Evening Star Newspaper, May 7, 1881, Page 2

GEORGETOWN'S EARLY HISTORY. Pages from Ancient Records. People and Events of the Last Century. THE ACT OF THE MARYLAND ASSEMBLY OF JUNE STH, 1751, TO LAY OUT 4 TOWN AT THE MOUTH OF BOCK CREEK. Our neighboring city of Georgetown, now Merged in Washington, antedated the city of Washington about half a century, and was laid out under an act of the Maryland Assem- Diy. This act entitled an “act for laying out and erecting a town on Potomac river,above the mouth of Kock Creek, in Frederick county, Maryland,” passed the general assembly at Annapolis, June 8th, 1751. The preamble recit 3 ‘that ‘‘whereas several inhabitants of Frederick county, by their humble petition to this meneral assembly, have set forth that there is a Convenient place for a town on Potomac river, above the mouth of Rock Creek, adjacent to the inspection-house, and prayed that sixty acres of land may be there laid out,” &c ‘The sseond section named Capt. Heary Wright Crabb, Master John Needham, Master Jona Clagett, Master James Perrie, Mascer Samucl Magruder the Third, Master Jos’a3 B all aud Master David Lynn as commissioners, and authorized them to buy sixty acres, part of the tracts of land belonging to Messrs. George Gordon and George Beall, and to lay out eighty lots to be erected into a town. The third sec- tion empowered them to meet together on tue land and treat, (If 1t can be done on reasonabie terms), with the owners forthe purchase, and 8 to be paid to the owners of the land, &c. Tae ext section directs the land to be surveyed and price assessed, and the sixth section enacts ‘that the owners of the land may have their choice of any of the two lots to be by them re- own that such may Yantageous to the sald town to have fairs therein, and may prove an encouragement to the back tnhaditants to bring commedities there to sell and vend; that the commissioners may appoint two fairs to be held therela an- ually, one on the first Thursday tn Aortl and the other the first Thursday in October, <2., &c.; provided that the rules and orders of une fair be not inconsistent with the statutes and Customs of Great Britain. AN ANCIENT BOOK OF RECORD. Much of the early history of the town has been entirely forgotten, and !t was supposed until recently that no continuous record of the Proceedings of the Commissioners who laid out the town, or of the old corporation,existed. Not jong since, however, an old book wag discoy- € among the anelent records of George town which throws considerable light on the i local bistory of the avclent settlement. t is “A Journal of the Corporation of George- town, Commencing 18th day of September, 1751. aud a 3d of April, 1svl.” The book is about 22 inches by 12 in dimensions and of about 2” Pages he paper being muaty with age and the volume needing careful handitng to prevent it from falhng to pieces. The chirography is remarkable for its neatness, but an inspection of itshows that the clerks in the early portion Of Georgetown’s history evidently more attention to handwriting than tos ing. GEORGETOWN BORN AND CHRISTENED. The first entry 1s as follows: [The dashos Tepresenting missing or illegible portions of the manuseript.] “Pursuant to an act of as- sSembiy, made at a session of assembly, begun and held at the city or Pg ae) on Wedaes- day, the fifteenth day of May, Annoqul Domicl,one thousand seven hundred and fitty- one, for laying out and erecting a Towa on Potomack river at the Mouth of Rock Creek, in Frederick County — commissioners appointed authorized and impowered —— Act to buy and chase Sixty acres part of —— of Land belong- to Messrs. Geo. Gordon on —— at the place aforesaid where it sbail appear to Yenfent and to survey and lay out —- to be surveyed and laid out inthe venlent manner into Eighty Lotts to and called by the namie of Geor —. Wednes- day, the eighteenth day of ——seven hundred and fl at Heary John S. dames Perry and David Lyon, an choice of Alexander O choose a clerk, and made Beall, who took the tollow- bg oath, viz: You, Alexander Beall, do swear (as clerk to the commissioners of George Town) you shail duly and faithfuily register and enter in &@ good, weil bound book the certificate of the surveyor of George Town the prices of each re- spective Lott, the name ef the owner amd the Ume of tts being paid tor or of the tender or refusal of the proprietor or prop:1 torsand other twansactions and proceedings of the com uis- stoners whatso-ver in and about the .o¥n aforesaid. Sworn this day ot Septe aber, 1751, before John Needham. A DIFFICULTY AT STARTING AND HOW IT was OVERCOME. Then follows an entry that Alexander Beall 1s also appolnted surveyor to lay out the sixty Acres of land into a town, as the act directs, ‘but so muck of the manuscript ts mfssiag that & correct recitation of the metes and bounds capnot be copied. Tae entry continues:— “Which lines inclose twenty-six acres and eleven stxteenths of an acre of George Gordon’s land, and thirty-three acre3 and five sixteaatns Of an acre cf George Beall’s land. (warehouse acre included.) They then applied to the said George Gordon and George Beall, proprietors ot the land, for the purchase thereof, a8 sald act directs, who refused to agree for the sameor make sale thereof on reasonable terms; after deilderating on the said Proprietors refusal to agree for or make sale of Said sixty acres of land, they issued their war- rant under their hands andsealsin manner and form following; viz: “You are hereby commanded to summon sev- €nteen good and lawful! men, freehoiders of Frederick County, to be and appear at the Inspection House, above the mouth of Rock Creek, on the Potomack River, in County, on the twenty-eighth day of Sept r, 1751, to inquire, assess, and return what damage or recompense they shall think fitt to be pald and given to such owner or owners, person or per- Sons, for the sixty acres of Laad laid off for George Tow herof fail no’. Given under our hands and seals this eighteenth day of Sep’em- Der, 1751. Henry Wright Crabo, John N-ed- ham, Jobn Clagett, James Perry and David D. o or Mr. Josias Beall, Coroner ot Frederick A JURY OF CONDEMNATION. The next entry dated September 23th. 1751, recites that the commissioners named above and Samuel Magruder met, and the jury sum- moned under the above warrant made return “that Messrs. George Gordon and George Beall Shall have two hundred and elghty pounds currency as the valie.” Tats 18 signed by Nicholas Baker, Nathaniel Magruder, ‘Thomas Clagett, Chas. Jones, James Wallgce, Nintan Magruder, James Beall, Chas. Clagett, James Holman, Zechariah Magruder. Basil B Wr. Williams, Wm. Watiaca, Alexanier Ma- Sruder, Nathaniel Magrader,sr., of Alexander and John Magruder. ANCIENT NAMES OF THE STREETS. A record of 27th February, 175z, recites the ‘Presence of the same commissioners, and con- Unues as follows: “The survey of said town being completed, and the platt thereof delivered by the appointed surveyor to the commissioners the commis- Water street. Sn the western part of the town there were West and Duck lanes, and in the Part East and Fish lanes. The water front was