Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-05-04
WASHINGTON LETTER.



WASHINGTON, April 81, 1888.
The unveiling OF the Henry statue last
week was one Of the most entirely success.
ful affairs Of the kind TINT hns ever occur.
red III Washington. The details were car.
RED ont with perfect exaclncss, aud the
brevity and interest oi the exercises, the
distinguished audience present and the
lovely weather combined to make the o..
casion perfect. Professor Henry, although
well known to scientists outside of Wash.
ington, is not 30 generally known to the
laity, but his peculiar work was in the crea
ton almost of the Smithsonian Institution
ns it stands. According to the curious will
OF the curious Smithson the institution
was to he "for The increase and diffusion Of
knowledge" This was a generalization 30
broad that nothing specific could be made
Of il. 1t is by many doubted whether
James Smithson really expected his lesta.
mentary wishes to be carried out, as, while
he was known to be very acute business
man, his legacy to found the Smithsonian
was subject to innnmerable eventualities
and his direction of the great fund as vague
as possible. 1t really rested with Profes
sor Henry to make the Smithsonian wha,
he pleased; he actually succeeded in maxi
ing ii an institution for. the increase and
diffusion of knowledge. Most visitors are
sa islied with examining the museum, hut
that ia a mere adjunct of the rca! ipsiitu.
ton. One of the cnriosities there i. u sar.
cophagus with flaming inscription that It
was n ancient tomb brought from Beirut
by Commodore Elliot ON the frigate Con-
stiin,ion. The English of this ia that Com
modore Elliot cribbed the tombstone and
brought it home.
x-Congressman md ex Land Commits
sioner Bnrde,te, once we'll known aud
prominent in Washington circles, but for
some wears past 'ont of siglIt aud out OF
mind" was abnut the city last week. He
is dark eyed. stout, dark comp'exioned
man, somewhat past middle age. Will, an
air OF melancholy reserve. He rarely
speaks, and has almost no intimate friends.
The circumstance which once made his
aame familiar over the land has perhaps
been forgotten by most people. After his
appointment as land commissioner nv
President Grant he went along quietly
for some time, made good officer, and
appeared contented. His methods of do.
ing business were direct his decisions
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