, 1870-12-04

na.fe = minute aud complete survey .from see |
@luHp 70 sac fot1s. uost OF = c tnn txpasod 70
nrs fcs, shot sna 'hel,, md from eas,psa ,etals
ye.sd WIS TO OCCUPY waS mafked BY ! 1alIe
nae. snd = ktew 70 Jsrd tho e1 4et o.l aoc1 Of
hear In The end how s11eht Tho Ehcli Tcnt Eacir
.nA.k Mr. o.tnanns and MI Harris remained
constantly on boatd tn put the vresels IN p,s,tloo
wssn e ~ . nd en- u e i9t
ca1uot speak TOO hiGbl5 Of these Rentienea o. tae
Coat Surrey, assure Jou saas .hal nese: ss M
q at,ta6e s'6e :o'n'ardnent unless nave '''a
50 thoroughly tiia tho co.at Survey plot ont
The rivers OF yxetptn, tho Carolinae, and the
gulf, that the demand for thoir charts fnse
fiou II, 400 copiee annually 10 aa,VoV ~ lo9I.
Rcd River and examined the basous, aceoul-
ranIed FAuaEut Up tho Misttssipps, Aod
slefcl cd tho SAzoo. Thirty different tketchos
Of tho approaches to Ticksburg were made.
Strapfz, Cosst Survey min, n1de ono ro-
nnsrf.ble sketch of tho Yazoo while tbs enc
r1yts shot tnd shol wete crashing through his
boat
Al Gettysburg, D,eho in persou conducted
reconncis, ance OF eighty Equare miles. At
Chattanooga, the Coaat Survey men surveyed
Lookout Mountain, and pronounced 1t pEtcti-
cable for ae-aplt- Tho battlefield Of Chitka-
region was reduced to Charts by the G,.t.
Sutvey, IN anticipation OF Then1a' future
great VICTORY. Thomas hinself wrote:
'.Pc,mit ue to thatk you mos: cordially for
rour ktndaess in pacing under direction Of B,tG-
sdirr General v. F. Smith, Chief Engineer, Dr.
1anment q the Cum1eflard, Meks,e r, IF.
West. Clarence Feruail, ?. IS. Durf, and j. II,
Doom, cn1cefs Of the Ccast Su1yeg S1ylce. Ia
me snf17 NFe theI hare been on duty at III. Sc
headsuarttss they nave rendescd noss yataabs.
service In Remembering, surveying, and mapping
'D e seaii @ desire to retain these on,c@ra, with
0tpetal suih, ss long as you caa fpars shsts ses-
Meantime the cosst Survey anu1ed on. the
whole Mis6ite'ppi region. \ Coast Survey
officer Showed tie route CT communication be-
tween Ba}dy Smith division and Grants OVER
l.nd army from the head q York River. . Tue
mans great march 10 the sea, and Lila Chiei
OF EEglpecra E1ote: ......-..
II sin directed by Gen. Sherman, commanding
She lttsfy lHststou, TO perform the yesy pcaasat
nezs With which The map was gotten up, and its
bne appt arhnce. It VIII be tue standard during
the canpsIpn upon which we have Just entered" !"
Chia1 Engineer Totten wrote: a. We are Ill
indebted to the Cont Survey, for onenssvo
movements, aud for probable defensive ores"
Fred Seward alfo wrote that the State De-
partmeDt uetd the Coast Sutvsy chsrta for
diplomacy, to chow people abroad our
achievements md the headwsy He were max
ing. -!
GsA huOWIeOS6 WIS power III AA6 Aua "
var ~ 1t was beu1gnsnt in pence. Aud
rightly did Aea.Eiz ezy in one Of Lis papers,
when referring to tho agitntion Of tho ques-
tion Is to tie diaeontinulncs OF the Coast
Survey !+Even without reference to their
practical usefulness, 1t IL aRd aign when :
nation eac1ihcee first her Intellectual institu-
| tions-"
.. Tr1s.
This bureau ia type Of the h1esstnga OF
! ciTil sertfce. Order, deco1um, diligence,
| devotion are observable through iii it's ch am.
tess. Captain Patterson, photographer, xaa
formerly an officer Of the United Staten n1Sy,
and be commanded tho steamship Golden
| Gate, the first great vessel OF the Pacific
Mail, between PananA and San Francisco
He ia fine type Of the naval officer. large,
cordiai. rub1,e-spiritsd, and educated, and
few citizens OF Washington have snch = fund
Of experience. HIS celebrated battle with
Yankee Bullivan and the New York ronRhs, on
their first tsip to California, was long ths
aneedote Of tho coast. He gave ne. some
time ago. tho only vivid account eyer re-
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