divided into The Way plog east of High street, the Keys westward. to Duck lane, and West Landing beyond PRICES OF GEORGETOWS LOTS A HUXDRED AND THIRTY YEARS AGO. The Commissioners at this meeting pu: the Price on each of the lots, footing up 250 pounds. ‘The lowest priced lots were the two fron lag Borth on Falls street (east of Duck laue), known ag 41 abd 42—12 shillings each—and the highest on Water street (now High street), 150 feet south of Bridge, 99 feet front. by 264 deep, £25, and they “ordered thelr clerk to acquaint the that the survey of said town was ‘the lots ascertalaed, 1c Jot No. 52 (nearly Opposite. ) Cap’ Botified the next day, sioners. that unless Nee oe ots allowed bim — Would be inposed ne :% at 5 “80 that if you do not in the above limited time ou.can only diane yourself for the consequence.” “GOD SAVE KING GRoRGE,” ‘This brought a response as follows: “It 1 must force 1 had better ance of the satd lote, which ts by force, sha’ not debar me from future redres3 from th3 com. missioners or others. If! can nave the right of 8 British subject Iask nomore, God save King George, Seventh March, 175%. George Beul. Witnesses present—Archibald Hend2reon, Nich- olas Howard, Charles Davis and Thoma; La- mar.” SALES OF TOWN LOTS. The lots chosen by Capt. Beall were No. 72 on Water street, (now High—6t by 399 feet), 79 fronting on the river. On November 752, the lota were ordered to be Germ fe Gordo} 1d George Beall 9 i D ant were when the above sixty-nine lots were gold and Tegetved the above £191—a38 full satisfaction ESS the same Som: the purchasers or ot lots. therefore the said George Gordo Geo! Beall have verbally remised and released the claims." pense "and demands a recompense whatsbever they bver had now or may here- after have for aby sum or sums of money due to him or them tor any lot or tots 80 nae any matter, cause or thing In the presence of Alexander Beail, clerk.” the time limited were entered—five Geol Gordon, three by Beall, one by Mr. Henderson on account of Glassford & Co., of Glasgow, Scotland, and one by John Row, mer- chant, of Bladensburg, and the commissioners invested them with the fee simple thereof. On duly 3, 1756, 1t was ordered to advertise the lots for sale which had not been improved by the first purchasers. This sale took place August 4th following, nine lots bringlag £25, 8,12, OFFICIAL CHANGERS. On November 11th, 1757, John Ciagett, Sam'l Magruder the 34, David Lynn and Andrew Heugh were present. At the requestor Mr. Beall. he was excused from further service, ani Mr. Robert Peter selected in his place. Tue clerk, Alexander Beall, having accepted a cap- tain’s commission in the Maryland provincials, Joseph Beall was elected in his place. At this meeting the commissioners agreed to meet on December Sth “to agree with a fitt person t> examine the survey,” &c. On December 5th, Josiah Beall qualified as clerk, and “the com. missioners having discovered that the present Plot and Certificates does not agree,” they pro- poeed that William Dent should undertake the examination. His demand was deemed ua- Teasonabie, and they agreed to delay this ques- tion. A RESURVRY. On Monday, March 6th,175s, ‘met at the house of Joseph Belt, the commissioners, and having now run several of the outlines of the said Town Land, find that they differ very much from the runing when Mrst the sald Town was laid out by the person employed to survey the same, ard therefore are still more and more convinced of many errors.” &c.; they therefore empower David Lynn and Robert Peter to treat with William Dent or Johan Prigg a3 to what terms they would accept employment in sur- veying. And at the meeting in September, Mr. Prigg havitg made known terms, appeared to rectify the original plat. The Commission- ers agreed with Nicholas Orme, for himseit and two men, to carry the chain and pole for the surveyor from sunrise to sundown, he (Orme) tofind himself and men 1n lodging and diet, and receive 11 shiliings per day. On September ‘25th, 175s, Mr. P. returned the plat and his bill, and the accounts relating thereto, eorregating £19, 5 12, d.1, were approved. Then follows soms ¢ Ree = se description,maps, &c., as the report o Pri On J ane 33, 1760, the lots not Improved by th> buyers were put up for sale, and 24 sold for £64 10s. Certain lots having been improved, the title was vested in the purchasers. Oa June 11th, 1762, other lots not improved or for- felted by the buyers were sold. THE FIRST WHARF. On August 34, 1762, Messrs. Clagett, Magru- der, Lynn and Robert Peter were present. They “resolved that the money on hand or what part thereof necessary to bulld a wharf be applyed for that purpose, and do order that their Clerk advertize in the Maryland Gazet! that they w Il meet at the house of Joseph Belt, in sald Town, on the first Tuesday in October next, to treat with any person or persons that will contract for the Building a f,” &o. On Tuesday, October Sth, 1762, the commis- slovers agreed with Simon Nicholls to butla a wharf. wharf was ‘‘to be built at the end of Water Si (oow High St.,) and carried trom thence sixty feet wide into the River, 80 a3 to have ten feet water at the front in a low: Tide.” The work was to be done ‘‘to the satis‘a :~- faction of the workmen independently chosen it any dispute should happen when the whole work is finished. The said work ts to be coi- Pleatly finished by the first day of Septemb:r, which shall be in the year 1763. Qne-fourth of ey for, being two hundred Pounds, to be paid in Dol * * * or Pena Currency to be paldin hand. * * * N. B.— There is to be a good and sufficent crane erected at the front of tue wharf.” At the meeting June 11th, 1764, the vacancy occasioned by the death of Henry Wright Cracb Was flied by the choice of John Murdc2k. Mr. Nicholls was given until the ist day ot Noven- ber to finish the wharf. On June 11th, 1766, “it Was thought necessary that some repairs be made to the wharf to prevent its betag dam- aged by the Ice and Freshes, andto make it more convenient for securing the Craft while they are loading and Unlozding.” On February 24, 1 Adam Stuart was eboren a commissioner lace of the “late Mr. James Perry, deceased.” Mr. John Clagett and Samuel Magruder 3d both desired to retire, and Thomas Richardson and William Deukias, Junior, were chosen in their places. AN OATH OF THE OLDEN TIME. An entry is here made that Taomas Brannan isappointed inspector of flour and took the several oaths, includiag the following: “I, ‘Thomas Brannan, do declare that I do believe there is not any Transubstantiation in the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, or in the ele- ments of bread and wine at or after the conse- cration thereof by any person whatsoever.” On July 2ist, 1774, Robert Fergusson was ap- pointed clerk in place of Josiah Beall, de- NO BECORD IN REVOLUTIONARY TIMES. No record appears to cover the Revolutionary perlbd—the next entry to the above being May 22d, 1782, It ts recorded that Robert Peter, fobn Murdock, William Deakins, junior, and, Thomas Richardson belong present they pro- ceeded to choose commissioners in the room ot David Lynn, esq., deceased, aad Adam Stewart, esq., gone to Great _ Britain, and unanimously made choice of Mr. Bernard O’Nelll and Thomas all, €sq., who accepted the same. And to the choice of a clerk in the room of Mr. Robert Fergusson, removed trom thts country, unaai- mously elected Mr. Dantei Relntzel. Oa August. 