Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-04-18
THE PARIS EXHIBITION.
Lis' OF Americans to whom Prizes weI
swardrd-The United States Second Onl

Paris universal exhibition have all been re-
ceiyed by the State Departm ent, and prepara-
tons are now being made TO have the same
placed on exhibition in the old hall of Repre-
sentaiIyes at the Capitol. A large grass case
has been placed in the hall, and workmen are
now engaged in making stands for the same,
which will be completed by Wednesday next,
and the prizes placed on exhibition. From the
report OF Hon. N. NJ Beckwith, Commissioner
General and President of the Commission,
which is soon TO be gwen to the puolic,
able to make the following ex-
| tracts, which with the accompanying complete
list OF American exhibitors TO whom prizes
/ were awarded have never been published, and
Will, doubt, be read with much interest.
The examination of products aud making
/ awards was committed TO international Juries,
numbering in adj six hundred members. The
number OF jurors taken from ca ch nation
| in proportion TO the ground occupied by each
| in the exhibition, and the general commissioner
! of each nation nominated the Jurors allotted to
/ his national section. The organization COM
I prised one special Jury, ninety-four juries of
| classes, ten Juries of groups, aud a superior
| council. The duties of class iurles were to eX-
anime the products, and make lists of those
| exhibitors whose products they considered de-
/ serving of awards, naming the award they pro-
posed for each. These reports Were passed to
! the group luries, who revised them, cOncurred
proper, and passed the reports to the superior
| council, who decided upon the whole number
! OF awards TO be made and the number of each
/ grade of awards.
! more hIghly competent body of experts in
the products of every industrial art and science
| was probably never assembled foI a similar
! purpose. The rapidity OF their appreciations,
/ in many cases, was not In conformity with the
| views of exhibitors, who thought more time
| and explanation would have made their pro-
/ ducts better understood. But men devoted to
| special studies, familiar with first principles
and acquainted With their application. mod
| flied by human SKILL in almost every form,
seldom meet with product in their line so
/ entirely new in principle, so ingenious in de-
sign, or so complicated In structure, as to make
II dlfflcHlt for them to arrive at correct opin-
I ion upon its general merits in a short space of
! time. The united verdict of the International
| jury, composed in great part of professional
| men of known skill and established reputa-
tons, is the ablest and soundest judgment that
| will be pronounced on the relative condition
of the arts of industry at the present time, as
| displayed in the products of all countries.
Ninety five juries, working simultaneously
| and independently. and rendering in every
department separate reports, produce, when
/ collated, revised and confirmed, an aggregate
| verdict of reliable value.
From table accompanying the report 1T Is
| shown that OF the grand prizes the average per
! centage to the United States was O.OO.rS2. being
three times greater than that of France, which
is next on the list, 00e}06,) and over fl We times
/ greater than the general average per centage,
/ e .OOl15.) The per ceniage OF gold medals
| awarded to the United States was O.O9171, being
. greater than the per centage OF any other coun-
I try except France, (004272. aud nearly fifty
. per cent greater than the general average
which is QG222l: The per centage of silver
medals 10 the United States was U.13i32, being
greater than the per centage of any other coun-
, try except France, (014742,) and over fifty per
Ct Mt greater than the general average. In
7 bronze medals the per centage of the United
States was O.179lO, which was third on the list
being exceeded by Austria. (0.1Slgi,) Prussia,
and d, \. North Germany, Golsi91,l and France
the general ayerage, (O.12759.) OF those honor
ably mentioned, the per centage to the United
States was 01735o, exceeding that of any o,her
country. A summary shows that the general
. average per centage 10 the United States was
. 52.9s, being greater than to every other country
except France, (5557,) and over fifty per cent.
greater than the general average, (34. 81 being
/ the result of a comparison OF the whole num-
I ber of awards with the whole number of ex-
cOmpar son of the whole number of awards to
each country WITH the whole number of ex-
hibitors from that country TO show the average
TO each country.
