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 This little pamphlet contains items of information with 
 which it is thought the cursory, as well as frequent, visitor to 
 the Capitol would desire to make himself acquainted. 
 
 The following, might be characterized as its Table of 
 Contents : 
 
 First, A short general description of the United States' 
 Senate Chamber. 
 
 Second, Some information about the picture " The Storming 
 of Chapultepec," by Walker, hanging above the landing of the 
 grand Western staircase in the Senate extension of the Capitol. 
 
 Third, "Diagrams of the floors of the Senate and Ilouse of 
 Representatives,"' with a list of members — so arranged that the 
 seat of any member may be readily found. 
 
 The endeavor has been made to simplify as much as possi^e 
 the ascertaining of the seat of a particular member; and pain, 
 have also been taken to make the list accurate. 
 
 Fourth, A concise description of the Hall of the House- of 
 Representatives. 
 
 And Fifth, A description of Leutze's picture of •' Western 
 Emigration," that occupies the wall on the Western staircase, 
 in the Hall extension of the Capitol. 
 
 The pages of this pamphlet are taken from a work, now in 
 press, entitled " The Federal City ; or Ins and Abouts of Wash- 
 ington: " designed to be published in eight numbers, of a. 
 hundred pages each. The first number was issued early in 
 1865. 
 
 * Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by the Author, in the Clerk's 
 oiiice of the District Court of the District of Columbia. 
 
T IT E F E D E R A L CITY. 
 THE S E N A T E C II A M B E R 
 
 Occupies the centre of the North extension of the Capitol. 
 
 Its entrance from the inside of the building is at the end of a 
 long corridor extending north from the Rotunda. 
 
 The main entrance from the outside is by the North Eastern 
 Portico, through a spacious marble vestibule adorned with 
 fluted columns, whose capitals are beautifully foliated with 
 tobacco and acanthus leaves. The walls of this vestibule on 
 either side have sunken niches for statuary. 
 
 The Senate chamber is surrounded by corridors, which sep- 
 arate it from committee and other rooms ranged around the 
 outer walls of this portion of the building. 
 
 The chamber is a parallelogram 112 feet long and 82 feet 
 wide. Its height is 36 feet. A cushioned gallery capable of 
 seating a thousand persons surrounds it, which is reached by 
 two magnificent marble staircases, ascending from the east and 
 west corridors. A section of the gallery in front of the Vice 
 President's desk is reserved for the diplomatic corps and for the 
 families of the President, Vice President, and cabinet ministers. 
 Above but behind the Vice President's seat a portion of the 
 gallery is appropriated to the reporters of the pr< 
 
 The secretary of the Senate and his assistants occupy a long 
 desk in front of the chair, and below this desk sit the special 
 reporters of the debates. The seats of the Senators are ranged 
 in three semicircular rows fronting the Vice President's chair, 
 each seat having a desk in front of it. 
 
 The ceiling is of cast iron, with deep panels, and painted 
 glass sky-lights, ornamented in the richest style. The designs 
 of the paintings are typical of national progress. The iron 
 work is bronzed and gilded, and the walls are richly painted in 
 harmonizing colors. 
 
 The spaee under the galleries is partitioned off into small 
 apartments, such as cloak ami wash rooms, and the area of the 
 r is diminished to that extent. It is about 83 feet long, and 
 51 feet wide. 
 
 106 . 
 
T TT E F E D E R A L CI T Y . 
 
 ■ :■ E P1CTU8 E F T II E " S T R M I N G F 
 C H A P U L T E 1' E C . " 
 
 At the foot of the white marble staircase that ascends from 
 i he Western corridor of the Senate, stands a statue of John 
 Hancock, President of the Continental Congress, by Stone.* 
 
 Fronting this statue, but above tire landing of the staircase, 
 hangs the line painting on canvas of the ''Storming of Chapul- 
 tepec," by Walker. It was originally intended for the Room 
 of the Committee on Military Affairs, and is of the same shape, 
 though somewhat larger, as the frescoed panels in that elabor- 
 ately adorned room. The top of the picture describes an ex- 
 tended semicircle. The cost of this painting was $6,000, 
 
 The Castle of Chapultepec, a Mexican fortress, was stormed 
 by the .Americans, under General Scott, Sept. 13, 1847. Our 
 army, proceeding from victory to victory, had defeated the 
 enemy in five pitched battles, and now lay under the walls of 
 the city of Mexico. This ancient city lies in the centre of a 
 plain in which are numerous volcanic heights. On one of these, 
 about two miles south west of the city, rose this strong castle, 
 with a frontage of 900 feet heavily armed. It was held by Gen- 
 eral Bravo, with a picked force ; and, at the time of the assault, 
 was crowded with officers of rank, and students of the military 
 academy of which it was also the seat. The position was dim 
 cult of attack and easy to be defended. 
 
 The plan of operations was this : General Pillow was to as- 
 sault it on its west side ; General Quitman on the opposite, or 
 south east side : while the reserve, under General Worth, was to 
 gain the north side. At the base of the hill Pillow was disa- 
 bled, and Genera] Cadwallader took command. 
 
 Amid discharges of grape and musketry, that thinned their 
 ranks, the Americans ascended the height. Without hesitation 
 they charged and carried a strong redoubt that lay in their way, 
 and drove the Mexicans from their guns into the castle. "In a 
 moment the castle ditch was crossed, and the stormers planted 
 their ladders on the wall. Many brave fellows were hurled 
 down, but at length a lodgment was effected." 
 
 The cost of ibis statue was $6,137 
 102 
 
THE F E D E R A L CITY. 
 P W E R s' S T A T D E F F R A N K L I X 
 
 Stands in a niche at the foot of the staircase that leads to the 
 Ladies' Gallery from the East corridor of the Senate. 
 
 It is wonderfully grand. One becomes silent, and awed, 
 gazing thus, as it were, face to face, on the great American 
 philosopher and statesman. It seems no longer stone ; but a 
 something of thought, of power. At times I have been startled 
 while looking at it, by the thought — I am almost afraid to 
 mention — that old Mr. Worldly Wiseman had walked out of 
 Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and was standing there instead. 
 
 Franklin stands beside a tree's trunk rived by lightning — 
 his elbow resting on it, and his hand gently pressed against 
 his chin — his countenance indicating absorbed thought. 
 The other hand is half inserted in the side pocket of his coat — 
 such a coat as was the fashion in those days. The naturalness 
 and ease of position is admirable. 
 
 The hands are wonderful ; in them each vein is delicately 
 visible, and they look so life-like that you are surprised they 
 remain motionless, and do not change their position. All the 
 details of the workmanship are carried out into the minutest 
 particulars, and constantly excite astonished admiration. 
 
