The National tribune., 1900-07-05

what Congress deemed best, the proceeds
TO be applied for the improvement of the
city.
1t is well known that that part of the
city through which Pennsylvania Avenue
now runs was a swamp, covered with al
der bushes, which Tom Moore made mis-
theme when he wished to get even with
President Jefferson for the great breach
OF etiquette of taking Mrs. Madison, wife
Of the Secretary of State, who was pre-
siding lady, into the dining-room az a
state dinner in place of the British Minis
ter's wife, Mrs Merry, who was the guest
of honor.
took up the quarrel and wrote very
naughty poetry about America and Wash
ington in particular. The following is
some of it:
"In fancy now beneath the twilight gloom,
Come, let me lead thee Ger this modern
Rome,
Where tribunes rule, where dusky Davi
And what was Goose Greek once is Tibel
now.
This famed metropolis, where fancy sees
Squares in morasses, obelisks in trees;
Which travelling fools and gazeteers adorn,
With shrines unbuilt, and heroes yet I'M
born,
Though naught but wood and -- they
see
Where streets should run, and sages ought
to be-"
1t seems by later acts of Congress that
the part of Pennsylvania Avenue near the
Capitol was not subdivided until 1922.
An act of Congress passed May Z, 1922,
authorized the Corporation of Washington
so drain the low grounds, and to subdi-
vide and sell the public reservation near
the Capitol, ana directed conveyanees of
lots TO purchasers by the Mayor Of Wash
ington.
This was followed, May %, 1922, by an
act of the City Council creating a Board
of Commissioners to carry into effect, the
above act Of Congress.
From the records of Low Grounds, il is
found that Reservation No. 10 SHOWS the
sale of lots IA and Is TO Samuel Miller,
August 16. 1924. In 1S4S the same lots
were conveyed TO Francis p. Blair :.Id
John c. Riyes by Samuel Miller. We also
find that a part of lot 16. Reservation TO-
beginning 40 feet north from Pennsylvania
Avenne. which was purchased from the
Commissioners of Low Grounds by Jo-
eeph AEney, was conveyed by his heirs,
December l3. 1852, to John G. Rives.
This property, after passing through va
rious and sundry hands, was sold by
Brainard H. Warner Aug. %, 1885, to
John McEiroy, Robert w. Shoppell and
Byron Andrews, editors and proprietors
OF THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
Our first effort will be TO find for what
purpose were these lots purchased by Blair
and RiYes, ard thai @ili take us back into
the eaf!y days of President Jacbaon's Ad-
minstration.
1t was great Innovation to those IA
miiiar with the courtesies of private life
md of Workmanship carried on with GER
emonies when a military man, whose life
had been on the frontier who had given
repeated illustrations of his disregard to
law when IL interfered with his imperious
will and who up 10 the time he was elect
ItaI 40 -
being q statesman, was lifted into TIE
highest place in the gift of the people;
but the day for the Inauguration came.
The officials. friends of Mr.. Adams, whom
Jackson defeated, had agreed not to join
in the Inaugural ceremonies. There was
but one uniformed company Of light in
fantry. commanded by Col. Seaton. of the
National IDtelligencer," and it declined
TO offer its services as an escort. A squad
of old Revolutionary officers offered them
selves as escort, and Gen. Jackson cor
daily accepted them. The crowd "hur-
rahed for Jackson" The hunters of Ken
tucky and the fighters OF Tennessee were
here by hundreds aud thousands. The
dlxellers of the Northwest and the East
ern coast turned out en- nasse. We all
know of the motley crowd at the White
House; but Jackson was President, and
this was the country of the people.
There had gone forth 10 the people q
seni-official proclamation as follows
through the United States Telegraph, Duff
Green's paper: We know not what line
of policy Gen. Jackson will adopt. We
take it for granted, however, that he will
reward his friends and punish his enc.
mics"
This brought many OF the Democratic
editors TO the Inauguration.
Amos Kendall led the van. Born in
Massachusetts, he wandered West in
search OF fortune. For n time he was
Q member of Henry Clay's household as
estor to his children, but they soon be-
came political foes, and Mr. Kendall who
had conducted Democratic newspaper,
gloried in bringing the official vote of
Kentucky to Washington for Jackson.
Kendall with many others. lost no time
when jackson came upon the field 10 play