, 1862-06-24

jackson county, Missouri.
This is stil1 the Mormon Mecca Prom I
lsed Land, when the "eaint6 possess the
eArth-'s
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.
The American Department-TheD D!f.
eufx1es Under which 1t has Inbored.
Correspondence OF the New York World ]
LONDON, Nay 50, 1854
As the goods in the exhibition have been
rs boxes have been emptfed, as |
vacant space has been filled, the visitors have
dispersed more generally over the building, |
BILE anreSes haye LOW througe ofbuBJ and eager
Bight-seers. The American department Of The |
exhibition has benefited By this dispersion, and |
1t is daily moro frequented- Therc is still the
ard the nses Of the things they exhibit. Nov
ard then one catches an exhibitor or his deputy
il the vicinity Of his wares, and it he com
mences explanations he Immediately becomes
the center Of crowd Of ready listeners: Thus,
since ny last letter, I hare found *sBlakers
patent sole-sew.ng machine" an object Of ad-
Mlration and even wonder. To be sure, 1t Is
not very dextrously worked, the operator be-
ing novice; but IS every one is familiar with
the form Of man at the hard and tedious work
Of sewing with double thread the sole on to
the upper leather of a boot, 1t is an in
teresting spectacle; this iron cobbler,
doing with q few turns Of q wheel, and in
scarce eighty seconds, the work which pair
that time in performing. Any sole that ever
Was pnt to boot or shoe can be affixed by this
machine It eews equally well the coarsest
army boot and the finest lady, 5 slipper. One
sLoe Of Epgland's greatest swells. The shoe |
Of extreme ton comes to such q remarkably |
fine point at the toe that the part Of the ma
chine which supports the shoe cannot be got |
far enough into it, though it is scarcely three
quarters Of an inch broad or course no big |
toe Of o full grown human being ever gets
within such narrow case, so the shoe IL made |
too long; already the highly fashionable shoe |
turns up an inch or more from the end Of the |
foot; it need surprise no one II the rage for
medieValiBm causes the adoption OF such long |
toed shots thAt the Wearers will be obliged to
tic up the toes Of them to their waists, as they
did in the elegant days Of Edward the Fourth.
Enough people Of sense, however. it is to be
hoped, will be left, as well in England as else
where, to keep Mr.. Bake's sole-sewing ma
chine In actlGe operation. Its value Is Of course
principally tested in the competition Of large
contracts. By such d machinery the United
States army shoe is soled; and if every ma
chine will sole a hundred and fifty pairs Of
boots or shoes day-as it Is claimed
that Mr.. Bake's machine willard each
soldier Of the United States army OF ZOO, 900
men wears out four pairs Of soles q year, as
well he may, the army Of the United States
will want 2,S00, ,0c0 pairs Of soles year. q lit
| tie lot that will Keep q few dozens OF machines
constantly LIZ going; The cost Of this machine
similar but very heavily made machinery,
! are lighter than the American shoe, and the
| prevailing Size Is smaller But besides being
seWed by machinery, the solo OF the French
AIRY shoe is clouted with round headed screw
nails, the worm Of the screw being made and
! the nail itself inserted at one operation By tho
same machine. These nails possibly save the
wear Of the leather somewhat, but in the win
| ter Of America, on slippery roads, nailed shoes
| WGuld Offer very uncertain fOOth0ld for the
wcarer. Mr. Blakes machine sews with
| thick wnxed string or thread, is easily man-
aged, and appears simple in construction.
shall no longer confine myself to things
American, but shall take IN detail the other
departments Of the exhibition, aud glance as
rapidly as I may at such objects as appear to
NE Of most interest to Amcric.us generally.
I hare not, however, left the American de-
I,artment; / have not yet exhausted the OBJ
jects worth notice there.
But before going out into the world at large,
let me mention Z few Of the difficulties under
which the American department has labored.
