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A CO?JPLETE GUIDE TO ALL TBllT3 OF TIIE CA\I'ITOI,.
LIST OF DIAGRAMS. J:nte~.cil nccor11;ng to Act of ('or~r.~.css,in the ylwr IS:-%,
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111 llle O!fivc of the T,il,r:iri:lu of (:i,!~prC$q. nt \Vil~I11n~(tn11. KEIM'S CAPITOL INTERIOR AND DIAGRAMS. collq~iclro~isa part. Tllc statn- (bee psea 68, GO ) elti's and relieu03 are n rol~glit i1-i tlic, Iriql~ectstyle of art. In lSP2, contr:n-y to the ~icwsof >h.Valter, tlie Architect of the Capitol, the door mas placed THE CAPI'I'OL OF TI112 USITED STATES OF 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 man of great influence at court, and early patron o)f ~olumbus. 3. Ferdinand, King 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 to 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, thc 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. It is said that the likeness is of thc sculptor. . 13. Alonzo ile Ojcda, a companion of Colcm1)ns in his first voyage of rliscoicry, and one of the most darl~igat 111scontcmpoiarics. 14. Vasco Nuricz de Uallma, dlscovercr of thc Pacific Occm from t!>c lithmus of Darien. 15. nrncrigo Vespi~cci,oncofthe carlicr~!iscovcrcrsof the ma~n1.1:l.l of ,\rnciica, author ot'the first aicaunr c>:tllu Serv \Voilil. aud trorn ivlioln the coniinc:~ttjkcs its name 16. Francisco I'izarro, conqucrur of Pcru
I. Calumhus cr:~mine,l bcfore the Council of Salamanca respcctilig his theory of thc giohc, wliiili wds rejected. 11. I)cparture of Columbus far the sp~niallcourt from the Canvent of-La Kabida, near P.ilos. Ill. Aurlicncc at the rmrt of Fcniini;rlri and Isnbcll~. 1V. Departure oiCoiumbus from Palos on his first voyags of discovery. V. 'l'i.liisom pancl, Columbus Idnricil on thc Island of San Salvador, and taking possession in the name of his sovcrcign. VI. 1:nrourrtcr with the nati\zs. VII. 'Triurnplial entrbe of Columbus inta Uarcclona. VI11. Cuhlinhus 111 chains. IX. The dcath-bed of- Ca!urnbus. He died at Valladolid May 20 r;oS aged -0 ycars. His last words werc: " In tnanur iiini, Yontine, iammrniio i,o:r;tir,i nlrum!'' ''Into thy h:lnds, O Lord, I cammcud my spirit." Thirty ycars aitcr hie rcmains wcie tranitkircd to the Cathedral oFSnn L)o~niogo,on the ~s!andof thzt i?.lmc. in I?@, when the 5psnimls lust thcir hold ":I tlic island, ;hey were rcmorcd to l!;ivana. J~ot\~wilLIE ~):IIWIS are :L ~cri(~sof II(>~(IS, repr(wiiti~~~ ~III; Iristori:l~~sof the ~oyagcxof Co111l11l)ri.: :ii~tlIlis follon-cr::. 'I'l1:it abow tl~clo\rcr or N. ~:LII(%~of i.lle (1001. is CYUSIL~~~~JIOILImitiy, nut1 in tl~:c:orrcs:pol!tlil1g 1dtio11ol)l,oit:c: IF. 11: l'~~e.sculb. r \ lllcir~out c~~l~~l~~~:~t.ctll~ro~~xt: tloors of Xiuopc: :we ill l.'lorc~~~c(~, in t11e (~11ii~c11of tli(: B:q)tidryof St,. JOIIII, o]~l)osit,etllc I)IIO- nlo. '1'111~y:~rctl~r(~~IIIIIIIII~~I., t I:(! c::II~,~I:OII~~, i)y I,orc~~;
TEE CAPITOL OF THC US1TI:I) STATES OF 83IERICA.
(From " Nnahington Ioaidc and Outaidc.") 10 CAPITOL INTERIOR. I t,tle stirri~~gsci:iltxs hcl prol)oi.c(l to t,~msfrrto cailr:~~.~firri~~qj Bril i l l 1 1 I t l onI Tarii.111to i t to$ Caroli11:1,co~ul)l(%iugllis collwtioll of pol.tr:lits, a11(1~li('t~11- i~lgtl~clocaalilic~xof tl~ccvuts. 111 1794 ht7 I~aclne:~1.1,~cwn- l t iIi11i111i1i:rorl. 111 1917 COII~~CRSOIY~(:IY'(~ 111~ c~sccwtio~~of t11vforlr 1~ro1itio1i:ri t i owI I R- tlu~tla. If tl~t,p:ri~iting; (lo not cxl~il)ittho artistic toriclt nud spirit of :L ~nxrtvr,tlwy nxat lewt faitllf11I ~(~1irest~11t:~tiol1::of of gr(~\tcsrc~lts ill orlr 11:ltiolr:~l history. The majority of tllc prt~.:ritsarcxf roni life. x 'L'IIE I)ECJARATTON OF IN~EPICPI'I)ENCE, JUJ,Y 4,1733.-- c '1'rnnll)lrll. Ortleretl 1517, cost $5,000. TIIC~);lintingin the pano1 on tl~cr. of the S. door rep~~esc~ltstlre ~nc~mornblo C~~igr~mof 1776 :~ttlw inomcnt of sig~ringthat ilistrmnent . s1 of AII~~~~~~:LIIlilwrt,y. 111tlw tlisposit,ion of tl~cchnr;~i:tc~rs the artist co~isnltc~tl.TelYcr;ioii nut1 Atl:ms, 110th of n-lrom wcw pr~fivtt. '1'11~style of (lnw, 1.111: fwr~iturc,an~l111~11:~llitwlf, ( arc (:s:\ct ~~c~lirotl~ictio~~sof tlic timc and plncr. '1'11ik lxomi- 1 ,, I g o of r e I 1 r. I tic i t i r ~ c f ~ : o1 of %I., tlro :~111110rof tlii: il~stn~liwntir~forc~ IIXIII(Y~, At1:ms of Nws., F~.:mkliilof YCIIIL,1In11cockof ~\I,zs~.,ltntlrdgc of S. C., XIIII'L(lior11psoi1 of ~'CIII~.For variety of coml)osit~iou, / Q thc Committee of J'i~o :Lrv ~vpr~sgl~t~ijas h:rri~rg :~tlr;u~cetlin lh 2% 1)otly to t,l~c!Pr~side~~t'st,nl)lc, il~stcwlof rel~ortiqiil the 1 i nsrial forin, tl~ronglrt,l~circlr:rirmal~. l'lio rigill dignity of the 1 I scxwc :111(1 tl~c(!xprc~ssioilof ~letcr~nin:rtio~lon every ~ounte- nnucc 11-ill hc olmrvctl. '1'111~Ii:uncXi; of the: intlividnnls rcprese~itoil,com~nonci~~gon t,llca ol)sc:rwr's Icft (the riglit of tl~epicture) aiitl foilowillg the linr: to.rvards t,l~r. are- I, Gcnrge Wythc, of Va.: z, William Whipple, and 3, Josiah Bartlctt, ofN. 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.: 13, Arthur Middleton. and 14, Thomas Heyward, of 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 Treat Paine, of Mass . zz, ;\braham Clark, of N. j: 13 Stephen Hopkins and 24 William Ellcry of R. 1:; 25, George Clgmer, of ~cnni;zb, William ~oope;, and z;, Joseph ~ewcs,'ofN. C.1 zS, James Wilson, of Pcnn.; zg, Francis Hopkinson, of N. 1.; 30, John Adanls, of Mass.; 31, Ragcr Stierman, nfConn., 3!, Robcrt L. Livingston, ofN. Y.; 33, Thomas JctTcrson,of Va.; 31, Benjamili Frankhn, ofPenn.; 35, Richard Stockton, N.J.; 36, Francis Lwis, 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,of N. Y.
