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The Daily Dispatch: December 31, 1861., [Electronic resource], Barbarians of the Sea. (search)
Operations of the Patent Office--the Mechanic Arts in the South. The Patent Office is one of the institutions of the Government which noiselessly pursues the tenor of its way, and has, under the good management of its head, Hon. Mr. Rhodes, Commissioner, proved a complete success even in this early stage of its existence. The office is located in the third story of the Government building, on Ninth street, where a spacious hall, open to visitors at suitable hours every day, is appropriated to the exhibition of models of ingenious inventions, and such curious relies as may be presented by those who desire to increase its attractions. It has already developed the interesting fact that the South possesses all the elements of mechanical genius necessary to the industrial progress of a nation, and has had no occasion to call upon the Government for an appropriation to meet its liabilities. It sustains itself, and in every respect responds to the purposes for which it was establishe