The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-08-06
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WAsulSeroN. July %. 1856.


ing sure weight and nasHnAuinnr Mhny
Senators and Members favor il. and en-.
couragiDg assllfa,ices Of cooperation
nave been rece, v,.,t fs,yA every part Of
the Union. tt il proposed to niihe his
nat onal celebration II prelude to T. g
eJmmemoraiiun Of The gFnutiAst event in
the annals OF time-the discovery OF The
New World by Christoph,r Culnmbns,
the four liup,lredth anniversary OF which
will be III 1892 Ii view OF The mlgni-
tnde and sublimi'y of the enterprise, it
caurot be said that its prom ,tc's hnv0
begun tor e.riy o -sys.4y sdi ,'iiSini
10 lay its rotiadntior in /, e y par
heart, to rkr'ch its snperstrnc nre, aud
eve,, to plau The ,l,' II Is oI its lu,iala
lion.
It is proposed that the ori..bia;ion
shaH trke the IUfni OF a Wullds Far
and lhe siIn ,linn most fas.ral Is the
GALS i Mtil s'i the Viii = II me. c,vAr
ing Ill lep II bat,,p4ltt.l asfa', ana
as 1t were, in the midst OF the . .y.
Tie shape Of Washing OF my bn
t roughly 4 o, rhai as that Of ore,c, n
WIN i's horhs feStih| on mo Potomac--
1 ene fiR'' Nv SsaofSe'"wn, me iei' ~ the
aisehHi. between theSe tSf' fofhH we
the falls, boualel Oh the. West by the
RIVER anu OF the E'''' Noftn III . '''th
oy tue N WI OoseeVae'fS, 'ae var,
State aud N.ivy Dep w!n2at. he White
Hnnse, the treasury, The Snthslatao
iInstituton, AMI the, N,r"l Mnseun.
/ Ln lla midst stau,is W ,siiingt'm'. 'Iunu
/ .nt NJ, iI,e l,ig ,est SRA kfe in the
world. Ff,m sy' ~ part Of he groanls
may be seeu tie to.yrli io Clpi;ol OF
the UnIisd .tSairs, ,,D,', fVr a hnekgfannd
are the evergreen hills .. lSriingoi on
the right bank of the P'''omac. Never
have Natures Art, and HstAy done sn
'much to make an ExPosAion great aol
and a, ,c"lebration sublime. At the Gems
.tennial exposition IN 1876 and of Paris
Fin 1878, it 'was necessary 10 tianel on I'M
average abb -thr;o milss bafVre ilIe
Exposition srorntiS cIuid be reached.
| Here no part Of the city will be more
t. al mile ana l.f from lie EAposi.
tion, and The greater part will MT be
faitner than BALI Lille. H.'re on the
very co1h .es OF the proposed silil I'll Oh
are mnsenms, the Cogcoran AT .liery,
md the inest specimens of a,ciiec; ure
~ me Wofiu' ln otaer woruI, there
- mere aiready pei ma''nt Exposition,
'he promoters oi 'he elrat enter.
prise Ma the "o'k haii iished TO
'heif h"hus'
Inc enterprise Is Que u lhfislite posi-
o.
i Inere Is s'rnng senllms il ~ Elv,r'
't making me Exppslli"n psrmanea' -
an eza'ionion at the N''isaM CnpitM
year ~ ahd year ON, OF the proanets
h"p' resource hna iheaiStraa progress OF
'he ssVeral Staies ana territories of the
on'oo, ana hot oh'y OF the Estates and
Ieffitolies. pnt of The other Govern
'ion'S oi tne obsee Ainericis formihg 10
I she aggregate Il Vast p,nor'mic display
Eoi me ar'' science aud hsricaltire, the
na'iVe wealth. ah' Skilled indn'tries. the
varied e'hd'oioRieai pii'Ses anth the civil
l1sa ae'eiepmeni Oh the Western Hemis
phere'
Inc maSni'nie e of Inc resndts thus
sought &c ne reaoAed snrpaSses MI Pre-
V'o"s "'icfp'''''iS ol = siuhi'W e''aracfef,
) y'' ''F p''o''eaoili's " tle' scieme II
, e"s''s eon'',e'''ns'o'e, 'A'd us expsn--
"'"'' '"' o''''''''s o'' A'ip9'e business
H'"s"''o', ~ oe"s "u'"SSs''a l'la'
'"s sene'"i o''See''i'ut wi'i grant We
= aos u 'n~ ne'o's"is eto"nus anu CON
$500 's'' o''' '"'e'''o o"''eo' ''hs y
'Io oa' 'o'' u'1'-' u 'uo great ih'ethe'iou
| ~ "a eA"'ui'
J : "e n'"Aes a'uu .eft'lories % opera
inS ia Tue project, either singly or II
groarss wo'lld merely be called np,n Il
/. erecs tuch buildings, for their own occn