Members of the Press who are entitled to admission to the. Reporters' Galleries-Continued. Name. Macpherson, L. C Moore, Eugene Nicholas, W. G. Nordhoff, Charles.. O'Shaughnessy, Louis.. Pagaud, Joseph S Smith, W. Scott Snell, E. Lisle Thomson, Mrs. G. W. Wynne, Robert J Papers represented. Columbus, Ohio, Daily Times New York Herald Globe, California Associ- Chicago Herald Chicago Times.. Evening Transcript. N. Y. Commercial Advertiser, New York World.. Baltimore American. Cleveland Herald 515 Fourteenth street.. 1424 New York av 900 Fourteenth street. 1223 Massachusetts av. 1419 G street, N. W. 507 Le Droit Park. 1211 N street, N. W. 810 Twentieth street. The Army and Navy Register, published weekly at 1320 F street, N. W. The Court Record, published daily at 519 Seventh street. The Critic, published every afternoon, except Sunday, at 511 Ninth street, N. W. The Gazette, published every Sunday morning at 931 D street. The Gazette of the Patent-Office, published every Tuesday at the Patent-Office The Herald and National Intelligencer, published every Sunday morning at 409 Tenth street. The Law Reporter, published every Tuesday morning at 631 F street. The Mechanics' (I. O. M.) Advocate, published monthly at 617 Massachusetts avenue, N. W. The National Era, published every Saturday at the corner of Eleventh and P streets The National Republican, published every morning, except Sundays, at the corner of Tenth and D sts. The National View, published weekly at 903 Pennsylvania avenue. The Post, published every morning at the corner of Tenth and D streets. The Pilgrim Press, published monthly at 529 Seventh street. The Republic, published every Saturday at 908 Pennsylvania avenue. The Scientific Record, published at 604 F street, N. W. The Sentinel, published every Saturday at 516 Tenth street, N. W. The Star, published every afternoon, except Sundays, at 1101 Pennsylvania avenue. The Temperance Anvil, published every Saturday at 934 F street. The Tomahawk, published weekly at 916 F street. The United States Gazette, published monthly at 719 Market space. The Vedette, published monthly at 339 Pennsylvania avenue. The Volks Tribun, published every Saturday at 516 Tenth street. THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Librarian of Congress.- AINSWORTH R. SPOFFORD, 1621 Massachusetts avenue, N. W Charles W. Hoffman, 124 East Capitol street. Assistants. Louis Solyom, Montgomery County, Maryland. Vernon Dorsey, 1539 Twenty-ninth street, N. W. J. E. Reghenau, 129 A street, N. E. W. M. Griswold, 230 New Jersey avenue, S. E. T. J. Putnam, Uniontown, D. C. J. F. N. Wilkinson, 901 E street, S. W. Daniel Murray, 1331 Twelfth street, N. W. The Library of Congress occupies the entire western projection of the central Capitol building. The original library was commenced in 1800, but was destroyed with the Capitol in 1814 during the war with England. It was afterwards replenished by the purchase of the library belonging to Ex-President Jefferson, by Congress, embracing about 7,000 votumes. In 1851 it contained 55,000 volumes, and by an accidental fire in that year the whole collection was destroyed, except 20,000 volumes. It was rebuilt in 1852, when $75,000 was appropriated in one sum to replenish the collection. The new library halls, three in number, are fitted up with ornamental iron cases and iron ceilings, the whole being perfectly fireproof. The library is recruited by regular appropriations made by Congress, which average about $11,000 per annum; also by additions received by copyright, by exchanges, and from the Smithsonian Institution. The library of the Smithsonian Institution has now been deposited in the Library of Congress, where it is secured against loss by fire. This collection is especially rich in scientific works, embracing the largest assemblage of the transactions of learned societies which exist in the country. The library of copyright books was removed here from the Patent Office in 1870, and all copyrights issued in the United States are now recorded in the books deposited in the office of the Librarian of Congress. The present number of volumes in the whole library, including law books, which are kept in a separate library room under the Supreme Court, is over 440,000, besides about 150,000 pamphlets. A new building to contain its overflowing stores of learning and to afford room for their proper ar rangement has become a necessity. This collection is very rich in history, political science, jurisprudence, and in bo ks, pamphlets, and periodicals of American publication, or relating in any way to America. At the same time the library is a universal one in its range, no department of literature or science being unrepresented. The public are privileged to use the books in the library, while members of Congress and about thirty official members of the government only can take away books. The library is open every day (Sundays excepted) during the session of Congress from 9 a. m. to the hour of adjournment. In the recess of Congress it is open between the hours of 9 a. m. and 4 p. m., except Saturdays, and in July, August, and September, when the hour of closing is 3 p. m. PLACES OF AMUSEMENT. National Theatre.