 The cost of this statue was $10,000, the same as that of its 
 companion one, of Jefferson, in the House Extension. 
 
 With this work of Powers before us, the regret will arise, 
 that his great " Statue of America " now in the artist's studio 
 at Florence, is not sheltered underneath the roof of the Capitol. 
 Grreenough speaking of it, has said, " It is not only a beautiful 
 work of art; but 'breathes, smacks, and smells' of Repub- 
 licanism and Union. If placed conspicuously in one of the 
 ne\v r wings of the Capitol, it would be a monument of Union.'' 
 
 A large painting by Rembrandt Peale, of "General Wash- 
 ington, on horseback, giving orders to commence the entrench- 
 ments before Yorktown, accompanied by La Fayette, Hamilton, 
 Knox, Lincoln, and Rochambeau," hangs immediately opposite 
 the statue of Franklin. It is not the property of government, 
 although the Senate at one time voted $4,500 for its purchase. 
 
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LIST OF SENATE COMMITTEES 
 
 OP 
 
 THE FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS. 
 
 STANDING COMMITTEES. 
 
 On Privileges and Elections. — Messrs. Morton, Rice, Carpenter, Logan, Hill, Thurman 
 
 Anthony. 
 On Foreign Relations. — 1 meron, Harlan, Morton, Patterson, Schurz, Hamlin, 
 
 1 .'.-serly. 
 Uh Finance. — Messrs. Sherman, Morrill of Vermont, Fenton, Scott, Ames, Wright, Bayard. 
 "'i Appropriations. — Messrs. Cole, Sprague, Sawyer, Edmunds, Windom, West, Stevenson. 
 On Commerce. — Messrs. Chandler, Corbett, Kellogg, Spencer, Buckingham. Conkling, 
 
 Vickers. 
 On Manufactures. — Messrs. Hamlin, Robertson. Sprague, Gilbert, Johnson. 
 O/i Agriculture— Messrs. Frelinghuysen, Robertson, Lewis, Davis of West Virginia. 
 
 Cragin. 
 On Military Affairs — Messrs. Wilson, Cameron, Morton, Ames, Logan, West, Blair. 
 On Naval Affairs. — Messrs. Cragin, Anthony, Nye, Osborn, Ferry of Michigan. Alcorn, 
 
 Stockton. 
 On the Judiciary. — Messrs. Trumbull, Edmunds, Conkling, Carpenter, Frelinghuysen, 
 
 Pool, Thurman. 
 On Post Offices and Post Roads. — Messrs. Ramsey. Pomeroy, Gilbert, Cole, Hamlin, Ferry 
 
 of Michigan, Kelly. 
 On Public Lands.- — Messrs. Pomeroy, Tipton, Osborn, Sprague, Windom, Logan. Casserly. 
 On Private Land Claims. — Messrs. Davis of Kentucky, Ferry of Connecticut, Caldwell, 
 
 Bayard, Blair. 
 0<i Indian Affairs. — Messrs. Harlan, Corbett, Buckingham, Frelinghuysen, Wilson, Cald- 
 well, Davis of Kentucky. 
 On Pensions. — Messrs. Edmunds, Tipton, Pratt, Brovvnlovv, Hamilton of Texas, Logan, 
 
 Saulsbury. 
 On Ri volutionary Claims. — Messrs. Pool, Brownlow, Corbett, Hill, Norwood. 
 On Claims. — Messrs. Howe, Scott, Pratt, Stewart, Boreman, Wright, Davis of West Virginia. 
 On the District of Columbia — Messrs. Patterson, Sumner, Lewis", Spencer, Sawyer, Hitch- 
 cock, Vickers. 
 On Patents. — Messrs. Ferry of Connecticut, Carpenter, Morrill of Maine, Windom.. 
 
 Hamilton of Maryland. 
 On Public Buildings and Grounds. — Messrs. Morrill of Vermont, Trumbull, Sumner, Cole, 
 
 Stockton. 
 On Territories — Messrs. Nye, Cragin, Schurz, Boreman, Hitchcock, Clayton, Cooper. 
 
 He Railroad — Messrs. Stewart, Ramsey, Harlan, Rice, Fenton, Scott, Kellogg, 
 
 Hitchcock, Ferry of Michigan, Cooper, Kelly. 
 On Mines and Mining. — Messrs. Rice, Chandler, Flanagan, Tipton, Caldwell. Alcorn. 
 
 Saulsbury. 
 
 On the Revision of the Laws of the United States. — Messrs. Conkling, Carpenter, Stewart, 
 Wright, Hamilton oi Maryland. 
 
 On Enrolled Bills. — Messrs. Carpenter, Lewis, Kelly. 
 
 On Education and Labor. — Messrs. .Sawyer. Morrill of Vermont, Flanagan. Patter on 
 
 Johnston. > 
 
 On Investigation and Retrenchment. — Messrs. Buckingham, Pratt, Howe, Harlan, Stewart, 
 
 rd, Casserly. 
 To .Audit a>id Control the Contingent Expensei of the Senate. — Messrs. Fenton, Windom. 
 
 Saulsbury. 
 On Printing. — Messrs. Anthony, Howe, Casserly. 
 On thi Library. — Messrs. Morrill of Maine, Howe, Sherman. 
 On Engrossed Bills.— -Messrs. Buckingham, Clayton, Norw 1. 
 
 SELECT COMMITTEES. 
 vision of the Rules. — Messrs. Pomeroy, Edmunds, Bayard. 
 On the Removal of Political Disabilities.— Messrs. Robertson, Boreman. Ames. Hamilton of 
 
 Texas, Clayton, Vickers, Stevenson. 
 On Ho e Mississippi River.— Messrs. Kellogg, Trumbull, Schurz, Alcorn. Blair. 
 
 '-''■' Alleged* Scott Chandler, Rice Pool Pratl B \ u I 
 
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OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF SENATE 
 
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 FORTY-SECON I ) CONGRESS. 
 
 U. S.j Hon. SO I in LER COLFAX, 
 
 tDi \ r of i he Senate ks 
 
 Indiana 
 
 Rev. J. P. XKU MAN, D.D., Chaplain. ISAAC BASSETT, A 
 GEO. C. GORHAM, Secretary. i WWI. JOHNSON. 
 
 .1X0. R. FRENCH, Sergeant-at-Arms. T. T. SCOTT. 
 
 wm. j. Mcdonald, chief clerk. jas. i. christie 
 
 I*. P. Vice-President. S. - E. C. Executiv i ft C. ( 
 
 S. Sergeant-at-Arms. D. Doorl per and Assist R. Reporter. 
 
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 Seats oj Senators. 
 
