The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-01-13

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 4th, 81
While upon the dOlne Of the Cart
/. tai this afternoon. I gssed for an hou'
{ or more upon the wOnder50l work
, ipxD Of man. The esuine0ce uP0u
witch the Capitol stands, aud III
height. afIGrds splendid view ofthe
= citv and it, surroundings. With the
. xif of q glars which IL always fur
vi. hed-iOr ten cents-the following
objects are visiLle. The Navy Yard,
Providence hospital. Insane Asy lu'n,
J Marine Barracks, CONGRESSIONAL
Cemetery, Government Printing Of.
lice. Lincoln Park, Mount Olivet Iu.
.titu(iOn for the Deaf aud Dumb,
Government Botanical Garden. The
Arsenal, Siniti,st'nian Institute. Nat
wral Museum, Museum, ut AYrieul-
ture, Cons ervatOry, BUREAU Of En-.
4rsviug aud Printing, Washington
MonumIen,, Carp Ponds. Masonic
Hall. Patent Office, Post Office, Ju-
dietary Hall, Coucoram's Art Gallery,
Wiuder's Building, Aqnet!,,ct Bridge.
National Cemetery, (;eOrgetOwn Cnt-
versity, AMI Louise Home: In the
Navy Yard lay tw" n'"nit"rs-lhe
WyandOtte and the double turrrt
Miantomonlal'. THE latter carries
fifty-tw0 engines hrtw. On her decks,
ami il more IL 10 likrs.ssl to jules
Verue's submarine Nautilus than
anything can imagine. Providence
Hospital /. cared 'or l,y the Sisters III
Charity; was Incorporated in lSt;4,
and through the influence III Thad.
/ stevens Congress appropriated $780,
nm towards the building. Any
one applying h taken In.
Che government hospital for the
insane IL situated Alx'ut Y mile from
UnioutOwn. I got there l,y chance.
having started for the navy yard, and
! wound up at the asylum. The
grounds comprise alMnt ~ acres
which are cultivated nv the patients
with u few excrp!i"ns.l 4 wall 10
! feet high enclOses uOt'ut :tW acres, In
which IN edifice mo feet long stands,
containing alOut ,5IM unfortunate~.
The Marine barracks il but y few
blocks from the Navy Yard and il
only Interesting on Wednesdays,
during general inspection, and lor
the many flags contained In its arm.
Org. Congressional Cemetery IL
beautifully situated ON the hanks Of
the AnacOsta. 1t IL not, ~ Is sup
pnsetl and NJ its name would indicate,
Government property. 1t contains
about - Acres, was laid out In 1*D7,
and has AZ monuments crectl d to
the memory Of congressman who
died in office. The Washington
Asylum adjoins 1t on the north. It
10 Y W0rkhOuse ~ well No Nm asylum.
Lincoln Park luys ahOut o half II mile
further west and II beautifully laid
out and planted with trees and
shrubs. A statue Of the President III. |
ter whom it was Dan,esi. stands ut !
the west end. The walking il good,
and about ihree-fOurtlIs If . mile !
from Lincoln Park r. Mount Olivet
I'D tie institution f.r the deaf
and dumb. Olivct consists Of !
about one hundred acres, and !
was Incorporated in 1882. Among |
the graves Of interest therein are
those If Mis-. SUrra AMI Wirtz. Of
AndersOnviile nOt0rie,y. Govern
nlent printing Office is about :sM feet
long. and il the largest building "f
the kind III the world. The Boinni-
cal Garden Is situated just q little
west IT the Capitol. The ground.
comprise about ~ acres Tie la,ial-
,l.,ss are about :stN feet long. In the
central part where the temperature
il highest are tn palm. .late. fan, oil,
1'an",.ia hat. aud plants If Australia,
china, t'ulM aud the india. The Gb.
jsci Of this institution II tie education
If thu. American people ~ plants. |
Eac!. nse,Etel III Congress rscvivt., Il
>lsare Of plants xnt! stesis, supposed
tO IL: for his constituents.
The Arsnal Is only interesting "a
slaughter house. \ few years ago ,,
lovely young ladies' were blown ,p
there !.y an explosion. and where
that flag staff stands marx ing 1.-THE
spot Wherein Mrs. Surratt was hung,
would alone, give II notOriety IN "a
butcher shop. The Smithsonian In-
stitu'ion cost half u million and tie
most pleasing beauty or the in,ildii,y
II that, while it Is regular, there. Il no
tvs" parts alike. II would require too
mach space to describe il 80 I'll pass
~: t0 the National museum, which CON
l:ins the art treasurer present. ID to the
:nIted States Iy many Mat;uns. ~
I've close Of tile centennial they were f,
valued ut 81, tktl.'SMl Tie Museum
~ Agriculture is on the tl.n,r .: the
1t shows the different az.
ricllltural productions nf tho United
States. Every thing j. explained i.y |
\ very communicative attendant.
TIE conservatory Is west Of the
main building. and contains tn.
|s.Inl, pineapple and other tropical
plants. The bureau "f engraving ,
md printing i. where the United
States bonds, notes. currency aud :.
revenue STAMPS are printed. Ii isa
lire lrCof building. T',e Officers CON. ,
nectt'si with it arc very Oi,liginy. On
'ntering, the visitor registers then
se II turned over to a watchm,an to-
re that he don't pick mp anything.
ne washington monument is In :.
complete. though having attained :.
height of:sM feet. and VIII n ,Dnlplete q
vtIl he 80 feet-the highest In the
r0rld. It will I've orna,nente,l hy
pecimens from Bremen. Mount W.
evi1s. China, japan. Swiss Repuu-
Ie. Temple Of Carthage. l;reece. j. =
1,salem and the tomb IT Napoleon. t
Sext are the carp ponds. The earn
: very valuable fish for fond. and 1
he object Of the con,,nissiO,, on fish Y
to distribute them all over the q
and. hut l don't think they would 4
J" well In the Territories, Icing Of d
Outhern blood. n
Masonic Hall Is built of granite y
MI free stone, at Il cost ~ S:ya..MM y
nd sOnle Of the most brilliant halls y
nd sss'snl,lcs given In the city have u
een held in its halls. The ratent =
nice cnst 81 tkk'. INN. and contains IN y
H'ms. The lx'siOlIice Is Of modified = =
'orintl'tan architecture, ami covers -
whole square aud ,~.st u million. =
judiciary square aud City Hall, =
There (;nifeau was tried and sen. "
pncetl, and where the Star reuters p
r. trying not t0 he sentenced. WINS u
egun In ism and completed IN 1874. u
statue Of Lincoln stands in front of "
;. and was plaeed there Nv volun- .,
Try subscriptions. -
Corcoran's art gallery contains Il
ANY paintings by the old masters. al
I'D statues by aut.h sx.,,lntnr. o. N