Evening Star Newspaper, April 27, 1889, Page 8

’ THE PREs atthe ferry and the rail L PARTY LANDED bh had been carpeted erin Surrounde< nds and comrades ix by many of his vid frie arms, Washington was escorted to the ofticial | residence, t No. 3 Cherry street. From the wharf the procession moved in the following | order:— Col. Morgan Lew! Mc mpanied by Majors i Troop German liford. Grenadi Captain Harsin. Regiment of Artillery. Colonel Bauman. Music, General Malcom and Aid. Officers of the Militia. t 2 e of Con: dent's S: . Mayor and Aldermen of The Reverend Cl Their Excellencies the Frenc Ambassadors in their carriages. The whole followed t immeuse concourse ENTHUSIASM IN NEW YORK. ‘The distance to the house was about a mile and the streets along the route of the proces- sion “were lined with people,” according toa letter written the next day by Flies Bondinot it required all the exertions of a numerous | req) train of city officers, with their staves, to make @ passage for the company. The houses were men and ladics, the whole di tance being about half a mil i the wind to the highest stories were il ed by the sparkling eyes of innumerable companies of ladies, who seemed to vie with each other in showing their joy on this great occasion. It was half an hour before wo could finish our commission and convey the Preei- dent to the house prepared for his residence. As soon as this was done, notwithstanding his great fatigue of both body and mind, he had to receive the gentlemen and officers to a very large number, who wished to show their respect inthe most affections When this was finished and the people dispersed, —— and dined with his exe . Clinton, who had provided an ele dinner for us. Thus ended our commission.” . Captains Swartout and | “and Spanish | It then commenced to rain, and, although the night was wet and damp, the city was ablaze with fireworks, the houses were illuminated, and the streets and public resorts were thronged with people congratulating themselves upon the safe arrival of the “Savior of the Country.” The next day the inauguration ccremouies took place. . WASHINGTON’S INAUGURATION. Imposing Ceremonies in New York City —The Inaugural Ball. The capacity of New York city in 1789 on the cceasion of Washington's inauguration was fully tested by the crowds that had been pour- ing into the city for a fortnight previous to the 80th of April from all parts of the Union, all eager to witness the imposing ceremonial which was to complete the organization of the gov- | ernment. All the taverns and boarding-houses were thronged with visitors and every private house was filled with guests. A young lady in writing to a friend of the difficulty in obtaining accommodations said: “We shall remain here, even if we have to sleep in tents, as so many will have todo. Mr. Williamson had promised td engage us rooms at Fraunces’, but that was jammed long ago, as was every other public | ouse; and now, while we were waiting at Mrs, | Vandervoort’s in Maiden Lane till after dinner, two of our beaus are running about town, de-| termined to obtain the best places for us to | stay at which can be opened for love, money or the most persuasive speeches.” THE BOOMING OF CANNON at sunrise began the ceremonies of the day, | and at 9 o'clock the belis of the churches rang | for half an hour, ¢alling the congregations to | assemble in their respective places of worship, | to implore the blessings of Heaven upon their new government, its favor and i the President, and success and acceptan his administration. The military were while preparing to parade. at 12 o'clock marched before the President's house on Cher- A part of the procession came direct | eral hall. Following Captain Stakes with his troop of horse were the “assistants”— | General Samuel Blatchley Webb, Colonel Will- iam 8. Smith, Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas Fish, Lieutenant-Colonel Franks, Major L’En- fant, Major Leonard Bleecker and Mr. John R. Livingston. Following the assistants were Egbert Benson, Fisher Ames and Daniel C: roll, the committee of the House of Repr: n- tatives; Richard Henry Lee, Kalph Izard and Tristram Dalton, the committee of the Senate; Jobn Jay, General Henry Knox. Samuel Osgood, Arthur Lee, Walter Livingston, the heads of the three great departments, and gentlemen in carriages and citizens on foot. THE FULL PROCESSION left the presidential mansion at 12:20 o'clock and proceeded to Federal hall via Queen street, Great Dock and Broad street. Colonel Morgan Lewis, as grand marshal, attended by Majors Van Horne and Jacob Morton as aides- de-camp, led the way. Then followed the troop of horse, the artillery, the two companies of grenadiers, a company of light infantry and the battalion men, a company in the full uni- form of Scotch Highlanders with the national music of the bagpipe, the sheriif, Robert Boyd, on horseback; the Nenate committee, the Presi- dent in a state coach, drawn by four horses and attended by th istants and civil offi- cers; Colonel Humphreys and Tobias Lear, in the President's own carriage; the commit. tee of the House, Mr. Jay, General Knox, Chancellor Livingston, his’ excellency the