ILLUSTRATIONS

[POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT BUILDING AT WASHINGTON.]

[THE CAPITOL AT WASHINGTON AND CARPENTERS' HALL, WHERE THE FIRST COLONIAL CONGRESS MET.]

[HOE'S NEW PERFECTING PRINTING-PRESS, PRINTING 12,000 DOUBLE MPRESSIONS PER HOUR, AND THE OLD EPHRATA PRESS.]

[THE CITY OF TOKYO, THE LARGEST STEAMSHIP BUILT IN AMERICA, AND FITCH'S STEAMBOAT, THE FIRST CONSTRUCTED.]

[THE COTTON GIN.]

[GRAIN ELEVATOR.]

[INTERIOR OF A POSTAL CAR.]

[PROF. S.F.B. MORSE, THE INVENTOR OF THE ELECTRO-MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.]