12th, tis?, Thomas Brannan was elected in- spector of flour and bread. ANNEXATION. The act for an addition to Georgetown in Mcntgomery county was passed December 26, 1783, and authorized the then commissioners to purchase of Thomas Beall, son of a his | tract of land Known by the name of the “Hock of Dumbarton,” adjotning Georgetown, contatn- Ing 61 acres, for annexing to said town, and di- rected them to survey the laud and make a plat. Tne next act foran addition to Georgetown passed te General Assembly January 22, 1735. ‘bis was by petition of the owners, who de- ‘Sired to dispose of thelr property for the pur- | rs ‘The addition aggregated @ 18-32 acres, a tule less than three of which:belonged to Cnas. eatty, and was known as ‘*Frogland;” a little over two acres to Robert Peters, called *‘Discov- ery 5” Dearly fourteen to William jt., known as “Conjuror’s Disappointment,” and nearly four acres to John Threikeld, called “‘Re- survey on Salop.” THE TOWN FINISHED. ‘The following appears under date of Septem- Der 20, 1735: “The Lotts pene now all improved agreeable to Law, it is thought necessary Dy the Commis- Sioners, before their Proceedings and Piots, with we cates tor the Town, small be rewuraed or rpose, examin 8 8a Commissions if ke] pr ers, attested ag a true Copy, and t by them as a further security for the Pro- cond said Town tn case of Fire or other “at a meeting of the Commissioners at the house of Mr. George to consider the Walker, the Mayor's Court ppoint & wood corer 2nd rer wore, pened. After recess for bait an hour John Threlkeld, alderman, and Wm. Deakens, jun’r, common councilman, ap- peared. An inance for the ap- pointment of a plank measurer was passed. MORE ANCIENT LEGISLATION. In the record of the meeting on the next day the same members as on yesterday are stated to te present, “except Thomag Corcoran, who is absent.” Fines of three shillings and nine- pence were im on John Threlkeld, Wm. Desens, fr., Robert Peter and chanics wa: ; gruder for non-al ce. At the session of ctendanc lovember 30th, 1791, an ordinance was passed “obliging all meat provision for sale to be first carried to the market house.” On the first Monday in January, 1792, Thomas Beall, mayor; Uriah Foi alderman; Robert Peter and Chas. Worthington, common coun- cilmen, were present. Thomas Beall was ap- pointed president and Urian Forrest was elected Mayor in the room of Thomas Beall, ‘whose ‘Ume as such is about expiring.” Robert Peter and Charles Worthington were elected alder- men to Mill vacancies, “and the latter imme- qualified as such by taking the oath a by law for justices of the peace to 8. ‘The minutes of the session of the 27th ot March, 1792, contain the names of Uriah For- Test, Mayor, (whO was appointed president), Daniel Reintzel, P. Casenove and Chas, Beatty, aldermen, and Thos. Corcoran. Jas. Clagett, Wm. King, Benjamin V. Reintzel, Wm. Deakens, Chas Magruder and 'Uhas. A. Beatty, common councilmen, as present. On Satur- day, June 2, 1792, an ordnance was passed lay- ing a tax on dogs. John Threlkeld was elected mayor In January, 1793, and Peter Casanove in 1794 to succeed him. Friday, July 24, 1795, the corporation authorized ‘‘the removalof that part of the jail bullt fer debtors for the [es r conveaience of finish! the marxet hous3.” Chas, A. Beatty, John Threlkeld and Saniuel ‘Turner were at the e1me time authorized to procure a lot and build a prison. A resolution was adopted appointing the mayor, ths re- corder and John Mason to give pubiic notice and petition the general assembly praying a right to the county wharf and ths front wail of the streets and alleys terminating in the river tomac, may be vested in the corporation; and that the fines and forfeitures arising in the or’s court may be appropriated to the uze and benefit of the corporation,” &c. An ord- nance prohibiting the throwtng of dirt uader certain restrictions in the Potomac river was On the fourth of August, 1795, Thomas Turner, Mayor; Wm. H. Dorsey, Recorder; George Beall, Dantel Retntzel, Chas. A. Beatty and Charles Magruder, Aldermen; Thomas Beall, of Geo.; John M. Beatty, James Claget and Adam King, Common Councilmen, were present. Ordinances to “prevent nuisances,” to ‘prevent swine running at large within George Town or the precinets thereof,” and “to authorize tne constables to prevent the Irregu- meetings of Servants and Slaves;” “to prevent accidents arising from the gallopiag horses through the streets,” <c., and “relating to seprentoe, Servants and slaves’ were Pi At the meeting in July ist, 1796, the old market house was directed to be soid and re- moved in ten days; the new market building on the branch to be occupied. An ordinance laying a tax of 2 sbilling 6 pence per £106, was passed July 2ich, 1796, “On O tober 10th, 1796, an ordinance was passed dividing the town into wards, a3 a'so one “to eee Uhe fighting of Game Cocks and ding hill fowls.” GUARDING INCENDIARIES. On the 23d of September following a resolu- tion was passed reciting ‘‘as Matthew Datany and Michael Dalany are in custody of the con- stables on suspicion of having burned ths re- cords of the tobacco warehouses, and the county jail is not in a state to ensure their safe Keeping, that. Ignatius Newton and Thomas Sanders, the constables, be ordered to keep said persons in their own houses or other places of safety, ironed at hand and foot, under a con- stant guard of four weil-armed men.” 700 MANY DOGS AS RARLY AS 1793. On February 17th, 1793, an ordinance “to di- minish the number of dogs” in Georgetown was passed. Also a resolution declaring that the offices of clerk to the corporation and clerk t> the court are separate, and electing to the former office John Mountz. THE LIQUOR LICENSE QUESTION IN On the 26th of October, at a special meeting, @ report was made showing that there wage 14 licensed taverns or ordinaries in the town—two licenses by the Montgomery court and the others by Dr. Bushy. A remonstrance was thereupor adopted against the indiscriminate manner in which licenses have been granted, declaring that some had been obtained to en~ able persons to retafl liquor in their stores, etc. TAXATION AND EXPENDITURES IN OLDEN TIMES | On the 19th March, 1795, the committee on ways and meats submitted an estimate of expenses for the year, amounting to $335 for the administration of justice and $805 for other expenses, which they proj to raise by a tax Of three shillings per £100, ylelding $1.056: from the market stalls $30; dog tax $30; billiard tables $50; fines and ferreltures $50, and pubitc exhibitions $30, At the meeting on March 28.) the rate was fixed at 33. and 94. LOBBYISTS AROUND. The corporation had’some visitors during th Ir sessions, for on March 29th, a resolution was adopted that ‘no visitors shall mix with the members.” On May 4, a committee was