The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1853-08-31

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New YORK, August %, 1853.
Mr.. EDITOR Louis Napoleon has deter
mined to be in the fashion. England and
America having had their Worlds Fair, he
has resolved that France shall not be long
behind. For his universal exhibition he has
fixed the year 1855; and rs he will bring all
the resources Of government into play, and
will do his best to outstrip in point Of mag
nificcncc his potent rivals, there is no doubt
that the Crystal Palace of Paris will not suf-
fer from n comparison with either of its pre-
decessors. Official information was received
some time since at our State Department,
that goods, the importation of which is pro-
hibited, will, on that occasion, be admitted
into Paris, and that after the Exhibition they
may, at the option Of their owners, be either
re-eXportcd free of duty, or delivered for in-
terror consumption by paying duty Of 80
per cent
Last evening the Palace was for the first
time brilliantly lighted up, editors, reporters,
and other guests having been invited to COM
memorate the occasion. The long vista of
the navcs, illuminated with a flood of light,
presented striking appearance; while the
vast dimension of the dome and the singular
beauty of its establishment seemed rather
to belong to the sublimities we read Of in
farly-tales than to sober reality. For
week back, workmcn have been constantly
idea may be formed of the vast size of the
building and the briliancy with which it is
Illuminated, when we say that four thousand
burners arc in full blaze ut once. All this
Is preparatory to opening the exhibition on
the evening" step which will be much to
tho hensft of clerks and othcrs whom busi-
"ln time of peace prepare for war; says
n time-honored adagc, which we Americans
understand and act on, at least if we NAV
judge from the formidable array of muskels,
rifles, cannon, and bayonets, to be found
among our contributions. Il is universally
admitted abroad that the ingenuity of our
countrymen has carried Off the palm in this
department Of manuf.cture In its con-
ments on the various contributions ut the
London Fair, the Maidstone Gazette pub
lished, it will be remembered, at the princi-
pal cavalry depot of the United Kingdom,
holds tho following language respecting
Colts repeating pistol: "thc result of cyami.
nation and inquiry convinces us that il the
Great Exhibition conferred no other nation
al benefit, that of having public attention
called to this formidable arm was one of no
ordinary Importance" If it held Colts re-
solving pistol in such estimation, what would
this paper say to the .clf-loading rifle exhibi-
ted in the present Faii, which is capable of
discharging forty shots minute II would
seem as if no impression could be made
either by bayonet OF b. cavalry charge on
a body of men armed with this weapon, no
matter how great the disparity of numbers
The Legislature of Tennessee has adopted il
for the militia of that State, and in January
1852, passed resolution recommending the
United States Government to purchase from
the inventor the right of manufacturing It in
the various arsenals. Louisiana and Florida
have also adopted it, and General Scott has
endorsed it in the highest terms. That IL
can shoot forty times minute is almost in
credible; but this is accomplished by most
ingenious and yet simple mechanism. 1t is
both self-loading and selfpriming; is per-
fectly waterproof, not liable to get out of
order, and is said to shoot as far and rs ac-
curately as any other rife.
Wandering through the various apart
ments Of the Exhibition, we find ourselves
at length, amid group of silent admirers,
IN room draped with dark velvet, around
The walls of which in bold relief are ranged
thirteen figures. This group is that great
masterpiece of Christian statuary, Thor
"Christ and his Apostles" The
greatest of modern artists, Michael Angelo
himself not excepted, in this sublime " ork
rhorwaldsen put forth all his powers. There
$ no unity Of time or action in the group /;
10 particular scene or season is represented.
It which all were together; yet, notwith-
standing this, harmony of thought and con-