Keim's Capitol interior and diagrams: a complete guide to ...memory.loc.gov/service/gdc/scd0001/2005/20050921007ke/20050921007ke.pdfof thc giohc, wliiili wds rejected. 11. I)cparture

OL INTE DIAGRAMS:

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LIST OF DIAGRAMS.

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CAPITOL I N T E R I O R A N D DIAGRAMS.

collq~iclro~isa part. Tllc statn-(bee psea 68,GO ) el t i 's and relieu03 are n rol~glit

i1-i tlic, Iriql~ect style of art. In lSP2, contr:n-y to the ~ i c w sof >h.Valter, tlie Architect of the Capitol, the door mas placed

THE CAPI'I'OL O F TI112 USITED STATES O F AMEIIICA.

6 CAPITOL INTERIOR.

I. Alexander VI, Rodcrigo Lcnzoli Borgia, a native of Spain, Popc of Rome 1412-1coz. i. ~ k & oGonzales dc Mendoza, Archbishop of Tolcdo and Grand Cardinal of

spain, a m a n of great influence a t court, and early patron o)f ~ o l u m b u s . 3. Ferdinand, K i n g of Spain, royal patron of the undertaking of Columbus. 4. Isabclla, ueen of Spain, and royal patroness of Columbus. I.Charlcs V%, King of France, an enlightened monarch and friend t o thc causc

afdiscovcry. 6. Lady Brafriz de Bobadilla, Marchioness of Maya, and friend of Columbus. It

is said that the likencss is ofMrs. Rogers, wit? to the sculptor. 7. John 11, King of Portugal, the monarch who rejectcd the proposals of Colum-

bus. S. Henry V11, King of England, appcalcd to by Bartholomew Columbusoi~ behalf

of his brother; mcantimc the discovery was accomplished under the auspices of Snain- r ---..

7. Juan Perez dc Marchcna, prior of the Convent of La Rabida, and friend to Columbus.

13. Ma1 tin Alonzo Pinzon, commander of thc Pinta, t h c sccondvesscl in tire first flect across :he ocean.

XI. Hernando Cortez, early companion of Columbus and conqueror of Mexico. 1: Bnrtholomew Columbus, brother to christopher,hdvocate of his thcory at the

court of Henry VII , and first Adelcotsdo of Hispaniola. I t is said that the l ikeness is of t h c sculptor. .

13. Alonzo ile Ojcda, a companion of Colcm1)ns i n his first voyage of rliscoicry, and o n e of the most d a r l ~ i g at 111s contcmpoiarics.

14. Vasco Nuricz d e Uallma, dlscovercr of thc Pacific O c c m from t!>c l i t h m u s of Darien.

1 5 . nrncrigo Vespi~cci, o n c o f t h e carlicr~!iscovcrcrs of the m a ~ n 1.1:l.l of ,\rnciica, author ot ' the first a icaunr c>:tllu Serv \Voilil. aud trorn ivlioln the coniinc:~t t j k c s its name

16. Francisco I'izarro, conqucrur of P c r u

I. Calumhus c r :~mine , l bcfore the Council of Salamanca respcctilig his theory of thc giohc, wliiili wds rejected.

11. I)cparture of Columbus far the s p ~ n i a l l court from the Canvent of-La Kabida, near P.ilos.

I l l . Aurlicncc a t the r m r t of Fcniini;rlri and I s n b c l l ~ . 1V. Departure o i C o i u m b u s from Palos on his first voyags of discovery. V. 'l'i.liisom pancl, Columbus Idnricil on thc Island of San Salvador, and tak ing

possession in the name of his sovcrcign. VI. 1:nrourrtcr with the nati \zs.

VI I . 'Triurnplial entrbe of Columbus inta Uarcclona. VI11. Cuhlinhus 111 chains.

IX. T h e dcath-bed of- Ca!urnbus. H e died a t Valladolid M a y 20 r;oS aged -0 ycars. His last words w e r c : " I n tnanur iiini, Y o n t i n e , i a m m r n i i o i,o:r;tir,i nlrum!'' ' ' I n to thy h:lnds, O Lord, I cammcud m y spirit." T h i r t y ycars a i tc r hie rcmains wcie tranitkircd to the Cathedral o F S n n L)o~niogo,o n t h e ~s!andof thzt i?.lmc. i n I?@, when the 5 p s n i m l s lust thcir hold ":I tlic island, ;hey were rcmorcd to l!;ivana.

J ~ o t \ ~ w i l ~):IIWIS are :L ~ c r i ( ~ s ~ I I I ;L I E of I I ( > ~ ( I S , r e p r ( w i i t i ~ ~ ~ Iristori:l~~sof the ~oyagcxof Co111l11l)ri.: : i i ~ t l I l i s follon-cr::. 'I'l1:it

abow t l ~ c of i . l le (1001. is C Y U S I L ~ ~ ~ ~ J I O I Ll o \ r c r or N. ~ : L I I ( % ~ Imitiy, n u t 1 in t l ~ :c:orrcs:pol!tlil1g 1 d t i o 1 1o l ) l , o i t : c : IF. 11: l '~~e.sculb.

r \l l l c i r ~ o u t c ~ ~ l ~ ~ l ~ ~ ~ : ~ t . c t l l ~ r o ~ ~ x t :t l o o r s o f X i u o p c : :we i l l l . ' l o r c ~ ~ ~ c ( ~ ,

in t11e( ~ 1 1 i i ~ c 1 1of t l i ( : B : q ) t i d r y o f St,. J O I I I I , o ] ~ l ) o s i t , e t l l c I)IIO-n l o . '1'111~y:~rct l ~ r ( ~I I I I I I I ~ ~ I . , O I I ~ ~ ,~ I I t I:(! c::II~,~I: i)y I,orc~~;<o G i r i l ) c h , :11)ont 1420-J4tX. c o l l s r u : l c d thirty yc:lr.: i : ~c : w c : r l t i o ~ i , Z I I ~ S C C I ~ Wi n tho 0 1 1 1r S v > t : ~ ~ ~ ~ ( s ~ ~ t .i l l ~ ~ i t ~ ~ t ? . : 3 l i c I1 :1(~1 A \ ~ ~ g ( , l ~ ~

( 1 e c l : ~ r c ~ t l11irgate \\-orthy to 11:: I.II(~ ] ) o l t : r l of 1':w:ulisc. '1'11eI of t l ~ c~wn:iini~lg l ' i i : i~~o,c~:~?lic~-t two i,q I l y L \ ~ i t l ~ m 1330, :i11(1

t l k o l t l v r by Gl~ibcrti,1400-1420, c o l w r m l e t i 20 y c : ~in csv-c u t i o ~ i ,mu1 TWS t110first of the sculptor's n-orks i l l ~ ~ s t l . : ~ t i l l g

s c c u t e s i l l t l ~ cNew T c s t a u l c ~ l t .

9 CAPITOL INTERIOR.

9 PRINCIPAL STORY.

TEE CAPITOL O F THC US1TI:I) STATES O F 83IERICA.

(From " Nnahington Ioaidc and Outaidc.")

10 C A P I T O L INTERIOR. I t , t l e stirri~~g to c a i l r : ~ ~ .~ f i r r i ~ ~ qsci:il txs hcl p r o l ) o i . c ( l to t ,~msfrr j Bril i l l 1 1 I t l o n I T a r i i . 1 1 1 to i t to$Caroli11:1,c o ~ u l ) l ( % i u g l l i s c o l l w t i o l l of p o l . t r : l i t s , a11(1~ l i ( ' t ~ 1 1 -i ~ l gt l ~ cl o c a a l i l i c ~ xof t l ~ cc v u t s . 111 1794 ht7 I~aclne:~1.1,~cwn-l t i I i 1 1 i 1 1 1 i 1 i : r o r l . 111 1917 C O I I ~ ~ C R S 1 1 1 ~O I Y ~ ( : I Y ' ( ~ c~sccwtio~~of t11vf o r l r 1 ~ r o 1 i t i o 1 i : r i t i o w I I R -t l u ~ t l a . If t l ~ t , p : r i ~ i t i n g ; ( l o not c x l ~ i l ) i ttho artistic t o r i c l t nud spirit of :L ~nxr tvr ,tlwy n x at lewt f a i t l l f 1 1 I ~(~1i res t~11t :~ t io l1 : : of of g r ( ~ \ t c s r c ~ l t s i l l o r l r 11:lt iolr:~l history. The majority of t l l c prt~.:ritsarcxf roni life. x

'L'IIE I)ECJARATTON OF IN~EPICPI'I)ENCE, JUJ,Y 4,1733.-- c ' 1 ' rnnl l ) l r l l . O r t l e r e t l 1517, cost $5,000. TIIC~ ) ; l i n t i n gi n the pano1 on t l ~ cr. of the S. door r e p ~ ~ e s c ~ l t stlre ~nc~mornblo C ~ ~ i g r ~ mof 1776 : ~ ttlw i n o m c n t of sig~ringthat i l i s t r m n e n t . s1

of A I I ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ : L I I c h n r ; ~ i : t c ~ r sthel i l w r t , y . 1 1 1tlw t l i s p o s i t , i o n of t l ~ c

artist c o ~ i s n l t c ~ t l.TelYcr;ioii n u t 1 A t l : m s , 110th of n-lrom wcw p r ~ f i v t t . '1 '11~style of ( l n w , 1.111: fwr~iturc,a n ~ l111~11:~llitwlf, arc (:s:\ct ~ ~ c ~ l i r o t l ~ i c t i o ~ ~ sof t l i c timc and plncr. '1'11ik lxomi- (

1 ,, I g o of r e I 1 r. I t i c i t i r ~ c f ~ : o1 of %I., tlro :~111110rof t l i i : i l ~ s t n ~ l i w n t I I X I I I ( Y ~ , A t 1 : m s i r~ fo r c~ of Nws., F~.:mkliilof YCIIIL,1In11cockof ~\I,zs~.,ltntlrdgc of S. C . , XIIII'L(lior11psoi1 of ~ ' C I I I ~ .For variety of c o m l ) o s i t ~ i o u ,

Q

as h:rri~rg: ~ t l r ; u ~ c e t lthc Committee of J ' i~o :Lrv ~ v p r ~ s g l ~ t ~ i j in /l h

2% 1 ) o t l y to t,l~c!P r ~ s i d e ~ ~ t ' st ,n l ) lc , i l ~ s t c w lof r e l ~ o r t i qiil the 1 i n s r i a l f o r i n , tl~ronglrt,l~circ l r : r i r m a l ~ . l ' l io r i g i l l dignity of the 1 I scxwc :111(1 t l ~ c( ! x p r c ~ s s i o i lof ~letcr~nin:rtio~lon every ~oun te -nnucc 11-ill hc o l m r v c t l .

'1'111~Ii:uncXi; of the: i n t l i v i d n n l s rcprese~itoil,com~nonci~~gon t,llca o l ) s c : r w r ' s Icft (the r i g l i t of t l ~ ep i c t u r e ) a i i t l f o i l o w i l l g the linr: to.rvards t , l ~r. are-

I, Gcnrge Wythc , of Va.: z, William Whipple, and 3, Josiah Bartlctt, o f N . 11.; 4rBcnjamin Harrison, of Va.; 5, Thomas Lynch, of S. C.; 6, Richard Henry Lee, i ot Va.; 7, Samurl Adams, of Mass: 8 George Clinton of N. Y.; 9. William Paca arid lo, Samuel Chase, of Md.; rr,'~c:vis Morris, and ;z, William Floyd, of N. Y.: 1 3 , Arthur Middleton. and 14, Thomas Heyward, o f S. C.; 15, Charles Carroll, of bld.; 16, Ceorgc Waiton, of G:L; 17, Robert Morris, IS, ' rhomas Willing, and 19, Benjamin Rush, of Penn.; 20, Elbridge Gerry, arid 2.1, Robert Trea t Paine, of Mass . zz, ;\braham Clark, o f N. j: 13 Stephen Hopkins and 24 William Ellcry o f R. 1:; 25, George Clgmer, of ~ c n n i ;zb, William ~oope; , and z;, Joseph ~ e w c s , ' o f N. C.1 zS, James Wilson, of Pcnn.; zg, Francis Hopkinson, of N. 1.; 30, John Adanls, of

Robcrt L. Livingston, ofN. Y.; 33, Thomas JctTcrson,of Va.; 3 1 , Benjamili Frankhn, ofPenn. ; 35, Richard Stockton, N.J.; 36, Francis L w i s , N. Y . ; 37, John Withcrspoon of N. J . j 38, Samuel Huntington, 39, William Williams, and 40, Oliver Wolcott, df Conn.; 41, John Hancock, of Mass.; 42, Charles Thompson, of Penn.; 43, George Rcad, Del.; 44, John I)ickinson, of Penn.; ?5> EJward Rutlcdgc, of S. C.; 46, Thomas McKean, of Dcl.; and 47, Philip Llv~ngston, o f N. Y.

OF BURGOYTrim SURREN~ER IVE,OCTORER,1777.--Tr11111- i~ 111111. O ~ ~ l ( * r c t l1317, cost $8,000. The 1,aiutinq in the pnn-cl oil t l l c 1. of the \V. door rcprescuta the s ~ u r c ~ l l c l e rof t l i c

3!, Mass.; 31, Ragcr Stierman, nfConn.,

I iij. Tllc sccnd 1;ortrayed relxwcnt~s Bnrgoync, attended by Gen. Phillips uld other ~ f i c ~ r s , and m a r the c~iarno~lntecl, m a r q ~ ~ e ~ ft l ~ cAmericwi comrn:mler, olfcring his s~vorcl to &]I. Gates, who :ldv:mces, bnt clcclines to rcccive the toke11 of s~tbmission,anti invites the fallen general into his qnar-

t tcrq. On t,l~c r. of Gatcs is a group of the priucip:il oacers o f t h e American m n j T of t l ~ c N. 111 t l ~ cbackgromld will be Dbrlwxlthe British army at t>hc conflnence of Fish Creck and N, Eiver. The troops, in long lines, miler the tlirection of Col. Lewis, Quartermaster G(wrs1 of the Amcric~n army, rlld llcatleil by Amr:ricnn, 13rit~isl1, ant1 Gcrm:in officers, arc moving across t11c crcck nnd meadows to~vartis the place of sorrc~~~tlcrin the foreprouncl.

The portraits introduced, beginning on the observer's left,

, nre-/ r Maj. Lithgow, of Mass.; 2 , Col. Cilly, and 3 , Gen. Starke, of N . H.; 4. Capt.

& ~ ~ ~I s ~ of Conn,, of Sheldon's Horse; 5 , Maj. Hull, and 6, Col. Grcaton, of Mass., i 7 , ' ~ a idearborn, and 8, Col. Scamm~II ,of N. H.; ??Col. Lewis, of N. Y.,Qprter !

marrcr General; lo, Maj. Gen. Phillips, of the Bntish a r m p ,11, Lieut. Gen. Bur-goyne, Commander of thc British forces ; 12, Gen. Baron cldcsc!, of tlic British army (Gcrmani; 1 3 , Col. Wilkinson, Deputy 'Idjutant Gencrai of the American

14, Gen. Gates, Commander of the Amcrican forces; r5, Col. Prescott, of

! ~ass. '~aluntecrs; 16, Col. Morgan, of the Va. Riflemen; 17, Brig. Gen. Rufus Puriilm and 18, I.ieut. Col. Erooks, of Mass ; 19, Kcv. Mr. Hitchcock, of R. I., cbaplaih; 20, Maj. Robert Troup, of N. Y., Aid-de-Camp; z t , Maj. Haskell, of

1 Mass.; zz, Maj. (afier Gen.) Armstrong, Aid-r!c-Camp; z j , Maj. Gen. Philip Schuy- ler,of N. Y.; 24, Brig. Gen. Glover, of Mass.; 25, Brig. Gen. Whipple, o f the N.

of N. Y., Aid-de-Camp; and 27, Maj. Stevens, of

1 THE SURRENI~H.OF COENWAI;LIS, OCTOBER, 1781.-Tron~b~~ll.Orclcretl 1817, cost $8,000. The painting on the 1 , of t l~c W. door r c p ~ ~ e i e n t ~ the. closing wcne in t l ~ c conteqt

1 betnw~~the Colonici R I I ~the moth,'r country, the snrrcniler of th? army pf Lord Corllrvallis to the Arncricans at Pork- town, Virqinu~.