ap- inted ‘‘to authorize G. Fenwick to takea pol level of the town, and appointed him sur- | veyor.” ENCOURAGING THE DRAMA. ACA meeting of the councils, 9ch April, 1799, “the petition of Marlborough Sterling Hamtl- ton, in behalf of himself and company 0: co- medians, now in this towa praying the cor- poration to remit a part of the tax they are now obliged to pay was read, and the question put that 80 much of an ordinance entitied, ‘a Supplement to an ordiaance coaceraing gamb- ig’ a8 relates to the tax of six dollars to b3 paid for each nightly formance, be re- Pealed, which was carried in the affirmative.” TWO OFFICES TOO MANY FOR ONE MAN. At the meeting May 11th, Lloyd Beall (the mayor) in the chair, the president left the chair and Thomas Turner was appointed presl- dent pro tempore. On motion of J, Mason, at the request of the mayor, the house proceaded to consider ‘twhetber the mayor of the corpora- Uon having received a military a ppotntment, Could fill the office of mayor atthe one. and the same time,” when a resolution was adopted Specinting J. T. Mason, J. Templeton, and T. in, a committee to inquire and report to the next meeting whether the mayor, having received a military appointment under the general government, can act consistently as mayor, and hold and exercise the military ap- pointment. At the next meeting on the ‘sth, the committee for and received further {ime to report. In the meantime Mayor Lloyd Beall laid his resignation before the council, October 19th, of the game year, and Daatei een was elected by the council in his place. TRYING TO BORROW FROM INFANT WASHINGTON. On the 11th May, 1799, Messrs. John Mason, Thomas Corcoran, and Samuel Davidaon, were appointed by a special ordinance, commis- sioners to superiatend and direct the graduation ot the streets of Georgetown, and were empow- ee employ a competent surveyor. They mn made arrangements with Nicholas King, of Washington, to serve as surveyor. Having no instruments to work with, on the 14th May they addressed a note to the Commissioners of Washington stating that having been appolated & Committee to superintend the graduation of the streets and having agreed with Nicholas King to perform the work, and not having it in their power to provide him with a proper tn- gtrument for the purpose, they must e the nt “to solicit the loan of you level for a ” &o. month or two if it can be spared, ‘The Sealing Gay, Messrs, Gustavus Scott and Alexander White, of the board of Washington commissioners, replied: “We have long made it rule not to lend any part of the pubilc prop- erty; but the levelling instrument is so tre- quently in use that we know not the moment It may be wanted; it is, therefore, not in our power in this instance to obilge you,” &<c, At the meeting on the 18th of May a resolu- tion was passed pppentiog Messrs. John Tem- pleton, John Threlkeld and Patrick Magrader ‘@ committee to waiton the Washington Com. missioners in the name and on behalf of the Corporation of Georgetown, and inform them of the ineffectual exertions already made to obtain an nt for leveliing since they the loan of that belonging to the City of W: mn and to solicit that they will accommodate Corooration of Georgetown with it, even for a few days. WASHINGTON CHURLISENESS AND GEORGETOWN BaRcasM. Mr. Patrick Magruder, at the meeting ist June following, delivered to the president of the council the following report: “The committee the sur. veyor of Washi: m for two a fainter lta ts Cae —_ ot che corporation of x piconets ‘pened to the Board of Commi: tue loan of gard instrument for further time might bo effected: John Threlkeld and Joun Tompleton, appointed a committee by this tion t City of on no ol ‘not for a i Seetouhene gener veer ng Corporation unasked, a work; that consid- during the six days for which the ince Greet. ee instrument, {t cannot but happen 8 in- terests of city of Washington must ba ma- terially affectei by being for so long a time de- rived of the use of it, and thatit would be ighly upgenerous and im tend the affairs of the city of Washiagton to their evident disadvant that the Commis— sioners of the streets of wn be directed not to accept the loan of the instrument unless it should be found that the graduations of the | whole town to be made under their inspection can be effected inthe space of half an hour; and should this not be found practicable, that they are hereby authorized to purchase a level- ing instrument with the funds placed at their ry ” | After considerable delay and trouble an in- strument was oDiained in Palladeiphia. WAYS AND MEANS IN 1800. ‘The committee appointed to frame a bill for raising the necessary supplies for the year 1390 reported the estimated amount for the annual expenses of the corporation at $2395.48, for which they proposed the following funds and taxes to defray the same:—Dog tax, $110; dil- lard tables, $60; fines and forfeitures, $50; for shows and exhiDditions, $60; ordi- nary-keepers and retailers’ licanses, $50; stall rent, $50; @ direct tax of 6 per cent, $1,990; theatrical licenses, $120—total, $2400. ‘This, measures were instituted for ‘outiding a ear brioge over Rock creek at the en@of Bridze ‘street, A YELLOW FEVER CASE. At the meeting of the councils, 30th August, On motion, ordered, “that M. Waring, T. Corc)- Yan and A. King be a committee for removing a certain person by the name of Clotworthy O'Neale, now confined with a fever in a house on the water side, who moved here in the public stage from the southward this morning; that they cause him to be removed to such place Ubey may think proper, so as to prevent a con- tagion of the digorder with whicn he is now Confined, and that the committee provide him with every necessary article of sustenance dur- Ing his illness.” This was the first case ot yellow fever in Georgetown. On the 17th September, same year, Charles Worthington, Thos. Corco- ran and Jobn Retntzel were appointed a com- mittee to frequently visit the different taveras, boarding houses and stage offices during the prevalence of the yellow fevér at Baltimore and Norfolk, and to Make diligent inquiry it any persons who may come within the same have on them. or be in a situation to commu- nicate the fever; that if such case should | occur, they were authorized to order those so affected or suspected to immediately leave the town, and to see their order complied with, and ifsuch persons were s0illas not to admit of their belpg sent away {rom town, the commit- tee were authorized to have them removed to some convenient house without the limits of the Corporation, and provide proper atten- dance and sustenance as found necessary: that they prevent apy persons coming from Balti- eg Norfolk from entering the precincts of e city. It does not appear that there was any other Case of fever, ailhough there was considerabie alarm. ° ANOTHER OLD BOOK, about seven by nine inches in size, on the cover of which is written ‘Treasury Book,” but which "| appears to contain an account of both the col- lector and treasurer, is also acuriosity. The accounts are considerably jumbled together; Thomas Sanders being the collector of the 5 per cent tax for 1798-9, and Clerk of market to corporation of ‘Geo! Town,” Lioyd Beall mayor, and John Mountz clerk of mayor's court, and Treasurer of the city. ote.