Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1855-04-11

Inc promotion OF the MechaDlc AIRS, abu 1Ac
encouragement Of Home Manufactures together
with the advancement of our City and State, are
the leading objects of the Institute. II
The results of Exhibitions Of this kind have most
satisfactorily proven the utility of such displays,
alfording a stimulus to Manufacturers for greater
Improvement, indicating new sources Of supply to
purchasers and creating new markets forproducers.
To this Exhibition therefore, the members of
the Institute cordially invite Manufacturers, Me-
chAnicz, Artists and all Others friendly to the cause
to contribute specimens of their Labor for the pur
pose of making display of their skill ingenuity
and taste, collectively; thus representing the de-
gress Of improvement in the Mechanic Arts in the
various sections of our country by comparison,
creating stimulus to excel and at the same time,
difusing useful information from a central point
tending greatly to promote the Arts and to exalt
the dignity of labor.
The extent ard convenient arrangement of the
building in which the exhibition is to be held win
present great advantages for the display Of all ar
tices contributed, and afford a valuable means of
submitting them to public inspection Their novel;
ty, excellence or utility, their style of workman
ship and their adaptation to the purposes intended
will thus be made known to the community in gen
eral
To give this Exhibition the desired usefulness, it
is necessary, TO make it general and to bring to-
gether, far possible the products of the DIFF
erent sections OF the Union 1t is, therefore urged
upon all Manufacturers and Mechanics into whose
hands this notice may fall, to forward one or more
specimens of their workmanship
The Committee assure contributors that no
effort shall be spared to display their goods
to the best advantage, that competent and impair
tiGl judges will be selected to examine them, and
the usual premiums awarded, as tokens of merit
for all specimens exhibited and entitled, uader the
rules ofthe Institute, to such awards
Persons who determine to send specimens will
at their earliest convenience address H. K
WALKER, at Nashville, advising what articles they
intend TO exhibit, and the amount Of space they
will probably occupy.
Articles sent for exhibition must be carefully
packed, and addressed Mechanics Institute care
Of WV. II GORDON & Co, Nashville, Tenn"
Any information required, will promptly given
by addressing the President CT Secretary of the
Institute.
CoNmTTEE.-M NJ. Monohap, President VIM.
StockeT Vice President; H. K Walker, Secretary;
J. B. Knowles, u. X. Walker, T. n. Brennan,
Chas. Davis, John Thompson, Geo. H Shepherd.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
The following Rules and Regulations have been
adopted for government of the Exhibition:
lst The Exhibition Rooms in Odd Fellows
Hall, will be opened for the reception Of goods on
Wednesday, September Goth, and on the evening
of the succeeding Monday, October 1st, the Ex-
hiblion viii he formally opened for the reception
of visitors The Exhibition will remain open at
least one week. ......s
ID. No article deposited after Friday September
2Sth can be entered on the Judges list for COM
petition or premium, except such as the Committee
shall be satisfied, were dispatched from distance
in tine to reach the Hall by that day, but failed to
arrive from unavoidable detention.
3D. Articles designed for exhibition only, will be
received free of charge until Saturday the Doth Of
September, after which time depostors will be
subject to charge of 50 cents for each article de-
posted
4th. Apprentices and Minors who contribute ar
tcles of their own make or invention shall specify
their age, and TIE time they have served at the
business.
9th. All articles deposited for competition or
premium must be Of American manufacture con-
spicuously labeled with appropriate names the
name of the Maker or Inventor Gf known and the
name ofthe Deposition, copy of which label must
be furnished the Clerk at tine time of bringing the
goods for entry on record.
9th. The depositor, at the time Of entry, win re-
ceive Ticket Of title to their goods, which ticket
will also admit them to the Exhibition at all times
when open to the public
z 9Th The ticket or check shall only be used by
the depositor and when found in the hands Of any
other person, will be stopped at the door, and the
deposition deprived Of its use.
Sth No article can be removed from the Exli-
bition until its close, without permission of the
Committee.
OH Articles of every kind in the Useful, Oma-
mental and Fine Arts viii be received for Exh,
btion.
10Th. The Judges shall be appointed about the
time Of opening the Exhibition, and the hours from
ITO % o'clock each morning will be appropriated
exclusively to them: therefore no owner, agent, or
visitor will be admitted to the Hall before 10 o.
clock, unless the Judges require some explanation
in which case all competitors in the same class
shall be daily notified to attend
lth. When objections raised, proof of origin
may be required by TIE Committee on awards
l2th. Three grades Of premiums viii be award
Ell, styled First Second and Third Glass, which
awards will be announced, and the Closing
Address delivered on the day the Exhibition
closes
18th. All articles will be at the risk of the owner
or depostor WHO'S expected to be present in per-
son or by agentduring the hours Of Exhibition
In the intervening time and at all times, TIE Com
mittee will use every eprt for their preservation
l4th. Membership tickets TO the Institute for
the current year viii admit the owner during the
continuance Of the Exhibition as wei as TO the
Lectures and the privileges Of the Library and
Reading Room These tickets, costing three DOL
lars may be had ut the Office Of the Exhibition and
of the Secretary or Librarian at the Rooms. a. any
time previous.
18th Articles intended for exhibition at the 40
ricnltural Fair may be withdrawn for that purpose,
notice Of such intention having been given at the
time Of entry.
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