Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-27
DOING" THE CAPITAL.
Ihe bureau of EducstiOn-Some.
thing About the Life Saving Ser
Vice-The Army Museum A Treas-
ure-HOuse of MementOes-Whyt the
North is Ignorant of the South
WashIngtOn's Growth.

| WASHINGTON, D. c., July 2s-Etitor Morning
Nelcs: Before quitting Washington 1 write
again in reference to some things which have
come under my observation. At this moment
the newsboys are crying the extra Star"
! containing the informatio in reference to an
unfavorable turn in the Presidents condition
this morning. Letu still hope for his recovery.
The Educational Bureau of this government
is yet young, and wants system and complete
ness 1t is gathering information by means Of
reports from schools OF all sorts, and from all
countries. There are now twelve thousand
volumes in the library, and twenty seven thou
sand pamphlets. The catalogues of all schools
authorized to corfer degrees are carefully
classified and filed. By means of the bureau
| 1t can be ascertained whether a man graduated
at particular college and when. The ques ion
| was recently sent to the bureau as to when
| MRS; Garfield taught in the schools of Cleve-
| land, and the question was settled. Here
| saw Chinese ReUieIU of recent date, transla-
! ted into English OF course men familiar with
modern languages are needed in the bureau
The Medical Museum. the theatre in which
Lincoln was shot may possess interest for
| specialists but for most people it is a mere
/ dolSotha, the place OF skulls-Skulls per-
forated with bullets in all possible ways. and
human deforn tiles and moIstrosties. Many
| visit the place, but l doubt if they enjoy the
visit The place is filed with memories of
murder and the charnel house. While on
glo my subject, let US pass over to the Treas
ury Department, and enter the gallery of
! counterfeiters. Here there are two large vol
umes OF photographs besides the pictures
! on the wells Of persons who have been con-
Victe1 OF counterfeiting. The faces are those
| OF men-Some old-wOmen and boys Some
or the faces are frightful in viciouSness of ap-
pearance, but there are some good faces 1t
suggests the fact that persons with better
natures are otGen Ii d astray by their relations
to the bad and designing In the office they
say that there are now out about four hun
dred couuterfets
One Of the youngest, but I must think
very useful department of the govern
ment,. is the Life SdUing Service. 1t was
org tniz9d in 1871. There are stations
the Atlantic. the Gulf and the Pacific. Four,
teen hundred men are employed nine months
In the year in this SERVICE and they report
1850 persons saved by the service during the
last year! The service costs about $3.50 00O. and
IL is claimed that, besides the lives, it saved
afout t3,OOOO GOO in property. The usual dis
lance OF stranding by vessels is about four
hundred yards from shore; the service can
throw line six huudre yards. When the yes
sci needs help and the sea will not permit boats
to go out, thea the Life-Saving Service comes
TO the rescue. By means of the Lvle IN a
rope is thrown across the vessel, and then other
ropes. with instructions how to fasten them
until rope-bridge is formed, over which lit
tie car is sent to bring off the passen six
or eight at time. Iu the Office is a model of a
remarkable English life-boat which is both self
righting and self bailing
=, fingered for a little while in the Army
Museum. There two rooms filled
with flags OF the late war; all the cap
tured flags; In one room those
captured by the Federals; in the other those
captured by the Confederates. Many are torn
and faded; some mere borders along the staff.
handled the flag carried by Stonewall Jack
son brigade with thrilling emotions. A friend
tells me that some time since man came to
the museum and asked to see Jacksons f. 'g,
stating that he himself bore it. 1t was shown
to him He b. gged earnestly that it might be
gwen to him. His request was denied, and he
went away in tears. He returned and asked to
be allowed to look at it just once more he
kissed 1t and tearfuly pressed it to his bosom.
What thrilling and saddening memories filled
that veterans soull
Through the courtesy of the Star have seen
few papers from Georgia. | can find no
papers from the Empire State of the South at
the news stands May | venture an opinion
just in this connection 1t is, that the read
ing people of the South understand the North
ern people better than the Northern people
understand those at the South, and one reason
is That the Southerners read the papers from
the North while the Southern papers are but
little read at The North
Washington is growing west and northwest
The new buildings are, many of them, e!eg mt,
large and red all over, as the reddest of Geor-
gia clay. Red on top, walls, DOORS roof, all
rcd. Why is it that nearly all American cities
grow westward or nOrthWeS ward? 1t is so in
most of the cities have known. and it is so in
Washington. Georgetown has been absorbed.
1t is now Washington nee Georgetown.
Dr Harris IN, OF Georgia, the Chaplain of the
House Of Representatives, has gone to Europe,
and have consented to fill mis- pulpit at Mt.
Vernon Place Church to morrow. hope TO be
in Savannah about the first of September.
S. LANDRUM