C.S. RUBSELL, General Insurnce sxncl _a*el Instate Agent, 'lowanda, ±-a Washington Eighty Years Ago. Those of our readers who visit Wash ington to witness the inaugcration cere mony, and look upon the splendors of the now magnificent Capitol, will read with interest the following letter by Congress man Gallatin to his wife, just after his arrival in the then small village, eighty years ago: "I arrived here on Saturday last. The weather was intensely cold the Saturday I crossed the Alleghany mountains, and afterwards I was detained one day and a half by rain and snow. * * * Our lo cal situation is far from being pleasant or even convenient. Around the Capitol are seven or eight boarding houses, one tailor, one shoemaker, one printer, a washerwoman, a grocery .shop, a pam phlet and stationery shop, a small dry goods shop, and an oyster houso. This makes the whole of the federal city as connected with the Capitol. At the dis tance of three-fourths of a mile, on or near the eastern branch, lie scattered tlie habitations of Mr. Law and of Mr. Carroll, the principal proprietaries of the ground, half a dozen housos, a very large but per fectly empty warehouse, and a wharf graced by not a single vessel. And this makes the whole intended commercial part of the city, unless we include in it what is called the twenty buildings,being so many unfinished houses commenced by Morris and Nicholson, and perhaps as many undertaken by Greenleaf, both of which groops lie, at the distance of half a mile from each other, near the mouth of the eastern branch and the Potomac, and are divided by a large swamp from the Capitol hill and the little village connect ed with it. Taking a contrary direction from the Capitol towards the president's house, the same swamp intervenes, and a straight causeway, which measures one mile and a half and seventeen perches, forms the communication between the two buildings. A small stream, about the size of the largest of the two that runs between Clare's and our house, and deco rated with the pompous appellation of 'Tyber,' feeds without draining the swamps, and along that causeway (called the Pensylvania avenue), between the Capitol and president's house, not a sin gle house intervenes or can intervene without devoting its wretched tenant to perpetual fevers. From the .president's house to Georgetown the distance is not quite -a mile and a half; the ground is high and level; the public offices and from fifty to one hundred good houses are finished. The president's house is a very elegant building, and this part of the city on account, of its vicinity to George town with which it communicates over Rock creek by two bridges, and by the concourse of people drawh by having bus iness with the public offices, will improve considerably, and may, within a short time, form a town equal in size and popu lation to Lancaster or Annapolis. But we are not there; the distance is too great for convenience from thence to the Capitol. Six or seven of the members have taken lodgings at Georgetown, three near the president's house, and all the others are crowded in the eight boarding bouses near the Capitol. lam at Conrad & Mc- Muun's, where I share the room of Mr. Varamn, and pay at the rate, 1 think, in cluding attendance, wood, candles and liquors, of sls per week. At the table,'! believe, we are from twenty-four to thirty, and, were it not for the presence of Mrs. Bailey and Mrs. Brown, would look like a refectory of monks. The two Nicholases, Mr. Langdon, Mr. Jefferson, General Smith, Mr. Baldwin, etc., etc., make part of our mess. The company is good enough, hut is always the same, and, unless in my own family, I had rather now and then see some other per sons. Our not being able to have a room each is s greater inconvenience. As to our fare, we lmvo hardly any vegetables, the people being obliged to resort to Alexandria for supplies. Our beef is not very good; mutton and poultry good. The price of provisions and wood about the same as in Philadelphia. As to rents, I have not yet been able to ascertain any thing precise, but, upon the whole, living must be some what dearer here than either in Philadelphia or New York." GITtOK. TA. AND X. T. . R. Trains on the Pa. & N. Y. R. R. pass tills plaee as follows : Moving Sov'.h. No. 3, at 5:02 a. ra., for New York and way sta. No. 7, at 10:10 a. m., mail train for New York, Phil adelphia and intermediate poiuts. No. 0, at 2 :41 p. m.