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The sun is half an hour high when there
Is a great hustle at the northern doors of
the mansion. The house servants emerge
In their stateliest form and arrange them
selves alongside the porch while the coach
drawn by its restless horses. is driven I'D 10
the door. the negro driver sitting proud and
erect on the box.
Two servants are on horseback at a little
distance. eager and smiling. and when the
master appears at the door, clad In his
dress Of travel. all bow low ana do him
reverence
1t is not the President they salute. but
their master, whom they love and respect
the more for the honors that have been
heaped upon him by a grateful nation
he Is accompanied by a tall clerical look
ING gentleman. who stands respectfully by
while the master salutes his wife with a
stately caress.
Then the start is made out through the
great gates at the north Of the door yard
rolls the heavy coach. drawn along az n
BRISK pace BY the proud steeds Half Il mile
away, at signal from within the driver
p4HS up his horses and one OF the mounted
servants 0aSnes Up TO the side Of the car
rage. y word Is spoken BY the smoothly
shaven man. whose word is law. The negro
wheels mis- horse and goes back toward Jha
mansion at top speed. while the coach rolls
o. more slowly.
y quarter Of an hour later the serIa n
oFertakeS the coach, his horse dripping, a
DroSc SMILE on his black face and In his
ha1t neatly bundled parcel. which he
passes through the window of the coach
Then the journey IS begun agar, and no fur
ther stop Is made FOR an hour
presently the faithful horses show signs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-18
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,
Its Last Meeting Before the Center
NAL Ceremonies Today,

Its Last Meeting Before the Centen-
NAL Ceremonies Today.
Final preparations for today's celebra ton
were completed at the meeting Of the ex-
ecutive committee on Saturday night In
the absence Of Chairman Lawrence Gard
ner. DR.. ]. NJ Toner presided
The invitatio committee through Mr.. M
W. Wines. reported that all invitations had
been extended as directed, and that a large
number of copies had been placed on sale
as souvenirs Of the occasion. DR.. Frank T.
Howe, chairman of the music committee
made report on the public rehearsal and
as an evidence Of its success. Mr.. James F.
scaggs, from the committee on evening en-
tertainment. turned over the sum Of sc32 to
the treasurer.
The thanks of the executive committee
were extended to the director Of the cho-
rus, the assistant conductors, and the MEM
Mr.. James +. Scaggs and DR.. Frank T.
Howe
1t was announced that the stands erected
at the Capitol, having a seating capacity
pronounced to be absolutely safe.
The chairman Of the finance committee.
Mr.. John JOY Edison, reported that sufficient
FUNDS had been raised to defray all ex-
penses. The entire amount raised from SUBJ
scriptions amounted to S. 0i1, and in addi-
ton. $232 had been turned into the treasury
as the net proceeds Of the public rehearsal
Carriages for members Of the committee
were provided for on motion of Mr.. Weller.
after which Mr.. Gardner, who had arrived,
addressed the committee, reviewing the
work that had been done. and expressing
his qualification at the very pleasant rela-
lions that had existed between himself and
the members of the different committees
After receiving q report from the commit
tee on illumination, the committee ad-
journcd to meet at the call Of the chairman.
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I D EN- t. SOU A r 81

OF WEAKNESS, and the coach Is pulled up at
the edge Of a sturdy brook that flows along
the road The careful hostlers spring to
their charges and battle their noses.
way into the bushes on the side of the
stream In a moment he energies with a
TIN cup Of water taken from the famous
spring, the great Gum Spring that adds its
waters to those Of Hunting creek.
The occupants of the coach drink and are
refreshed and the horses are driven into
the stream and allowed to drink their I'LL
In q few minutes the way is resumed and
the grateful steeds dash on and whirl the
coach along the dusty road at top speed
The coach sways and swings on its leath-
ern straps like a ship at sea. The rumble
OF the wheels, the clatter of the hoofs, and
the creaking Of the straps make merry
music The road is not the best and here
and there q rut has been sunk In the way
that gives the travellers a goodly jolt. There
Is nothing but good nature. however, and
many a quip and joke Is heard between the
stately sentences of the occupants. as they
discuss Affairs Of the state and the church
The President glances from the window at
the sun. which Is now we'll up into the
heavens. and then pulls from his pocket his
great round watch. Its wide gold hands
point to the quarter after eight o'clock
He speaks to the driver and the ack Of the
whip sounds sharply above all the other
noises of the journey. The attendants spur
through the scattered signs Of town.