The e ~ c n t is associated with an incident nhich shoultl be bomc ill mind in order to comprehencl nlmt miqht sccm out of Itecping. About IS inonths before the surrender, Gen. Liacoln, in connnanil of the Amcricm forces at Charlestoll, S. C., hat1 been obliged to capitnlate to the Briti.11. Lord Co~naallisat that tinic rclfnscd to allow the American com- mmtlcr to march ont of thc city nit11 colors flying' and other ho~lors customary urltlcr the c i r c ~ ~ r n ~ t a ~ ~ c e s . The terms of surrender accordcil to Lord Cornwallis in this instance were the sam(. as 11c had grantcil to Gcn. Thcoln. Gcn. Wash-

1 illgto~i, tlic Commander-in-Chief, and to whom the honor of

I receiring the snrrcilcler was due, appointed Gen. Lincoln to SUpcrintcncl the submission of the British, in the same man-

CAPITOL INTERIOR.

PRINCIPAL STORY. 13

1i4 I I ' : L I I c I ~ I ~ ~ )bed trmr. It was Ikc . 23, 178.7.i l l t11i. St:~tc L ~at ~ I : ~ t ~ ~ ~ l l : ~ r ~ j - I : ~ 1 1 ( 1 . :ls~A I ~ I I : ~ I I O ~ ~ Q , ' 1 ' 1 ~p:~triot c o ~ l l l ~ l : l ~ ~ ~ \ , ~ ~

11)- l1 i9 otliim-, i u t11c ~ I ~ ( W I I ~ C~ l l r r ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ l ~ ~ ~ l I I ~t l ~ ;C O I I ~ ~ ( + A .lie , f t i i c i11i:ult . I t q ~ ~ i l ) l i c , to r c s t o i ~ .to ( ' o n -a l r t l w e I I ~ \ ~ ~ ~ : L ~ J I I I I ~ 'ri. ,,.,)+ Ili, c i ~ ~ i l i ~ ~ i ~ ~ i o l l , ~ v i l l l \v I i i< : l~ : l l l t l \\-it11 it tile :~!1111oriYy lcll ~ l i ~ y l ~ ~ u l him i l l t11e i 1 : ~ r k : ~ I I ( I t r y i t k g t i ~ r~e .i ~ ~ v t , b t ( . ( l o f t l l c ild, Ilc 11:~il (:0111111t~t1vl :L t o ~ ~ c l l i l ~ g: ~ ! l ! l r t w . 1 \ f l ! 2 1 . COIL-

( , ' O I I ~ R + S IIiJOll t l ~ cs + ~ ~ ( : c o , ~ s f ~ ~ l1cI1 i r i L t ~ ~ l : ~ L i ~ ~ g i w w of t i i t ; ~ Y I I I -1111. liict, exl~rc',..illg l l i ~Ol) l ig : l t i~~i l - : l o t l lc1 :11.111)-, :111(1 ~ o ~ ~ l l l i i l t i l l ?

to tlki: ]11Y)t('cti1111 of i i l ~ i l i g l ~ t y;of tllc f ~ ~ t t l r c Go!l. l i t , (:lowyl lvi111 !TI- t]lc \ ~ - o r ( l q : l I & v i i ~ g ~ i o ~ v 111t,, IJi11i41cvI L I w ~vo rk: ~ s s i g ~ l t i c l aa rflir(; i r o l r ~ t l r i ' great t11t::~tuc of :kc4tion,a n t 1 b i t l t l i ~ i g : L I ~:~lli.c-1111- t i (~ l~: t t~ l to this : L I I ~ I I S ~k ~ r ( ~ ~ v ( ! l l b t ~ l y ,1111c1cu\vl ios t ! ou111;rs1

linyij so 1v11g:kel.t3tl, I Ilc31~l: o l l i : ~ . 111)- c o n l n i i e ; i o ~ l , n r i t l l : i l i c m y lief ]my(: of : d l tlrc c m ~ p l o y i r r w i 'of 1111blicl i fc ." It n l n y b c n ic11- op- [iouctl, a; a c o i ~ i c i t l w c ! ! , t l ~ tthe I ' u c s i t l c ~ i t of C o i i g i w s \\-as, llld in lii5, tlrc! first :~itl-t lu-c::m1) 1,11 t h t : iil~istriorixg~xelxl .1llc TIE l m t ~ a i t si ~ i t r o c l a c e i l , c o n ~ ~ i r c : ~ i c i n g o i l the obscurcr3s liz- IMr. >!lY-..-1113 I, Thomas Mifflin, of Pcrln., President of Congress; 2 , Charles Thompson, ol .la0 p e s n . ; 3, l.ibridgc Gcrry, of Mass.; 4, Hugh M'iiliamson, o f K. C.; 5, Samoc!

111- Osgoud, of Maas. j 6 , Edward McCoinh of Uel . 7 ticorgc Partridge, of Mass: 8, t i w a r d I.ioyd, of Md. ; 9, K. U. bphght , of'<. 6.; 10, J3erijamin Hawkins, o;

lffi. L C . ; 11, 11. Fostcr, of N. H. ; 12, 'I'lromas Jcffbrson and Arthur Lec, of Va.; i\i, 11. Ilaiid Howell. of K . 1.:, I F . lamcs Rlorirae. of Vn.: and 16. lacob KccJ. of 5.- , . , >

Oil, C., all nicrnbcis of Congrcss; 17, James Madison, o f Va., spectator ; 1 8 , \Y iiliam tllcry, of R. 1.; 19, Jrremiah Townley Chasc, of hld.; 20, b. Hardy, of Va ; and $1 Cl~aries \!orris, of l'cnn., rncmbcrs of Congrcss; 22, t;cneial W~sliing:on, of

thc i:: 2 C0k . \Yalkcr and Homphieys, aids-de-camp; 25 and 26, Gens. Small-d l a k Willianis, and 27 and 23, Cols. bmltli and kfoward, of Md. ; 29, Cjaricv Carroll a n d two daughters, of Md. ; 30, Mrs. Wash~ngton and her three grand-

tine rhhlreri; and 31, Ilanicl Jcnifer o i s t . 'l'liamas, of Md., spccrafors. Gen

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T l ~ cportunits introduced, commencingon the obserrer's I.,

14 CAPITOL INTERIOR. I I Standard Bearer; z, the Page; 3, John and Ann Laydon, first married in the (1%

coubtryj 4, Sir Thomas Dale; 5 , Alexander Whitakcr; 6, Hans Spilman; 7, Po. cahontas. 8 Mr. and Mrs. Forrest, fir:tsettlers; g, John Rolfc; 10, Sister lo Poca hontas; ;I, kantquas,brother to Pocahontas; 12, Opcchamanough;13, Opachisco, l'e unclc to Pocahontas; 14, Richard Whiffin.

DISCOVERYOF THE NISSISSIPPI RIVER BY DX SOTO, ok Bhy, 1541: Powell. Ordered 1830, cost $12,000. '1'11~p;lint-ing is inte~icled to represent De Soto aiitl his party wriv- !' ing on the ba~ilis of tile Xississippi, aftcr a toilsornc3 rn:lrcll :h tlirongh swamp and forest from distant Florida. TINS11ai11t-110

ing, howevw, does uot verify history. Tlw discovcrrrs Ilad ontlnretl great privations, and, ra~xet l and worn, took to the river in canoes, in hopes of cscapc; from their snflitri~i~,~'. RD e Soto succr~mbed to the fatipncs of tlle march, wntl was brrried si in thc river. On the r. mill be secl~the 2iIissisrippi, fillrtl wit11 lif

grec.11 islanils, ant1 canocs laden with savages approacl~iiig or in landing on thc balllis m a r at hmtl. 01

T l ~ cportraits and prominent c11:~mctcrsand objects rcprc- a1 sc~ltetl, commrnci~ig 011 t l ~ cobserver's l., arc- K1

I , Soldier dressing his woundcd Icg; z, a young Spanish cavalier; 3 , a confessor; 4, a group cf standard bcarera and h c h c t c d m e n ; 5, a cannon k i n g piaced in po- 0 sition t y artillerymen; 6, a Moorish s c n a n t j 7, I k Soto mauntrd j 8, camp chest, XIwitharrns, hclmets, and other dccoutremcnts and implcmcnts of w a r ; <),t w o young Indian maidcns; lo, Indian chiefs bringing the pipe of peace; 11, old priest bless. 11 ing the cross; 12, ccclesiastic bearing the ccnser; 11, stalwart men planting the Pi cross. bt

Tllc first cr~g:qcmcnt for a picture to fill this pnnc,lwas with 1. IIcnry 111rna11. The artist 11o~cw1. diccl before tlic coiqlction ii

of 11is n-elk, and thf: picr~lrc, n-as aha~idonc~tl. I LANDING COLU~IBUS,October 12, 1402 : Vancierlp ti

Ordcrc,tl 1812, c o t $10.900. 'I'l~i; painting rcyrcwl~te (;0111rn- o bus, accomp:~~iictl by his pril~cipal officers and n fcw :ittr,ixl- d ants, alrcwly lantlctl 011 the 1,~l:ultl of Gr~annhani, onc of the g Unl~ama Tdantls, ant1 tllc f i r ~ t 1:uld tlis~o~(wc1. 'h:P I I C C ( ' + ~ ~ discoverer is ill t l ~ : act of proc1:~iming possewion in tlrc. rinmc . of t11~ Iting mil qrlcoi~ o f Sinill. I11 the distmicc: gro:ips of jr scamen arc giving (:xprw&t~ to tlicir joy; t,wo f ig~~r(&s ~ I C X In

for gIitt(1ri11g 1):wticI~s il~c't Barc co~ltcntlil~g ill tlic s:m(l. T ~ I C at a ~ ~ c l r o ~in the distance. A l~ccoliarlg tropicnl haze pcrvatlcs 0

0t 1 1 ~atmosphwc. T l ~ c following arc thc prillcipnl cllaracters rcprescnted, a

cnmmc:ncing on t l ~ c observclr's I. : I, Alonzo rle Ojcda; 2, cabin boy kneeling; 3 , Roilrigo Sanchez, inspector; 4,

Vincent Yancz, standard bearer; 5 , Martin Alonzo Pinzon, standard br:irer; 6, mutinccr rcpcntant; 7, Rodrigo dc Escobedo, nota ry ; S, Columbus; gl saliiirriank. f, i ng at t h c natives; 10, sailor's veneration of Columbus; 11, friar bearing tllecross,

EMBARKATIONOF THE PILGRINSfromDelft-TT:~rc,n,ill lolla and, Jnly 21, 1620, 0. S. : Wcir. Orderotl ISBG, cost i

$10,000. Represents the Pl.iritan fathcrs about to brave the

tcwardr tlie N.-R~presrnteJ by Ceres, with cornucopia. red Cap of Liberty, turning ovcr to Ccres the mastrry of a pair a r a p e r . Flora is gathering fiowers, and I'omona be.m a basket

.. ..".., 1. hli:c~r,is!ci.-Reprrscnted by Vulcan, resting his r. foot on a cannon , and:e(! atom! arc the various instruments of his art, with mortars and cannon balls.

111 t lx . E, is-4. C o h i > r ~ ~ c ~ . - K c ~ r e s e n t e d'; 41 by Mcrcury, holding a bag of gold, and directing

;&:j ;:;Ittion to it. T h e figure thus called is Robert Morris, the financicr of thc Rcvo- on. h.leich:,ndise, with men at work, and two sailors, pointing to a gunboat,rOss' tomplete the allegory.

5. M ~ ~ ~ r s ~ . - l ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ t i ~ ~Neptune in his car, bearing his trident, accompanied , ill by attcii<lant, rmerging from the deep. Amphrodite, Venus, is about dropping

tost iito the f o a ~ n r ; ~watcrs a n electric cable, which has bcen handcd her by a tlierub. the ARTS AS!; S C l ~ ~ c ~ ~ . - R c p r c s e n t c d Minema, the Goddess of Wisdom, by

16 CAPITOL INTERIOR.

b v fip!rce-frank!in the philosopher; Fuiton, the inventor of thsurroun,~rc~ stcam~,c, . , t . and Morse, t h c inv2ntor of tile magnctic telegraph. Thc figurer jurcniics iAdicatc teaching.

3. W e s t Door of t h e Rotunda, Icwlilig to t,l1{1 1n:li11 tlow of ' I ' l ~ i h tlool i i :llso : ~ t L]I(: LiDl,trr,y o f C o ~ ~ q ~ c s s . t111: Iwatl of I l ie

stfii~,cuseI I : : L I ~ ~fro111the: TVesteri~13nf1mceof t l ~ c Cirl~itolto tl1c ILoilllltlu.

5 and G, Library of t h e U1:ited S t a t e ~ . - ( o ~ , ~ ~ ~ , crer!, day. c x c r p t ~ d , S ~ S S ~ O I ~ S, S I I ~ L ( / ~ J S from I ) a. v t . to -12) . 111~; ~ k o ~ i i i ! ~ 01

C o ~ q r c s still / l o w oj ' u ~ l j o ~ ~ u m ~ i ~ t . ) Tllv LiOrnry ITulls occ111)y tlic l)rincipal floor of the cntire

\V. l~rojc'ciioli of lhc: (:apilol, coil-kt ii:(r of :I, co~ilicctiilgWll-

tral 11:1!1, 9 I ;f t . loq ' , 34 f l . \yiil?, :r1:11?;3 11. Iligh, cO~k~]~~c~t?l~ in l85;1, wit11 two wiiig,s 011 i110S.:111(1S.. ear1195 f l . loit:;, 203 f t . \yitlc~, : I I ~ I [:IS f t . big]], fil~i<li<,(lin 1:3(5, 'J'l~t! i:~twior Wlq

tlcsi:,.llctl I)y311.. \r:lltc~., Ilrc.liitect of 111;: C:rj~itol, T:I!o cm-plt%t!d tllc c:c~~itr:~l n.(:rc carricil old bylil~r:rry, :m~l tllc n. i~~g's 32r. Cl:rlk, ]ti-. slleccsol., :it :Ltot:~lcost of R'LYO.OO0. 'I'llc cell. tr:tl lil~r:rry coilsists of 12 tlccl) rcc.cs<w, or alc2orc,s, ~ 1 1 ~ ~ 0 1 1 l l t ~ cd by 2 itlyx'r tiers of c:lsw, \\-it11 gxllvri~i; nlrtl corritlors, 2111 o! iron. 'I'lic lid1 is liglltcrl by ~ril~tl:~n.-:in llie :dco.i:'i nlld 1)) skyli$lts iittetl in the iron fr:l~llr:-n-o~~lcof tllc roof, :111d tmll" r i t t 1 r o 1 I c . Tlli, consists of iron f;,:~lll('-\.io~li ~uppo~~tccl f01i:ltc~tl i r o ~ ~ c 7 x ~ l ltyon I I I R ~ S ~ ~ ~ I ,~ lc l ic . i~ , ~.ici$ i n 2 . 0 1 . 'rhe aleow.; : l ~ i t i,sl~c,l\.cs arc cml)c~llisl~c~~l vitl pih~t,tT(!d nud p:lnelctl frollts, p:lilltctl a soft h l l ' cokJr m artistically giltled. ' J l l~ l)ool<-illc~l\~cr arc : I ~ W of iron, 8111 eorerctl with 1e:~ther. rpl~c tlcjors arc of tcszcll:~tctl~)!:lcl~-~~~~~

!T ~ I 1 1 1 c The wings n1.c of f lln wlnc design :re tllc ~ ' l l tral hall. 9'hc former have 4 lic,r;; of s11clyc.s illst(%d of 3. l h 311~1 v~1itil:~tion arc supplic~l fro111 the Sellate and IloUsc ai'

