HAND-BOOK OF WASHINGTON. 81 osity of the lato Mrs. Van Ness. A society of ladies was formed in 1815 to give protection and aid to orphans, and Mrs. Madison was appointed first directress. Mrs. Van Ness was her suc cessor, and for several years devoted herself to its interests. The association was incorporated by act of Congress in 1828. On this square, roo, stands a mausoleum copied from the Temple of Vesta at Rome, erected by General John P. Van Ness, for his family and that of his wife’s father, David Burns. The St. Vincent’s Orphan Asylum, at the intersection of G and 10th streets, has been rebuilt on a noble scale, and is liberally sustained by the Roman Catholics. The miscel laneous societies of the city are the Columbian Typographical Society, Washington Library, Vini Lyceum, three Benevolent Societies, the Free man’s Vigilant Total Abstinence Society, and the Young Men’s Christian Association. The Banks of Washington are the Bank of the Metropolis, Patriotic Bank, Bank of Washing ton, and B'irst National Bank; the Banking Houses, Riggs & Co., Jay Cooke & Co , Ritten- house, Fant & Co., L. Johnson & Co., J. B. Hutchinson & Co., Barrow, McKcldcn & Co. ; and in Georgetown the Farmers and Mechanics Bank, and theBanlc of Commerce.