—Thomas Corcoran, whose name occurs in the above record, was the father of the well- known Washington banker, W. W. Corcoran, and many descendants of other persons whose names appear—the Bealls, Peters, Magruders, Clagetts, et al.—are res} ellizen3 of the District. ‘The Kentucky Mountain Moses. | .A wonderful evangelist has been developed ifthe mountain regions of Southwestern Ken- | tucky. Under his eloquence the stiffaecked | Muconshiner melts into a saint and the moun- tain marauder becomes as harmless as a her- mit. He preaches without money and without price. He trusts for all he wants to the Power that sent supplies to his prophet by the mouths of the ravens. When he is to preach at any place, couriers tly before him proclaiming the glad tdings, and beaconstires Ugat up the billtops at night announcing his coming. Crowds follow him from place to plaze a3 RS pastoral people beyond the Jordan follo the herald of a new dispensation nineteen hun- dred years ago, and the townsmea of al! the villages pour out py hundreds to hear this mountain evangelist. Farmers leave their plows, merchants Close their store3, mech iaics thelr shops, physicians desert their patients, and lawyers their briefs, while courts ani Schools take a recess, that all may attend (hese | miniatrations. Such, at least, is the account we have of the work and ways of the Rev. George O. Barues, through @ correspondent of the Loulaville Courter- Journal. Nor is Mr. Barnes a man of the woods, untettered and uneducated The Son of a Presbyterian minister, he received the education which would qualify him for the pulpit. He is a son of Danville Colleze sclentificatly and of Princeton theol tally, other versed in Greek, Hebrew, Sanscrit, an tongues. Duly ordained ag a Presbyterian minister, he turned missionary, and spent six years in India, Broken in health, ne returned and took charge of a Presbyterian church at Stanford, where he preached model sermons, no doubt, for eight years. Then he withdrew, because he had outgrown his creed, and be- come 80 liberal as to bring upon him the cen- sure of the Presbytery. So they parted com- pany, he going out, as he told his congregation, eae adollar in the world, but he didn’t suffer. * The next heard of him 1s in Chicago, preach- ing with such acceptance that an old Stanford frend built a church there at a cost of $3,000, proposing to give it to Barnes, with a furnished residence, and the congregation backed it up with the offer of a salary of $4,000 a year. Faw preachers without a dollar in the world would have declined that offer, but Barnes dia. He had been called, he said, to go to the mountains and preach to those who are too poor to pay for the Gospel. He had had a new revelation, 50 to roak, and saw the Bible and bis duty in a true ight. This was about the beginning of 1876. Par- chastog a reed organ for his daughter, they set out for the mountains, she doing the singing, he the preaching and praying. Barnes joins in 1g, Loo, but his voice, so vibratory and musical in speaking, does not add to the har- mony of the music. But that does not matter; and the people go to bear him preach, which he does indoors in winter, but out of doors in summer, to crowds of sometimes as many as ten thousand people. And they are no thirty-minute sermons either, but plumb two hours and two hours and & half jong, with a half hour for ig. Nor is itone sermon @ week with him, but four- teen, Gr at the rate of sixtyamonth. Bat with all thia use of his voice, and he uses It in & way to wear it out, 1t never gets out of order. It is like his daughter’s reed organ, which,with all its rough journeys over the mountatas, never gets out of tune. God, he says, takes care of both voice and organ, and keeps up re- pairs at no cost to preacher or singer. es 18 {bed as fifty-four years of two in height, slender and weil- prope &@ thin face, aquiline nose, and ark hazel eyes, which light up with astonish- ing briliiancy. His nair is auburn, almost dark red, curling slighty, and falling on his coliar. with a thin moustache, long goatee, straggling side whiskers and sharp features, make up the personnel of the Kentucky evan- gelist.—Cin. Commercial. A Living Paper Knife, (Natal Witness. ] who was pleasantly dis. sh, aud had learned after a ion, frequently Vialted some years ago (so the story runs), tha 1 in one occasion ‘bor- Mr. age, six f Interestt ied, * peaucitat Lnings Dut also lisconnected articles.” “How #0?” a8) Viceroy. “See here,” answered the he ‘this US he with “Hunt. log PR OSTaee: atang” does it not? And now u and Orn page bere you have the rr of Mary Stuart.” e asl if hi in it * Ob, yea,” he many ikea. pee of it. The Rajah was he leaves of the book could be printed before they were cut open, but this was also explained to him. abouts year ne ote u ‘icero; Wagay company iS court, and in the center of it the Rajan seated coy eae tusks, RELIGIOUS NOTES. — The Rev. Nelson Ayres has taken charge of St. Alban’s Church, District of Columbia, — It is stated that all the members of Pres!- oe catens Cabinet are regular church- — Rev. David Stoner, of York county, Pa, a Prominent minister tn the Dunkard church,was paralyzea Weonesday. —Archbishop Gibbons confirmed a class of 170 persons, of whom 90 were adults, at St. Francis Zavier Catholic colored church, Baltl- more, Thursday night. —The Presbytery of Palmyra, in session at Loutstana. Mo., recently, by a unanimu3 vote, | Suspended the Rev. Oito M. S:huliz from the Gospei ministry for contumacy. — The Fear Book of the Preabyterians, issued | iu Philadelphia, gives the number of Presbyie- rian communicants at 3.000.000 and th popu- lation of aaherents 12,000,000. — The recelpts of the American Baptist Mie- sionary Union for the financial year just closed Were 88 follews: Donations, $169,685 78; lega- clea, | $25 651.10; from Woman's Societies, ese Sas TUS 902 SH. e the Union Sr $i9,650.08. 