Count de Moustier, and his excellency Don Diegode Gardoqui, the French and Spanish | ambassadors; other gentlemen of distinction, | anda multitude of citizens. The two com? anies of grenadiers attracted much attention. e, composed of the tallest young men in the city, were dressed “in blue with red facings and gold-laced ornaments, cocked hats wit white feathers, with waistcoats and breeches and white gaiters, or spatterdashes, close but- toned from the shoe to the knee and covering the shoe buckle. The second, or German com- pany, wore blue coats with yellow wuisteoats and breeches, black gaiters similar to those already described, and towering caps, cone shaped and faced with black bear skin.” When the military, which amounted to “not More than five hundred m and whose ance was quite pretty,” arrived within two undred yards of Federal hal 1 o'clock, they were drawn upon each side, and Wash- ington and the assistants andthe gentlemen especially invited passed througd the lines and Proceeded to the Senate chamber of THE “FEDERAL STATE HOUSE.” This building, which had been the old city hall, had been renovated and improved at an expense of $32,000, which sum was advanced by & number of wealthy New Yorkers, for the occu- 'y of the new Congress. The architect of he improvements was Major Pierre Charles L'Enfant, who had been the architect of St. Paul's church, and who ao laid out the city of Washington. He formed the ese into an imposing structure. arc ment on Wall and Nassau streets formed a promenade for citizens, There were seven openings to the basement on Wall street, The four heavy Tuscan columns in the center United States. Within the building were the Representatives’ room, the Senate chamber, the committee rooms, audience room, and ante- chambers, a library, and a marble-paved hall- way extending from the bottom to the top of building, and roofed by a glass cupola, 80 at a strong light might be thrown down upon e lobby adjoining the Senate chamber. Th nate chamber was 40 by 30 feet and 15 feet high, with fireplaces of American marble of “as fine a grain as any from Europe.” On | the ceiling were a ann and thirteen stars. The Representatives’ room, or Federal hall Toper, was 61 feet deep, 58 feet wide, and 36 pigh-and contained four fire laces. ‘On the d street side were two galleries for spec- ‘at the north end was the Speaker’ chair, ‘and arranged in circular form in the room were seats for the fifty-nine Representa- tives. The most elegant and most-talked-of ornament of the building was the eagle on the | outside. | | After Congress had begun the transaction of business the building was crowded with visi- tors, so eager were all to inspect this wonderful structure. It might be added that after Con- | gress moved to Philadelphia, Federal hall was | altered to receive the courts and the state as- sembly, and was taken down in 1313 to make way for buildings which in turn gave way to the old custom house and to the United States sub-treasury building of to-day, ‘THE OATH ADMINISTERED, ° | When Washington reached the Senate cham- ber he was received by Vice-President Adams, who conducted him to the chair of state and introduced him to the assembled members of Congre: said the Vice-President, “the Senate and Honse of Representatives of the United 0% which will be ad- of the state of He was at on cted to the balcony in front of the Senate chamber which looked upon Broad street and there the oath was admin- istered. Besides Adams, Clinton, and Living- WASHINGTON’S CHAIR. ston, who stood near Washington on the bal- cony, were Roger Sherman and Richard Henry Lee, Generals Henry Knox and Arthur 8t. Clair, Baron Steuben and Samuel A. Otis, secretary of the Senate, andin the rear the Senators, presentatives, and other distinguished offi- is. Alexander Hamilton viewed the cere- mony from his residence opposite, at the cor- ner of Wall and Broad street. Broad and Wall streets in each direction presented a compact mass of upturned faces, and it is rernarked that every person was still a a statue and profound silence reigned. The windows and housetops were crowded with people. Spectators exactly on the opposite side have many times described the appearance of the group on the balcony. Washington stood in the center of the bal- cony between two pillows, clad in a complete | suit of elegant broadcloth, of American manu- | facture, with white silk stockings, also a native production, plain silver buckles in his shoes, head uncovered, his hair heavily powdered and tied in a queue, according to the fashion of the day. He stood upon a square stone slightly elevated above the floor of the balcony. Just before the oath was to be administered it was discovered that there was no Bible in Federal THE BIBLE. hall, but Chancellor Livingston borrowed one from St. John’s Lodge of Masons, which was near by, and that Bible is still the property of that lodge. Chancelior Livingston slowly. pronounced the oath. Washington reverently repeated it after him. Th ble was raised, As the President bowed to kiss it, he said in a clear voice: “ swear,” then, closing his eyes, added, “So help me, God.” “It is done,” said the chancellor. Then, turning