New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-01-14
Now York Worlds Fair

II h Citisas qf louisiana .4iatuaa, Mississippi It1ds
ifrkdpseS and Tennessee:
l. Tue Board Of Directors OF The New York yst4 Pal
acc having appointed coWmttls or the Southwestern
States resident ~ New Orleans ras;ig Of Jas Robh,
lueius duncan. + Lasorc W Z iaeiurt. W y Mercer
h. i. W Hill, A Arson. Mauasl White. j u D.,
e9N. A ~ Holbrook, A. Walkar. q, J. Leeds, Newton
II ards the undersigned upon .hr part OF said commit
would present the following addrrss
> The Fair will be opened The III day Of May 1853
for the exhibition of tho industry OF all nations in the
splendid structure on Reservoir Square New York
bacng Of 1873 600 square feet four The
building has been made bonded warehouse by Govern
ment and already assurances are given Of extensive
representation of foreign industry,
The object OF the exhibition cannot be subserved
without an e2ua representation of all the great Industrial
interests Of confederation whether in raw mate
rails manufactured products in the fue arts The
will be opened to the cereal products of the Northern
and Western States, the cotton sugar and rice of the
South the hemp tobacco and other miscellaneous pro-
ducts Of the West the mineral Of all these
yons 1t is extremely desirable thar these great inter
ests should be represented as well as the manufacturing
in order that the New and Old World should be coutrased
together and the two regions mutually instruct and be
instructed
/. Applications for admission of objects Of exhibition
must represent their nature and purpose with the
Der square feet required whether OF wall floor or coun-
The machinery will he exhibited in motion the mo-
tive power be furnished by the Association and app-
cants must state also the amount of power required
Paintings in frames will be received Where
hibted they should be accompanied by the rocks in which
they found and also if possible by plans and sections
Of the measures in which they lie and models and draw
ings Of processes or manufacture
be awarded under the direction Of capable aud
persons
G. Applications from any of the States named in this
address may be made at any time before the first of March
1853 and must be directed the Chairman Of the Com
mittee. at New Orleans complying with all the requs-
ons in section four above The applicant must describe
with prtcison-state the time the product will be ready
for shipment the port from which he desires ship and
must also provide for the expenses incurred upon in the
way of freight drayage etc until delivered into the
tody Of the New FORK RoarG
z The committee at New Orleans will decide upon all
such applications and upon receipt Of their favorable
judgment the party will be supplied with certificate to
be forwarded to New York the time of shipment They
desire to be informed by the first Of March Of the quan
y of space which will be required from their division in
order to report to the Central Committee.
S Citizens Of The Southwest You invited and
neSty solicited to be represented in this first great Ame
can Fair, We have products i'll all abundance in every
department Of industry and ingenuity if will but send
them sufficient to delight aud instruct every observer
We were comparatively unrepesened the London Fair
cooperate in thir upon soil We part
Of the patton that obtain the glory success the
shame Of discontinue and defeat Let unite with our
feowctzens of the North in this great enterprise aud
rely upon their corporation in any movements may
make hereafter for similar exhibitions ia immediate
regions.
Thus shall we obliterae local feelings prejudces and
sntipathes strengthen the bonds Of amy and concord
realize, indeed, that people, with hope
and one inheritance, one faith and one destiny
Locus {. DCNoAN, Ch'n.l
J D DEBow, din.
4. LASERE, NOiiii''eV-
A, Z. Arson
Nsw Orleans, jan. H. 1858.