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. Prayer and Conference.
Meeting Thursday evening at 7:30. Sunday
School—L. F. Gardner, Superintendent—at 12 m.
BAPTISTCIIUIJCII—Rev. C. T. Ilallowoll, Pastor
Preaching at 10:3 o A. M. and 7 p. W. Prayer
Meeting, Thursday Evening, 7 P. a. Sunday
School at 12 in.
A M. K. ZION CHURCH—Rev. Charles Smith,
Pastor. Services at 10:30 a. rn. and 7:30 p.m.
Prayer and Class meetings, Thursday evening at
7:30 a. m. Sunday School at 2p. is.
TIIE BRETHREN—Service at 10:20 a. in, every
Lord's day. Reading Meeting every Wednesday
evening. Sunday School at 3p. m.
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