to the multitude, he said in aloud voice: ong live George Washington, President of the United States!" Instantly the flag was run up to the to: the staff of the cupola of Federal hall, an: the bells of the city broke forth at on Shouts and acclamations from the = thousands were repeated again and —. ant cannon boomed from every point of the com- pass from land and water. SUBSEQUENT EXERCISES, Immediately after the oath was administered Washington returned to the Senate chamber, where he delivered his inaugural address, and then the President, accompanied by the Vice- President, the Speaker, the two houses of Con- gress, and all who attended the inauguration ceremony, proceeded on foot Paul's apes ducted by 8 Right Rev. Dr. the Episcopal church in of all New York. After the p- } religious services were concluded Washington entered the state coach and was escorted to his residence. That night there was a brilliant display of fireworks, private were illu- minated, as were also the ships in the harbor, from whose decks rockets ‘and other fireworks were also set off. THE INAUGURAL BALL. The inauguration ball did not take place until the evening of May 7, when it was held in the Assembly rooms, a building situated on the east side of Broadway, a few doors above Wall street. It was an elaborate affair, brilliant in every way, and was regarded as the great event ne bag a by President W: it was ai ry ni Vice-President Adams, and by a majority of the members of both houses of Congress. The ministers from France and Spain were also there, together with the governor of New York, Gen. Knox, Lene Mr. Hamilton, and ajl the ee of rank in the city, The historian describes the being extended to the second story or Where the inauguration oath wal chainsenk, These columns supported four high Dorie pik lars, over which, in the it, Were orna- mental figures and a great American Sy arrows and the > —_ ladies as enfin the height of taste, Col. Stone describes some of the costumes worn, which will convince the ladies of the present day that their indmothers” were “up” in all the fashions of the day. He writes as follows: “One favorite dress was a plain celestial bine satin gown, with a white satin petticoat. On the neck was worn a very large Italian gauze handkerchief, with border stripes of satin. The head dress was a pouf of gauze in the form of a globe. the creneaur, or headpiece, of which was composed of white satin, havin @ double wing in large plates and trimm: with a wreath of roses. The was Gressed all over in detached curls, four of which. in two ranks, fell on each side of the neck and were relieved behind by a floating chignon. Another beautiful dress was a perriot made of gray Indian taffeta, with dark stripes of the same color, having two collars, ane yellow and the other white, both trimmed with blue silk fringe. Under the perriot they wore a yellow corset or bodice, with large cross stripes of | blue. Some of the ladies with this dress wore hats, a Espagnole, of white satin. This hat, which, with a plume, was a very popular arti- cle of head dress, was relieved on the left side by two handsome cockades. On the neck was worn a very large gauze handkerchief, the ends of which were hid under the bodice, after the manner represented in Trumbull’s and Stuart's portraits of Lady Washington.” Clad in such costumes as these, it is not | difficult to imagine the surpassing loveliness of the ladies who graced the ball with their pres-| ence. Among them were Lady Stirling and her two daughters, Lady Mary Watts, Lady Kitty Duer, Mrs. Peter Van Brogh Livingston. | who was sister of the late Lord Stirling; Mrs. | Montgomery, widow of the hero of Quebec; | Lady Christiana Griffin, Lady Temple, the lotted to its charge. In tendering this homage to the great author of every public and private Sf emnrel myualt that expresses your sentiments not less than my own, nor those of my fellow-citizens at large less than either. No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand which conducts the affairs of men more than the people of the United States, Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency. And the important revolution just accomplished in the system of their united government, the tranquil de- liberations and voluntary consent of so many distinct communities, from which the event has resulted, cannot be compared with the means by which most governments have been established, without some return of pious gratitude, along with an humble anticipation of the future blessings which the past seems to presage, These reflections, arising out of the present crisis, have forced themselves too strongly on my mind to be suppressed. You will join with me, I trust, in thinking that there are none under the influence of which the proceedings of a new and free government can more auspiciously commence, By the arti- cle establishing the executive department, it is made the duty of the President to recommend to your consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient. The circum- stances under which I now you will acquit me trom entering into the subject, farther than to refer to the great 2onstitutional