Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-03-15


structure when he is told that it will cover,
when completed, four and half acres OF
ground The Smithsonian Institute, Patent
Office Treasury buildings and Presidents house,
are located elsewhere-and are splendid struc-
lures. Enlargements and improvements are
being made in and around the most OF these
at the present time. .1s
The Washington Monument has been raised
1874 feet, and there pauses The plan is to
carry it upward five or six hundred feet.
The hotels are famous for their dimensions,
number of servants and extortionary charges
In the Patent Office, among the innumer-
able objects of curiosity, the following relics
attracted my particular attention, viz, Wash
ngton's uniform worn at The time OF his res
gnation at Annapolis 1888, blue coat, buff
pants and vest, with plain metal buttons.
Franklin's cane, knotted stick, varnished,
with gold head ]. @ Adams ivory cane
made from single TOOTH. and the war sword
of Washington that hung by his side during
the struggle and blood of q seven years cam
paign. On the lower floor is marble sar
cophagus originally the repository of the re-
mains of the Roman Emperor, Alexander
Severus procured at Beyroot, in Syria, brought
to this country by Commodore Elliott in lS39
and presented to the National Institute, as
resting place for the remains Of Gen. Jackson.
The proposition was made to the old hero to
which this is a part of his reply, 81 cannot
consent that my mortal remains shall be placed
in repository prepared for an Emperor or a
King My republican feelings will not allow
it. have prepared an humble depository be-
side that where lies my beloved wife, where,
without any pomp or parade, have reques-
ted, when my God calls me to sleep with my
fathers, to be laid-both of US there resting
in hope of blessed Immortality" Such sem
timents and feelings are subIimer in their sim
plicity, than all the pomp and pageantry Of
funeral trappings
1t matters but little where or how man is
buried, for if truly great and deserving, pos
terity will herald his virtues, though he have
no monument and if mean and debased, the
sober Judgment of the future will consign him
to ufamy, despite the costliest memorials
The great mans greatest monument is himself
his own true great lfe
SENATE or UNITED STATES.
Now for a treat, Seward is to speak, the
Vice President is in the chair the galleries
reaching entirely around the vast area are
thronged, crowded, jammed with the wisdom
and beauty of the city. The Representatives
from the other chamber, have gathered in
upon the Senate floor, all together forming a
vast compact mass of human beings The
Speaker rises and all is hushed-he is entirely
self possessed, his voice is not the best, his
face thin, nose prominent, hair faxen, iH statue
of medium size and bis whole appearance not
exactly typifyng a colossal man. He speaks
distinctly and slowly, has the speech entirely
written, but is not confined to the manuscript
Now let US look around. Over to the left
sit Hale and Sumner, leaning forward and
listening intenty to what is said directly in
front of the Speaker is Crittenden, aged and
digDifed, in the next seat is Mason, of Vir
ginia, who to spite the Abotionist has pu
on a suit of sheY's gray of domestic manu-
facture, thus practically declaring for nonin
tercourse with the Northern barbarians. Now
to the left is Douglass, small ia more sense:
than one. He has faced about so as to looE
Syuarey at Seward, watches him closely, oc
casionally takes notes or receives a whisper
from some sympathizer.
We have DOW listened an hour, the Speaker
has warmed up, his sentences are round and
full, falling upon the opposition with the force
of sledge hammer blows. Hark take
down those words. You say the Republi
can party is sectional. Come North, come
to New York, come to the Owasco valley
where l live-hold your meetings, utter YOU
thoughts freely, fully, loudly You shall have
, a hospitable reception, an appreciating audi
ence, and open ballot boxes to receive all the
votes you can make. Are you less sectiona
, than this Allow us to come into your
Southern States in like manner and utter our
sentiments, and soon We will have as many
Republicans with you, as you will have Dem
ocrats with u.s." Galleries applaud Douglas
gets-Southerner vince When this great
speech shall be read by millions of free men,
am confident that to hundreds of thousands of
lips will spring the inquiry, why cannot our
Government be administered upon such broad
and noble entiments-sentiments so entirely
harmonizng with the genius of free insti:u
tions, so perfectly agreeing with the known