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The Daily Dispatch: December 14, 1860., [Electronic resource], Reformatories and Diminution of crime. (search)
s Washington correspondent. Property holders here are deriving some consolation from the dictum of a Maryland gentleman--"the metaphysician of America," as he is styled — who declares that no matter what division may take place, Washington is bound to be the Capital of some Confederacy or other. When the Speaker called for resolutions looking to the perpetuation of the Union from the States of South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama, no answer was made. When Mississippi was called, Barksdale rose and said a few words which I could not catch. Some changes are noticeable since I was here a year or so ago. Along Pennsylvania Avenue two or three tall, handsome buildings may be seen. They are business houses, or else stores with boarding-houses above. Corcoran is building a large and very stylish house for the use and benefit of the Art Association of this city. It is situated opposite the War Department, and is rapidly approaching completion. On one corner, the initials "