Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1853-09-21
ruE WaRLD,s FAIR.

his paner from New 4Orh, -
says: NJ, yo.l, ond the Her.
VeIny, orhot eninently IMPLYING its GOOD anu
alo Is us f. Grand rush, and fuss and Jun, ana
SVn III oil nnderIad by a fund OF sold good sense
~ 9dness and withal an energy bnaG ooeS ~
ana ,cb word as fail into its vocabulary put
atmes arriving at success through courses Iasne =
dovious than otherwise. A glance at tne t SI
Manhattan, the site of the City, from the ODserVa.
tory near the Crystal Palace, VIII :t; ON
tho most glorious estuary for trading purposes IN
T-ord gathering in the commerce OF new hnglaLtL1
through the Sound, communicating Win tne W. ,o
West by the Hudson and concentrating, DIS P o.
Xmbov and others at the feet of the Empire OI'y
and while nature has been thus prodlgai arr e AZ
CO been busy, and the Rail Road naVlSaAon - '-o
State EQUALS that of all Germany 4. ,o,+, y
But become statistical without the 'net ~
and besides, speaking of the ObservaTty n'e ;+oIf
T,stoI palace reminds me of that Dullung lCsell'
which is more to the purpose IN manu- anu PeiP'
some remarks with regard to 1t Wouio DC ~
table TO all friends and readers WIZ hiSA' ~ ~
+;oo whether it is worth coming on 10 see
4I CJ CO.., of once-Y0 Not that look upon 1t, or
tb Exhibition within its walls failure; 1t IS not:
neither is it success. There is little TOO mucn
GOOD in it to admit of its being wholly condemned
end aItopether too much of evil to afford any reas-
onobIa ground for praise But my reason for adyI-
sing no one to go is this the engraVlngs OF tne
Palace which have been circulated and seen Dy every
body are perfectly accurate, and, strange as may
sound, give better view than can De ooI1!leu On
tbe snot itself which is wretched site domlneered
over by the ponderous Egyptian masses OF the Croton
Reservoir and faced on all sides else by Sheds with
mammoth hogs and great oxen The big naaet Is
gone to the State Fair at Syracuse AS 1or the stat
1arv ETC. in the inside of the Palace, must confess
TO nv great surprise at finding every thing such an
exact counterpart of the engravings which nave
seen in Barnum's Illustrated News and IN Gieasons
There is now getting out illustrated catalogue OF
L olDo1.- TlFJ
on sale at Whitaker's, and presume at Pierce's,
which for two or three dollars, will give quite as good
an idea as a'two days examination
OF course the United States are most largely rep
resented the machinery being nearly al american,
with the execution of some little from Great Britain
and Ireland Half the machines are not yet up, nor
onefourth in operation. In that department couid
see nothing at all superior to the usual FAIRS OF the
American or Franklin Institutes. A Mr. Palmer,
from our State has patent Thrasher, but amid the
confusion of agricultural Implements Mr.. Palmer
might have turned thrasher himself, without my md
ing it out.
we should certainly be able to give the whole
world good Lathe7ing if soap will do it for the
scan men take the day. We have Washington in
SOAP mounted on horse, with CASTLE tail, Wind
sor forelegs. Every thing is SoGp-soAP-SOAP!
There is too much soap, altogether. Just think OF
Old Hickory OF Franklin, with s0dp-locks. 1t Is an
abomnable basardizing of art, to go about casting
soap-heGds Genin, the halter, who got his name up
by bidding for the first choice of seats at the Jenny
Lind Concerts also has big booth, and such shiney
hats There is also another nuisance in the shape OF
nnumerable sewing machines In constant operatlon.
sewing little pieces of flannel.
In the way of furniture, carriages and vehicles OF
all kinds, axes, saws firearms pianos cooking uten-
sis and in general everything indicating practical
and vigorous civilization the United States depart
ment is fully eoual and in respects SUPERIOR to
any other In plate both of silver and gold we are
not up to the French and they again must yield to
the English. In china, we are a good ways behind
hohI0 no
French Some of the old Sevres china, from the I'm
peria Mandatory very beautiful and almost price
less. The English plate is of the richest and most
beautiful designs with sets costing thousands OF dol
lars In bronzes the French are rather ahead; al
though Cornelius, of Philadelphia, certainly takes
the palm in the way of bronze lamps, chandeliers,
etc. The Germans have also very neat and ell
egant articles in this line, from Nuremberg chiefly.
The finest glasses of various kinds. coored and 9TH
erWSe are exhibited by Austria, from her Bohemian
provinces. France comes next. In laces and kindred
fabrics France is first. Belgium does not seem to
be well represented, although her productions are
equal if not superior, to the Frenth as the name of
Brussels lace alone sufficiently indicates. There are
some very beautiful specimens of Irish laces both
Limerick and Belfast as there also of Lisburn
linen damasks and Dublin poplins, the latter being
compound of silk and worsted, and of great beauty
In carpets and wooden goods generally, the French
are ahead in color and design. There some very
fine specimens from Prussia and England. All of
these, also Holland ahead of US In tone and
finish. The specimen of the Gobelin manufacture
in the French department. is the finest in the build
ing In art properly speaking, Italy retains her old
prominence. It is true Thorwaldsen and Powers
well represent the Northern races of Scandinavia
and the United States; but their perfection
attained in Italy, and they both have lived virtual
exes from their respective countries during their
artist life In the Italian department there inlad
tables, both of wood and of marble, possessing all
the softness and beauty of the finest oil painting.
1t is almost Incredible. There is thing about the
object of art in the Italian departments they are OBJ
Jects of art, and not of mere mechanical skill, al
though even that must have been excessive but it
is all hidden by taste exquisite as the cline,
which, in all ages, has been the home of beauty and
of love.
There is long picture gallery over the machinery
arcade, which contains an immense number of paint
Ings worth seeing; one, In particular, struck
beautiful 1t is landscape, No. SPA SOFT mild,
cool and sweet thing-an evening scene of wood and
hill and water, with the soft, warm haze of sum-
mer aftertoon sleeping over all. By the way was
somewhat amused at conversation overheard be-
tween two Gothamites who were admiring picture
representing scene among the Neapolitan Lazzaron.
One fellow who seemed to be the cicerone, informed
the other that was the instruction of the Maca-
ronl" The venerable" g marvelledn
have seen the women's rights convention and the
strong minded women; Lucretia Mott and Lucy
Stone and the Rev. Antoinette Brown and the Bloom
er and all that sort of thing, at the tabernacle Of
course it was ridiculous scene, but hardly more so
than the Worlds Temperance Convention at the Me-
tropolitan Hall will venture to say that no South
ern delegate will ever attend such again
But have done for the present, and remain,
j. F.
r 81 am now more fully than ever convinced
OF the proprlety OF our course in regard to making
an effort to represent the "Old North State God