, 1870-12-04

erA ~u.se~i =, tho Cni.e<a s:aso, Military Acsde-
NY, ~ had Of ihs elkaa ef lSaA Rua vas
llstcnant 1t Ergineers till 1Hes- Then, IN
turn, lie t>rtayut Professor # Natural rhloa.
ophy aaA tshcsniesrysn the University Of Tenn
eylvAnia, Itv~idrns Of The Qirasa College, and
l11:nci~sa Of s.,e phiiade1pliA High School un-
til 1AA He was 4 man Of tremendous e.
Eseee. onergc, buoyaner, ard administration.
Ills death was the tub3cct Of IS much
1rsFrt ss svcr attended that at practical
official The work went etoadily on under
pe;rce ard Hi'gasd, ard 1t thr btesli-g oat
Of the xss, 80 psoviaectiy bad tho wosh been
managed, that tha whole amount expenaed
up to 1887, v.s only s3,7po, 600. inelniinx
land work and hsdrog1aphy. At this da,e tbs
land work and hydrography Of Grea. Dn,ain
had cost seo, ,0oo, ,e00, and bath we're iueou,-
Ilcfo- The land and photographic survey OF
Farce hsd cost nearly eiN. .Obo coo wi,ite,
curing the preceding asvep,een Year,, the
t!igonoa st1lc survey Of Auatr;a had cost
Ss,No,oG; 0ther malone we're ahie 70 do
tenure Of it, hut the American eurvey won
cEeonlumt from them Ill.
TIE President Of the Royl Geographical
Society, Admiral Wi1:iar, Henry Saartb, said
N his snnuzl address, OF 1850:
THE Ceast Survey Of :Ee United States ia
NAtS E&k3OLN uH4E1l&AAI'Es 1-0 A3o 47eA
most creflitAbls conducted through all its Va
1ioue departments Of science. 1ha1o studied
luu question closs1r, and do not bositate to
rroEource tho conviction, that though the
Americas were last in the field, they have
{Eer sal.unO lea2ed into tie rary front rAnk"
GraGo, S:hnp1aksr, and Humboldt, lAve also
given thsir unqualified HrEoyh to tto coz
eact 81 the work.
How THEY sCEvIY.
To apprt ciato the "a .rActI Of this orssu-
lied work, first conceive Of our immonse sea
coast, that s'Euar9ed osk, the Chesapeake,
the satersected AEa iefand-girt coast of Ax5as,
that gigantic Venice OF the Northwest, Pngei's
Sou.d, and the foggy waite Of sea toward
tie Ecninsula Of AEis. Divide this into about
dozen great fields Of operation. and station
in each working patty, with shltlo1 aud also
with seawor.Ly vessels, with instromeats Of
the cieyercst invention, many Of them con-
tiyed in the Coast Survey Office, With proyis-
ions, labofete, and tic complete though eco
nomicnl appu1teDances OF a fishing d6et. In
each Of those divi.ious the work il going On
upoa tue s-toe scale and general psau, and
each chief Of division is in correspondence
With the directory 1t Washington.
While tie sea cast is TINS t,estea by tho
co.pt survey proper, the public land OF tha
United States is nlso being surveyed sad
mapped By tho L1nd Office surveyors. aal
the lake coast Is being treated By tho United
States Typographical Engsnears- Thus tLree
Independent Iruies OF E1rrey are working
The caasi n,rre,ors howeyor h.vn thn
rncet difFirl,lt ana defic,ta vnrk Tbree
fcet rn,,n1,rm rmv ~ :. hnnT m,vs.nE /. uta.m.
shio : *f!o ka,no n,;stsko Ii ti,e lo.nt;nn of :.
rock will aruny nAvi gstiua for ysars. Tho
Coast Surrey chief, in nny ooe divleioa, frat
makes personal Reconnaissance Of his Sec
1hcic Of il. to hit upon the ,obiects on
Which his base line shall Be Lid, TLo
meas uri1g Of this base line, which is from
five to ton miles long. is : work Of the ut
most nicety, and Professor I,che Invented 4
1nach,re to 40 it-an arrangement Of com
reLe.ting tube bars, twenty feet Ione, .nd
marked nith ptrmapcnt monuments 1t bolh
e~da From tl,ia base Inc , deic,ta and rct
sin,nrt infiri,a ty.tetn of rsodo.y. sin,II and
fAr-rcrchjry as tho light cfa etar. proiects,
by Angular measurements. bg distant stations
eecu through powerful telcscopes, by coupu-
fat1nn and pv ntbfr siia- 4 saries nftrianrlea
rorna of these ninety miles lonsr nnt1n 4
side. Being capable ct infinite triacgu1s1 sub.