1e now stands —The Maryland Association of Independent ‘Methodist churches closed tts session Thursday bight at Chatsworth church, Baltimore. There was a Sunday school and missionary meeting. Addresees were made by Rev. W. H. McAllis e:, of Bethany church; Rev. J. R. Tharp. of Tem- leville, Queen Ante’s county, Md; Rev. H. E. johnson and Wm. R. Barry. Presided. There are quite a number of pros 1e-- net Methodist churches in Balti- mo! —A religfous paper in Londot speaks of the great annoyance which some ministers suffer while preaching, from the thoughtlessness of restless and fidgety persons, who pull their watches from their pockets or turn around to look at the church clock. This paper says that there ought to be a law that whoever takes out his watch or looks at the clock dur- ipg sermon should be condemned to sit out the monotonous reading of one of the longest ser- Mons of one of the dryest sixteenth century divines, — Mrs. Mottashed, of Hamilton, Oat.. had long been a sufferer from various diseases which had kept her 1n bed for eight months, She read a little book by a Buffalo lady, en- | Utled “The Prayer of Faith.” this, she wrote to the author, with her to joinin prayer at a AU9o’clock on a Having done and engaged certain time. from her bed, arranged the pillows, and wall across the room. It is gravely Stated that this 1g not a romance, but ti nent Hamilton people stand ready to attest the genuine character of Mrs. Mottashed’s | restoration to health and vigor. —The Chicago Zines has been comparing the membership of five leading Protestant dv- nominations in the city in 1570 and in 1S30. ‘The increase in the decade was about 12 per cent from 24,120 to 26.522; the growth of the | city in the Same period has been 70 per cent. The Con; tlonalists, Methodists and Presby- terians make the largest relative advance, the Baptists have fewer members than in 1S70’ and the Episcopalians, who return more than one- third of the total membership, have done little more than hold thelr own. It 1s maintained by some, however, that at the present time the statistics of church membership and church | attendance do not accurately represent the Teal influence of the church. — The Rev. Dr. Tyng, in preaching his fare- | well sermon in New York Sunday not only blessed his people but cursed them, by way of anticipation. a3 it were. He sald: “Let it never be forgotten that this church isa Protestant church. Let no taint of sacramentalism or sacerdotalism ever invade Its sacred walls. I will pronounce a solemn oe, ‘May the God of Heaven burn and Dl this church and lay it eveo with the ground if it ever deserts its princi- les Of fidelty to the simple trath agit is in Jesus.” Dr. Tyng, in using these words, has been accused of having reference to a rumor that his congregation and himself wer» about. to become Roman Catholics, but it 1s stated he had no such intention. He referred only to the contingency of his congregation becoming “Ritualists,” and having his church turned iptoa place where “ecclesiastical millinery” was displayed. — Religious “Cacophony” is the euphonious term the Boston Watchman appites to the tr- reverent slang in which even clergymen some- times indulge. ‘The American habit of trrev- erence and tke Anglo-Saxon habit of slang,” it says, “have combined to produce a way of talking about some matters in religion which ts very unseemly, and, we believe; sinful. * * * Many of us have observed in some good and Pious brothers one special fault. That 1s, an easy-going familiarity in their allusions to God. They are in some danger always of talking about the Lord as if the great Creator and sus— fatner of miilion orbs was a crony of theirs, It 18 doubtful whether we oughtat any time to speak of our God in an ‘easy-going, jolly man- ner, It is true that by the gospel we may be brought into the nearest and tenderest rela- Uon to the Eternal, but this never abrogates his | Diimal and inalienable claim, as our Creator, to reverence supreme and unceasing. ‘My name ts dreadful,’ he saith; and if we are to ‘tremble at his word,’ we ougat not to be rash toward himself.” — Rev. Mr. Todd, pastor of the Presbyterian church at Manassas, has been exonerated from. charges made against him. It seems he walked home one night from a Good Templar’s meeting with a pretty young lady of his congregation, a deacon’s daughter. A jealous lover saw tbe couple sauntering along by the light of the moon. This was sufficient. The village rai with grave charges Mr. Todd, in whic! the young lady’s name was freely used. Mr. Todd was arraigned before the session of his church on the charge of: nee intimacy with the young lady in question. The session com- pletely exonerated the pastor, and at a meetii of the congregation of the church Monday Tas which was largely attended, the evidence taken report on the charges by the session and their made their pastor was submitted to the meeting and approved without a dissenting voice. The elders of the bo! Presbyte- rian churches at Clifton and Hartford were also preeent, ‘and indorsed the action of the session. 'r. Todd ministers to all three churches, — Some of the trustees of the churches in Albany are etn 3 the expediency of in- troducing electric lights in place of gas. A few of the church members object, that the light ts too dazzling, and that if it shines in the minister's eyes {t might blind him. The reply 1g made to this that there ig nothing more un- Pleasant to the eyes of the gentleman in the pujpit than the many-colored stained glass windows, the glare of which he has to face on a sunsbiny morning. It is not considered the correct thing to cover these windows with curtains, for most of them have cost a great deal of money, and the trustees feel that 1t would not be right to conceal that which has cost so much. The most natural feeling on the part of a preacher who has to face the glare of a lychromatic window illuminated by the sun that he would like to have a pair of dark colored spectacles. The old fashion of turning the gas partly off during the delivery of the sermon, 80 a8 to let the congregation have a chance of resting their eyes by going to sleep, does not now prevail as much as formerly. No- body could tell whether the churches whith Practiced this cconomy most desired to save gas bills or eyesight. Leo XHli at Home. (Colnische Zeitung. When one inquires after the Pope among the masses In Rome from themen one receives invariably the answer None sympatico. “He ig not sympathetic.” To which the women add, e troppo brutto, +He 1g too ugly.” They then draw a comp: between him au Pius IX, who was an amiable and well-beloved preposse: in ap} seems to be well aware of. He makes up, how- ever, for deficiency of size by a lofty and com- manding demeanor, Should the question be asked in Rome why Leo XIII is Dot more popular the answer will Dent and arbicraringss “ree peculiarities ment WO les which can only be burdensome in so diminu- Uve a stato as the Vatican, - Of Pius 1X’s. manner of living all Rome was awase; but nothing is Known in regard to Leo’sexistence. ‘The cause of this lie3 In the tact that, oe erragy ite a8 clockwork, whatever, and, way ot total, | . Rev. C. M. Giffin | recent evening Mrs. Mot- | tashed felt suddenly invigorated. She — | ed, at a number of promi- | LETTEE FROM PARI THR TUNIS EXPADITION—ITALY'S L088—THR OLD STORY —TBE LITTLE WAR—THR MONETARY Com- MISSION —THR RACING SEASON —RaSTER IN PaRIS—THE GINGARBRBAD Falk, BTC. (Sxcial Correspondence of The Evening Star.