Trim SURREN~EROF BURGOY IVE,OCTORER,1777.--Tr11111- i~ 111111. O~~l(*rctl1317, cost $8,000. The 1,aiutinq in the pnn- cl oil tllc 1. of the \V. door rcprescuta the s~urc~llclerof tlic I iij. Tllc sccnd 1;ortrayed relxwcnt~sBnrgoync, attended by Gen. Phillips uld other ~fic~rs,c~iarno~lntecl, and mar the marq~~e~ftl~cAmericwi comrn:mler, olfcring his s~vorclto &]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~cr. of Gatcs is a group of the priucip:il oacers ofthe American mnjTof tl~cN. 111 tl~cbackgromld will be Dbrlwxlthe British army at t>hcconflnence of Fish Creck and N, Eiver. The troops, in long lines, miler the tlirection of Col. Lewis, Quartermaster G(wrs1 of the Amcric~narmy, rlld llcatleil by Amr:ricnn, 13rit~isl1,ant1 Gcrm:in officers, arc moving across t11c crcck nnd meadows to~vartisthe 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,'~aidearborn, and 8, Col. Scamm~II,of N. H.; ??Col. Lewis, of N. Y.,Qprter! marrcr General; lo, Maj. Gen. Phillips, of the Bntish armp ,11, Lieut. Gen. Bur- goyne, Commander of thc British forces ; 12, Gen. Baron cldcsc!, of tlic British army (Gcrmani; 13, 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; zt, Maj. Haskell, of 1 Mass.; zz, Maj. (afier Gen.) Armstrong, Aid-r!c-Camp; zj, Maj. Gen. Philip Schuy- ler,of N. Y.; 24, Brig. Gen. Glover, of Mass.; 25, Brig. Gen. Whipple, of 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 tl~cW. door rcp~~eient~the. closing wcne in tl~cconteqt 1 betnw~~the Colonici RII~the moth,'r country, the snrrcniler of th? army pf Lord Corllrvallis to the Arncricans at Pork- town, Virqinu~. The e~cntis 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~lorscustomary urltlcr the circ~~rn~ta~~ces.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 receiring the snrrcilcler was due, appointed Gen. Lincoln to I SUpcrintcncl the submission of the British, in the same man- CAPITOL INTERIOR. PRINCIPAL STORY. 13
1i4 II':LIIcI~I~~)bed trmr. It was Ikc. 23, 178.7. ill t11i. St:~tc at ~ I :~t~AI~II:~IIO~~Q, ~ ~ ~ ll:~r~j-I:~11(1.L ~ '1'1~ p:~triot co~lll~l:l~~~\,~~:ls ~llrr~~~~~~~l~~~l11)- l1i9 otliim-, iu t11c ~I~(WII~CII~tl~;COII~~(+A .lie ,ftiic i11i:ult .Itq~~il)lic,alrtl weII~\~~~:L~JIIII~ to rcstoi~. to ('on- 'ri. ,,.,)+ Ili, ci~~ili~~i~~ioll,:llltl \\-it11 it tile :~!1111oriYy~villl \vIii<:l~ lcll ~li~yl~~uli~~vt,bt(.(l him ill t11e i1:~rk:~II(I tryitkg ti~r~e.of tllc ild, Ilc 11:~il (:0111111t~t1vl :L to~~cllil~g:~!l!lrtw. 1\fl!21. COIL- 1cI1 iriLt~~l:~Li~~g(,'OII~R+S IIiJOll tl~cs+~~(:co,~sf~~liww of tiit; ~YIII- 1111. liict, exl~rc',..illg lli~Ol)lig:lti~~il-:lo tllc1 :11.111)-, :111(1 ~o~~llliiltill? ;of tllc f~~ttlrcto tlki: ]11Y)t('cti1111 of iil~iligl~tyGo!l. lit, (:lowyl lvi111 !TI- t]lc \~-or(lq: lI&vii~g~io~v Ji11i41cvI LIw ~vork:~ssig~lticl111t,, I aa rflir(; irolr~tlri' great t11t::~tuc of :kc4tion,ant1 bitltli~ig:LI~ :~lli.c- 1111- ti(~l~:tt~lk~r(~~v(!ll to this :LII~IIS~bt~ly,1111c1cu\vliost! ou111;rs1 linyij so 1v11g:kel.t3tl, I Ilc31~l:olli:~. 111)- conlniie;io~l, nritl l:ilic my lief ]my(: of :dl tlrc cm~ployirrwi'of 1111bliclifc." It nlnybc nic11- op- [iouctl, a; a coi~icitlwc!!, tl~tthe I'ucsitlc~it of Coiigiws \\-as, llld in lii5, tlrc! first :~itl-tlu-c::m1) 1,11 tht: iil~istriorixg~xelxl. 1llc TIE lmt~aitsi~itroclaceil,con~~irc:~icing oil the obscurcr3s liz- IMr...- >!lY- 1113 I, Thomas Mifflin, of Pcrln., President of Congress; 2, Charles Thompson, ol .la0 pesn.; 3, l.ibridgc Gcrry, of Mass.; 4, Hugh M'iiliamson, of K. C.; 5, Samoc! 111- Osgoud, of Maas. j 6, Edward McCoinh of Uel . 7 ticorgc Partridge, of Mass: 8, tiward I.ioyd, of Md. ; 9, K. U. bphght, of'<. 6.; 10, J3erijamin Hawkins, o; lffi. LC.; 11, 11. Fostcr, of N. H. ; 12, 'I'lromas Jcffbrson and Arthur Lec, of Va.; i\i, 11. Ilaiid Howell. of K. 1.: IF. lamcs Rlorirae. of Vn.: and 16. lacob KccJ. of 5. , -, . , > Oil, C., all nicrnbcis of Congrcss; 17, James Madison, of Va., spectator ; 18, \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 ak Willianis, and 27 and 23, Cols. bmltli and kfoward, of Md. ; 29, Cjaricv Carroll and two daughters, of Md. ; 30, Mrs. Wash~ngton and her three grand- tine rhhlreri; and 31, Ilanicl Jcnifer oist. 'l'liamas, of Md., spccrafors. Gen an, I"'( Ill i 15 Len \I31 ash ,ton ,I, i Les ticn nde A'al
'83 tlll 1111 tc" rio /tIc %cli. Tl~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~icledto represent De Soto aiitl his party wriv- !' ing on the ba~ilisof 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~xetland worn, took to the river in canoes, in hopes of cscapc; from their snflitri~i~,~'.De R Soto succr~mbedto 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~iiigor in landing on thc balllis mar at hmtl. 01 Tl~cportraits and prominent c11:~mctcrsand objects rcprc- a1 sc~ltetl,commrnci~ig 011 tl~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 hchctcd men; 5, a cannon king piaced in po- 0 sition ty artillerymen; 6, a Moorish scnant j 7, IkSoto mauntrd j 8, camp chest, XI witharrns, hclmets, and other dccoutremcnts and implcmcnts of war; <),two 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:qcmcntfor 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, cot $10.900. 'I'l~i;painting rcyrcwl~te(;0111rn- o bus, accomp:~~iictlby his pril~cipalofficers and n fcw :ittr,ixl- d ants, alrcwly lantlctl 011 the 1,~l:ultlof Gr~annhani,onc of the g Unl~amaTdantls, ant1 tllc fir~t1:uld tlis~o~(wc1.'h: PIICC('+~~ discoverer is ill tl~:act of proc1:~imingpossewion in tlrc. rinmc . of t11~Iting mil qrlcoi~of Sinill. I11 the distmicc: gro:ips of jr scamen arc giving (:xprw&t~ to tlicir joy; t,wo fig~~r(&s~ICX In arc co~ltcntlil~gfor gIitt(1ri11g1):wticI~s ill tlic s:m(l. T~ICil~c't B at a~~clro~in the distance. A l~ccoliarlgtropicnl haze pcrvatlcs 0 t11~atmosphwc. 0 Tl~cfollowing arc thc prillcipnl cllaracters rcprescnted, a cnmmc:ncing on tl~cobservclr'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, notary; S, Columbus; gl saliiirriank. f, ing at thc 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 raper. 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 tlx. E, is- '; 41 4. Cohi>r~~c~.-Kc~resentedby Mcrcury, holding a bag of gold, and directing ;&:j ;&:j ;:;Ittion to it. The 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. ,ill 5. M~~~rs~.