Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-05-28
THE WORLDS FAIR.

l to an. account of the component parts OF tn
t vast collection at the Industrial Exhibitor
e We wish we were able to place the whol
: of it before our readers, for we are sure the
would devour every word with avidity.-
t "Never before" says the Times, "was S
: vast multitude collected together With
r the memory of man. The struggles of grea
nations in battle, the levies of the Who'll
races, never called forth such. an array a
thronged the streets of London on the firs
, of May. When swarms of people poure'
from the loins of the North in fine terc'
migration, or when all the hosts of ASH
were spread broadcast over the plains O
Europe, their largest masses were not more
numerous than the peaceful crowds wht
/ congregated around the great Temple OF In
dustry and the avenues which command {
view of new Royal Procession"
We are not converts to the creed thai
there are to be no more wars and fghtings
among nations, but certainly the Worlds
Fair is vast stride towards such state ot
things. 1t is "victory of Peace" more
beautiful and sublime than any victory ever
achieved upon battle field. When the
venerable Archbishop of Canterbury ex.
claimed, in his prayer,"It sofThee, 0 Lord
that nations do not lift up the sword against
each other nor learn wars any more" the
words must have derived most touching en-
phasis from the surrounding scene. What
could have been more sublime than that ut
terance, in the presence of the most power
full throne of Christendom, and of represen-
tatives of all the nations of the earth, while,
on the other hand, beneath the glittering
roof of that glass palace, were collected the
trophies of art and industry-pruning hooks
and ploughshares which have succeeded the
sword and spear. The Iron Duke, too, now
eighty-two years old, was there. How dit
ferent the picture he now beheld from that
upon which he gazed from the heights of
Waterloo! There multitude of civilized
men converted into savages, and spilling
each others blood as remorselessly as tigers
tear their prey! Here multitude of happy
beings, gazing on the spoils which Genius
and Labor have won in all parts of the
earth, and amid loud organ peals, sending
up Joyous Inscriptions Of praise to the Prince
of Peace.
The London Correspondent of the North
American giving an account OF the exhlbi-
ton on the first day says:
Persons are directed by their tastes or in
terests to different objects. Thousands of
articles are overlooked by some individuals
for the sake of examining particular OBJ
iect whether that object be the grand Kho-
i-noor diamond, "the Mountain of Light, :"
in its iron cage, or the lovely "Greek Slave"
in its exquisite simplicity. As the Times
remarks upon the show 'those trophies are
the spoils of the forest or the mine; they
! are the fabrics of the forge, the glasshouse,
or the loom; those arms are the weapons
by which we conquer the sterrility of the
mountain, or the waters of the plain; by
which we build cities, or unite them with
links of iron. Those decorations are for
our houses and our churches. Every thing
is pledge of peace, and shrinks from the
rude grasp of war;" The Times of yester-
day devoted upwards of seven columns to o
general description of the contributions Of
different nations. 1t is quite amusing to
read the account of Brother Jonathan's Sec
ton at the Worlds Fair. "Of all the de.
partments into which the Crystal Palace has
been divided, this is the least crowded with
contributions and perhaps the least depend.
ent for its effect upon ornamental qualities u
"While the industries Of other countries
have been screwing themselves up tight
and getting into the smallest possible com
pass, that of the United States invites emf
grafton from France, from ourselves, from
the rest of Europe generally. 1t wants ex
pansion, and it has scope for it. Nor doe:
1t hesitate to render its actual condition
manifest to the world. Other nations rely
upon their proficiency in the arts, or il
manufactures, or in machinery, for produc
ing effect. Not so with America. She il
proud of her agricultural implements, which
Garrett or Ransom & May would reject a
worthless; she is proud of her machinery
which would hardly fill one corner of tn,
!, Exhibition, and upon the merits of whicl
our civil engineers would not pronounce
very Aattering opinion she thinks grea
deal of her first efforts in native marble, b.
. an untaught sculptor nor is "rhe Wounde'
Indian" work unentitled to praise. Sh'
has manufacturers ofvarious kinds-carria
, ges of the slimmest construction and mos
adaptable forms, light sleighs, excellent har
ness, and piano-forte capable of being play
, ed by four performers at time." After al
luding to the daguerreotypes, the Times say
[ "they (the Amerlcans) have furnished spec
linens of the tools with which they hav
hewn out vast empire from primeval fol
! ests. All these things they are, and ma
, be, more or less proud of but when YOU en-
, ter their compartment of the exhibition, the
rightly drag you off the extreme south to &C
e mire their raw produce. That is the str
e king and the valuable part of their show
h In the mineral and vegetable kingdom the
s country is equally rich and whether the
a search its bowels, or merely scratch its SUI
-. face, they seem to be equally fortunate.--
Our exhibition contains some collections j
Illustrative of the geology ofparticular neigl
borhoods; the Americans have one of tn
. whole State of Maryland. Of course, CO
ton, tobocco, and Indian corn figure prom
! nently in this part of their space, and a
, though these are not novelties, they will
+ examined with interest. They also inter
/ to exhibit samples of Yankee champagr
e and hook, believing that those produc
IS manufactured from grapes grown in Cincil
# natl, strictly fulfilled the rules requiring tn
7 wines sent for exhibition should come fro
unusual sources"
- >, And this is John Bulls account of Il
- American section! Not word about Pc,
? er's "Greek Slave" or of Dicks unrivall'
u machines, which civil engineers of Englai
L. IL Il,