} PaRis, April 25. The Tunis expedition follows its navarai cours. The French will mareh into the bowels ofthe land, disposing of the Kroumtrs en route, | and whether the latter lay down their long ‘lat | rifles or not for the moment—to be supplied with Martinis and Remingtons in case the French, after an historical precedent, having | marched up the bill—the Regency will be occu- | pled tli indemnities are pald, and material tees for amicable relations beng coutin- | uous, established. Now, as the Bey ts a8 poor | as Job in bis worst Gays, and has no credit to run into debt, the French must resiga them- | selves to the maxim that where there is nothtog: the king loses bis rights. Tne logical conse- | quence is that Tunts will be annexed. It 13 only for the sake of observing all diplomatic etiquette that the French do not commence by Gropping tn, Paul Pry like, on the Bey, hoping they don’t intrude, The matter presents no | difficulties; no state sertously Intends contest- lng the clatms of France to have Tuals as her ; fcientific frontier, to round eff her colony laver with Morocco, and so command the hom geae- ity of her possessions up te Senegal. ITALY Has LOST the results of all her years of intrigues to crowded by: men to partake of the sacra- ment; on this occasion the nave o! the catnr- drai is wi set apart for male com: = = holy mnt RASTER PRESENTS ITSELY joyously; the sugar baker's shops are fall of | €8es; Indeed, nearly every tradesman seems for ‘the occasion to be more or jess an egg merchant after bis fashion. There are a great man: | 7 things in an egg, from a collection ef toys toa lace tollette; a river of diamonds, Draceiets , rings, collars. It is occasionally a Pandra’s Dox, full Of the unknown: a preseat from dawnlog and a farewell from setting love. Tae Tavorite Easter flower is the large ox-eye dalay; Mt attains in the south of France ao evormous circumference, and resembles & Cherry or ap sie tree when in full biossom, 80 humerous ate the flowers, and whica actually hide the leaves | The ower became fashionable from the reiga of Lou's XV. Tne Dac de Noaiiles, the mou &rch’s favorite, gave agupper at the Triaaoa 1o honor of his majesty. ‘The latter, on entering ‘Ube ball room, was agreeadly surprised to per | celve “ Long live King Louis, the weli-baloved ! | Worked in large daisies. THE GINGRREREAD FATR Offers @ Series of grea attractions to young folks; not alone in Ube sale of that special cake And aperient, DUC also, fa all the glories of the Penny gat Class of Amusement», The “Kramir,”* @ hideous looking black faced Arad, cuts out all other cel Drities. He ts to be met with not only in gingeroread, but in sugar prepsra- | tt 5 C. ' in’ oust French toftuence from Tunis. She has | $4, Pipe Beads, ko. Toe 'ak-s the place of the compromised ber good relations with France, cooled the sympathy between the Latin sis*ers, abd destroyed her French market for obtatnl og the contemplated loan to square her paper car- | Tiney. It does appear strange that the cauae | of Ube acute relations betweea the Bey and France—the Italian coasal, I Mascio, bas cetther been biamed nor disownea b- his cov- eri ment, It was he wno biew the coais, organ- izea the fanaticism, checkmated tne ¢ and set EO tne less swears by the innocence of Juno's doves that he has hever 50 avied. Creat vuderes, - THE MILITARY PREPARATIONS for the Tunisian expedition present tis singu- larity: while impartial and foreign observers Mind them excellent, a certain section of the French press assert they have been detestable, This section consists of the extreme radical press, that object on principle to every act of every minister of war so long as this function- ary is nota civilian. ‘The other comprises those organs which are tented because the party they represent ts out in the cold; but were their friends in office they would sing the Same air, and perhaps not so well. Formerly {he French said, ‘the eyes of Europe are upon us’ —to envy thelr glory understood. Tne eyes cf Europe are to-day more than ever fxed on France, and in the kindest sense, to observe what progress the country has made tn tilitary organization siace isi0 and how the youag republic will make war. Tbere can be no doubc as tc the result of the campaign; if the enemy shows in the open, the fate of arms will be quickly decided; If he remains tn his mountain iasthesses, Une’ enterprise wil be serious; and, without being very long, will not be exempt trom dangers and perils, THE OLD STORY. To accuse their generals of incapacity and treason appears to have entered into the biood of the French during the First Republic, eact corps a’ armée was followed by a guillotine, so In case a general went wrong his case was soon disposed of—pour encourger les autres, Not a few writers believe they best defend the country by reflecting on those professionally entrusted with Its defence. In the case of the Tunisian expedition the end ts to chastise sem!-bartarian tribes; a few days more or less before com- mencing 1s not Important; the grand point to Keep In view ts, that the first blow will be vigor. ously delivered, and next energetically followed up. The war minister had théh only to select— au affair for bis office of only twenty-four hours—the troops best sulted for the climate; tbe horses naturally could not be shipped as quickly a8 men; transports were, however, re- quisitioned and fitted up withio five days. Lt Was nota matter of mobilization of troops, of calling out marrie? men, and stopping all busi- Bess to defend hearths and homes. That necessity could only occur in case of conti- ental war, where the power that can concea- trate the most men at strategic points within the shortest period may sately count upon winning the first campaign, and deciding the fateof the war. The 13 not accussd of having left Algerta without its normal strength of defence, nor of its arsenals belng unpro- visioned. There the minister of war would be culpable. As it is, 1t may b2 said truly on the Present occasion, not a button on the gaiter of a soldier is wanting. THE LITTLE WAR will notonly have a beneficial effect on the whole army, but it will also test the organiza- Uon Of the troops, and will help to frame the measures still in sugpense. Chamber strate- gists, and journalistic tacticlans, must be pre- pared for deceptions In the coming sirugzie, which will resemble very much the first con- quests of the French in Algeria and their latest serious conflicts with the Kabyles. Tne task for the French 18 not a8 easy as opinion concludes. A holy war, like powder, is in the alr. The enemy is vapid, uase'gabie; he Will harass the French columns, cut conmuni- cations; awalt the approach of the invaders at @ Atlas mountains the defiles are numerous; he wil avoid serious en- gagements; driven from ons valley, he will re- orm in another; he has neither towas nor villages to be burned; his habitations are tents; be has need of no roads; he is as much at hone on an inaccessible site as tn a valley of easy access, On & mountain, as In a plain; he knows ; the remotest corners of his region; witl make | Gach the center of a resistance, and will have for ally—the soldiers of the Bey, prudentiy lent. Hence, the French troops will require maca patience and agility; much will depend on each soldier’s responsibility and sang froid, Unat at any unexpected moment ue may be called on to exhibit. ‘THE MONETARY CONGRESS, whatever solution it may arrive at, will do good by discussing, whether the currency of civilized nations ought to haveagold,or a gold and silver standard. Englana is not in favor of the bi-metal scheme, but those coun- tfles which have a large silver and metal cur- *rency naturally are. Thi the United States cannot ng better than to have an " Eng- standard