, 1870-12-04
Sketches Of its Chief officers
ItA Old aud liz Now QunrterS.
A Silent Part Of the Government
IrEoN orR owS co1ErsrasnEM.l

nliet American eailoxs Erope their WAY over !
he nair: L,ow anything Of the co!um-
: "a Institution for the DaA and Dumb, one
of those extraordinary enterpriees OF the
Ga!laudet family, where deaf Enutes are cdu-
catol into prpfefsiors, and to be teachers Of
eiheT institutions Tho Coa4t Survey is also
a lost Institution to the great mass OF Auaesi- |
c4ns. although it il better known abroad than |
Ary lu1eAo Of our government
1t is the nesrest Of all The public atsliers to
tho Capitol eaidce-cn!s one block. 4 eusll |
tin sign ret up esairst the j1pb Of tho open
door OF very old brick residence haa been
itr cnlE advertisement for forty years. This
ole Ttsi1erce is ore Of half dozen stretched
40. 6 old Nex Jersey Avenue and on tho Hca1p
Ct Capitol Hill, which are teoanted by tho Of
fee employees Of : service embracing the
largest aseA Of 1a5oz In The government. Some
OF the buil1inga are acrosa the way; come
Are iu \ 1excr, tmaAier ROW On the same arc
tse; cne tu,llnsis ia fire-proof ssfe, big
enough FOR famlie TO live IN; the main Office
IL in Laws cd block, : highly respectable,
tL1eailblfe. Bleak House aort Of pile, which Ia
cfaeling and grooming through its hollo1 coll
cavities nose and more every year
PER INTO TIE COAST sCEvET-
X you lad any businsss with The Coast Sur-
veJ-and it Il NOT to folEs In general '.show"
dtl'attment-soa might venture to peep
taa tiSae ,e you eoass xasa ees tnSa:pi. ap .5le
.aled reotF 1cr ee:erka, and for the rest =
eSua'.e Of worn and creAking stairs. leaiing
10 fs.rae- bcd->ha,nbe1s. Back Passages, also
uzca1s etec, conduct to some old and would,
t<-.tatel: -alccns~ where few steel engraved
plates cf the ccast su1veyings hang. Il we'll -
EotoEIas,Llc pictures Of the founders aud
srrc14utIn5c1,s Of this tenedeent under
I1EiLC.
na.:c old xpattnenss, Over tns half-faded
ca.let., amcrgst the qutint patterns Of fur
Ei:u1e, aua luhh in former woods, md modes
OF weasinr, and feel tho mout1efinC, dry
tEtll q HE re1tt3 roo1a where science is
LliEeu l.: democracy, We rav wall experience
ee.s'ti.eEsss Il to what little chAnce the
useful. the ti!ise2t. and tie conscientious At
tain a1c1 81: ,,r. and how buty arc the cr1tl-
c!srn. Of i;ucrancc. c,.liag it=e;f "ipractica-
b.il:s," upun na:te1a beyond its kbu. The
12e arcst coullit;eo Of Congress- las a fire.
I,oof p,:ius. walnut and leathe, furniture. a
sns.l -.uEe>u-A concern up to this
time run ~ Arniable tyEos, in tie in-
tertsls oi dsuaseEuery - his i hran-
L.w etiii-1, pkrE. conservatory,
and al the properties Of palaea- Tns
,,,s.r Mo acir.n-a o1t ~ .nto3;,1r;,n ~.
1,s-. s;n,;.,ic. ~ snrnort EeIjer'. n;ckev'r
~ f.,rcs s,.cs cles, I'M here Il fin f!n.st
s1tEe-, suggested " Jefferson, begun bJ
Jt.rhe "a r. c9~r,ze3 hr orrrr 1esTne;1 hoIr
=, ~ wer:d N,5,;s ;.'.,;:,:;nn NAV h. aid ~
r1;.s hr 1bc oycTssj,, RI n,ii;ic;zns. Il ecs1ce~
L. Ernss uhcre - iar is hes5. 4 iva lila
the Isoor sc!1a.sr, M hac..s. attica and in neg
lcc'ed aol.ai:osjes: it steadily refuses to be
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10 c. tabiae them inlo cast1s 1of the use q
nhs:9atote-
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10 oo:.la and publish sconfate maps ot Il
more nse. N 81! US rs ana 1nsa. .so1 e..,. I'M
s.:a .ou su 'eeo ~ .sen. % a. ~
n.sne ~ n.Auu uoaa ssa [r":,,. nos. aa,,s,;a; ~
e,aaeh, OF lagoon; 20 maze 4le1snt souna.Is
mannes esu WIN snenA 1esosa a. that ,t,a ~
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!iohs, "hacn ena!4 cmn1sce evel3 1eatu1o
lmposiGnee 10 senesA coas'ns 'aaa asta
naf1snq TRa mnesi1;pr Of tbs mvaterics of thu ere
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ersr of fact csn he u.eaned by caIeful explt
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ncEs c,7-rsrt+ and iii .h.sI.rt;nns a =, .,,n
now in ita minu:eet pSysicsl reorranbTs
Iii sccurate geography md hydrog11ph
OF modern, Ano, lnaeea; o. 9u.e feSent
Pln. ~ tne t13A4s y. Sons4 eos 1e.
kept mspa oI tne nentepneIe 4 Ano"n ~ ~. :.
hnnareo !esfa aeo. ~nien nlgn1 ,nsS1 oe III
Saturn OF roo moon. pay pest ~ Feeonot
70 the &ol!a o1 ING moue1u eu'ue-oouA
elleF- Little ty htie. TIC grotssans iane i.s
the cs1ly m1p.Eakets Fsa chAstssed 10,
rude approach to conformity WIN
Livery navigator kept his logs and maoe
Observations. Those Tho ufss asceHa
the true character Of the seas were amo
the first EAsions 10 attsin commerci7! 4.
lence- The vataeus surveys OF Dee ~
DC E5aNn. Gauld. and other bntisn GU
had done much 70 e1ttcate onr Au1nsic
nrinr IN the lkAYQ}uti0D. The " AG(