Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-05-23
From our Special Paris Couespondentl
The I'm iversaI Exposition.
rHIRp LETTER IRON COMMISSIONER HAaER.
PARIS. MAY LIST, 1867.

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true OF the American department. Most
of the articles are displayed, and me-
chanics are at work making cases to
cover such contributions as need protec-
tion from the dust. 1t will take
month or two longer to get the small
portion allotted to the United States
completely finished, unless greater pro-
gress is made than has been apparent
since my arrival here.
The contributions from America are
generally Of the first order on the score
of utility, but the display is a small one
and is so badly managed that 1t Is not
likely to prove at all creditable to the
nation. A portion Of the articles are In
the main building, while the remainder
are in what is called the "Annex," a shed
some distance from the main building.
Into this "shed" are put all the Ameri-
can Sewing Machines, about forty in
| numbera beautiful Locomotive from the
Grant Locomotive Works" at Patterson,
N. j., about dozen Reapers and Mowers
from the United States, Howe's and
Fairbanks Scales, Stevenson's beautiful
Street Car from New York, a large and
splendid show of Douglas s Pumps from
Middletown Conn, Wardwell's Steam
stone Cutting Machine from Rutland,
Wellingtons Vegetable Cutter from
Woodstock, Vt, the Doty Washing Ma
chine, the Universal and various other
Clothes w ringers, &c, &c.
The juries have visited most of the
articles in the exhibition, and in several
instances have made their reports, but
these are not made public. / am of
the opinion that Americans need expect
but few Of the laurels to be won in this
great race of nations. 1t was evidently
got up for the benefits Of France, aud so
shrewdly was the programme arranged
that the object will be reached and
Americans must be content to pay their
proportion Of the tax. In the French
Exhibition of 1856, there were dis
tributed IL large gold medals, 252
smaller ones, 2, 800 silver medals, $500
bronze medals and 1000 certificates Of
honorable mention. In that exhibition
there were $4,000 exhibitors; in this
there are $4,000. Only 100 gold, 1000
silver and 5000 bronze medals are to be
distributed. The number Of certificates
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is 5000. There are nearly ninety-tive
juries acting independently of each other
and it is said that over four hundred
gold medals have been recommended by
them, but by the rules Of the Imperial
Commission only one hundred can be
granted. To guard against an emergency
of this kind a Group Jury was formed,
whose duty 1t is to reduce the number OF
medals that may be awarded to that
named in the programme. How this is
to be accomplished l am not informed
An effort has been made to have the
number Of medals increased, but pro.
badly the original number will be in.
siste on by the Imperial Commission
If American contributors have medals
awarded them, we may safely conclude
that it is because the articles exhibited
are, in the minds of the jury, of superior
merit, for we have but few connected
with the official departments Of the Elk
hibition that manifest any special In
terest for any American contributors.
In looking over the fourth edition O.
the catalogue Of prices, | noticed butvery
few Americans placed on the list, anC
even of this small number most Of then
are absent or at least their place of stop
ping in Paris is not given. They are al
follows:
Glass I. (Oil Paintings w. F. Hoppin
" III, (Sculpture) j, P. Kennady.
". (Architecture) R. NJ. Hunt.
V. photographic and other en-.
graviDgs) Frank Leslie.
TX. photographs and Photogra
phic!Apparatus) W. A. Adams.
XI. (Medical instrument Depart
ment) j. R. Frieze.
XII. Mathematical Instruments
) Prof. Barnard.
" Xxx. Cutlery VIM. Slade
" LII. apparatus connected will
Exhibition) C. R. Goodwin.
In jury of class Ii. Prof. J. P. Leslie!
Of philadelphia was appointed, and il
here but is unwell and not able to at
tend to his duties.
) In class LIY. (Machine Tools) J
E. Holmes of New York is appointed. H
is here and is faithfully at work, ant
seems to be in every way competent t.
I'LL the place to which he is appointed.
In class LXII. Sewing Machines
e D'Alligny, Of Houghton, Mich, is
= member of the jury, and think he i
e doing tolerably well.
: By the foregoing it will be seen tina
n American jurors are scarce. Upon tn
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