Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-08-03
From them I Tribune.
The Exhibition at the Crystal
Palace. 1'

The Crystal Palace was not cvowded yes
terday, but there were quite 2s many people
within in as convenient for The yorkmen en-.
gagged in opening boxes and agar ginsg their
contents on the counters and shelves. Of the
still vacant courts. Most of the visitors we
judged to be strangers in the acty-persons
who had come here 20 witness the show, and
could not stay for its more perfect days that
are 10 come hereafter. Amopy them were
very many ladies, bus comparatively chill
dren, who will bye and bye f6rm a a'lsrge pro.
portion of the crowd that will daily throng the
Palace and view its gorgeous and' instructive
displays. The whole number Of visitors dur.
ing the day, as we ascertafned last evening at
the Company's Office, was over zoos besides
exhibitors aud holders of ase,is tickets, pro-
ducing 81 ,639 50. In a few weeks. wllen the
scene has expanded into full bt1sy. We may
expectao see this attendance more than quad
rupled.
Not too much can be said in praise Of the
exce'len order maintained within the build.
ing aud around its entrance wi ilout. We saw
there yesterday nothing to indicate either dis
turbance on the part of the people,or officious
interference on the part of the police. AL
was civility, safety, quiet. and kindness The
neat uniforms Of the police no doubt contrib.
ute somewhat TO this result Itsseened TO
demonstrate one policemen iH Uniform to be
worth half dozen plain Clothes. But very
much Of this admirable good orderis to be at
tributed to the native influence on the mind -
In that scene anything like disorder would be
instinc,ively repelled as if it were he profana
ton of sacred place, aud even those who
might be turbulent elsewhere, hjntt here be
hushtd into peace and good inapnsk
The Exhibition visbly adsance towards
completion, and yesterday icswas. .hetier worth
seeing than at the 1nangurations = E De part
ment wearing the air Of most rompleie ar
rangements are le'1talian and The Dutch. and
that Of the American cloths, prints, tools, fan
cy articles. and ,farmer's implements. The
French, English and German departments still
show great extent of space altogether unoc-
cupied though e the three the English seems
to be most advanced. The show of machinery
and metals is still exceedingly imperfect, and
we suppose must remain so till the additional
building between this and the Reservoir is
completed. The collection of agriculture i'm
plements is, however, already considerable
beautiful and most inter esting. But even this
is too complete to allow of valuable descrip-
| tion and comparative criticism. and indeed the
same may be said Of almost every portion Of
the entire show. There is scarcely branch
of industrial or natural production which is
here represented IN sufficient detail to be prof..
itab'y or even fairly discussed.
But even this cannot be said of the fine arts
and especially the department of Sculpture
of the Palace has many specimens. The gal
lery Of paintings. will, we belive, be very full
though, thai, too, waits for the additional
building; and meanwhile those pictures which
are exhibited are hung diffusey in the courts
appropriated to the nations from when they
come, and for this reason we do not propose
to speak of them until all are together aud
may be seen by the public in one continuous
survey.