—Express for Philadelphia. No. 15, at 10 :55, p. m.—Fust express for Philadal phia and New York. No. 01, —Local Passenger Train, between Elmirn and Wyalusing, T .05 p. ru. Moving Morth. No. S, at 3 :5S a. m.—Fast express from New York and Philaaelphia No. Go, at 10 :55 a. m.. Wllkesßarro accommodation No. 2, at 4 :41 p. in.—Mail train from Philadelphia and New York. Ni>. r., at 11 :02, p, m,,, front Now York. No. 22, at fl :53 a. m.—Wyalusing and Eimira local. STATU LIN HAND SULLIVAN C. R. Leave. 3 .00 o'clock p. m. for Rernleo and intermediate ►.ln. Arrive. S :30 a. m., from Bcruice. BARCLAY It. It. Leave. 7:30 n. in., for Barclay and all stations, and 3:00 p. m. Arrive. 10:15 a. m., from Barclay and intermediate stations, and 6 :20 p. in. CANTON STAGE. Leaves ut 9 o'clock, a. ra. Arrives ats o'clock p. m. TIIOY STAQK, Leaves at 10:30 a. m. Arrives at 1 p. m. SHBSrtRQUTN STAGE. Arrives at 11 o'clock a. m. Departs at 12 m. I.BRA YSVII.LK STAGE. Arrives at 12 m. Leaves at 2 p. iu. TBHRYTOWN STAGE. Arrives Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at 12 at. Departs fume days at 1 p. m. NE'V ERA STAGE. Arrives i'uisday, Thursday and Saturday, at 12 ru. Departs same days at 1 p. m. SOCIETY DIRECTOR Y. MASONIC. Union Led go, No. IGS, meets First and Third Wednesday of each month. Union Chapter, No. 151, meets Second Wednesday evemines of each month. Northern Comnumdery, Knights Templar, No. 10. Meets fourth Wednesday each month. KNIGHTS OP PYTHIAS. Towanda Lodge, No. 2'JO. Meets every Tuesday evening. Endowment Rank, Section 101. Meets Third Fri day in each month. ODD FELLOWS. Bradford Lodge, No. 107. Meets every Mondav iglit. Bradford Encampment, No. 41. Meets Second and Fourth Wednesday night of each month. Leoli Lodge Degree of Uebeka. Meets First mid Third Fiday evenings of each month. KNIGHT 9 OP HONOR. Crystal Lodge. Meets every Monday evening. Mystic Lodge, K. and L. of IF. Meets Second aud Fourth Friday evenings of each month. o. A. it. \\ atk.tu Post No. 68. Meets every Saturday •vvsing KNIGHTS Or THE GOLDSX RL'I.B. Towanda (,'astle No. 58. Meets at K. of P. Hall every Wednesday evening. P.OTAL ARCANUM. Towanda Council, No. 532, meets first and third Friday of each mouth in K. P. Hall. CIIURCII DIRECTORY. PRESBYTERIAN—Iter. ,T. S. Stewart, T>.D., Pas tor. Preaching at 10:3t> a. in. and 7 p. tn. eve ry Sunday. Prayer meeting Thursday evening t 7:30. Sunday School—l)'A. Overton, Suporin teiulent—at 12 o'clock. CHRIST ('ill liCH—(Eolaeopal)—Rev. John H. Beers, Rector. Service and preaching at 10:30 a. m. and 4 :30 p. m. Service and lecture Thursday evening at 7:30. Sunday School—Jam T. Utile, Assistant Supt.,—at 12 m. Teachers' meeting Tuesday evening at 7:45. M. K. CHURCH.—Rev. C. IT. Wright, Pastor. Preaching at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Prayer Meetings on Sunday evening at C :30, Thursday evening at 7:30. Young men's prayer meeting Friday evening at 8. Sunduy School—B. M. Peck, Superintendent— at 12 in. 68. PETER AND PAUL—(Ii. O.) Rev. Clias. F. Kelley, 1 riest Ma*s at Sand 10:30 a. in. Ves pers at 7:30 p. m. Sunday School at 12:30 and 2 :30. CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH. (Unlversniist) Rev. \\ iliiam Taylor, Pastor. Preaching at 10:30 a. m. and 7p. m. 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