The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-11-26

Telegraphic summary.
Our Geographic sdvices Of last night furnish in
formation Of stirring importance to the office
holders. 1t seems that Mr. Corwin, Secretary OF
the Treasury, has resolved upon aboshing the
system in his department Of quartering whole
families upon the government, reform which is
very much needed. If carried out in all the public
Offices, it would do much to abolish the corruptions
Of party politics. The old quarrel between Score.
taJ Stewart and Commissioner Butterfeld, as to
the right Of appointment OF land Office clerks, still
continues. Following up their last example, they
will have two men TO every clerkship
In The Massachusetts elections, TO fill vacancies,
the democratic and free soil coalition is still pros
porous. In Michigan, the free soileIs joined with
the wings. Can The South be expected TO frazer
nize with such coalitions No
great Union meeting, in opposition TO the
Nashville Convention, has been called ia that city.
Tennessee is sound ON the compromises II ap-
pears that her delegates IN the late conveaii0n
boldly denounced its resolutions, as eoniemP ,aHug
the dissolution Of the Union amidst the cheers q.
the spectators God save the Union.
The Great Industrial Exposition of 1851.
We publish in our columns to-day, several ar.i-
cles, extracted from the English press, concerning
the arrangements that are being made in that
country for the great industrial exhibition of 1851.
From an that we can learn, it promises to be the
most interesting, the most extensive, and the most
Tei0tl affair Of the kind that ever took place.
Every civilized country in the would, with the ex-
cePton Of two or three, will send to this great Fair
specimens Of lis mechanical Industry; and The Fair
itself will do more towards promoting an inter-
charge OF thought, of courtesy, end Of mind, be-
tween distant countries, than any other expedent
that could BE- devised. II will make ell nations
acquainted with each other, and give each an
opportunity Of knowing more Of the other than
could be acquired by books or maps, or cores
Pondence, or by any other means The result win
be, that each will respect he other more than il
ever did. The EnGlishman will find that there
j. in other nations, as well as iu his ewn, some
thing TO be acmir,d-the people Of other European
nations viii discover ihat after all, they are only
-Gc'ion OF the universe, and the American will
have an opportunity 81 contrasting the mechanical
ingenuity and labor Of the old world with that
81 he new.
According TO all accounts the building which is
now in course Of erection for this grand T air, or
industrial exhibition, viii be Of a most extensive
and capacious character Il will be constructed
Of iron and glass almost exclusively. The enor-
nous number ct seventy thousand castings win be
required before il is completed The expense, Of
course, viii be enormous; but II will be repaid in
few years, " not in 1851, for It's probable that
hereafter, there will be- an annual fair Of a similar
character, in the same building II the original
outloy be not paid directly, Il will be refunded to
the ration indirectly. Thousands and tens Of
thousands Of people, from he four winds of Hea-
ven, viii flock 20 the English capital during the
exhibition, whose expenses, together with those Of
the eAh.bil0Ts, viii, in the aggregate, amount TO
an enormous sum. This WILL Of course, be distri-
buted among The people, and will give an impulse
TO business similar 10 what is exhibited ia Dublin
or Edinburgh when royalty visits those cities
We are very anxious 90 know what success the
mechanics Of the United States will meet with al
this great Fair We ere very well convinced,
however, that they VIII take their due share orthe
prem iurs; and more, thar the specimens OF Amcri.
Cen industry which will De- exhibited there, VIII
not only give the people Of England. but those Of
The whole o. EuroPc, jus'er srp-ecliion, ami a
morC perfect lnowlcd-e Of what this republic Is,
than could BE attained in any other way. The
WI with Mexico gave the people Of the old world
a. ttu Of our military power, aud according 70 al
accounts the lesson was attended with good effects.
Al ON events, this country is not spoken Of go
lightly as 1t was previously. Tha, war, or 40 least
the victories which the American arms achieved
during U.s. continuance, convinced European ne
lions, that though republicans, aud desire %
live IN rescc with the whole world we are not to be
a. iced when forced in,e war. and that when we
Dc shoulder me muoket, we do 10 for execution,
and no ether purpose; and when that Ia accom-.
p.ishcd, We caA return 20 the paths Of peace, re-
ffy shtd rather than tired By the exercise Il we
are correct in cur opinion, the great industrial exc
position "a 1851, will show to The nations Of Europe
that our mechanical and inventive resources are
equal "a what We possess ia a military point of
view. We are 80 haqltly constituted, that he /
more We are tested thc motc we triumph The 4
human mind 10 the United States being as free
and unirammeled 8s II possibly can be-, takes \
\ 'sryihing within ne grasP, aai knows no limits 1
ma those prescribed by nature ard her laws Can \
W 'ot hope, therefore, that our mechanics will /
oto, " successfully compete with those Of Europe
,ut tina, they will carry away 10 the United States
heir pro orion Of the premiums, and with it,no
mall char, Of the admiration OF Europe. As il is,
,ur meehaah sars competing with those Of England
n a variety ways, and underselling them In
heir own mark, 'ts, notwithstanding the discrmi-
latng duties in r, vor ofihe latter There is hardly
counting room in Great Britain, the business of
which is not reeula ted by Yankee clock-iti is I.
quite common 10 see American overshoes adver- /
ised ia London and Liy 'rpool-and az for Amer /
IAN pale, clothes Pins, a. d other nic-nacs from
he New England States, tn y meet with ready \
ale, and are pronounced ERECT blessing to
Although England he's her own pt. waite motives
getting up this exhibition, we are con vines ed that
his republic will profit by it more than che will
She wants peace--so do we. But can IL be posi-
bic that a nation, overwhelmed as she is with ma
ional debt Ct magnitude almost beyond compu.