Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-07-06
New York, :May's1, 1s52.-The Directors

New York, May'31 1652.-The Directors
o. tie ASSOCIATION for the Exhibition of the Industry
| opened on the 18th of july
In making this announcement, the Directors avail
themselves OF the opportunity to that the build
| ing which they have erected and the Exbil,;f;ou
which they have prepared, will, they believe fully
| meet the just expectations of the public
Its proper that it should be known that i'm order
10 ahofd ample scope for the inventive talent and
skill oi our cDuHfryen in machinery and agricultural
nplenenfs we have increased the size of the build
ing ly adding nearly fourth to its area beyond
what was originally contemplated, so that we have
now or the purposes OfeXhbitiOn two hundred thou
| sand square feet, or nearly five acres. f r---l
MOI limiting their plans to a display merely curious
or aurachVe, the Directors have organized depart
nenf OF mIHeraOgy and geology, in which some of
the best scientific talent of the country has been
emHoyed; and the foundation is thus laid of most
valuable national collection of the mineral resources
| of the country
The Directors had hoped to open the Exhibition ut
an earlier period, but the novelty and nricacy of the
stye OF construction, and the high standard of arch
tecturaf beauty which has been the object of the
Association to attain, have produced delay and it
HAS beeli imPractcabe for the Directors, nOtwit-
standing their utmost vigilance and their most earnest
deSire, To announce the opening at an earlier day.
III regard TO the general charac ter of the Exhibitions
the result promises be most gratifying aud not un
worthy OF the confidence manifested towards it by
ule Government of the United States, confidence
"hlch mas ellcIted cordial response from the Gov
einihehts Oh foreign countries. 1t will, uIqueSOn-
ANY, be the most attractive and interesting collection
OF the works of art. the results of science and the
productions Of1ndustry, that has yet been made
III s country, and will tend to increase the active
emulation of the age every branch of intellectual
development. -.'.-.' VII .,
lhe sole charge of the interior of the building its
hNslon arrangements, classification. and hOce, has
been confided to two officers of the Navy of the
United States, Captains s. F. Dupont and c. Fl.
DAVIS; and the sanction of the Government given to
tle appointment of these gentlemen, who have so
inucl distinguished themselves in the special service
III which they have been employed, affords proof of
tue confidence reposed the interest felt by the high
est authorities of the country the general objects
the enterprise.
These gentlemen have organized their department
follows:
j. Nj. Bachelder-Secretary of the Superintendent;
Samuel elWebber-Arrangemcn Of Space and Clas-
slficaon;
Prot. B. siTliman, ,jr.-Mmeraogy and Chemistry;
Is +. JOhnSOn-AgriculturaI Implements;
Joseph E. HoImes-N1acllinery:
Edward Nincent-TextiIe Fabrics;
Felix PIattl-Sculpture. ..#. .t-...
The Official Catalogues and the illustrated Weekly
record OF the Exhibition tU be published, in the
Building, by Mes,rs. g. p. Putnam s. Co.. under the
supervision Of the Associations
ne Directors haxe seIsibly felt the confidence re
posed IN them by their fellow citizens all parts of
the country, and they will continue to make every
effort to satisfy their just expectations.
DIRECTORS
Mortimer Livingston, Philip Bl rrowes
Alfred frl Johnston Livingston,
august Belmont, Charles w. Foster,
Alex Hamilton jr Theodore Sedgwick
George l.. Schuyler, William w. Stone
fibertJ. Anderson, William Wletton,
Henry X. Dunhami John D,phan,.
NC III. w addCll William Kent
Jacob A. Westervelt, Watts Sherman
James \. Hamilton, +. w. EtnundS.
Samuel Nicholson.
THEODORE SEDGWICK, President.
w. w HETTEN, Vice President, Treasurer, & Sec'y.
L. T. STUART, Assistant Secretary. iy5-tf