publicl,
worn by fashionable society in that cit,
for months prior to the 4tb of March. Al
the departments of The government
swarmed with the placemen Of treason
mopgers. and those who sympathizet
with the new administration scarcel,
dared to rive expression TO their feeling
on that eyen,ful day not knowing whom
to trust.
si,,.sr %, :. h.v. ,v,oro,, , w;ob,,
CHANGE n tbo noIi,;o,, .,mesnhsro oG1b,
No,;onaI can;..I !Th. ia ro.;ms ,hn