Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1851-05-03
THE WORLDS FAIR.


in London, which was opened on the lst
INST, attracts universal attention. In rela-
ton TO the American portion Of the exhi-
btion, we copy the following from the
London Correspondence Of the New York
Commercial Advertiser:
at has been feared by Americans here
that the articles contributed by our citizens
would not do us Justice as nation. One
cannot yet tell what the comparative merit
of our country will be, side by side, in the
strife of the peaceful arts with the old ma
lions of the earth. But feel sure that we
shall not fall far behind. In many sreci-
mems of what will come under the head of
raw MATERIAL have seen abundant evi.
dence TO day that our show will he rich.-
Ores, timber, as samples Of our woods !;
grains in the kernel and ground into the
whiest and finest flour: Indian corn upon
the ear, and in its various forms of samp,
hommony, and meal: coal, iron, copper,
and cotton such as the great markets never
IecelNeu IICe III INC CdI; lHC hciHS'j "nN'
flour tobacco, from tho Impressed leaf
10 the most aromatic cigar, and many other
things which occupy this classification, have
been opened and examined TO day greatly
10 our satisfaction. In machinery we shall
not make a large display. Still, even here
we have much iha: is beautiful, and some
that is not only new and ingenious, but upon
which should be willing 10 risk our reputa-
ton at the exhibition.
''Our agricultural implements excite great
attention In ploughs, harrows, drills, rea-
pers, threshers, and the like, we are in ad-
varce OF whatever | have seen here yet
from the continent or from England. We
have on exhibition, also, many very beaut-
ful and useful horticultural implements
which are new here. The Lawrence Mills
have sent sheeings which will hardly be
optdone by Manchester and tweeds, coach
lace, ginghams, prints, aud cassimer5 have
been placed upon our counters
'ln nothing, however, do we excite so
great surprise as in our lndian-rubber goods.
the convertibity of Indian rubber into al
most every conceivable thing on earth =
Good heavens what is this land this .
and this r-were eXclamattons constantly
heard, as case after case Of the almost inf
mite variety was opened. In dagucrreotypes
throughout the whole art, we are far ahead.
1t has been wise 10 send thus the Likeness Of
our good and great men. My friend Gov.
Briggs has had crowd all day around his
perfect and admirable likeness. Twelve
hundred daguerreotypcs, handsomely franz
ed and hung judiciously, will not be the
least attractive part of our exhibition, and
am told that there are arriving that number
of individual portraits"
A letter dated London, March 2s, TO the
Boston Post, represents that there is rich
confusion on the premises among the Amer
ican contributions, and adds:
81 have been present daily at the Indus
trial Palace since the 22d, and such des-
truction as is here shown is frighilul The
water, in the first place, is leaking down
upon all kinds Of goods, polished machinery,
prints, and cases Supposed to contain valua-
bic goods not yet opened. A case, five feet
long, three feet wide, containing a beautiful
model of the Exchange in New York, plate
glass front and mirror back, was completely
demolished. The artist is a young man,
now residing in New York his mother and
sister had obtained permission to see it
opened, and when they bcheld it a mass of
ruins they wept bitterly. A case, marked
Greenough, of Pa, containing an electrical
machine, was entirely destroyed, and had it
not been ruined before entering the building
it would have been by the bungling manner
in which it was opened in my presence. A
majority Of the committee of American
contributors being present, protested against
any more packages being opened until some
authorized agents were on the spot. Mr.,
Sansbury, who ought to have been attend
ing to the duty he had usurPed, was about
being presented at court, Mr., Riddle not
having arrived at that time.