17 PRINCIPAL STORY.


181313 1,ibrary hoennie the I ' ~po~ i to ry of the collcctioll of tllc Srnittlconiall I~~sti tntion, 40,000 volnn~cs, embrncillg tlrc largest :~ssc!~nblngo of the tl.aw:tctions of scientific :~ll,l lcal-lled xo(:ictics to I)c foluld ill tb0 ~ W l t l . Ill 1S( i i t\lc l.'orcc collcctio~l of books, ~ll:lllllicri~tP, 111:11)S, :tnd Ixlpers rc1:ttiilg to i\lnc!yic:~ll history, nrulll~ering 22,520 volmnos, or nith palTtl)lllcts60,000 tillcs, \ E Lnc(luirctl 1 ) ~ :it :L~~ul-crl~nsc cost of $100,000. 311.. Porco n.:ts honl ill Nc:w J o ~ s c y in 1790, :tnd tlic(1 ill \Yashi~lgtou city ill 1SGS. A~notlg the most rare ~vorlrs ill t l ~ c Libmry arc tn.0 grt5:it folio< written nu rcllr~m, \yitll ~ l rm~ero r~s ill~rstlatiousby hid, csecrltocl ill the 13th cc.utru.y. 1'111: oltlcrt 1)rintctl book is :L co~~sti tntion of Pope (2lclnc;lt V, of Ilo~nc., 1)rilitcd ill 1.467, by P ~ t , c rSl~ceflkr,: ~ t nlrtltz. 1 1 1 tlrc l'orcc collt~etiol~:we :L copy of Eliot's J~~di:ln 13iblc : L I I ~41 (1illi:rent \vOrk': by ~IICL.(':LSC: :~lld Cotton JI:ttllcr, printed in 13o~to11 1671-1735.:md C:~mJ~ridgt+,

A fine aiew of tlw bcisil~ess and official portion of the city may hc 11:rcl from the W. Portico, rcaclicil throlgll thc door in the cent,re of thc W. sitlc of the main hall. Immeiliately below are the tcrraccs mllich form the W.f ; ~ eof tlw emi- ncuce upon which the Capitol stantla. I'ctnnsylvauin av. clirergcs from the r.. 2nd Narylantl nv. from tltc 1. Tolr-srds the W.,betyeen t,l~cst:, lie tlic Botnllic~1 Gnrtlcn, with its co~lscrvntor~es, 31311, from \vhicli rise thc: t o w r s of :iad t , l ~ the Smit,llsoninn I~~st i tn t ion , of the I)(;- the square or~tl int~s pnrtment of Agricult~ire, and the m~fi~rished Ohclisk to the memory of Washin$on, all surrountlct l by heantifnl ~ $ ~ r t l i ~ s , and the Long 13riilge. 0 1 1 the enmn~i t of the hill still f:lrtl~cr W.are the two tlolnes of tltc Obserratory, arid still t w p n d the I-T(:ights of Gcorg(:to\\-11. To the S., a t the point wIwm the t ~ - or iwrs join, lies tlit, Arse~lxl. Fol lowi~~$ the 1)ro:lcl boa on^ of tho Poto~nac, at, a tlist,:lncc of 7 m. thc? s11ipj)ing and br~iltlil~gs tlrc riwr mil- of Alexanilri:~ arc, risiblr, atid I I ~ I ~ I I

ing :~ntl ste:~~n-craft. Ou the I~eights ovcrloolti~~g thc opl1o- site 1):111li of t l ~ c r iwr is Arli~lgton, famot~s :L-: t l ~ c forl11~1. rcsiclc~~ccof t l ~ c Confetlc~rnto Gell. Lev, ant1 now the rc~ling plncc of tlrorlsande of so1dic.r~ of the 11ationa1 ;lrrny. Alittle to tllo r. autl rear st:mtIs Fort Wl~ipplc. Looking towrtk t l ~ :N., on the tlistaut l~il ls may be wen the tower of the Soltlim' IIomo, aud ucnter thc Hownld University. h fine rit:n- may :dso bc had of I'en~lsylvaoi;t :LV., with the 'l'rcw~try 1)t'p:~rtmcnt, l'rcsident's Ilol~se, aud thc new State, lfnr, :LII(I ,\r:tvy I)cpartment, visible a t tho o thw end. At wriolls l'oillt.: u1:l.v be swn the other pnblic h~iltlings, sclrool-~IOIISCS, an11 c.li:~rcl~c.q, blendiox wit11 t,lrc mass of t t ~ c city.

7 and 8, Store-rooms for the Library.

PRINCIPAL STORY. 19

CENTRE BUILDTNG-NORTII WING.

9. North Door of the Rotunda.--011 ttle left of the pawqc arc the ~ i l d ~ m t o r sa n d keys which opcrate the wires for liglit- illg the Xotnl~cld. (See 11.) This pass:lgc leads into- 10. Vestibule, of an elliptical shape, and in imitation of n.

Grcc'lr ternplc, containing a peristyle, supported on ml :LI'C~(YI s~,bstruction. The capitals of the pillars are ornamented with ttlc leaf :~ud ~ O ! V C ~of the tobacco plant. Light is admittot1 throng11 a cupola ill tllc sm:lll surmounti~lg dome. The latter ib h~.ol.en l ~ y caiqqons, enriched by tlie tobacco blossom. 11, Ascent of Dome.--At the head of the first fiight ou

the r. is the ratrsnce to the battery a n d elecfric gas-lightirq apparatus. (See ATTIC STORY, 3, 4, and 5.) Returt~ing and colitmning the ascent, an opportunity is afforded of studying tllc mcc11:mism of the immense structure ovcrl~eacl. A small door at tlic top of all intricate flight of steps opens betwcru the imler :LIIC~outer shells. On the iobidc is raugc of archey, aftortli~iga -1iew of the rotunda and canopy. A short di.tance a b o ~ peristyle of 36 ironc a clooru ny opciis under an i n ~ p o s i ~ ~ g columnb. Ti~cbnest door opens upon a balustrade above. Tlw lakt ascent is by an abrupt flight of steps over the irmer shell, nl~iclilcads to the platform imnlediately beneath the canop) . This point affords a closer view of Brumidi's allegory, a tle- dptiou of nhieli will be fonli~l clscul~ert.. This pktfonli 111ahcs a fine nliispcring qallery. Anotl~er fiiglit of stelis leads to the erowni~lg platform, from which the most este~l- silt lien of the city muy be had.

Panoramic View of the City.-~ith the assistance of thc maps of the city and District, tlie stranger will be able to ac- quni~~ti~imsclfTI it11 the most promi~lent featurci ia the 7 ien-. Loohiug ton arcls thc E., on the 1. is the dsl lum for t l ~ r Deaf and I)un~b, and on the r., beyond the Anacostia, the Aq)llun for tile Insme. On the S. may be seen the iinacostia uniting nit11 the hrond cnrrcilt of the l'otomnc. On the point are tht. btlildi~pof the i\rscnal, and 7 m. below, on theopposite sliorr, Alexandria. Opposite Georgctomu is Arlington House, wit11 Fort TYhipple oil the r. I11 the W. is the official quarter of the city. The building on the hill, at the head of New Jersey 1 av., is the Howard University ;and the white tower in the distance, on the line of E. Capitol st., is the Soldiers' Home. The railroad which leaves thc city on the N. is the Baltimore and Ohio-the r. branch for Baltimore, and the I. for point of Rocl\s a d the W. The road S. of the Capitol is the Balti- more ant1 Potomac, also for the N. arid W., running ill Con-nection with the lknrlsylvania L'cntral. The Tiber Creek follows the basin of the wlley on the N.

12. Vestibule of the Supreme Court,--A iloor frorn r l 1 1 3 yes. til)nlc, of Greek tlesip, OIKII.: i t 1 1 0 :I si!contl vc:stil)~~li,. from wllicll, oil t11c: right or C:LS~, O1Wlli t l l ~ lll:lill (!lltr;111a' 11) the Supreme Court. Ol>l~osite of Potomac 1mrl11c. is :L l>l.oat~lc

13. Supreme court United states.--(Open to cisitors every <lay,except Stinday.) The apnrtrrlellt occllpied by this i;,ibll. Ilill, fomcrly the Gcnnto Cllamber, is scrni-circnlar, nit11 a rntllcr flat clomc, curichccl wit11 srlnare e:~issons in st~~cco, 2iilcl C i~ .~~I1 :~rapertures to admit l i d ~ t . Tlic clrninber is 75 f t . ::rent-(.st 1~11gtl1 or diamctvr, 45 ft: grc2tc.t witlth, :~lld 45 ft.'lligh. 011 llic E. sick a screen of Greci:ln Ionic cohunns of C ~ c c c i a , or .inricgated l'otornnc n~nrblc~, n-it11 ca11it:lls of vhito I!alinll ~l~:lrlJe, after those of the !L'cniple of Nii~nrva.. pol-~no~lcled iqlled, cxtcntls xlong the bacli of t l ~ r:m:,rc of scat? of tllc t i c . These co lum~i~ , suiq~ort3with the c~lt:~blatnre, plllt:xy. '1'Eie sc:~ts of the Jnsticcs arc r:~lcc\ sevcr:~! feet

:%:il~o\-i:the lloor, alld &re r:~ngcd b~l l i l l~l low screen, ~vhich ;illswc?rs the purpose of desks. l'hc Chief J ~ ~ s t i c c occnpic: (!LC centre scat. 'I'l~c otRct:rr of the c a r t \lare c!esLs :I[; eiil~cr (s11(1mil a t the foot of the J~~sticcs' plntforr:~. 'I'lic lloor is lwar~tifully carpeted, :mcl tables and chairs nrc plncetl ~ ~ i t l ~ i n t!~e bar for the :~ccommotlation of those having C:L~CP I:i.fore the cor~rt. Outside t,lle rail arc s&s for visitors. Apinst tilt W. wall are a number of consoles, supporting busts of the ric.p:wted Chief Justices : John Jay, J. Frazee, 1831; John R~~tlcclw,A. Galt, 1858; Oliver Ellsworth, Auger, 1531; .John &rshull, -,1836. h s t s of It.B. Tuucy and S. P. C1i:~se ordered by Congrcss 1874.

The times for 11olding the sessions of thc Snprcmc Cowt ltnve bcen subjected to frcqucnt clnnges by stat,utc sim. 17S9. G~itlcr the act of tJa~ln:~ry, 1873, tllc a n ~ l m l session com- mcnccs on the sccolid Ilonchy of October in o:xh ycnr. Tlie atljourlnnent l~snnlly takes placc in 3 h y follolriq. lhily seqsions from 12 noon to 4 p.m. Thc Justices, moariug their jrulicial robes, enter from thc N. door of the cl~alnl~er, :~nd nre formally nmo~mcetl by tlic 3Iarshsl or tlepnty. 7'11~p o -1~11:in the rooin rise und remain standing till tho .Jwtiew nrc scated. The opening of the court is then proc1;~imcd 1 ) ~a proper officer.

'1Vl1en the conrt-room was occupied by the Gcn:ltc: the Prcsi(lent7s chair stoocl in a niche in the scrccn of co~r~mlls, :m1 was raiscd on a platform. 111front and loivcr were the dc~l isof the Secretary and Chief Clerk. The cntnblattlre of tllc screen supported a gallery, in front of which ~vas miolller, following the circle of the room, and supported by iron d-mllns, with bronzed caus, qurmounted by n gilt iron balus-

trade. Against the wall over the E. gallery mas n fine pinti11g of Washington, by Charles Wilson ~ e a l c , richly framed and clraped. The cliamb~r was ehklly lightctl f1~111 the $3.' and the Presitlent's ch:llr, ctantlinq on the li~ic, of the tliunetcr of the circle, formoil the centre of t l~v ~acliat- illg aides, betmcen mhicl~, in conce~~tric curves, wcrt, ny-rangctl tlie Scantor's clcshs. Thcrc miw nceommoilntio~ls for 64 Senators. I n the ienr :t railing t=wlosed thc* bnr of the Scnatc. Oatside mere w f ~ i for ]?rivilcgecl visitors. 'L'l~t. office3 of the Scnatc oecupicd the rooms in the immctliatc vicinity of the chamber.

Originally tlicrc was an npper qallery on the E. sitlc, qnp- portal by an attic colo~~nade, hut thii was rcmovccl in 1S%S to admit more light. I t waz t l m that the scmi-circrhr gallery was introduced. The al~prodellcs to the chambcr and galleries were cxcecdi~~glydark and gloomy. At niqlit a gas chanclclicr diffused light. On the TV. side of the builtling, across the main restibule, mere the offices of tlw Sccretnry of the Senate, now oecnl~iecl hy the officers of the c o ~ ~ r t . The tvo room.. on the N. side were. awiqncd to the President and Yicc President-now the robing ronmq.

Latrobe, the architect, propowl to lnve one of tlie galleries ~npported upon emhlcmatic:~l figures, rcprcsenting the thi~teen original States. Thc models, by Frmzoni, \wre completed in Italv nntl b rou~ht over, but no further use mas made of thcm, Conjrcss fnilinq to appropriate the fmlds necessary to the execation of the design.

14. Robing Room.-111 thk apmtmrnt the Chicf Jndice of the S~rpreme Co~lrt :md his h z ~ o c i ~ t s s attire thctnselv~s ill their conrt robes, in which they sit on the snprernc, I~c~nch. O n the \I all is :L po~trui tof Cl~zef'J ~ r s t ~ c e ofJolm Ma~-.sl~uU, VB., 1801-1S3d, 1tcm1br:mtlt Peak, 1823. The pai~lting n a i p ~ e s c ~ ~ t i ~ lto Chic4 Jri-ticc C h ~ - c by thc Ih r A-ociation of Few Yorlr, mi by him bequeathed to the Sr~premc Conit of the Kilitcd Stntcs. and was clelivered into the custody of the conrt in 1573.

Florn the Robiri,rr Room the J~lctiees, in their judicial robes, at thc 11o~lr of mccti~ig of the court, cross the corridor, antl, passing throu'gh the

15, Justices1 Passage and Entrance, enter the Sa1)reme Con:t Room, where they are properly announced by the Marshal or his deputy.

16,17, and 18. Officesof the Clerk of the Supreme Court of . the United States. The entrance is from the vestibule, (12.) 1


I n the Clerk's Office (16) are portraits of Gabriel Duva2, of 3;iaryland, Associate Justice of the Supreme Conrt of the United States, 1811-1836, and William Thomas Carroll, of the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Supreme Court of tho United States, 1827-1863.

19.Steps to the Basement and Crypt. (See Basement s t o ~ ~ . )

20,Marshal'r O5oe of the Supreme Court of the United States.

21. Steps to the Senate Library. (See Nos. 6, 7, and 8, Attic Story.)

22, Corridor connecting the main or olcl Capitol building \+-MI the Scnate Extension. The main door to the poor of the Senate Chamber is dircctly opposite. 'fhc cornice is ar- tiqtically executed and the panel of the ceiling is formed by a fasces border in stucco. Walls tinted.

NORTH OR SENATE EXTENSION.

23. Southern Corridor,-connects the eastern (24)and western (25) corridors, which lead to the rear of the Senate Cham- ber, the Reception Room and Lobby, and to the grand stsir- c:ws to the attic story and Gallcries. This corridor has a vaulted ceiling consisting of three circular arches, with iii- tervening bands and groined arches, which, togcther with the walls, are chastely decorated in stucco and tinted. At the eastern end, in the recess forlnccl by the line of windows on the Senate side of the corridor, is a bust, in marble, of Roger Brooke Taney, of Naryland, Chicf Justice of the Su- preme Court of the United Stntes, 1836-1864. At thc weet- ern end of the corridor is the Senate ofice of the Oficial Telegraph, built in 1873, by G. C. Maynard, under an act of Congress, and connecting the Capitol, the Government Prinb ing Office, and the Executive Departments, and to extend to aU the isolated Government offices in the city. The wires nre carried from the building across the Capitol grounds by means of a subterranean cable, in order not to nlar the pros- pect.

24. Eastern Corridor leads to the Eastern Grand Staircase, (28,)Senate Vestibule, (30,) and Reccption Room (34.) O~~er- head, a t the foot of the first, the ceiling is formed of panels of rich white marble. Walls tinted.

25. Western Corridor, to the Western Grand Staircase, Senate Offices, and Lobby. At the foot of the former, overhead, is white marble paneling. The rest of the ceiling to

cllc Lobby consists of barrel nrc l~cs :~~ld 311d l~nneletl 11111ettt~s, tvnlls, the \vllolc tiutccl 311d enriel~ed wit11 f l o w e ~ in stncco.

26 and 27 Senate Committee on F i n a n c e . - ~ ~ i t ~ ~ o n t special decor:ltioll.

