The New York herald., 1845-10-12

| Fair OF the American Institute n NibIo's
The general character Of the exhibition s one Of pc
fancy articles Of all descriptions that there almost
bewildss visiter.
for the uhering of the facilities for enabling the blind
to have books of durable material and the plan adopt
ed is good ones in place of the usual letters
ON paper, we have here article composed metallic
amaigan which when In state OF fusion, being properly
moulded on the soft olaysy matter in which t imprss
the characters raised durably This plate of which
Is Of surprising lghtness is then placed on slip Of
nesrng other woods, and thus at a very small cost
an excellent article 10 obtained Maps and other yehi-
Ciss Ss %s instruction can be also prepared in like
rem of Indiana The labor OF individuals for the
ton OF the unfortunate situation of those deprived
lot; and, while Formerly a blind person was
obliged rely solely On the exercise Of his remaining
senses, we have nos hundreds of contrivancss, by
which they almost to an equality with those
VINO nave their eyesight In fact from the various ex
gwen IN TINS city oy the blind pupils tn ey ap
pear 70 nave as much mental clear as many
have physically. .'
Walking past one Of the pianos that are exhibiting in
ing the piano trade from who is in the business
which is somewhat interesting. The Americans have
ber Of pianos that are weekly manufactursd in Nav
YORK is somewhat proof that they are 80 indeed:
but we think that did manufacturers general pay less
regard to the outward adornment of the instrumens
and give an article that with q plain exterior had
equally as ne tone as the very expensive ones they
for instance in some Of the hunbes Cottages where
traveller least expects such thing there win be found
capable Of paying in this country the mass of The
people, who would gladly 60 to small expense in pur
chasing piano, unable obtain one short Of Cost
OF TWO or three hundred dollars. However the manu-.
facturers doubtless consult own interests n what
they do As it is new, there about twenty Ave pia
nos turned out weekly from the various workshops in
the city, and upwards Of two hundred men are employ
cd in this business. It also gives employment to nu
m
belle, who in the evening, delights whole company
with her playing it. makes the list of the history
The cloth room is interesting show This has
been the great battle ground of politicians for several
the subject of the manufacturing interests in this
country than any other part OF the political economy
our country On all sides have had statistic &C
counts Of mills machinery enterprise protection free
trade, and all the hscknied phrases in USE However
here the result OF the advance Of manufactures
up to the present day. Large towns have grown up
under their shadow thousands upon thousands are en-
ployed, and whatever may have been the that
have led to this state of things, manufactures
made of as fine quality and durable and cheap in
every respect those made in Europe To give some
idea OF the amount of wool consumed by Of the
mills may state that in establishment alone viz
the Madlesex Mills, they daily the feeces Of 1900
sheetngs manufactured also Of quality that can.
not be exceed large export trade OF these goods
America, Africa and Bmzils, and in those countries we
not only compete successfully with but obtain the
decided preference over the English goods. Goods OF
this class have been shipped from England to China
marked as il they came from Lowell, Mass thus show
ing that the English themselves of the pre-
ference given to American goods The British troops
Madras even have been clothed in American cottons
The reason Of this preference is because employ
better article OF cotton for fabrics The
gish endeayor to make up by their high finish of goods
Tor the nerer quality of cotton that they use for them
American fannels have completely superseded
English in this market. and in fact but
very little is imported. The price of labor here
is much higher than il is in England also the ate of nte
afnfr tuv0
against manufacturing all articles cheap as they
do in England but then let look the condition OF
our operatives here in comparison with the English
worbing classes and We think every will say that
we are better of even at our high prices.
The number of articles of fancy kind this Fair are
also Indicative Of many peculares of the Ame ma
ton They are fast approaching the ingenuity of the
kresch IN this ne and long instead Of French NICE
ties being current over the world they now,
shall have American fancy articles holding high posi-
tion The minor articles by which mean those that
do not occupy the attention of capitalists but are the re-
suit Of individual labor daily multiplying Our dress
is French in its appearance; houses furnished
with articles in the French style; in articles of boue
we are fast vailing themin fact the great body ofthe
democracy Of Republicanism We refer to the adver-
vertisement for the programme of entertainments
morrow.