 W. G. Brownlow, Tenn. 
 .1. W. Flanagan, Texas. 
 Fred. T. Frelinghuysen. X. J. 
 Simon Cameron, Penn. 
 Justin S. Morrill, Vt. 
 II. 13. Anthony. R. I. 
 G. F. Edmonds, Vt. 
 S. C. Pomeroy, Kansas. 
 J. VV. Patterson, N. H. 
 ( Diver P. Morton. Ind. 
 Lot M. Morrill, Me. 
 John Pool, N. C. 
 II W. Corbett, Oregon 
 Arthur I. Boreman, W. \ '.< . 
 Phineas W. Hitchcock, Neb. 
 T. J. Robertson, S. C. 
 Jno. L. Alcorn, Miss. 
 
 T. M. Norwood, ( 
 Joshua Hill, Geo. 
 J. R. West. La. 
 John F. Lewis. Va. 
 
 :•■ Vickers, Md. 
 W. T. Hamilton, Md. 
 John Scott, Penn. 
 T. W. Osborn, Fla. 
 Abijah Gilbert, Fla. 
 William Sprague, R. I. 
 John Sherman, Ohio. 
 < lornelius -Cole, Cal. 
 Roscoe Conkling, X. V 
 H. Hamlin, V 
 Timothy 0. Howe \\ is. 
 Henry Wilson, Mi 
 Carl Scliurz, Mo. 
 Lvman Trumbull, 111. 
 
 Sectti oj Senators. 
 
 I Irris S. Kerry, Conn. 
 
 38 James Harlan, Iowa. 
 
 39 William A. Buckingham, Conn 
 
 40 Thomas W. Tipton, Neb. 
 
 41 George G. Wright, Iowa. 
 
 42 Alexander Caldwell, Kans is. 
 42.1 Powell Clayton, Ark. 
 
 43 Morgan C. Hamilton, Texas. 
 433 T. W. Ferry, Mich. 
 
 41 William Windom Minn. 
 
 45 John A. Logan, 111. 
 
 4G Adelbert Ames, Miss. 
 
 47 D. D. Pratt. Ind. 
 
 4s Alex. Ramsey, Minn. 
 
 49 Zachariah Chandler, Mich. 
 
 50 R. F. Rice, Ark. 
 
 51 James W. Nye, Nevada. 
 
 52 Charles Sumner, Mass. 
 
 53 W. P. Kellogg, La. 
 
 5 1 Reuben E. Fen ton, X. Y. 
 
 55 Aaron II. Cragin, N. H. 
 
 56 Matthew H. Carpenter, Wis, 
 
 57 W. M. Stewart, Nevada. 
 
 58 George E. Spencer, Ala. 
 
 59 F. A. Sawyer, S. C. 
 
 60 A. G. Thurman, Ohio. 
 
 61 Garrett Davis. Kv. 
 
 G2 Thomas F. Bayard, Del. 
 
 63 Eugene Casserly, Cal. 
 
 64 John P. Stockton. X. J. 
 
 65 Eli Saulsbury, Del. 
 
 66 Francis P. Blair, Jr., Mo. 
 
 67 John W. Johnston, Va. 
 
 68 James K. Kelly. Oregon. 
 
 69 John W. Stevenson, Kv. 
 
 70 Henry G. Davis. W. Va. 
 
 71 Henri ( looper, Tenn. 
 
DIAGRAM OF THE FLOOR OF THE HALL. 
 
OFFICEK8 AiNX> M iS M Kl^ItS 
 
 House of Representatives of the Forty-Second Congress. 
 
 • JAMES G. BLAINE, of Maine, Speaker, 
 1, D. D., Chaplain. I N. (4. ORDWAY, Sergeant-at-Arms. 
 
 'ills s. BUXTON, Doorkeeper. 
 
 EDWARD McPH] 
 
 1 Josiah 'J'. Walls, Florida. 
 
 ;.' Madison 31. Walden, Iowa. 
 
 3 Philetus Sawyer \\ is. 
 
 4 N. P. Banks, Mass. 
 
 5 Norton P. < Ihipman, D. C. 
 o Mill i, N. Y. 
 
 7 James ( '. McGrew, W. Va. 
 
 I. SI i 'iiiu'. I !onn. 
 
 9 Charles H. Porter, Va. 
 
 Id Oliver P i dei \rk. 
 
 11 Glenni W. Scofield, Mass. 
 
 12 John B. Hay, 111. 
 
 I J :\ hid. 
 
 13 '.I. L. Morphis. 
 
 14 Horace Mavnard, Tenn. 
 lo John I-".. See'lev, A. Y. 
 
 Lii Jami s M. Pendleton, R. I. 
 
 17 Jen miah M. Wilson, lud. 
 
 18 Samn 'i S. Burdett, Mo. 
 
 1!) William H. 11. Stowell, Va. 
 mar L). Conger, Mich. 
 
 20 "\l. !;. Bmler, Tenn. 
 
 21 J. M. Rainey, S. C. 
 
 22 llonr-,' Snapp, 111. 
 22}^ Freeman Clarke, N. V. 
 
 Henry Waldron, Mich. 
 
 24 < le'orgi W. Mel a try, Iowa. 
 
 25 Jo - 111. 
 
 in J. Averill, Minn. 
 27 William P. Spragne, Ohio. 
 
 23 Charles B Farwell, 111. 
 30 O. J. Dickey. Pa. 
 
 3t Washington l"o\vnsend, Pa. 
 
 illiam 1'. Frye, Maine. 
 33 Harrison E. Hti ,-eus, Mo. 
 
 Lazarus D. Shoemaker, Pa. 
 
 d C. Harrier, Pa. 
 Ji >hn B. Packer, Pa. 
 
 ii ii. I longhton, Cal. 
 i lol. Ter. 
 (.iin.a i Mass. 
 
 ,\. s. Wallae ■ 
 Aaron i mt, Cal. 
 
 Charles Hays. Ala. 
 John W. Hazleton, N. J. 
 II. 1!. SI 
 
 Benjamin F. Butler, Mass. 
 William E. Lansing, N. Y. 
 
 iton, Mass. 
 William A. Wheeler, N. Y. 
 
 \. Y. 
 William U. ICellev, Pa. 
 
 Mich. 
 John Taffe, Neb. 
 Jasper Packard. Ind. 
 Lo v. Kan. 
 n in 'I'. Eames, R. I. 
 Luke P. Poland. Vt. 
 
 Seats of Members. 
 
 5 -si's Mereur, Pa. 
 
 58 George M. Brooks, Mass. 
 
 59 S. W. Kellogg i lonn. 
 00 Jacob A. Ami. lor. Pa. 
 
 i John B. Hawley, 111. 
 
