Evening Star Newspaper, July 25, 1891, Page 8

SY — ¥ THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON = D.C, SA’ See ee aah DAY, JULY 25, 1891—SIXTEEN PAGES. ROADSIDE SKETCHES. ATramp in the Vicinity of the Little Falls, THE OLD GU FOUNDRY. ‘rom the Distriet Side of the River— ‘The Story of Foxhatl, Who Made Cannon for the War of ists. Written for The Evening Star. A TRAMP TO LITTLE PALIS, FEEDER 4 dum and River Viow.—k Take ¢! towpath of the ol and Ohio canal at wen bi Leck road, thom Conduit roa Liow to Second River View by-road (at to Lynch's road, to Canal road, to Morris’ roud, to’ West Washington. Condition of t 1 1: of canal: A geod footway: ¢ econd Lock | road: Very rongh; River View by road: The | old part, which runs along the west side of | Powder Mill branch, is fair; the western end, | Which pasaes th an eld, is not so geod, but a vebicle can get through withou tick or trouble; Lynch's road: Rough; Morris road: Fair. At the north end of Georgetown bridge, on | the east side, descend by a stairway to the tow- | Path of the canal,on which walk to Feeder | Dam, foar miles above. Save when the eye reste on the opposite Virginia bluffs, which are always pleasant to look upon, the canal surroundings for some distance west of the brid on may in- or a few ts concern- | To the Chesapeake and Obio canal belongs the distinction of being the first great work of ‘the kind constructed in the United Statex, and its history is both interesting and eventful. ected b jeorge Washington. he be interested in it were many formidable obstacles to be overcome, however, and it was not until Is that the enterprise took definite shape. Congressional — aid invoked in its bebalf, and it became 1 issue in the politics'of that day. Henry Clay strenn- ously opposed the scheme, but it found a warm ebampion in John Quincy Adams. Mr. Adains strongly advocated one of his presidenti with such determined opposition from a major- ity of the members of his cabinet that he was forced to eliminate the clause. Bat it finally Tecvived the sanction of Congress by a close vote. On the Fourth of July, 1828, work was com- menced on the canal near Mittle Falls, Presi- dent Adams, in his shirt sleeves, breaking the round with a spade hunded to him by Gen. er. president of the canal company, in the Presence of thousands of enthusiastic specta- tora. The event was celebrated with great eclat. On the arch of the bridge, which spans the ¢anal at Sist street (old Congress street), are inscribed the names of Andrew Jackson (who was President of the United States when the canal was opened) and the prominent officers of the corporation of Georgetown and the canal. ‘The building of this waterway was a mam- moth undertaking. and twenty years elapsed before its completion. It opened, amid great demonstrations, in 1850. ‘The heads of the executive departments of the United States Governmentand the diplomatic corps attended ‘the dedication. onal aid for it in ne 1 messages, but this met serted in the enameling are 4 > | FOXHALL'S FOUNDRY. It isa pity that an enterprise which started @o auspiciously should be destined to suche check eer and almost utter ruin. It cost $11,000,000. ‘The state of Maryland contributed two-thirds of this amount and al- wars had «controlling interest in its manage- ment. Extend 9 cinta: g from Georgetown to Cumberland, of ISK uiles, it passed through a «que but rugged country. There y-five locks, each 100 feet in length nd 15 feet wide and averaging about eight feet ch extended eastward to the Ana- costia, but it was abandoned and filled in some Years ago. ; The Alexandria extension, seven miles long. was built in 1543 at a cost of $500,000.the water rowing the river by the old Aqueduct bride. For some years the canal did a prosperous : petition. destructi bad management and poli- | jow ebb financial The tics brought it to FE flood of J ‘Georgeto} four miles in length, was rebuilt sho rthe tlood by the West ington m a cost of some $20,000. apper part is now being repaired and the Whole is expected to be again in working order tan early day Rec from this meditation you find the entrance to the Condiit road Ml to the right. wever, the sto dependent lee Com Beech brook and # are passed. ‘The formes is spanned water pipes, Bat you must have observed under the bank, Rear where Foundry branch rs the river, an stous — building, whitish which deserves ud. It ie an wric structure, tifled with a «t period in the our own country. at Duiiding thaa “Fu: iF vies where most Of the heavy guns used by the Amer the war of 1812 were cast. “And a few hu yards up this hon ite west «i sin ed il Stands (though greatly worn by the ravages of time and now used as a slaughter howe) the okt boring — mill ected with the foundry. The foundry was established by Henry Foxbell in | 1800. Mr. Foxhail eame here from ladelpbia, where he bad operated a foundry exile pagle | Foundry.” hav tner Kobert Morris, the re: bropist and | patrs by birth, but Americans fr ce. and when the war of | Iz commences © were no more de- into a can-| ON THE NEW CUT ROAD. of Methodists organized in Washington. This church, a two-story frame building. was christened Foundry Chnreh, in joint honor of the foundry which gave the donor his great repitation and the old Foundry in London, where John Wesley first prenched. Tt was ded- iented on the 10th’ of September, 1815, and oc- enpied the site of the present bandéome edi- fice at the northeast corner of 14th and G streets northwest. THE CANNON-BORING stor. After Mr. Foxhall’s death the foundry passed into the hands of Gen. John Mason, and was for some time afterward known as “Columbian Foundr, e present building is in Ayal ten the western end being the old foundry. The east- ern end was built in 1843 and most of the heavy guns used in the Mexican war were madé.in it. Soon after that war the buildings were used as a distillery. Messrs. Berry & Waters converted it into a flour mill carly in the fifties and it has been used in that co tion ever since under different roprictors. ‘The present owners are Messrs. Wm. H. Ten- ney & Sons. A devoted friendship existed between’ Fox- hull and Robert Morris, which is evidenced today by some interesting and valuable heir- looms in the possession ‘of Summerfield Me- Kenney, exq., of Georgetown, a grandson of the former. Among them is'a clock of rare workmanship and beauty, and of great histori- cal interest. The clock frame is made of Parian marbie, the richest of Italian stones, aud is ornamented by columns of ormolu, a com- position of gold and copper. The ornamenta- tion is a symbol of the imperial house of Austria. The hands, which are heavy, are of gold. The clock was a present of Francis I of Austria and the Empress Maria Theresa to their beautiful but ill-fated daughter, Marie Antoinette, om the celebration of her marr: to the French danphin, the future Louis XV which took