charter under which you are assembled, and which, in defining your powers, designates the objects to which your attention is to be given. It will NEW YORK IN 1789. How the First Capital of the United States then Looked. Though New York city was chosen as the first capital city of the United States, probably the most sanguine patriot with the liveliest imagi- nation never dreamed that it would develop into the great metropolis of to-day. It had then a population of from twenty to twenty- five thousand, and~now some claim for it two and a half million of people. In 1789 the limit of the city proper was near Chambers street, or about a mile from the Battery, then as now its lower extremity. Beyond Chambers street there was nothing but farms and cow pastures. The country seats of wealthy citizens were from river to river as far as Harlem and Kings- bridge. Running east from Madison square, and thence in a circuitous route to Harlem was the old “Boston Post Road.” The “Bowery Lane.” which was called the “Bloomingdale Road,” as far as Kingsbridge run up town on the line of the present Bowery, and the present 2st street, then known as “Love Lane,” ran westward to the North river. Broadway then only went to the loca- tion of the city hall park. forbeyond that it was called St. George’s county road. Canal street was then anactual canal, which it wasat one time Proposed to enlarge and deepen so that vessels might pass through it from one river to the other, Geonce Wasurnaton, Gex, Kxox, Sec'y of War, Axex. Hamittos, Sec’y of Treasury. Epuwsp Raxporra, Att'y Gen'l. Tuomas Jerrenson, Sec’y of State. Marchioness de Breham, Mme. de la Forrest, Mrs. Clinton, Mrs, Jay, Mrs, Hamilton, Mrs. Provost, wife of Bishop Provost . Duane Mrs, Dalton. Mrs. Langdon, | nch, Mrs. Elbridge Gerry, | th. Mrs. James H. Maxwell, irs. Robinson, the Misses L cs Bayard and Miss Van All th adies were of themselves hand- some, and if we are to accept the portrait of | one, Mrs, John Jay, painted by the celebrated arti ,asa sample, she was quite the ture under the sur the mayor Mrs. Dominic L: est cre The cotillon ington had for Livingston and Mrs, Maxwell. he danced with Miss Van Zandt. With Mrs. Maxwell he had danced before wh in headquarters at Morristown, where before her marriage she was one of the reigning belle: A heautiful souvenir of this first uguration In the minuet ball was presented to every lac of an ivory fan made in Paris occasion, which, when opened, quisitely painted medallion port: ington, executed in profile. THE FIRST INAUGURAL. Washington’s Address After Taking the Oath as President. The inangural address of the first President was not delivered from the balcony where the oath of office was administered, but after that impressive ceremony was concluded Washing- ton retired to the Senate chamber and there read his address as follows: “«Fellow-citizens of Ue Senate and of the House of Representatives: “Among the vicissitudes incident to life, no event could have filled me with greater anxie- ties than that of which the notification was transmitted by your order, and received on the Mth day of the present month. On the one hand, I was summoned by my country, whose voice I can never hear but with veneration and love, from a retreat which I had chosen with the fondest predilection, and, in my flattering “OLD FE WASHIN | ey DERAL H GTON AND be more than consistent with these c 3 and far more congenial with th ings which actuate me, to substitute in p a recommendation of particular measur tribute that is due to the talents, the re and the patriotism which adorn’ the chat to devise and adoptthem, In th able qualifications I behold the surest pledges thatas, on one side no | prejudices or at- tachments, no nor party nprehensive and ht to watch over this mmunities and interests: oundations of our na- : will be iaid in the pure and im- principles of private morality, and the nence of free government be exemph- tied by all the attributes which can win the of its citizens and command the re- f the world. I dwell on this or with every satisfaction which ¢ dent love intry can inspire. Since there is no more thoroughly established than that exists in the economy and course of na- soluble union between virtt veen duty and advantage; be- ims of an honest and us _polic d the solid rewards of public prosperity and felic ce we ought to be noless persuaded that the propitious never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rule of order and right, which Heaven i has ordained, and ‘since the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people. Besides the ordinary objects submitted to your care, it will remain with your judgment to decide how far an exercise of the occasional power delegated by the fifth article of the Constitution, is rend- ered expedient at the present juncture by the nature of objections which have been urged against the system, or by the degree of inquie- tude which has given birth to them. Instead of undertaking particular recommendations on t!.is subject, in which I would be guided by no hts derived from official opportunities, I shall again give way to my entire confidence in your discernment and pursuit