Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-08-25
Correspondence Of the New York Tribune.
American Geuius A broad.

1t Is now an incontestible fact that the American
department of the great exhibition win, by the
great value Of the few articles exhibited, secure
for the country highly honorable position IN the
final honors of the exhibition. great proper
tion of these articles are unique, and therefore
without competition, and their position in the
great march of industrial progress is so evidently
in the front rank that they cannot fail to make
their marks on the minds Of 80 appreciative a peo-
pie as the French. Among the most prominent OF
these articles may be enumerated the following
Morses telegraph, to which the French have at
last returned with complete and frank aeknowl
edgment that, both practically and economically,
Il Is better system than the modified system in
use in both France and England up to this time !;
the reapers and mowers Of Mccormick, Manney,
and Wright, which are causing great sensation !;
the vulcanized India-rubber Of Goodyear, which
is actually producing revolution in many branch
es of the manufacturing industries of France; the
sewing machines of Singer, Grover, and Baker,
and Seymour, which, after the Crown jewels, at
tract larger crowds people than any other object
in the exhibition Colts revolvers Richmonds
machine for cutting thick iron for boilers and other
purposes the life boats of Thompson and others
the Congressional weights and measures; the da-
guerreotypes Of Quincy and Meade the samples
of bank-note engraving; the artificial teeth and
specimens of dentistry; the charts Of Lieutenant
Maury.
Then there are two remarkable pianos, some
beautiful stationary and oscllating engines Sec
ton Of model ship, machine for cutting clothes
in quantity apparatus for curing stammerDg, speci-
mems Of native ores, and other objects which pos
sess merit, and are attracting due share Of aten
ton. The American Commissioners are about to
publish a catalogue of the American department
in French, which will form a pamphlet of more
than fifty pages and which will be distributed gra-
tuitously in the Palace building.
great trial Of reaping machines has just taken
place, in which the three American machines men-
toned above so far surpassed all the English and
French machines on the ground that there was no
contest of character to excite much interest, ex-
cept between the three American machines. Nc
Cormick carried ofthe honors of the day, and his
agent, Mckenzie, was cheered most loudly in all
parts Of the field, wherever he appeared with his
machine. The Prince Napoleon has ordered an
other trial for Tuesday next, at La TIappes, to
which all the jurymen, the commissioners, and
other officers of the exhibition are invited, and
which will be the trial on which the jury will de-
eide. Already the wealthy farmers from all parts
of the country are coming to Paris to see these
machines. A more lively interest is taken in them
than was anticipated, and no difficulty whatever
will be experienced in their introduction into gen.
eral use. Al LIlb IHOlleuJ IuDoTeFs III
in France, and there never was more proptious
period for the introduction Of labor-saving ma
chimes than:the present
In large government establishment at Paris
under the direction of the Minister of War, where
about two thousand men and women are employed
in making soldiers Clothes tents and outfits for
the army, about 80 of Avery's sewing machines
bought by the French Government for army pur-
poses) have been put in operation recently, by
steam, under the direction of Miss Alice Ames,
formerly directress Of the Company's establish
ment on Broadway, and who was sent for by
| the government for this purpose.
Under Miss Ames's able direction, the soldiers
are capable of making % to 80 pairs of panta
| looms each per day--a success which has induced
the Minister to give much greater extension to
| the operations of this useful invention There is
also in operation in the same building an Ameii
can invention for cutting clothes gros.
The Hon. Mr.. Elliott, of South Carolina, deliv
cred an address in French a few days ago before
| the Imperial Agricultural Society of France, in
which the value Of the cotton culture to the man.
nfacuring interests Of France was ably set forth,
and some new and interesting facts brought to
light which attracted great attention from the nu
merous auditory present Mr. Elliott was much
appauded during the delivery of the address, and
at the close of IL received something more sub
stantial, in the shape Of medal and an honorary
title.