The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-10-09

From the Washington Union, Oct :.
During tae past two or three months great changes
ksvr t-eu taxing paee, both th!s building ssg and It's
ssr.sr.x- Ine rCr;a n steadily progressing being
50 - = "a story and built in sub-;anta
- srr@-o~ walt On q street j. OF marble while
C. = r-1r.o. Tho west wing occupied, IN
~ ts -; sccc. Sores - TIE clerks Of the General
La@- trW Eut tae-e 81: he ~ accommodations sun
81 4r H. heretofore occupied By the re-
lxs-1 rs.aH .eC1rug 70 the PAteuI once have been
emit G. -ef cntc1ts, and nov beng cleaned up
a. q tne Land oace, rnoss rejected
"a 80 b~n arr-l ~ and placed the
Which formerly filed with the carogtcs brought
beme ey the erporng expedition, ec.-the latter having
Locn removed 70 tho Smithsonian Institution But these
sascs are inadequate 80 contain tbs vast multitude
u rejected models. and besides beng nilet 70
rspscson. large number piled 10 heaps
the toTs a. The cases, and st the number increases.
The inventive genius u country grows aad
Ironc spite q Tie large number Of patents
Which issued weekly, great many applications
weekly rejected. The hall IA the wcst wing i now In
sours u preparation " receive rejected models. There
nearly hundred cases erected 81 large and
pablo u holding many Thousand models, ani this hal,
vhich extends the whole length u the wing, Will D.
slusscy devoted y Tie proper Gransem AMI EXHIBIT
t,on Il thess models. While they n the basement
thsy could only ~ seen With great difficulty. a. was
aIs ard they piled together Unfortunately, and
ts campucs3 ~ tAe place also unisvorsbn ~ Their
F~o-srya;oa, hu; now they NAV be seen n better al
vantage, ana hour two may be pieasan;ly and
probably spent N The manner. Am0ng these models
Iqt.rns q all -ctte q machinery. bcchivcs a
great variety OF shape: churns cider mills and
cheese presses; traps. by which the examiners
not 10 b. caught psios, pumps and paddle
Sbesls stoves, steam boilers ami steering apparatus q
AM IN cofns bridges fences, and gates, on.
rbes ana wsfcr nlterf m may re all the
varsetes 81 hmgs and lanterns thai would capable
o.ng devised ~ human ingenuity and another arc
saivanic batteries and magnetic tcgrapns calculating
n2chn,E, an instrument for Indicating the depth of va
ter, scf adjusting cliuatomotcr. and sclf al listing
quadrant II is almost PAINFUL " think q the many weary
hourt q t0 and slcerCs nights OF study which this
~ Inventions owed 10 parNniaTr ami al for nzugtf
Tbey weighed and found wanting they would not
stand the and thrown sIaopg rubbish
basement ~ thr building IN b. tits late day brought
gft and o. frrnsh fcr for rcfcc;cn thinking mon
xnc Of those m0ccs which observed bore the dsa 81
sss having been In the oo for twenty years bot thn
creator tart have been oost~d WITHIN the last fcuf or
tvo years.
Among tho other cur5nsiics % THE gallery
- Chinese models from Hong Kong, consstns q nils,
~sler wheels plourhe and hsrruve and presene3 by L.
ellis. q TIE Tinted States navy There i appropriate
N pacing them here Tor don q baieve patent
soad b. obtained Tor any ~ them and they therefore be-
sog among the rejected models.
Another casC CONTAINS town clock ma8s ~ The late
WIN Noee, Of Washington. Tbs Is a beautiful piece 81
nAf1nery ard can b. placed ap0a any tower bGidng
or quarter hours q dcsircd) bc b. heard
sil the city The ~ he works will admit ~
from 70 four dals ani w saow tno hour upon al Of
them TIE price ~ the clock sgd hundred dollars
W have ofen heard te complaint that there no toWn
sss Washington. Is this BE- sad orrsr fr there
enc, and i to be found among ne rejected matelz
There 4 stauGs and ra0ton~e vet Row rugrret sea-
Aucther ucle the lfft which strikes the 90 IL the
wsatcr entering THE ball, that ~ Tn Washington
tbs 4len vui a train At thou Lt which
vii leave readers ~ follow cat.