of the public HIS ‘cum- feel- ce . the titude, ALL, WALL CABINET WHERE THE TOMBS PRISON now stands there was a fresh-water pond and a spring bubbled up near Park and Roosevelt streets, and here also was the “tea-water pump,” which supplied the town with pure drinking water, ‘The Commons was a park located north of Chambers street, and on this park were held ll the political meetings or onstrations. ne Bridewell, the almshouse, and house of correction were on the other side of Chambers t and the public scaffold was between the Bridewell and the almshouse, The city hos- pital, which was a three-story brick building with a gable roof and a high cupola, stood in a five-acre lot, surrounded by a fence, on the road near Reade strect. ckest settled portion of the city did not extend beyond Vesey street. Upon the northeast corner of this street and Broadway, where house stands, was a double 5 », with a gable roof and dormer windows, while ou the opposite corner was the encient St. Paul’s chapel, Hanover square was considered the commercial district, All the large principal stores and business es- tablishments were centered here, but there were some private houses and mansions, the homes of merchants, in the same neighbor- hood, PUBLIC TAVERNS. One of the most conspicuous public buildings was Fraunces’ Tavern, or, “Black Sam's *so called on account of the swarthy complexion of Samuel Fraunces, the proprie- tor. This was rendered famous at the time and in the history of America by Washington, who occupied it as his headquarters during the Revolution, and as the place where,-on Decem- ber 4, 1783, he took final leave of his officers and comrades-in-arms. This memorable struc- ture, or the lower portion of it, stands intact on the corner of Pearl (then Queen street) and Broad streets, It is made of Holland brick. A century ago itaas a two-story building with a gable root and dormer windows, Two stories were added to it, but the two lower floors are in substantially the same shape as when occupied by Washington, There is a weather-beaten sign reading, ‘“Washington’s Headquarters,” STREET. hopes, with an immutable decision as the asy- lum of my declining years—a retreat which was rendered every day more necessary, as well as more dear to me, by the addition of habit to inclination, and of frequent interrup- tions in my = tothe gradual waste com- mitted on it ‘ime. On the other hand, the magnitude and dif- ficulty of the trust to which the voice of my country called me. being sufficient to awaken in the wisest and most experienced of her citi- zens a distrustful scrutiny into his qualifica- tions, could not but overwhelm with despon- dence one who, Pgeter mapa a from nature, and unpractice juties of civil administration, ought to be pecutiarly conscious of his own deficiencies. In this con- flict of emo’ alll dare aver is thatit has been my fait study to collect my duty from @ just appreciation of every circumstance by which it might be affected. All I dare e is, that if in accepting this task, I have been too much swayed by a remembrance of former in- stances, oF by an affectionate sensibility to this dent proof of the confidence of my fellow-oltizens, and have thence too little con palliated by the motives which ‘they originated. Such ; present station, it over the presides “5 —— may consecrate to the er for essential and may enable incay well as disinclina- tater So wo tod wailed cares before and its co. juences be co ee ome <i some of the in pressions under which I have in 3 the public summons to the it poe to omit in this first fervent supplications to that Almighty who rules — the councils of nations, and w! aids can supply every human othe’ fbetions happiness the people of the onion instituted by themselves instrument employed in its administra- tion t0 Masiaie cits aaivess’ (ke ‘taneben ok good. For I assure If that whilst you carefnlly avoid every alteration which might endanger the benefits of a united and effective overnment, or which ought to await the future tel of experience; a reverence for the characteristic rights of freemen, and a regard for the public ony, Will sufficiently in- fluence your deliberations on the question, how far the Aan can be more impregnably forti- fied, or the latter be safely and advantageous! | Sergei To the (perry d observations ve one to add, which will be most pore addressed to the House of Representatives, It concerns myself, and be as brief as possible, When it honored with a call into :the service of my on the of an arduous ite liberties, the light in Heng oyenmary 7 ae Fenounce every pec com- nsation. From this resolution I have in no tance And being still under the im; — produced it I = eae licable to m any share per- sonal emoluments a be indispensably included in a permanent provision for the ex- ecutive department, and must a Beges vuniary estimates for the s' in with ¥ om plaséd may, Guring my oon —— in yrs limited to ver het penditures as panic gosh mer, thoug! juire. Having thus imparted to you soatiments as bey have been eked by ing occasion which us together, I shall take my present leave, but not without once to the benign Being | been over the main entrance. Among