-l~~~~~~~~ti~~Neptune in his car, bearing his trident, accompanied by attcii 3. West Door of the Rotunda, Icwlilig to t,l1{11n:li11 tlow of L]I(: LiDl,trr,y of Co~~q~css.'I'l~ih tlool ii :llso :~tt111: Iwatl of Ilie stfii~,cuseII::LI~~fro111the: TVesteri~13nf1mceof tl~cCirl~itol to tl1c ILoilllltlu. 5 and G, Library of the U1:ited State~.-(o~,~~~,crer!, day. ,SII~L(/~JScxcrpt~d, from I) a. vt. to -12). 111~; ~ko~iii!~S~SS~OI~S 01 Co~qrcsstill /low oj' u~ljo~~um~i~t.) Tllv LiOrnry ITulls occ111)ytlic l)rincipal floor of the cntire \V. l~rojc'ciioliof lhc: (:apilol, coil-kt ii:(r of :I, co~ilicctiilgWll- tral 11:1!1, 9 I ;ft. loq', 34 fl. \yiil?, :r1:11?;3 11. Iligh, cO~k~]~~c~t?l~ in l85;1, wit11 two wiiig,s 011 i110S.:111(1 S.. ear1195 fl. loit:;, 203 ft. \yitlc~,:II~I[ :IS ft. big]], fil~i 15, Justices1 Passage and Entrance, enter the Sa1)reme Con:t Room, where they are properly announced by the Marshal or his deputy. 1 16,17, and 18. Officesof the Clerk of the Supreme Court of . the United States. The entrance is from the vestibule, (12.) 22 CAPITOL INTERIOR. In 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 sto~~.) 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 west- ern (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, at 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, over- head, is white marble paneling. The rest of the ceiling to cllc Lobby consists of barrel nrcl~cs:~~ld11111ettt~s, 311d l~nneletl tvnlls, the \vllolc tiutccl 311d enriel~edwit11 flowe~in stncco. 26 and 27 Senate Committee on Finance.-~~it~~ontspecial decor:ltioll. 28. Eastern Grand 8tahaae.-TII~ lcails to tht: L:~tlics', &l~:rtors'E':lu~ily, :tilt1 L)il~lo~~~:iticGa1lcric.s. '1.11is 111:rg11iti- (yqt st;lircaseais ur:ktlc of Iligllly-l)olisl1et1 'I'e1111t:ssee 111:~rLjle. 'rlje colu~m~sII~VC I)L.OIIZC c:lpiti~Is. '1.11~ ascent fro111 the In;~i~~floor is by :L bro:~11llight of 16 step, \\-l~ie;l~tliyitle at tl~t: jirst 1{~11(lill#,tile! reat of tllt: ilscc~ltkillg by :L th1b1c llight of 1S atesps. Ov~~r11c~lis :L ~t:~iued-gl;~s~sliyliol~t, sot ill :LI~ iro11fr:r~nc,s111~ronuc1t.d 1~y i1.11 iro~~cwing of trcl;.; work, rest- ill; 011 :LIlt!:l(ry corllico of rn:lrble. At the foot of Ll~cstep?;, ill :L ~~icl~c,sti~~lils the s~~~~i-l~~~roicst:ltl~eof Fr:lul;lil~, tl~e l~hiloopl~er.in ~nnrble,IJ~11ir:rln i'owew, lSti2, $10,000. Apillit the E. wall, owr thcbfirst I:~~~eli~lg,is the p:li~~tiligof 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. TIICp:ii~lt- ill; reprt:se:nts the Co~nmotlorctr:r~lsfi:rriug l~is ling fro~t~the I,:~\vro~~cc,which II:L~bcc11 tlis:~l,lctl, t,o t,lw Niilg:~~.:~.111 the boat :~rctho Comn~otlorc,wit11 his little brotlwr, :urcl :L crew of Ir:rvc scnmeil. Tllc perilol~avoyagt: 1:1,5te:tl jiftew~II~~I~I~Lc.~, duriilfi which time thc E~lglisl~co~nlr~l::r~~clcr co~~cc~t~tr:~tetl his fire upou tl~cparty. Who11 tlwy rcwllc~tl the Niag:wi, tl~c oi~rswere shattered, :t~~tlthv littlc I)o:~tI~orc uulnc3ronr cvi- del~ccsof the prosiinity of tllc c:nic~~~y'asllot. 1Yht~11P~rry hoisted hi.5 pen~iauton tl~cXi:lq::alx, tllc ,Itncrie:ul llwt was inrpircd wit,11IICW coru.;rgcl, :~ndby :L pro1111)tIIIOYCIIII>II~IJNJ~C thc British liuc a11d WOII the: thy. '1'11t: I):lttlc took p1:lcc Imr Pnt-in lhy. 1'en.y \\-as t111t~\VOII~~-P~:T.LLII y(':~r.:of :LKC ~11~11 Ile @i~leelthis sigdvictory. '1'llis paiuti~~gh:~ k)co~~ swcre~l~ crlticisrtl. It is :L copy fro111 ~III.OII :L s~n:lllwscdr, by t>lw e:ilne artist, in the St:~tcl1011ic at CO~IIII~~IIS,Ohio. 'I'l~oI)wt view of this painting is from tho l)al~~str:dc:it tl~et.op of tl~ ~taircaw. A doltblc st:lirn.ay, wl~icl~1111itc:s :~tt,l~ofirst ~:LIIC~- ing helow, leatls bene:ith tlre :~rcl~tvlr~ipport ill111 ~n:rssiv(: bloclii~~fiof the upper st:rircn.;o to tlle I):IWIIICII~.A b~':~~itiful ~taill(:tl-gl:lss ~vi~~do~v,at the 11r:rtl of tho ae.cn~~tltlr*cent, ndrnits li~llt. Tlwse gra~ltlst:tire:r~t~~, of wl~iclitllcre are four, two in the Sortl~or Scn:~t,c~,ir~ltl t,l~t: s:llne ill ~o1~rtWol1~1- illg positio~~ill the Sontl~or lloilw Estc~~rsionsof tho (hpitol, hdto tilt: attic st,ory n11t1g:~llcrirs. :LIII~ re nmnIkg th: 1110St , beaw if111f,.:lt~lres of t11e (:apito~. i\ full ~ICSCI~II~~OIIof ~~11, with tlwir p:rintillgs :ltld *t:ttrl:lrp, vill be tlewribctl ~IItlwir 1 propt'r pl:~ecs. Tl~etloor i~n~nedi:ltelybeyor~tl the Fl.i~nlilill !he tloor is s:qy)ortcd by c.11rich. ,ll I)r:lcli(~ts. 'l'Il(! o~ll:l~llt~l~~~~ tion cor1sists of scroll-n.or1; an,] ~cuntl~rl,~,with tho cottoll-boll, lll:li~?, ~r:ll)?S, all11 C!llt\~i~~it~g l-i~~cr.'1%~upper pariel of vaclr v:~ll-t: coiit;ai~~s:L &w, sttno~llltl- ctlby :L !vrcatl~of oakloaws. aucl :~cls:ls :L rcutilator. In llic~foot p:u~c,lof c:rcl~lcnf arc, ii:;nrcs, typic:~Iof PC:LCC:111il ~T:II..'I'l~e door is 14; ft. high nlltl 9; ft. xiclc, wit11 two Icnres, vvi:;rlis 14,000 ll~,ancl was c:wt by ,Jxnt,s '1'. Arncx, at Cl~icqcy, Jlass. Tl~ctotal eosl x:rq $(i,- 000 for motlcl ant1 B.iO,l!Li for cc,.y.s lug. It was p11t ul) ill ISCiS. Tllc rc:lr~ail~clcrof tli~tloor is tlivitlcd into (i p:uiclr, in which, ill cdio rclicco, :~rc'r(p rcbsantctl crcnts conmx.tc.0 n-it11 SI~ATEWOSZT.noon. the rcl-olllt ionary ~tnl;:!$(~, t.he estal~li411i1e1ltof tl~cGorcrnnic~~l,:LII~ tlw fouud:~tio~~of the C:~pitol. Tlw l)a~~clscol~t:lillil~g11istoric:ll slibjccts, ill cilro- ~iologicds~~cccssio~l, bc>giu :it tlre top of the left rnlve of the door, :Is follow : I. 1:attlc of Bunkcr Hill and Death of Waricn, 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 at l'renton, April, 1789, on his way to New York to assurnc thc aficc ot' President of the Unitcd Statcs. This panel contniris por- traits oC the sculptor, his wife, and three children, and of Kogers, the sculptor of thr .\fin Door. V. Inauguration of Wzshington, First President of the Unitcd Stares, in &cw Ymk, April 30, 1789. The principd figures in this panel are portraits, intlc,!ing John ,\dams, Vicc President, on his right; Cl~ancellorLivingstonc administers the 02th; Mr. Otis, Secretary ofthe Senatc, presented thc Bible. ?.he other distiripuisircd prrsonngcs represented arc Alexander Hamilton, Generals Knox andSt. Clair, Roger Sherm~n,and Baron Stcuben. TI. Laying of the Corner-stone of the Capitol of the United States at Washing. ton, Scptcmber 18, 1793. The promincnt figures are likcncsscs. r 7 lllc orclcr to Jlr. Crawford coiitcmplatccltwo doors, ollc for PRINCIPAL STORY. 