Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-02-02

a ". 'u -. y celtainfs noxs.Acep'oH TO
the general rule. They appear to perform
some Important though yet undiscovered
f II the sooiaEeeononE, AS the spleen
is supposed to do in the ANNA, and We
suppose We must on that account take
them; and put ,up,with them on faith. d They
dog the steps of every new enterprise; and,
while doing nothing themselves, ridicu1e
and discourage those who are willing to
give their labor and their mems to help it
on. Such has been the experience Of our
new Mechanics Institute, which has been
opposed and frowned upon bythis sagaclous
class, for every variety of contradictory
reason, from the moment Of its inception to
the present. It's constitution and bylaws
were not perfect; its officers were not all
mechanics j; the city was too small to sup
port such an Institution; the fees, we're too
large, or too small and as to The exhibit
ton, il was destined to be an utter failure,
and to. entail expense and modification
upon The Institution. There were others,
men of different stsmp,J( and we rejoice
to say they, are 4 majority here who saw
at once the. importance Of the plan, and
believed in its feasibility. They came for
ward as soon as they were called upon, and
lent their names. their time, and their
money to-, the, enterprise. And we believe
that all the indications at the present mo!
ment go to show that they were right The
institution has prospered beyond the most
sanguine expectations GIFTS supporters, aud
the exhibition, unless all signs fail, will be
q triumph, Notwithstanding the COMPARE
lively brief period in which it has been
gotten up, The country contains no more
magnificent hall for such a purpose thar
the new hall of the Patent Office building.
No city offers the peculiar advantages to
the friends eff American labor that are pre-.
sentel by this metropolis. These advan7
tages capnot be overlooked BY the sa gacious
men who have this great interest at heart.
The Government has favored this Exhi-
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bition in a marked and peculiar manner
The. enlightened, lber;.lity, which prompted
thd Secretary Of the Interior to accord to
the Institute the use of the Patent Office
building, has been seconded by the. energy
with which the Commissioner; Of Public
Buildings has carried out his, views in has
tening the completion Of the Hall and fitting
it for this temporary purpose. The Archi-
tect and Contractors have given their hearty
co-operation, and the Hall is now in such "A
state as to render It's preparation in ample
time certain. The various executive bureaus
have shown their willingness to help on the
good work BY contributing in tile way Of
ifldustriaF er artistic works. III their pcs
session. The Coast Survey sends its plates
and charts; tile Office Of weights and meas
ures its interesting appliances. j.; the Obser-
vatory, the celebrated electro-c hronegraph
which has done so much for astronomical
science the Smithsonian Iustitution con-
tributes interesting apparatus and paintings;
the Arsenal shows the percussion cap ma
chine, and, a variety of models Illustrative
Of the. systems Of artillery in use in the
French, English, and American, services;
the Topo biographical Bureau contributes, mod
els of engineering works. If there were no
other contributors, these alone would forms
a collection over which an enlightened
mind might spend days cf valuable thought.
These, however, are but few of the ex-
pecte. contributions. The machinery build
:. ho GtIo1 trif no