 02 Frank W. Palmer, Iowa 
 
 03 Charles W. Buckley, Ala. 
 03* Avion R. Cotton, Iowa. 
 
 ■'I i homas .1 . Speer, I ia. 
 64* Clinton L. Cobb, X. C. 
 05 Gerry W. Hazleton, Wis. 
 65* David P. Lowe. Ivan. 
 i G Richard H. Whiteley, Ga. 
 GO* Ebenezer McJunkin. Pa. 
 (17 Henry W Barry, Miss. 
 GS John W Killinger, Pa. 
 
 William L Scoughton, Mich. 
 
 70 Samuel Hooper, Mass. 
 
 71 Jeremiah M . Rusk, Wis. 
 
 72 John S. Bigby, < ia. 
 
 To Henry L. 1 lawes, Mass. 
 
 7 ! I 'liaiies R. Thomas, N. C. 
 
 75 lames M i mroe, Ohio. 
 
 70 William i .. Dnnnan, Iowa. 
 
 77 James A I Jarfield, < >hio. 
 
 78 Gustavus \. Finkelnburg, Mo. 
 7a Charles W. Willard, Vt. 
 
 80 William Williams. Ind. 
 
 81 Erasmus D. Peck, Ohio. 
 
 82 Worthins ton C. Smith. Vt. 
 
 83 John T. Wilson, Ohio. 
 
 84 Ellis U. Roberts N. Y. 
 
 niton L. Merriam, N. Y. 
 sn Charles Foster, ( duo. 
 
 87 Allen Barher. Wis. 
 87*.FJizur H. Prindle, N. Y. 
 
 88 Wilder D Foster, Mich. 
 
 88* William T. Jones, Wyoming T. 
 
 89 William T. Clark, Texas. 
 89* Walter L. Sessions, N. V. 
 
 90 Bi nj. s. Turner, Ala. 
 
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 '.ii Jackson I h-r, I >« a. 
 :u ' Horace B. Smith, .\. Y. 
 92 Jesse ii. Moore, III. 
 
 . m Ii. Claggett, .Montana Ter. 
 9 ! Job E. Stevenson, Ohio. 
 
 91 John B< attj . ' 'lii-. 
 
 95 Legrand W. Perce, Miss. 
 05^ Eugene Halo. Maine. 
 9G George E. Harris, Miss. 
 
 97 John A. Peters, Maine 
 
 98 James II. Piatt, Jr., Va. 
 
 . Hill, N. J. 
 100 Geo. I . MeKee, Miss. 
 loi George I". Hoar, Mass. 
 lOl&Sam i Sh ■!!. barger, I thio. 
 
 102 .lim. Col. urn. Ind. 
 
 103 .loan F. Farnsworth, 111. 
 
Seats of Members. 
 
 104 Leonard Mvers, Pa. 
 
 105 H. C. Burchard, 111. 
 LOi Geo. A. Halsev, N. J. 
 
 107 C. B. Darral), La. 
 
 108 William H. Lamport. N. Y 
 
 109 R. Holland Duell, N. Y. 
 
 110 Frank Morey, La. 
 
 111 Isaac C. Parker, Miss. 
 
 112 J. H. Sypher, La. 
 
 113 Mark H. Dunnell, Minn. 
 
 114 Alvah Crocker, Mass. 
 
 115 Jno. P. C. Shanks, Ind. 
 lie, Thomas Boles, Ark. 
 
 117 Aaron F. Perry, Ohio. 
 
 118 Jno. V. Creely, Pa. 
 
 119 Andrew King. Mo. 
 
 120 Ellery A Hibbard, N. H. 
 
 121 Edward Y. Rice, 111. 
 
 122 John Lynch, Me. 
 12:} James Brooks, N. Y. 
 
 121 Lewis D. Campbell, Ohio. 
 
 125 Clarkson N. Potter, N. Y. 
 
 126 W. H. Hani urn. Conn. 
 
 127 John M. Carroll, N. Y. 
 
 128 John M. Crebs, 111. 
 12'J Fernando Wood. N. V. 
 
 130 James R. McCormick, Mo. 
 
 131 Erastus Wells, Mo. 
 
 132 Boyd Winchester, Ky. 
 
 133 Edward Grassland, Ky. 
 
 134 Seth Wakeman, N. 5 . 
 
 133 Jabez G. Sutherland, Mich. 
 
 L3G John M. Rice. Kv. 
 
 136&M. K. Armstrong", Dakota T. 
 
 137 '1 hompsoh \V. MoNeely, 111. 
 
 138 George M. Adams. Ky. 
 
 139 Dwight Townsend, N. Y. 
 
 140 James S. Negley, I'a. 
 
 141 John Criteher, Va. 
 
 142 J. M.Coghlan, Cal. 
 
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 ill \\ Llliam B. Read, Ky. 
 
 145 W ash. c. Whitthorne, Tenn. 
 
 L46 Samuel S. Cox, N. Y. 
 
 1 !T \\ m. S. Holman, Ind. 
 
 1 is Smith Ely, Jr., N.Y. 
 
 1 19 Wm. E. Arthur, Ken. 
 
 L50 Henry W. Slocum, N.Y. 
 
 151 Michael C. Kerr, Ind. 
 
 i - i rge W. Morgan, < >hio. 
 
 153 I harles V, . Kendall, Nevada. 
 
 m. \. B ill, N. H. 
 
 : i lharles A. Eldridge, Wis. 
 
 ; : . ;' > . Ky. 
 
 157 James H. Sinter, Oregon. 
 i id, Pa 
 obert 11. Roosevelt, X. Y. 
 
 160 Lionel Allen Sheldon, La. 
 
 161 Sam'l Griffith, Pa. 
 
 162 Eli Perry, N. Y. 
 
 163 H. W. Parker, N. H. 
 M .hi". B. Stori 
 
 Rich C. McCoi miek, Arizona T. 
 
 165* 8. Garfielde, Wash. T. 
 
 ! rank Hereford, W. Va. 
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 167 Joseph II. Lewis, Ky. 
 KI7* A..M II, Wis. 
 
 168 A braham E. < larrett, Tenn. 
 168* Win. M. Merrick, Md. 
 
 169 Sam'l a. Merritt, Idaho T. 
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 I7u Wm. R. Rob : X. Y. 
 
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 Seats of Members. 
 
