WASHINGTON AS TT IS.


June, 1847.
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Going westwardly across Four-and- "A half
street, on the north side of Pennsylvania
avenue, you see on your right, about two
squares distant, on the peak of the slope,
the City Hall Of Washington with its un-
finished brick front and brick columns. The
first house you come to on the corner after
passing Four-and-a-half street, is the large
three-story building, the upper part Of which
is occupied by Mrs. Peyton's celebrated
boarding-house. Below are Delany's drug
store, Morrison's bookstore, and Adams
Periodical Magazine. Continuing westward
on the same side Of the avenue, you pass
Shuster's new dry goods store; Grupe's
and Knott's Confectionery; frances, Lees,
Pearce's, and Gregory's Lottery offices ;
Shanks' and Wallis, Johnson's, and Kings
clothing shops, Lawrence's and Winters
segar-s,ores Lane s. fuckers, Lusby s. Du-
vall's, and Thompson's Tailoring establish
ments; Sylvester's, Burns, and Ruff's shoe
store; Green's barber's shop Eddy's, Mas
sis s. Haydon's watch and jewelry estab-
ments and Campbell's saddlery. By this
time you will be at Coleman's far and wide
ly known Hotel, building that fronts some
one hundred and odd feet on the avenue,
and runs back on Sixth street to G. 1t is
four story house with a court yard between
its two wings which are fronted with por-
ticos to the roof. A small portico orna-
ments the front, while platform runs the
whole length Of the house. On this side
Of the avenue are eighteen brick buildings
and two or three frames. Over frances
Lottery office is spacious billiard saloon.


If when yon cross Four-and-a half street,
you walk on the south side Of the avenue
westwardly, you will find Young's new
and spacious coach factory, building four
stories in height. Then comes Murray s
Semmes' grocery store, large vacant house
that was built for Stove and Iron store,
Corbit's umbrella factory, two dyeing estab-
lishments, Buthmann's, and r. Semmes's
Wine stores, Mrs. Hamilton's formerly Mrs
kennedy's boarding house, the new Saw
lng's Bank, Beall's, and Middleton & Beall's
groceries, Dubant's barber's shop, the Mon
terey House and Kings Saloon, picture
frame factory, Porter's Sign painting shop,
the American Newspaper Office, Mrs. Ar
guelle's well known boarding house, Mead's
Tailor's shop, Massoletti's drug store, and
some other minor establishments. There
are twenty brick buildings on this side Of
the avenue chiefly three stories in height,
and some few frames.


The foot pavements of this part of the
avenue, are skiried with tolerably shady
elms and trees Of Heaven. The centre of
the avenue has Just been paved with round
stones. AT the present moment the work
men are paving the avenue from Four-and-
a<half street to the west gate Of the Capitol
grounds. The work will probably be fin