Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-09-23
RICHMOND ENQUIRER
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,,or il now maniestng scit and 1t Is gratifying ~ "
, sseinos TO group together signal proofs of lhc
which our country snow praised by Journals WHICH
va, lone since covered with Iidcule and abuse Inc
In, Shining and Mercantile Gazette, high and Venefao' "
,hority feels compelled take notice OF the "ohue'u w
yances made BY the u States OF late years. IN Tie aeqo
f,erritory and in the developments oil inc sou 'e' " ~
,rna Ii paws the highest compliment 10 Inc enterprise u
,src,,s daring sons when the following strain, 1t ad
,i,s that the sovereignty Of the seas must come ''o oU
hands:
up, e rho Americans. are acquiring territory and wealth.
,hcv are M The same time acquiring people TO occupy me
one and TO profit by the other the eimStanoh ufo"su
IN, hv rho necessities and the distractions oil Europe IS an
nsr soucc which promoting the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF tue
Lifted States We have desire n present. TO enter upon
any question Of disputed policy but we WISE 10 fcCoo ou
inn Thai The elpre Of he mast before long, be etda
h. Jmsric pcrse"erlng enterprise us great coh'hc'.'
and its accuine wealth. are certain 10 secure 'hs A b
will England be in situation 10 dispute II WIN hef. VIZ"
orr this browning capital 10 its power the onward atc u
The United States % what believe will be oTer"henhns
ufeatness might not be 50 speedily accompsnea ou mi
m ne the mistress of the ocean, must o"ersde the CIVIL
lied world"
Even the London Times the bterest haer ana ma
ner Of every thing American is aroused from its venom
GUS blindness by the transcendan triumph oi Inc yacht
America and thus doles out its involuntary praise
Taking all things together British and Americans nave
run pretty fair lie through the trials OF this wonderful sea
son. The spring. il be confessed, opened Ill lot bo
Jonlhan, and Tor 90 while IN me race we Aei
ecuaton which did not turn out taiure "nlch eAcetueo
:cry bodys hopes and which brought about no @
at all 1t was calculated that we should realize SzoOoVuu
whereas we have got s. 100000 a! this very moment WIN
six good weeks before US still
On the other hand il beyond all dent lat every &
tca success of the belongs TO the Americans lhe
consgnments showed poorly At first but came our wen upon
trial Their reaping machine has carried cohflcon 10 .
heart Of the British agricuur!St lheir reviewers 'fea'e
n rsvolutocze military tactics completely as the original
discovery Of gunpjwier Their ydch! takes class 70 IL
If OF 10 victories ever has been 80 tran
If nv, New schooner The accounts
given OF her Tformanccs suggest the inapPFoncha3e eN
celence a,trbv TO Jupiter by The ancient poets VINO de-
scribe Kim Of the Gods being NOT only supreme Ou
having none her next . him. whats frst?'-"lhe
America" ssW .ats sccond!' "No,hing.' Besides this
the Baltic one Collins line o; steamers, has made 'ic
fastest passage 81 known across the Atlantic ana accord
ing the Ame journals has oeen purchased oy br.sh
agents or the purpose o. to'rg me Cundra teSsetS ou
one shore of the ocean 10 the other.
Finally as if 10 crown the ,riumphs of the year, Amer-
cans actually sailed through the lSthnus connecting
the ro continents OF the New World, and while English
men have been doubling grudgng Yankees nave stepped
10 and won the day. So think, the whole, that We
NAV afford to shake hands and exchange congratulations al
ter which must learn much from each other as we can
As for yachts have doubt that by the next August
every vessel OF the CowGs squadron will be trimmed TO The
very image of the Anetc there Is no DOUBT ia our ari
will reap by machinery and the revolver we lear 100
attractive ebo cn, personal 10 be overlook
cd b. European aisc;r.Inrser We trust however, ia
may borrow the lines 81 the America and even the use
of Mr.. Colts patent, without being seduced INTO lhstl
lions" OF Lynch las and homicide.
