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[From Our Regular (orrespondent. OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. WASHINGTON, Aug. 1, 1884. No one can longer doubt that this city is fit to be the capitol of a great country. The comprehen sive plan on which it was laid out in the early years of the struggling republic, gives one a fresh respect for those far-sighted fathers who could even then devise a scheme which should to-day fit the necessi ties of the seat of government for fift millions of people, and be ca pable of equal development with the progress of the nation hereaf ter. The broad avenue are a con stant source of delight, the )arks and squares are ample for the needs of a large city, and the great sys tem of improvements, carried through under the Sheperd regi me, laid the basis for the transfor mation of Washington from a straggling and neglected town to a handsome metropilis. Nothing goes farther to justify the choice of'this locality as the capital than its cli mate. Though it suffers from the Sum mer heats, its teml)erature during by far the larger part of the year is most comfortable, and the change from the inclement weather, Which preval1S over the greater portion of the country through the winter months to the usual balmy air of the cal)ital is sl)ecially grateful. Indeed, as a winter residence, Washington pos sesses greater charms than any other city on the continent, what with its mild weather, its except ional social advantages and the at tractions which the meeting of Congress presents to any one inter ested in stutdying our system of government at its fountain-head. Every year the capitol is becom.. ing more and more the winiter head1-quarters for people of leisure, for persons of literary taste, for students of politics, for (devorees of~ fashion, and1 a comp~ositc society is1 gr'adulally growing up in wich ev eryhody is sure to find congenial elements. The Potomac river regatta was rowed under peculiar (disadvanta ges yesterday. Recent rains had caused a small freshet in the river, the wind for a time blew almost a gale, and two of' the races were r'owedl in a driving rain. Trhe strong current gave the crew8 drawing the Virginia side of the river a slight advantage. In the second race the Potomnacs had th e Virginia side, Elizabeths the mid (die and Columbia the Maryland -idle, Before the start the Colum as were the favorites against the d. In the fourth race the Nor ning, but at the mile stake No. 2., of the Norfolk boat stopped row, ing. His companions begged him not to give up, but he could( go no farther. He was played out. The Pennsylyanians then nearly lost the I ace to the (ol umbia, biut forc ed the latter into a lot of pleasur' boats and won. The Columbias could not complain. as they wei out of their water. The eight oar ed r'aee between the Potomac and Columbia was the best contested of the day. It was one continuous sput froi start to finish. and up to the inile stake was anybody's r'ace Th'lie Col umI bia shot across the line winntier. 'he Potomne won four out of the six races It is expected that the lesi(len tiaIl intaugu ration hall to he giveni next March. will take place in the n1ew pension office building, the construction of which will i be far e rough advanced by that time for thev pur-pose. Mr. (.'ulbertson, thle Kentucky Con gress im till, who is at Providence Hospital sutfering fro:in self-intlic ted l ounds a(I the resut lts of a long drinking bout, sees no (nie except the u1111rses an(d piians. "1. huave no frieln(ls to see," he sni I.1 in anisver to a notification thait s~uol'e fr ienls wverWe at t)e do Wait ilg to See him. 'Ile physicians think t hat his general health needs more atteition than the w ounds. Ihis Wife :rris ed here this after nool. Arovsr. Joseph Weston, Boot & Shoe Make, over Wash. llowe1 '. Beef V!arket. Main St., GREE VVILLE. S. 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