The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-09-05

srauger-Men. Women and Meas
ures-OHee-Seekers and Lobbyists
The speakership-Randa and the
rexas Standardization Of Illinois.
WASHINGTON, ID. g., Sept 3, II.
spec,al Correspondence OF the Register.
Notwithstanding Its magnificent pr,
vste residences splendid hotels, brilliant
theatres, dazzling chandeliers, unique
csndelabra and gorgeous equlpages'
Washington hides as much pinched gen
tility sssny cityin America. Gilded great
ness, luxurious plenty and dismal poverty
NAV be noticed face To face. l thlnk L
am giving but low estimate when nix
the number Of psupers IN washington
at ten thousand. Ten thousand! OF every
are. from every country under the sun,
German and French, Swedes, and Dam
isb. English and irish, American
ard African-from all quarters have
they come 10 the great city OF
Washington. l believe there are
fully sixty Thousand blacks IN ana
around the city, and how, under heaven,
they live is mystery to me. The sp-
nropr,atIon of $4,000 made by the last
CONGRESS drew in many from Maryland
and Virginia; some OF them left work
and GOOD homes to live on Uncle Sam
charity, but the psuper's penny jngled
not in their pockets.
You cannot always tell where suffering
humanity is in such a city as Washlng'
ton; the bright side Of the picture is
almost too bright. The poor are very
Moor and the rich are very gay. Gayety
and fashion predominate, hence Wash,
ington enjoys the title OF "Parls OF
America. But the keen eye, the big
heart and the ready hand will fnd much
to commisserate. The shrewd newspaper
man. whose daily rounds take him to
every quarter Of the city, Is the best
Judge OF its condition.
THE CITY AS IT APPEARS TO THE
STRANGER.
Washington is truly q grand place;
pre-eminenIly so TO those who see 1t tor
Inc first time. Unlike New York, lis
real worth cannot be estimated 1T DIS
lance, for its suburbs, except on the
northeastern side, are squahd in the ex-
IRENE.
The Capitol is q study in itself. l
drew material for my first newspaper ar
ticle from me Capitol, taking the large
doors OF the Rotunda by Randolph RoS-
ers | worked two days at that article,
sen, il to the Boston Pilot, and the poet
editor, john Boyle O'Reltly, desired to
hear from me again. Visitors Away
s.rIke for the Capitol Is soon AS they re-
leve themselves of the dust accumulated
10 travel, then.the Botanic Gardens, next
the Treasury Department, This vii!
take fully four hour. The White House
will come IN next, and will well repay q
visit. The fraudulent man is ever ready
t. shake haKds, so there will be no diff
cIlty in approaching him. Grant WIS
never good at hand shaking. During
the rush of Centennial visitors to the
White House, he swore heavily against
the custom Of grasping hands. Hayes IS
facetious man, and shakes every body 5
hand
The Corcoran Art Galley is = great at
traction, becoming more popular day by
day. After this. take in the Patent and
PostotIices-tbe War Department IS an
insignificant looking buildjng--and you
will have done with public buildings
Ever man or woman OF good taste Will
spend hai day at the Smithsonian In
stltute, and enjoy walk over the 5eautl'
fIl grounds.
q. course varieties OF TASTE have To be
considered IN presenting to our readers u
Measurable programme o. visits, objects
OF interest, etc To some the Congress
sionai library IS the chief desideratum;
TO others view from the dome of ne
CauitCl; to others again the Patent
Office
GEORGETOWN College, with its IA. .oriC
"walks," its auuqustcd buildings, tar,
famed library, ard the uneIsmpled hos
pl.ahtv of lis inmates, is the great at
traction 20 men of literary tastes. In
this venerable institution OF learning the
statesman, the politician. the man Of let
ter. tie man Of the world or the Clois.
tered monk always finds hearty well
come. The best view, l think, in
America is afforded from the College. /
haven't space TO describe the beautiful
panorama which strikes the eye IS you
gaze upon the limpid waters OF the POto-
mac. tho Virginia shores rising majes-
ticslIv in the distance; arlington the
home of Robert +. Lee, where the ma
tion's dead lio buried All this Is but
hall the circle Washington, with its
thousand spires pointing heavenward,
make up the other.
MEN, WOMEN AND MEASURES.
Wa>Lin ton being in great measure