Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1851-05-22
THE GRI'tr ExHIBITION--AMERICAN
CONTRIBUTIONS.

doors Of WINSTON empty cases are taken
from the avenues as fast asthey are reliev-
ed Of ihcI, Foods; the boafdiDgs that have
separated he various compartments are
torn awoy thus bringing workmen Of differ
enllapguaees, complexions, and habils, side
by side; ihe crimson covered counters on
each side Of the central avenue, extending
nearly ono.,hird Of mile, are beginning 10
be Covered with the choicest fabncs and
richest manufactures the deep BAYS In The
rear are ii|led with every model and varie.
~ Of machinery; he walls are displaying
maps, chat.s, diagrams, daguerroiypes, and
painiings IN countless profusion; the work.
ing machinery is founded and set up, gear
ed, sha1led and belted in nreadisess for mo-.
lion, and ile whole building, in every part
and department., from the light galleries that
span The iiansept 10 the distant lerinhi on
either side that bound the nave, is Fastening
lowafds completeness, that but single
wsek ueo, seemed mex. to a thing impossi-
BILE. asst .stfas Wlaa he1
In aN ihis hurry and hustle of prepara.
lion, our United States department is NOT
lying sIilI or all fore ign nations, las. up.
on he ground, and no, least In obstacles
eibeezl avery step Of progress, Rave the
satisfaction 70 infoKmy you thar, if we nre not
alreedy foremostinthe march towards COM
pletion, we have at least iha, order and pre-.
csion in our work that will ensure us there
within the time appointed. Jed a3I 2 ieea
With but few exceptions, our contributors
have enlisted with Characteristic national
energy in The work Of preparation. and,
without regard 10 appearances, have volun.
teered their services for any and every
work thatahe day or occasion has required
In many of our manufactures there is al.
ready much inieres, taken by members Of
the Royal Commission, and others who
have the entre Of the building In our
carriages, for example, of which we have
variety, there is much 10 excite curiosity.
The marked difference they show to every
thing Of English make; the grace Of form,
lightness Of material, elegance Of finish,
freedom from noise 10 their quickest move.
ment, and TASTE in ornamen, Of springs and
lamps and axles, are manifest in nearly oil
the specimens that have been sent, and The
combination they presen, Of great strength
with extreme ligbiness, weighing in several
instances less than one-,hird of an English
vehicle, Of the same description, are the sub.
jecls Of never.wearying remark. We have
fine specimens Of The staple of our great
West, In lard oil, adamaniine candles, bar.
rels of sal. pork, and thoroughly hams
The valley Of the Genesee has contributed
from its best whea. and finest four.in liberal
prolusion. The cities OF the seaboard are
represented in articles Of beauty, elegance
richness, and fashion; while the workshops
and manufactures Of New England have
sent of Their machinery and products, not
enough indeed 10 give a fair idea of their
vastness and importance, but still sufficient
10 show the representatives Of other ma
lions tlat, in all that pertains 10 The saving
Of labor, we are fully their equals.
have proceeded, and am proceeding still
without waiting for th, presence Of owners,
agents, or consignees, in the opening OF all
packegas and removing their contents 10
the counters where they . TO be displayed.
This has been rendered necessary by the
order of the Royal Commissioners, COM
manding all packing-cases to be removed
from the building on or before the evening
Of the 18th instant. .laq aat t.s,..,.
Groups Of exquisite slatuary occupy eve-
ry vacant spot of the extended nave and
arched iranspet These comes, not alone
from the home Of the Fine Arts in South
ern Europe, but from almost every portion
Of the globe--from the northern Continental
communities, from the vast colonial posses
sions Of Grea, Brilain. as well as from the
ocean.circled islands, and from the semi
barbarous nations Of Norhern Africa and
the Southern Seas. As you pass from the
great central entrance in either direction,
characteristics not Of beautiful only, but
Of sturdy and masculine industry, everywhere
meet The eye. Among fountains and pic
lures, ihers are models Of great public
works, ginan.ic telescopes, huge railway To-
comotives, Colebrook Dale castings, clocks,
horologues, and planetaria, in almost count
less prolusion. In agriculture there is
scarcely a division, from that of The Span.
ish, where plo Ighs are shown that attach tq
the horns Of oxen, tothe lalesI paeinied inf
[proyement which England exhibits, that
does not lend 10 vie for supremacy.
llarrows. clod.crushers,s seed. .sowers, ,cars,
wagons, wheels of the mos, approved con-
snuciioti for farm purposes. churns, cheese
presses, models Of barns, stalls, and siabes,
fails, forks, rakes, scythes, winhowingi ma
chimes, grain rsapers by horse powell and
every other conceivable instrument fdr the
6eld OF the garden are piled up in thdr ap'
propriale places for the inspection of the
Juries Of Awards. In the department Of
machinery, the observer finds objects, in
number and inventive genius, sufficient for
the study Of lifetime. Machines for ev-
cry purpose, from breaking The cane stalks
10 making percussion caps; from the pump
that throws iis 1000 gallons of water a
minute 10 microscopic grayers that reduce
drawing 70 The smallest possible compass,
are spread oui over an immense surface
And ye. these are small in their show when
compared with machinery ini motion, TO
which ihe largest compartment df The Chrys'
Ial Palace is devoted. se.5s 10 ,5,., s..a
From every country that has furnished
machinery 10 be moved is ibis one division
the vas, recipient. AS one passes through
the narrow spaces that are lqG un6lled-as
one stops 10 look behind and before at the
wheels and cylinders and shtlis and gearing
and pisions that fill The immense distance
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