The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-09
THE CRYSTAL PALACE.
Two Millions Expected 10 Visit IL.
DEsCRIpTION Or ARTIcrpa

Two Millions Expected TO Visit IL.
DESCRIPTION OF ARTICLES.
We have never seen the Crystal Palace look better
than it did yesterday. There was an appearance of
completeness about it, and with the exception of the
Machine Arcade, and the gallery for paintings,
which will be ready in few weeks, nearly all the
arrangements are finished. In fact the only contri-
buons OF importance which have not yet arrived arc
the Gobelins and the Sevres porcelain from France
There is enough at present in the building to occupy
che attention Of person for two weeks if he would
examine the articles with view to selfinstructon,
and not merely for the qualification of his curiosity
fowers' Greek Slave has arrived from Charleston,
Its owner Colonel Preston, Of South Carolina having
generously consented to its exhibition. The other
swo works of art Of our distinguished countryman-
the Fisher Boy, and.Eve-will also be exhibited this
week.
The public will doubtless be pleased to learn that
hve dollar tickets, giving the bearer admission as
OFTEN as he may please for two months are ready for
sale at the Palace This is but Just towards our
eountfy visiters, who cannot remain long enough
in the city to enjoy all the advantages of
fu season ticket The Directors are quite sanguine
Of success and calculate on at least two million Of
visters. Should their anticipatons be realized
arey imagine the results of such terrible incurzien
of our country cousins, but have an indistinct
.shadowy idea Of crowded houses in which even the
Kitchens win be turned into sleeping apartments
and every available corner will be occupied by cots
In such an emergency, beds that were only intended
for one person will, by some principle Of domestic
economy, be made to hold three or four. And then
what harvest the hotels will reap and what an i'm.
nense amount Of provisions Of all kinds will disap-
pear before such an invading army fresh, too from
the country. Two millions Of persons in New York
the bare possibility Of such deluge of human beings
is enough to set the city upside down with excite
ment the grocers on the strength of it, will order
tenfold supply Of provisions there will be dread
full mortality among fat cattle, sheep and swine -four
win rise without the aid Of yeast and spectators will
look sprightly, and grow jolly as they calculate
their chances. What change will be effected by
ibis good time coming" in the present gloomy as
neH a. the world outside the Crystal Palace. The
man who u.rinds the organ for the happy family will
plav lyelier air, and even the members of the
happy family itself will grow happier and more
lively Then the stock Of Tic Latting Observatory
wl rise nearly to its own terrific altitude, for people
no longer content to look up at it must look down
from its " dizzy height upon this neither world
Then, too, we shall hear the keeper Of the live
, crocodile sing out in more cheering tones:-" Haes
the largest 'yallow-gaiter ever seen all the
ways from the banks Of the Nile, where
they devours young niger babies, and thinks
them great delicacy." Who, in such time Of gen.
eral rejoicing can refuse his earnest solicitation to
walk in and see his living wonder, who can forego
the pleasure afforded by introduction to those as
tonishing wild men, whose praises have been trump
eted forth with the most unwearied perseverance To-
nm ungrateful and undeserving public,
What hopes those expected two millions are calcu
lated to infuse into the bosos Of thousands Of our
depending citizens, particularly those who have
taken up their habatations in the vicinity Of the
Crystal Palace. We have word of advice for our
country vsiters, which it may be well for them to act
upon Immediately Secure your boarding houses at
once, you who are not so fortunate as to have
city friends, and;come on soon. as possible for
the city is so crowded, ow will the Palace hold all
that must visit it? just think Of twenty or thirty
thousand in in one day. alt jostling against each
other, making it utterly impossible for any one TO
see the articles to advantage. We therefore saw,
make no delay, but prepare yourself at once; the
Palace is almost complete and will be entirely ready
ny tne time you make your appearance in our GOOD.