The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-08-01
Letter from Paris.
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.i.ss iu, ia..D..u. PARIS, July 10, 1851.
To tho Editor Of The Press m -.U aHim7i |
The great distribution of prizes has taken
place and of course, from that date the inter-
est in the Exposition besan to lessen. donot
me N that the number of visitors was very
sensibly diminished, for the daily average re-
mains about fifty thousand, but the interest
OF exposants is fast ebbing away. The mop-
strous task OF exhibiting wearies their minds
while the gay life Of Paris outside of the Ex-
position bewllders their senses and makes
them long for "sweet home" ..fl anal {,
Of course there is dissatisfaction about
awards, that is to be expected one very similar
occasion, but complaint and rebellion are more
than usually manifest. Several offended par
ties have refused the medals awarded them
and others, Lessor more-fortunats console
themselves BY thinking that no prize is better,
than one Ill deserved. Indeed many of the
j,lrles showed little just discrimination while
Others were palpably bought. A word Of ek-
PLANTATION may be well, that the writer Is IN
no way an interested party, Is simply disin
terested observer, nor does he say that what
ever articles obtained high prizes were un-
worthy but that venality and ignorance on
the part of some juries have deprived-articles
equally or more worthy of high premiums.
As a nation the United States
cannot complain, for probably no other
department has taken so large a
proportion OF medals. In the United States
department there were something less than
five hundred entries, two hundred and fifty
eight of which have received prizes. Two
prizes classified hors concours were awarded
to our Quartermaster's Department and Coast
Survey. Four grand prizes were given to
Cyrus w. Field for the Atlantic Cable; Prof.
Hughes, for telegraphic printing; Mr.. Chapin
of Lawrence, Mass, for the excellent work
and management Of the Pacific Cotton Mills; /;
DR.. Evans, for the excellent work and man
agement of the United States Sanitary Com
mission, and the Vineland Colonization So
ciety of New Jersey. .1 In' ,'sa,.r,f
i In addition the United States receive sew
enteen gold medals, fifty-nine silver medals,
ninety -four bronze medals and eighty-one
honorable mentions. OF the medals New
York State has 8 gold, 14silyer and 80 bronze; |;
atassachusetts has . gold. 15 silver and 1a
bronze; Pennsylvania has gold, silver and
IA bronze; Connecticut has / gold, 8 silver
and bronze; Louisiana has 2 gold, silver
and bronze; New Jersey has gold, a silver
and bronze; Illinois has gold, silver and
bronze; Rhode Island has gold, 2 silver
and bronze. No other State has a gold
medal, the other States being but little repra-
sented. Maine takes but one medal, q bronze
one, that for the knitting Machine exhibited
by Mr.. G. A. Shaw Of Biddeford. .','-, ("
Not a few United States manufacturers are
greatly surprised at finding here poor copies
of their own work, exhibited as belonging to
some other country. While strolling through
the Palace one day, pleasantly chatting with
Mr.. 81. B. Chamberlain, Of the well known
firm of II. B. Chamberlain and Brothers,
manufacturers of philosophical instruments
in Boston, we came upon some apparatus In
the Canadian department. which Mr. Cham
berlain at once recognized by some unmistak-
able peculiarities, as being copied from bis own
make, but the funniest Of all was that Mr.. c.,
discarded those styles some years since having
substituted much better instruments.
But enough of Exposition matters for nov.
| A few words of gossip and have done. The
Sultan has gone to England, having spent o
few days at Paris, and having been entertain
ed by receptions, a grand review and visits to
the Exposition. 1t Is rumored, too, that while
here it was his custom to wander about the
streets incOgnit0, seeing without being seen,
studying the customs of Paris 1t Is asserted
by one of the Journals that he is so much
pleased with French cooking that he will take
measures to have it introduced into Turkey.
Poor subjects Little do you know what you
must suffer from your sovereign's visit to this
city Of hashes, If that report be truel .-
Maximilian's death has thrown shade Of
gloom over Europe, especially upon Austria
and France. The Courts of Austria, Prussia
and France have assumed mourning for thir-
ty days, and fetes have been countemanded
or postponed in Paris. Mr.. Thiers recently
delivered a powerful speech in the Corps Leg
islatif on the Mexican question, giving its
history and showing unmistakably where
the real guilt belongs. That war has never
been popular with the French masses and
now that the unfortunate usurper Is killed the
French Government is soundly censured by
everybody. h slo,.,las ,i.4na>.,4 uoau l -
The first Of the last series of grand concerts
under the patronage Of the Imperial Commis-
sion Of the Exposition was given yesterday
We have been favored with three series. AT
the first eight thousand singers selected from
all over France rendered in an Incompatible
manner some dozen selections from the great
masters. Next followed concert partly in
strumental, partly vocal, near fifteen hundred
chosens musicians Of Paris taking part. Last
of all is the series of instrumental concerts in
which four thousand participate. So 1t goes.
The stranger in Paris Is at loss to know how
to distribute himself among the scores OF ex-
cellent entertainments occurring at the same
time in this wonderful "city Of pleasure"
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