. Book of the Royal blue . THK HOlSE OF REPHESENTATIVES- Burns, a surly Scotchman, owned theground where the White House, Treasuryand State, War and Navy buildings nowstand, and many a warm debate did Wash-ington have with Burns in endeavoring tohave him donate land for streets or build-ings. It is said that Washington lost his temperonce and asked what would your landhave been worth if we had not put theCapital here? and Burns replied, Yankeelike, with another question, and what latter numbering fifty-four, having beenbrought from Philadelphia on a couple ofsloops. The little village in the w
. Book of the Royal blue . THK HOlSE OF REPHESENTATIVES- Burns, a surly Scotchman, owned theground where the White House, Treasuryand State, War and Navy buildings nowstand, and many a warm debate did Wash-ington have with Burns in endeavoring tohave him donate land for streets or build-ings. It is said that Washington lost his temperonce and asked what would your landhave been worth if we had not put theCapital here? and Burns replied, Yankeelike, with another question, and what latter numbering fifty-four, having beenbrought from Philadelphia on a couple ofsloops. The little village in the woods,with swamps and muddy roads, bore littleresemblance to the magnificent city of to-day, with stately mansions, marble andgranite office buildings, and hundreds ofmiles of wide streets and avenues borderedwith trees, paved with concrete, and pro-vided with numerous parks, many of themadorned with fountains or statues. Onecan imagine the disgust of the statesmen IN AND ABOUT THE NATIONAL IN AND ABOUT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. who being unable to secure rooms in thelittle village were compelled to go toGeorgetown, a stage-coach making tripsthrough mud or dust for their accommoda-tion. Virginia and Maryland had votedliberal sums to erect the necessary build-ings, including the palace, as the WhiteHouse was called, but this proved insuf- from which they were debarred by theannexation, started a movement to havethe Virginia portion restored to the did not seem to be any need of thisterritory for Federal purposes, and at aspecial election held to determine the wishesof the people, of 985 votes cast, 703 werein favor of again becoming Virginians, and
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