28. Eastern Grand 8 t a h a a e . - T I I ~ lcails to tht: L:~tlics', &l~:rtors' E':lu~ily, :tilt1 L)il~lo~~~:it ic Ga1lcric.s. '1.11is 111:rg11iti- (yqt st;lircasea is ur:ktlc of Iligllly-l)olisl1et1 'I'e1111t:ssee 111:~rLjle. 'rlje c o l u ~ m ~ s I I ~ V CI)L.OIIZC c:lpiti~Is. ' 1 . 1 1 ~ ascent fro111 the

floor is by :L bro:~11llight of 16 s t e p , \\-l~ie;l~ I n ; ~ i ~ ~ tliyitle at tl~t: jirst 1{~11(lill#, tile! reat of tllt: ilscc~lt k i l l g by :L th1b1c llight

is :L sliyliol~t, sot ill : L I ~of 1S atesps. O v ~ ~ r 1 1 c ~ l ~ t : ~ i u e d - g l ; ~ s ~ iro11fr:r~nc, s111~ronuc1t.d i1.11i r o ~ ~1 ~ y cwing of trcl;.; work, rest- ill; 011 :L Ilt!:l(ry corllico of rn:lrble. At the foot of Ll~c step?;, ill :L ~ ~ i c l ~ c , the s ~ ~ ~ ~ i - l ~ ~ ~ r o i c s t i~~l i l s st:ltl~e of Fr:lul;lil~, t l ~ e l~hiloopl~er.in ~nnrble,I J ~11ir:rln i'owew, lSti2, $10,000. Apillit the E. wall, o w r thcb first I :~~~el i~lg , ofi s the p:li~~tilig Perry's Victory over the: Eribi.41 on 1,alic: Eric., S(~pte111bcr 10, 1513, by Powell, of Ol~io, 1S73, cost Q'25.000. TIIC p:ii~lt- ill; reprt:se:nts the Co~nmotlorc tr:r~lsfi:rriug l ~ i s ling f r o ~ t ~ the I,:~\vro~~cc, 111 the which I I : L ~bcc11 tlis:~l,lctl, t,o t,lw Niilg:~~.:~. boat :~rc tho Comn~otlorc, wit11 his little brotlwr, :urcl :L crew of Ir:rvc scnmeil. Tllc perilol~a voyagt: 1:1,5te:tl jiftew~ I I ~ ~ I ~ I ~ L c . ~ , duriilfi which time thc E~ lg l i s l~ co~~cc~ t~ t r :~ t e t lco~nlr~l::r~~clcr his fire upou t l ~ c party. Who11 tlwy rcwllc~tl the Niag:wi, t l ~ c oi~rswere shattered, : t ~ ~ t l thv littlc I)o:~t I~orc uulnc3ronr cvi-

sllot. 1Yht~11del~ccsof the prosiinity of tllc c:nic~~~y'a P ~ r r y hoisted hi.5 pen~ iau t on t l ~ c Xi:lq::alx, tllc ,Itncrie:ul l lwt was inrpircd wit,11 IICW coru.;rgcl, : ~ n d by :L pro1111)tI I I O Y C I I I I > I I ~I J N J ~ C thc British liuc a11d WOII the: thy. '1'11t: I):lttlc took p1:lcc I m r

y(':~r.:of :LKCPnt-in lhy. 1'en.y \\-as t111t ~ \ V O I I ~ ~ - P ~ : T . L L I I ~ 1 1 ~ 1 1

h : ~ s w c r e ~ l ~Ile @i~leel this s i g d victory. '1'llis p a i u t i ~ ~ g k)co~~ crlticisrtl. I t is :L copy fro111 ~ I I I .O I I :L s~n:lllw scdr , by t>lw e:ilne artist, in the St:~tc l1011ic a t C O ~ I I I I ~ ~ I I S , 'I'l~o I)wt Ohio. view of this painting is from tho l ) a l~~s t r :dc :it t l ~ e t.op of t l ~ ~taircaw. A doltblc st:lirn.ay, w l ~ i c l ~ 1111itc:s: ~ tt,l~ofirst ~ : L I I C ~ -

ing helow, leatls bene:ith tlre :~rcl~tvl r~ipportill111 ~n:rssiv(:bloclii~~fi A b ~ ' : ~ ~ i t i f u lof the upper st:rircn.;o to tlle I):IWIIICII~. ~taill(:tl-gl:lss ~ v i ~ ~ d o ~ v , a t the 11r:rtl of tho ae.cn~~tl tlr*cent, ndrnits l i~ l l t . Tlwse gra~lt l st:tire:r~t~~, wl~icli tllcre areof four, two in the S o r t l ~ or Scn:~t,c~, ir~ltl t,l~t: s:llne ill ~o1~rtWol1~1-

ill the Sontl~or lloilw Estc~~rsions illg positio~~ of tho (hpitol, h d to tilt: attic st,ory n11t1 g:~llcrirs. : L I I I ~ re nmnIkg t h : 1110St

of ~ ~ 1 1 ,, beaw if111 f,.:lt~lres of t11e (:apito~. i\ full ~ I C S C I ~ I I ~ ~ O I I with tlwir p:rintillgs :ltld *t:ttrl:lrp, v i l l be tlewribctl ~ I Itlwir propt'r pl:~ecs. T l ~ e tloor i~n~nedi:ltely beyor~tl the Fl.i~nlilill 1

!he t l o o r is s : q y ) o r t c d by c.11rich. , l l I ) r : l c l i ( ~ t s . 'l'Il(! o ~ l l : l ~ l l t ~ l ~ ~ ~ ~ tion c o r 1 s i s t s of scroll-n.or1; an,] ~ c u n t l ~ r l , ~ ,with tho c o t t o l l - b o l l , l l l : l i ~ ? , ~ r : l l ) ? S , a l l11 C ! l l t \ ~ i ~ ~ i t ~ g l - i ~ ~ c r .'1%~upper p a r i e l of vaclr v:~ll-t: c o i i t ; a i ~ ~ s :L &w, s t t n o ~ l l l t l -ctlby :L !vrcatl~of oakloaws. aucl :~cls:ls :L rcutilator. In l l i c ~foot p : u ~ c , lof c:rcl~lcnf a r c , ii:;nrcs, typic:~Iof PC:LCC:111il ~T:II..'I'l~e door is 14; f t . high n l l t l 9; ft. x i c l c , wit11 two Icnres, vvi:;rlis 14,000 l l ~ ,ancl was c:wt by , J x n t , s '1'. Arncx, at C l ~ i c q c y , Jlass. T l~ctotal eosl x:rq $(i,-000 for m o t l c l a n t 1 B.iO,l!Li for

s l u g . I t was p11t ul) il l ISCiS.cc,.y. T l l c r c : l r ~ a i l ~ c l c rof t l i ~ t loor is t l i v i t l c d into (i p : u i c l r , in which, ill cdio rclicco, :~rc'r ( p r c b s a n t c t l crcnts c o n m x . t c . 0 n-it11

S I ~ A T EWOSZT.noon. the rc l -o l l l t ionary ~tnl;:!$(~, t.he e s t a l ~ l i 4 1 1 i 1 e 1 l t o f t l ~ cG o r c r n n i c ~ ~ l , of the: L I I ~tlw fouud :~ t i o~~ C:~pitol. Tlw l ) a ~ ~ c l sc o l ~ t : l i l l i l ~ g11is tor ic : l l s l i b j c c t s , i l l c i l ro-

~ i o l o g i c d s ~ ~ c c c s s i o ~ l , bc>giu:it tlre top of the left rnlve of the door, :Is f o l l o w :

I. 1:attlc of Bunkcr Hill and Death of War icn , June, 1775. 11. nattle of hlonmouth, June, 1778, and Rcbukc of Gcncral Lec, who meditated

betraying the American Army. 111. Uattlc of Yorktown, October, 1781. Hamilton's Capture of the Reioubt. IV. Weicome of Washington a t l'renton, April, 1789, on his way to New York

to assurnc thc af icc ot' President of the Unitcd Statcs. T h i s panel contniris por-traits oC the sculptor, his wife, and three children, and of Kogers, the sculptor of th r . \ f i n Door.

V. Inauguration of Wzshington, First President of the Unitcd Stares, in &cw Ymk, April 30, 1789. T h e principd figures in this panel are portraits, intlc,!ing J o h n ,\dams, Vicc President, o n his right; Cl~ancellor Livingstonc administers the 02th; Mr. Otis, Secretary of the Senatc, presented thc Bible. ?.he other distiripuisircd prrsonngcs represented arc Alexander Hamilton, Generals Knox andSt. Clair, Roger S h e r m ~ n ,and Baron Stcuben.

T I . Laying of the Corner-stone of the Capitol of the United States at Washing. ton, Scptcmber 18, 1793. T h e promincnt figures are likcncsscs.

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l l l c orclcr to Jlr. Crawford coiitcmplatccltwo doors, o l l c f o r

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I 31. Room, IIW~ by theOfficial Reporters' rcportesc, of the The ceilillg ii.,fres-deh,ltes :~utl proceetliiigs of tile SCIJ :L~(~ .

coed ill the I'ornpeia~~ stylc of drcoration.

32, senate Post Office.-- his beautiful apartment is ole- ~aa t lyfitted with cases and other conveniences for tlic rcccp- tioil ant1 tliqtribution of the Scnate mails. This roo111 mas oi.igii~:illyiilteiltletl for the Libixy of the Scn:zte, ant1 was dtcornti:;l with that view. Tllc vnnltcd ceiling is e~~ibcl l i~l~ccl nilh fiwcoc:;i by Ur~tmidi, tile l~rincilx~l pieces rcprese~~ting IIistory, Ccogmphy, Physics, 31111 the Telegrapll. 'L'llrce al1cgoilc:~l f iprcs support a tuslef~~lcc:tltre-piece, fro111 \vllicll hops :Lclrandelicr. Tlle walls arc Snislleil it1 oil atltl gilt.

1 33. Sergeant-at-Arms' Room,--On the w:~hs arc four alk-


Dissolution or Secession, ill~~stratecl in the breaking of tile fasces or buncllc of rotls, nhile on the one side lies cottoll and on thc other corn, the rival products of the oppoiinb sectio~~sof the eonntry. 011the S. is the same figure as \\Tar,

of Grift. 011 t l t ~I\.'.wit11 tlre eng i~~es the bundle of rods are again uuitcd, with the motto 33 Plur~brisUnum a11d an eagle. 011the N. the i~np~cnlents of \\%rare being destroyed and excl~angccl for tho.ie of pcacc.

34. Senate Reception Room.--TII~ vestibule opeur iuto tI1e senate lteception Room, a brilliant salon about 60 f t . long, wit11 a vanltcil ceiling divitlcd into two arches, that on the N. being groinetl, and is dicided into fonr sections, in whicl~ ale :~llegor~calfigures in frcsco: N., Liberty; S., Plenty; W., War; E., P(3acc. The S. half of tlie ceiling con-ist- ot acir-cular arch, brol~en by dcep caissons, arranged in collcentric circlrr, The fresco in the ctwtre reprcwnts yonthful fignres in a vigncttc of cloutls. Outficle the circlr arc allegoric,~lfi,n- urm in frwco : N E . , Prutlv~~ce;SE., Jnstice ; SW., Temper-ance; NW., S t r r l ~ ~ t h .All the% frescoes were euccutcd by Bramidi, ill 1833. 3'l'11c ceilinq is hcavily gilded throngl~o~it, alxl from it is snrpt.~~dcda fiue cl~andelicr. 'l'llc ~Talls are finished in tint, and c~nriel~cvl with stucco and gilt. 'l'l~eyare diviclcd into five panek, with mctlallio~l ccutrcc, for portraits of illn!&hns citizens. Enell rnetl.~llionis snrroru~tled by

:~ntl is surrnou~~tctl wrc:~tl~s, by an cnqlc. Tllc base of the wallz is scnqliola, ill imitatior~ of Potorrlac arid 'Ycnl~c+,cc mlrblcs. Uuder the arch in the S. \\all is a mcll-c~cc~~tcd ccntlv-l)icw in oil, by Ernmitli, rsprsw~ting W:lshington io coniu11,~tioun it11 .Jelferso~~, l~iz Secretary of Statr, and 11m- ikon, Secretary of tile Treni1u.y. 011 citltcr bide i i a rncdd-lion yet ~r~~fillecl. 111 the N. wall of this ~nagnificcut a p t - ment, bctnsen thc wintlom+, is n mirror. The floor is of e ~ ~ c d ~ ~ s t i ctiles, finely laid, ancl with a beautifully-wrorrql~t 8tar :L+ a e(~ntre-piece, The room is furnished in rosewood, with clamaik ancl hce curtains. In winter the floor is richly carpeted. The mautc4 is a beautiful specimen of workman. ship.

35. Bronze Staircases, formrtl of eutm ir~ingvi~~es and foliage, rclicbvctl\\ ith eagles, deer, and c~~pitls. A similar staircm occupies a correqm~ding pl:~ce on thc W. side of the lobby. These, including two conncctinq with the lobby of thc IIdl of Rrplwmtativt>s in tlw S. Extrniion, cost nearly $L.2,300. T I I I ~ a11t1 artistic apecirnens of bronne work, w e cl:~bor;~te and in a part of the bniltiiuq too tl:~rk to c3n:~blc t l l~ i r merits to bc frilly xppreciatecl. ' l k ~ y IJYwere rn:m~~f:tctnretl Archtbr, Warnc,r ~kMiikcy, of l'llil.ltlcl[~l~i:l Baudin, artist, 1S58-'39.

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36. Vice President's 80om.-~rhe door on the r. within the ~obby opens into the room of the President of the Senate, perally known as the vice l'resident's Boom. I t is a well- furnished apartment, with plain stuccoed ceilings and tinted lvalla. In this room is the original of Rembrandt Peale's pintiny of Washington, from life, purchased by the Senate in 1832 for $2,000. Permission to enter may be obtained from the Presiclent of the Senate. When not ill use, visitors nlay be admitted through the courtesy of the Sergcant-at- Arms or one of the door-keepers.

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37, Senate Lobby.--Ihring the sessions of the Senate ad- missions to the Senate Lobby can only be obtained through a Senator. This, however, is not in strict accortla~~ce with the mles of the body. When the Scnate is not in session, the Lobby is open to the pnblic. The Lobby is a vaulted passage, with gilt panels and cornice. A chandelier makes up the deficiency of dayligltt. On the 1. are two doors, l.eading to the floor of the Senate Chamber.

3 8 TheSenate (Ihnmber.- his unquestionably magnificent apartment occupies the centre of the principal door of the N. Extension. I t has an entrance for Senators from corridors on theE., S., and W.,and two from the lobby on thcN. The occupation of this Chamber, devoted to the deliberations of the highest branch of the legislative arm of the Government, took place on Jan. 4, 1860. I t is in the form of a parallelo- gram of the following dimensions : Length, 113i ft. ;width, 80%f t . ;height: 36 ft. ; superficial area of floor, 9,136 sq. ft. ; cubic contents, 338,536 cub. ft. The dimensions of the floor of the Chamber, eselnsivc of the cloak rooms and lobby, arc 83 ft. long and 51 ft. wide. On the E., W., and S. sides of the Chamber are the cloak rooms of Senators, and on the N. tlie Senate lobby. Over these and around the Chamber are the galle~ies, the seats rising and receding in tiers, till brought to a level with the corridors of the second floor, uhich are reached by two marble staircases. The portion of the N. Gallery over the back of the chair of the President of the Senate is devoted to reporters of the press, local and general, being provided with about 40 desks, and seats for nr many more. Directly opposite the reporters, in tlie S. Gallery, a number of scats arc sct apart for the d$onaatic

, repTesenlatives. The galleries, from the reporters' to the , diplomstic, on the S. side, are devoted exclusively to ladies, , 2nd gcntlemon accompanying them ; a portion for the exclu- 1 sive use ef the families of Senators. The corresponding , galleries on the W. are for gentlemen. The galleries will


wellseat 1,200 persons. Forplan ofgalleries, see Attic S t q , 15-21.

011 thcflom of t l ~ 2.Chnmber are scats for 74 Senato~ The aisles divcrqe frolr~ the President's "deqli" lihv mtl~i, Irom cmtrc. The deal,i arc. armngcct in concentric it'nrl-~i~cles faciilg t!ir N., with all irou miliuy inveetiuq tlw nlkolc. Tile desk :~rc matl(. of tlic fiimt quality of ninhoqary, ant1 the majority were in use in the old Senate Chamber. These mere rnatle a half ccntury ago.

The l'resident's desk occupies a raised platform or dais. At liic hack iq a deep niche, and in front a broad clrcl,. 11po1l wl~icll lie? the g :wl wlit.11 the body is in session. In~mr(li-ately bclonv, 011 citlrrr sitlc, are the scats of the S q c ult-at- Arms r., and Doorbeeper 1. At the dcqk in frolit, corn- mcncinq on the l., are tlic srats of the Secretary of 11111 Pcnatc, Lc$~lath e Clerk, Cl~icf Clerk, and BIinntt. Clerk, in flic ordel g i ~ c n . 'llic In o smts on the floor in front awl at cilllerci~d arc for the oficinl rcporterq. These clesl,s are of mahogany, in h c c p i ~ ~ q nit11 the rcx.t of the furniture of the IIa11.