place on the 16th of May. 1 It will be remembered that Marie Autoinette Was guillotined during the French revolution (October 16, 1793), aud it is said that on the awful night preceding her execution, with a howling mob surrounding her prison, she heard this clock strike every hour. The clock (which is even now @ good timekeeper) was made by a Charles Ia Koi, whose shop was in the Palais Roval court, Paris, near the spot, too, where Desmoulins mounted @ box and | made the speech that set the bail of the bloody revolution in motion. It came into the ee sion of Gouverneur Morris, who was States minister to France in 1792-9, and by him was presented to Robert Morri wented it to Henry Foxball death it became the property of U McKenney family. The present Mr. McKenney is naturally very proud of this relic. He has also a very old and valuable gold watch, which also came to the family through Mr. Foxhall. It is antique in design and wus made in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1665. Mr. Foxhall carried it during his life, and at hi death it reverted to his son-in-law, Mr. McKen- ney. ‘The watch is large in circumference, but Father flat: open face. with perpendicular Arabic hour figures, surrounded by vitreous enameling of an antique style. ‘The hands are of gold, ornamented with diamonds. A rustic pastoral scene on the back is iuiaid in gold and also enameling fringed with vitreous. In- 70 rare gems. THE FOUNDRY GRANCH PATH. ‘The path that leads northward along Foundry branch, by the old gun-boring shop before re- ferred to, penetrates an interesting piece of | woodland and makesa pleasant walk. It crosses Morris road nearly a mile north of the canal. ‘ Amileand a half from Morris road the clear- ing is reached, at Walter Brown's, and here the path forks, the one to the right leading along the branch und striking the Tunlaw road about midway between the Loughborough road and Wisconsin avenue. The path is not very well detined beyond Brown's, but the distance is short. The left fork leads by a lane to the Ridge road, about a quarter of a mile away, | which it enters at Mr. Donaldson's. A cluster of pines near the southern edge of the Brown clearing is a great resort for black- birds. Passing there one June afternoon I en- countered a large flock of them as well as many crows, and they seemed to be greatly dis turbed by my presence. Now, resuming the walk and advancing along the towpath one finds a great deal by the river's edge to attract his attention and interest him. The path itself is a good one and in sea- son is strewn with avariety of wild flowers. The opposite bank of the Potomac, with ite high biutts, rising at places with great abrupt- ness to heights of more than 250 feet, and its rocky, green-clad sides, have a pleasing aspect. Pleasure and excursion craft flying to and fro impart life to the scene. te THE THREE sisreus. As the Three Sisters (three protruding rocks in the river) are passed memory recalls some pretty legends, that have come down the gener ations in song and story, concerning them. Weare told, for instance, that once ypon a time three beautiful Indian girls (siaters) dwelt upon the bank of the river above here; that these three maidens bad three Indian lovers, to whom they were betrothed; that three white youths, smitten with the charms of the girls, ineffectually sought to alienate their afte canoe one moonlight night gliding over the mooth water, with their lovers, were killed by the infatuated pale-faced youths; that the maidens jumped into the water and sought escape from their pursuers by swimming to tho three rocks—whither they were followed, however; that hopeless of escape the girls, in each other's embrace, plunged into the deep water and disappeared forevermore. But their spirits are said to haunt the piace, and the frequent drownmgs that occur there are attributed to their evil influence. A short distance west of the islets Reservoir lane ix noticed, leading up the hill to the dis- tributing reservoir. Near here is Tarnont lock, which was for- merly used for lowering canal boats into the miver to be towed down to the wharves. At the mouth of Morris road Aloe brook glides into the Potomac. You are presently at Locktown, two and a half miles above the Georgetown bridge. ghantities of herring are caught annually. guns, which Little Falls M. E. Church, a neat little wooden approved style, building, 1s solidly set in the rocky hillside at aniry by oxen to the | the west en of the village at the edge of Cedar aadean brook. Cedar byroad runs along the west 1 Lake Erio was | side of this stream to the Conduit road. Jiffersou was an in-| Spruce brook drops into the river at the east of Fouball. A prov-| end of Locktown. fdeniual i torpesitic . saved at LTme rata. tie ot coondey from the fury of the Dritish | 4 quarter of » mile above here are the Chain ington im 18. A territi: rain end wind | Dfidgeand Little Falls. From the bridge you storm delayed’ them in their work of | have a splendid view of the falls, There is desisuction. A squad of soldiers had been de-| good fishing here in season. Black rock, tailed to destroy the foundry, but the storm in- | perch and other fish are plentifully fou terposed. Mr. Foxhall, who was a man of Continuing the exeursion it is ‘that at t, and prominently identified with the re-| John Lynch's, above the the wagon pus interests of the comraunity, believing | road (a forks, tha: his deliverance commemorated the event by erecting, st he «© expense, « church whic Be presented to the frst congregation where it conuects with Second ee Eire poe | eads to the right and enters the od | ‘ions; that the Indian braves, while in the:r | at River View, the pleasant residence of Mr. Stilson Hutchins. right fork or River Vie byroad leads along the west bank of Powder Mill ran or Fulls branch and also enters the Conduit road at River View. Tho towpath, which twists along throngh rich river scenery, could be continued to Gion | Echo, Cabin John or Great Falls. ‘The section | of country through which it leads is now wild, | Picturesque and ‘rich in flora, and « tramp | along its length wonld be greatly enjoyed. The pathway is open and good. | _ From here you proceed to the Canal road, by’ | way of River View byroad. ‘The eastern end of this byroad passes through a charming piece of wooded hillside, and thongh not much traveled by vehicles its passaze by buggies will not be tound at all difficalt or dangerous, Originally it was a continuation of Iyden's byrowl, but some years ago the upper end of it was closed, the new connection detlecting through the open field jast crossed. Entering the Canal road, which ia decidedly rough west of John L: move along it to the mouth of Morrie road, a baif a mile cast of the Chain bridge. ON THF MORRIS ROAD. Morris road takes you to 7th street, George- town, and is about one and a half miles long. It