The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-10-15

produce files, knives hatchets shovels sword badss.
gun barrels, and various other articles to tho value
Of 500 600 iorins. give employment 10 more than
ovo0O persons, and support l50 900 individuals, IN
ciuding the members Of the families OF those en-
ployed.
From what we have Just state it would naturally
be expected that the contributions in iron work sent
by Austria to cur exhibition, should be rather of
useful Than an ornamental character With one or
two exceptions this is the fact Most of the articles
exhibited are specimens of scythes sokles, kitchen
utensils, nails, and cutlery of every description.
The exceptions are magnificent cast iron canaela.
hrum, about twenty feet high, aud some beautiful
sbecinens or orna uental firearms The first AIMED
is from the ouudry Of Prince Won Salem at Vienna,
and II well worthy ofinspecton. Unlike many works
OF this nature which We could point ont, the de-
sign is exactly adapte 10 the purpose for which it
was Intended and II has consequently light and
elegant appear 1t is IN tssive where It should
be- ut the base aud gradually tapers of to the apex
OF TIE column, the orDamentatiun merely PERFORM
ing secondary part. ana relieving, Instead OF over.
loading, the general effect. As specimen OF iron
casting it is one Of the finest that we nave ssen,
and is fully equal to the best of the castings
tributed by the Coslhrook Dale Company to the
Lon don Exhibition. The ornamental firearms shown
by NoWack, OF Prague, kierner, OF Pesth, and
Schascbel, OF Ferlach. are exquistely finished an
infinite amount of pains and elaboration having
been evidently bestowed upon them. We cannot,
OF course speak as to their efficiency; but they seem
to Us to comeine all the most recent improvements.
The agricultural implements are light and conve-
nient in form; but they are wanting in that FURNISH
and careful finish which we love to bestow all such
articles The same remark applies to the cutlery and
hardware; but it should he borne in miad that all
the specimens exhibited in these branches
OF manufacture are recommended rather for their
chespness and utility than for snowy qualities.
We must not therefore test them BY standard
which it was never intended to submit; them to. To
carry ont the object OF the exhibitors, however the
prices ought to have been affixed to each article as
sort OF special catalogue, prepared for the vster
to refer to.* 1t has always appeared TO US to have
been great mistake on the part OF the Executive
Committee Of the London exhibition, and it no
doubt is the same on the part Of the directors OF
own, not TO permit the exhibitors to give as promi
neDt an effect as possible to this element Of cheap
1t is Of the most important features Of the
competition to which the manufacturer il chal-
eDRed, and 1t is doing him an injustice to debar him
from an opportunity of placing it prominently before
struck with the truth Of this remark than in the de-
partDent of which we are speaking. To tho person
who merely hestows superficial glance at the col
lection, without reference to its character and OBJ
ects, the drst impression is naturally that OF disap
potntment. He inquiries Of himself what could have
been the motive Of the exhibitors to place articles
such Is he behods in competition with the English
and American hardware When told, however,
low price st which really good and useful
articles can be produced, when unnecessary
work is dispensed with, his interest is at once gwak-
ened, and he f6ds in these Austrian manufactures
tton with he same class OF goods in any OF the other
departments. We regret to perceive that some of
the cutlery has got damaged, eitser during the sea
voyage since l.s arrival in the building The ox
datiOn Of the blades, CEASED by exposure to sture
naturally detracts very much from the appearance of
the goods The .hief places at which this branch of
manufacture is carried on sre Steinbach, Waidhot-
en-, Stadt Steyer Sierminghofen, Neuzeny, and
Grunberg-all in Austria proper Samples Of iron,
BRASS and general hardware, Of very primitive but
substantial and useful character, easo exhibited
for the purpose of showing the low prices at which
these articles can be produced. Some fne speci-
mems OF files and other tools are shown, which, for
temper and quality, will bear comparison with those
Of any other country. The samples Of wire nails aud
tacks from the VI rks of Count Dubsky, in Bohemia,
are exceedingly curious some Of them being small
and fine to puzzle to their uses. The wire
nails seem to be pointed by four cuts of q machine,
ami they have the improvement Of the sore thread
near the head. There nails are very much superior
to the common iron ones, in tenacity, audit is sur
prsing that they do not come into more general
In short the and hardware section OF shis depart
ment will well repay the Inspection Of the visitor the
forms Of some Of the instruments and tools being
very peculiar and the quality Of the articles in gene
raj excellent.
In order in measure to remedy the abssn:o Of
priced catalogue book invoices has been fer
The Inspection Of the public and may be referred TO in
The department