National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-12-27

times not before midnight, the two gem
tlemen go to their respective places OF
residence, sometimes one and sometimes
the other first seeing his friend home.
his FAITHFUL sECRETARY
The relations between Gov. Cleveland
and his secretary, Col. Daniel $. Lamont,
are singularly friendly, as well rs essen
TALLY intimate. The well-assortod pair
will continue on precisely the same foot
ing as now obtains between them in tho
larger sphere of labor TO which the votes
of tho people have called the more dis
tinruished man of the two; tho promotion
Of Mr.. Cleveland will be by equal steps
tho promotion Of Mr.. Lamont. As now
in Albany, | venture to prophecy that the
two will DO often seen arm in arm trav-
orslng the streets of Washington.
Dismissing Il subject which the rankest
party feeling must admit to bo pleasing,
and knowing every American citizen, oil
whatever political faith, admircs the
traits of character which tho president
elect evidences In the every day routine
Of his life, your correspondent has time
for few notes OF memorable matters in
Albany not yet referred to in this letter
ALBANY PAST AND PRESENT.
Old Dutch edifices here and there re-
mind Of the origin OF the city, tho first
building of which was raised as long ago
as 1914. The Stats house is the Oldest
structure. Part oft was erected in 1867.
Things Dutch did not pass away, because
| in 1864 Beaverswyok became Albany, and
the property of the English in place Of
the sturdy Hollanders who had founded
| 1t. In the Sunday school of the First
Reformed church are still to be seen q
pulpit, hour glass. and Biblo used 100
years by pastors. Services were conducted
| In the Dutch language in the church
until the year 1852. The germ Of Ameri-
can union was lauted in Albany by
BENJAMIN franklin in 1854. when the
colonies of New York, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode
Island, Pennsylvania, and Maryland were
represented in plan Of union proposed
by the illustrious Philadolphian. Aaron
| Burr had an office and practiced law in
| the city, which has been the capital of
tho state ever since 1897, and is the oldest
surviving European settlement in the
thirteen original states. Its population
of nearly 100, 900 inhabitants live In great
apparent comfort in n woll-kept city.
They pray in nearly sixty churches,
many of which present cx-
ceedingly fine architectural features.
Club houses, especially that of tho
Adelphi club, with its 100 members, are
indeed metropolitan in their convenient
and elegant appointments. But Albany
has no public art gallery outside Of one
provided by an enterprsing firm Of pic.
ture merchants. Wealth is represented
In many ways-by concentration in seven
national and two state banks. Brewing
was an industry of Albany as long ago as
1853, and the fame of its ales is wide
spread, but still obscured by the over
whelming reputation Of its lager beer, an
Albanian product only since 1873, Three
elegant bridges over the Hudson assist
the fine effect common to all the many
views to be had Of the city from its num-
berless suburban drives and walks, which
charm with quiet beauty or surprise with
picturesque magnifccnce. What city
breathing place is lovelier than Washing
ton park, from which the best drives ra-
diate eighty-one acres in area, orna-
mented with trees of large size, and
having a lake with five acres of CLASSY
surface and artificial features which have
cost the municipality approaching q 81
100000?