Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-07-20
New York correspondence of the Re

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E.rciement a5out the Crystal Palace Dis
order nor 1orepailing Necessity for Ra
pid Acknowledgment state al opsnia.
Fine collection of 4ms-Arripal q
japanese Guiosities Description cf IL
most remarkable Reception of The Pre-
sidsnt- Opening ceremonies Words g,
the Anthen,-- Hi6eraian Lndignati0'
Aesting-Isnperature and health 9th
Commercial Items, de.
NEW York, July IS, 1858.
MR. ED1roR The Crystal Palace con-
tinues to be the engrossing topic of con-
yersation: as tho time of opening draws
near, the excitement increases. Invita-
lions for the opening ceremonies have
been sent out in considerable numbers,
and no doubt even the immense area OF
the Palace itself viii be filed with a
closely packed crowd of curious specta-
tors. ~ i1>
One who was inside of the magnificent
edifice to-day would hardly believe II
possible that order could be brought out
of the chaos there prevailing in time for
the opening TO take place, as announced
on tomorrow. The eye wandered over
motley heaps of boards, scaffolding, sha-
wings. packing boxes, paint pots, carpen-
ter's tools, covered statues, paintings,
canvass, and thousand nondescript ct
ceteras; and it seemed perfectly absurd
to imagine it possible that all this could
be cleared away in the course of twenty
four hours and put in apple-pie order for
the reception of that respectable body
the public. ''Rome was not built in n
day. nor if it had been pulled down
could the litter have been disposed of iu
that brief period. The Crystal Palace,
to be sure, is not Rome, but the chao-
tic fragments strewed about the floor are
almost enough to pass for the ruins of
decent city. BY tomorrow, this time
they must be in -'s the tomb of the Capu-
lets,' or somewhere else and their re-
moval will be enough to keep five hun
dred men busy all night. What hurry
the various hands are in how Hurried
the Directors are imagine a matronly
housed keeper who has some reputation at
stake, with unscrubbed floors, carpets
up. house topsy-turvy, and invitations
out for large party to assemble in half
an hour. Realize her sensation, and you
will have some idea how the President
and Committee of Management feel just
at the present time.
The announcement of opening. like the
laws of the Modes and Persians, changeth
not. The Instructions will be removed,
the inauguration ceremonies will take
place but to suppose either that the
building will be complete, or the contri-
buttons all in their places. would be
grand mistake. The painter will arrest
his brush. the carpenter his hammer, the
upho!ster his needle, in mad career. The
softened light admitted through the half
Opaque glass will illumine many an
empty stall and pedestal widowed of its
statue. In other words, those who visit
the Exhibition at this early stage, will
lose about half the effect, and miss seeing
about half the curiosi;ies. In this re-
spect. however, as in others, our Crystal
Palace has followed its great London ex-
emplar. 1t will be remembered that it
was some weeks after the opening, before
all the contributions arrived and were ar
ranged in their proper places.
One of the most striking features in the
American department of the Fair will be
the fine collection of arms and warlikc
equipments manufactured for the U. s.
Army, and exhibited by the consent of
Government, under the direction of Jas.
7. Ames, of the Ames manufacturing
company. Massachusetts. This compan
send specimens of the bronze guns end
swords, for which they have the govern
ment contract. The armory at Harper's
Ferry contributes some splendid rifles !;
the Waterfliet Arsenal sends number OF
feld-pieces, howitzers, battery wagons.
&C., while from the Springfield armory
we have selection of muskets and mus
ketoons. This latter establishment enjoys
the reputation of having carried the man
ufacture of muskets TO the very highest
point of mechanical skill. Every part,
even down to the most minute screw, is
made by separate machine, and with
such perfect precision that they are taken
Unfortunately and put together. fitting
with admirable exactness.