Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-03-18
NEW YORK CRYSTAL PALACE.

az .n0 WY Vi NeW Iofk, VIII
not be new to all of our patrons 1t has,
however, apeculiar interest, not as thing
that has beenr but as heralding an event
which is to come. The Worlds Fair, which
Is to be.opened in New York City, in May
next, will be one of the most interesting and
extraordinary exhibitions of skill, invention
and enterprise ever witnessed in America
Contributions of art and of genius, the
most rare that this country can afford, will
be gathered there. Every civilized nation
on the Eastern continent will be represented
at the exhibition. Extensive arrangements
have been made to procure the rarest speci-
mems of artistic skill from different parts of
the world. Negotiations have been perfec-
ted in Italy, for sending over some Of ths
most splendid works of sculpture and paint
the productions of the most eminent mas
tiers, both ancient and modern, of that coun-
try. In some respects, the worlds fair in
New York will exceed that held in London;
but in the vastness of its collections, it must
of course fall short.
The Worlds Fair will furnish an opportu-
nifty, unparalleled in this country, for learn
ing the present condition of civilization and
the arts, among the different nations of the
world. 1t will afford a rare field for the OBJ
serYation of nationslities of men, and of
manners. The European, and every nation,
will be there; the Asiatic--the turbaned
Turk, and the,bald Chinaman will be there.
Africa, too, perhaps may be represented
the dusky Egyptian, the native of Liberia, of
Sierra Leone, and perchance OF Abbysina, may
be there. These were all represented at Lon
don, and probably they may be at New York.
Should these latter come, they would only
have to exercise a little precaution and sup
press their curiosity to see the country by trav-
cling as far west as Illinois; for by the law of
that great state, it requires only one fourth AT
rican blood, to render the possessor liable to be
sold like a horse or swine under the hammer
Of an auctioneer. Besides the law offers a
bounty of twenty dollars to the person who
detects the man that has this amount of pro-
scribed blood running in his veins. These
dark and dusky representatives Will necessarily
be a little prudent, and not regard themselves
quite as much at home, as they would in En-
gland.
The moral influence of such an exhibition
Of the worlds industry and skill,-of the
mingling together of different nations and
tongues, must be highly influential in siren
gthening the ties Of the great brotherhood of
man. The representatives of the different
kingdoms and nations of the earth will per-
ceive that the true interests Of humanity can
be best and only promoted by the cultivation
of peace. That war and strife, are antag-
onistic to the advancement Of science and
art, and-destruetive TO the industrial interests
of the masses of the people, under any civ
ilized form of government. So also nations
widely separated by oceans and mountain
barriers, will learn TO respect and appreciate
each other, and thereby will the area of COM
merce be greatly extended, and the diffusion
of intelligence become more reciprocal and
universal.
/ An exhibition so full of interest as that of
the contemplated Worlds Fair at New Y ork,
in May next cannot fail to attract large num-
berS from the west. The great thoroughfares
of travel will doubtless be thronged during
| the season of the exhibition.