The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-22
v.,,ou.sope Park--Thc Labor Ques-
ston-The Classics.
= ,1e EDITOR Of fhe Dispatch

rxeuse me for including several topics
IN mis- communications done 10 save my
time and your space.
Cnn YOU give your readers some account
OF Yellowstone Park when II was
founded by the Government the appro-
priqtion for II. size. mode OF access 10 ~,
and anything else OF interest concerning IL!
II your correspondent from Surry VIII
write 20 Mr.. Moody. Of Boston, he WIN
probably learn where TO get laborers WITH
out going to Europe for them. MIR. Moody
has recently QSSS) published book on
Islands and Labor" in which he says al
least four millions of laborers in the North
and South were thrown out OF employment
by the disbanding Of the armies, ana that
half OF them DOW are without employment
(principally in the Northwest), ana are IN
great distress and poverty.
In your article on the classics think you
omitted 70 mention one OF the great auvan-
tages OF their study--viz., the insight and
knowledge they impart in acquiring a
knowledge OF our own language. IL is
surprising 10 find how many OF our words
are derived from the Latin, and many IRON
the Greek. / have frequently discovered
the meaning OF English words by their
derivation from Lstin and Greek. To the
professional man, particularly to physicians
and chemists. a knowledge OF these Ian
guages seems almost indispensable in I'M
derstanding medical and chemical terms.
Respectfully, THOMAS POLLARD.
I'm Volume XVI. American Encyclo-
pedia we find, under the head OF Wyoming
Territory, the following description OF the
Yellowstone National Park:
IN the northwest corner OF the Territory
is = tract more remarkable for natural cu-
rio titles than an equal area IN any other
Toriion Of the globe, which might properly
be called the Northern Wonderland"
in contradistinction TO a similar region in
New Zealand, known rs the " Southern
Wonderland" 1t was first definitely
brought 10 police by party OF surveyors
from Helena, Montana, in 1869. In 1870
an expedition under the direction OF the
Surveyor-General OF that Territory visited
the region, and in 1871 Professor Hayden,
at the head OF scientific corps, made a
careful exploration OF ITS most remarkable
features. His report induced Congress to
pass an act, approved March !, 1872, by
which the district now known as the lel-
lowstone National Park was reserved
and withdrawn from settlement, occu-
".
States, and dedicated and set arart as
public park or pleasurng-ground for the
benefit and enjoyment Of the people," and
was placed under the exclusive control OF
the Secretary Of the Interior. The park
lies mostly between latitude 44o and 45o
and longitude 1l0o and ITO, extending on
the west into Montana. 1t is 6j m. N.
and s. by 5Jm. +. and W., comprising
% arn Il. oil
& 1000 feet high. Yellowstone lake (22 by IL
miles in extent has an altitude OF 1.7SS
feet. The mountain ranges that hem in
the valleys on every side rise TO the height |
OF 10000 and 1900 feet, and are covered !
with perpetual snow. During June, July, |
and August the atmosphere is pure and |
very invigorating, with scarcely any rain, |
and storms Of any kind are rare; but the !
frequently falls as low as 25o, !
and there is frost every month Of the year.
The entire region was at comparatively /
modern geological PERIOD the scene of re-
volcanic activity. The most
striking features OF the park are its geysers,
hot springs. waterfalls. and canons. In the
number and magnitude Of its hot springs
and geyscrs it surJGsses all the rest OF the
world. There are probably fifty geysers
that throw column OF water to height
OF from 80 to 200 feet, and from 5000 to
10. 900 springs, chiefly OF two kinds, those !
depositing lime and those depositing silica. |
There Is every variety OF beautiful color,
and the deposits form around their bor-
ders the most elaborate ornamentation.
The temperature OF the calcareous springs
is from 1902 TO 170o; that OF the Others
rises to 200o or more. The principal col
lections are the upper and lower geyser-
basins of the Madison river and the calca-
reous springs OH GARDENERS river. The
grand canon OF the Yellowstone, Great |
Falls, $50 feet or more in height, Tower |
Fails, &C., are very remarkable. The park |
is also one OF the most interesting geo.
graphical localities in North America, hay |
Ing within its limits or in its vicinity the
sources Of vast rivers flowing in various
directions. On the north side are the
sources OF the Yellowstone; on the west
those of the principal forks OF the Mis-
souri,: on the southwest and south those
OF Snake river, flowing into the Columbia,
and through il into the Pacific ocean, and
those OF Green river, branch OF the great
Colorado. which empties into the Gull OF
California; while on the southeast side are
the numerous head-waters OF Wind river.
The presidential party took the Union
Pacific railroad to Green-lllyer station, and
proceeded thence by trail. This, we pre-
sumo, is the best route to the park. We
are not aware that the Government has
ever made any appropriation" Parties
who have erected accommodations for
visitors have done so by especial permits
sion Of the Government, and can. we be-
lieve, be required to remove them at any
time.]