the other public houses in New York at that sime was one near the old “Fly Market,” which. in 1822, ve way to Fulton market; Smith’s tavern, in same neighborhood; the Macomb house, that afte became the presidential man- sion, on Sire f near Wall street, and the Bull's Head hotel'in the Bowery lane. The Bull's Head was a nego gable-roofed country tavern surrounded by cattle pens, Coffee and tea-houses were numerous and popular in various parts of the city. THERE WAS BUT ONE THEATER, which was in John street. The custom-house was in the government building erected on the site of the old fort, and the post-office was kept in the postmaster’s house in William street. Se- —— who b= appointed city post- shington, one room 25255 feet in which to distribute hismail, There WALL STREET WAS THE CENTER OF FASHION. It presented a brilliant scene every afternoon. Ladies in showy costumes and gentlemen in APRIL 27, 1889-TWELVE PAGES. satins, velvets, ruffled shirts, and po dered periwigs promenaded up and down the street in front of the city hall and on Proad- way from St. Paul's chapel to the Battery. lway was also a popular thoroughfare for driving, and many stylish turnouts were seen every dayrattling up and down the street. A liveried footman always rode behind each car- riage. Horseback riding was also popular, and geutlemen of prominence in state affairs often traveled this way, partly because it gave them exercise and because it was fashionable. The social world was in constant agitation over the arrival of statesmen and distinguished people from different parts of the Union and from Europe. ITS FIRST REAL noom, The announcement that New York was to be the future federal capital started every branch of business into activity, Real estate felt the influence at once. New houses were jected and built in the region lying between St. Paul’ church and Chambers street, and east of Cha’ ham square. A brick sidewalk, the first laid in the city, was put down on tho west side of Broadway, opposite the common, The churches were furbished up and put in repair, and above the pews designated for federal oficials the coat of arms of the United States was affixed to the walls, The equipages on the wide, un- aved drive thus made “the Broadway” an ob- Fece of admiration to all provincial visitors. In the burned district below St. Paul's, where hundreds of houses had been swept away, the | foundations of new and substantial edifices of stone were laid by wealthy citizens, and that part of the city became in another year the center of fashionable opulence. WASHINGTON’S NEW YORK RESIDENCE. In the “Register for 1789” the residence of Washington was set down as “George Washing- ton, Esquire, Presidentof the United States and Commander of the Army and Navy thereof when in actual service, No. 3 Cherry Street.” This residence was such a distance from the fashionable center of the town, which was in the vicinity of Broad and Wall streets, that the President shortly afterward removed to Broad- way, near the Bowling Green, into a larger and grander house, owned by a Mr. McComb. Dar- ing his residence here it was his habit to go daily to Federalvhall in a cream-colored coach drawn by six horses, The coach was by far the handsomest one in the city, orna- mented upon its panels with cupids and bor- derings of flowers. It must not appear, how- ever, from the seeming elegance of the home of the President and his equipage, that his life was not a simple one, As an example of his habits it is stated that at a select dinner party only a boiled leg of mutton was served in the way of meat, and after dessert each guest was handed a single glass of wine, which, being drunk, the President rose and repaired to his drawing-room, permitting his guests to depart as best they chose and without the least ceremony, THEY HAD A CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTORY in those days, and in it the residence of the Vice-President, John Adams, is set down as on the Greenwich road. Then follows the Sena- tors and Representatives as follows: SENATORS: New Hampshire—John Langdon, 87 Broad street; Paine Wingate, 47 Broad street, Massachusetts—Tristam Dalton, 37 Broad street; Caleb Strong, 15 Great Dock street. Connecticut—William Samuel Johnson, at the College; Oliver Ellsworth, 193 Water street. New Jersey—Jonathan Elmer, 48 Great Dock street; William Patte-son, 51 Great Dock street. Pennsylvania—William Maclay, at Mr. Van- dolsen’s, near the Bear market; Robert Morris, 89 Great Dock strect. Delaware—Richard Bassett, 15 Wall street; George Read, 15 Wall street, Maryland—Charles Carroll, 52 Smith street; John Henry. 