 A. Comingo, Mo. 
 
 John A. Bingham, Ohio. 
 James M. Hanks. Ark. 
 R. T. W. Duke Va. 
 Wm.E. Niblaek, Ind. 
 James B. Beck, Kv. 
 Edward L. Golladay, Tenn. 
 Wm. McClelland, Pa. 
 Mahlon P. Manson, Ind. 
 Wm. Terry, Va. 
 John T. Bird, N. J. 
 Alfred W. Waddell, N. C. 
 J. Lawrence Getz. Pa. 
 ('has. X". Lamison, Ohio. 
 Sam'l C. Forker, X. J. 
 John F. McKinney, Ohio. 
 John T. Harris. Va. 
 Joseph M. Warren. X. V. 
 Richard J. Haldeman, Pa. 
 Jno. C Conner, Texas. 
 Francis E. Shober, N. C. 
 Wm. W. Vaughan, Tenn. 
 W. F. Meyers, Pa. 
 John M. Bright, Tenn. 
 
 Daniel W. Voorhees, Ind. 
 Roberl I-. Caldwell, Tenn. 
 James C. Robinson, ill. 
 
 Henry D. Foster, Pa. 
 
 Arch. T. Me In tyre, Ga. 
 
 Ritchie, Md. 
 Oakes Ames, M 
 Stevenson Archer, Md. 
 Wm A. Handley, Ala. 
 Joseph II. Sloss, Ala. 
 Thomas Swann, Md. 
 Philadelph Van Trump, Ohio. 
 Sam'l J. Randall. Pa. 
 Wm. S. Herndon. T< 
 
 M. Du Bosi 
 James < '. Harper, X C. 
 .1 ise M. Gallegas. New Mexico. 
 James i ■.. Blair, Mo. 
 John J. Davis, W. Va. 
 Sam'l s. Mar-hull. 111. 
 W. P. Price, Ga. 
 John Hancock. Texas. 
 R. Milton Speer, Pa. 
 
 James M. Leach, X. C. 
 Ephraim L. Acker. Pa. 
 Bradford N. Stevens, 111. 
 Benj. T. Biggs, Del. 
 
 Peter M. Dox, Ala. 
 P. M. B. Young i 
 
 M. Braxton, Va. 
 Sam'l Hambleton. Md. 
 John Rogers, X. Y. 
 
 ph II. Tuthill, X. v. 
 Thomas Kinsella. X. Y. 
 
STA NDLNG AND SELECT COMMITTEES 
 
 OF 
 
 THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
 
 OF 
 
 THE FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS. 
 
 tions. — Messrs. MeCrary, Iowa ; Hoar, Mass.; Thomas, N. C; Perry, Ohio ; Hazle- 
 ton, Wis.; Eames, R. I.; Arthur, Ky.; Merrick, Md.; Rice, 111. 
 
 On Ways and Means. — Messrs. Dawes. Mass.; Maynard, Tenn.; D. Kelley. Pa.; Brooks. 
 X. V.: Finkelnburg, Mo.; Burehard, 111.; Roberts, N. Y.; Kerr, Ind.; Beck, 
 Ky. 
 
 On Appropriations.— Messrs. Garfield, Ohio; Sargent, Gal.; Dickey. Pa.; Clarke, X. Y.: 
 Palmer, [owa : Hale, Me.; Niblack, Ind.; Marshall. 111.; Swann, Md. 
 
 On Banking and Currency. — Messrs. Hooper, Mass.; Waldron, Mich.; Smith, Vt.; Farwell, 
 111.: Monroe, Ohio; Merriam, N.Y.; Cox, N. Y.; Randall, Pa.; Dox, Ala. 
 
 On Pacific Railroad. — Messrs. Wheeler. X. Y.; Buffinton, Mass.; Sypher, La.; Killinger. 
 Pa.: Kellogg, Conn.: Beveridge, 111.: Houghton, Cal.; Averill, Minn.: Wells, Mo.: 
 MeKinney, Ohio; Ely, jr., X. Y.; Harper, N. C; McHenry, Ky. 
 
 On Claims. — Messrs. Blair, Mich.; Strong, Conn.: Buckley, Ala.; Holman, Ind.; Smith. 
 N. Y.; Frye, Me.; Foster, Ohio; Harris, Va.; Foster, Pa. 
 
 O/i Commerce. — Messrs. Shellabarger, Ohio; Sawyer, Wis.; Lynch, Me.; Conger, Mich.; 
 Sheldon, La.; Negley.Pa.; Holman, Ind.; Hambleton, Md.; Townsend, N.Y. 
 
 Lands. — Messrs. Ketchum, X. Y.: Townsend, Pa.; Hawlev. 111.: Stevenson, Ohio; 
 Dunnell, Minn.; Rusk. Wis.; McCormick, Mo.; Ritchie, Md.; Slater, Oregon. 
 
 OnthePo -Messrs. Farnsworth, 111.; Hill, N. J.; Twitchell, Mass.; 
 
 Tyler, Ind.; Randall. Pa.: Porter. Va.; Houghton, Cal.: Van Trump, Ohio: I !ar- 
 roll, N. Y. ' 
 
 On Manufactures.— Messrs. Burdett,Mo.; Ames, Mass.: Upson, Ohio; Stowell, Va.; De La rye, 
 S. C; Rice, Ky.: Rogers, X. Y.; Stevens, 111.; McClelland, Pa. 
 
 On Agriculture. — Messrs. Wilson, Ohio; Hays, Ala.: Havens. Mo.; Lamport, X. Y.; Speer, 
 Ga.; Hazelton, K. J.; Haldeman, Pa.; Garrett, Tenn.; Crossland, Ky. 
 
 O i Indian Affairs.— Messrs. Shanks. Ind ; Burdett, Mo.; Smith, Ohio : Averill, Minn..- Cree- 
 ly, Pa.; Edwards. ArR.; Adams, Ky.; Mitchell, Wis.; Williams, X. Y. 
 
 On Military Affairs. — Messrs. CobHrn, Ind.; Stoughton, Mich.; Hay, 111.; Donnan, Iowa: 
 Morey, Ln ; Harris. Miss.; Slocum, N. Y.; Campbell, Ohio ; Terry, Va. 
 
 O/i tht Militia.— Messrs. Sheldon, La.; Sprague, Ohio; Twichell, Mass.: Walls, Fla.; Rusl . 
 Wis.; Conner, Texas ; Blair, Mo.; Wker, Pa.; Tuthill, X. Y. 
 
 For lit' District of Columbia. — Messrs. Starkweather, Conn.; Williams. Ind.; Poland, Vt.; 
 Darrall, La.; Parmer, Pa.; Cotton, [owa; Eldridge, Wis.; Crebs, HI.; Roosevelt, 
 N. Y.; Chipman, Dist. Columbia. 
 
 On tin Judiciary. — Messrs. Bingham, Ohio; Butler. Mass.; Peters, Me.; Mercur, Pa.; Wil- 
 - >n, Ind.; Goodrich, N. Y.: Eldridge, Wis.; Voorhees, Ind.; Potter, N. Y. 
 