has a fairly good surface, much of it lending through: interesting acenes. Morris road is now popularly known by the name of “New Cut road,” but the name is 60 inappropriate and unmenning at the present day that] have taken the liberty of rechristening it. It was built more than sixty years ago, and is, therefore, no newroud now. Names of highways should have somo generai or local historical signification. I have named it Morris road, in honor of Robert Morris, the patriot and friend and associate of Henry Foxhail. ‘The maxim that “republies are ungrateful” is certainly true of this republic and Morris, for nowhvre in this eity—the capital of the re- public—ean be found anything perpetuating the name of the big-hearted patriot, whose personal services and princely fortune were 80 unselfishly devoted to the nation during its in- fant struggies. We might at least name a road in his honor. At the junction of Morris and Conduit roads are the Distributing Resurvoir and the once fa mous stock yards and “Drovers’ Rest.” At the crossing of Foxhall road sre noticed some handsome suburban residences, At Foundry Branch will be noticed, on the right, a shaft of the notorious water supply tunuel, in which, in 1587-'sH, a couple of millions of dollars were sank through faulty plans and negligent man- agement. dust beyond here is Beoch brook, which meanders through the beautiful grounds of Georgetown University. Vassing along the north side of. these gro Proposed villa of Burleith, you step iuto 7th street, Georgetown. ‘Tho large brick building on the left of the street just before 7th street is entered is the Home of the Good Shepherd, a Roman Catholic orphan asylum. ike towpath part of this excursion might be changed for Canal road, which is un excellent Piece of roadway as far as the Chain bridge GErouGE Stumox es DISEASES OF THE RICH. A French Physician's Book—The Tyranny of Digestion. Paris Correspondence New York Tribune. It isan old axiom that heaith is the greatest of all riches, and it is'@ thing that money will often not buy. Indeed, the possession of great wealth isa predisposing cause of a number of complaints. This is the opinion of Dr. Monin, who has defended it in a book just published, entitied,“‘Rich Men's Evils.” Thelist of diseases which escort the rich manis not a long one, but it is, if one may call it so, a substantial one. The possessor of several hundred thousand dol- lars has the choice between stomach cbm- plaints of various sorts, congestions, apoplexies, theumatisms, acute and subacute, gout, head- aches of every degree, affections of the heart, pleurisy and asthma, liver complaints, jaun- dice. roseole (from which Queen Victoria suf- fers), sieoplessuoss, nervous exhaustion, besides anutnber of artiticial distempers, which are within the reuch of all who can purchase mor- phine, cocaine and ether. Whatever your choice may be yon may con- sole yourself by the thought that you suifer in ood company. Kheumatie people wili remem- er that Mme. de Sevine, who was a sufferer from it, wore a cheerful countenance and de- lighted her friends with her eparkiing wit. The jebrities form u brillant host: Horace, Erasmus, Kant, Franklin, Milton the names ‘as they’ occur, Darwin, Sy- denham. As you see, doctors are not exempt from it. Literary people are placed by Dr. Monin in company with million- an association no doubt flattering to both, but none the less unlooked for. ‘The weight of their purses, however, Las nothing to do with this. But, like plutocrats, they lead a sedentary life, dissipate a quantity of vital energy and are obliged, on that account, to have a substantial diet. Literary men and women are therefore subject to dyspepsia and gou ‘The manufacturer of a refreshing beverage whore advertisements are known wherever the English language is spoken says: “Stomach's a master all should dread.” ‘This is Dr. Monin'’s opinion. If indulged it becomes a sulky and is-willed ‘companion, and it does #0, too, when placed “on "short commons. An edifying list iy that of the —discases sflecting the wealthy classes at different ages. It will be some consolation to those who have not reccived the riches of this world and this willbe my excuse for giving it: First year, rYsipelas; second year, croup, infantile cholera; third year, whooping cough, measles, gastric fever; fourth year, scurletina, menin- gitis—only half the number of babies born live give in chronological order), fo this age; seventh year, mumps, angina, laryngitis; ‘tenth year, St. Vitus” dance, typhoid ‘fever; fifteenth year, debility; eighteenth year, headache; “twenty-fifth to thirtieth year, marriage; thirtieth to thirty- fifth year, dyspepsia, nervous disorders; thirty- fifth to fifty-fifth year, inflammation’ of the lungs, pleurisy: forty-fifth to fifty-fifth year, Inmbago, weakness of sight, paralysis; fifty: fifth to sixtieth year, general paralysis; six- tieth to seventieth year, loss of teeth, “bair, memory, apoplexy; seventieth year, deafness, rheumatism of the joints, final breakdown. A desperate attempt was made to assassinate the Middlesborough, Ky., police force Thurs- day afternoon about $ o'clock. A lot of disrep- utable characters who frequent Gum Springs, a low drinking and gambling dive just outside the city limits, concocted the plot to murder the ofticers. They accordingly stationed about fifteen of their gang in ambush along the Lonis- ville and Nashville road, and two of their num- ber began firing their Winchesters. These two were Gillis Hohnson and Frank Rossimus. Chief Maples, with a posse of officers, went in pursuit of the pair and they were led into an ambush. Over a hundred shots were ex- changed. Special Officer Dorsey Williama was shot through both thighs and Patrolman Tucker was shot in the leg. The police were forced to retire. They returned to the cit} ‘A posse of about one hundred citizens armed With risfes soon captured both desperadoes and lodged them in js About 4 o'clock yesterday morning a crowd of marked men exitered Jniler Pollitts’ sice | ing apartments at the city jai! and with pistol to his head demanded the keys to the jail. The Jailer was forced to give up the keys. ‘The crowd ther went into the jail, took Ros- simus out and led him to the big bridge over the canal on 20th street, where he was shot voveral times. ‘A rope was then fastened about his neck and he was swung over the side of the bridge until 7 o'clock, when he was cut down. . A pl Tody. bearing this inactiptiea? “Waray body. bearini inserip' ‘arning- ie the fate of all would-be murderers.” All Wool and » Yard Wide. THIS TEN MILE SQUARE Bitter Hostility to the Capital Site Selected by Washington, MANY AMENDMENTS OFFERED Bat the Bill Finally Passed Congress—Some Historie Names of Those Who Have Boen in Both Branches of the National Legisin- ture—How the Lawmakers Lived Long Ago. Written for The Evening Star, It may interest the