The,lloor is miwl a b o ~ ~ t 3 in. for cach rccedinq scmi-circle of clesl,s, nntl ic. picrcwl by numerous donble centzlato~r , reg. nlatctl nit11 i11r. ftW, mlcler cac11 Senator's desk. Thev !en- tilatorc arc fetl from nu air-cl~ninber or resrrloir bcne:~lh the floor, alltl snpplietl by falls and steam-coils in the b.:~cm~nt nit11 ~i~olqtrnt~tl air tcmpcwxl from GSO to 70' winter, and f~om So to l o3below the o~it-ide air in summer, a i d req~~I.~Iod by thelmomctc~s an11 hygrometers in d i f l e ~ n t parts of the chnmhcr ; tl~eqc are cvnrninecl at regular and bricf iilt~r\als by the diief of thv vcutilating department. The contam- i~iatccl air pasws tl~rongl~ the trellis work of the ontc,r range of p:lncls iu the ceiling and tlironqli spaces provitled in the cent~v~x~ncls.A cnrrent of air from the ventilators bclow to llloqh : L ~ O V C is consta1itly passing through the Cl~amber. (See Ventilating Department.)

The ceilinq is :L qple~~clidspecimen of taste and sbill. It consiits of inlmensc cast-iron girders and transverse piwee, forming deep pmcls, 2 1 of which arc glnzcil, each with a xntre-piece qymbolic of the Union, the Army, and Xavy, Proqms, and the RIedianical Arts. In atltlition to t!lese, there is an outer row of 21 panels, with trellised cclitrc for ventilation, and or~tsitlo of all a row of deep caisson5 and circleq, with a star in each. The cntire frame resti on a heavy irou cornier. The iron work thro~iqhont is bronz~d, with gilt decorations. The walls are richly paintetl, those supporting the gnlleries being laid off in panels. Thc walls backof the galleries are pierced by doors on each sitlc. The doors are of bird's-eye maple, elaborately iinished with fdi-

Dl.\l~lLAX OF SENATS CI l .k3I l~T 'X

V. P. Vice President. S. Secretary. I.. C . I.cgisl.~tivc Clerl;. C . C. Ch ic i Clerk. M. C. Miliutc Clerk. P. Scrgcant-at-Arms. U. I joorkcepcr. R . Repoitcrs

S E N A T O R S . I IV. G. Brownlow, T e n n . 38 W'. 'T.Hamilton, hld. z J. J. Ingalls, Kan. 39 M. D. llavis, W. Va. 3 P. 'I'. Frclinphoysen, N. J. 40 J. F. I,cw;s, Va. 4 Simon Cameron, I'cnn. 41. .1 . LI. Go1 don. Ga. 5 J. S. M o r ~ l l l , V t . 43 C . I<.I lcnnis, Md. 6 11. U. Anthony , R. I. 43 22. 9. I l c i r i m a n , N. C. 7 G. F. Edmunils, Vt. 44Y J . R. \Vest, La. 45 11. R. I'rase, Miss. g W. A. Uuckinghnm, Conn , 46 J. M.Harvcy, Kan.

13 0. P. Morton, lnrl. 4: I<. J. Oglcsby, Ill. n L. hl. Rlorrill, Me. 4S J. H. hli tcheil , Orcgon. 1% J. W. F lanagan , ?'ex. 49 n. Wadlc igh , N. H. 11 I>. C l a v t o ~ ~ . Ark. 50 11. I). 1':~. t t , Irrd.

51 A. Rarnsry, .Minn. i j 1'. ',V ~ i t c h c o ' c k ,Kcb. 5 2 2. Cli;indlcr, Mich. 16 '1'. J . Robertson, S. C, ( 3 J. P. J ~ n c s , Ncv. 17 J . J . Pattcrso:l, 5. C. 54 hl. C. Hamilton, T c m s . IS 14. IV. Ransom. K. C . 5 5 O. S. Jicrry, Conn. 4 2, B. Conover, Fla. t6 ,I . A . 1.0eni1. I l l . . %. ,20 S. W. Dorscv. Ark. 57 R . l i . I'cliton, N. Y. 21 J. 5. ~ a p r , . C a l . 5S I\. H. Cragin, N. H. 2%T. \V.l ' lpton, Neb. 59 h?. R Carpcn:el, Wis . 21 IV. B. Allison, Iowa. 60 \V . M. btcwart , Kev. 24 G. G . W rieht, Iowa. 61 G . li. Spcnccr, Ala. 25 '1'. W. Fcr ry Mich. 0 3 J. V?. S~CYCIISOII ,Ky. 26 W. Windom: Minli. (13 11.G. l ' hu r rnaa , Ohio . 27 Carl Schurz Mo. 64 '1.C . McCrccry , Ky. 28 G. S. ~ a u t w E ! i Mass 0 5 1.. F. Bayard, I)cl. 29 '1'. 0. Havie, &is. 66 H. Cooper, l ' cnn . 30 H. Harnlin M c . 67 J . P. Stockton, N . J. ? I R. ~ o n k l i ; ~ ,3': Y. 68 1.'. Saulshuty, Ucl. 12 J o h n Scott P c n n . 69 '1'. 11.Norwood, Ga. ;; John bhcr i l an , Ohio. 70 J. W. Johnson, Va. 14 i V . Spraguc, I<. 1. 71 J. K Kclley, Orcgon. 3 5 A. Gilbert Fla. 72 L. V. Hogy, Mo. 36 1. I,. .\lco;n, Miss. 7; G. Golilt!~waiie, Ala , 17 A. A. Sargcnt, Cal.


ated bronze ornaments. Niches for statuary arc also sullk in the malls. The iron work was done by Janes, Beebe & co,

The hall by clay is lidlted through the paneled wiling by means of the skylight% the roof. At night illaun~er:~b]~ jets ranged above the ceiling around the glass panels, and snpplieil with gas and ignited by electricity, diffuse a soit light throughout the Chamber.

The public are permitted on the floor of the Chamber wlpn the Senate is not in session. The r e ~ ~ l a r hour of meeting of the Senate durinq the session is 12 noon every day ex. cppt Sunday, and ailjo~n-ns on its own motion : holiday and night sessions arc ordered by the Senate. During the ses. sion the following persons only are by law entitled to the p'"i1ep.s of the ioor of tiie Senate :OAicers of the srn8o; -Lcmbers of the Louse of Ikprescntatires and their c l r d ~ ; President of the U. S. and private secretary; heads of de. partlnents; Ministers of the U. S. and Foreign Rllniatei-3; ex-presidents and ex-Vice Presidents of the U. S. ; rx-Sen-atom and Scnators elect; Judges of the Supreme Court of tllc U. S. ; Governors of States and Territories; General of the Army; Admiral of the Navy; lfcrnbers of National Legislatures of foreign countries; private secretaries of Sen- ators, appointed in writing; and Librarian of Corlgress.

39. Oloak Rooms,-Beneath the E., W., and S. galleries arc cloak rooms for the exclusive use of Senators.

40, Marble Room,-From the lobby pass through a small paqsagc or vestibule into the Marble or Senate Retiring Room. This elegant apnrtrnent is 38 ft. long, 214 ft. wide, and 194ft. hich. 'l'he ceilinrr rests nnon 4 Corinthian columns of Italian 1 r n h l c . ant1 con&ts of missire i~olished bloclis of white mar- I ble, f o r h q dcrp panels. Thc 16~11s throughout are of l~ighly. polished Tennessee marble. In the panels of the walls are 1:trgc plate-glass mirrors. Those at the ends prodwe a striking ;eftbet. I n the R. and W. walls are niches. Two of these ,Icoutziin hrads of Iutlian chiefs, exccuted in marble. The floorsI are of rncm~stir tiles. The room is bandsomelv furnisheil. I and, without question, is the finest apartment of the kind in the world. In the E. vestibule is n small bronze bust of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, 1861-1865, prcscntcbd by Albert Dc Groot, of Now York. 111the 1. niche, a t the W. end of the room, is a bust of J. J. Crittendea, for-merly :L Senator of the United States from Kentucky, executed in marble by J . T. Hart, 1849. In the W. vestibule is a s m d

I urn of rhaste pattern. I

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41. President's Room.-~eavin~ the lobby by the W. (loor, the r. is the President's Room, asiignt~tl to the nsc of the

president of thc finitetl St:~tcs on his visits to the C:~pitol. Thisroolll is rarcly uied cuccplo~l the l :~>t tlayh of the session of Congrc'hs, when the l'rdclent, with his sccrclarier anil Cabiuet miniitcrc, sswnble thcrc to csprditc the hrlsiness of legi.latio~l, the Preiitlcnt signiug sac11 bill3 passctl by the Sellate aufl Iloasc of IZep~esentatives as meet his approv:il.

The 1vx119 and ceiling of this room are richly and appropri- ately dccoratcd. On the S. wall, nnder the arch of the ceiling, is a portrait of Wa~hiuyton-2 copy from l~r~nhran i l t Pealc's-I\ it11:L reclining female figure on citlier side : t11:tt on the r. reprcienti~lg Victory, who holds n shield, bvaring the inscription, IJoston, Trenton, l'rinccton. Monrnonth, and Yorhto%vn. Tilt figure on the 1. Peace, with a l :u~r~ lnrea th . O n the four walls arc mcd:~lliou portraits of Washington's first Cabinet : S., Thomas Jcfh-son, Seeret:try of State; E.,

I IIenry Knos, Secretary of War, ant1 Alesander IIamilton, Secretary of tlw Treasury; W., Edm~ultlRantlolpl~, Attornry

' Gencml, and S. Oqgood, Postmaster Gcnernl. 1Jntlcr the * cornice arc a nunbcr of small copper-colored tnedallio~~s, rep-- rcscnting the coat3 of arms of the States. The rest of the

nalls arc artistically drcor:tted in arabesques. Overhead are fonr corner-pieces in fresco : t l ~ e first of Columbuq, mith a [lobe and early instruments of navigation, representing Dis- 1s

cowry; lilieness from a portrait in Mexico. Diagonally oppo- ~ite ,Americus Vespucci~rs, nith charts and tclescopc, Explo-

11 ration, from a painting in Florence. William Brcwster, with anopcn B'iblc, rcpresenti~~gReligio~?; and cliagoually opposite, ,

t, Benjamin Franklin, with manuscript, and printing-press, or , History. Four medallion pieces bctmeen these represent . Religion, Liberty, Leqislation, and Executive. The modal-

11011 from 11-Ilk11 the chandrlicr is suependecl is cnricircd with y-re threeinfant figr~ree, wpporting an American flag. The ceilings

arc furthcrembcllished. Theentire decoration is by Brumidi. ,g Tllp room is t l i ~ most richly decorated in the United States.

3r9 The floors arc beautifully tiled. There arc three lnrqe mir- :d, 'OM in the walls. I n winter the room is richly carpeted anti in f~~rnibhccl.

42, Senate Oommittee on Manufactures. ,65, :he+ 43, Closets. tor. (bed 44, Senate Oommittee on Appropriations,-17inted walls.ndl

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CAPITOL INTERIOR.

45, Elevator,-At the cntl of thc comidor from the lobby is :I scrclv e l e a a t o ~ ,be:mtifr~lly tlcsignetl a~ i t l lns~~riorrsly fllr-lli~llc~(l, It 1.IlIlS f1'0111 t11(! l1:1~c111~~~t for t l ~ o 11sc of SCII:L~O~.S. to t,11(1 corritlors of tile :ltliC story, nlltl is iittcd 1111 iloublt: c11gi11e : cost 810,000.

51, Western Grand Staircase.-(:o1istr11(~tct10•’whitc ~ l ~ a r b ] ~ , Tlw tlciiqn is the snrnc as thc E. out, :11:c:itly tl(wribc11, alltl lrails di;cctly to t!ic gciitlt~mtm's m t l reporters' g:rllerics. The vicm of Ll~is stairc,lw, looliilig rrl~w:~rcls fronl l l ~ c first l a i~ t l i t~g to t : ~ e b a i ~ l ~ t ' l i t , of tho sttllis Ic:~ti i~~(r is H I I ~ I ~ C I I I I ~ ~ ~ be:lrltif111. 'Ylic l ~ i ~ l ~ l y - ~ ~ o l i ~ l ~ t ~ t l n-Ititc-~n:trblc liloi:liit~gs, 1211-

t a l~ lu t~ i r t~ i , b:l l~~>tr:~tl t '~, will^ t livir I ' s ~ I ~ ~ s -~ t e y , :111(1 CO~III~II IS , wpitals, of tllc snlire m:~tc'~'i:rl, itcly-w~wiigl~t strilx tltc cyc

with t l ~ c m:~~~iilicc~nc(: autl csccn- of it;: arc11itectr1r:ll ~l{~sign tio11. 'l'l~o light tl~rowii ill from abow xtltls to 1111: c:iarm of t,lic sccl~u 11-I-liicli groots t11i: \.i.sioii. 7'1ic sornbrc I I IX of tlic T Il e u ~ ~ w s c crnarblt: cmi!loyctl iri tho E. st:~irc:w:, t1ic11igli prt-

:I, richer : I ~ ) ~ ~ ; I ~ . : L I I ( : ( ' ,d o i ~:lot csl!i.cti;~ly Ijri!~!,~ s e ~ i t i ~ ~ g ant tho bixntics of norl;~nn~idiip 1)c'stoncd n1:on tl~cuc ht~ikiilg feat11rc.s of tlrc iutt:rior fittirq of t l ~ : C:ipilol E:;tt:~~~io~is.

Op1iositn t l ~ c foot of 1.!11: rt:Liiww, ill :I ~~ ic l i e ,on tirc main floor, i.; tlic: st:~tuc of .TOI'LILlfnncocl;, PresitlrnL of tiics Conti- neutal Co~igrcss IT-11icli signc>tl a ~ l t l l~romnlgalctl tiic 1)cclai'n-

1776. 'I'lrt: rtatllc is semi-l~cw~ir;tioil of l~lili~pc~iileiict~, ese-cutctl ill lS(i0, in m:rrblt~, I)p Ilor:~tio Sto11c ; cost E.i,.ii)O.

of t l ~ : first liiglit of s t ~ p At t l ~ c 11c:~l ag:lil!ht t l ! ~ , K. nall is t l l ~ Sto~i,litlyqf' C l ~ r p ~ ~ l f c y ~ ~ : c ,Ily \V:ilkci., S.Y. Oi'ilcrcd ill 1800,cost $(;,OOO. 'l'liis 1minti11g XIS originally i~~t,'ndcd for tho roo111 of thc Conlrnittee 011 1Iilit:lry A1i'kii.s. I t rep-resent.: the storrnillg of tlic ca4lt. of CI~:l ldtc~pee, S1'1)t.13, 18.17, by tht: Anieric:~n :limy, 1i11tlt.i. 61.11.Scott. 'I'lre ca?tlc, on(? of the tlefciiics of t l ~ :city of -iI(~sico, ciov;nc:l :!11 cmi-nciice !)OO ft,. I1ig11, mi(1 \\-as 1:~lic11 by m w n s of ml i~i~: -~:~(~- ders. 'PIE part icnhr ~norucnt of t,l~c: couflict i; t111.c m - I I ~ -tion brtmcen Gcil. Q r ~ i t ~ n a n sevcr:ll of tlw o1tic:'tx of tile: ~ ~ l i l ailrancc diyisio~~. '1'1~: batteries :lt the: foot of tlit: 11iil acre talirn, and the approncli to t l ~ : i:i$ Open. city by tlie :~qr~t~ilnc!, Tlic hill-bide is alrently occngietl by t l ~ e Ut~i tcd St:~ii? ~illcs. Gcn. Qrdtmnn, moulltcttl, nlq~c~ars on tlic 1. of tlic painting. Gen. Shields is without his cwt , nilil~voimtlcil. IVc,:~r:lt Iinlld

arc I,ic:uts. Wilcox'aud T O ~ ~ - ~ I . S , of t11c Cllgill(:?~~. OIL ill^ 1. stands a section of L)rum's battcrv. 111t l ~ crcnr, ail\-ailci%

to'tlic support of Casey's troops, are the Pennsylvnnia, New yorli, a~lcl Sonth Caroliil:~ ~ o l ~ u i l c t ~ s , be:lrillg tl~c'ir State colors, ant1 commantlctl by Gcnry, B:~xtcl., a~l t l Glntltl1~11. Sicontcl~ca, tile Xx&xn commauclcr, is Killed. Gcn. Per- siforF. Smith, mith the rifles, coil front,^ the c~icrny's brcart- sorks, a i d points to the retreating Mexicans, who are flceing by the aqueduct. The artist mas pursuiug his profession in Uelexico when the war broke out, but escnpeil ro thc Anieric:ln lines, and joined tltc army as ,211 intergretc~r.

