Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1851-05-29

quire dexterily and delicacy Of workman.
ship. We vus. oulgrow this error.
YET III ,re are many good things in the
American department. In Daguerreoiypes,
il seems TO be considered that we beat the
world when excellence and cheapness are
both considered--at all events, England Is
no where in comparison--and.o our, Daguer.
reo,ypisIs make a grea, show hete. New
Jersey Zinc, Lake Superior Copper, Adiron-
dacl Iron and Sleel, are we'll Represented
either by ores or fabrics. and / believe Cal-
ilornia Gold is TO be.-Bui am speaking
on the strength of very hns.y examination.
shall continue in attendance rom day TO
day, and hope 10 CLEAN from the show some
ideas Thai may be found or made useful.
/ II. G
.S.-The Official Catalogue Of the Fair
isjust issued. Ii has been 60! up in great
hasle.Vand must necessarily be imperfect,
but il extends to 500 double column octave
pages on BREWER type, (nol counting adver-
iisemen,s,) and is sold for shilling-(94
cents. Some conception Of the extent Of
the Fair may be oblained from the following
hasly sum mary Of portion Of The contents,
showing the number of exhibitors in certain
departments, as classified in the Official Cat.
alogue, viz: -@9a VI
I GREAT BRITAIN. ar
Coal, Slate, ,Grinds,one, Limestone,
i Granite &c. (oulsids The building. A.
Mining and Mineral Products (inside,) 1865
Chemicatand Phathiaceu,ica Produ IS, l03
Substances used as Food, sl33
! Vegetable and Animal Substances used
\ in, Manufactures, .f..-. "a
I, Machines for direct use, inducing Car-
raiges. Railway and NInrine Mcehah-
u ISM \ .9t s8 fst rft2 So
5 Manufacturing Machines md Tools, 90
: Civil Engineering and Building Cons
g triyances, II
$ Naval Architecture, Guns, Weapons,
: &C., 26
1. Agricultural and Horticultural Machines
;. and Implements, $50. So
Q Philosophical, Musical, H geological and
p Surgical instruments, .s So
n 'Potai so fa1, 256
III The foregoing occupy bu, So Of the 80
II pages devoted expressly TO tho Caialogu
n so that the whole number of Exhibition
e zap no, oe less Than Ten Thousand, and
ID Probably nearer Fifteen Thousand; and 4
is two articles from each would be low es,
'e mate, think the number Of distinct arlicl,
MT already on Exhibition canno, fall belo
e. Thirty shonsand, counting all Of any cIa
= which muy be entered by a single exhibi.'
n, as one article. Great Britain fills 1856 p
ng ges Of the Catalogue; her Colonies ar
ly Foreign Possessions 48 more; Austria II
to Belgium 8, China 2, Denmark 1, Egyp, g
IS France and Algiers 35, Prussia and the 70
re Veren States l9, Bavaria e, Saxony
III Wiriemburg g, Hasse, Nassau and Luxen
burg 8, Greece l, Hamburg 1, Holland
Of Portugal st, Madeira i, Pnpal S.aie !, Ru
or sia s, Sardinia II. Spain S, Sweden ar
re Norway I, Switzerland s, Tunis 81, 9Tusc
= ny Q, United States 81. So the U. Stat
Is stands fifth on the lis. Of con,nbulina cou
re tries, ranking next after Great Britain he
e. self, France, Austria, and prussan Germ
We my, and FAR ahead Of Holland and Swilye
ed land. which have long been held up as II
re umphan. examples Of industrial progre
- and Thrift under Free Trade; and ,hes
e. with all tbe countries which show mo
nt than we do, are close at hand while o.
he country is on the average more than loo
IRE miles off, am confirmed in my view III
en- the cavils al the meagerness of our cont
IRE buttons are nos we'll grounded.