One of the men on horseback is riding
ahead few rods nodding here and there
to pedestrians on the wayside. These recog-
nize the proud servants Of his exceJlency
and stand respectfully back to Nft their
tattered hats and bow deeply when the
coach rolls along. Suddenly the cavalcade
passes s-oup Of men on their way to the
town. They gather in knot close to the
wheel track and give q rousins cheer
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The Court House at York, Pa.

Ine court mouse AT 1Ofk, Fas
Congress adjourned in hot haste to Lam
caster, Pa, where they tarried only one
day, and then adjourned to York in the
same state. The archives narrowly escaped
capture on this occasion. but finally reach
ed the new capital by way Of Reading.
They assembled In York on the 3oth OF
September, Ill., holding their sessions In
the court house. They continued here for
about nine months, and some OF the most
important business transacted by the Con-
tinental Congress came before the body
during this period. The old Articles OF
Confederation which gave the country Its
frst form Of government were here formu-
lated, and passed Congress on the 18th OF
November Lafayette received his commits
sion as a major general in the army during
this session, and 1t was here that Col. Wilk-
inson brought the welcome news Of Bur
goyne'A surrender, though he tarried so
long on the way that one sarcastic member
moved to reward the tardy messenger with
a pair Of spurs instead of the generals
commission which he expected.
Back to Philadelphia Again.
The sitting Of Congress adjourned al
York in the latter days of June, IT'S and.
the British having evacuated Philadelphia
early in that month, the body again as
sembled in the latter city on the I'd day OF
July, resumins their old quarters in the
state house, or Independence Hall
Here they continued without further
change of abode, until the close of the war
which virtually came with the surrender
of CORVALLIS at Yorktown.
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The next migration of the government
was caused, not by the approach Of the
public enemy, but was due to the famous
mutinous demonstration of some of the
Pennsylvania troops, who marched from
Lancaster, and, on the 21st of June 17S3,
drew up in line before the hall where Con-
gress was sitting, and demanded their pay,
which had been long overdue. They broke
some of the windows of the building, and
assailed the legislators with taunts, jibes
and coarse jests.
The Congress appealed to the state au-
thorities for protection, but the latter failed
to interfere, and 50 the legislators once
more packed up their belongings and re-
moved, taking up their abode three days
later in Princeton, N. j.
Their sessions began here on the 30th of
June. 11S3, in Nassau Hall, one of the
buildings of the College of New Jersey
This insult to the dignity of Congress caus-
ed to be brought forward the subject Of
choosing a permanent home for the gov
eminent 1t was debated at some length.
but without definite result, and 1t was
finally agreed that until such permanent To-
cation should be selected. they would meet
alternately at Annapolis. Nd, and Trenton,
n. J.
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The danger of capture grew so imminent
that the Congress adjourned on the 18th Of
December, and on the Goth Of the same
month they reassembled in the city of Balti-
more, where they occupied three-story
building on the corner of Baltimore and
Liberty streets, which was afterward known
as the Congress House. Their sojourn here.
however, was of short duration for the sue
cess of Washington at Trenton and Prince
ton, cleared the way for their removal once
more back to Philadelphia, where they again
took up their old quarters in Independence
Hail. on March 4th, III
The British, however, were still bent on
the capture OF Philadelphia, moved thereto
by the twofold reason of it's being the cap
ital of the colonial government, and also the
largest city in the country. On the 18th of
September of this year the Americans suf-
fered defeat at the battle Of Brandyvine
and two weeks later the British forces under
General Howe occupied Philadelphia,
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Washington Leaving NJ. Vernon.
with the bandanna- Down in the stables
the sleek horses have been taken out for a
bit Of exercise. The stable boy. now aided
by gray-haired old uncle. who gives va
rious sage advice as TO the points OF
strength and weakness of the animals. Is
hungrily shifting the atmosphere that floats
10 his broad nostrils now and again from
the kitchen--an appetiZing aroma OF frying
fat, steaEning corn bread, mingled with the
fainter tang of coffee
The hens are cackaing now. and the dogs
are barking, the negroes shouting to each
other, while from inside of one of the little
shantjes comes the refrain OF an old mel
oily. brought from the wilds Of Africa by
whIte-haired slave.