2 5 31. Official Reporters' Room, IIW~ by the rcportesc, of the deh,ltes :~utlproceetliiigs of tile SCIJ:L~(~.The ceilillg ii.,fres- I coed ill the I'ornpeia~~stylc of drcoration. 32, senate Post Office.-- his beautiful apartment is ole- ~aatlyfitted 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~~ibclli~l~ccl nilh fiwcoc:;i by Ur~tmidi,tile l~rincilx~lpieces rcprese~~ting IIistory, Ccogmphy, Physics, 31111 the Telegrapll. 'L'llrce al1cgoilc:~lfiprcs 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:~hsarc four alk- 26 CAPITOL INTERIOR. Dissolution or Secession, ill~~strateclin 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, wit11 tlre engi~~esof Grift. 011 tlt~I\.'.the bundle of rods are again uuitcd, with the motto 33 Plur~brisUnum a11d an eagle. 011the N. the i~np~cnlentsof \\%rare being destroyed and excl~angcclfor tho.ie of pcacc. 34. Senate Reception Room.--TII~vestibule opeur iuto tI1e senate lteception Room, a brilliant salon about 60 ft. 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~enby 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 : NE., Prutlv~~ce;SE., Jnstice ; SW., Temper- ance; NW., Strrl~~th.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 ~Tallsare finished in tint, and c~nriel~cvlwith stucco and gilt. 'l'l~eyare diviclcd into five panek, with mctlallio~lccutrcc, for portraits of illn!&hns citizens. Enell rnetl.~llionis snrroru~tledby wrc:~tl~s,:~ntl is surrnou~~tctlby 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~tingW:lshington io coniu11,~tioun it11 .Jelferso~~,l~iz Secretary of Statr, and 11m- ikon, Secretary of tile Treni1u.y. 011 citltcr bide ii a rncdd- lion yet ~r~~fillecl.111 the N. wall of this ~nagnificcutapt- ment, bctnsen thc wintlom+, is n mirror. The floor is of e~~cd~~stictiles, 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~~esand foliage, rclicbvctl\\ ith eagles, deer, and c~~pitls.A similar staircm occupies a correqm~dingpl:~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. TIII~we cl:~bor;~tea11t1 artistic apecirnens of bronne work, and in a part of the bniltiiuq too tl:~rkto c3n:~blctll~ir merits to bc frilly xppreciatecl. 'lk~ywere rn:m~~f:tctnretlIJY Archtbr, Warnc,r ~kMiikcy, of l'llil.ltlcl[~l~i:lBaudin, artist, 1S58-'39. PRINCIPALGTORY. 27 36. Vice President's 80om.-~rhe door on the r. within the ~obbyopens into the room of the President of the Senate, perally known as the vice l'resident's Boom. It 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 $2,000. Permission to enter may be obtained from the Presiclent of the Senate. When not ill use, visitors nlay be admitted through the courtesy of the Sergcant-at- Arms or one of the door-keepers. I 37, Senate Lobby.--Ihring the sessions of the Senate ad- missions to the Senate Lobby can only be obtained through a Senator. This, however, is not in strict accortla~~cewith the mles of the body. When the Scnate is not in session, the Lobby is open to the pnblic. The Lobby is a vaulted pas- sage, with gilt panels and cornice. A chandelier makes up the deficiency of dayligltt. On the 1. are two doors, l.eading to the floor of the Senate Chamber. 38 The Senate (Ihnmber.- his unquestionably magnificent apartment occupies the centre of the principal door of the N. Extension. It has an entrance for Senators from corridors on theE., S., and W.,and two from the lobby on thcN. The occupation of this Chamber, devoted to the deliberations of the highest branch of the legislative arm of the Government, took place on Jan. 4, 1860. It is in the form of a parallelo- gram of the following dimensions : Length, 113i ft. ; width, 80%ft. ;height: 36 ft. ; superficial area of floor, 9,136 sq. ft. ; cubic contents, 338,536 cub. ft. The dimensions of the floor of the Chamber, eselnsivc of the cloak rooms and lobby, arc 83 ft. long and 51 ft. wide. On the E., W., and S. sides of the Chamber are the cloak rooms of Senators, and on the N. tlie Senate lobby. Over these and around the Chamber are the galle~ies, the seats rising and receding in tiers, till brought to a level with the corridors of the second floor, uhich are reached by two marble staircases. The portion of the N. Gallery over the back of the chair of the President of the Senate is devoted to reporters of the press, local and general, being provided with about 40 desks, and seats for nr many more. Directly opposite the reporters, in tlie S. Gallery, a number of scats arc sct apart for the d$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 28 CAPITOL INTERIOR. wellseat 1,200 persons. Forplan ofgalleries, see Attic Stq, 15-21. 011 thcflom of tl~Chnmber are scats for 74 Senato~2. 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 :~rcmatl(. 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~iclllie? the g:wl wlit.11 the body is in session. In~mr(li- ately bclonv, 011 citlrrr sitlc, are the scats of the Sqcult-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$~lathe Clerk, Cl~icfClerk, and BIinntt. Clerk, in flic ordel gi~cn. '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 hccpi~~qnit11 the rcx.t of the furniture of the IIa11. The,lloor is miwl abo~~t3 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~ninberor resrrloir bcne:~lhthe floor, alltl snpplietl by falls and steam-coils in the b.:~cm~nt nit11 ~i~olqtrnt~tlair tcmpcwxl from GSO to 70' winter, and f~om So to lo3below the o~it-ideair in summer, aid req~~I.~Iodby thelmomctc~san11 hygrometers in difle~ntparts of the chnmhcr ; tl~eqcare cvnrninecl at regular and bricf iilt~r\als by the diief of thv vcutilating department. The contam- i~iatcclair 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~OVCis 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, 21 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~tsitloof 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~iqhontis 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 CIl.k3Il~T'X V. P. Vice President. S. Secretary. I.. C. I.cgisl.~tivc Clerl;. C. C. Chici Clerk. M. C. Miliutc Clerk. P. Scrgcant-at-Arms. U. Ijoorkcepcr. R. Repoitcrs SENATORS. I IV. G. Brownlow, Tenn. 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. Mor~lll,Vt. 43 C. I<.Ilcnnis, Md. 6 11. U. Anthony, R. I. 43 22. 