27 Queen street. Virginia—Wiiliam Grayson, 57 Maiden lane; Richard Henry Lee, at Greenwich. South Carolina—Pierce Butler, 37 Great Dock street; Richard Izard, in Broadway, op- posite the French ambassador's. Georgia—William Few, 90 William street; James Gunn, 34 Broadway, REPRESENTATIVES. New Hampshire—Nicholas Gilman, corner Smith and Wall streets; Samuel Livermore, 37 Broad street; Benj. West, 37 Broad street. Massachusetts—Fisher Ames, 15 Great Dock street; Elbridge Gerry, corner Broadway and Thames streets; Benj.Goodhue, 47 Broad street; Jonathan Grout, 47 Broad street; Geo. Leo ard, 15 Great Dock street; Geo. Partridge, 15 Great Dock street; Geo. Thatcher, 47 Broad street; Theodore Sedgwick, 15 Great Dock street, Rhode Island—Benj. Huntington, 59 Water street; Roger Sherman, 59 Water street. Connecticut —Jonatlian Sturgis, 47 Broad street; Jonathan Trumbull, 195 Water street, Jeremiah Wadsworth, 195 Water street. New York—Egbert Benson, corner King and Nassau streets; Wm. Floyd, 27 Queen street; John Hatbourn, at Strong's, near the Albany pier; Jeremiah Van Rensalear, at Strong's, near the Albany pier; John Lawrence, 14 Wail street; Peter Sylvester, 45 Maiden Lane. New Jersey—Elias Boudinot, 12 Wall street; Lambert Cadwallader. 15 Wall street; Jas. Schureman, 47 Little Dock street; Thos. Sin- nickson, 47 Little Dock street. Pennsylvania—Geo. Clymer, at Mr, Ander- son's, Pearl street; Thos. Fitzsimmons, at Mr. Anderson's, Pearl street; Thos. Hartley, 19 Maiden Lane; Daniel Heister, 19 Maiden Lane; F. A. Mublenber, —s at Rev. Mr. Kun- zie’s, 24 Chatham Peter Muhlenberg, at Rev. Mr. Kunzies’, 24 Chatham Row; s Ser Mr. Huck’s, corner Smith and Wall streets; Henry Wynkoop, at Mr. Vandolson’s, near Bear Market. Delaware—John Vining, 19 Wall street. Maryland—Daniel Carroll, 52 Smith street; Benjamin Contee, 15 Wall street; Geo. Gale, 52 Smith street; Joshua Seney, 15 Wall street; Wm. Smith, 52 Smith street; Michael Genifer Stone, 15 Wall street. Virginia—Theodore Bland, 57 Maiden Lane; John Brown, 19 Maiden Lane; Isaac Coles. 57 Maiden Lane; Samuel Griffin, at the White Conduit house, near the hospital; Richard Bland Lee, 15 Wall street; James Madison, jr. 19 Maiden Lane; Andrew Moore. 15 Wall stree' John Page, 19 Maiden Lane; Alexander White, 19 Maiden Lane; Josiah Parker, 57 Maiden Lane. South Carolina—Edanus Burke, at Mr. Hucks’s, Wall street; Daniel Huger, at Mr. Hucks's, Wall street; William Smith, in Broad- way, next the Spanish minister's; Thomas Sumter, 40 Wall street; Thomas Tuder Tucker, at Mr. Hucks’s, corner Smith and Wall street. Georgia—Abraham Baldwin, 193 Water street; James Jackson, 53 Broadway; George Matthews, 53 Broadway. ‘WASHINGTON’S ANCESTORS. Historical Facts from Tombstones and Musty English Records. ‘The county of Northamptonshire in England is noted for having furnished i is grant” who went to Virginia in 1667 and be- came the grandfather of the “father of his country.” The body of Lawrence Washington, the father of Sir John, lies buried in the Brington and the small house in Brington -upP posed to have been occupied by the Washing+ tons, A SINGULAR COrxcIDEXCR. By a singular coincidence, from the adjoin- ing parish of Warden sprung the fathily of Lord North, the great antagonist of Washing- ton and prime minister during the Ax@erican war. And more interesting still, the cradle of the Franklin family is not ten miles away from the once home of Washington's ancestors, Franklin's grandfather was a blacksmith and small proprietor at Ecton—a little villag two miles outside of the town of Northam —where his family bad lived on a freehol about 30 acres for full 300 years, beyond which the records did not extend THE PARISH CHURCH AT BRINGTON, The journey from Northampton to Brington is a pleasant drive, along pleasant lanes and shady hedges, and throngh the noble park of Althrop. the seatof Earl Spencer, knight of the garter, lord lieutenant of the county, member of the house of peers. The distance is above seven miles. It is a str from 150 to 200 cottage hous long. winding street. The ees are really charming little dwellings: in fact, af they were piace along the banks of the Rhine they'n styled, with some degree of justice, villas, The church is located at the terminus of a | beautifully shaded avenue and near by is a stately elm, beneath which still stands the vil- lage cross ina fair state of preservrtion and bearing the old sun-dial on its crest. Th terior of the church is of great interest b archaeologist and the students of An tory. In it is the cemetery and it exhibits an almost connected series of sepulchral memo- ials from the time of the Tudors to the present day. But of more interest are the memorials connected with the Washington family, That we find these memorials iu the church at all is toacertain extent proof of a re lationship having existed between the Washingtous and the Spencers, and that this relationsh: near and acknowledged one is proved fact of Lawrence Washington's grave be the chapel of the church it nost exclusively for the Spencer’ family, and of Robert, the second son, in the nave of the church, . THE NORTHAMPTON WASHTNOTONS came originally from Warton in Lancashire, The father of the first Lawrence Washington (of Sulgrave) was John Washington of that place. His uncle was Sir Thomas Ketson, one of the great London merchants, who, in the time of Henry Vil aud Henry VIII, developed the wool trade of the country. Lawrence Wash- ington was by profession a barrister, and was | probably induced to settle in Northamptonshire | that he might superintend his uncle's transac. | tions with the sheep proprietors in that cou Lawrence became @ man of in he was elected mayor vf Northamy id out im