The clang Of a great bell breaks upon this
soft rIingling Of sounds, and there Is a
sign OF activity inside the mansion. Great
platters Of steaming food are being taken
from the bake house through the colon
made into the main house. The favorite
servants. those who stay under the same
roof as the distinguished master. have put
then at the dosrs or windows. thrown open
September morning only to dart back at
some call from within.
There is evidently a great event on the
program OF his excellency the Pres
ident Of the United States, the owner
CT this beautiful home. Some IN
usual happening is about to occur. for see.
there are men running the horses back and
forth. and others packing the boots of the
coach with travelling goods, ana otherA
busting of the old conveyance and making
II as bright as new.
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In accordance with this agreement, that
body next met in Annapolis, where it as
sembled on The Goth of November, l7S3 This
session held its sittings in the state house,
which had then been erected only few
years. and it was here. on the sd Of De-
cember, 1888, that Gen. Washington re-
signed his commission as commander-in-
chief of the American forces.
1t is a remarkable fact that the Congress
in which this historic scene was enacted
consisted of only about twenty members;
at least there were only about that number
present. They continued their sittiugs here
till June. 1854, when they adjourned to
meet October Ii of the same year in Tren-
ton.
This adjournment was, in point of fact
the first recess which the Congress had
taken since it assumed the direction Of at
fairs in l775 1t was q continuous body,
like the present Senate, and had virtually
been in continuous seSSlon-inte-rupted
only by the exigencies of war. Before ad-
journment the question of some form of
been discussed, and it was finally decided
teen.
This body was invested with some kind of
shadowy authority, but the truth Is Con-
gress had small power Of it's own Just at
that stage of its existence, and virtually
none to confer upon this unique executive
which II attempted TO create. The commit
tee made some pretense Of holding sessions
till August 10, when it adjourned, it's MEM
bers went home, and for two months the
country was left without any shadow of a
general government
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Three brothers Lyncbed.

Roselius Julian, colored, on Friday after
noon, near New Orleans, shot Judge Victor
Estopinal to death while the latter was try
ing him for q trivial offense, seriously
wounded the judges son, and then made
his escape The shooting occurred in the
court room, and the murderer continued
firing until the judge fell rnortally wounded.
Three brothers suspected of aiding the
murderer to escape and OF feeding him
were lynched Saturday night. The lynch
ing was conducted quietly, and not shot
was fired during the entire proceedings. In
the meantime the real murderer is a liber-
ty, and his brothers, who died to save him
from the fate which they met will soor
be resting in unmarked graves. heroes Of a
peculiarly distinctive type.
There is a general belief in that section
that the murder of Judge Estopinal was
the carrying out of a preconceived plot
The judge had been very strict in his rul-
inGs when the negro tough element of the
parish were brought before him.
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creative years. Fewer still hold adequate
conception Of how small and weak bant-
ling was this same federal government IN It's
inception and infancy, and how. through the
exigencies Of the war which gave 1t birth, 1t
was In those early years often forced to
seek a new abiding place.
The beginning of the federal government
was an accident-that is SO far as human
design went. The first Continental Con-
gress, which assembled in Philadelphia on
the 5th day Of September, IVA, had no
thought beyond the redress of the griev-
ances of the cOlonists, as British subjects.
The principle of resistance to wrong and
oppression was inherent in their very ma
ture. but the Idea of independence had not
then taken shape,
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THE OLD RECORDS.
What the Commissioners of the City
Said of the Corner Stone Laying.

