Volume Iv. Washington City, D. 0., June 28,1874
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VOLUME IV. WASHINGTON CITY, D. 0., JUNE 28,1874. NUMBER 17. can speak sentiments so fair and uncontaminated The Beecher Case. malice replete. I couldn't help it—I dressed, Trent LATEST BT TELEGRAPH. NEW. YORK, June 27.—J. B. Carpenter, artist, men- THE CAPITAL, down into the street and threw a stone at him. with passion, merits a call from his feilow-citizens to tioned In Tilton's letter to Beecher as the person Who PUBLISHED WEEKLY But our nights here, are lovely. If we have the a position where they may give life to opinion and SPECIALS FKOM BALTIMORB. had informed him that Beecher had said money could same moon that you have down the city, we at least firmness to action. They are not such sentiments as be obtained to send Tllton and family to Europe, if BY THJB have a different point of perspective—it is so large domesticate themselves in a narrow breast. Why THE CITY HALL AGAIN. tiling to go, lias been interviewed and says : " A few CAPITAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, and so luminous, the sky so vast and so blue, the should not the name of their gallant and generous BALTIMORE, June 27.—An article that recently ap- days after the adjournment of the council I had occa- 927 I> Street, Washington, W. €. stars so nnmerons and brilliant, and the Capitol ris- author, Who speaks what is ready to leap from every peared in this corresppndencé relative to alleged over- sion to call uponBéecher at his house, In connection BONN PIATT Editor. ing before you like some enchanted palace, with its tongue to-day, be named for. the suffrages of the peo- meaaurements in the work on the city hall, new ap- with a matter wholly disconnected from that scandal massive porticoes and arches, and its statuary gleam- ple this very year ? . And what happidr conjunction proaching completion« has caused some comment. The In the course of some friendly conversation I men* TERMS.—$2.50 per year LU advancc. for a truly liberal campaign than that of Gas,ton friends of the present administration positively assert tloued the fact to Beecher that Tllton had just finished Clubs: Ten copies to oue address, §20 In advance. "With ing and mellowed in the moonlight. What dreams that no public building lmtlie United States has ever his book, en whicli he had been engaged for a year. I •ne copy free. Twenty copies to one address, $35 in you can dream in its shadows. Andin the day time, and BartlettT—Boston Post. been erected where more regard was paid to an honest added that the excitement of the council had depressed advance, with one copy free. what a lovely loafers'resort in its library. Such and economical use of the funds appropriated for the him considerably, and that I, In common with several books op books, with which you can revel away Georgetown Female Seminary. building of the city hall—$2,500,000. With respect to the of his friends, wished he could go to Europe. CONTENTS OF INSIDE. whole days in dreamland; and such people you It is seldom that we have spent so pleasant an overmeasurements alluded to, it is claimed that there u Beecher said he thought It would be an excellent a meet with—you elbow- solons . and bookworms, and Was only one, and that in some extra stone-Work done Second Pff®> " Social Gossip." evening as that of Thursday, the 25th, on which oc- on thé dome. Mr. Slssou was tile contractor, and thé thing for him to do. In reply to this I said that recent Third page, " Through Faith," and letter from actually sit at the same desk with people making casion the exquisite French drama, "Madeleine, or architect, Mr. Fredericks, allowed a certain amount. business embarrassments stood in the way ; to which "G. H. S. H." books. And the guardians—the high priest of these the Orphan of the Pyrenees," was enacted by the Tills amount Mr. Adams, the builder, thought too Béecher answered that if Tllton desired to go means sacred precincts, some t^ll, lank, sleek-haired, thin- , 8tudent8 of the Georgetown Seminary in the pres- much, and Supervising Architect Mullett, from Wash- would be provided. I did not understand from any- Sixth page, "A True Story of the Leaden ence 0 thing said by M>'* Beecher that he made this proposition chested, wise and sallow-faced looking, as if they had f their assembled parents and friends. Thé ington, Was called on to settle the matter. He adopted a 1 1 Statuary." «. affa|r Cftme off n the In order to secure Mr. Tllton « silence lit regard to the just stepped out the time-mellowed parchments of , ir new and handsome academy, middle course, aud Mr. Slssou expressed himself satis- scandal. The matter only camé up Incidentally. I had Seventh page, " Baltimore," and " Baltimore