readers of Tie Stan to know how bitterly the proposition to make the ten-mile square the seat of government was fought by those who opposed the locality rec- ommended by Washington. The bill locating the “‘a district of territory not exceeding ten miles square on the Potomac between the mouths of the Eastern branch and Conoco- cheague” originated in the Senate and passed on the 1st of June, 179. The vote on its passage was 14 to 12, and in the House four different propositions were made in the shape of amend- ‘First. To substitute the Delaware of the Potognac—ayes 22, nocs . Second. “In the state of Pennsylvania, including Germentown"—ayes 22, nocs 39. tomac"—ayes 25, noes 36. Fourth. Maryland, including Baltimore” —ayes 26, noes 34. “The vote on the final passage of the bill was 32 to 29. The act was approved by the President July 6, 1790. ‘The name of the city was formally given in a letter from the com- missioners addressed to Maj. L’Enfant on the 9th of September, 1791, saying: “We have agreed that the federal’ district shall be called “The Territory of Columbia’ and the federal city ‘the city of Washington.’ ‘The commissioners were Messrs. Johnson, Stewart and Carroll. ‘There are some most interesting letters in this history Mr. Glover has loaned me relating to the city of Washington; one from Mr. Jeffer- build a whole street in the new city, and rec- ommending the building at once of the broad one Peunsylvania avenue) leading from the Presi- lent's house to the Capitol; another letter from Mr. Jefferron recommending the build- ing of ao national monument in the city and recommending Ceracci, theartist, who proposed to erectan equestrian statue of Washington. Mr. Jefferson indorses an idea ef Mr. Leo (R. H.) for an appropriation of a number of lots to raise the money for the erection of this monu- ment. A letter from Washington introducing Mr. James Hoban us an architect to the commis- sioners and their reply, dated Georgetown, 19th of July, 1792, notifying the President that had “contracted with Mr. Hoban ices by the year at 300 guineas; his draft and attention may be confined to the palace o} extended to ‘other objects they may choos and that they bad that morning gone with Mr. Hoban to the site of the pulace, “that he might lay out the foundation, the plan being much less than Major L'Enfant’s design.” This letter is signed Thomas Johnson and Dan Car- roli,*"Dr. Stewart's absence being occasioned by uncasinose at the state of his family. SOME HISTORIC NAMES. Tam indebted to your corrospondent who corrects my error in the article of Saturday,the 11th, Imeant to have said of those in the ‘Iwenty-eighth Congress when Mr. Hamlin en- tered it im 1843 only three remain, Mr. Winthrop, Mr. Hamilton Fish and’ Gen. Clingman, The events of the Thirty-sixth Congress are so familie to me and of such national importance that I wonder I could have made the mistake. In the “History of the Ten-mile Square” the list of the Senite and House of Representatives con- tains the names which have passed into history. Levi Woodbury, afterward Secretary of the Navy and one of the justices of the Supreme Court; Dunie! Webster, Theodore Freling! sen, John M. Clayton, John Tyler, Robt. Y. Hayne, Johu Forsyth.’ Judge Bibb, Hugh L. ite, Felix Grundy, Wm. K. 'King and Thomas H. Benton were in the Senate. In the House of Lepresentatives were John Anderson, afterward a reident of Washington, and George Evans from Maine, John Davis and Edward Everett and John Varnum from Massa- chusetts, Churchill C. Cumbreling, Michael Hoffman, Ambrose Spencer, Gulian ©, Var- planck trom New York, James Buchanan and Thomas Hartley Crawford, afterward judge of our Criminal Court; Chauncey Forward, whose sou was Secretary of the ‘Treasury under ‘Tyler, and Joel B. Sutherland of Vhiladelphia represented “Pennsylvania; |Cloment Dorsey, Benjamin C. Howard, Col. George C. Washington, afterward a resi- | dent of Georgetown, were representatives from Maryland, and Wm. 8. Archer, Philip P. Bar- bour, judge of the Supreme Court; Gen. Charles Fenton Mercer, Andrew Stevenson and John | Taliaferro and ‘Thomas Loyall from Virginia; Abraham Hencher, who «itd only a few years ago’ Augustus H. Shepherd and Lewis Williams from North Carolina; George McDuffie and Warren R. Davis from South Carolina; James M. Wayne, subsequently judge of the Supreme Court, and Richard H. Wilde, the poet, whose lines, “My life is like the summer rose,” will res cue his name from oblivion, were representatives from Georgia. From Kentucky, Col. Richard M. Johnson, afterward Vice President; Gov. Letcher and Char.es A. Wickcliffe, afterward Postmaster General. John bell, David Crockett, Cave Johnson aud James k. Polk represented Tennessee. From Ohio came Gen. Vance, Sam- 1 Vinton (Sirs. Dabigren » father) and Elisha ittlesey, afterward and for many years auditor of ‘the Post Ottice Department. From Alabama, C. C. Clay and Dixon H. Lewia, the largest man whoever sat in Congress. ‘The delegates from Michigan, Arkansas and Florida | were John Biddle, A. i. ‘Sevier and Joseph M. White. Join C.'Calhoun presided over the Senate. Walter Lowrie was secretary, Andrew Stevenson Speaker of the House, and Matthew St. Clair Clark clerk of the House. MEMBERS AND SENATORS BOARDED. In that day members and Senators formed in messes, boarded at the different hotels or boarding houses, the names of which bring up the long pas Mrs. Ball, ‘opposite Brown s Hotel, where I have seen’ Mr. Crockett often sitting in front of the house with other M. C.'s who boarded there. Letourno's, opposite the National.then Gadsby’s; Kervand’s, in the Seven Buildings; Mrs. Peyton's, corner 414 street and the avenue; Dowson's row, on Capitol Hill, since ' bought by the overnment. ‘The hotels of that period ir. Elliott mentions at some length—Gadsby's, Jesse Brown's, Williamson's and the Mansion House, kept by Frederick Barnard. ‘The rear addition recently demolished to make modern improvements to the Metropolitan was just finubed at this time. Mr. Eldott says of this improvement or addition: “It consists of an editice eighty-six feet long, thirty-six wide and four stories high. ‘The basement contains, be- sides kitchen and other domestic arrange- ments, a dairy with a fountain of the ‘pufest water from @ never-fail- ing spring. The \dining hall, the most commodious in the city, und perhaps not ex- celled in the United States, * * * is pleasantly lighted and in the winter scason warmed by four monumental stoves.” “‘An ap- urtenance to ‘The Indian Queen’ is rown's garden (about where the public print- ing office is), cultivated with so much ads ment and industry that be is not only able to supply his own table with the richest and freshest vegetables, but vende in the city mar- kot enough of his’ surplus to detray Penses of that establishment.” The Mansion Mouse, kept by Frederick Barnard, was Willard’s ‘Hotel and