The record Of the proceedings Of the CON-
missioners appointed by the President of
the United States by virtue of an act of
Congress entitled. IAN act for establishing
the temporary and permanent seat of the
government OF the United States" apprcv-
ed by President George Washington jan
uary "a, 17g1, makes only a brief reference
to the ceremonies attending the laying of
the corner stone Of the Capitol. 1t is con-
tanned in the musty archives Of the COM
missioners originally charged with the ac-
quirement. laying out and improvement Of
the District Of Columbia. These records
are now In the custody OF Col j. NJ. Will
son, U.S.A, commissioner Of public build
ings and grounds. and are kept sacred with
view to their careful preservation for
future generations.
The only entry on these records bearing
on the present occasion Is, the following:
"At meeting of the commissioners at
Georgeto town on the second day Of Septem-
Der. 1888 and continued by adjournment to
the third day of the same Month.
Present-Fhomas Johnson, David Stuart
and Daniel Carroll. esQs.
Sunday letters were received.
The following representa- lion of the state
of the public buildings in the city was pub
ilshed. to wit:
The Capitol is in progression; the south
east Is yet kept vacant; that corner stone
brotherhood the 18th instant. Those Of the
craft, however dispersed, are requested to
join the work: the solemnity Is expected to
equal the occasion. The preceding day the
sale of lots in the city commences
The Inhabitants on 10th sides Of Poto-
mack will attend to their interest. theirs
and that of the Union are the same.
The first story Of the Motel is expected to
be up by that time and the lottery for that
elegant building will be then drawing.
Numbers are expected from the extreme
parts Of the continent and If nature beauty
and solidity can please they will be graft
fed. The inhabitants CT the city Of Wash
ington are remarkably healthy"
This appears to have been copied into the
records from a letter dated September 10.
1873, sent from the city of Washington, and
published in the Maryland Journal and Bal
timore Advertiser.
Another entry bearing on the early his
tory of the Capitol shows hat on Septem-
Der Is, 17B, The commissioners 1irect that
Mr.. James Hoban take IN himself the gen
eral Superintendent of me Capitol, and
that the work thereof be conducted agree
able to the orders which may be given from
time to time concerning the same"
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BALTIMoREk OHIO RAILROAD.
Schedule N efec- July a 1874
Besve Washington from citation CORNER OF Va =
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Schedule N ere-- rulv n rsaz
Lesve Washington from station OF View y.-.s,
For CHICAGO and North-s. strs Ts:.rAa,., 1.u,,.,
Express trains n.35 an. 6l5. $40 nm, IA s.
night. sieeuin. car omen Cor pssssne.rs ii nm.
buled Limited. q 300 N express 10 a niysc
For PittsbuSs and Cleveland. express daily IL ~
For i Is,in@ton and Stanton. -ra4oan
For Winches,s- and wsy stations. * Dp.r
ct tos LnJsy. S.,rrsl B-idSs Reanofs Kncrvin..
cars through 70 Memphis
For Iursv. 4 ~ nm. daily.
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70 o. Q. N. yl1-2a. II * M
For Annapolis Z, 1 snd Is an. - Is ana q Is
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a GnE $1,000 hm ~ ~ Dining Cd an. - ~ 2tl
op~n at II. ooo'rlockl
BUFFET Psrlor Cars on all d.v train.
ing Oar RUNNING throa h 10 Bosson without cssar
"a ronghkeepsie bridge. landing IN B. aad
For atlsntic city. 10 90 m ana II 90 noon. San
tEIeept Sunday: .Dsny: ssuna,y Ouir
Bsssar- called for .na checked from hotel. saf
1,sisf A. ana rs, Pa c Cha tis
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Vernon plantation.
A sleepy negro drags himself from little
house In the rear OF the mansion in the
plsve quarter and rubbing his eyes. makes
bis way lazily to the stables. The very
dogs are sleepy and scarcely wag their tails
rs the man opens the door and begins to
feed the splendid horses that he disturbs
from their rest
While the stable man Is shaking out the
hay for the animals and giving careful
rye to the bright harness and taking =
peep here and there at the great lumber
ing coach that stands under shed near
by. a vague shape in the mist, there are
signs of life at the house on the edge OF
the BLUM of the river. The smoke begins
10 curl warmly from the chirnney OF the
cook house Immediately in the rear. a
pOrtIy negress comes to the door with her
arms akimbo, her bright bandanna set
neatly about her woolly head. her round race
shining in tho increasing daylight
In a good-natured voice she calls out a
name In a moment she impatiently re-
peats it. and presently there comes half
grown boy who bushes himself with the
wood and water for the cooking
1t Is fairly hight now. the great old clocks
In the halls of the mansion have struck 3
O'Clock and delicious odor Of cooking food
streams out from the domain of the woman
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Foot ffEA street,. t.rorsctown.
difficulty the coach and its horses are
driven aboard the broad scow and a few
strokes OF the sweeps, handled by brawny
negroes. carries the precious freight to the
shores of the home Of the Mason family.
