The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-07-19

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Home,
There are d dozen old women at Noollla Sound
1--WE think hat il the exact number for we lows
men es they are called, who have very bad
opinion % Tie people 81 the United States. Our
c3nnffymeH show most slocal indifference 10
what fhos8 respectable ladies may think Of as,
while thsy are Masking themselves uncomfortable
about q matter Of no mnfe consequences. the
American taste and American ingenuity, as shown
/ 10 the articles exhibited at the Worlds Fair. The
London print does moi like the fashion Of our fur
piture, q cannot be helped, there is no dsputing
about tastes. itdisappr0ves Of our Light carriages.
This is very natural persons accustomed 70 heavy
aud clumsy vehicles, find sort Of spectral fenutV
il the slender wheels and slight shafts, and rod
like axles and delicate frames Of the carriages in
use here, made Of the tough and strong woods Of
our forests. It quarrels with our daguerreotypes
but there is occasion for MS to blame the prefer
ence Of the Engshman, who likes faint represent
tatiOn Of the human face, taken in a DINNER at
mosphere, and only visible when held in particu-
/ Tar light. The msdcine- WON of Nootka Sound,
who are the learned class Of the country, are al
lowed to enjoy their opinion Of us without ques-
ton, and we do not see why we should make our.
selves uneasy, because tastes do not agree with
those Of the msdlcine.men Of London.
That we make very meagsr figure in the Crys.
tai Palace, is very possible, but the difficulty is
/
have to show. Among the products Of American
asle and ingenuity, there are none more striking
than the steamers on our great rivers and lakes
floating palaces, tbs perfection Of that sort Of ar
chilectiIe-beyond all comparison, more elegant
/ aud comfortable than any which are built in any
other part Of the world. Some Of them are nearly
as large as the Crystal Palace ITSELF We send 70
England sea steamer, the Pacific, more spaciOuss
more beautiful, more commodious, than any buili
on the other side Of the Atlantic; butihe Cys'a
Palace was not constructed for such huge produc
tons of human skill. There is no room in the
Crystal Palace for our cpper.built ships, which
so far distance all others in speed, that they cary
freight for English merchants in India for six
pounds sterling ton, while the masters OF the
alow-salling British ships are obliged TO content
themselves with three pounds.
The English are clever in the construction Of
the spgot and faucet and many neat things Of this
kind, We doubt not are TO be seen atthe Worlds
Fair; but the Americans construct acqueduels
which would be the establishment Of the ancient
Romans themselves, bring distant rivers into
mighty cities, which eli the soil b8low with veins
Of the elearest water reaching to the upper rooms
Of every habitatan, and bursting forth in the public
squares in the Hottest and most copiOus fountains.
The French are ingenious 10 the construction Of
iron hedseads, as any one may rec who visits the
Worlds Fair; but those who are curious TO com
pare the products of ingenuity in different c0un-
tries, must come here TO look at our big railways,
on which men may travel from day-bFeak to day
break, aud till sunset agaln-tracks of iron run
ming through State after State and bring ing re-
mote degrees Of latitude and longitude within a
few hours journey Of each other They are expert
at making force pumps on the other side Of the Az
lantic, and there is every CONVENIENCE for their ex
hibition at the Crystal Palace, but we cannot so
conveniently show them our grand canal, which
connects the waters Of our vast lakes in the inte
rioF Of our continent with those Of the Atlantic.
There are exhibitions of minerals at the Worlds
Fair--an enormous diamond among the rest, with
an oriental name-but we have richer mineral
eoal-feids, according to Sir Charles Lyel, equal to
the whole extent Of Great Britain.
There is little occasion, however, for any con-
/ temptuous comparison Of European and American
ingenuity, be il made by whom it may; so ltile,
in fact, that when made by the petulanes Of an
Eoglish journalist, should rather be amused by
It's absurdity, than offended by its Immature. New
Il York Evening Post