-E street, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets. Lincoln Hall.-Northeast corner D street north and Ninth street west. Willard Hall.-F street, rear of Willard's Hotel. Talmadge Hall.-F street, between Ninth and Tenth streets. THE CAPITOL. The Capitol ronts the east, and stands on a plateau ninety reet above the level of the Potomac, in latitude 38° 53′ 20."4 north and longitude 77° 00' 35."7 west from Greenwich. The southeast corner stone of the original building was laid on the 18th of September, 1793, by President Washington, aided by the Freemasons of Maryland. It was constructed of sandstone, painted white, from an island in Aquia Creek, Virginia, under the direction of Stephen H. Hallett, James Hoban, Geo. Hadfield, and afterwards of B. H. Latrobe, architects. The north wing was finished in 1800 and the south wing in 1811, a wooden passage-way connecting them. On the 24th of August, 1814, the interior of both wings was destroyed by British incendiaries, but they were immediately rebuilt. In 1818 the central portion of the building was commenced under the architectural superintendence of Charles Bulfinch, and the original building was finally completed in 1827. Its cost, including the grading of the grounds, alterations, and repairs, up to 1827, was $2,433,844.13. The corner-stone of the extensions to the Capitol was laid on the 4th of July, 1851, by President Fillmore, Daniel Webster officiating as orator of the day. Thomas U. Walter was architect, and subsequently Edward Clark, under whose direction the work was completed in November, 1867. The material used for the extensions is white marble from the quarries at Lee, Massachusetts, with white marble columns from the quarries at Cockeysville, Maryland. The dome of the original central building was constructed of wood, but was removed in 1856 to be replaced by the present stupendous structure of cast iron, which was completed in 1865. The entire weight of iron used is 8,909,200 pounds. The main building is three hundred and fifty-two feet four inches long in front and one hundred and twenty-one feet six inches deep, with a portico one hundred and sixty feet wide, of twenty-four columns on the east, and a projection of eighty-three feet on the west, embracing a recessed portico of ten coupled columns. The extensions are placed at the north and south ends of the main building, with connecting corridors forty-four feet long by fifty-six feet wide, flanked by columns. Each extension is one hundred and forty-two feet eight inches in front, by two hundred and thirty-eight feet ten inches deep, with porticcs of twenty-two columns each on their eastern fronts, and with porticos of ten columns on their ends and on their western fronts. The entire length of the building is seven hundred and fifty one feet four inches, and the greatest depth, including porticos and steps, is three hundred and twentyfour feet. The area covered by the entire building is one hundred and fifty-three thousand one hundred and twelve square feet. The dome is crowned by a bronze statue of Freedom, modeled by Crawford, which is nineteen feet six inches high, and which weighs 14,985 pounds. The height of the dome above the base-line of the east front is two hundred and eighty-seven feet eleven inches; the height from the top of the balustrade of the building is two hundred and seventeen feet eleven inches; and the greatest diameter at the base is one hundred and thirty-five feet five inches. The rotunda is ninety-five feet six inches in diameter, and its height from the floor to the top of the canopy is one hundred and eighty feet three inches. The Senate chamber is one hundred and twelve feet in length, by eighty-two feet in width, and thirty feet in height. Its galleries will accommodate one thousand persons. The Representatives' Hall is one hundred and thirty feet in length, by ninety-three feet in width, and thirty feet in height. The Supreme Court room was occupied by the Senate until December, 1859, the court having previously occupied the room beneath, now used as a law library. The Library of Congress was burned by the British in 1814, and was partially destroyed by an accidental fire in 1851. The present centre hall was finished in 1853, and the wing halls were finished in 1867. ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL. Edward Clark, 417 Fourth street, N. W.; Office, basement of the Capitol. THE BOTANICAL GARDEN. Superintendent.—William R. Smith, at the garden, west of the Capitol grounds. THE GOVERNMENT TELEGRAPH. HOUSE MANAGER. SENATE MANAGER. THE BASEMENT OF THE CAPITOL. 60. Senate Committee on Education and Labor. 62. House Document-Room. 64. The Supreme Court-Consultation Room. 66. Congressional Law Library, formerly the Supreme 67. Congressional Law Library. 68. Office of Doorkeeper of the House. Superintendent of Folding-Room. House Document-Room. 69. House Committee on Private Land Claims. 70. Offices of the Chief Clerk of the House. 71. House Committee on Expenditures in the State |