Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-07-08
Terms Of Advertising.
Opening of the Crystal Palacc---CoDaing
Events Cast their Shadows before.

In the Buffalo Commercial, we find the
following prophetic sketch Of the opening, of
the Ciys.al Palace at New York:
There will be a rare gathering of the dig.
mtanes of the land, from the President of the
| United States, running on through all phases
of dignitary and authority civil literary, sci
entife, with an occasional sprinklng Of mill
tary and naval, together with distinguished
guests from foreign countries, attending by
invitation individually, and as delegates, ma
king up pageant Of characte~, personal and
official, that might wen grace a Letter occa-
sion. This highly respectable assomblage
will he fanked, elbowed, crowded, punched,
squeezed, and otherwise made unhappy BY
the miscellaneous multitude, excited, noisy
and reeking from the roisome pot houses in
the vicinity, each of whom will be captain
general, and every man for himself on that,
as on all other occasions, which he chooses
to dignity with his presence. The New York
police, to he sure, that immaculate body so
anxious to immitate the official delinquincies
OF their immediate patrons, the present board
of Aldermen, will make teint at preserving
order and keeping the peace which all who
have witnessed their praiseworthy efforts on
like occasions will duly appreciate.
This homogeneous mass of humanity, with
an amount of drum and trumpet, fuss and
feathers, and all the clap trap arpertai ing
t. such an imposing occasion, will enter tho
Crystal PaIace' as confusedly, noisily and
uacomfortably as the iIl-regulated, inefficient
police arrangements will permit. The grand
opening with its pageant of speoch-making
c)ngratulatoW mutual admiration-society-
addresses, and the other appropriate nonsense
which must inevitably follow, viii be made
a MD the din of shouts and general rumpus,
arising from the throats lungs and feet of tho
biPed animals surrounding the chief actors
ceremonies.
Then is to come the regular business Of tho
exhibition. We have been there and know
somewhat Of the surroundings huddled near
and about, and in smotherng proximity to
the grand palace itself First in extent, and
imposing in hight Immediately opposite one
of its fronts, rises a huge wooden tower, some
$50 feet from base to pinnacle, with long
arcade by way Of entrance to an area, hum
dred feet in diameter, devoted to eating drink
ing and smoking rooms, and steam hoist
ing apparatus to carry its visitors aloft to view
what ever is to be seen from its summit
Z" Cheek by jowl" in equal good taste with
the expression by which we characterize them
stand any number of groceries, reaching to
either extremity of the grounds, to be obtain
ed in that direction. On each street, front
inc the other sides of the Palace are hasby
temporary buildings with open fronts, accom-
modating eating houses, tlyerns, gambling
hells, tipping shops, and the various ctccte.
ras which find patronage and unclean thrift
in their association, There will be noise by
day and revelry by night Dissoluo men
lounging about the rooms and sidewalks
Painted women ogGng from upper windows
vile, corrupt and disgusting. Each, every
and all are there and there they will remain,
under the immediate permission of the homo
rable the corporate authorities of the COM
mercial metropolis Of the United States, and
with the immediate knowledge that it would
be SO by the managers and getters up of the
Palace.