Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-06-02

Government. The Patent Ofice-about
ope-sixth Of thspreseat building-was Sc
lected ss safe place. This was about
1s40, and now the Bureau and Department
are rewarded by the proud opportunity to
display What they ham so long and care
fally kept and so jeaiously guarded.
Next comes the Treasury Department
with profuse display Of money; not gold
and silver altogether, but printed money.
The array of specimens of Treasury notes
of every description and denomination ever
issued, is q study for the admirer Of beauty
and fine art. In no land under the sun is so
much skill shown in the Manufacture Of
paper mohey, The paper for the Cont
mental measy WAS made only few miles.
hence, at the ..Ivy Mills, and the mill is
running yet in the hands of descendant
Of its old proprietor, but when the writer
visited it, some time ago, it was making a.
nasty kind Of thick wrapping paper Of
straw and old ropes. Franklin used to get
his paper there. Even if the old mill has
been burned down once or twice, it is
more certainly than the boys old jack
knife which had had five new blades and
four handles-the same mill, and it ought
to drop the straw and junk, and make
some more handmade, water-mark, linen
stock paper with some Of old Benjamin's
shrewxd advice printed on it old-fashioned
type, .
And here is the Navy Department, which
shinees-as it has a right to do-in bunting,
One reads the history of the American flag
suspended from, the columns in the various
forms Of the colonial and convention pc
riods; the pine tree, the English Union"
with red and white Fly" " white anchor
on a blue field, and eventually the flag of
to-day, showing largest of all, as if it had
grown in size as well as developed in de-
sign. The navy shows a variety. Of guns
for special services, such as boat hoWitzers
and gunEale guns; it also has piles CT na
val stores, with smelling ropes, and things
to eat and to wear; the provisions to go to
the great cooks galleys and the furnishing
of the msn's kits; the, instruments Of the
Transit of Venus expedition, as the War
Department. has those of the Signal Ser
vice. This Department has also some boats
Of the Polaris expedition, one seow made
in an emergency from an abandoned vessel.
Around lie many Iiles Of shot and shell,
and Of material suggestive Of long service,
when '.they that go down to the sea in
ships" have to depend upon the foretAought
of the providers, who must be able to sup
ply anything from mainyard to e sewing
needle at a moments notice. We pass
With great interest the more scientific por-
ton of the collection, the compasses, bar
ometers, sounding instruments, ships logs,
and velocimeters. One begins with the
arts Of peace, and wanders through the
building to the southeastern end. He
steps out at the door with the big guns on
each side, which are pointed in mimic hos
tility at other buildings, and stands uE
the terrace to listen to the, music of the
band which plays in the pavilion near by.
One letter covers so small a portion Of
the whole exhibition that ] am obliged TO
stop after having just begun. Probably
Machinery, Hall and the State buildings
viii be the next most interesting feature to
your readers, and following these we viii
journey through the main building. This
last is the place to study human nature. l.
cannot think of any place where one would
find such a Tarietysof specimens of the ge-
nus homo, in, as the naturalists say, 4" all
stages Of preservation. . Coming down
from the government bnilding yesterday, /
passed. through the carriage manufacturers
structure, and have never so fully realized
the force of that familiar simile, s" pretty
as q red wagon, y. as I do after glance at
the fine display of vehicles 1t was stated
last week that showers Of the f'queer7 were
working of counterfeit fifty cent pieces
through the outside Spectators in change,
but 1 cannot learn that much was done at
It, and of course it has been wholly stopped
now. So h'i
Ills about settled that there will be no
further reduction in railway fares, and 50
the committee appointed by the Centennial
commission to confer with the railroad au-
thorities has reported. The Pennsylvania |
Central people assert, that they would do
passenger business at an actual loss if they
aceeded to this demand, as the extra Cen
tennial travel would not equal the falling
off Of regular business.
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