Washington Laying The Corner Stone Of The Capitol.--a

tlent oí the IVfiig td's the followlng very iotoresling unecdote oí' 'Yashingto: : Roceüt evonts have reoalled very forcibly to my mind tho following incident, whieh may erhaps prove interesting to tn:ii:y ui youi" readeis ut tbe present time: lieing OO a v"sit to Washington dsrÏDg tho recesa of Congresa in the spring of 1857, 1 walkcd one day with a friend, to view the works which were then already in progresa lor the extensión oí' the Capital. As we t-auntered afnöng the pillars in the basement of tlie (.ld hui'. ing, we feil in with a veueruble looking man, having the appearance of a couutryman, who seemed to be there upon tho same business that we were. We enterocl into conversation with him, and he infonned us thut he ñas a Virginian, "raised" a few miles down tho river, not far froni Mt. Venion. ''Very likely, then," we remarked "yon may reooWect General Washington." "Perfectly welt," ho re lied. ''Indeed [ eaw him when he laid the foundation of tli is building. I was but a boy, then," ho uontinued, ''but I remember very di.-tinctly how he looked as ho st.ood in tlii.- w;iy over the stone, and settled it in its place with a pry. It was a huge stone, and as pLiced, it must havo requirpti no little strength to move it. JJiit the General was a very aihletic man, and moved it appnrently with easi; ïhtre ere a number of boys thsre fi-oin our Beiglibbrbóod; and it was a standing marvel to us all, how the General moved thut stone A few days aittr the Genera! hnppencd tu bo riding by our echool-house on horsobarek, as wo were pluj'ing outslde. We nll puiled off' our hata to him, and he stopped his borse for a moment, and ppoke to us very plonsanlly. One of the boys cried out, "Please, General, teil us how was yon moved that great blone, up vonder, tho olber day." - " Why, boys,:'said he smiling, "did I move the stone?" "O yes, General. you mevod it, we allsawyou." ''Well, boys,"' said the General, looiiing very serioua and speaking slowly, shaking his long tinger at us, as he spoke, "Do you sec that nubudy ever maces (alstone againC" JRirbiflan Jlrps,