contained one hundred rooms. Williamson's City Ho- tel I cannot locate, but Mr. Elliott says: “It is the nearest tavern to tho execu- tive offices.” “The National Hotel, kept by John Gadsby, exceeds any cstablish- mont of the kind in America, if not in dimen- sions, at least in convenionce and airiness,” “The charges at all theve taverns are nearly ox- the same—the price of board vary- ing from €7 to @10 per week, according to the additional convenience’ afforded.” “Stages run almost hourly from Gadsby’s, Brown'sand Bernard's to Duitimore,fare 82.50. towntind tho, Gaptiel making eho four town a day,from 9 toGo clock. Lonuoners call this: scription of conveyance an omnibus.” It ishard to realizeat this day such primitive modes of life, the present the edvance- ae big Sige Ay to test tie, ves the value at which our real estate dealers will mile: ‘Lots fronting Third. “Between the Susquehanua and Po- | sh “State of | son recommending a scheme of Mr. Blodget to | at3:30 o'clock in the morning (the day and hour appointed by the prince for ll those who live out of Europe and who wish to unite with him in spirit of holy prayer—that is to. say, in the holy sacrifice of the mass, which the cele- brates at that precise hour for ob:aining restoration of “healti), mass was cele- brated by several priests at the above hour, and among others by your humble servant in Georgetown College. Mrs, Anne Mattingly, at the very precise moment of swallowing the adorable " sacrament, four minutes past 4 o'ciock, is from the point of death, at which she then was, restored toa most t state of health, Mass was celebrated in her cham- ber, and at that moment she rose from her bed aud with an exclamation of gratitude asks for her clothes, dresses herself without assistance and prostrates herself before the al The vy. Father Dubreson, who bad said the mass wasiovercome by such a manifesta- tion of divine mercy and seemed lost in a transport of admiration and gratitude. At breakfast Mrs. Mattingly ate as much as she had eaten in the previous six months and re- ecived that day a thousand visitors amd on the | following day more than two thousand, shak- ing hands with them, conversing the whole day,and from the ghastly, emaciated, livid countenance of a dying . in which state | saw her at about 6 o'clock of ‘the day before her miraculous cure, her face had a re stored us a being in perfect health. “Her physicians, Dr. Jones, Dr. Huntt and , sr., solemnly declared in a certificate that the nature of her disease was entirely be- yond the reach of medical assistance.” Tho | news of this remarkable recovery from an ill- ness of six years to perfect health spread through the city, and 1 have often heard my mother tell of her visit that morning to Mrs. Mattingly, whom a few days before e had seen on her deathbed, as she supposed. In after years I ‘knew Mre. Mattingly, for sho lived certainly ten or fiftecn years after this event. Bishop England, then bishop of Charleston, 8.C., was directo by the church orities to make a thorough | examination of this wonderful recovery, which he did and published it soon after the occur- rence. In 1863 James Parton wrote a sories of articles for the Atlantic Monthly on the churches of New York and came here and ob- tained all_the information to be obtained and a copy of Bishop England's report on the case, and made a most interesting article in connec. tion with his article on the Catholic church. ‘The house where this wonderful manifestation took place is on 17th street next,I think, to the Van Ness mansion, now so sadly changed, how- ever, and was, I regret to say, some years ago desecrated. It should be redeemed and de- voted to some charitable use by the members of the Catholic church. EARLY DISTRICT CHURCHES. There is really so much of interest in this book which Mr. Glover has rescued that I could fill a goodly space in Tue Stan of extracts from it. ‘There were at that time only eight Prot- extant Episcopal churches in the District, in- cluding Kock Creek Church. Mr. Elliott speaks of the Rev. Mr. Williamson, who built the residence, since occupied JIndge Dun- lap, near Georgetown, previous to the revo- Jntion, and of brick and material brought from England and, as some of the old inhabitants said at that time, the mechanics who worked on the house were also brought from England. The Rev. Mr. Willinmson was the great grandfather of Harper Williamson, who married an aunt of Mr. C.C, Glover, and of this reverend gen- tleman Mr. Elliott says: ‘Parson Williamson was the pastor of Hock Creck parish; had two churches, one near Rockville, and as perhaps ‘at the time one of the ichest country livings in the state, his ineome being about ninety hogshcads of tobacco. He is described as a of the clergy of that time under the British system. [He is said to have been learned, witty and eloquent in the pulpit, and the virtues and all the viccs then too common among gentlemen of his profession, such as hunting, horse rac- ing, drinking, gaming, &c.” St. John's Church ‘was built in 1816 and the Rey. Dr. Hawley was one of its earliest pastors. Presidents Madi- son, Monroe, Adams, and Jackson and subse- ently = Mr. Van Buren and other Presidents attended this venerable church. Mr. Gales was mayor of Washington at the time when Mr. Filiott published his history, and among the members of the board of aldermen were Gen. Van Ness, Peter Lenox, Mr. Senton, Geo. Watterson, Jas. Young, the father of Dr. Noble Young. Common council—Alex. McIn- tyre, Nathaniel Frye, William Gunton, Geot Sweeny, Philip Mauro, Wm. Brent, Dr. Fi May, the futher of Dr. John Fredk. May, and Peter G. Washington. Richard Barry and E. J. Middleton were secrotaries of the two boards, ‘There were three daily newspapers published in Washington at this time, which Mr. Elliott says “were extensively read and circulated throughout the limits of the United States and its territories. A number are also sent to Lon- don, Paris and other piaces in Europe. ‘The cirettlation of the National Intelligencer, daily, is 1,200; thrice a week, 3.000. ‘The Unite States Telegraph, edited by Gen. Duff Green, was the organ of Gen. Juckson’s administra tion. It was from 1815 to 1826 the Wash- ington (Gazette, conducted by Mr. Jona- than Elliott. prints about 1,200 daily.” The National Journal was published by Mr. George Watterson and edited by Mr. Philip R. Fendall; was originally the Republican, owned and conducted by Thomas L. McKenney who was afterward commissioner of Indian affairs, and his portrait, by Charley Elliott, hangs in the Corcoran Gallery, and a splendid work of art it is. Col. Peter Force pur- chased the Republican in 1824 and established the Journal which he published until 1830, when the present proprietors came into pos- Tesrion. Mr. Davie, the grandfather of ‘Mr. Lewis Davis of the banking house of Lewis Johnson & Co., wasa partner of Col. Force and