9. Ilciriman, N. C. 7 G. F. Edmunils, Vt. 44 Y 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. hlitcheil, Orcgon. 1% J. W. Flanagan, ?'ex. 49 n. Wadlcigh, N. H. 11 I>. Clavto~~.Ark. 50 11. I). 1':~. tt, Irrd. 51 A. Rarnsry, .Minn. ij 1'. ',V ~itchco'ck,Kcb. 52 2. Cli;indlcr, Mich. 16 '1'. J. Robertson, S. C, (3 J. P. J~ncs,Ncv. 17 J. J. Pattcrso:l, 5. C. 54 hl. C. Hamilton, Tcms. IS 14. IV. Ransom. K. C. 55 O. S. Jicrry, Conn. 4 2, B. Conover, Fla. t6. ,I. A. 1.0eni1.%. , Ill. 20 S. W. Dorscv. Ark. 57 R. li. I'cliton, N. Y. 21 J. 5. ~apr,.Cal. 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. Fcrry Mich. 03 J. V?. S~CYCIISOII,Ky. 26 W. Windom: Minli. (13 11.G. l'hurrnaa, Ohio. 27 Carl Schurz Mo. 64 '1.C. McCrccry, Ky. 28 G. S. ~autwE!i Mass 05 1.. F. Bayard, I)cl. 29 '1'. 0. Havie, &is. 66 H. Cooper, l'cnn. 30 H. Harnlin Mc. 67 J. P. Stockton, N. J. ?I R. ~onkli;~,3': Y. 68 1.'. Saulshuty, Ucl. 12 John Scott Pcnn. 69 '1'. 11. Norwood, Ga. ;; John bhcrilan, Ohio. 70 J. W. Johnson, Va. 14 iV. Spraguc, I<. 1. 71 J. K Kclley, Orcgon. 35 A. Gilbert Fla. 72 L. V. Hogy, Mo. 36 1. I,. .\lco;n, Miss. 7; G. Golilt!~waiie, Ala, 17 A. A. Sargcnt, Cal. 30 CAPITOL INTERIOR. 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 re~~larhour of meeting of the Senate durinq the session is 12 noon every day ex. cppt Sunday, and ailjo~n-nson 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 clrd~; 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 rnhlc. ant1 con&ts of missire i~olishedbloclis of white mar- I ble, forhqdcrp panels. Thc 16~11sthroughout 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. In the R. and W. walls are niches. Two of these I, coutziin hrads of Iutlian chiefs, exccuted in marble. The floors I are of rncm~stirtiles. 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, prcscntcbdby Albert Dc Groot, of Now York. 111the 1. niche, at 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 smd I urn of rhaste pattern. I PRINCIPAL STORY. 31 41. President's Room.-~eavin~the lobby by the W. (loor, the r. is the President's Room, asiignt~tlto the nsc of the president of thc finitetl St:~tcson his visits to the C:~pitol. Thisroolll is rarcly uied cuccplo~lthe l:~>ttlayh 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~esentativesas 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 ceil- ing, is a portrait of Wa~hiuyton-2 copy from l~r~nhranilt Pealc's-I\ it11 :L reclining female figure on citlier side : t11:tt on the r. reprcienti~lgVictory, 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~lnreath. On the four walls arc mcd:~lliouportraits 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 : tl~efirst of Columbuq, mith a 1s [lobe and early instruments of navigation, representing Dis- 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- y- 11011 from 11-Ilk11the chandrlicr is suependecl is cnricircd with re threeinfant figr~ree,wpporting an American flag. The ceilings ,g arc furthcrembcllished. Theentire decoration is by Brumidi. ,, ,, Tllp room is tli~most richly decorated in the United States. 3r9 The floors arc beautifully tiled. There arc three lnrqe mir- :d, 'OM in the walls. In 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 32 CAPITOL INTERIOR. 45, Elevator,-At the cntl of thc comidor from the lobby is :I scrclv eleaato~,be:mtifr~llytlcsignetl a~itllns~~riorrsly fllr- lli~llc~(l,for tl~o11sc of SCII:L~O~.S.It 1.IlIlS f1'0111 t11(! l1:1~c111~~~t to t,11(1 corritlors of tile :ltliC story, nlltl is iittcd 1111 2 iloublt: c11gi11e: cost 810,000. 51, Western Grand Staircase.-(:o1istr11(~tct10•’whitc ~l~arb]~, Tlw tlciiqn is the snrnc as thc E. out, :11:c:itly tl(wribc11,alltl lrails di;cctly to t!ic gciitlt~mtm's mtl reporters' g:rllerics. The vicm of Ll~isstairc,lw, looliilig rrl~w:~rclsfronl ll~cfirst lai~tlit~gof tho sttllis Ic:~tii~~(rto t:~e bai~l~t'lit, is HII~I~CIIII~~~ be:lrltif111. 'Ylic l~i~l~ly-~~oli~l~t~tln-Ititc-~n:trblc liloi:liit~gs, 1211- tal~lut~irt~i,~tey, b:ll~~>tr:~tlt'~, :111(1CO~III~IIIS, will^ t livir I's~I~~s- itcly-w~wiigl~twpitals, of tllc snlire m:~tc'~'i:rl,strilx tltc cyc with tl~cm:~~~iilicc~nc(: of it;: arc11itectr1r:ll ~l{~signautl csccn- tio11. 'l'l~olight tl~rowiiill from abow xtltls to 1111:c:iarm of t,lic sccl~u11-I-liicli groots t11i: \.i.sioii. 7'1ic sornbrc IIIXof tlic TIleu~~wsccrnarblt: cmi!loyctl iri tho E. st:~irc:w:, t1ic11igli prt- se~iti~~g:I, richer :I~)~~;I~.:LII(:(',doi~:lot csl!i.cti;~ly Ijri!~!,~ant tho bixntics of norl;~nn~idiip1)c'stoncd n1:on tl~cucht~ikiilg feat11rc.s of tlrc iutt:rior fittirq of tl~:C:ipilol E:;tt:~~~io~is. Op1iositn tl~cfoot of 1.!11: rt:Liiww, ill :I ~~iclie,on tirc main floor, i.; tlic: st:~tucof .TOI'LILlfnncocl;, PresitlrnL of tiics Conti- neutal Co~igrcssIT-11icli signc>tl a~ltl l~romnlgalctl tiic 1)cclai'n- tioil of l~lili~pc~iileiict~,1776. 'I'lrt: rtatllc is semi-l~cw~ir;ese- cutctl ill lS(i0, in m:rrblt~,I)p Ilor:~tioSto11c ; cost E.i,.ii)O. At tl~c11c:~l of tl~:first liiglit of st~pag:lil!ht tl!~, K. nall is tll~Sto~i,litly qf' Cl~rp~~lfcy~~:c,Ily \V:ilkci., S.Y. Oi'ilcrcd ill 1800,cost $(;,OOO. 'l'liis 1minti11gXIS originally i~~t,'ndcd for tho roo111 of thc Conlrnittee 011 1Iilit:lry A1i'kii.s. It rep- resent.: the storrnillg of tlic ca4lt. of CI~:lldtc~pee,S1'1)t. 13, 18.17, by tht: Anieric:~n:limy, 1i11tlt.i.61.11. Scott. 'I'lre ca?tlc, on(? of the tlefciiics of tl~:city of -iI(~sico,ciov;nc:l :!11 cmi- nciice !)OO ft,. I1ig11,mi(1 \\-as 1:~lic11by mwns of mli~i~:-~:~(~- ders. 'PIE part icnhr ~norucntof t,l~c:couflict i; t111.cm-II~- tion brtmcen Gcil. Qr~it~nan:~~lil sevcr:ll of tlw o1tic:'tx of tile ailrancc diyisio~~.'1'1~: batteries :lt the: foot of tlit: 11iilacre talirn, and the approncli to tl~:city by tlie :~qr~t~ilnc!,i:i$ Open. Tlic hill-bide is alrently occngietl by tl~eUt~itcd St:~ii? ~illcs. Gcn. Qrdtmnn, moulltcttl, nlq~c~arson tlic 1. of tlic painting. Gen. Shields is without his cwt, nilil~voimtlcil. IVc,:~r:ltIinlld arc I,ic:uts. Wilcox'aud TO~~-~I.S,of t11c Cllgill(:?~~.OIL ill^ 1. stands a section of L)rum's battcrv. 