Washington sentinel., 1854-04-09

Lovejoy's Hotel. 5000
duncan & Sherman... ................. 10 U
81. Nicholas Hotel. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5000
Metropolitan Hotel. .................. 5000
Asior House. ....................... 5000
John N Genin.. ...................... 1000
Total. ........... ................,.. S3o,OOO
One hundred thousand can yet be raised,
for the subscriptions up to-day, we understand,
run up to forty thousand dollars more Our hotel
keepers comprehend precisely the advantages
of this establishment to the city. During the
last summer and fall, there were driven to this
place, and left here, on account of its Worlds
Exhibition Of Industry, probably not less than
three millions of dollars. Thus, though the
institution has not paid itself, it has amply in
demni6ed the city, For example: gentleman
from Virginia, with his wife and two daughters,
was compelled to visit New York, last summer,
to see the Palace. There was no getting off.
Neither Fanny nor Betty would have ever for.
given pa, had he denied them. They came,
for he had to bring them. They visited the
palace, say twice, remaining in it nearly all
day, equal to eight dollars for the family. But
they remained here two weeks, footing up
hotel bill of three hundred dollars, and then
there was an amount of shopping on Broad
way, equal to the profits of fifty acres of to-
bacco, to say nothing of theatres and concerts.
This is the way in which the Crystal Palace
has contributed to enrich our citizens gener.
ally, while it has failed to redeem its expenses.
In this view, our hotel-keepers and merchants
of all kinds may well afford to subscribe for a
large amount Of tickets for gratuitous distribu.
ton among their friends all over the country.
l understand that Barnum intends making
arrangements for round-trip tickets from all
parts of the Union, upon the plan which worked
SO successfully at the London exhibition. For
instance, an arrangement is made in behalf Of
fifty or one hundred passengers in a body from
the city of Washington, by which, in the pur-
chase OF a ticket each, they may come to New
York, remain here q limited number Of days,
at firstclass hotel, visit the palace as often as
they please during their stay, and at the time
trip ticket paying for all, Mt one-half the cost
which would fall upon each individual on his
own responsibility. Tickets upon this plan
from Paris and other places to the London ex-
hibition were made even to include the theatres
and other amusements. But, omitting such eX-
tras, upon the plan we have indicated, we do
not see why, during the ensuing summer, five
hundred thousand people may not be attracted
to New York, by the golden opportunity of
pleasant company from the same place. cheap
fares, and the benefit of round-trip ticket,
which pays for all necessary expenses for the
whole expedition. The ticket might be made
to induce even o run to Saratoga for few days,
or, at all events, for trip up the Hudson in one
of our magnificent river steamers and back
again, if desired.
For the purpose of some precise information
upon this subject, have visited Crystal Palaceto-
day. The outside surroundings, compared with
July last, are perfectly desolate. The nam
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from Kentucky, the Llliputians from Borneo,
the grizzly bears from California, and those
horrid alligators represented on forty feet
square of cannass, in conflict with warlike
horsemen, after the fashion of "St. George
and the Dragon" have all disappeared and
the drinking saloons are deserted and closed,
a score Of them; and the model artists have
put on their garments and they are gone. The
splendid saloon, in front of the main entrance
OF the palace where the President of the
United States, before entering the exhibition,
dropped in fer a glass of iee-water to quench
his thirst is shut up. Thousands of dollars
were spent in fitting it up; but even its inaugu.
ration by the President could not make it pay,
To-day we observed upon one of the doors the
following inscription! "Fourth Presbyterian
church" What a transformation is this The
fact is, the outside spectators were seized with
a sort Of "morus multicaulis" monomania
they were all to be rich, they risked every
thing, and lost all.
The interior of the palace still abounds in
attractions. Some of the statuary has been
removed; a large quantity Of those magnif.
cent French bronzes, that beautiful French por-
celain, including the Sevres ware, are gone
the Gobelin tapestries have been removed;
good deal Of the machinery, &C.; but there are
still thousands of beautiful things in the build
ing. Among the late additions are lot of
curious contributions from Japan, another lot
from Egypt, another from Turkey, and an in.
tercsting case full or two from Jerusalem in
cluding some daguerreotype views of Jerasa.
lem, Bethlehem, Mount Zion, and Nazareth:
" Over whose acres trod those blessed feet,
Which eighteen hundred years ago were nailed,
For our advantage, on the bitter cross"
There is vet fine collection of sculptures
on the lower floor. The most impressive group
are the Saviour and his Twelve Apostles, of CO.
lossal size; and among the most beautiful are
Hagar and Ishmael, driven into the desert with
her poor boy, by the cruel Abraham, who
ought to have sheltered them in spite of old
Sarah. What do we see? The young lad is
perishing for water, but Hagar has found it,
and with the anxious face of a mother she is
holding the vessel with the precious life-saving
water to his lips. Good Hagar Brave Ish-
mael! His children still hold the wilderness
into which their father was driven, while the
more favored descendants Of Abraham are
scattered and expelled, a by-word and reproach
among all nations. Such are the retributions
of eternal justice. Hagar and her boy are
avenged.
And there is the sweet and lovely impersona.
ton drawn from the poetry of Milton
Sabrina fair,
Over the glossy stream breathing
Her golden hair'
And there is Eve, startled and terrified at the
disasters resulting from that forbidden fruit,
beautiful creature, and there are Venuses and
psyches, and Cupids and Apollos, and many
other beautiful things, immortalized in marble.
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