had the’ principal book store here for years under the firm of Davis & Force. AN ENCAMPMENT FIFTY YRARS AGO. Iwas very much intorested in watching the departure of the fine troop of horse under com- mand of Capt. Barbour on Saturday last, for it recalled the memory of the Baltimore encamp- ment fifty years ago next May and enkindled some of the military ardor which was pretty well quenched by the week of rain we en- dured on that occasion. The Washington Light Infantry, Capt. Richard France, the National Blues, Capt. Middleton, " and the Mechanical’ Kitles, Capt. Williams, made up the Washington contingent on that occasion. Our camping ground was in a valley beautifully located for sunshiny days, but a reservoir for the draining of the surrounding hills. We stood it, however, though at that day we were unprovided with the rabber blan- kets, &c., such as the troopers of last Saturday found so comfortable. ‘The contest for the flag on that occasion was entered into with zeal by the Washington companies and our admira- ble drill sergeant, Orderly James Broome, one of the best I ever saw, was rebellious when the award was made to the Maryland Cadets of Baltimore, # splendid company and the nucleus of the celebrated fifth regiment of Baltimore. ‘The survivors of that occasion, which attracted universal attention, asI recall them of the Blues are Gen. Peter F. Bacon, John McDer- mott, Capt. Asbury Tucker, Ashton White, James D. Hendley and myself, and of the Wash- ine specimen ‘The officers of the infantry are all gone—Ca) France, Joseph Bato, z Davis,’ John Tucker and Orderly Ritchie, and of the Blues, Capt. Middleton, Licuts.’ N. P. Oausin, Nicholas Callon, Evan Evans and Surgeon Frye. The President, Mr. ‘Tyler, the Secretary of War, Gen. Scott, and other distinguished officials visited the encam; ment in a pouring rain, but were received with all the honors. Gen. Stewart commanded the eneampment and the ordersapproving thecon- duct of the troops under the severe inconyen- ience they were subjected to and awarding the fing to the Maryland Cadete was read by ‘a}, Charley H. Winder as A. D. C. Twoof the Veterans of the Marsland Cadets are residin here, Capt. Frank Schatler and Mr. Joso, Todhunter. £ ! E H ES ? iy i if i : i i i E i ! | H iit it ® clerk in the fourth auditor's office under Amos Kendall. Histrusty rile was his constant companion, and when the duties of the office did not demand his presence he «pent his time in gunning in the surrounding swamps “around Van Ness\." Teawagood dealof Mr. Rivesin the of his life. He was a member of the h occupied the house corner of Lonisiana avenue and 6th street, and though Tnever saw him play cards he was interested as looker on. In thove days when those playing whist, &e., would order refreshments, liquid or solid, and’ cigars, it wes for all present, and the servant would ta from ench mtleman, bat Mr. Riv fariubly refused. The refreshments, if liquid, would hardly be disposed of when ‘he ‘would call the servant and tell him to take the orders of the gentlemen, every one present. This would occur two or three times “during the evening,’ and at 11 o'clock he would say “Good nigh When the @ioke office was next the National Theater Mr. Rives, Dr. ‘Thos. Miller and Mr. Richard Smith aud one or two others of us never missed a performan For nov RATION. Some of the Latest Designs for Effective In- teriors, From the Uphoisterer. Now is the time when we discover that the white and gold room is not ali that fancy paints it. The restless fly has had much to do with our discovery, for he has spurned the sugar bowl and revels in the iurid ecstacies of the Louis XVI room. Delicate tables of gold and rich brass work are now imitated in plaster and gilt. Even the Sheraton furniture of inlaid colored woods is done in stenciled designs—merely paint deep. It's only the things that are good that are imitated. Tuke the subject of bronze aud metal work. Some of the reproductions are as das the originals in all but substance. ‘here is ouly one firm in this country making papier mache armor. He shows a breast- inte in reproduction of that of Henry HI and the details of the original, now in the British muscnm, are faith: fally followed, even to the mutilated and rotted strap work, the verdigris and tarnish on the metal and the rusted rivets. Here is a pile of war clubs, battle axes, svorda, cimeters, gaunt- lets and the key of the bastile, in prices from $3 to $10 and dead sure copies of the originals. All of these things are used in house decora- tions. They are clustered in wall ornamenta- tion: they form part of the cver door drapings; battle axes and cimeters protrude from medieval portieres—and all paper. OVER DRAPERY FOR CURTAIN. Many people use lace curtains at their win- dows with nothing in conjunction therewith, although a very little in the way of over drapery will be an improvement. We illustrate here an idea very effective. which consists simply of India silk with a smail ball fringe. The fringe should be of balls of alternating colors, white with a shade a trifle darker than the India silk, caught up as wo hero illustrate. The treat- ment is very graceful. EFFECTS OF LOCATION. There is nothing which more directly affects the character of one’s housefurnishings than locality. Light varies and to obtain proper results one should consider the soutce from which his room is lighted. If the room has a northern aspect the light which comes in is of cold and glaring character and hard colors should never be used. Given two bare rooms, one facing the north and one the south, and farnish them identically alike and you will find utterly different effects. A room getting ite light from the north shonid be fnrnished in warm tints—yellow or golden browns. A NOVELTY IN DECORATION isa cupid made of brass about a foot and a half high, in close reproduction of the delight- ful Italian ne pee carved in wood, fat and an- gelic as cupid ough. to be and posea with its hands extended to grasp the ends of a drapery. One foot of the cupid is provided with a screw and thus he easily finds a resting placo upon a cornice or curtain pole over a doorway. It gives the decoration an opportunity of getting far away from the ordinary hanging of u por- tiere by rings aione. AS EFFECTIVE COMBINATION. : Here is a way of arranging a window by com- bining dotted Swiss muslin with China ‘silk or brocade. The muslin is sold in styles showing small colored details. and iz the silk drapery which combines with it is of the same general shade the effect 1s complete. Instead of the ordinary curtain pole use brass rod, with metallic 6rnaments, which can be easily had for the asking. For the muslin no fringe is a silk a small ball fringe is de- : AN OVER-MANTEL. ‘The illustration we show represents the ap- ication of idea for over-mantel for a door- dow, with place for bric-a-brac on the they are introduced