111tl~crcnr, ail\-ailci% to'tlic support of Casey's troops, are the Pennsylvnnia, New yorli, a~lclSonth Caroliil:~~ol~uilct~s, be:lrillg tl~c'irState colors, ant1 commantlctl by Gcnry, B:~xtcl., a~ltlGlntltl1~11. Sicontcl~ca,tile Xx&xn commauclcr, is Killed. Gcn. Per- siforF. Smith, mith the rifles, coil front,^ the c~icrny'sbrcart- sorks, aid 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- I ary flu11 and Xouse of Repvesei~tatiws. &ncntt:tl mith the l&f of tho coko11 plant, insteatl of tile :anthns. l'lte ilomr of tl~ecotton plant also ciiriclic~sthe intre of the caisso~ia. This vcstibi~locorrespontls wit11 tltnt n the N. side. The door on the. I. loatls to the bctscment ai~wse,(19,) very beantifol in tlcsign. 54 and 55. Document Rooms, IIonw of Ttcprc~entntivcq.- 'hcsc arcxfor the supply of bill? :wl ilocuincntq for the cur- eltt supply of mcmbrri of tl~cIIorlsc. 66, Stationery Room of the PIonse of Rcpresentntives. 11 57, House Committee on Banking and Currency,--When :d Reprcrelitativcs occopicil the old Ikrll, now tlw 1I;111 of :o Ststunry, this room mas set aywt fov tho usc of tlic Spcxnlter. P- It m:w to this rooin that ,Jol~nQl~it~cy Atlam3 m:Ls co!lrcyetl 3, aftcr Ilo fell at his sent in tho iIo~~ic,1"brnary 23, 1S1S, and it nas lrcrc that IICdietl, t.n70d:~ys :~fter. LC, ni- h n- iic 're !il. CS. 1g. llil :1. ,dl$ 34 UAPITOL INTERIOR. I the opposite panel is :r life-size lmtrait of I1en1.y Cla~~,by Joll11 Neaqle, 1843, SXJO, ai~dportraits of Chndes ~a&ll if ~~~~~lltoli,by Chester lI:ndi~ig;one of Gunnir~gll.'ec{ford, a lllc~l~berof the <:o~~st,itkit~io~ialConvcutio~~ fro111D~~lan.ar~, prcac~itecl;one of Joha I:. Giddi~~gs,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~'3dillgti11011gl1 the prostylo to the 1Ionsc of Tbel~rt:sc~~tati~.(,s,11i:a~' I)c sccn avery striking rt:prese~~tation,in nature, of the upper portions of a 1luna11face. At times works of art are place(1 in this hall on esliihition Tlli is, howcver, without the a~thorit~yof Congress. It is proposecl also to fit LI~this IIall with upper and lo~5.e~ gallorios, wit11 1)a.nelsand niches, the forlner to be occupied by 11,ortraitsof 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~ian opcn rostrnm ahont four fect above the floor, enclosed by :L bro~~zcbal~lst~~.:~cIe. Rich 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~isp1: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~cclFre~lcliman upon his last visit to the Uliited state^. These arc now in the Housc of Represenkatives, U~itlcrthese 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 at thc apex of the (lolne. This Hall was occ~ipicilby 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 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. I SOUTH, OR HOUSE EXTENSION. 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 ~~arrowingof the outer corridors. 60,Northern (rorridor, beautifully clesigned,~es~,cciallytho 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 a 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~tingFort lGzoz, 31niiie; Fort Trumb~cll,Couneeticut ; Forts Tompkins nd 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~?lactive 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 ~oldierof the revolation, presented by himself to the House of Eepresentativcs as an evidence of his appreciation of their hi~idliessand 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~nesscemarble, 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. In 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 38 CAPITOL INTERIOR. crtremely beautiful, and !levclop in every particular the toacll of genlns. Against the E. TI-all,over the first bndilJq, i, all ~pestriar~Portrait qf GemdrS'cott, by Troye :not tile lropcrly of the Governmeut, llowevcr. It w:~soriginally or. clpl(~clby 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~cclwit11 leaves of acnuthoq, tobacco, and corn. Thc ceilil~gsarc paneled, and thc TKE~~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~preseritationof 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. 011 the r. are doors opening iuto the EIaLI. PRINCIPAL STORY. 39 40 CAPITOL INTERIOR. .-" I'IrJC------r AIJI'HAI~ETICAL LIST OF 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~crcascdstrcnqth. Indicle the panels arc gac, jets, numbering about 1,500, lighted bv electricity, and which, during night swsions, &tl 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 em 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; Forcip Ninihrs; 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 aid 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~oshall 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. 76, Sergeant-at-Arms,-In this room the)Hace, or insignia of authority of thc House of Representatives, is kept when I 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. It is finished in 01. The pilasters, cornice, and ceiling are of iron, en- riclietl with gilt. In the centre panel, overhead, is a massive representation of a cluster of acorus. On the wdls are en- gravi~igsor pliotograpl~sof the Speakers of the ZIouse of l~cpresentativessince the first organi~ationof 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 ~lld Ellrolling Clerks ; 83, File Rooni. 44 CAPITOL INTERIOR. 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 ~iewis from tile balr~stradeat the top of the staireace. The painting rep. resents an emipaiit train erossingtl~eILocky 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- "The sp~ritkrows 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 Goldc~~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 dec- oration. 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~rpplythe electricity for Izyhtinil tihe j!lonze a114 Bull of' the Ilcliise of 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 app mh. 'Che :~tteuclaritin charge will rnalce the necessary ex- pl:ru:rtiot~. If tlcsirccl, visitors will be atforcled an elcctric slrock. 'I'he ligl~tit~gof the varions portions of the Capitol br this mc:~nsn-as introihzccd iu 1863. The gas is snpplicti from t11e city. Tl~eindicator, keys, und in.strz[ments for lipl~titig the I)on~emay he scen 011tl~cW. eitlc of the passay, $I1511. cilml Story, and for tl1e IIall of tlic liepresentatives in the vnll at tltt: KW. corner of tlic cloal<-roomon the E. of tlieS. door to tl~cfloor of thc 1I:~ll. Tlic introdaction of tl~csalile irnl~rowtl:l~ril coilve~iie~lt mcthotl of ligl~tingillto tllc re- maini~yl~ortiom of the 1111ilclingis conte~nplnted,and will be specilily put in csecr~tion. 6, 7, and 8. Library of the Senate, (reached from 21 Princi- pal Story, opm eee73 duif.) 