Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-02-19

gency found him. Any who successfully cal
ried fight to the American Indian in his own
wilds had to know his business. So Washington
would be as amused as astonished at the boatoad
here pictured. However, it is an Improvement on
the famous painting in the Boston museum by
Thomas Sully (17S3-1S72), which 1t much re
sembles.
While the picture may be laughed at the cross
Ing Itself on that Christmas night of 1776 must
De reckoned as vital factor in the outcome of the
revolution. Before that crossing the cause of
the Colonists seemed hopeless. Washington
their one hope. And CORVALLIS had just chased
washington clear across New Jersey and driven
MIN TO the pennsylvania side of the Delaware,
leaving Rail with 1850 Hessians at Trenton to
goDDle him up as soon as the river should freeze
over or boats be secured Congress was ineffi-
cient. Jeaouses had created dissensions among
the officers. The Colonial forces were melting
away by desertion. No less than 200 of the
New Jersey people had turned Tories to save their
necks and estates and had applied to Rail for
protection papers" CORVALLIS was so sure of
immediate victory that he had arranged for pass
age home that he might carry the news in per-
scn In Trenton the Hessan hrengs were cele-
Drat1ng by glorious drunk. So it was that fate
full Christmas night
Behold the Transformation by noon of the next
day-Washington in possession of Trenton: Rail
and his surviving Hessians prisoners! And when
Washington marched his captured Hessians
through the streets of Philadelphia all the world
marveled at the "Fabius of America" and the
Colonies passed from despair to jubilation.
President Washington was inaugurated Anril
3d. 17S9, in Federal hail. Wall street. New York.
December 6, $780, the seat of government was
moved to Philadelphia. During the next ten years
Washington came into being as the federal CAPT
tai and in October of 1900 John Marshall secre-
tary of state, Oliver Wolcott, secretary of the
treasury, Samuel Dexter, secretary of war and
Benjamin Stoddert secretary of the navy-braye
In cooked hats powdered wigs, broadcloth coats
and smalcldthes- arrived and took possession of
the little brick offices clustered about the White
House. President John Adams ana his family
arrived In November. Thereupon the Sixth con-
gress assembled in the one little wing of tbe Cant
tol that was ready for it.
The government of the United States of Ameri.
ca was at home in its own capital at last. Never
theless the NEW capital a good deal of a Joke
New York, philadelphia and other cities called If
the national bantl1ng rfcketty infant unable
to. go alone That there was anything at all re-
sembling cElpital was largely due to the activi-
ties of President Washington, to whom congress
had delegatep the task of selecting and deveIop-
ing the site. The act of 1890 was passed when
the new natl ions treasury was empty and it had
no credit; therefore there was no appropriation
list of the counterfeit presentments" of
George aSnlngton--portraitS, replicas copies
statues, bustf medallions etc-would fill several
of these col pmns Every now and then new
one-or one stored away and forgotten-comes to
light. The portrait reproduced is the well-known
painting by Gilbert Stuart in the Henry c. Prick
collection. last year what appears to be rep
lica of this portrait on circular iron panel was
purchased by a New York collector at a nrica
said to be 100000.
Last year Walter L. Ehrick of New York exhib
tied In the Chicago Art institute one of the four
'Lansdowne1 portraits painted by Stuart of Wash
ington Thereupon 100000 school children. with
help from their elders, bought the picture by pen
ny contributions for $4,000
The bust here pictured has had most amaz
ing history. 1t is said to be-and probably is
the bust made in 1882 by Pierre Jean David This
bust was presented to the United States by France
Fire destroyed the Congressional library in 1851
The bust was supposed to be burned. In New
York, not long ago. Mitchell Kennerley, president
of the Anderson Galleries, announced that he had
just sold the missing bust for $4,000 to Henry
E. Huntington, retired railroad man and art col
lector. According to Kennerey the bust was
rescued from junk yard