some mouldy classics; some so young and. hand- amJ the yonng ladle8 took their 86veral parts with fied With the award. So far, so good. not gone to speiik to Beecher on this subject, and he Bachelors." some, the fit guardians for the portals of poesy, and the graceful ease of adepts. lint how about the assertion, of the member of the could hardly have expected that I would bring It up. I their faces fit frontispieces for the-volumes of ro- Miss Edmonston, as Madame d'Argentenil, was building committee that the city hall could have been told Tllton what Beecher had said, and It enraged him A better from Cnpitol Hill. mance. One funny little man, with his little round I simply superb, and her fluency of speech and accent completed eighteen months ago and for a half million greatly, although It was a long time afterward that I body and his little short, quick step, coming pit-a- i wasremarked by everyone present. Miss Minnie dollars less than it will actually cost? If Mr. Ichabod learned he --had written to Mr., Beecher about the ; I suppose most young women would call this, my patty, and his little everyday face looking so inno- Nicholson ftlso deserves special mention for the Jean has any data wherewith to prove this assertlen the thing." • -y.'.. ' .. .••'.-..' • room, a prison, for it is as small as a cell and as bare- Bpriglltly eRd cent of everything except doing all he can that both natural manner in Which she rendered citizens aud taxpayers of Baltimore would like to hear Base Ball. of furniture ; nor am I any the less confined that a her t Her ends meet, and of his domestic relatione, makes c. costume was perfectly adapted to the from hliu on the subject. A man in his position cer- PHILADELPHIA, June 27i—The fourth game of base deficient wardrobe, instead of the usual turnkey, is travesty on the dead and shelved sagos. There, are j cheracter# ftnd 60emed t0 add a chayin to her grace- tainly ought not to talk in this manner, unless pre- ball between the Athletic arid Philadelphia club ' s my jailor. Even with ray adventurous mind, ray iQl RRd brigU pared to substantiate what he says. He can have space many like myself, habituG of this place, but mostly ; t, beautiful face, lu THE CAPITAL for doing this, and no doubt none of played to-day in the presence of three thousand per- simple taste and lifelong experience, I am afflicted. men. There is one little woman, however, in soft." the local press would refuse to accord him the same sons. It was a very exciting game but poorly played. Here I lay the greater part of the time on my palette gray dress, with a subdued, wary, half-scared man i V?e regret pur epace is so limited that we cannot Charles Gould of Baltimore umpired. The Athletic on the floor, seeing from my window the tops of specially mention each young lady who took part in privilege. made eighteen base lilts and the Philadelphia seven- green trees waving and a scrap of blue sky flecked ner, looking for all the world like some little mouse, the exercises, for they richly deserve it; but we HON. THOMAS SWANN'8 APPEAL. ' teen. The former did the best fielding and earned seven with white, listening to a little wren singing so who had crept from one of the dusty alcoves, her must reserve space for & brief account of the com- Mr. Swanu represents the fourth congressional dls- rims to the Philadelphia's three. The score was as home, and was watching her chance to get back, mencement. tiiot of Maryland, lias done so for the past six years, blithe and merrily, and wondering why, in tho name hungry for more literary nibbling. The library is a and likes the position so wftll that he would fain be re- follows : of God, T wasn't born a bird instead of a woman. At an early hour on Thursday evening, the 2.Uh, turneü for a fourth term. To further the fruition oT Athletic 3 c : 3 , 0 1 3 0 0—18 Then comes a street organ with its eternal " Spring, nice place to stay in, everything to inspire either the the Congress street Methodist church, Georgetown, Philadelphia. >| ...0 2 1. 0 4 0 5 3 0—Ï5 dreamer or the wide-a-wake literary. was crowded by a select and appreciative audience this wish, lie, or some friend at his cost, has had in- BOSTON, June 27.—In the game of base ball to-day be- spring, gentle spring," and 1 shut mv eyes and make 14 serted In the Baltimore papers an advertisement setting believe very hard, and am tfff to the springs, or The Bine Danube" playing, brass, street band assetpbled to witness the commencement exercises forth his supposed claims on his constituents by re- tween thè Boston and Chicago clubs, the following was mountain resorts, with the great bands playing and makes almost daily excursions up here, while hand- of the Georgetown Seminary, an institution of electing hi in.