The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-07-19
Two CENTS.
The porcelain ware. from ue same msnufactory.
Is beautiful AND valuable. TE1 ware is highly
polished and colsred with all the artistic beauty f
painting
UNITED STATES.
PIANOS.

! painting.
UNITED STATES.
PIANOS.
One Of the most Aegant planes probably ever
manufactured, in any ca untry, is now on exhibition
at the CRYSTAL Palace tn lovers of music In this
find something to please sh eye as well as the car.
It was made By Grovesteen Co., of this city. and
bears upon itself prod1gafNy Of valuable materials.
The groundwork of the suxfa ce is hard smooth
polish, similar TO ebony, which IS inlaid withvory 80
neatly as to lead the best Judges to believe to be
the finest quality Of papder naache. The keys are
made Of mother eff pearl, and it is elaboratey em-
bellished with pictures and flowers. Upon the lid is
beautiful Venetian scene, representing the Palace
Of st. Mark. On each COZ ner also, is landscape
acenery and the profusion Of flowers all round 1t
give it very rich az pearanc., }. Some idea be
formed Of its magnif ence BY the valuation placed
upon it, which is twenty-five undred dollars Be-
side his stands another piano, fl onn the same mann
factory, valued at fifteen hundr ID dollars, and al
though far inferior to It's mate, Is nevertheless
rplendiAy. wrought instrument This is made Of
rosewood, highly ornamerted with carved work on
all its sides In front of IL, and upon each corner.
surrounded with beds of oyres are represented the
heads OF Jenny Lind ParcA, Alboni, Sontag &c.
Many other pianos are displayed with these, but they
are all eclpsei By the supericr make Of the ones de-
scribed.
MACHINERY
Among the various nventicns which Yankee in.
genuty has made is winnow mill for cleansingth
cfa from grain, notice of wh h will be Of interest
to farmers and mlers, for wi ose benefit it is spe-
cially designed. 1t is called the Excelsior Grain
and Grass Seed Separator, and was invented by Mr..
g. B. Salmon, of Illinois. The male Of the mill is too
complex to give in writing full dea as to how it 10
put together or works. But, what can it de? IL
the only question necessary for % answer. 1t is
used by hand and purports to be able Of cleansing
from twenty to forty bushels of wi sat per hour; il
viii separate from wheat chaf cocI %, garlic, smut.
dead grain, and other impurities 1t v clean grass
seed and clover and separate the rom the other
These results are accomplished by peculiarly form
ed ssive and slide which enables the operator to use
whatever rush Of air through the machine he chooses
The millers' machine is upon the same principle. but
capable Of enlargement to clean any amount per
hour between fifty and two hundred bushels. The
price Of these machines is $25 for the ordinary size
for farmers, and greater charge in proper
tion to any enlargement. This machine appeam
to be endowed with discriminating powers, and be
able to decide between the good and the offal. Ths
most analgamated mass Of seeds may be thrown into
III, OIL
good, and place it on your hand clean and free from
impurities
GENERAL SCOTS VISIT TO THE PALACE.
About three o'clock yesterday afternoon, General
Scott paid visit to the Palace, and Immediately, By
the notice he attracted, he eclipsed everything on
exhibition. Go where he would, a crowd attended
him. as soon the report spread through the build.
ing that the conqueror Of Mexico was among them.
Those who stood musing on the statues Of Columbus
and Webster, and those who were lost in the admi-
ration of the colossal works OF Kiss and MaroohetH
turned frc all the objects Of their reflections to look
upon our Unions greatest chieftain. The General
seemed to examine the collection with much interest,"
and particularly when he came to the Therwaldrens
group, he paused for some time and looked upon
these great works with admiratioR.E Thence the old
veteran walked over the display made by Uncle Sam.
and here, when he came among the cannon and mus
kerry, he showed by his more sprghtly step, that
he Immediately felt he was among old companions.
and he kicked and thumped the cannon as if they
were toys for his amusement. From here the old
General walked over to the other departments, and
was lost in the crowd He still carries his arm in
sling, but otherwise looks WELL and is capable to con-
duct our armies through other campaigns as glorious
as those he has already passed.
The following is the number of persons who visited
the Crystal Palace yesterday, and tile amount re.
ceved, according to the registers the turn
styes:-
Number of visiters with season tickets. . 1906
Number of transient visiters. ............ 2,72l
Amount received from transient vsiters 81 800 60
As the price Of a season ticket is ten dollars. the
whole number sold has realized So, ,O6O. This is O
pretty big business for the first three days.
The amount of contributions to the Washington
monument YESTERDAY was S47 40.