 On Revolutionary Claims.— Messrs. Wallace, S. C; Pendleton, R. I.: Prindle, X. Y.; Mc- 
 Junkin. Pa.: Stowi II, Va.; Comingo, Mo.; Hancock, Texas; Handly, Ala.; For- 
 ker. X. .1. 
 
 On Pul i i Sawyer, Wis.; Strong, Conn.; Whiteley, Ga.; Lowe, Kan.: 
 
 Foster, Mich.; Kinsella, N.Y.; Meyers, Pa.; Davis, W.Va.; Read, Ky. 
 
 On Privati Land Claims. — Messrs. Mereur, Pa.; LTpson, Ohio; McGrew, W.Va.; Smith, 
 X. V.; Coghlan, Cal.; Barber, Wis.; Haldeman, Pa.: Dell, X. H.; Bright, Trim. 
 
 On Naval Affairs. — Messrs. Scofield, Pa.; Starkweather, Conn.: Ketcham, X. Y.; Hays, 
 Ala.: Piatt, jr., Va.; Coghlan, Cal.; Archer, Md.: Sutherland, Mich.; Whit- 
 I hi irne, Tenn. 
 
On Foreign Affairs.— Messrs. Banks, Mass.: Meyers, Pa.; Willard, Vt.; Ambler, Ohio; 
 
 Duell, N. V.: Packard, Ind.; Wood, N. Y.; Morgan, Ohio; Robinson, 111. 
 On Territories.— Messrs. Taffe, Neb.; McKee, Miss.; Prindle, N. Y.; Parker, Mo.; Lowe, 
 
 Kan.; Shoemaker, Pa.; Barnum, Conn.; Vaughan, Tenn.; Hereford, W A a.; 
 
 Chaffee, Col. 
 On Revolutionary Pensions and War of 1812.— Messrs. Willard, Vt.; Porter, Va.; Eames, R. I. 
 
 Cobb, N. C; Sprague, Ohio; Bice, K'y.; Forker, N. J.; Caldwell, 'lenn. 
 
 < lomingo, Mo. 
 On Invalid Pensions.— Messrs. Moore, 111.; Peck, Ohio; Wallace, S. C; McJunkin, Pa.; 
 
 Wakeman, N. Y.; Turner, Ala.; Bird, X. J.; Manson, Ind.; Speer, Pa. 
 
 On Railways and Canals.— Messrs. Packer, Pa.; Ames, Mass.; Halsey, N.. J.; Morphis, Miss.; 
 " Snapp, HI.; John, N. Y.; Biggs, Del.; Winchester, Ky.; Lamison, Ohio. 
 
 On Mines and Mining.— Messrs. Waldron, Mich.; Sargent, Cal.; Banks, Mass.; Smith. Vt.; 
 Negley, Pa.; Sessions, N. V.: Shober, N. (J.; Young, Ga.; Kendall, Nevada. 
 
 On Freedmen , s Affairs.— Messrs. Cobb. N. C; Brooks, Mass.; Butler, Tenn.; Seeley, N. Y.; 
 Snyaer, Ark.; Rainey, S. C; Griffith, Pa.; Braxton, Va.; King, Mo. 
 
 On Education and Labor. — Messrs. Perce, Miss.; Hoar, Mass.: Townsend, Pa.; Butler, Tenn., 
 Dunnell, Minn.; Elliott, S. C; Storm, Pa.; Mclntyre, Ga.; Parker, N. H. 
 
 Revision of Laws of the U. ,$.— Messrs. Butler, Mass.; Poland. Vt.; Ambler, Ohio; Lan 
 N. Y.; Killinger, Pa.; Bigby, Ga.; Leach, N. C; Sherw I, Pa.; Sloss, Ala. 
 
 On Coinage, Weights, and Measures. — Messrs. Kelly, Pa.: Hooper. Mass.; Beatty, Ohio; 
 Stoughtun, Mich.; Critcher, Va.; Roberts, N. Y.; McNeeley, 111. 
 
 On Patents— Messrs. Myers, Pa.; KellogL', Coiui.; Brooks, Mass.; Barry. Miss.; Waldeii, 
 Iowa; Warren, N. Y.; Hibbard, N. H.; Golladay, Tenn.; DuBose, Ga. 
 
 Oh Public Buildings and Grounds. — Messrs. Halsey, N. .).; Tyner, Ind,; Piatt, Jr., Va.; I irr, 
 Iowa.'; Farwell, 111.; Sessions, N. Y.; Getz, Pa.; Wells, Mo.; Perry, N. Y. 
 
 on Mileage. — Messrs. McGrew, W. Va.; 1 »arrall, La.; Hazelton, N. J.; Golladay, Tenn.: Blair. 
 Mo. 
 
 On Accounts. — Messrs. Bnffinton, Mass!; Sawyer, Wis.; Harris, Miss.: Archer, Md.; Lewis 
 Ky. 
 
 On £• : • State Dep. — Messrs. < longer, Mich.: Whiteley, Ga.; Havens. Mo.; Rogers, 
 
 N. Y.; Meyers, Pa. 
 
 On Expenditures in Treasury Dep. — Messrs. Lynch, Mann Sypher. La.: Hay, 111.; Barnum, 
 Conn.; Kendall, Nevada. 
 
 on Expenditures in War Dep. — Messrs. Williams, Ind.; Barber, Wis.: Snyder, Ark.; Ai I 
 Pa.; Kinsella, N, Y. 
 
 On Expenditures in Navy Dep. — Messrs. Kellogg, Conn.; Parker. Mo.; Hazelton, Wis.; Bi 
 Del.; Tut lull, M. Y. 
 
 On Expenditures in Post- Office Dep. — Messrs. Barry, Miss.; Harmer, Pa.; Bigby, Ga.; Rob- 
 erts, N. Y.; Shober, N. C. 
 
 On Expenditun in Interior Dept. — Messrs. Hill, N. J.; Smith, Ohio; Beveridge, 111.; 
 
 Adams, Ky.: Conner, Texas. 
 
 On Expenditures on Public Buildings — Messrs. Hawley, 111.; Morphis, Miss.: Shoemaker, 
 Pa.; Wood, N. Y.; Luke, Va. 
 
 On Rules.— The Speaker, Mass.; Banks, Mass.: Garfield, Ohio; Cox, N. Y.; Randall, Pa. 
 
 Joint Committee on Printing. — Messrs. Beatty, Ohio; Pendleton. R. I.; Price, G i. 
 
 Joint Commute, on the Library. — Messrs. Peters, Me.; Wheeler, N. Y.; Campbell, Ohio. 
 
 Joint Committee on Enrolled Silts. — Messrs. Buckley, Ala.; Foster, Mich.: Bird, N. J. 
 