division and rnul,ielication, the tpnoeraphe,
foll,wb With 4 plane-tabe. Anj
works in tho objects. The coast.
line, The hills, etc. He is succeeded By tlt
photographer, who utee The shore trixnguIa
ZION il connection with astronomical points
tnotF. astronomical. .trirnnometrical, ani
~ bvt:ro1,anh;c. srn sent tn Wssb;nrtnn dsnna
;fsa IN sfe. .tecn;ne-in lin f;Te-n-nnf .rc}rea
ard from them and tic Charts Tie conputiu,
diyitiou dciuces and n:ots latitude. lnneituila
5isfsrre. rrsnfI-.rr ctr T1,a matters n
tsso, sIa ,t,trrSta5 - ,no.,sr nI7;ta S;.;s,,U
Thns ,rh,l. ia fit1,s gorras IT lad md an
unrk ofr m fl,a fcr- h,rta n, thc Trn.nnit
m,rs1a. nn+ n ~ c,1es snrrd;1a ttsa !; 81
St1crm fee1inr fhe mnTemant. ~ erTsn
| I..e -. .1 -ss,,o -.
I'm lead nernetmsiS e ma nd -nnr,;ns @ NH, H. % 3oya.
,he ''1. cen.,,i @tt;eo a'1 .na1;.ae ~ i to.i
ae.,,onen r,.s fhe l,,c.t ,oEsnns .n
.nI,s - ~ se;a1aa 40 Ensi,- tGa ,,.a
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ms ~ Ineaa's % ons. an. ~, =. s,, ra?1Sso W.
1,s u ane eSe1 hs, eoge s;,o a;sr
t.i,1t. ~ t,3c. md cnTcn,s aa,,,t;ncs m
| hot.or. These -omrIstoi charts .ro e11u
~ ~, .nenrs.a s,,a.;1,nn. ~ sr,,sr;r.
~, S1s s"a oSd tn .,,rs,er. S ~ 1nsft 49,
sS ,1s su" Sssaop,a ~ ~, ,,1;a.,,n ~ H..
49, H. ,sa nah;aa+ s,1.. sxtsnt wv" "a s"'
n'ssA's sso ''os' ..'-1,,aa 80 .mesres
1 lniua .. :u.ts.S lLc.
One OF tne uaost t!ntesesane pe1senAss1
the 1oasi survey y MA.ntot, tne etecstotype
who h4s Teen a hss business 1ot tho - Eo1er'
J Mea. ao9n. snlu n;a. y. a.ea senss eats5s ~ -,
AM!lenueIt 4met. spectasleoi 6.Ase M =
neiow tae meotuu sHe' huu Ne o;soosetea u
Il. o. sspasauns INC eng.ave99 Elases 9a, o. eoa
eues IuIs .s i'uin ,t. .nS ai .uo.a paoss.o. Nv!
ta3en oi tnesA-&ueee u;,leesions uetnf uss
70 PIE, !loa3. "nue aas oi's.nn p1~t1 -,
9spoto ~ .uo ~ t.o'i u .1n
mepts tere Of Thousands Of dol1ars, but 1t
needless 10 eaf that MAtniot never got y y
reeompense, Ana pefhapa niue teeoenttion! !.
, II. de 1s oue o1 tnose Aneaeth sloh, u1ui
{ WeH, Euen ~ sto" up A1u 1tEsen' AuG
vesfs ago he vent down the river on 1
memoIanls e1cutnion "n1cn hIeo Pa,t
{ I{lsfs Ia;i1es, ana "hen the Sun sa4aa -
IeAcsHaAG oWnts A"lo'n. ~ usa'u eus ~
d mskefs ctscnea the canses. lhey as1eeu ~ u
the acute anclo v,,eto the breech Vas pesl
down to the Isrrei-tons OF preesafo cons
trated uron 4 spot, Wn.h:ot cot to think
. til oyeI, as It applied to the substance