National Republican., 1877-08-03
AULD LANG SfNE.

Washington Half Century Ago-A City Di-
rcctory of 1sa2-Interesting Facts and
Figures.
little musty volume, picked out of n pile
Of old books in this city, proved to be a Wash
ington Directory" Of iS22, comparison Of
which with our city directory ffty.fve years
afterwards presents some interesting facts. 1t
Is not larger than the smallost-sized spelling
book, and contains, besides the directory
proper, list Of members Of both Houses Of
Congress- the officers OF the city government
and judiciary, abstract Of the act of incorpora-
tiOn and digest of the corporation laws, to-
gcthcr with list Of the public and charitable |
institutions In the District, which then in
clud,d Alexandria city and county. 1t con- |
Ia ms one hundred and forty.eight pages, |
edited by Judah Delano and printed by WIN. |
Duncan. The Congressional list shows forty |
| seven Senators, among whom were Martin |
Van Buren,, Nathaniel Macon and Thomas ii.
Benton, with Daniel d. Tompkins, Vice Prcsi |
dent aud presiding officer; Charles Cults, Sec |
rotary; Mount Joy Bailey, Sergoant-at-A Arms,
and Rev. Mr.. McIlvaine, chaplain; and one
hundred and seventy-one members Of the
House of Representatives, with Delegates from
| Arkansas, Florida and Michigan, and =. p.
Barbour, Of Virginia, speaker; Matthew S.
| Clark, Clerk; Thomas Dunn, Scrgeant-at-
Arms and Rev. Mr.. Breckinridge, of Ken
| tucky, chaplain. Fully two thirds Of the
Senators and Representatives then lodged on
1
Indian Queen hotel (now the Metropolitan tr
at Mrs. Peyton's, near the City Hall, and none
| west OF Seventh street west, except fbw at
Peck's hotel, Georgetown. The Senate then
had only fourteen committees to twenty-cight
now, and the House nineteen to forty.thrce
now, noticeable one being the Committee on
the Slave Trade" The Orphans Court was
held in . house on the west side Of Thirteenth
street, between E and F streets northwest, and
the Circuit Court in what has since been
known rs the Old Capitol prison building.
There were only two Catholic churches, St.
Patrick's aud st. Peters; two Episcopalian,
Christ and st. Johns; three Presbyterian; two
| Baptist: two Methodist, Foundry and Fast
Washington; one Unitarian, and one African
church, on Fourth street east, near Virginia
the Eastern" corner Of Third and ID streets
southeast, Mr.. Edward Tppetts teacher, and
the WESTERN" corner Of Fourteenth and q
streets northwest, Mr.. Henry Ould teacher,
which building is yet standing. The ceme-
tcries were the Western burying ground,
now Holn.ead's; Eastern burying ground,
square 1Os6, between II and and Thirteenth
and Fourteenth streets northeast; Episcopal
ian, now Congressional; Episcopalian, (new,)
square 276 between Twelfth and Thirteenth
and r and streets northwest, and Catholic,
now st. Patrick's, north end of Third street
west. Thomas Carbery was mayor, William
Hewitt register and Thomas l.. Noyes corpora
tion clerk. There were fourteen school trus-
tees two of whom were Father Matthews, OF
st. Patrick's church, and Rev. A. 7. McCor-
mick of Christ Episcopal church. In the tax
table the following are subject to specific
tar: "Mae slaves between fifteen and forty
five years of age, s. per arnum; female slaves
81 per nnnum; slaves over eighteen years Of
age, s. per annum." A retail liquor license
then cost $50. There were thirty-eight con-
stables those for this city exclusively being
Charles W. Boteler, Enoch Bryan, Joseph W.
md
J, hn Waters.
There WIS then q Washington Library As
J sociation, the library consisting Of two thou
sand well-selected volumes, among which is
splendid edition of Greek and Roman lcono-
, graphy presented by n. Hyde de Neuville, in
( he name of the King of France. The popu-
, lation of this city was l3,247, comprising
O,6O8 whites, 1,9i5 slaves. and .696 free col
ored people, and Georgetown 1850, comprising
, 1910 whites, ,526 slaves and o3i free col Ored
, persons. The book is supplemented with four
, advertisements Of Joseph Watson, real estate
agent, near Patriotic Bank, Pennsylvania
avenue, between Ninth and Tenth Streets
! solomon Drew, Columbian Tavern, Seventh
3 street, opposite Centre Market; Piskcy Thomp-
son, bookseller and stationer, Pennsylvania
avenue, between Eleventh and Twelfth str, cts;
. | Henry Guegan, foreign book store Pennsyl-
! yania avenue between Stmthers and Sand
!, : fords hotels 1t may be safely said that there
are but few whose names appear there who
= have not long since gone to their final account.
;. By q comparison with this years directory
. . the Jones family, who then numbered seven,
y now number go; the King family have in
. creased from eighteen to one hundred and
i ilty-five, the Miller family from nine to tive
9 hundred and ten, while the Smiths have crept
y up from twenty-iour to five hundred and
e fity-one. There is no invidious display oi
= names nor any prominence given to one ovel
L. another but President Cabinet Minister and
| rit iy.t, al Ea IN nlnhulptinll
the following, u few of the names selected, will
show:
e John Quincy Adams Secretary of State F stree
,e between Thirteenth and fourteenth streets; JohI
" c. Calhoun, Secretary of War l. street, bctweel
Sixth and Seventh streets northwest Stratior'
y Canning British Minister, Pennsylvania ayenuC
It Crawford Secretary of Treasury, near corner o
s. Fourteenth aud streets northwest Col. Georg
+ 6uiiJimgs; David Gnlesp United states Lotter
r; hotel General +, $, Jcsup quartcFmastcr genera
boat "Daidy;' Jane me KnoblocE, neSr glass nous,
Marcus Iatiiner, Clerk Third AUDITORS office
Tweniy,fnl, street bet, aud X street, northwest
A Richard Bland Ice, Judgc:OrphanS Court, corner
A aud sixth streets southwest; Samuel D. Lowe, In
Ne sIcct9r Of tobacco, New jersey avenue, letwee
=. general, corner + aud Twelfth streets nOrthwcs
Ie Dr. Fred May, Capitol lill Return J, Meigs, jr
nj Postmaster General, 1t Rev. o u, Browns Thuma
ga l.. McKenury, proprietor Washington Rfl,HhicGi
~ corner Penn ylyanm avenue aud Twenty. irst 1t
Va nhlip hOhln. 1hlfu street. between ana
streets northwest; James Monroe President OF lh
t. United States at the Presidents hnusi. and JAIME
AZ Monroe engineer NJ Dyers steam mill Third stree
W near Eastern Branch; 1homa> Monne, city pos
master seven buildings; lihTy Ncnlc, register q
u wills Thirteenth Street, between l. aud street
d. northwest Patrick r. Nash, shoemaker, near Nj
IL Ilmr barTaCk,: Charity Nicholson, widow, nea
MariHr barracks; Resin Oims. lumber merchan
Ia Twelfth street wharf; Charles fulklnhLrny saddle
=" ncNI Assembly rIonis; TeHch Kingguld, Marshal {
ne the District. FsucrI, between Nineteenth an
=. Twentieth streets noIlhwesu Captain John Roo
gers, lLi,r State, navy, GTCenleAfs : Point; Edwaf
-, SmIlns. \ T. corner Eighth aud X streets. Nav
' lRId John StTUther clerk general POst-O flcc
y ktIrd, helAecn Tenth and Eleventh streets nort
IL wssL Smith Thompson, Secretary Of the Navy, ol
" posits wsT Department. Buckner ThTusion. Judi