The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-10-07
CRY INTELLIGENCE
THE PATENT OFFICE BUILpING.

stantial The exterior wall on street is of
MARBLE who the is Of granite The west wing
is occupied in the first and second Stories by the clerks
Of the General Land Office and there not being
modaons sufficient for them the heretofore occu-
pied by the rejected models belonging the Patent Office
have been empted of their contents and are now being
cleaned up and fitted for the use of the Land Office
These rejected models have been carried up stairs and
placed in the which formerly filed with the Gu
riosites brought home by the Exploring Expedition
&c-the latter having been removed to the Smithsonian
Institution But these cases inadequate to contain
this vast multitude of rejected models and besides be-
ing filed to repetion, large number piled in heaps
the tops of the and still the number increases
The inventive genius Of countrymeR grows more and
prolific, and in spite of the large number of pat
cuts which are issued weekly great many applications
weekly rejected The hall in the west wing is now in
of preparation to receive rejected models There
nearly ahundred erected Of large size and ca
pable of holding many thousand models and this hail.
which extends the whole length of the wing will be ex
cusvey devoted to the proper arrangement and exhibit
ton of these models While they were in the basement
they could only be with great difficulty as it was
dark and they piled together indscrimnatcy and
the dampness of the place also unfayorable TO
their preservation but they may be seen
to better advantage, and hour two may be
pleasantly and profaby spent in this Among
these models patterns of all sorts of machinery bee
hives of great variety of shapes churns, cider-mils
and cheese-presses rattraps, by which the examiners
were not to BIO caught pistols pumps and paddle
wheels stoves steam boilers and steering apparatus of
every description improvements in household furniture
and in cons in bridges fences and gates in steam
gnes and waer-flters In may be ali the
varieties Of lamps and lanterns that would capable
of being devised by human ingenuity and in another
are galvanic batteries and magnetic telegraphs calcu
latng achines, instrument for indicating the depth
of water scfadusng olimatometer, and selfadjust
ing quadrant 1t is almost painful to think of the many
weary hours of toll and seepess nights of study to which
this mass of inventions owed its parentage and all for
nought They weighed and found wanting they
would not stand the test, and were thrown among the
rubbish in the basement of this building to be at this
late day brought to light and to furnish food for reec
ton to thinking men Some of these models which we
observed bore the date Of 1888 having been in the Office
for twenty years but the greater part have been collect
ell within the last four or five years. ~
Among the other curiosities in this gallery case
OF Chinese models from Hong Kong, consisting of mills
wheels ploughs and harrows and presented by Lit
Gillis of the United States navy. There is appro-
priateness in placing them here for don't believe
patent could be obtained for any Of he and they there
fore belong among the rejected models.
Another case contains town-cock made by the late
machinery and can be placed upon any tower or build
ing intended for such purpose, and made to strike the
hours or quarter-hours Gf desred bell SO as to be
heard all over the city The nature Of the works will
admit of from one four dals and will show the hour
upon all of them The price of this clock is eight hun
dred dollars We have often heard the complaint that
there is no town-cock in Washington Let this be said
no longer for there IS one and 1t is to be found among
the rejected models There it stands mute and motion
less and yet how suggcstve Another model the first
one which strikes the eye of the visitor entering the
hail. is that Of the Washington monument. This also
suggests train of thought, which we VIII leave our
| readers to follow out
INTERESTING CEREMONY AT GEoRGEToWI i COL
| LEGE.
Quite an interesting ceremony took place yesterday at
the Georgetown College, the occasion Of the retirement
of Rev Dr. b. A. Mcguire from the presidency of that
venerable institution and the accession and nsalment
as his successor of Rev DR. Early formerly president of
the College Of the Holy Cross at Worcester Massachu-
SETS but for the past few years the popular and efficient
president of Loyola College, Baltimore Maryland.
Appropriate addresses in Latin poetry and prose- were
delivered by Messrs James H. Doey, Of Virginia. and J.
o. Martin, Of Louisiana, and in English, by Messrs.
James Hoban of Washington, and Robert T. Loveace OF
Louisiana; after which James f. Mclaughlin, of Vir-
ginia delivered an eloquent and exceedingly fcctous
address on behalf of the students generally in whose
name he presented to the retiring president most
quisitey finished and magnificent gold chaice and plate,
and also superbly bound Roman Assal These magnif-
cent works of art alike creditablo to the skill
of their respective artists and appropriate testmo-
mails of the high esteem in which Dr. Mcguire is so
deservedly held by those with whom he has been asso
ated during the past scvcn years Dr. Maguircs reply
was his usual happy STYLE though his subdued tone
and whole manner sensbly indicated the sincerity
4 - 4 m ---L
and of those whom he is about to leave for other
fields of useful labor Dr. Earlys reply to the address
of welcome delivered by Mr. Francis X Ward very
happy and was received with great applause Below we
publish the resolutions accompanying the presentation
| the chalice and missal
GEORGETOWN COLLEGE, Oct. l. 1853.
AT meeting Of the students of Georgetown College,
held Friday, October LIST, tho following resolutions
| were adopted
Whereas the occasion of the departure from Office,
and from midst Of the Rev. B. A, Mcguire for
many years president OF Georgetown College it is fitting
that We the students of the College, should give express
sion to the sentiments this painful gives rise
i Therefore, be it
Re,olpa That whatever anticipatons Of good we may
be led to indulge in by the welkuown character of his
successor cannot but lament the loss which the Col
| lcge and we ourselves are about to sustain.
Resoloed That as Father Maguirc's brilliant in
the presidency has been gnalzd by the cverncreasng
prosperity of the College under his administration that
he equally fulfilled in regard the character of friend
and father we and aeconte respect for him amply
attest.
Resided That IT, whilst under his charge, through the
waywardncss of youtb may done