52, South Door of Rotunda, IcatIinq to tllo i\rationat Xtutx-ary flu11 and Xouse o f Repvesei~tatiws.I &ncntt:tl mith the l&f of tho coko11 plant, insteatl of tile :anthns. l'lte i lomr of t l ~ e cotton plant also ciiriclic~s the intre of the caisso~ia. This vcstibi~lo correspontls wit11 tltnt n the N. side. The door on the. I. loatls to the bctscment a i ~ w s e ,(19,) very beantifol in tlcsign.

54 and 55. Document Rooms, IIonw of Ttcprc~entntivcq.-'hcsc arcx for the supply of bill? : w l ilocuincntq for the cur- eltt supply of mcmbrri of t l ~ c IIorlsc.

66, Stationery Room of the PIonse of Rcpresentntives.

57, House Committee on Banking and Currency,--When 11 Reprcrelitativcs occopicil the old Ikrll, now tlw 1I;111 of:d Ststunry, this room mas set aywt fov tho usc of tlic Spcxnlter. :o It m:w to this rooin that ,Jol~n Ql~it~cy Atlam3 m:Ls co!lrcyetl P- aftcr Ilo fell at his sent in tho i I o ~ ~ i c , 1"brnary 23, 1S1S, and3, it nas lrcrc that IIC dietl, t.n70 d:~ys :~fter. LC,

ni-h n -iic

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34 UAPITOL INTERIOR. I

the opposite panel is :r life-size lmtrait of I1en1.y C l a ~ ~ ,by Joll11 Neaqle, 1843, SXJO, a i ~ dportraits of Chndes ~ a & l l if ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ l l t o l i ,by Chester lI:ndi~ig; one of Gunnir~gll.'ec{ford, a l l lc~l~ber Convcutio~~of the <:o~~st,itkit~io~ial fro111 D~~lan.ar~, prcac~itecl; one of J o h a I:. G i d d i ~ ~ g s ,by JIiss lt:mso~~~. $1,000; and a mosaic of dbmlinm Li?zc.olt~,by S:~lvi:~ti,of Vcuicc,, a manufacturer. ,iborrt 4 ft. from t,lic base of the colr~rrln,011 the \V. sitle of tilP 1)ni;rilge l~'3dillg ti11011gl1 the prostylo to the 1Ionsc of Tbel~rt:sc~~tati~.(,s, I)c sccn avery11i:a~' striking rt:prese~~tation, in nature, of the upper portions of a 1luna11 face.

At times works of art are place(1 in this hall on esliihition Tl l i is, howcver, without the a~thori t~y of Congress.

I t is proposecl also to fit L I ~this IIall with upper and lo~5.e~ gallorios, wit11 1)a.nels and niches, the forlner to be occupied by 11,ortraits of Speakers of the &11se of llepresentntives.

TVlien the llall was occqitxl by the II~IIX:, the Spenlier's chair stood oil thc S. side, npo~i an opcn rostrnm ahont four fect above the floor, enclosed by :L b r o ~ ~ z c Richbal~lst~~.:~cIe. crimson cnrtains fell in clcgmlt foltls from the cal)itnls of the colrrrn~ls, and wc?ro scp:rmtcd so as to form lnsnrioni (Ira-ceries as a backgrormtl to the chair and rostrum. Eelow nnd in front of the SpeaBer's rostrum stood the Clerk's dcali, raiscd on a varieg:rtetl soclo. Upon this stood a rich mnliog. any table, with (lamasic silk curt:~ins. Tl~is p1:ttform vas reached by steps on either sick. Betmeell the coltunns were sofas anil accommoilations for twenty reporters,

'L'llc members' cleslis, of mill~ogany, wit11 arm chairs, mere arr:tngeil in concentric circles, the aisles forming radii froln the ccntre. Thc IIall was arranged for 233 members. In the rwr of the outer row of dcslts 71-8s a bronzed iron milingwith curtains, constituting the bar of tile House. Outsitle of this was the lobby. 'l'he panels oil either sidc of the ladies' gal-lery contained full-length portraits of Washington by Van- dcrlyn, and Lafagette by Ary ScilcfYcr, a present from the rlistinguisl~ccl Fre~lcliman upon his last visit to the Uliited state^. These arc now in the Housc of Represenkatives, U~itlcr these wcre copies of the Declaration of l~ldept:ntl(:~ice, in frames emblematically ornamcntcd. At night the 1Iull mas lidltcd by "solar gas" from a chandelier a t thc apex of the (lolne. This Hall was occ~ipicil by Congress for 32 years. Daring the first days of the llebcllion, 1861-'6.5, troops mrc quartered i11 it. In 1SG2 it was used as a 11ospit:~lfor the sick and wounilcd of the army ; nix1 in 18G4, by act of Conpesesi, mas set apart for its present appropriate purpose.

5% Oorridor, connecting the S, wing of the centre or old

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PRINCIPAL STORY. 37 hidding with the S. Extension, occupied by the IIouqr of ~~pesentatives. This is the same as No. 22. Opposite is the main door to the floor of the House of Representatives.

SOUTH, OR HOUSE EXTENSION. I This portion of the bnildilig ~orrwpo~lils, in its general fca-

tnres, with tllc Smate Estciision, thc larger size of the Ilall of Rcpresentativcs cnnsillg simply a ~~arrowing of the outer corridors.

60,Northern (rorridor, beautifully clesigned,~es~,ccially tho ceiling, which is diversified with lunettcs and circular and groined arches.

61. Eastern corridor, lending to tlie Eastern Grand Stair- case ant1 House Lobby. At the S. c>ncl of this corritlor ij the office of the Goveruuient telegraph, cor~neetetl, by

I mesas of mires uilclcr the building, with the officc imd 8~113-terraileal1 cable in the N. Esteiisiori. (See KO. 23.)

62. Western corridor, leading to the Western Grand btair- case and the offices aud Lobby of the House.

63. House Committee on Military Affairs.--11ere is a series of t ~ npaintbgs, executeit in 1870-'71, by Lieutenant Coloucl Seth Eastman, United States Army, rcprcscl~ting Fort lGzoz, 31niiie; Fort Trumb~cll, Couneeticut ; Forts Tompkins n d Wadsmorth, Kern York; Fort Lnfuyette, New York; the I'nited States ilfilitar?~ Academy, Weat Point, New Yurk; Fort Uclawa~e, Delaware; $'oh Snelliizg, Minnesota; and Fort Suwiter before and after the war. and the interior nftor the bombardment. The artist mas retired fro~?l active duty in the army in 1863, after thirty-one years' servlce. Tliere is also a fine photograp11 of Jo7m Kitts, 108 years old, tlie lait ~oldier of the revolation, presented by himself to the House of Eepresentativcs as an evidence of his appreciation of their hi~idliess and liberality. A case of improved breec7cZoading arm used in the army stallds against the west wall.

64,Eastern Grand Staircase, leading to the galleries. (For their division, see Plan qf ATTIC STORY, NOS. 50 to 55. ) The staircase is of Ter~nessce marble, bronze capitals aud nhite marble steps, and in every particular of design, mea- surement, and execution similar to that in the same 110sitioll ill the Senate Exten~ion. I n the niche at the foot is the su- perb Statue of J~ferson, by l'owers, 1863; cost $10,000, exe-Wed in Italy. The lineaments of the face and hands are


crtremely beautiful, and !levclop in every particular the toacll of genlns. Against the E. TI-all, over the first bndilJq, i, all ~ p e s t r i a r ~Portrait qf G e m d rS'cott, by Troye :not tile lropcrly of the Governmeut, llowevcr. I t w:~s originally or. clpl(~cl by the Virginia Lcgishture, but thc rebellion broke out bcfore it was delivcrcd.

66, Vestibule,-This beantiful vestibule coi14ste, of S fluted ~o1~111lnsin co~iples, two on either side. The capitala arc c.nricl~ccl wit11 leaves of acnuthoq, tobacco, and corn. Thc ceilil~gsarc paneled, and thc T K E ~ ~ Stinted and broke11 by 8 niclm, with Tennessee marble bases.

67, House Committee on Ways and Neans.-A fine apart- ruent, richly clecorntcd in the renaissance style, diverbified with American shieltls, foliage, birds, and fruits.

68, House Committee on Appropriationx,-~ooln deco-rated and paneled in clictcmper :mil encaustic by Btriehj, 1S7G. The frait pieces and rc~preseritation of moulding ala psrticulady well exccutetl. The door near by lrads to a ~.estihulcwhich opens into the IIouse Lobby. The bronze stai~case(33) is the same as those adjacent to the Senate Lobby.

69, Reporters of Debates.- his room was originally used as the Members' Reception Room. The walls arc tinted, and the groined arches overhead are decorated i11 arabesque in fresco.

70. Lobby of the House of Representatives.-'rhe lobby, Fhicli may br cnttxcl in company with a member during the wssioas of the IIouse, has :in iron-paneled ceiling, highly enriched in oil, the decoration being that in voque during tlle 13th century. 011the r. are doors opening iuto the EIaLI.

39 PRINCIPAL STORY.


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AIJI'HAI~ETICAL LIST O F IZEL'RESENTATIVES.

Enst (Democratic) Side.

For West Side see next page.

icomrnodates the tr&-work connectinfthe frame of the with the roof, in order to secure ii~crcascd strcnqth.

Indicle the panels arc gac, jets, numbering about 1,500, lighted bv electricity, and which, during night swsions, & t l a mcl-low light upon the Hall hcneath. The Hall is heated and

by the same means as devised for thc Senate. During a recess or adjounlmcnt of the Home viritors e m

enter upon the floor. If thr other doors shoulcl be fonnd closed, one of those in the lobby is geilerally open. 7Vhen tile body is in session, the rnles allow the l)~iv~lcqc$ of the floor to the following persons : Srnators ; their Secrc,tc~ry; Judge,of the Supreme Court; F o r c i p N i n i h r s ; Jntlgci. of tile Cow t of Claims; Governors of States ;heads of tlcpart- nlents ; Secretary of the Sellate ; President's pii\ ate iecrc- taly; Sciiators a i d Rcprcwntntivci clcct, :mcl such gcrsons as h,tw by nanx received the thanks of Congress, and ex- membrrs not interested in any claims before Congress and

1 wl~o shall so register tlmnselves.

I 72. Hall Library, for the use of nlembors in debate.

1 73 and 74. Cloak Booms.

1 75. Key and Store-Room.

I 76, Sergeant-at-Arms,-In this room the)Hace, or insignia of authority of thc House of Representatives, is kept when the IIouse is not in session.

77, Speaker's Room,--This room is set apart for the use of the Speakcr of the House of llepresentatives. I t is finished in 0 1 . The pilasters, cornice, and ceiling are of iron, en- riclietl with gilt. I n the centre panel, overhead, is a massive representation of a cluster of acorus. On the wdls are en- gravi~igs or pliotograpl~s of the Speakers of the ZIouse of l~cpresentativessince the first organi~ation of the body. The mirrors, hangings of the curtains, and furniture are all in keeping.

-78, House Clommittee on Post Offices and Post Roads.

'79,Closets,

80 to 83. Offices of the House of Representatives.-80, Cici-1; of the IIousc; SI, Chief Clerk; 82, Engrossing ~ l l d Ellrolling Clerks ; 83, File Rooni.


84, Western Grand Staircase.-This staircase is the same in and constrilction as that on the E. At tlic foot is the head of Bee-she-lee, The BuRalo, a Gliippewa warrior from the sources of tlie Mississippi, from nature by F. Tin. cellti, 1Sj4; copiecl in bronze by Joseph Lasealle, 1858. Op.posit?, over the first lanclblg, is Westward 110,a chroma-silica,by Emanuel Leutze, 1862, $20,000. The best ~ i e w is from tile balr~strade at the top of the staireace. The painting rep. resents an emipaiit train erossingtl~e ILocky 31011ntairis. The figures arc esccllent, and the facc of natnrc in those high 21-tit~tdesis faithfully portr:~ycd. A gnide to tllcisc wild regions lea& the may. Tile faceq of the travel-worn cmiqrants heam \vitli hope. In the distant valley in the rear is an emigrant camp. The snow-clad peal& and ruggcd rocks all appesr in their wild sublimity. Above arc the words "Westward the Course of Empire takes it way," and below is tlie "Golden Gate," the mtrancc to the harbor of Sail F~ranciseo. The entire picture is surrcrintlecl by an appropriate border. In that on the W. is a portrait of Daniel Boone, and below the words-

" T h e sp~rit krows with its allotted space, The mind 1s nnrrowed In a narrow spherc."

Opposite is a portrait of Capt. William Clarke, ancl beneath the words-

"No pent-up Ulica contracts our powcrs, But tho whole boundless continent is ours."

The view of the G o l d c ~ ~ Gate was painted as an act of fiie~~tlcliipby Albcrt Bierstadt, he being more familiar with thc subject than Xr. Leutze.

85, 86, Committee on Naval Affairs,-~oonl without decoration.

The floors of both extensions are paved with encaustic tiles laid in beautifnl yatterns.

ATTIC STORY.

1 and 2, store-rooms of the Library of the United States

CENTRAL BUILDIXG-NORTH WING.

3. Steps to the Dome and Electrician's Rooms.-~scendini the steps from No. 11 on the principal floor, the door in fron'

PLAN OF ATTIC STORY. (Far rekreuoos, sea pnges 44 to 5%)

4. Electric-Battery Room.--This domicd apart,ment resk 011 tlic tlornr of thc Creek vcstib~~lc, and contains 120 cells of Smee's battery, nhich s~rpply the electricity for Izyhtinil tihe j!lonze a114 Bull of' the Ilcliise o f lteprese?~tatives. Tllcre in alqo a 1,ockwood Lattery of 38 jars for the use of the ojicial telegraph.

5. Electrician's Office, reached across No. 4. Here Will be fo~ulda ~lunib(,rof working moclels of electric-lighting a p p m h . 'Che :~tteuclarit in charge will rnalce the necessary ex- pl:ru:rtiot~. If tlcsirccl, visitors will be atforcled an elcctric slrock. 'I'he ligl~tit~g of the varions portions of the Capitol br this mc:~ns n-as introihzccd iu 1863. The gas is snpplicti from t11e city. T l ~ eindicator, keys, und in.strz[ments for lipl~titig the I)on~e may he scen 011t l ~ cW. eitlc of the passay, $I1511. cilml Story, and for tl1e IIall of tlic liepresentatives in the v n l l at tltt: KW. corner of tlic cloal<-room on the E. of tlieS. door to t l ~ c floor of thc 1I:~ll. Tlic introdaction of t l~csalile irnl~rowtl :l~ril coilve~iie~lt mcthotl of ligl~ting illto tllc re- m a i n i ~ y l~ortiom of the 1111ilcling is conte~nplnted, and will be specilily put in csecr~tion.

6, 7, and 8. Library of the Senate, (reached from 21 Princi-pal Story, opm eee73 duif.) 'Yl~ist:n~braccs:I. coll~ctionof ofi-cinl doc~rrntws print,eil by ortlcr of citllor 1Io11se of Cwgress. tlic jot~vn:~ls, ilebntcr, : n d proceetliiigs of each ; stat:h7s; U. S.~111)~~111(: 0f Rf-C'011l.t l.i'pol.t!:; liL\V book$; speci:xl ~1'0l'h~ erellcc: r~I:rti t~g to Icgi-1:ltioti; ancl files of newsl~:~pcri. The lib~xry oi.c~~l)ic~s lofls, ant1 in the ag::grc,g::;~tc the ailjt~ecl~t com-p ~ k ?23,000 vols. Tt is dcsigrlcd for the cxclusi\.c utc of Smators. From it the Senate comtriittee libraries are P L I ~ plic (1.

NOETII OR SENATE EXTENSIOS.