'Yl~ist:n~braccs:I. coll~ctionof ofi- cinl doc~rrntwsprint,eil by ortlcr of citllor 1Io11seof Cwgress. tlic jot~vn:~ls,ilebntcr, :nd proceetliiigs of each ; stat:h7s; U. S.~111)~~111(:C'011l.t l.i'pol.t!:; liL\V book$; speci:xl ~1'0l'h~0f Rf- erellcc: r~I:rtit~gto Icgi-1:ltioti; ancl files of newsl~:~pcri.The lib~xryoi.c~~l)ic~s the ailjt~ecl~t lofls, ant1 in the ag::grc,g::;~tccom- p~k?23,000 vols. Tt is dcsigrlcd for the cxclusi\.c utc of Smators. From it the Senate comtriittee libraries are PLI~ plic (1. NOETII OR SENATE EXTENSIOS. 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13. Senate Document Room, reached from I(; Attic Story, contain.: files and extra copk of all bill-, I:LTY**,rcpolts, ant1 other of~icialc~ocuments p~inted by or(lcxrof ('ongrcss, or eitl~erbranch, and for the curre~ltSup. ply of Senators. ATTIC STORY. 47 ,;pl,Sfor!/. From tl~b:~l~~;tlxl~ 011 t,lli.i story thc best I +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~icipt~lStory; /)t'(rqram ?f Sextstoix' Deslis, page 20 ; List ofSe;iutors, ptlqc 2:. 15, 8outbern Corridor, coill~~~i-;11~:Eustern ant1 TPre,stern Col,iitlr,rs ct is b~?:l~ltih~!lyi1:%i!ylv:l, ~I:LV~:I;;Llirc~! ci~~itml pi1~;tI:III(~ L~vo o111('r (~~IY!II~:~I,:LR.!IIY,wit11 el:~lx)r:~t,i~folia- tiull, siliisl(l~,ix::lw, :L:I(~olI~(,i (~11111h11:~tii; ~l(wrxtio~~s in ptacco. 17. Reserved G-allery~for,firiizilic.r?f Sentrfo~s. For descr(~- lioli of Cirninlie~scc Are. :iS l'rinci ~nlSiory; nia,q~wnoj of ,~e;info~s'lhslis.pt~{/e29 ; List ?I' i'ic;rntot .; 5. pag~29. 18, Eeserved Gallery ,for the ni~domtxiicCoqis. For t7e- soipfioil l!i' Cititmlie~.we IV,.:IS l'i.incil,trl Stor!/; Iliaymm oJ Se~mto~~s'Jie:;l,:s, pcqe 20 ; List oJ Se~~chm,page 2!). 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 nim:nIy mol'c rcprcwntnti~csof tlw lm+. 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~~cadis x broad circ~llnrarch, pierceil in the ccntii: 1)~-:L stnii~ccl-glassrlqligl~t, and eul~icl~cclwith frllits, flonclu, :LII~pailis ill stucco. 'rhc 11-a11s :1rc ti~itctl,:~licl in tlw l)il:~4i>ri:LIT stlicco e~lrich~licnti:of Am~ric:~usl~icl~ls, and emb1enl:lt ic rc~preseatatiolisof mccllauics, commerce, fisher- ies, uitl plclity. I 45 CAPITOL INTERIOR. 24, Ante-Room,-Exrlzcsiuel?j or ladies, and opens into Ladces' Gallery a~itlRetiriqq JLoom. The ceiling is beauti- fully elnbc~liished.111 thr 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. In thc K. arch is a elicrnb seated on a clo~~,with star 01 c~rllentl,emblematic of peace. On the S. is a. iilnilar figure with sl~ic>lciauil garland, relxcsenting mar xu11 victory. The wall< arc pauelcd a~ltltinted 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 deco- ration. 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 Ihnsand Gentlemen's and Reporters' Galleries. t,he W. Grand Stuircase, and 8. Corridor. 'J'he cciliilg is conlposed of nu iutrie:~tcand 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~~tmilcon 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 (Tommitteeon Transportation,-Entered througl~ 37. 37. Senate Committee on Padic Plailroad~.-~~~illtpI .i\-all?, I n iillont tlcc'or.ltio11. 38, Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections -ro.- S,y~~\~lotl~iuq of il~t~~ro~t. 43. Ante Rcom opc:uiir,q illto so. 4:: 2i11tI (;(,II~~C,IIIPII.:: Gal- i ierics. 46. Gtore Room of IJoris:: I,ii)l.:lry. 'l'i~crool?~ so:~tl! i-- i:wl I for tllc. :-:illI(: i,""~")'?. 47, Eastern Grand Staircase,-i+~i. tlcsc.i.iptio71sc a (iil'n'ir- 1 lo. '1'11~1wl \ ii,j,,- of i,li(x p:ri;rti:rg of (~'t'ittrcciS;.olt I$~IY)II~111ia 1):~111.~~~:!el(:011 Illis Iloor. 'YIII, :i~i,j:~e;t'ilLt:oi.,,i~/~? liwl.: to rl~o~Grti~ericCw~.iiIor, Gull~i~ics, uii~l I~rtiics' 1fc- tiriiq 1/00171.~. 49. Library of the House of Repre~entatives.-~rili~i, ,,,- tcr,llt fro~~~ill;: N\~ol.t,l~c~l (:orri~Ioi., 111 this ~~)om:u; 1;,000 yO1~~~~~(-.,t11011zl1the elltirl: lil)r:uy coalljrisc~s1;0.0()0 \.(& llln~,<,n-l~icl~ cnibl.:lces t11v floor lilir:~~.~of t111' 11011~of I;C-. l~l~;~~~~~~t:~tiy;~s(l'ri~~c$j(iLSfo~~!j,72) :IIII~ t111: libr:~l.i;.sof I:O,II- Illittccas. O\\-ill: to Tv:urL of sllii::bl(: :~ccOlllulot~:~tion, tl~(s(I:& l;sl,il><;~~,;!si~l(~ ti,(; lil~ri 61, Reserved Galleries rol. J;milies of Jfembmc of tllc 11011s~~of Ili~;~l.c:xc~~lta~i~c:s. b'ol cIcscriptinic oJ 11~11see .Yo. 71 I'~,iit~;,~(fl,Y/oI.!J; ljiu!jmi17, o/' 1hsk.s oj' Allrn~bl:rs,jx!(jc 40; Lkt 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)OIIL 11,1(- IJIIIIII~(.(Ir(~l)r(~s;~~lt:~ti~c~~of t111:press. 55. Gentlpmen's Gallery.- or tlescription of' Ilull sce $7 I'ri~iri11trl 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:~llcricswill sent %bout2,500 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&?rncorriclcr,) a11t1for tllc we of tl~ose entitled to t-he privileges of the gallcry. Tl~crcwe convcl- 11iclrc:lr for writing di~patches. ~kljoiilingis a s~nalle1o:k- room. 64. Ante-Room ltmling fimn the westcw corridor to titp Pwss il'el~~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~nmCthes 0.1the Militia and Mileage,- Tllc,.c loolu- are el~t~rc'lyn ~tl~r~nt clcsc.ort~tro~~. c. c. c. c.-Courts. '1'11,. Iloor.: of the attic tory of the N. and S. cstmsiolis :il.<>1:;i:L CI~C:LII,~~~Ctiles of c1eg:mt clesigu. 1, Vestern Stairway and. Corridor.-~irc former a::cc~~(ll;to 1 1i 1 t o Tlic ~:ori.itlc)rsof Il~oS('i~:ltc I):I.IYII:~I~~ 1,nw~;ii:Ill iutc:rciti~lgosliibitioli of tlic: cIi:co~xlivcxrt. 'rile VXI~I~C~CI(xili~igstl~ro11g11011t arc in ili&l~q)~r,:uid all bc,lu\y tlip sl~.irlqof tlio :i,rcl~t,sin oil. 'he !v:dls :111(1 pi1:i~txq:~rc i,i 1111,it)-li. of tile 13th cc~itwy,:is cnq)loyed ill tlic 1org:'i:~of I<:rpir:~:lili tlre V:lticnii :it I 5-1 CAPITOL INTERIOR. c.i:&lljnell 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- fi~lish~d.The, vxt~ltedcciling is adorned with frc.co and @t, xyld the n dl 34, senate Oommittee on Rules,-Xo decorntioii. 45. Grypt.-A circrli:~r-!,:1cc, oo~lGsiin~of a twbl~colotl. II:L(~C, (:0111:1tl1illg'~~Oi)oric (d~llltllsOf file' 1)1.01)!1rlioll~of tlloae of t,!tcb 'i'tslll!ll~'0f I':~stltlll, dlll'lllOlltlii:(~I;\' g:.:.OiIll'd :LI.