New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-22
faster than they do. bat do not with :.
that this Is quite q considerable country.

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Ihave Just returned from another and nv.
enth daily visit to the Great Exhibition -,
lleve have thus far been among tia 49,,
dustrious visitors. and yet have not Va,
glanced at one.hsf the articles exhibited =
/ have only glanced at most ofthose h.vs -.
| OF course, am In no condition 70 ur,,...'
Judgments. and any opinion may sxp,e.
be taken subject to future revisL and mOds..
tion.
know well that so large and dv,r.;s.,
show Of Machinery could not be made m ..
United States as Is here presented in hah.vI
British Invention yet think q strictly A.,
lean Fair might be got up which woal. .,;.-
more originality Of creation or design. III
wrong in this, shall cheertully say 50 VIA, -
v1nced of it. Many OF these machines Ar. -
! good Of their kisd without involving .n,,.-,
! principle or important adaptation. With r.,..,.
Flax. Dressing, for example, | find less bar. A..
| | had hoped TO see and though what -.
seen appears TO do its work well and with -
mendabe economy Of material, think thar.
more efficient and rapid Flax. Dresser, !, -.
United States than are contained in ,hi, Era
bition. have not yet examined the m,ob;0.r
for Spinning and Weaving the dressed Va,
fiber, bat am glad to see that it's In ope,,s,
The report that the experiments In Flax.cos,,
have failed do not in the least discourss, =,
Who ever heard of gres: economical di,oor.,
or invention that bad not been repeasstl, ~.
nounced failure before it ultimately aad hir
bi.ably succeeded
l found one promising invention in the B,es
department to-day, viz; Henley's M,s,,s,
Telegraph. or rather. the generator Of it, Dor,
The magnet, was assured. dad not reqsir =,
consume any substance rhateuer, bat seasr,..
it's electricity spontaneously, and 10 eqa.l M,
sure in all varieties Of weather so tha. the Wiz
est storm of lightning, hail, snow or rain m.Ls
no difference in the working OF the Telesr.A
If such be the fact, the invention IL one Of era,
merit and value, and must be speedily aioO,,,
In our country, where the liability Of TsleErsOs,
TO be interrupted by storms is crying evil.
trust it 10 now near its end.
Switzerland has a very fne show of F.bd,
in the Fair--I think more in proportion to y
numbers than any other Foreign Nation. q
Silks she displays great amount and they a
mainly of excellent quality. She shows Shaw
Ginghams, Woolens, &c, beside, as well a
Watches and Jewelry but her Silk is her BE-,
point The Chinese, Australian. Egyptian a.
Mexican contributions are quite interesting, b
they suggest little or nothing, unless 1t be 4,
stolidity OF their contrivers.
Il see that Punch this week reiterates IL
2ImesS slurs at the meagerness aad pOvsrg
of the American contribution. This is ms.aI
invidious and undeserved. The inventors, ut
sans and other producers of our Country who AZ
not see ct to incur the heavy expense Of seniirl
their most valuable products to a + air held tire
to five thousand miles away are unaffected
this studied disparagement, and those who An
sent certainly do not deserve it. They are Ia d
manner responsible for the setting apart 81
American contributions Of more space THAI the
ell; they have rather deserved consideration a.
kind treatment on the part Of the London Pfsa
Beside. the value OF their contributions 10 no. d
all gagged by the space they ill or the impres'sa
they make on the wondering gaze; articles .
great merit and utility often making no figure q
all compared with q case Of figured silks or ma
tel ornaments which answer no purpose hers bG
tho owners. And when ii 10 considered that Ii.
manufacturers OF France, Germany and swiu2
land, as well as England are here dis laying !hss
wares and fabrics before the eyes Of thous All
tens of thousands Of their customers that thsk
cases in the Crystal Palace are In fact 90 mrJ
gigantic advertisements, read aud admired "
my riads of merchants and other buyers from 4
parts Of the world, the unfairness OF the cOnpr
ison instituted by the London Press bsoOnss y
parent. Our exhibitors can derive no such d
vantage from the Fsir-certsinly not to any n1
extent. The Bay State Mills for example hH
good display Of 6hawls here, hardly surpsaa
considerir g quality and price. by any other ~
nobody bat Americans will thereby be to npseis
| give them orders; while British, Scotch. Ffsra
or Swiss Shawl manufacturer exhibiting jaaHa
q case. is morally certain OF gaining castO4sa
thereby in oil parts OF the world. Bat snOusha
this head.
may add that many Americans have been 10
tered from sending by an impression that BOA
ing would be admitted that was not sent Oain
the st. Lawrence, or at all events unlem rscsi's
early In April But articles are still accepss'A
at least in our department; and venture tom
that any invention, model, machine or fabric
decided merit which may reach our Comm''0s
er free Of charge before the end Of Jane vi
have aplace assigned it, although it will Probi'q
be too late to have a chance for the prizes
These are to DO mainly Medals OF the ha'a
Bronze. to cost eos, sl2 and s5 respectively
Probably about one thousand Of the afss oil"
two thousand of the second ssd Eve thousando
the third will be distributed. Bat they srs no'
to be given for diferen. grades of excellence u
the same field Of exertion, bat for radically o.
verse merits. The Arst class will be mainly
not wholly given for Inventions, Discoysfis'e
| Original Designs Of rare excellence; the ssc''.
class for novel applications or combinsti'n''
principles already known so a. to produce s'Hes
of signal utility, cbespness or beauty the ian
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