Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-09-16

Belgium does not seem to be we'll represented, al
though her productions are equal, if not superior
to the French as the name of Brussels lace alone
sufficiently indicates. There some very beauti-
full specimens of Irish laces both Limerick and Bel
fast, as there also of Lisburn linen, damasks,
and Dublin poplins, the latter being comr ound of
silk and worsted, and of great beauty. In carpets
and WOODEN goods generally, the French are ahead
in color and design. There are some very fine spe-
cimens from Prussia and England. All OF these, as
also Holland, are ahead of US in tone and finish
The specimen of the Gobelin manufacture in the
French department., is the finest in the building
In art properly speaking, Italy retains her old pre-
eminence. 1t is true Thorwaldsen and Powers we'll
repfesent the Northern races of Scandenava and
the United States but their perfection was al
tanned inAltaly. and they both have lived virtual
exes from their respective countries during their
artist life in the Italian department there are in
laid tables 10Th of wood and of marble, possessing
all the softnessand beauty of the finest oil painting
1t is almost incredible. There is one thing about
the object of art u the Italian department; they
objects of art, and not of mere mechanical skill,
although even that must have been excessive; but
it is all hidden by taste exquisite the cline,
which, in all ages has been the home of beauty and
of love.
There is q long picture gallery over the machine
~ arcade, which contains an immense number OF
paintings worth seeing; one, in particular struck
me as beautiful. 1t is landscape No. 529--a soft,
mild, cool and sweet thing-an evening scene OF
wood and hill and water, with the soft warm haze
of summer afternoon sleeping over all. By the
way, was somewhat amused at conversation
overheard between two Gothamites who were ad-
miring picture representing a scene among the
Neapol:tan Lazzaron. One fellow, who seemed to
be the ccerone informed the other that it was "the
instruction of the Macaroni." The venerable -
" marveled."
] have seen the women's rights convention and the
strong minded women; Lucretia Mott and Lucy
Stone and the Rev. Antonette Brown and the
Boomers, and all that sort of thing, at the taber
nacle Of course, it was ridiculous scene, but
hardly more so than the Worlds Temperance Con-
vention at the Metropolitan Hall. ! will venture to
say that no Southern delegate will ever attend such
again.
But have done for the present, and remain
J.F.
P. 81 am now more fully than ever convinced
of the propriety of our course in regard to making
dh eHOrt W represent Ihe OIu 44NoFUn oIate -Oou
bless her i'm this exhibitions which is not national
and in which natural resources could not show to
any advantage Minerals, ores, etc, of copper,
coal or otherwise, or specimens of woods and the
like, are either thrown out in the yard where nobo
dy sees them, or so arranged in the building that
nobody notices them. What chance had we then !
1t is better by far as it is. If people would only
look at things in common sense light, ever for.
bear impugnng the motives of those who do-as
some did ours in this matter-it would be quite as
well. J. F.