The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-03-07
Editorial C0rrespondence
WARRINGTON, Feb. Is, 1860.

WAsnIEoroE, Feb. %, 1860.
THr PATENT oYYrcE.
II q man in Washington should desire to
get view OF the liveliness OF the American
intellect, the Patent Of6oe is tho place for
him to 20. he will find there almost every
conceivable variety Of models in every do
partment Of human industry and ingenuity.
The new Office, now occupied, 10 an immense
building; but it Was designed on altogether
too Lilliputian scale, for it 10 already near-
ly full, and new quarters win soon have to
be provided, il oil the models are to be pre-
served and exposed.
But twas not the queer, curious, and odd
tangled traps Of sundry kinds, in brass, wood,
tin, and every variety Of substance that most
attracted my attention and fixed my interest.
There are there exhibited relics Of the past,
around which the memory of the patriot lin
gers lovingly. There are the garments, the
weapons and the camp equipags of Wash
ington the press and the cane OF Franklin ;
the original Declaration OF Independence !;
snd the Commission Of the Father OF his
Country. There 10 the Treaty with Louis
XVIII, by which France beoa me party to
the American rebellion. These and things
like these, which bring tho past wildly be-
fore US, make by-gone age aim ost contem-
poraneous with US, possess more thrilling
interest than the multitudinous fruits Of that
peaceful industry Of which they were the glo-
rious precursors.
But apart from these, and from the models
Of inventions, are still other things which
more readily attract the attention Of the cas-
ual observer than the shelves which Ameri-
can ingenuity has loaded. There are car
pets, sabres, guns, and sundry curious srti-
Giles presented to former Presidents by the
Emperor Of Morocco, the Imaum Of Muscat,
and other Moorish princes, with fifteen gor-
geous silk dresses sent through Commodore
Perry from Japan, and real shswis from ths
looms Of Cashmere, the gifts aof an IndisE
King. o how the ladies would Sigh to throw
those costly fabrics over their shoulders
the fruit each Of many fingers for long years
and more valuable than as many wssterI
farms.
thought had some idea Of the extern
and variety Of Rubber goods. But ! had not
The most magnificent display Of manufac
tursd articles, by far, in this Office, consists
Of the Rubber goods Of Mr.. Goodyear. AL
most every article Of use and ornament ii
civilized life is elegantly Manufactured O
Rubber. The display Of Jswslry and FANCY
articles in that line il truly splendid.
1 But Ibid not cit down to describe tho con
tents of tho Patent Office. They are to,
many for score Of newspaper articles
There is no more interesting place in thi
city for stranger to visit than that.
| sUNDRIEs.
i Mr.. Hickman, the Pennsylvania Represent
alive who has been 20 conspicuous for sev
ersl years past - an independent and inHu
entail legislator, IL not in this city, and i
not likely, it il said, to return right away
as l. ..a min anii feeble, anu stranger wouI
not think him ''long for this world" tbs
can 50 much better spare 80 many other mer
Douglas il looking robust. He gives n
sign Of late illness. have never seen hil
looking in better health, or apparently fec
!, ing better. His parsixans will perhaps b
! pleased to know that he il a. trim and sspeert
, ~ fighting cock.
have several times looked with intere
upon picture OF Jefferson, nov on sxhib
ton at the rooms Of the Washington Al
!; Association. 1t Was painted BY the iamo,
! artist Thomas Sully. II looks bat very lit
like any other picture Of Jefferson that ha,
y ever seen. But it looks - II II might be
faithful portrait, and from the fact that il