9, 10, 11,12, and 13. Senate Document Room, reached from I(; Attic Story, contain.: files and extra c o p k of all bill-, I:LTY**,rcpolts, ant1 other of~icial c~ocuments p~inted by or(lcxrof ('ongrcss, or eitl~er branch, and for the curre~lt Sup. ply of Senators.

I ATTIC STORY. 47

,;pl,Sfor!/. From t l ~ 011 t,lli.i story thc best b : ~ l ~ ~ ; t l x l ~ +TY of the paint illg of Pei.iy'.s T'icioiy Inny lx; 11:lil.

15, Ladies' Gall~rg,--For dcscl~ipiio~~ of Chrrmber ,.ee ATo.38 ~ ~ i ~ i c i p t ~ lStory; /)t'(rqram ?f Sextstoix' Deslis, page 20 ; List ofSe;iutors, ptlqc 2:.

15, 8outbern Corridor, c o i l l ~ ~ ~ i - ; 1 1 ~ : Eustern ant1 TPre,stern Col,iitlr,rs ct is b~?:l~ltih~!ly Llirc~! c i ~ ~ i t m l i1:%i!ylv:l, ~I:LV~:I;;

L~vo o111('r ( ~ ~ I Y ! I I ~ : ~ I , wit11 el:~lx)r:~t,i~ p i1~ ; t I : I I I (~ :LR.!IIY, folia-tiull, siliisl(l~, ix::lw, :L:I(~ ~ l ( w r x t i o ~ ~ solI~( , i (~11111h11:~tii; in ptacco.

?f Sentrfo~s. For descr(~- 17. Reserved G-allery~for,firiizilic.r lioli of Cirninlie~ scc Are. :iS l'rinci ~ n l Siory; nia,q~wno jI ' .;of ,~e;info~s'lhslis.pt~{/e29 ; List ? i'ic;rntot 5. p a g ~ 2 9 .

18, Eeserved Gallery ,for the ni~domtxiic Coqis. For t7e- soipfioil l ! i ' Cititmlie~.we IV,.:ISl'i.incil,trl Stor!/; Iliaymm oJ Se~mto~~s' page 2!).Jie:;l,:s, pcqe 20 ; List oJ S e ~ ~ c h m ,

19. Gentlemen's Galleries,--E'or rlercri71tion of Clinmber sec ,b.:IS I'riiicrpnl Sto~tl; I)irryrctiiz of' Senr~toro' Desks, page 29; I,crt qf Stnutors, pag? 20.

20. Press Reporters' Gallery, TI it11 tleuks for about 40, and sent.; for n i m:nIy mol'c rcprcwntnti~cs of tlw l m + .

21, Ladies' Gallery,-POT tlcscription qf C7iczm her see ATo. RS l'riiicip!~l Stay; Diagram oJ Xeizatoi-s' lleslis, pnge 29 ; List

23, Hall.-Ovcr~~cad is x broad circ~llnr arch, pierceil in the ccntii: 1 ) ~ -:Lstnii~ccl-glass r lq l ig l~t , and eul~icl~ccl with frllits, flonclu, : L I I ~ pa i l i s ill stucco. 'rhc 11-a11s :1rc ti~itctl, :~licl in

:LIT stlicco e~lrich~licnti: sl~icl~ls,tlw l)il:~4i>ri of A m ~ r i c : ~ u and emb1enl:lt ic rc~preseatatiolis of mccllauics, commerce, fisher- ies, uitl plclity.

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24, Ante-Room,-Exrlzcsiuel?j J or ladies, and opens into Ladces' Gallery a~itl Retiriqq Loom. The ceiling is beauti-

fully elnbc~liished. 111thr centre i, afine circular xrcli, fl;mlie(l 011 tilt. S. :ml S. by barrel :irchcs. The decorations collsist concpic~rio~~clyof fom' infallt figures in s~uCCO, oue carrying the f.lqces, mothcr nn Amc'ric:m flag, another flowers, and auotllcy :L 11ow ant1 arrow. I n thc K. arch is a elicrnb seated on a c l o ~ ~ , with star 01 c~rllentl, emblematic of peace. On the S. is a. iilnilar figure with sl~ic>lci auil garland, relxcsenting mar xu11 victory. The wall< arc pauelcd a~ltl tinted with a stucco tlocoration of arabcsqnes, wit11 introdwtioas of Amep ican cIliclcI and caglw. At the. N. end of the room is an ex. cellently c:lrved TI liite marble mantel.

25. Senate Committee on Private Land cIaims,-KO special decoration.

26, Senate Uommittee on Claims,-This is a finc large apalt. ment, 1)rlt is without tlccoration.

27, Senate Committee on Contingent Expenses,-NO decoration.

28, Eastern Corridor.--~rnds to the Committee Rooms, La. dies' Gallcries and 22etiring Room, the E. Grand Staircaseand the S. Cowidor.

29 and 30.senate Committee on Printing.-NO dccoration,

31. Western Corridor.--~,cwk to the Committee I h n s and Gentlemen's and Reporters' Galleries. t,he W. Grand Stuircase, and 8. Corridor. 'J'he cciliilg is conlposed of nu iutrie:~tc and interestirlg conlbination of groilicd arches and lunettes. The ceilings, walls, and pilasters arc tinted.

32, Western Grand Staircase,-For descr@tioi~ see 51 PrincQ7al Stor?j. From the l):llr~~tmilc on this floor the best view of the painting of the Stormin,q of Cicepultepec may he had.

33 and 34. Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.--111 this room are the plaster rnocZeZs of the Craw-ford bronze doors.

35. To the Illuminating Loft,

36, Senate (Tommittee on Transportation,-Entered througl~37.

I 37. Senate Committee on Padic Plailroad~.-~~~illtpI .i\-all?, n iillont tlcc'or.ltio11.

38, Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections -ro.-S,y~~\ of i l ~ t ~ ~ r o ~ t .~ l o t l ~ i u q

i 43. so. 4:: 2 i 1 1 t I ( ; ( , I I~~C, I I IP I I . : : Gal-Ante Rcom opc:uiir,q illto ierics.

I 46. of so:~tl!i-- i :wlGtore Room IJoris:: I,ii)l.:lry. 'l'i~c rool?~ for tllc. :-:illI(: i,""~")'?.

47, Eastern Grand Staircase,-i+~i. tlcsc.i.iptio71sc a (iil'n'ir-1 l o . ' 1 '11~1 w l \ i i , j , , - of i,li(x p:ri;rti:rg of (~'t'ittrcciS;.olt

0 1 1 Illis Iloor. 'YIII, :i~i,j:~e;t'ilL I $ ~ I Y ) I I ~111ia 1):~111.~~~:!el(: t :o i . , , i~ /~? liwl.: to r l~o~ G r t i ~ e r i c u i i ~ l I~rt i ics ' 1fc-Cw~.iiIor, Gul l~ i~ ics , t i r i i q 1/00171.~.

49. Library of the House of Repre~entatives.-~rili~i, ,,,-ill;: N\~ol. t , l~c~l :u; 1;,000tcr,llt f r o ~ ~ ~ (:orri~Ioi., 111 this ~ ~ ) o m

yO1~~~~~( - . ,t11011zl1 the elltirl: lil)r:uy coalljrisc~s 1;0.0()0 \.(& llln~,<, cnibl.:lces t11v floor l i l i r : ~ ~ . ~ of I;C-.n-l~icl~ of t111' 1 1 0 1 1 ~ l ~ l ~ ; ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ t : ~ t i y ; ~ s(l'ri~~c$j(iLSfo~~!j,7 2 ) : I I I I ~ t111: libr:~l.i;.s of I:O,II- Illittccas. O\\-ill: to Tv:urL of sllii::bl(: :~ccOlllulot~:~t ion, tl~(s (I:& l;sl,il>< ti,(; l i l~r i<t~-I ;~;~~,;!si~l(~ Of ti,(; 1L:lIl Of st:ltil:try :111;l -1.i':~l~;1 d.(; A([i;. Sl,ily, :~r;: r l i c ~ ifor t 1 1 ( %Sl0l':l~I:Of IioOli:,. 11 i. ])!.(I-~ ~ ; ' c I B ; \ . c.1. I ll(: csrc~tioil (if 111~:: ~ f i I)rlillliu: for t lle :LI:(.OI~~IIIO(~:,-

O Fti1111; ~ it11(: !,iji~,:~r,v t I I ( % (,.,lit ? ; I Si:!!fx%to :tc.<iy1 l!w I~I:I;- 11iJ : ;y 11t b11i1 of Iili1.:11y 11:~Ilb (i'rilfcip(1~jq107y, 5 :1111~(i)1 0 111~: rl-c,-,of' tlw t ioc~~~~lc:~rt , :~r,v of Coil-1il)r:wies of tllo t\vo IIOIIXJ., g1.c. :.

61, Reserved Galleries rol. J ; m i l i e s of Jfembmc of tllc of Ili~;~l.c:xc~~lta~i~c:s. see .Yo. 7111011s~~ b'ol cIcscriptinic oJ 11~11

I ' ~ , i i t~ ; ,~ ( f l ljiu!jmi17, o/' 1hsk.s oj' Allrn~bl:rs, ,Y/oI.!J; jx!(jc 40; L k t I (~/',i(e~iibr:i~,s.ctrst .side. 21nge 41 ; 1ces1side. pn1/1: 4'2. I

53. Press Reportem' Gd!ery, with dcslis a1111wits for : ~ I ) O I I L 11 ,1 ( - I J I I I I I I ~ ( . ( Ir ( ~ l ) r ( ~ s ; ~ ~ l t : ~ t i ~ c ~ ~of t111: press.

55. Gentlpmen's Gallery.- or tlescription of' Ilull sce $7 I'ri~i ri11trl Stol,!j; /)it!!,rc.~iiz t1/' 1)eslis r!f Memliers, puye 40; List o/' i;lci~~bei.s, eclst sirlc, page 41 ; zucst side, paqc 'if.

Tilt: I lo11sc O:~llcrics will sent %bout 2,500 perPons. 1

ATTIC STORY. 51

58, House Committee on Commerce. -ITTalIs simply tinted.

59. House Committee on Public Lands.--No spccinl at-twctiouq.

62, Press Ibeporters' Retiring Room, (cntcrccl through (14 and li:j froni {,he we&?rn corriclcr,) a11t1 for tllc w e of t l~ose entitled to t-he privileges of the gallcry. T l ~ c r cw e convcl-11iclrc:lr for writing di~patches. ~kljoii l ing is a s~na l le1o:k-room.

64. Ante-Room ltmling fimn the westcw corridor to titp Pwss i l 'e l~~rupl~Oflce aucl Reporters' IZetiriny 12ooin.

65. Honse aommittee on Pacific Railroads and Revolu- tionary claims.--'lXs apartment poscsscs no spccial in- terest.

66. House Committee on H.ections.--No attractions of rpr- tin1 intercst.

67, House Committee on Railways and Canals,--KO spe-:ial dccoration.

68, House Committee on the District of Columbiam-~ ihe room, but not specially decorated.

69 and 70, House Co~nmC thes 0.1the Militia and Mileage,-Tllc,.c loolu- are el~t~rc ' ly clcsc.ort~tro~~.n ~ t l ~ r ~ n t

c. c. c. c.-Courts. '1'11,. Iloor.: of the attic t o r y of the N. and S. cstmsiolis

1:;i:L C I ~ C : L I I , ~ ~ ~ C:il.<> tiles of c1eg:mt clesigu.

1, Vestern Stairway and. Corridor.-~irc former a::cc~~(ll; to 1 1 i 1 t o Tlic ~:ori.itlc)rs of I l ~ o S('i~:ltc I):I.IYII:~I~~ 1,nw~;ii:Ill iutc:rciti~lg osliibitioli of tlic: cIi:co~xlivc xrt. 'rile

(xili~igs tl~ro11g11011t V X I ~ I ~ C ~ C I arc in i l i&l~q)~r , :uid all bc,lu\y tlip sl~.ir lq of tlio :i,rcl~t,s in oil. ' h e !v:dls :111(1 pi1:i~txq :~rc i,i 1111, it)-li. of tile 13th cc~ i twy , :is cnq)loyed ill tlic 1org:'i:~ of I<:rpir:~:l ili tlre V:lticnii :it I<olnc, with cclitrc lnt:tlallioi~s of

A~~~cricall.: from t11o ll~ltwnl i l lr~-tl . io~~i and i~lt~.otluctioiis I;i+tory of ,inic:ricn. 'Pile! ccililigs are ill the sanie style,, 1~itl1 i~:trnc!~~eLiolw :mcl Alnc:ric:~i~ of moclcrll i i i r r e~~ t io~~s l;tiitlsc:~j~e. T'lit: l)ii.tlq, :uiim;rls, : I I K ~ rr:pt ilcs :we s t~~( l i e s from the (:oli(:c- tivir i l l tile 3lr1aorlui ill t l ~ c 8initllsolii;in Illstit,~~tio!~, tlran-11

nlicl l):lis~tc'cl by I A i e . 'I'llc t1ccor:~tioll of t l~c 71)- J31.11nricii. ~ J ; I - ( ~ I I I ~ I I ~COIIIIII~:L~C(Y~ill ISL?, 'Ll11c mc:d:~llioi~s : L I I ~ ii11~1. p:1r1G xrc by l>n~miiK,wl~ilc the dct:iils :LIT by othc:1,3. 'Tiit k~!ulilc,; in i~ictlnllioi~s oil the S.,of the p:u~cls, c o i i ~ ~ ~ r c l l c i ~ ~ g urcb: E. si~lo,Job I I u i ~ ~ o ~ l i JLo2~liinsj and; \ V . sI(Ie, J ' I ~ ~ L c ~ s

:LI t ( : n~ :~ t Jloger Sl i . c~mu~t ,t l?i i ~ i i q , I2obe7.t I ~ I I ~ ~ J s ~ o ~ L , .Ji11171 .J/l!/, C'I'LUI~XT 1 m i p o 1 1 ,1Zobert ;lfi/:~is, aild C1xirle.s C'cirroll ut'C ' c o ~ , d l i o ~ ~ . will be lil~iblletl nil!l :pTllc ilcilli-1~111cttc.s ]~rol~i'i:~l*,.frescos. At tlio x. ciltl :~ rc lllc 1%s i p s of the Zo-qiinc ; also lantlveapcs of Day ui11 Night.

2, Senate Committee on Revision of the Laws,-?'i~rtecI. 3. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs,- his room m s

orir;'iri:~lly illtcnclecl for tlic u e of the Conlsnitlce oil Agricol- twc. 111 the pilnstcrs mcl lx~ntlsarc frnit pic:ccs. Ul~tlerthc :irc11e'5 :ll.c: tq-pica1 oroups of :~g r i cu l t~~ra l alitl in11)ie- J ) ~ O C ~ I I C ~ S I I I I tile ~ ~ I I C C I i!lldc~ i l i ngis n cc~ltre-piece of ~ T : L ~ F B h,:iv(>q ~v(.ll t.scvmtc:cl. l'hc gellcml tleco~.atioa co~wi?ts of : : . 1 1 1 i 1 i t . 'I'l~c4 b o r t l i ~picci:~I . v ~ T ~ : s ( ' I I ~s('asnlli :.. 1 ' I ~ I K ~ I . ~ ,flowers, graiiis, allcl fruits, The fo1i:yc is cpc-

5-1 CAPITOL INTERIOR.

c.i:&llj nell cxccatecl. The ccilin;. is distemper and tlie wall3 oil; executed by Castelis, a Gerrrw.

4. Senate Heating and Ventilating Apparatus,-(see p. 02.) 5. Senate Committee on the District of a~hmbia,-~iritecl. 6, Senate Committee on Library.-'J!hc decoratiou is un-

f i~l ish~d.The, vxt~lted cciling is adorned with frc.co and @t, xyld the n d l < are laid out in a bro:~cl p~tar.1 or border.