as a conversational chair recently seen those piano lamps rising from the center the arms. A MEMORIAL TABLE is the latest whim. It ie provided with THE OLD INHABITANTS TALK. An Odd Character Met in an OM Virginia . Town. COURT DAY AT FAIRFAX COURT HoUsE—TAE OLD COURT MOUSE AND THR MEMORIES IT RE- CALLED—A SUPPRESSED MISTORY—INCIDENTR OF A BRIEF STAY. Correspondence of The Fvening Star. Farnrax Covnt House, Va., July 23, 1891. It has been a busy week at the court house and the town ig wild with excitement. It ix not that sort of excitement that is to be heard, nor yet that which can easily be soon, but it is of that odd, quiet sort that shows iteelf in the gathering of groups on the store steps and around the porch of the “hotel.” It also bursts forth occasionally in a wild, exultant Whoop as some inhabitant or other remembers the varions incidents that there are within a ig the third day of that name in the month, was the day for the holding of the county court. Fairfax lives to the full on “cote d Itewells and expands and seems to take on asemblance of that glory that once made the town the center he world for the simple colonial farmers, who wero wont to gather at this point occasionally to discuss Crops and polities. It feels its own importance, and, isolated ay it is from the direct contam- ination of a railroad, it is the more quaint in ite solemn old-fashioned ways and notions. But that is not all. The circus has come to town, and for the first time in twenty years there is a swelling canvas down in Joues’ field and an atmosphere of sawdust all over. Little hoards that have been accumulating since Inst fair dey aro raked out and counted, aud it is wath glee that the owner finds enough to pro- ‘ke the history Leck again, enppose that it t+ now awong his pr Tiitould be dug ‘owt and printed, tr es, 1 have done « goot deal of service uring my timo, There was a proposition meorporate the town, and they called act of incorporation. I care, eit, and it was unb- 1. It'was put into print, and ft among my papers inside va would like to nee it. Nov othor time, perhaps. Just as you wish, sar. Well, the legisinture adjourned w out taking any action on the mensare, and the @ was forgotten. The ago. Lrefased to and soit went and Ii was supper ti beth wae ri too furiously for ¢ yersation, parted for the time. him again in the morning, whil the people, 1 was sitting on the porch of otel listening tothe talk of the circus bo He gave them a spurming emerged upon the white- washed porch, an.) turned to me with® charm. ing amile of greeting. AN OPPORTUNITY serserD. “I was sorry that I could not find you again Jnst night,” he mid, “for I hod ao mesange for you. Our lodge was having an extraordinary session and our leader wanted yon to help, We wore itting a member to the high egten and the master of the order was just a bit Tusty on the methods. Ih: arrival in town and he th be one of us and that told him of your ht that you might OU Might be able to help him out with the ceremony. I tried to find you to invite you to our lodge room, bus you were notte be found. It was w rtunate.” My answor was filled with gui time for dissembling. “I should have been oniy too glad to have belped vou out if ft had been within aay power" —and I went on with “remark about the weather without mention- cure a peep at the delightful mysteries of the great tent down the road, or with sorrow that the sum falis short of the requisite amount. It is no wonder, then, that the town and the surrounding country is ina state of ferment. The excitement of ‘cote day” has but just sub- sided and bere is the show, with the painted Wagons and the musie and the players. Oh, those players! 1 was a guest at the hotel with them, and long shall f carry them in my mind. They bad their weight with the townsfolk, however, and they drew more water than I did, and so Thide my head in shame and think of them with wouder. They were a queer lot and they seemed to realize it THE DECLINE OF COURT DAY. Court day in Fairfax, however, is not what it Used to be, for the inroads of the railway lines, one within four miles and the other within five of the court house, have tended to detract from the importance of the town asa center of popu- Jation and intellect and learning and wealth. Washington is so much nearer than it used to be that the court house as it stands today is fading away into a mere country village, witha monthly assembling of suge men with green bage, and then a hasty retreat. ‘The railroads alone are not responsible for the decrease of the glory of Fairfax's court duy, for there is another element, perhaps, more potent that has wrought a change. It is the introduction of that wonderful creature of modern legislation, a local option law, and Fuirfax dry is not the town that Fairfax’ wet | used to be. The contrast was strength byan old gentleman with a white beard, who came up to me as I stood on the orch of the “hotel” and begged my pardon for not being able to see me better #0 that be could recognize me. His eyesight was failing, he said, and 1 realized what a delicate compli- ment he was paying me in his old-fashioned Virginia way we fell to talking about the town and I found him full of interest. The fact that the town pays little heed to his gar- rulous chatting and hints ata decline in bis once brilliant attainments came to me some time after this conversation and left a sore spot in my memory, but I could not but be loyal to him and I believed him implicitly, even when he forgot the calendar and dropped into per- sonal reminiscences of the time of the immortal George. MEMORIZS OF THE COURT moUSE. “Yes, that is the cote house,” he said, wiping his glasses and replacing them on his nose. “It was built of English bricks, and it was built to stand forever, sir. It has been changed some, though”—and here there was a note of sadness in his voice—“and it don’t look like the old house any more tome. There are some new bficks in it. It used to have « gul- lery around inside s@ that the people of the county could sitand hear the proceedings of the cote, sir, und there were two rows of windows.’ one above the other, sir, and the building looked mighty like a cote house. Now they have to’on out the gallery, sir, and they have beaten out some of those old English bricks and made those two windows into one, and it looks, sir, more like a churcts, sir, than a cote house, I am sorry to say. By . six, it war an outrage upou the principles of law and architecture.” “There have been stirring times here, I should think, that you can remember.” I eug- gested this as an excuse for him to tell me what {could see he was waiting for # chance to say. “Yes, but it is mighty degenerate nowadays, sir. mighty degenerate now. I can remember the time, sir, when half of this whole county would come here on cote day. It was a grand sight. It was a crowd, too, and they would come in all sorts of conveyances, and if they had no other mezns they would walk here. Walk on foot, sir. People could drink what they pleased in’ those days, and they usually drank ail they wanted, and they usually wanted a gvod deal on cote day. Some of the cases they used to try here were mighty dry, but were excoedingly interesting, sir. You @rawn with pathetic | ing to him the unimportant fact thst I did not belong to his orver. Me wus in his ueual mood, ready for conver- sation, and he went on with stories of the vil- lage, how it bad remained stationary avd had not grown at all, and how there wasa move- ment on foot to get railroad through there #0 as to put the town on a level with the rest of the world. He shook his bead on uttering these Words, as if he had doubta of the advantages of railroads, and he told of the first great fight om the subject, im which the ablest men im the county bad taken part. The ve people, however, had boon against and so'they had goue on cither «ice stages flourished. ly attention was just then attracted toam odd figure in front of the hotel, » man of some forty-tive years, shabbily dressed, who contiun- ued to mo¥o in @ beaten path without speaking and with every ind: mn of mental aliesation. ‘The eye of the “judge” —1 shell call him by thie title for his suke—caught my glances and started an explanation. OOS WITH THE Lease. “That boy,” he said, “is without a mind. He fea pitinbdle spectacte, n lad of fine education, and yet witnout an idea, wandering about the country aimlessly, but perfectly hartuless. His father used to own this hotel, and when he died, some years ago, be stipulated in his will that whoever leased this property should as- fume as a charge the care of his foolixh won. 18 | Wasa tonching provision, sir, bat it caused = great deal of Litigation. Me remains bere, bow- ever, and 1a fixture of the place. His father ‘Was one of the most sturdy men of the count) and at one tame he tan the hotel himself, w hus law practice was dull. When the civil righ act was passed by Congress the old man ton down his sign and wid that he would go out of business betore he w keep a hotel open for ft men, sir. He ve- pented, howeve: suffered from tho operativ: “They tell a rather droll story about him. He was alittle man and very sprightly habit of drawing him«if \ with an e: the gods, sir.’ Well, it was nocessury him to have some carpentering work done om the house, and he brought a man frot town to do it for him. He was careless in business ma ters and did not moke a burgain with the munn before he started the job, finished he asked the carpenter what he owed him. It so happened that the man bad known the father of the landiord and so be raid: “Well, seein’ us Iknowed yourdad, I'll only charge yoa s0-and-60," naming an exorbitant figure for the work. My friend jumped up and putting his thumbe in the pockets of his waistcoat be elled: PeBr the gods, sir, I Leliove that it you had happened to. know my grandfather you would have driven me into bankruptey.”” It was while the judge wos inughing at the Tecollection of his old friend's indignation that the stage thet was to convey me to the ruilroad Station arrived in front of the hotel, and, bid- ding adien to my venerable acquaintance and nodding to the circus performers, I away from the reminiscences of the ine habitant of the town. iL. ~~~ eee — Her Last Course. When I married my wife she Lad studied stenog- rapay. Got that down solid then took up Mastered that science aud started ‘Allin the course aed he preseutiy wok upset Followed that up with a Got # degree iu the line of xoolagy. ‘Ui her gTeai mind remaned clear. So she took in a course on the theory of writing, Sotue lessons aud puints on the subject of Along course oo house Dullding, Beating ‘aa ‘of steam navigation, ‘tion in church education, 1° study of impersonation, she Was longing for more. can imagine how the times heve chunged when I tell you, sir, that this place is now subject to the rile of a local option law. Just think of it, sir, and in Virginia, too.” ELECTIONS IN OLD TIMES. My new friend stepped away from mea pace or two at this remark to view the process of my thought and, seemingly satisfied with the ex- pression on my face—I could say nothing—be resumed his talk: “There was a time, away back, when there was no other voting piace in Fairfax county where a man could vote but here. This was the only place and, of course, at every election it was necessary for every- body to come here, sir. You can imagine what a grand sight it was, sir, when these men—they all had to be free holders, aud they were a mighty fine lot of men, too—when these men,I say, stepped up to the polls and voted for representatives in the house of burgesses. That was in the colonial times, Many a time have I seen such a sight It was a magnificent spectacle. Bat it is gone nd they have voting places all over the county, and there are no more of those grand assemblies of the sons of the soil of Virginia. “Ihave seen some famous men here i time,” be went on after he had stop; an old hound fondly on the head that ‘and was rub! up on the inst my “Lhave seen clover meu here, and some t f as rite H i ‘ago—I think it was in the time when Grant was President—to have the of cach of the Next she tackled the latest great fad, el Dress reforia institutes taught ber simplicity, Sought the best way to encourage felbed ‘OW she's as AMIE aww book! ‘She at lust ended np with a course in phonetics, Gave a litte attention and tim heticn, ‘Phe rest of her leisure she gave to maguetica, ‘And bow she is iearuing to cour! buster Viscent WRigm, a THE POre TO BE THANKED, His Position on the Cahensly Memorial ‘Gratifying to the American Hierarchy. A Cape May special to the Baltimore Sua mys: At the next meeting of the Catholic hierarchy of the United States a letter will be sent to the pope in the name of ‘the bishops of the country thanking him for having rejected the petition of Herr Cahensly and his associates. The hierarchy looked upom the memorial as unwarrantable interference with the business of the Catholic church in the United States. Tom man the bishops wore against it. ‘Archbishop Ireland has joined Cardinal Gib- bons. He arrived in time yesterday to be pree entat a birthday anniversary dinner given by Mr. Cockroft Thomas, a Philadelphia mer- chant, in honor of the cardinal. It was the fifty-seventh anniversary of the birth of Cardi nai Gibbons. At the residence of the cardinal telegrams and letters were received in great numbers yesterday and today. They all testified to the esteem in which his emineuce is held both at home and abroad aud congratulated bim upon his attitude regarding the Cahensly memorial. Churchmen gnd laymen abke join in congratu- lations and, whether native or ithe the hope that foreign intermed= From the Philadelphia Record. ‘A Chinaman boared a Market street car yeu