You know that Congress refused to grant tho
$50, coo sought for by the government te put
the American commission on footing Of
equality with the commissions Of other coun-
| tries. On this refusal Mr. Seward caused q
circular to be published iu the papers to the
effect that, Congress baEing refused the grant,
;
ers that the United States wo1ld take no E4s--
in the exhibition. AS the r0;M comni5s OF
ers had determined not to receive coGlnisss3n-
ers who had not the sanction of their OWL
| governments, NJ Stewards notification would
| gether- Luckily for them Mr.. Seward had not
done what he taid lie Ind done, and the Bri-
, tish commissioners have not to this day been
officially informed that the United States
: would take no part in the exhibition When
A1r, Holmes, with his remnant of authority as
I | American commissioner, sought space in the
} exhibition for American articles, MI. Seward'E
: letter to the papers was pointed out to him
I though at the same time it was 3dmitted tha
! no notification Of the refusal Of tile Uuites
L States to take part in the exhibition had beer
? received.
# Having obtained the right to apply 70
e space, the next difficult matter to be settlel
0 Holmes had arrived late, all his arrangement
<. having been upset be the cautankerousness 9
IS Congress all the space had been allotted
r, Stop! Let us see. Away at the end Of th
4 southeast corner Of the southeast transep,
II not far from the eastern dome "a centre Of u
It traction), and opposite the British America
1. colonies, WAS space allotted to certaln misce
is laneou6 manufacturers Of British hardware
o. This space would Just hold the American art
III cles forwarded. But how displace the hari
10 placed, but they could be squeezed, an
If squeezed they were, accordingly, and Vol
;" good place and very good space is the porto
e. Of the exhibition building allotted to tt
ur late Brother Jonathan
i: Having Bilenced conscientious scrup1ea
ur | royal commissioners at the expense Of tt
American newspapers {slandeTous man y At
as obtained all the space he had asked for, If
ls Holmes next trouble Wills to fill that spac
NJ Lying in the Vietoris docks and elseWhc
on were mlEcellaneous packages addressed
he the American Commissioner. Some we're Il
II, property OF rich contributors, and some t!
er, property Of poor contributors. The formt
ed had paid the freight Of thess articles. Il
5u- relied on the pride Of the representatives
,rY tie american people not to Let American tra
N, and industry and skill and genius be ignor
i've at q gathering of merchants, manufactures
at, from ali quarters Of the globe, This relian
my did not soften the hearts Of the ship-o1ne
On who wanted their freight, aud these y
ous Holmes had to satisfy out Of his own resourc
IL ut lsst they were, and the American depa
,c,] meut is at least respectable in all things,
the p7e-eminent in some. It Is unsortunat ate tt
rly the $4,000 were not forthcoming
lou help the poorer Inventors, and mechan
md to forward their articles. But !
the lack Of them not !. few meretorions thin
. Of would have reached the American departmc
tfsl | Alden'6 type-composing machine, q more ?
ion feet one. I am told by those who have I
an It, than either OF those exhibited by two otl
her American skill and patience which, instead
can lying in New York in obscurity. might
exhibited, have brought it's ingenious and
ing tient inventor fame and money. Mr.. Ali
pie, could not afford to send his machines SO
re- across the waters. But 1t is proTerbial1y fu
bel to 'cry over split milk
cry Tie British North American colonies, II
tUT- near ne{ghbors. occupy very good posit
I in the international exhibition, and fill it =
Dos we'll. Canada sends q magnificent aud ad
its rably prepared collection of woods, erai
ome and minerals. OF manufactures the Clnad
rec show is small and without remarkable objet
1urt Perhaps combined p1ow, drill, and harrt
fet- and also a brick and tile making machile
the exceptions. Both have been in practical
:, by erntio1 in Canada for some time, and b
rted novel poins of value The other British ct
the nits are very well represented Australia Sc
oity ing, among other things, some very good s.
dcs, pies Of cotton. OF these samples, and sc
Eard others from southwest Africa and other pla
rom I shall have more to say anon.
zing California is represented in the nave OF
exhibition by statue auegorical Of that St
.ca.. It is a nude female figure by Powers It
,ta~ hibits none Of the grace and dignity VT
h ;ts ! Won for the Greek Slave the admiratio
hao7 I every victor to the last exhibition, and
o snd Ca1ifornis is represented by this naked wor
80 I cannot imagine.
49, think there is now no doubt that the G
owes o-on41- ;.nr.ox1ras =, 49, .eS->oet @r;+b;n
r"n. past few days, as we'll as In the completel
nnh- and arrangement OF its contents.