The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-17

,,nrary OF Congress was sacked oi 1913
hl.ot,. ond papers which were scattered
6ver the floors The great paintings aa-
iolnlng the Senate chamber, Ia Whlch the
Sunreme Court now sits. We're cut rom
their frames with sabres. ana the WIiol7
mass of combustibie material set aIfe,
r,he citizens who looked on from WIN
ont with blanched faces and beating heaits
1',sdari,, bebeld a mass of flame ana
sr,,ol,a ooiring from the windows or tne
Can,,oI and heard the British shout IN
by,itaI triumph az they watched mo
flames and sent army rockets tnrUusn
tha roof 10 make air for the IiI@ }" -
abort time the great structure was eve!
where ablaze and apparently dooiieu ="
destruction. 49,, ,..or,or
...[ri, u,ere ALREADY a victim Of the iiameA
1g1e british waited only long enough 10
see their work we'll under way "heh
they left the blazing Capitol ana nnarci,'"
no Pennsylvania avenue TO 99piy w
toroh 20 other public buildings. had
thl, waited the Capitol would have heen
bopelessly Destroyed, but they mao hoI
-, o,ne more than IN minutes when
n heavv rnin fell. which continued an
evening and quickly put out the hre.
Tho foundation and walls were haF@i'
r...,e, Who was helping robert Fpi'on
oorstrt,t a steamboat NJ f1ttshHts- "h9
rsea'led 10 Washington. AL a'tsI Nv i1
snactlcn reported that me Capl'oi -
be erfily rebuilt. He was orderrh - e.
work. and AZ once applied himselI w. :,
task. and IN 1917 had SO wen A'' '-,.,.(ct
not Fuunnch q Massachusetts ar -,
~ bu,Ider ~ the statehouse I'D ho7l''i,
- e,,eceaea him. was able TO CARR o'
Tatroh.a,s original design ara III Io-'
l.s,'i ~ -o,,l,., ito completion TO Congress.
=, naa cost the government Sz'4''''i'.
tha meantime Congress held one SEES
tn IN Blodgett's Hotel, where TO" 'Ne
PostofYice stands. and In 1910 leasea
building which had been erected 10y en'e
nrsinR citizens not far from '"o
P,'-1,,7as ~ fbe Capitol, and there eonIih-
ued 10 hold its sessions TOT seVelal 80,
m house became known as the Oiu
cN-,,aIn and has a romantic history ot
az I'm Tohn G. Calhoun died there March
% $50 n was used as a Union prison
during the war, and In it's yard On nov
snher 10. 1863, Henry Wirz, OF Anderson
vula notoriety. paid the penalty Oh "''
thurman cruelty on the giDDet
Modern Improvements
The increase IN the number OF Hehau .ts
made it necessary In 800 10 renloIei a.
building. il was decided 10 mn" -,
S,.tednai wings with extensions OF matDls
y. san,ec, them with the center paris
81 - ..,.,,,,,,s corridors. The Work was as
;1d 90 THOMAS y. Walter. OF fhn-
,Sotnbia Who had designed 1lIara III
Ss,ee Il progressed rapidly. ana fiesi'lelis
ls,Iirnora IN 1851 laid the corlei-stVh1 "a
e. southern extension In winch al pie
-, ,ha House Of Representatives, -
sem, ossisted by the Grand Lodge
~ ssasons az the District OF CoiumDla'
- e,-,na master being arrayen IN sne
s - worn BIZ Washington nearly my
otrht wears before The orAuoh "S H
,,,,ere1 by Darrell Webster, anu WAS hs'-
ened 70 By a great multitude OF peop.s'
the record that was deposited penea1l
no CORNERSTONE closes with th'se hspite1
passages: N I.-,o,,As 10 ,ba
Will Of God that this structure snail ili'
go ito base. that its foundation be up
.,,or-a ana this deposit brought 10 the
o.1.s ~ men. be Il known that on this day
~ ,,n,on OF the United States OF Amer
.tords firm: that their Constitution SIN
evts,s uninraired and with all us origl-
r.I usefulness and glory, growing every
aav stronger and stronger In the anec-
60. az the great body OF the American
ole and attracting more and more the
: !, ,,,,ration OF the world And all here as
saynb,ed. whether belonging no pubic
ne or TO pivate life, with hearts deVoutly
.hankful TO Almighty God for the pre-
sarvation OF the liberty and happiness or
the country, unite In sincere and fervent
nravers that this deposit. and the waits
and arches, the domes and towers inc
columns and entablatures now 10 De er-
acted over Il may endure forever
DANIEL WEBSTER,
s.c,t.v OF state OF the United States.