The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-09-24

A--O'N
OF our readers. Reservoir Square on which the
building is situated lies between the 9th and
9th Avenues and 10th and 42nd streets, and is
four miles from the Battery, the extreme south
ern limit of the city, and three and quarter
miles from the City Hall. The total area of the
building including both stories is about 250,-
00o feet or 8? acres This is divided off into
spacious courts for the use of the different coun-
tries that have articles in the exhibition There
was employed in the construction of this i'm
mense building -, 900 square feet OF glass, lsoO
tons of iron. and 80 900 feet of lumber There
are employed in the building, besides the nu-
merolls clerks. doorkecpcrs, attendants, ETC.,
one hundred special policemen, who are sta
toned in every part of the building. whose du
I ty it is to protect the goods of the exhibitors
from being injured or unnecessarily handled,
and also to give information touching the diff
fcrcnt localities Of the exhibition.
Attached to, and forming part of the build
ing is vast machine arcade where all the ma
chinery is placed, the whole being driven by
sixty horse power engine. There all kinds and
all sizes Of machines are in operation, from
small sewing machine to a cotton-gin or one of
the larger printing presses, The upper story
of this arcade is used for the exhibition of pain
tinss. 1t is a hall $50 feet long and Il feet
wide, and is entirely full of the works or copies
of the works of the best masters. The building
is open from 10 o'clock a. NJ, to 10 clock, p.
NJ, and is attended every day ny thousands.
As yet not more than one out of ten of those
who have attended the exhibition are residents
of the city. The attendance has been chiefly
from the rural districts in the neghborhood of
New York, and a liberal sprinkling of the bust
ness men from the Great West. There are thou
sands OF the Gothamtcs who have never yet
seen the outside OF the Palace and who proba-
bly, never will, being contentcd to live and die
in the particular locality in which they reside,
and without thinking, knowing or caring what
is going on in ether parts of the city or anon"
the rest of mankind They are wotully ig-
norat they do not know whether Minnesota is
Il State or Territory, whether it is cast or west
of the Rocky Mountains or whether it is sim
PLY another name for Nebraska 1t seems to me
that it would be we'll for the Home Missionary
Society to take their ignorance into considera-
ton and try and do something for them.
In the evening the building is most brilliant
ly lighted with gas at a cost of about $50 dol
lars per night. This is probably the best time
to visit the exhibition to observe the display,
though it is not so good for critical eXauina-
ton of the different objects.
Minnesota is well represented in agricultural
products, better than any other locality that l
noticed. There are some fine specimen, of stri-
ped dent and flint corn, presented by D. Gill
man, Esq, of Benton county; also, barley oats
and corn, by Capt. J. 3. S. Todd of Fort Rip
ley. There is corn here from Red Lake, near
ly A. deg. latitude, and as good corn as any to
be seen, though of course the cars are not quite
so large as the yellow dent from other places.
Then there is manomin OF wild rice, presented
by S. 3. Lowry, aud our Commissioner, W. G.
! LcDuc, Esq: also. winter wheat raised in the
vicinity of st. Paul, etc. There is quite a vari-
ETY. of Indian curos;tics collected from the diff
frcnt tribes in our Territory. | also rccog-
niZcd the countcnances Of several of or we'll
known citizens, as well rs some familiar land
scapcs. among the dagle rrcotypcs of two Of the
best artists in the Wrst-A. IIcslcr. of Galcna
and J. L. Whitley of st. Paul.
! The Latting Observatory. near The Crystal
! Palace is well worth visiting. You ascend by
! flights Of wooden steps to Il height of 275 feet
! from the ground, and on clear day, it is one
of the most beautiful views TO lie found in the
world. y large portion Of Lon" Island. Con-
J pnrt;cut Inr.rv 1,n0 die bo
Hudson, Staten I.lan,l &C., can be seen, as well
as the cities of New York, Brooklyn. Jersey
City, Newark, Willamsburgh, and thousand
little villages. within the circumference of fifty
miles of the metropolis.
There are all kinds Of catcl-penny shows in
the city at present, from 4 Shanghai hen up TO
stuffed Giraffe mammoth oxen and the fat
woman; from a seyenbyn nine room in Chatham
street. that wouldn't hold six at once, up to
Barnums Museum and Hippodromc. There
are more than dozen congregated about the
Crystal Palace. . OaiY two shillings to see the
greatest collection of natural curiositics ever
exhibited in the city won't you walk in, sir .
only two shillin.''
There are more than thirty public places of
amusement open every evening. consisting of
theatres, concerts, circusscs, panoramas, pict-
ure galleries, etc. and they are all filed TO ov-
crliowlng. The advertisements of these differ
cnt places occupy over two columns in the pa
pcrS each day.
! There is not mach local news this week OK
ccpt that the money market is very tight thou
sands OF men are giving per cent a month for
money; the Banks have stopped discounting aud
business men are fearful Of panic. NJ.
Wing Convention.
The Delegates appointed to nominate caud
dates for county officers for Ramsey county to
be supported by the Wings at the approaching
election, met III convention on Wednesday. the
2lst inst. ut the Court House in st. Paul and
being called TO order, appointed C. T. Stearns.
Esq. Chairman, and j. W. SelLy, Secretary.
| The Chairman having stated the object Of tho