The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-10-06

FAIR OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE AT Nnto 's--The
fair opens this day at noon, md from appearances
on Saturday last, should Judge that this exhibit
ton will decidedly take the lead Of all the previous
years. Fairs. The garden, which has all summer be-
come SO familiar TO the frequenters ofit has, by the
alterations and laying out now adopted, been quite
metamorphosed. The grand saloon, where so many
promenades have been INDUCED in during the hot
summer evenings. and which hitherto has resound-
ed with the voices OF the vsters and the orders for
ice-cream, Roman punch, and other dehcacies, has
within the last three days been delivered over TO
the hands of army ofcarpeners, decorators, ct i'd
omne genus, beneath whose hands it has grown into
beautiful exhibition room. and the busy hands OF
hundreds of cunning devlsers Of manufactures, have
overspread it with specimens of all the choice arti-
Giles produced in this inventive age. The prone
made, through which is the entrance from Broad
way, is filled with specimens of all kinds of stoves,
cooking ranges, and every kind of invention for
keeping people warm with the least possible quant
ty OF coal. At the end of the promenade there is
apartment wherein some OF the most beautiful sam
pies of steel work are to be seen The galleries
around the grand saloon are tasefully hung with al
kinds Of beautiful oil cloths and carpetings the
walls are covered with drawings and various speci-
mems OF needlework. Leading from here we movu
into the armory Of the City Guard, which tor the
nonce has been stripped of its warlke appendages,
and in their place has been substituted variety OF
articles, specimens of American manufactured
cloths, cassmeres, and woollen stuffs, lace work,
shell work, needle work, daguerreotype galleries,
India Iubber goods, not forgetting four splendid
pianos. In building, on the left hand of the grand
saoon and fronting Crosby street, there has been
erected beautiful steam engine, to give life and mo-
ton to the hundred or so of ingenious machines that
are there congregated
The fountain IN the garden has also ben III M
der contribution and with the aid Of its water seye
RAJ nlgniy interesting new inventions, by which the
power OF hydraulicsl is used for number of pur-
poses nus we may say that the managers of the In
silue nave enlisted the combined powers of earth,
ar, IRE anu water, to make the Fair 90 off with
ecIGt, ana we nave no doubt such will be the case
Inc NUMBER OF articles that had arrived on Satur-
day evening was very numerous indeed, and the
pubic VIII md them of highly interesting charac
Ter. The doors will open to-day at II O'Clock pre-
clsely, and will close this evening with splendid
exhibition OF fireworks.
we understand that an address will be delivered
al Dr. DeWeys church in Broadway, on Thursday
evening, the Sth instant, at u o'clock.
Inc sacred Music Society OF this city have ten
dered their aid, and will, doubt, discourse sweet
music on the occasion. The managers have made
arrangements to furnish each vser to the Fair with
ticket for the address The band of the North
Carolina will visit the Fair this afternoon