A proud group await the coming of the
President, and give him greeting upon his
short journey across Mason's Island The
party does not tarry, however, for the hour
is late. and there is yet some distance to
be covered. AT the northern edge Of the
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Their sessions here We're held in the old
city hall. which stood at the corner OF
Broad and Wall streets, and here their
meetings continued till the old Continental
Congress ceased to exist. by reason of the
formation and adoption OF the Constitution
of 1Is7, which took the place Of the old ar.
ticles of confederation.
The last session Of the old body was held
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-18
DIFFERENT CAPITALS.
Cities Where the Seat of Govern
ment Was Held
BEFORE WASHINGTON WAS SELECTED.
The Story Of the Wanderings OIL
Congress.
IT'S PERMANENT HOME,

o THE AVERAGE
American citizen Of
today the seat Of the
government means
the beautiful state
house on Capitol Hill
and the magnificent
city which forms its
appropriate setting.
Few Of the present
generation reflect
that the proud home
of the nation today
Is the capitalization
"a 1nn <t.,4 o~1
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CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY.

SCHEDULE N FFFrcT AUGUST 2i. lso1
Trains lesve daily from Union Station ID aai ?, ?
9th snd sts.
Through the grsndest scenery in kne-cs With ths
West from Washington.
200 nm. dGiiv-''wsshington ana Chicago so,-
cial'-Solid vestihnlei. navy edutnnea el~-trts-
liehtedt-ain. Pullm.n's finest sseping cars WISH
invton to Cincinnau and washinofoa CHICAGO.
Dining from NaShington Arrives CinrinnA 4
s55 m. 1ndisnapois u ASS m Chicago 5s2p o m
1l:10 - m dailv-The famous p Y. v. Z, Tuitsd--
soiid vesbuie train. With dining car an P III nan
sleerers fo- Cincinnati. Lexington ami Loulsyil O.
without changa. arriving at Gin runsr e:21 D. m.
Lerington S:l5 r Iouisvfle ESQ o. m. rnd'ar-
apol!s III 10 chicsep s,5S m. ST. Louis 7:Iy
a. w.. connecting in Union aa-o- for AL roinrs
Special Pullman sleeper Noudavs. wednes laws All
fr1dsys thr 1Sh 70 Hot Springs Va. without changes
90 y. m. daily-Exp-ess for Go-ionsvtii.. ChS--
lotfesvfe. Wrvn-ebo-o. S-aunton aud principal Viz
einis roints; daily. except Sunday, for Richmond
Pullman locations aud tickets at companys ofhcss.
513 and 1921 Poems. ave.
au24 H. W FULLER. Gen'I PASSENGER Aren't.
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Organic Act'' of 1871, and the creature of
mat enactment, the famous Board OF
Public Works." added the magic touch
which has transformed Washington from a
struggling fourth-rate town to city of
palaces.
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They met. not in the building occupied by
the first Congress. but in the colonial state
house. built in 1929. standing on Chestnut
street between 9Th and 9Th. They wasted
no time in dalliance with the idea Of redress,
but rather addressed themselves to the stern
realities which they found thrust upon the
country. They voted to raise a continental
army, and appointed George Washington
commander-in- chief. This body remained
in continuous session in the old state house,
and it was in this building. on the Fourth Of
July, 1776 that the Declaration Of Independ-
ence was voted. and the famous old Liberty
bell' rang out the glad tidings. But during
the summer Of this year, came the disas-
trous battle Of Long Island. the retreat of
Washington's forces across New Jersey.
and the threat on the part of the British
to capture Philadelphia itself.