The influence of exhibitions in.producng the
remarkable rise and equalization of the indus
trial arts over a large portion of the civilized
world, increasing useful products and aug
menting the growth Of commerce, is conspicu-
Gus everywhere and obvious TO every intelIi-
ceat mind which has been turned TO the SUBJ
Ject under circumstances favorable TO ebserya-
tion. Their effects also in a scieltific. econom.
ic, and political sense are subjects of great IN
teIest, but may be with more propriety sepa-
rately considered. The high position conceded
by the verdict of the jures TO American indus
trial products is not due i'll general TO graceful
design, fertile combinations of pleasing colors,
elegant forms, elaborate finish, or any Of the ar
tistic qualities hIch cultivate the taste and
fine the feelings by awakening in the mind a
higher sense of beauty, but it i, owing to their
skIlful, direct, and admirable adS ptation 10
the great wants they are intended to supply,
and 10 the originality and fertility Of invention
which converts the elements and natural forces
to the cOmmonest uses, m uluplying results and
diminishing toll. The peculiar and valuable
qualities Of our products will be adopted and
reproduced in all parts Of Europe, improving
the mechanical and industrial arts, and il is
reasonable 10 expect and gratifying TO belle We
that the benefits will be reciprocal. that our
products will in time acquire those tasteful and
pleasing qualities which command more admi-
ration and find q quicker and better mar ket
than the barely useful In concluding his re.
port Mr.. Beckwlth refers to the special reports,
several of which are from professional men
whose established regulations guarantee the
thoroughness of their studies and the ccuracy
of their work.
The special reports referred TO are: Bv Pro-
fessor +. A. p. Barnard-On new inventions,
scientific apparatus, and instruments of pre-
ciSion. Professor ]. Lawrence Smith-On
methods and processes in chemical science, &C.,
dc. Professor r. Is. Morse-On the trans
mission of intelligence. Mr.. Abram 8 Hewitt
On Bessemer steel, and on iron and steel Mr.
". :. Auchincloss, civil eDgineer-On railway
materials. locomotives, and marine engines.
MIR. :. B. Ruggles-On minerals, agricultural
products, and on inland and ocean transporta-
uon. Mr.. &. Il. Seymour-On important pro-
ducts in science and art. T. w. Evans, NJ. D.
On instruments and apparatus of surgery, sur
gical dentistry, and military sanitary institu-
tions. Mr.. l.. +. Beckwith, civil engineer-On
the fabrication of beton. concrete, cements, and
construction of sewers, tanks, wells, &c, &c.
Mr.. Arthur BeckwIth, civil engneer-On as
phalts and bitumen and the construction of
streets. sidewalks, &c, &c., and mac ada
mizs roads. Mr.. T.. G. Cowdin-On the cul-
tuTe and manufacture OF silk. Mr.. T.. b.
! Norton On firearms and materials of
war. Mr.. Paran Stevens-On pianos and
musical instruments, and on clothing.
| William 4 Johnston. M. Don the prepara-
tiOn OF food. Mr.. Frank Leslie-On the prac-
I teal application of fine arts. Professor J. w
| Hoyt-On educational apparatus. Mr.. J. ii.
Bowen-On building materials and methods of
building Mr.. ]. r. Freeze-On education.
! school-hOu ser, &c. MIR. j. p. Reynolds-On
! woods and agricultural products. Mr.. Z. r..
| Mudge-On wooden manufactures. &c Pro-
ftssor WillIam p. Blake-On gold, silver. and
| precious metals. Mr. p. Wilder, VIM. j. Flagg,
| and A. Thompson-On the vine and its cuI.
! ture, and on horticulture, pomology, &c. H.
| +. q. d'Aiigny, civil engineer-On minerals
| and metallurgy; on apparatus for boring tun-
| nels: on apparatus for rOck-breaking ard stamp
| ing, washing and separating ores and minerals;
| on pressed coal, its uses, &c-, &c.; on precious
| metals; on sugar. beet and beet-sugar; on trans
atlantic cable; on sewing -machines; on copper
/ and coal
The fol owing Is a list Of the International
Jury allotted to the United States :-Chas. &.
Perkins, new order of awards. w. T. Hoppin,
| group 1, classes and y J.P. Kennedy, group
1, class 3. X. M. Hunt, architect, group 1, class
| 4. Frank Leslie, (supplemented by DR.. T. w.
| Evans,) group class S. w. A. Adams fsup.
plemented by w. T. HopPin and DR.. I. w.