 Toini Select Committee on the Insurrectionary States. — Messrs. Poland, Vt.; Maynard, Tenn.: 
 Scofield, Pa.; Farnsworth, 111.; Coburn, Ind.; Stevenson < hio Butler, Mass.; 
 Lansing, N. Y.; Cox, N. Y.; Peck, Ky.: Van Trump, Ohio ; Waddell, N. C; 
 Robinson, 111.: Hanks, Ark. 
 
 Select Committee on the Mississippi Levees. — Messrs. Morey, La.; Walden, Iowa; McKee, 
 i l-etz, Pa.; Duke, Va. 
 
 Select Committee on the Reorganization of the Civil Service of the United States.— Messrs. Kel- 
 ley, Pa.; Hooper, Mass.; Conger, Mich.; Lynch, Me.; Perry Ohio; Willard, 
 Vt.: W I. N. Y.; Marshall, 111.: Holman, Ind 
 
T IT E F E 1> E I! A I- CITY. 
 
 T H E N E W 11 A l> I, F T 11 E 11 () U S E O F 
 
 I' E I'l! E S E X T A T 1 V E s 
 
 Is situated in the centre of the South extension of the Capitol. 
 
 A corridor leads to it from the old Hall of the House, the 
 entrance into which is through the pictured Bronze Door de- 
 signed by Bogers. 
 
 In general appearance it resembles the Senate chamber, but 
 is larger, and somewhat more garish in its ornamentation. It 
 has a gallery on its four sides capable of having crowded into 
 it 1,500 persons. Sections of it are appropriated to the diplo- 
 matic corps, and to the reporters of the press. The Hall has 
 corridors running round it, outside of which are committee 
 rooms and offices. The main entrance from the outside is 
 through the vestibule of the grand South Eastern Portico. 
 
 The Hall is 180 feet long, 93 feet wide, and 36 feet high. 
 The ceiling is of iron, gilded and bronzed, and is supported by 
 trusses from the roof. Its centre is panelled with glass — in 
 each panel is magnificently painted the arms of a State or Ter- 
 ritory; affording a sky-light calculated to make one's heart 
 throb. The castings for the ceilings of both Houses of Con- 
 gress was the work of Janes, Becbe & Co. 
 
 "An arrangement of moveable metallic plates, on the princi- 
 ple of Venitian blinds, is placed under the sunny sides of the 
 respective roofs of the Senate and House, so that the same 
 amount of light may be admitted all the time." At night both 
 chambers are lighted by hundreds of jets of gas fixed above 
 their sky-lights; the effect of this way of lighting is peculiarly 
 soft and beautiful. 
 
 Seats for the members, with desks in front of them, are ranged 
 in successive semicircles facing the Speaker's desk. In front of 
 the Speaker's desk sit the clerks of the House, and in front of 
 them is the desk for the reporters of the government. Even- 
 word that is uttered both in the Senate and the House is taken 
 down in short hand and printed in the " Congressional Globe." 
 
 As in the Senate, the space under the galleries is partitioned 
 off, making the area of the floor 113 feet long and 07 feet wide. 
 
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THE F E I) E K A I. e 1 T Y . 
 
 L E U T Z E ! S I' I C T U R E F " W E S T E R N 
 E M I G R A T 1 O N ' ; 
 
 Covers the whole extent of the wall above the first landing on 
 the grand Western staircase that leads to the gallery of the 
 House. The light falls on it from a sky-light in the roof. 
 
 This picture arrests the attention of everj r visitor to the Cap- 
 itol, and a mere description of it necessarily can convey but a 
 feeble idea of its beauties to those who have not enjoyed 
 the pleasure of seeing it. 
 
 I will, however, try to describe the picture. 
 
 A party of emigrants coming down the mountains are ap- 
 proaching a gorge thr< >ugh which a view is seen — extending as 
 an illimitable sea — of the desired land beyond. Smoke, as if 
 from camp fires, or warm springs, is ascending, and birds wheel 
 aloft in the air ; they are Eagles hovering over the unbroken 
 expanse of virgin soil. The mountain tops are bathed in 
 purple light. 
 
 Away, far up, where rocks are piled upon rocks, as 'twere 
 that veritable work of giants who made the futile attempt to 
 scale the walls of Heaven, two men have climbed, and carry 
 with them the glorious old Flag. They look tiny in the far- up 
 distance, but you can see there, gleaming, overall, the "Stars 
 and Stripes."' 
 
 Just in front of the open gorge a, fallen tree impedes the 
 further advance of the party. This, under the direction of the 
 leader, who is on horseback, other men are engaged in removing. 
 
 A family has climbed a pile of rocks, and are looking out 
 eagerly to see the new home-land. A boy, a type of Young 
 America, with his father's long rifle in his hand, standing erect, 
 looking as indomitable as boy could look, cut out clear and 
 distinct in the picture, is the foremost figure of the group. His 
 sister and mother, sit on rocks or ground behind him, over 
 which a buffalo robe has been spread. The girl's face is full 
 of hope, and smiles play on her face and sparkle in her ryes. 
 The mother looks pale, and patient, and as if she tried to feci 
 hopeful. Eer hands are clasped, and a little baby is suckling 
 
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T IT E F E T> E R A L CI T Y . 
 
 ?it her breast. That mother's face, is. to me, one of the most 
 beautiful faces I have ever seen in a picture. The father, a 
 strong, stout man, endeavors to cheer her ; he is still behind, 
 and points out with face of glowing hope the land where his 
 own good arm shall win for them another home. 
 
 A procession of men, and women, and children, representing 
 all types of western emigrants, in various conditions of sick- 
 ness and health, and of hope and despondency, seem to be 
 moving, so lifedike are they painted, before the eyes of the 
 looker on. 
 
 Wagons, and oxen, and cows, and horses, with all accompa- 
 niments of western emigration, are there, to the very life. 
 
 One man has a fiddle, babies are in abundance, as well as 
 irolicksome children of various ages ; a round, sleek negro face 
 looks at you out of the picture, showing white teeth ; : — while, 
 as glimpses of the opening view fall upon the faces of the 
 pioneer men and women, they light, and glow, and seem almost 
 to startle into life. 
 
 Above the picture, in golden letters, is inscribed the words : 
 
 "WESTWARD THE COURSE OF EMPIRE TAKES ITS WAY." 
 
 Beneath, and detached from the main picture, yet, as it were 
 hanging on to it, is a view of the " Golden Gate," at the 
 entrance of the harbor of San Francisco Bay. 
 
 An elaborate pictorial border* surrounds the picture, illustra- 
 ting the advance of pioneer and civilized, over savage, life. It, 
 of itself, would form a study, to take in all its teachings. 
 
