The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-06-07
TIE NEw YoRk CRYsrAL PALACE.


TIE New YoEk CnYsrAL PALACE.
--lhe managers VI ,nev.rcM 5tlurk
Crystal Palace for The Exhibitioloi
the Industry ol3ail8 Natioiis,'s it is no
longerlu be col,cultd. a., mot Tie
masters ui4tbs.e sftlai..;. ...u ...,>
nndsrtaken more thnn will be credita.
blysaccomplished. i hey have excl ed
expectations which will cause degree
of disappointment. We say this with
reluctance; but the credit of the coun,
try is daily becoming more compro
missed. 4 *
Il. N D1wll tosthis very twenty fifth day
pis May no piUptt official con,lnuiica-
stions has been made to the world that
Tho Exhibition was not opened on the
5sssedfOf May as promised, nor any exrla.
nation Why 1T was not, nor any init
NATION when it will be opened. This
mode of management, when contrasted
with the energy and punctuality ofthc
London Exhibition, is positively hu-
initiating. The movers in this euter.
prise had all the advantage of the new
architectural principles established
by the Hyde Park experiment; the
building they had to erect was not one
eighth as large, and their supply of
means was ample; and yet the time
which fully served tor tho other, they
t,aye found far too scant for thcm.-
N..1.iCourier and Enquirer, May 25.
n Such is an extract from an cditori-
al article, in one of the leading journ-
ais of New York, regarding that ''na-
tional disgrace" the New York Crys.
taitPalace. The article speaks freely
otfthe faults of this ''private specula-
ton asserting of it, rs realized faces,
what we predicted months ago. That
it will be vastly inferior to the Lou
don one, and SO do positive injur"
tu2the reputation Of America, that it
is badly conducted. and that it will be
late opening, are among the least ofits
evils; according to the Couricr.-Even
the Dublin Exhibitions it appears, is
far handsomcr than the New York
one will be. But, as Gothem says,
vive la humbug!"-Phil. Bulletin.
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JOAQUIN, THE NOTED MEXICAN
FRoBBER. The San Francisco Her
aid gives a romantic account Of Joa.
quin: the Mexican robber. He re.
Gently stopped on the Salinas Plains,
and the owner of the house asking
him, in the course of the convcrsa-
ton, if he had heard of Joaquin,
the person addressed, put his hand
to his heart, and with grave polite,
ness and penetrating glance, replied
Sir, am that Joaquin, and no
man takes me alive, or comes within
one hundred yards Of me, with these
good weapons.
Without any further ceremony,
sand perfectly unexcited, the robber
went on to relate the reason of his
conduct in his late career. He said
that becoming disgusted with the FIRE.
.quency of Mexican revolutions, he
had come to California to end his
days in peace, as an American citi.
zen, but that he had been oppressed.
robbed, and prosecuted by the Ame.
ricans in the placers; had lost 49,
900, been driven from a piece of
land, which he was working with an
American companion; had been in.
:sulted and grossly maltreated with.
out justice: had been hogged-and
he was determined to be rcvenged
for his wrongs, four.fold. He had
robbed many, killed many, and more
should suffer in tho same way, or
else he would die in the struggle. -
He appeared then to grow very seri.
Gus, and become excited, but subse.
quently added, that hearing a large
reward was offered for his head or
his living body, he rode into Stack
ton, disguised, walked leisurely
around, with his serape thrown over
bis shoulders, reading the different
hand.bills posted up about town.
Coming to one of these, in a public
thoroughfare, where $4,000 was of:
fered for his capture, he wrote in
pencil underneath: i will give $10,-
900 myself-Joaquin'--and leisure,
ay rode out of the town.
MAN AND WoMAN.-Between male
and female there is difference of kind
only, not degree. Man is strong, wo.