New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-06-14

be mended the shoes Of the ladies working al t0s
Fair. There was pretenson about his work. nothing
for show aud nothing like modern shoe'maklng ior nv
did honest work and soed shoes with genuine leather
One lady sat carding tow; near by were her gun
wheel and swfts. Another was spinning on o'3
Wheel and she filed her spindle with genuine threau
Another was weaving on loomi up and down wen'
the trcades the shuttle few TO and fro and every once
in a while the piece was wound up. We have come TO
this then-tbat these domestic arts by which we pros
pered and laid the foundation Of our National manu-
faetures and OF which, too Ingenious men received
from their motheis the rudimens Of inventive though"
along with enlarged notions Of Religion aud Free uo'
ernment have ceased 10 he real and are only obects Vi
curiosity. Let imagine that race OF Inventors
can arise from parents who exercise no mechanic shI
The next generation Is quite certain To be barren Vi III
eenious men, and the nett one too unless doihee'''
manufactures are revived. There must be an efcep'o"
made az regards the children of those Who lenn
10 SEWN machines
Great skill was displayed In the whole of this New
England Department. did not notice single sf''cie
that was not appropriate Even the dishes on the taoe
were of the old time fashion. snch edged plates
dark blue sugorbowls and whito and blue ware with
scenery Of Swiss mountains and Chinese temples 10
| n great mystery whence all these things came.
At BRYAN Hall was choice, extensive and most in'
tere sting collection of trophies and curostes some
Of these are very rare and ancient; Others, tho"gn
modern-eyen Of the present year-al~s!s must w
| looked on with intense interest.
| There were the block, tie steps OF the slave
Auction Of Charleston S. c.; also. line GIT sign VI
the slave Mart" There the bell from the pla''a
ton Of JEFF. Davis. fAlso instruments for Whipping
slnves snd chains and Jokes and ball snd chain' "nu
iron collars by which they were confined There WAS
rusty chain looking much like common log'chain'
with which our officers had been secured while III Garlic
Thunder; and there was lock and key wrencbed rom
Libby Prison. There were bowie knives red with the
blood Of our soldiers aud perfectly plain lSpeak only
OF things most noticeable; larger space would oe re-
CURED 10 mention all.
| There was Jeff. Dsvs's Bible. with his name IN H.
dated Brierfeld. written apparently by young man
whose hand is uniformed IL paiu pocket edition.
with no notes and did not 10 have been much
used. Quite likely.
| Then there was Jef. Davis album. common annir'
with here and there picture and Of some 10 pages
7, /. collection of Autographs Of distinguished men.
and is fully 20 years old. Among other names noticed
those OF J. p Ifar, u. Webster. 4. Ewing. u. Taylor
Willard Fillmore. S. A. Douglas, J. Collamer. T. Ii.
Benton. Robert winthrop Preston King. Alex H. ste
pheps j. r. Giddirss H. Clay J. q Adams.
The dress In which JEFF. was taken was in separated
room of Bryan Hail. the sdmittsncc 25 cents IL In
closes wax figure OF lifesis which !, no likeness OF
the man First there is an iron railing around II,
within this an enclosure Of heavy wire netting One
could not get nearer than siy feet. soldier
who helped 10 capture Mr. Davis told me the dress Is oil
calico To my eyes II looked like deaine that used To
retail for % cents yard 1t is OF dark purple ground
with crimson circles about the size of doves close
togehs and ia in respect handsome or remarkable
From the neck 20 the feet runs border about three
inches wide which look. AZ il cut from the borders Of
cashmere shawl 1t was fastened together with pins.
II did not seem constructed for woman who nirsed
Only portion OF the hoops visible II seemed to
Inc that the dre. made Tor remarkably tan wo-
man and that IL worn by Of ordinary size II must
have swept the ground. This. however. pagd easily
have been tho doub II the dIefs VA gennine
but this question must be considered forever settled
The day WIS there Mrs Iincoln' drrssmsher
visited the Fair and made statement In writing which
wss publicly read and which heard 20 the following
effect, Formerly she wS the dre'smsier Of jeff
Davis. wife and she recognizes the dress on e'hibi
ton "A. the one she herself made for Mrs. DsvS.
Among other euriostes. ! noticed the autograph 81
Boston Corbett of Mr. Golden. ord many Others. There
we're the two indictments against Aaron Burr and
lsunerhassett 1t will require moro than whole day
10 examine the interesting hinss In this department
The Fair win continue at least ten days longer Tho
receipts average about sl0,ooJ day. The visitors
from the country fewer than wAs expected lilo
citizens turn out well. While was there the weather
wa, excessively warm. the mercury at ". one soon
became excessively weary-so great wS the wan! OF
ventilation.
Charges and sugini-.s have been uttered that the
managers Of the Fair win not deal honestly with the
proceeds Specific charges have been made and pro-
no,ed 10 be false and malicious. Perhaps they Who
make the charges do because they do not wish to
contribute 1t 10 doubtful whether there 10 the least
truth in any of them. At pTefeni. look upon the
charges that been made against some Of tie Sdes
a. Infamous and such should be cause Sufficient To
send those who mnde them 10 the Pnltenfiaiy'
In one thing the Fair 10 not considered 'nocss''
People do not come from abroad ard MI W u. hos
and private houses Which have been prepared to re-.
ceive them. did not ind a lack OF stat IN mo carr
nor did find the least difficulty in getting room NJ
the hotel have seen many Occasions when lineage
was far more crowded.
Tho occa,iou 4, good one for railroads hotel h'spsrs
and Others to learn tho mind Of what m.sss w the
travelling hubble In Central Illinois corn IL from p
~ % cont, bn.hel and butter nom l2 70 - cents
nound Old prices for farm predictions have returned
The railroads charge high farce tie hotels higher siiL
s.venty.i,e cents a meal IL the lowest prices ~
plenty OF hotels they charge siAmesl Farming people
and tho.e connected with them, cannot afford to pay
what they con ger fol- three -four bushels OF corn or
for busbel Of wheat for seven pounds of batter or
for three pounds of wool for II meal Of vietnnis Much
lee, can they take out their families Time ""s when
greenbaeks were plent'ul some thought they would be-
more plentiful st.ll and most were willing 10 spena
them Hundreds Of Thousands Of men In the west
went 10 see their cons in the army, and the hotel