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PR E $ ID F NTS HOC HAND-BOOK OF WASHINGTON. 39 t{ America as it was,” is the Backwoodsman, the pioneer of civilization; the second a hoy and his dog, returning from hunting; the third an Indian chief, bowed in grief; the fourth an Indian mother with her babe, ignorant of the fate of its race ; the fifth an Indian grave, ready to receive the remaining savages of the forest. The first figure to the left of her in “ America as it is,” is a soldier in the Continental costume; the second a merchant of our day seated on a cotton bale; the third two youths ascending the hill of science; ihe fourth a teacher and youth; the fifth a mechanic; the sixth an anchor and sheaves of wheat. THE EXECUTIVE MANSION. The plan of this building was made by James Iloban, and the corner-stone was laid on the 13th of October, 1792; but having been partially de stroyed during the last war, the same architect was employed to rebuild it in 1815. It is situated at the “ west end” of the city, at the intersection of Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, and Vermont Avenues. It occupies the centre of a plat of ground containing twenty acres, and at