(:\I(>S I~IIIIII~~it1 ~x(lii 0irwti011, :LII(I .s~t])l)ortittgtlw llwr of tile OII:.'I'l~tr .st:~rill the 1):~~111('111.1111(1w. tlw ~(~liti.:il:11.~11 (II;IIo~~~si11e t>s:~(.tc.?~~ttx; of tlte (':q)itol. 'SII(?glxtili;; it1 the ~:~VI~III(LII~oi t11e Cry))L OII llw 1;.si~lclewl. to IIIC~~:LIIILI~(~ ~:L.S:I~(>S!I(,IO!V. 'ri~.wvigl~t,of ~IICi~nn:L!OII(: ill t11~I)CHIIC is S,O~J~).200It)$. 'l'l~(~r(~:lrtSfoltr ~~~tt~~ttwsto ~II(,('rypt. Iyity at tllc ioi~rl1oi111s of tile 1:01111):lss. \J'hilc! ~IItlw C'rj-l)tt11($ yis- itor SIIOIIIII d1111o~~t~i(lf! tj~v(,:L~(~~II ts~~t~:~~~(~(s ~LIIII1:~k:t:L \-it;\v of 1.111. I)IYI:LII \\.:Llli, ~-:n~ltc~ilc:u~ri:lg::c~\v:~y,III:L".~\.I' :LII(~ fo1tt1i1:~- 1io11of 111~3hi1t (;I~II~IXIi'ortico. Oixxsii)~i:tlly1vo1.1,~ of art ~iot,t11:. l)~'ol)(lrtyof llrc, Govc'r~~l~lc'~~i,:L~I:stowctl it1 tile cryl)t, :x\v:~itii~gl,11(1 :~eLio11of tl~eir~\YIICI,S. 46. Headquzters Capitol Police, 47. Guard-room, or Prison, for t 11,: twil)or:u.y it~~liriw~t~~~ei~t of pc!rsot:,- :~t~cd(:~liil 111~: C::~pitol. 48, Steps to the Subbasement and Undercroft,-(~b~t:63.) 49, Western staircase, lvulil~gt,o the Ihtt~~~ela. 50, Western Main Entranx 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&rallildetermine all clairrls fo~u~dedupon 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~ecourt mllsiits of n cllicf justice and four assodater. 56. Room of the Territorial Delegates, 58, Eouse Committee on Education and Labor.-- he la,t loom 011 this corridor, 9:unc sitlc, has bccn I I fo~~ ll~e con- finemcnt of cont~~rnaciooswitu(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~ilsis 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~ailrdto i1cstin:l- tloi~. 'Tl~t,yobt officw of the two lior~scsof Congress are SOUTIE OR IIOUSE EXrl'ENSIOX. 71, Refectory,-Open to the public. 60 CAPITOL INTERIOR. Ulfitc'tl St:~tc:s army. '1'11c sllhj('~t~:LIT : I11r~iai~buJ"rdn ltllllt. liLtlicllL,sl~ni,c~csti7/1/ lciitl lice; Ii~c%;(~rsjidii~gin tciidw; tlil~lcZ~(,J,L~OL t(ressin~ya tnmrtl b~!/Jirlo hide; IrztIiavs oil tlLe q1Lot.e; u11 11Lr/iau yYm; Cul hdi~lsccll])-t~mce; sib 7irr{icoa su,l 1 ; L I O I . 'Yhe Siot~s-cl~ivfI[olc- ill-Il~,.-tl:lyis :~tltlrw>ingtl~. co~ulcil. 'I'll(>l.ltdi:~ns r<'prcmscl1tell :II.(I illc~Siolis of ~huciota. 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 So. !]:I.) 011 thc s1111i: :LI.I:tho IOt:kslllit,ll'~5110~) il.11~1 ~CC :111d store moms. 79. Eastern Entrance and Vestibule.- he c~ttr:ulc~opcns fro111t11c~:~rc:i~l~vl~~:~lli :111d ~~111tv(i tmriage IKI~I)c11(xt11 the oastcl.~~~~ol'tico of tl~cIlorlse 1;stc.nsiou. '1'1~:groinc~tl arches of tl1c8 \-t~~tibt~l~1x.1 011 4 ~n:~rbl(?l~iers:ui(l corrwpo~~~li~q pilaitc.~..,. '1'I~i~:rrc.!~c's:~rv tlcwi.:~tctl with stucco, :11id tlk TJ-:LIIS :LIY, fi~tisl~rdin sixgliola. 80. Irouse Post Office, fitted np with birds-cyc maplc cnscs, wit11 I,o\r.< for (X:LCII 111eri11~1:r:~11t1 tl~ oficcbrs of the 1lou.x of 1c11t:1.'1'11(: IYNII~ is without clccoratioll. ,1Ilit:81. ilct:o~xtCommitteeHouse,lo11 COI~SLB~S onof Public p:uieletl Buildings n-all$, with and aGrounds,-b:~lr~itrnde bow t1~:ILIII~II~~I~,~~nolding. Tht: ceili~~gis embellisl~txl wit 11 :~r:~l>iwl~ic~i.lno Amc:ric:~n c:~gl(~s:md sl~iclds,:LII~I has :~11clli])tic:~Ic: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 III~V:L~C. 84. House Committee on Territories.-Riclllp :~lid:11)1xo- pl'intcly tlccoratetl. Orcrlrcvul, n~iuglcdwith the fcatl~c~riug, arc 4 l~ic~ccire])riwnting gro111)sof Itldialis7 weapolts of war :~ntlt11i~chic :LII~ i~r~pk:rn~~il,sof pi'aco. Irl thr: sp:ms of the :~rcllosis :L ~wil~lil~gborder, niti~il~troill~ctiol~s of fox :uld tlcer I . I;iltlcr tllc arclles :we nictlallions yet ~mfillcil,but in ~llicliil is p~ul)osctlto i~ltrotll~c*cthe profilcs of formor chair- inell of tlic co~lltiiitt~e.'1.11~ gc~te~.altlecorntion is varied ~rith ~p~~ililc~l~iof L~C61n:~lIer :~ltiltizl life ~)CCUII:LI.to the pl:liliS. Ullcler the impost molding is a borclcr of fruits and grains, , 92, Western Stairway and Corrid~r.--~-otl:~~:!t ic~~i. ' 93. Steps to the Heating and Ventilating Apparatus, : So:::Il I.:!;tcasio~?.-(Vor tlci(wil,tio~r,ioo Sub-l)rise~~toif.. 1).. 64.) 'I'iw iron grntily a! tl~cc111tlof the I:nw:rg::cl \::IS oi.lqi- ndl! !i!4guc,tl for !!I<: ice IISI.~?ill ti~ouc;itil:atio!l of 1!1(1 11:~ll of I!!(% il(~;:l,c~rc~litaiivc~sdi~rii~g file PIIIII~II~'~1110litliq. lin- !lrorctl liic.:rll< li:~vc:obvi:ri cti ll~cn.o of icc. O\Y~I.t :)is g1~1- hg :III~till> coils of $t~~:~n-pip~s.I~IP:ISII~~II~ 11 111." :111$1 LIF(!~~ for bc~tiiigtllr Jhll of Ilq~rc.~e~rt:~ti\c.sill vil~tc~i.. 1 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. 62 CAPITOL INTERIOR. SUB-BASEMENT STORY Untler thc entirc. builtling is a massive substrr~ctionor seat of mnconry, co11.i;ting of piers alld alClle~,upon wllicl~renrs the miehty snpcrstrnctr~rcxof tll? C:~pitol. The ~~~b-l~asc~~~~t of thp central bnilding and t~voesteusio~~s have no commu- nicatio~rwith c:lch otller. NORTII OR SENATB EXTESSIOS. tlw :~ir.bcing drawn in by a fall, :LIIL~ forced tllr011g11:L II& air-tl~~ctiuto thc air-spncc uutlcr the floor of the Senate, aud tl~cncoillto the C11:11nl)cr by rnetrns of registers. Tl~cnir siq~plictlin n-i~~tcris r:~i,scd to a temperatr~rcof (jS3 to i03, a~idill rlmnler from SO to 10" below the ontcr atrnoq~here, 7'11~tcm])crntarc? s~~pplicclto t,lle gdleries is some tlcgrecs lomc~,ilr order to corr~~tcrnctthe m~im:illmt n-l~icl~:wontls to tl~ntportion of the 1Inll. A branch :~ir-dl~ctcommrulicstes will1 t11~pllcrie;;. The s11pply of fresh air is 30,000 mcl CS- 1l:~nst10,000 cr~l~ic.ft. a minuLc:. 'J'l~corigi~lnl :lppar:llos xas tlcsigncd by Capt. 11. C. Ncige, m~tlthe cx11:~ast2111d other iml~~ovc~nentsby 11. P. II:~yden,Chief Ellgi~leerU. S. Sen- ate, l'l~ocugincor ill cl~:~rg(:will explain the prineiplc. \Vltilc 11erc it woultl be interesting to il~speetthe 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~lcctthe Cxl~itol:III~the Gover~imtmtPriatiug OtIicc. The Senatc Folding lZooms lie on thc eastern sick, and the Sci~atcIic,f(~ctoryKitcI1~11s nenr by. The vaults are used for stor:rge aucl fuel. CENTI'LAL BUILDING. 6-1 CAPITOL INTERIOR. LIST OF DIAGRAMS. LIBRnRY OF CONGRESS .I