Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-06-22
The raais exhibition.

The following extract from the Paris cor
respanlenee OF the Ruston Atlas somewhat
SURPRISES US, We though, they managed
ghiags better in France. and we had been
of,he opinion that the French, being so
perfecsiy.au faiito all such arrangements,
their exhibition would have surpassed
anything OF a similar character tha, had
hi,aerto been done. We suppose that
the account borders upon caricatare, but il
doubtless approaches the truth
M man in his senses. on this side Of
the water nj least wouia think Of dining
without SOUP; dinner witaoat soup weald
be as great an an.maiy as a jug without
handle, ,.r man without heRd Add
think ii any sscorres poRdent' dares COM
laence bis letter without Exhibition for
the next SIX months, he VIII Be deemed
ripe for some MeI.eaa Asylum. or rotten
enough Tor the tender nereies OF the doe
tor.
T arraugemsnis o. the Exhibition arc
sadly nismanagsd | met e French &C
qnaiutaBcc Coming ~ ~ the palais tie
findastrie YESTERDAY. and in reply 10 my
question, he said; "ifoa Bieu, IL a csaqae
.ioar sa,lSae chase Gs aaosns y roir" there
is less To see there every day. As the
rblais was opened me tine before il was
completed workmen are stili busy fnish-
ing the building; they are new digging
ditch In the nave. ami you may easily guess
the ary and subtle dust thrown " By the
spades fills the Whole atmosphere, and
every exhibitor hastens 10 hi3e his property
beneath triple covers of India-rabber, gut;a-
nerchs and duck. Rain finds passage il
the roof, and ifthe weather holds up the
sun shines with such power as 10 endanger
every article that relies on lis dyes for
fame. Dust [evsn nhere tsere Is no ditch
ing going on. aud where there is asH.all al
tendanee.) flies about in columns which
woaid make respectable appearance in
CREST Sahara sana-storm, Rohberies have
been committed BY some nimble- fingered
gentry. and the Government, after adding
another hundred policemen 10 the police
already on the SPOT, have engaged the for
eien commissioners - send hcme for as
mary police as they desired, promi.ipg 10
pay their expenses.
AS commercial speculation the Paiais
de fIndustfie is a failure. The shares have
already fallen from 10 10 l40 The sale
ofseason tickets 60 far is greatly iess-l
will net say than the London Exhibition
than even the Dublin Exhibition, .er Of the
Sydenham Palace, during the saline period
OF time. The company here reckoned on
receipts of s23,000 francs day, which du-
ing the lS0 day tie Exhibition viii last,
would have been total Of / 500 ,o0O france;
bat this would 10, have been brilliant, and
the Company would have been obliged 10
eonten, themselves xilh the per cent.
interest guaranteed by the Government,
which would have been onlY 3 per cent. in
reality, as It Is limited to SIS years. The
Managers Of the Company have acted as
tricky FreBchmen always act; you cannot
make these fellows honest business meH.
In the 6rst place they palmed Of on every
body, who. DESTROYS ofseeing the Fine Arts
Court, was simple enough 10 ask or nsea-
son ticket for the Exhibition, season tick
ct for the In6nsrrisl Courts. which they re-
fused to take back under any circumstan-
ees: they give no change, to secure the
high premium silver bears now: and they
are so much incenstd at being forced 10
elbow exhibitors a Tree entrance, they spite
themselves on them in every conceivable
way"