 On one side of this border, and contained in it, is a line 
 portrait of Daniel Boone, and some distance below it are the 
 lines : 
 
 •• Tlif Spiril grows with its allotted Spaces: — 
 The Mind is narrowed in a narrow Sphere." 
 
 On the opposite side is a portrait of Captain William 
 Clarke, and the lines : 
 
 •'No pent up TJtica contracts our powers ; 
 But the whole boundless Continent is ours." 
 
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THE FEDERAL CITY 
 
 The general effect of this wall picture is different from that 
 of usual frescoes. There is an absence of the fresh, garish 
 look common to them, and from which the}^ deriye their name, 
 and also a softer, richer, blending together of colors. The sur- 
 face of the wall is rough, and intelligent travellers have told me 
 that it made them think of the magnificent tapestries of 
 Hampton Court Palace, once the property of Cardinal Wolsey, 
 and which, with all its treasures of art, he made a present to 
 his sovereign Henry VIII. 
 
 The process of affixing it to the wall is termed Stereochrome, 
 and is sometimes called "water-glass painting." "The wall is 
 coated with a preparation of clean quartz sand mixed with the 
 least possible quantity of lime ; and after the application of this 
 the surface is scraped to remove the outer coating in contact 
 with the atmosphere. It is then washed with a solution of 
 silesia, soda, potash, and water. As the painter applies his col- 
 ors, he moistens his work by squirting distilled water upon it. 
 When finished it is washed over with the silesia solution. The 
 picture also in its progress is washed with the same solution 
 and the colors thus becoming incorporated in the flinty coating, 
 the picture is rendered hard and durable as stone itself." 
 
 Emanuel Leutze, the artist to whom we are indebted for this 
 picture, was born in Giimd, Wurtemberg, May 24, 181 G. His 
 parents emigrated during his infancy to America ami settled in 
 Philadelphia. AVhen a little boy, and attending at the sick bed 
 of his father, his talents for drawing were first displayed. He 
 struggled manfully with adverse circumstances, and at last was 
 enabled to return to Europe and there prosecute his artist 
 labors, lie now resides in the United States.* He received 
 from government lor this painting twenty thousand dollars. 
 
 Mr. Leutze's first great picture, was that of "An Indian 
 ing at the setting sun." Many of his pictures are illus- 
 trative of American history: among them are "Washington 
 crossing the Delaware," " Washington at Princeton," "News 
 from Lexington," " Washington at the Battle of Monongahela," 
 ■ bantling of the Norsemen in America," etc., etc. 
 
 Mr, Leutze died suddenly in Washington, D. ('., July 18, I8G8. s. D. W, 
 
 85 
 
For Sale in the Capitol: 
 
 ®{je Jfrbtral Cifj; or, |ns mtb %huts of Islington: 
 
 BIT S. ID. WYETH. 
 Published by Gibson Brothers, 271 Pennsylvania Avenue. 
 
 Opfaians of t!i© Pf©ss. 
 Frcm the " Washington Chronicle." 
 
 "We have from the publishers, 'The Federal City; or, Ins and Abouts of Wash- 
 ington, by S. D. Wyeth,' and very checrfi.lly do we say of this brochure, that it is the 
 very best we have ever read of the kind. If the wretched catch-penny publications about 
 Washington and the Federal Capital could be collected and committed to the flames, it 
 would be a public service; especially now, when the District of Columbia has entered 
 upon a new career, and when everything written or done about it should be carefully 
 written and thoughtfully done. These pages are evidently the work of a scholar. There 
 is no bombast, and no straining for fine writing; but evident industry and a desire to be 
 accurate. The type, paper, printing, etc., are indicative of a determination to make the 
 work standard. We copy in our present issue, as a specimen of the descriptive powers 
 of Mr. Wyeth, his sketch of the United States Senate." 
 
 From the " National Intelligencer." 
 
 "We have received the first number of 'The Federal City; or, Ins and Abouts 
 of Washington, by S. D. Wyeth.' It is printed in large type, on fine paper, and 
 liberally illustrated. 
 
 "Trie author's style is clear and graceful, and he has given us, within a hundred pages, 
 a vast amount of information — historical, statistical, and reflective — which will not 
 only serve as an efficient guide for all visitors to the capital, but must be very valuable as 
 a permanent work, for reference, for all time to come. The illustrations are beautifully 
 executed, and a true taste is exhibited in making the three principal embellishments fine 
 photographic views. 
 
 " We have read this book with care, and are, therefore, prepared to pronounce it not 
 only accurate, and hence instructive, but very pleasing, and to predict for it an extensive 
 circulation; for, as it is recorded in the opening lines: 'The city of Washington is far 
 dearer to the nation's heart now than it was before the breaking out of the rebellion. 
 The treasure expended, and the blood spilled in its defence, have made it seem, to 
 patriots, sacred as a shrine. "To want to know all about it" is a national longing, and 
 to gratify this, in some degree, is the design of the present book.'" 
 From the " Washington Evening Star." 
 
 "'The Federal City; or, Ins and Abouts of Washington, by S. D. Wyeth,' is 
 published in admirable style by Gibson Brothers. It is both readable and useful, con- 
 taining a large amount of new material agreeably presented." 
 
 From the "National Republican." 
 
 "Mr. Wyeth, in the 'Federal City,' gives a description of everything of public 
 interest in and about the city of Washington. The work will be an invaluable one both 
 at home and abroad." 
 
 From the "Sunday-School Times." 
 
 "The first instalment of 'The Federal City,' 108 handsomely printed 8vo pages, 
 gives promise of a work of considerable interest. Mr. Wyeth informs us it is to con- 
 sist of the following parts: i. The Book of the Capitol; 2. The White House and 
 its Inmates ; 3. Book of the Departments ; 4. Book of the Hospitals ; 5. Institutions 
 of Benevolence, Learning, etc." 
 
 From the "United States Service Magazine." 
 "This is a work of practical value, useful to those who are going to Washington, as a 
 Guide Book where and how to go about ; and very pleasant to those who have been 
 there, by means of it to recall the truly beautiful and magnificent things the city contains." 
 
 From the "Philadelphia Dispatch." 
 "In the 'Federal City' Mr. Wyeth designs to thoroughly detail its history — from 
 its original foundation down to the present time — describing its public buildings and public 
 men, and giving a complete idea of what the city has been, and what it is. It is finely 
 illustrated with photographs, engravings, maps, and diagrams. Mr. Wyeth has sterling 
 abilities for this task : among them are patient industry, tact in making investigation, 
 and a clear, scholarly, and lively style of narration. His book will become the standard 
 historical authority in relation to all matters connected with the National Capital." 
 
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