Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-23
.sHINGToN LETTER.
treasure at the National
~ N, Il the shape Of Manu-
.,,,,. and Autographs.
4. and wonders of Yellow
i'''D :. set Forth in secre-
FL ,nry t.amar's Report

"a wonders of Yellow
p''aD ~, !. set Forth in secr'- !.
''' ,sry r.nmar'' Report
II -nisr correspondent
on ie CTS Ian. IA very yalua.
Ssss,tsFrss.ing private colieclIon o.
~ ns,,nscripts, chiefly relating to
#nal n ,,oye 81 the United States, mas
ayli nv" IN deposit in the National
4 place. II now ready for inspection.
<nm any = of the rarest manu-
Dn'all l,.,,, and Is the nucleus OF q
sA''au,sb,bit of ancient and
ypsed sinrs We only have
70 rention the more inn
y ,Nng these are Discharge
4 ~, i Dudley stearns, private run
f v ,etts regiment, dated June y,
tacnu' NV handwriting OF George
- .n' seal and autograph OF
bIngSyp spain. with decretal to the
es !, y ~ nroynce OF New Mexicoi
|rnol MOI, ~ roli oi trial and punishment OF
Prem to- santa Fe, N. NJ, for
1884, autograph OF Thomas
!, iu,rall5l Jackson, January, 1862;
olops ~" cooper's original manuscript
l lrcsdes OF CASTLE 2Gs pages writ
lei y, IsSs, act of Confederate con-
20o W.. IN le 1862, approved by Jeffer-
Ap,"t ook carried by Edwin NJ.
'a'N eontalning acts of congress re-
oh' Military affairs, with personal
w. last page mentioning the tirst
NY .r -, With Johnson; Hungarian
= l 'sppred by Louis Kossnth, January
49, tresty entered into by Albert
q Il. indian nations west of Arkan-
, MN ~, 1861; deed Of Thomas
u vsirtsx. l77s, for tract Of land IN
] . ss neck Of Virginia, with wavy
y !, ton indicating why deed was
,aSonture; the Koran, manuscript
,rbmept; autograph dispatch, U. ).
q Inly 4. 1872; letter, James Bucn-
y ,SsS expressing the opinion that
bsnnsylyanian in our day or genera
An ever win the prize of the presi-
7, !, lRuchanan was elected president
q letter of j. A. Bayard, 1901, to
q I, Ravard father of the present secre-
4 n tate. in reference to education OF
history of German settlem, nts IN
york and New Jersey, 1853; land
ITss, issued by President John
and believed to be among the
drst land patents issued; Original
n letter sent by John Hancock
sen, of congress, from Philadelphia
l77g, TO each of the colonies, to
!! with COPY Of Declaration of Inde
R0 rre. music and words of sonnet by
Das Moore, in his own handwriting
If the articles of Confederation
by congress; autographs OF 81
In Scott, Marshal Mcdonald, iona
Z Tmmbull, John Jacob Aston, Wal
4 'tnau, nLight Horse Harry" Lee o
& }nIa; Dolly Madison, Samuel Rogers
~ Ioln Randolph and E. ID. Morgan
verse Of "Excelsior," in Longfel
handwriting; an autographic lette
Robert Morris, written while il
IN for debt. The entire exhibit i
IS UNIQUE, aud is well worth visit Il
nseum.
3yemment reports at best are usual.
W dry reading, but the polished AM
Ismanllke report of Secretary Lama
l|lotable exception to the general rui
Is respect. The following extract
{iptiye Of the beauties and wonder
ke great Yellowstone park, are 81
tous that we here reproduce MI
prs language:
III preservation of this district OF tn
Inv and its establishment as ma
park by congress in 1872 was
land bene1cent measure in the inter
II science and for the benefit of tn
IA people. The natural phenomen
tlned within its boundaries; the alt
of Its entire area, over 5000 feet; 1t
lama Of grand mountains with sun
oi perpetual snow, and sides clothe
Hprimeyal forests; the great plateau
<ffed with grass of every variety an
8ed with crimson and gold and purpl
n tints of flowers; its great floss
ts, whose petrifed trunks, when VI
resemble the columns {
\ F7fned temple; its beautiful yellow
lake, 5000 feet above the level {
Pea, and covering an area of Ii
'fe miles, with sheet of water {
~ clearness; its seventy-one ge.
some Of which throw streams {
m toa height of over $50 feet; i
not springs of marvellous form
ng and variety; the great falls an
o. the Yellowstone river, make u
Z view q region unequaled by al
on the globe, in august splendo
eur, novelty and wonder.
uomstock says of 1t; eliot and col
~ mud volcanoes, fumaroles, so
" and geysers; rapids, waterfall
}ciientsi deep canons and crage
aoound In every direction; lake
\ sand cataracts surprise one at a
every turn, and the whole is situate
= 4oint where the grand Rocky moul
!s'em eliminates in knot of peal
my me most remarkable lake basi
world.n
n lessor Geikie, speaking OF the Ye
Ole nyer and canon, says: "F'
siuns large enough to be profoun
lAlhg, yet not too vast to be taken
eye at once; for infinite changes
issue detail, and for brilliancy al
variety OF coloring, there are fe
n ~ Inc world more Impressive tn,
a ana canons Of the Yellowstone
N wonderful section not on
ses Phenomena for the study of h
Jug Investigator, but It's attraction
II 'Seome known to all the world, al
1nolal park is now the favorite l
,ouI own people and of foreigne
10y civilized country,