7. Senate Committee on Military Affairs.-The ceilings are flpscoecl with victors' wre:~tl~s, sliielck, and other emblcnls of jwy. 011tho walls :~iid pihst(!rs are representdtioiis of 31.m.; :~11[1 of different ] ) ~ r i o d ~ , alltl raccr, all- : L I . J J I ~ ~ ' l l ~ t i ~ l l ~ , c.i(.llt :m(1 iiiodcrl~. T l ~ e pi1:~slers were paintetl by Leslie. '1'11,: swortl %cross the sliieltl in the centre pilaster is :I copy of tile sword of' I V ~ d ~ i ~ q t o n . 011the TV. wnll is n mecl:~llio~i ]]eat1 of ~,ibcity, son~o~uitletl Iry ilngs n~ id nwtpoiis of war. Uijtler tllo :~rel~cbs are 5 historic srtbject;~, iri fresco, by Bru- nlitli : N., hS t07~I ~ ~ U R S U C ~ ~ ,1770. S., I l u t t l e qf Lezingtotl, 177.5. AT., Uectlh oJ' blrooster, dwing the llritish i?wusion of' C'ow~(~~L ic z i t ,1777. S., FVashiqto)~ at ~ulle!j E ' o ~ e ,l'iT'8. '1'11~tlirct: l ) rolr~i~~cnt figtires in the foregromlil are \V:~sliii~g- ton, witl~ L:~f~~yet tc his 1, aiicl Gen. Green on r. E.,011 Storm'rry ?f Stow/ Point by Axtlto~~?y Wyne, 1779. Wayne, wouudetl, is being carried into the fort.

8. Senate Committee on Naval Affairs.--The general design of decoration is l'ompei:~n, by Ernmicli. Tlie principal fcntnres of tho ct:ili~igs :LIT fresco representations of marine gods and goililrases and Indian fcmde. Uriclw tlic arches xru reprcwntntions of ancie~it porticos with autique vesscls. l'lic, TV:L~~S, pai~ltecl in oil, arc diviilecl into nine panels, with b lw b:~qligro~~icl and figures representing attributes of the nary : ~ s centre-pieces. The pilasters are scagliola, by French artists.

9. Elevator,-(Sec P & z c @ a l Story, hTo. 45.) 10. The Senate Committee on the Judiciary.-- he wall

tlecorstion coi~sists of fig~recl panels and the vaulted ceiling elaborate arnbcsqucs, varied by flower pieces ant1 4 mcdnl-lions, each containing cherubs respectively bearing olive branches, fasces, quiver, and band witfi motto, E' plzaibus mzm.

11,Closets, 12. Northern Corridor,-~a the arch over the E. end am

introdr~ctio~isof improved agricnltmal i~nplcnlents. To the demi-lunettc over the door to the room of the Committee 011

BASEMENT STORY. 5 5

25. Senate Committee on Pensions.-'l'll~~ ccdil~: i:: IIPCO-it1 : L I ~ : L ~ ) ~ : ~ ~ I I I Y of~ x t o ( l i11 f w ~ c o ,wit11 Sotw 11or~lc:r ~ ~ w ~ l : t l l i o ~ ~ ~

flo\vcrs :~t11l frttitq. L t i ~ l ~ r :l1xxSJ 1111)olictI11, 14;. :ui(l I V . : L I , ~ ~ J I Y 1.c:prc~x:1it:~ti1111sof the C'011stiL11tio11 :11111 Liberty, an~el S . u11t1 S. ftvlit l~ iccw.

26, Eastem Stairway and Corridor. 27. Passage and Steps to Senate Folding Boom,-(see

S o . ti.)

34, senate Oommittee on Rules,-Xo decorntioii.

of45. Grypt.-A circrli:~r-!,:1cc, o o ~ l G s i i n ~ a t w b l ~colotl. i)oric ( d ~ l l l t l l sOf f i l e ' 1)1.01)!1rlioll~II:L(~C, (:0111:1tl1illg'~~O of tlloae

of t,!tcb 'i'tslll!ll~'0f I':~stltlll, dlll'lllOlltlii:(~ I;\' g:.:.OiIll'd :LI.(:\I(>S I ~ I I I I I I ~ ~ tlw l lwr of tile it1 ~x ( l i i 0irwti011, :LI I ( I .s~t])l)ortittg

1111(1w.tlw ~(~liti.:il O I I : . 'I ' l~tr .st:~r ill the 1):~~111('111. :11.~11 ( I I ; I I o ~ ~ ~ s c.?~~ttx;i11e t>s:~(.t of tlte (':q)itol. 'SII(? glxtili;; i t 1 the ~ : ~ V I ~ I I I ( L I I ~oi t11e Cry))L O I I llw 1;.si~lc lewl. to I I I C ~ ~ : L I I I L I ~ ( ~ ~ :L .S : I~ (>S!I(,IO!V. ' r i ~ .wvigl~t,of ~ I I Ci ~ n n:L!OII(: ill t 1 1 ~ I)CHIIC is S,O~J~).200It)$. ' l ' l ~ (~ r (~ t o ~ I I ( , ( 'rypt. Iyity :lrtS foltr ~ ~ ~ t t ~ ~ t t w s at tllc i o i ~ r l1oi111s tlw C'rj-l)t t11($ of tile 1:01111):lss. \J'hilc! ~ I I yis-itor SI IOII I I I d1111 o ~ ~ t ~ i ( l f ! t s ~ ~ t ~ : ~ ~ ~ ( ~ ( st j ~ v ( , : L ~ ( ~ ~ I I ~ L I I I I1:~k:t:L \-it;\v

c:u~ri:lg::c~\v:~y,III:L".~\.I'of 1.111. I)IYI:LII \\.:Llli, ~-:n~ltc~il : L I I ( ~ fo1tt1i1:~-i'ortico. Oixxsii)~i:tlly 1vo1.1,~ 1io11 of 1 1 1 ~3hi1t ( ; I ~ I I ~ I X I of art

~iot,t11:. l)~'ol)(lrty :L~I :of llrc, Govc'r~~l~lc '~~i, stowctl it1 tile cryl)t, :x\v:~itii~gl,11(1 :~eLio11of t l~e i r~ \ Y I I C I , S .

46.Headquzters Capitol Police, 47. Guard-room, or Prison, for t 11,: twil)or:u.y i t ~ ~ l i r i w ~ t ~ ~ ~ e i ~ t

of pc!rsot:,- : ~ t ~ c d ( : ~ l iil 111~: C::~pitol. 48, Steps to the Subbasement and Undercroft ,-(~b~t:63.) 49, Western staircase, lvul i l~g t,o the I h t t ~ ~ ~ e l a . 50, Western Main En t r anx of tltc: C:~pitol.-(Sw So. -LO.) 51 to 55.Court of Claims of the United States.-'l'i~o corvt

\

BASENENT STORY.

,f Claims Chambers. The court, was cqtabliihed in 1855 to he&rallil determine all clairrls fo~u~ded upon ally lam of CGU- gees, or upon any rcgnlation of an executive tlcputnicnt, or spoil any coiltract, express or implietl, .i\ith the Governrlicilt of the United btatci; and alw all claims nliicli may be re- ferrctl to the corn t by either honv of Conqresi. 'I'l~e court mllsiits of n cllicf justice and four assodater.

56. Room of the Territorial Delegates, 58, Eouse Committee on Education and Labor.-- he la,t

~ l l ~ econ-loom 011 this corridor, 9:unc sitlc, has bccn I I f o ~ finemcnt of cont~~rnacioos witu(wcs before C>onqr( s.

60, House Committee on the Revision of the Laws,

CENTIlAL BCITJDING-SOU'l'II WING.

62, Vestibule,-'Fht ill \\hick1 the stairway ascei~ils is of gmplc bnt bcaatiftil clesiqu. 63. Corridor.-A contii~~iationof the main corridor. 64 and 65. House Folding Rooms.-MI the attjaccnt rooms

n lllc S. wing :we uacd for the storage of public clocr~mcnts. 66 and 67. Offices Superintendent of House Folding Boom. 68, Washington Branch Post Office, (c~~trallccontside.)

Conqebsio~lalinat tor is here received and rr~ailrd to i1cstin:l- tloi~. 'Tl~t, yobt officw of the two lior~scs of Congress are

SOUTIE OR IIOUSE EXrl'ENSIOX.

71, Refectory,-Open t o the public.


: L I T buJ"rdn ltllllt.Ulfitc'tl St:~tc:s army. '1'11c s l l h j ( ' ~ t ~ : I11r~iai~ l~ni,c~csti7/1/ in tciidw;liLtlicllL,s lc i i t l l i c e ; I i ~ c % ; ( ~ r s j i d i i ~ g

tlil~lcZ ~ ( , J , L ~ O L t(ressin~y a tnmrtl b~!/Jirlo hide; IrztIiavs oil tlLe q1Lot.e; u11 11Lr/iau y Y m ; Cul h d i ~ l sccll])-t~mce; sib 7irr{icoa s u , l 1 ; L I O I . 'Yhe Siot~s-cl~ivf I[olc-ill-Il~,.-tl:ly is :~tltlrw>ing t l ~ .co~ulcil. 'I'll(> l.ltdi:~ns r<'prcmscl1tell :II.(I i l l c ~Siolis of ~ h u c i o t a .

73. Corridor.-1.; cl~tirclyn-it11o11til(:cor:~tion. Thc ro~llls, (:scel)l, tIro,so >pc%i:rll~ lllt~lltiollt'd,:1l'C llht:(l for stolxge.

75, Eastern Stairway and Corridor.-SO sl)ccial decoration. 76, House Committee on Printing.-Wnlls simply tinted. 77. Kouse Committee on Invalid Pensions.- all, tilltctl. 78. Passage to sfcl)-. to Snb- l )nsen~e~~t .(Scc S o . !]:I.) 011

thc s1111i: :LI.I:tho IOt:kslllit,ll'~ 5110~) il.11~1 ~ C C:111d store moms. 79. Eastern Entrance and Vestibule.- he c~ t t r : u l c~opcns

fro111t 1 1 c ~:~rc:i~l~vl :111d ~ ~ 1 1 1 t v ( i I)c11(xt11~ ~ : ~ l l i tmriage I K I ~ the ~~ol ' t icooas tc l .~~ of t l ~ c Ilorlse 1;stc.nsiou. '1'1~: groinc~tl arches

1x.1 011 4 ~n :~ rb l ( ?of tl1c8 \ - t ~ ~ t i b t ~ l ~ l~ iers :ui(l c o r r w p o ~ ~ ~ l i ~ q pilaitc.~..,. ' 1 ' I ~ i ~:rrc.!~c's :~ rv tlcwi.:~tctl with stucco, :11id tlk TJ-:LIIS : L I Y , f i~ t i s l~rdin sixgliola.

80. Irouse Post Office, fitted np with birds-cyc maplc cnscs, wit11 I,o\r.< for (X:LCII 111eri11~1:r oficcbrs of the 1lou.x of :~11t1 t l ~ 1 c 1 1 t : 1 . '1'11(: I Y N I I ~ is without clccoratioll.

81.ilct:o~xtCommittee onof Public n-all$, with b:~lr~itrnde,1Ilit: House, lo11 C O I ~ S L B ~ S p:uieletl Buildings andaGrounds,-bow t 1 ~ :I L I I I ~ I I ~ ~ I ~ , ~ is embellisl~txl ~nolding. Tht: c e i l i ~ ~ g

wit 11 :~r:~l>iwl~ic~i. :md sl~iclds, :LI I~ Ihasl n o Amc:ric:~n c :~gl (~s :~11clli])tic:~I c:oot.rc-picct: forlnctl of b:~lr~stcrs, ill fresco.

82. Room of the Official Reporters of Committees. 83. Speaker's Room.-\~it~lont tlecoration, :mcl I I I ~ V : L ~ C .

84. House Committee on Territories.-Riclllp :~lid :11)1xo- pl'intcly tlccoratetl. Orcrlrcvul, n~iuglcd with the fcatl~c~riug, arc 4 l~ic~ccire])riwnting gro111)s of Itldialis7 weapolts of war

c h i c : L I I ~i ~ r~pk : rn~~ i l , s:~nt lt11i~ of pi'aco. I r l thr: sp:ms of the border, n i t i ~ i l~troil l~ctiol~s:~rcllosis :L ~ w i l ~ l i l ~ g of fox :uld tlcer

I . I;iltlcr tllc arclles :we nictlallions yet ~mfillcil, but in i l is p~ul)osctl to i~ltrotll~c*c ~ l l i c l i the profilcs of formor chair-

inell of tlic co~llt i i i t t~e. '1.11~gc~te~.a ltlecorntion is varied ~r i th ~ p ~ ~ i l i l c ~ l ~ i to the pl:liliS. of L ~ C61n:~lIer :~ltiltizl life ~)CCUII:LI. Ullcler the impost molding is a borclcr of fruits and grains,

,' 92, Western Stairway and Corrid~r.--~-o t l : ~ ~ : ! ti c ~ ~ i .

93. Steps to t h e Heating and Ventilating Apparatus, : So:::Il I.:!;tcasio~?.-(Vor tlci(wil,tio~r,i o o Sub- l ) r i se~~ to i f .. 1)..

64.) 'I'iw iron grnt i ly a! t l ~ cc111tlof the I:nw:rg::cl \::IS oi.lqi-ndl! !i!4guc,tl for !!I<: ice I ISI .~?ill t i ~ o uc;itil:atio!l of 1!1(1 11:~ll of I!!(% il(~;:l,c~rc~litaiivc~s file P I I I I I ~ I I ~ ' ~d i ~ r i i ~ g 1110lit l iq. l in-!lrorctl liic.:rll< li:~vc: obvi:ri cti l l ~ cn.o of icc. O\Y~I .t :)is g1~1-

till> coils of $ t ~ ~ : ~ n - p i p ~ s . 11 111." :111$1hg : I I I~ I ~ I P : I S I I ~ ~ I I ~ L I F ( ! ~ ~

for bc~ti i ig tllr J h l l of I lq~rc.~e~rt:~ti \c.sill vil~tc~i..

94, House Committee on War Claims.--xo t?ewxition. 95, House Committee on Accounts,-T~~:~il.;rimply ii~itcc?. 96. Closets. 0.--111 rooins rnwheil 0 iiii1i~:~teilsxl for storage.

1


SUB-BASEMENT STORY Untler thc entirc. builtling is a massive substrr~ction or seat

of mnconry, co11.i;ting of piers alld alClle~, upon wllicl~ renrs the miehty snpcrstrnctr~rcx of tll? C:~pitol. The ~ ~ ~ b - l ~ a s c ~ ~ ~ ~ t of thp central bnilding and t ~ v o e s t e u s i o ~ ~ shave no commu- nicatio~r with c:lch otller.

NORTII OR SENATB E X T E S S I O S .

tlw :~ir. bcing drawn in by a fall, :LIIL~ forced tllr011g11 :L II&

air- t l~~ctiuto thc air-spncc uutlcr the floor of the Senate, aud t l~cnco illto the C11:11nl)cr by rnetrns of registers. T l ~ c nir siq~plictl in n - i ~ ~ t c r is r:~i,scd to a temperatr~rc of (jS3 to i 0 3 ,

a ~ i d ill r lmnler from S O to 10"below the ontcr atrnoq~here, 7 ' 1 1 ~tcm])crntarc? s~~ppliccl to t,lle gdleries is some tlcgrecs l omc~ , ilr order to corr~~tcrnct :wontlsthe m~im:il l m t n-l~icl~ to t l~n t portion of t h e 1Inll. A branch :~ir-dl~ct commrulicstes will1 t 1 1 ~ pllcrie;;. The s11pply of fresh air is 30,000 mcl CS-1l:~nst10,000 cr~l~ic.ft . a minuLc:. 'J'l~c origi~lnl :lppar:llos xas tlcsigncd by Capt. 11. C. Ncige, m ~ t l the cx11:~ast 2111d other i m l ~ ~ o v c ~ n e n t sby 11.P.II:~yden, Chief Ellgi~leer U. S. Sen-ate, l ' l~o cugincor ill cl~:~rg(: will explain the prineiplc.

\Vltilc 11erc it woultl be interesting to il~speet the fo~11d~- tion walls of tho bniltling. 'JXe cntrnncc to the p~lenu~atic tnhe is 011 thc N. sidc. 'I'hc tnbc is dcsigaeil to con~lcct the Cxl~itol: I I I ~the Gover~imtmt Priatiug OtIicc.

The Senatc Folding lZooms lie on thc eastern sick, and the Sci~atcIic,f(~ctory KitcI1~11s nenr by. The vaults are used for stor:rge aucl fuel.

CENTI'LAL BUILDING.

6-1 CAPITOL INTERIOR.

LIST O F D I A G R A M S .

LIBRnRY OF CONGRESS .I

Documents

Keim's Capitol interior and diagrams: a complete guide to ...memory.loc.gov/service/gdc/scd0001/2005/20050921007ke/20050921007ke.pdfof thc giohc, wliiili wds rejected. 11. I)cparture