not exactly prevent the measure from being really or platonically sanctioned, but she 1s too important a factor In the world’s com- merce to be ignored, or remain withoat ia- suence, NEW MAPS. Modern wars have this advantage, they ex- tend the knowledge of geography. Every book shop is full of maps of Tunis, and no journal wnich respects itself, leaves 1ts constant readers witbout a plan of the Regency. There are even toys cuggestive, in name at least, of the seat of war. During the 1873 exhibition our acquaintance ‘unis was Confined to some bazars in charge of ““Mussulmans Jews,” selling ‘wood from the Mount of Olives, umes from Constantinople, and dates from Moroceo. The Bey sent @ col there were also exhibited carved; leathers and silks. patronized by amateurs Of tam-lam music, and male alm¢ées. THE RACING BBASON. good condition; it 1a too early for the horses to fagged. The betting has tsken enorm- ; all that is Ht 5 g 3 i Be 3 ) Ee E at il i difficult ord nwy Turk’s head game, so indigaant pa. fien's can strike him to thelr hearis’ content. Tie shows have nothtag poattively new to In- duce the youngest man from the couatry to ~wolk Up,” Dut the visitor Bot the less eaters. The “temptation of St. Anthony” is always nla, It contalus two striking characters— he famous pig, And the deyil, The latter when Of] the stage covers his red dress in a Venetian vevet cape, in the folds of which the tat ts concealed. "There 13 a new play Captive Balloon.” The latter cannot escape. If te first of ail Io sbeet Iron, and attached Dy bars to carn ing tab @. ‘The spectator dors not ascend. bar ts whir'ed around, in au imitation car. Of Course, the spectator bas to provide bluself with th; ALusion of betug ta space. A Letter from the “HMoeoster State. WONDRRI'UL GROWTH OF INDIANA—THR GRRAT CHANGHS WKGUGBT IN SIXTY-PIVE YRAKS- HARDSHIPS OF METHODIST PIONRKKS—Toe BRAUT! OF THE STATS—THR NOMR AND FAMILY OF WHAT THE SOUTH > (Correspondence « Evening Star.) IkVINGTON, FoUx AND a HALF Mies. ’ Faom Inpiaxarous, INp., April 28a, 15 As I looked out upon the wide spread Of Indianapolis With its numerous ch spires, It large public school houses, Its grand state house And public butldings, Its tae pri- vate residences, 118 beautifal parks, wide ave. nues and lis thropged business thoroughtare: then passed on to this place on the cars, through green fields and blooming orchards, it was difficult to realize tkat sixty-five years ago a dense forest stood here; that here the In dian chased bis game, and here bis squaw hung her papoose to the bough of some spread- ing 0 Tu isié Miss Eltzabeth Coapman was mar- ried to Hiam Conner. This was the tirst civil marriage performed in Ube territory that 18 now the state of Indiana. Mrs, Conner stil lives, and cap rebearse all the Incidents con- nected with the grand development of Uuls city and state. Rev. J. C. Smith has written a history of Methodism In this state,and narrates how right here in this ion the early heralds of tue cross of Christ walked on foot from one appoint- ment to the other, after cooking their food tor themselves by the camp fire in the wilderness and sleeping st night beneath the broad canopy of heaven, with the stars for covering. Oas circuit Included the countles of Decavur,Sbeivy, Hancock, Henry, Rush apd a smail part of Fayette. He says:—“In the Dounda of Ki: circult, a8 1 was constituted in S30, the now several presiding elders’ disiricts, several circults, a number of siauions, and many tlour- ishing towns. In 1520 INDIANA WAS A GREAT WILDERNESS from the Ohio river on the south vo Lake Michi- gan on the north, and from the Ohio state line on the east to the Wabash and Illinois rivers on the west. There was not a raliroad even thought of in Une entire state as far back aw 1830, except the old Madison and Indlavapolis Ure, which Was begun in 1525, but not floished fo Indianapolis Ul 1540.’ He goes on to say: ‘There were MO roads or turnpikes, but mud roads as long as the moral iaw, and nearly as deep as they were long. Those who traveled over these roads needed (he apostolic injanction: “To endure hardness as good soldiers.” I traveled in is43 in @ stage coach from Frankiin, 1nd., to Indianapolis, 25 mules over & corduroy road, Ube rails made of wood, aod lald Gown the wrong Way, When cach advanc> siep made by the borses caused my head to make acquaintance witb Une top Of Ube stage coach, until ] hardly kuew which was my bea? abd which the tepof the coach 80 constant and painful Was the contact. ‘THE ROOSTER CAPITAL. But all this is now changed. Indanapolls | isa city of 50,000 or 90,000 inbabitanta. It ta | situated on the east side of White river and | Skirted on the north by Fall creek, @ streaw of considerable mil power, The city was iald out ou the same plan a3 Washington, with diavosal strecis running from southeast to northw st, | aid from northeast lo southwest, begtnuins at | Circie street in the center of vue city. Tas | Circle 18 & Deautiful park and tn it is to be ere > | | Kae W. JULIAN — led Use roopument to the late creat wargovernor Senator Morton. The diagonal avenues are Messachusetts, Virginia, Kentucky and Ia- diana. Crossing hese are broad streets, beautifully laid out, graded and ornaments<d with shade trees. In mauy places thejoriginal forest trees stand ia tne large aud flowery | yards that surrei72d the beautiful private resi gences. Washi. Street runs east and wesc some four miles. This is the business street. On it stands the | court bouse, At the west end is the insane | asylum with its splendid unds and floe buildings; at the eastern end is the asylum for _ = and — with elegant buildings and ‘UUTUL ZTO Meridian street rans due north and south some four miles, cutting the park or circle b the center. There are many manu- factories here of stoves, railroad iron, copper, brass, organs, furniture and agricuitural im- | plements, and there are mauy ovner tudustries, The state was admitted in 1516, but the city of Indianapolis was not laid out until the winter of 1822 and "3, aud the legislature met nere for the first Ume tn 1535—torty-six years since. ‘There are pow twelve railroads that = _— with. passengers and: Souimercs go aud coms wit gers ods each daithour in the day. HARRISON, THE REVIVALIBT. There are sixteen Methodist churches, in one of which Mr. Harrison, “the boy revivallst”— no longer a boy—is now holding meetings, at which one hundred penitents knee! at the altar and around iL atone Ume, and many wonder- ful conversions are witnessed. Four hundred are already reporied. | HOME AND FAMILY OF AN INDIANA CONGRESSMAN | 1 am writing this letter at the residence of | Hon. George W. Julian. He and bis lovely end amiable wife (whose face Is a8 sunny and bright | .as ever, and whom many hearts tn W 2 | remember and fondly love), have built for just blooming Ualversity at the es or Caris- Mr. Evere', was a eld. Julian, some two years younger ‘attending ‘his samo Cal. iooning youth and tne ‘parents on oon bo wi proud of their two children. ~ “YOUNG MAX, GO SOUTH.” ve le garden. . a lovely girl oh iss Grace Julian. a love i & i 8 8 g g ? bie ti H i i Be Pr i