Another leading journal follows in similar strain as
vginnns take great pleasure in reading the solid tn
umrh If Mr. McCumi:K native Of Virginia, but who has
pitched his in the distant Chicago on the edge OF the
rich and widely extended iGics 1t is said that he has sold
500 OF his "Reapcrsn in England, -c2S each.
Events are daily occurring which will induce the cngh
sned British look back with shame the OF book
makers who ibeiea the Americans and were apauded and
laughed with the echo in this country. This year the
United States hay" beaten England in two OF her pet patent
superorities IL geney believed that no English
thought Of donh about il, that We built lie best
Vac
by Yankee schooner; and Yankee implement maker has
produced agricultural machine for eapng fields which
GELS everything OF the kind attempted in England,
and in wonder and skill Of construction thought the ccv
crest" agricultural piece o machinery yet introduced any
where The yacht "AEcca" is incidental contribution
the general competition OF al! nations with which we have
been bored in ISL and far she has prize which il
is disgaceful to the English to have thus wrescd from
Them
"Bn McConcks eapng machine is special to the grea,
exhibitions and accompanying Nj AlcC ormcks triumph,
are considerations which proper Yankee will overlook
Immense has been the rcue heaped upon tina! portion Of
The crystal palace territory watch waves the flag of the
States The paucy OF the North American show has been
regarded evidence OF North American nlerory and
respects the lgrce phenomena which constitute The
great exhibition absurd aggravated toy bazaar But
perfectly evident that of all the practical results of the
!ais Paxton M'Comicks machine is the greatest II will
produce revolution but i; will produce great change in
great arena Of labor AMI beyond all question: no other
article exhibited in Hyde Park viii produce any change
whatever. If good ''slow" consists OF useful display,
then is the show Of the States by lar the best in of the
foreign ''courts OF the crystal palace"
things taken in England towards the fruits of Ameri
genius, since the beginning of the Exhibon-whcn
every thing American loudly ridculed-that
tempted lay before readers the following interesting
sketch in London letter the n. York Journal of Com
MERGE The London correspondent of the Boston Post
writes:
You will scarcely have forgotten with what dropping
wings aighted in England The first day Of Maythc
great and suspicious opening of the exhbtonbrough no
glory from the Unic States. All its sunshine let in
light upon what the Times called 1.-THE great prairie ot
the Crystal Palace We had brought Kohl diamond
from States Brussels lace Gotclins tapestry
Bohemian glass SevreS china Lyons silks nor
carved woods medieval furniture Louis Quatorze
decorations Renaissance ornaments nor diamond neck
aces and English seemed therefore, TO be bat
horde barbarians reDicing wiki silly pride the pro-
ducts OF rudest handiwork. In fact there nothing
which made department worthy OF moments study To
the thousands who were ckng 10 sec the gathered results
of the worlds industry might believe what said
and ourselves began to suspect that perhaps we might
have been growing little much elf-esecm during the
sevenysX years we have been working alone the other
side of the water We exactly willing yield the
whole thing however, without little struggle and
mark the result!
The contrast thus explained in Commerce
letter alluded to above:
But it is not in ship building alone that the United States
have of late looked up.
believe may have looked up in everything since
the opening Of the Exhibitions; ana would find il
sing the the London press four months
ago. with It's wholly altered tone at the present time.
The AntFrctlUn Presses and Machies exhibited by MIR.
j. E. Holmes Of city have received the highest appro
iation The hands Of the Jurors Exhibition their
power simplicity, aud speedy action. A significant
proof of their excellence is that Messr Fox Hen
terson Co.. the iron founders OF Birmingham,
substituting them their immense workshops place Of
The Hydraulic Presses. l; strikes perhaps the
remember with what satisfaction, well poiiteness Mr.
FOX explained at Birmingham the operation of his by
tuc presses. IL reported that Mr. Holmes has sold the
IL To manufacture them here for large Of money.
Mr. Hobbs also OF your city, OF the LocS Controversy"
not Of the Lock huaN'-has picked Bramahs Lock, and
hecome entitled the POO guneas which used 10 be offered
huge paddock suspended IN window in piccadiy, to
any person who would pick this lock" YOU that
- nd previously picked Chubos locks and put them entire
y horS du combat showing Others how pick hem-anG
thus proving that he succeeded y ncomunicabe seeh
hand of his bat that the locks really offered
ury against the dexcrouS burglar His with Bra
hah has been complete ii with Chubb's. Bra
.ihs note has been rrpub!se i'll the American ncwspa-
is, III which you will that he hood before he
g the woods" Mr.. HOBBS triumph would be very sorry
unc were II limited IN neely picking the much vauntcd
cSs OF the two great En.l> locknakers and throwing in
security over all l;@peF!: cS'., locks for safety He
exhibits an American usG wic has thus far deed being
picked and when really appears be uap;ckdbie. He is
reaty with the Bank Ut England about his locks; these