THE CAPITAL OF THE NATION.
Expectations Disappointed—Funds Low and People Few—Slow Progress
of the City—A Question of Importance Discussed—Generous
Proposition of George Washington—Faith Under
Difficulties—Transplanting an Entire College—An Old Proposition
in a New Shape—What Washington “Society” Lacks—Perils of the
Way—A Long Plain of Mud—Egyptian Dreariness—The End of an
Expensive Canal—The Water of Tiber Creek—Divided Allegiance of
Old—The Stirring of a Nation’s Heart—A Personal Interest, 62