Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-06-12


British department to-day, viz Henly's
Magnetic Telegraph, or rather the geuer
ator of its power The magnet. [ was as
sured did nat require Of consume any sub
stance acItdterer, but generated its electric
ity spontaneously and in equal measure
in all varieties of weather, so that the
widest storm of lightning hail, snow or
rain makes no difference in the working
of the Telegraph If such be the fact,
the invention is one Of great merit and
value, and must be speedily adopted in
our country. where the liability of Tele-
graphs to be interrupted by storms is a
crying evil trust it is now near its
end
Switzerland has very fine show of
Fabrics in the Fair-I thing more in pro
portion to her numbers than any other
Foreign Nation. Of Silks she displays
great amount and they are mainly of ex-
cellent quality. She shows Shawls, Cling
( hams, Woolens, &c, beside, as well as
Watches and .Jewelry; but her Silk is her
best point he Chinese, Australian, f.
gyptian and Mexican contributions are
quite interesting but they suggest little
or nothing, unless it be the stolidity of
their cOntrivcrs
i see that Punch this week reiterates
the Times's slurs at the meagroness and
poverty of the American contribution
This is meanly invidious and undeserved
/ The inventors, artisans and other produ-
GERS Of our Country who did not see fit to
incur the heavy expense of sending their
most valuable products to a Fair held three
to five thousand miles away are unaffected
by this studied disparagement. and those
who have seEt certainly do not deserve it,
they are in no manner responsible for the
setting apart of American contributions
/ of more space than they fill; they have
rather deserved consideration and kind
treatment from the London Press. Be
side, the value Of their contributions is
not at all gauged by the space they fill or
the impression they make on the wonder
/ ing gaze; articles Of great merit and util
/ ity often making no figure al all compared
with a case Of figured silks or mantle or
naments which answer no purpose here but
the owners. And when it is considered
that the manufactures of France, Germa-
ny and Switzerland, as we'll as England,
are here displaying their wares and fab
RIGS before the eyes Of thousands and tens
of thousands of their customers-that
4 their cases in the Crystal Palace are in
/ fact so many gigantic advertisements, read
and admired by myriads of merchants and
other buyers from all parts of the world,
the unfairress of the comparison instituted
/ by the Lodon Press becomes apparent
/ Our exhibitors can derive no sue advan-
/ tage from the Fair--ccrtainly not to anv
such extent. The Bay State Mills for
example, has a good display Of Shawls
here, hardly surpassed, considering quail
ty and price, by any other: yet nobody
bat Americans will thereby be tempted to
give them orders while a British. Scotch.
French or Swiss Shawl manufacturer ex-
hibiting just such case is morally GER
tain of gaining customers thereby in all
parts Of the world But enough on this
head
may add that many Americans have
been deferred from sending by an Impress
ion that nothing would be admitted that
was not sent out in the St Lawrence. or
at all events unless received early in April
But articles are still acceptable at least in
our department; and venture to say that
any invention, model machine or fabric
Of decided merit which may reach onr
Commissioner free OF charge before the
end of June will have a place assigned it,
although it viii probably be to late to have
a chance for the prizes.
These are to be mainly Medals of the
finest Bronze to cost S25 SI2 and 81 re
spectiyely Probably about one thousand
OF the first class, two thousand Of the sec
ond and five thousand of the third will
be distributed But they are not to be
given for different grades of excellence in
the same field of exertion, but for radical
ly diverse merits. The first class will be
maiuly if not wholly given for Inventions.
Discoveries or Origional Designs of rare
excellence the second class for novel ap-
plications or combinations of principles
already known so as to produce articles OF
signal utility, cheapness of beauty the
third class viii be given for decided excel
lence of quality or workmanship without
regard to originality BY this course. it
is hoped that personal heart-burnings and
invidious riyalries among exhibitors may
to great extent be avoided
i cannot close without word of ac-
acknowledgements to our ambassador, Hon
Abbot Lawrence for the interest he has
taken and the labor he has cheerfully per
formed in order that our Country should
be creditably represented IN this Exhibi
ton. For many months, the entire bur
then of cOrresp spOndenca, &c, fell on his
shoulders and | doubt not whether the
Fair viii have cost him less than FIVE thou
sand dollars when it closes That he has
exerted himself in every way in behalf of
his cOuntrymen attending the Exhibition
is no more than all who knew him antic-
pated and his convenient location, his
wide acquaintance and marked popularity
here have enabled him to do a great deal
Every American voice is loud in his
praise.
Il walked through good part Of the
galleries of the Chrystal Palace this NOR
ming, with attention divided between the