one . At th time of the desolation of the monasteries, oc- cupying an important position and identitind b with the principies of the reformation. tained a grant of the manor 6nd lands of $ frave, together with other eri:tes, which till then had belonged to the monastery of St, Andrew at Northampton. fulgrave remained in the family until 1620, and was commonly designated “Washington Manor, DESCRIPTION OF SULGRAVE, | _Thongh written many years ago, the descrip- | tion of Sulgrave by Washington Irving, when on his pilgrimage to the ancestral homes of the Washingtons, is 6: to fairly describe the Sulgrave of to-day. “It was » rural neighborhood said he, e the farm- houses were quaint and antiquated. A part only of the manor-house rema ted, and was in- habited by a farmer, The Washington crest, in colored glass, was to be seen in the window of what was now the battery. Tue window on which the old family arms were blazoned had been removed to the residence of the actual proprietor of the manor.” In the pavement of the parish church of Sulgrave isa stone slab, bearing the effigies on brasses of Lawrence Washington, gentieman, and Annie, his wife, and their four sons and eleven daughters, The inscription, in black letter, is dated 1564. These memorials extant at Sulgrave, the sister having been destre The Washingtons held Suigrave for three genera- tions, ranking among the nobility and gentry of the county, When their fortunes appear to have failed, and Lawrence Washi! the then proprictor, had to sell the estate, Law- rence, with his brother Kobert, then retired to the parish of Brington, courting, it would seem, the protection of the Spencer family. The rv lationship between the two families accounts for Lord Spencer offering an asylum to the re- duced family, THE WASHINGTON HOME AT BRINGTON. Brington proper has but a single thorough- fare, and passing along that one goes on through @ “shady hollow” to the hamlet of “Little Brington, where stands the cottage which local tradition points out as the home of the Washingtons. ‘hough the house would now be designated asa cottage, yet it bears evidence, both external and internal, that it was at one time quite a respectable lo structure, and may have been a farm-h was not, at any rate, a laborer's cottage of the period of which we . The house is of two full stories, the upper windows, three in number, being close under the eaves of the thatched roof. Below it has four front win- dows, and at present four small rooms, though, as the house has nmade into dwellings for two families, the number of rooms may have been increased by later division. The fire- lace was evidently inally intended for a ouschold of greater pretensions than that of a mere laborer, being of huge dimensions, such as we find in old halls and castles, ‘The upper rooms are small but cosy, The wife of one of the laborers inhabiting a part of the cottage, in showing me the house, said that a tradition among the people still exixted tames some fields of lend were at house, Over the door of the cottage there chiseled in the stone the following inscriptio: ase; he Lord Giveth. the Lord Taketh Away Blessed be the Name of the Lord. Constructa 1606, A HAPPY CHANGE OF CIRCUMSTANCES. The Washingtons did not stay at Little Brington many years, The depression of their fortune was temporary. They recovered position and wealth by a singular marriage. The eldest son of the family had married a half-sister of George Villiers, afterward duke of Bucking- ham, an alliance which at that time was not beyond the pretensions of the Washingtons, They appear in consequence soon to have risen again to affluence and prosperity, and removed to Brington in 1606. "Lawrence Washington, on the final termination of the sale of the Sulgrave estate in 1610, removed with his numerous fam- ily to London, and that the house at Brington was then occupied by his brother Robert. Robert and his wife spent the remainder of their days there, both dying in em ing the words found on their epitaph, “After they lived lovingly together many yeers in this arish.” Vhere wrence died is not clear, But he diea 1616 and was buried at Brington. TOMBS OF THE WASEINGTONS, There are two tombstones, one in the chan- cel covering the grave of Lawrence Washing- ton, and the other in the nave marking the last resting-place of Elizabeth and Kobert Washing- tor n. coe an ee reads as fol- lows: “HERE LIES INTTERRED YE BODIES OF Exiza B. WASHINGTON, WIDDOWE WHO CHANGED THIS LIFE FOR IMMORTALLITIE YE 19TH OF MARCH 1622. As ALSO YE Bop oF Ropert WasHiNo’ GENT, HER LATE HUSBAND, SECOND SONNE OF ROVERT WasuIncton of SULGRAVE IN YE COUNTY OF NORTH, £5QR. WHO DEFTED THIS LIFE Ye 10TH or Mancu 1622 AFTER THEY LOVINGLY LIVED To- GEER. Above the inscription ischiselled in stone the arms of the Washington and Butler families, On the other is inscribed the following: “HERE LIeTE THE Bopi oF LawREeNce Wasu- INGTON, SONNE AND HEIR OF Konent Wasnine- TON OF SOLGRAVE IX THE CoUNTIZ OF NoRTHAMP- TON, ESQUIER, WHO MARRIED MARGARET, THE ELDEST DAUGHTER oF WILLIAM Is THE COUNTIE OF SUSSEX, ESQUIER WHO HAD BY HER 6 SONS 9 DAUGHTERS, WHICH LAWRENCE DECEASED THE 13 Decempen A. Dxi 1616.