New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-06-07
Universal Exposition Of 1875.

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The recent session of the United States
| Centennial Commission, held in Phila-
| delpbia, completed the preliminary bust
ness necessary to the success Of the great
exposition Of 1876.
The commissioners have been appointed
from every State and Territory IN the
United States, and these representatives
were nearly all il attendance at the session
Of the commission just closed.
Honorable Henry ProbascO, of this city,
felt compelled TO resign his place as the
commissioner from Ohio, on account OF con.
tinued i'll health; but the position has been
wOrthily filed by Honorable A. 7. GOshOrn
OF this city, whose connection with our own
exposition furnishes experience which must
be OF very great value to the Centennial
Commission.
The commission testified their apprecia-
ton of Mr.. GoshOm by electing him one of
the vice presidents, and also placing him on
the executive committee AS a member of
the executive committee Mr.. GoshOrn viii
be able to bring the workings of our Gin
clnnatI exposition to the special attention
Of the commission, and we note with pleas
ure that Mir. GOshOrn was authorized bv our
directors to invite the Centennial Commits
sion to attend the exposition in this city
which invitation was accepted with the ap-
pOintment Of special committee, Hon.
make report to the commission in Deem
Der next.
Among the items of business transacted
were fixing the date of opening tine exposi-
ton April IL, 1876 and closing October 10
OF the same year; the details necessary to
open the stock subscriptions in accordance
with the recent act of Congress creating
the finance board under direction of the
commission; the offers to be made for plans
of hVUTlH linz. z
State commissions to cooperate with the
national commission, and the method of
representation for foreign countries
through commissions established for the
purpose.
The chairrnen of the standing committees
are as follows:
Executive COMMUNICATION Daniel j.
MOrrell, Of Pennsylvania
Plans and Architecture-Hop A. T. Go
shOrn, of Ohio.
Foreign Attairs-ProfessO John L. CarnD-
bell, OF Indiana.
Tariff and TranspOrtation-HOn A. C,
French, of Mississippi
On Finance-HOn. j. Wiley Edmunds, of
Massachusetts.
On Opening Services-Hon. James L. Orr,
of South Carolina.
On Legislation-Hon. David Atwood, of
Wisconsin.
Blake, of Connecticut.
The president of the commission is Hon.
Joseph R. Hawley, Connecticut, and the
temporary secretary is Hon. Lewis Smith, |
Georgia.
The national character of the enterprise, |
the period 1t is designed to commemorate, |
the great benefits to accrue to all mankind |
from full exposition Of the products and |
processes of the world, and the direct re-
suits tor good in strengthening the bonds of |
our our, Union, should secure at once the cor
ulaL cooperation of the entire American |
people. We earnestly hone that 4he eIe- |
m e3I OF dlscord and division in our nation |
VII nave so entirely disappeared that in
1910 we may present to the world, as the |
result OF our first 100 years, this the freest
@n Nh nap pE1 nation on the globe.
May the greatness of our success in the
arts of war and heroic bravery be onIT ont mt
Swallowed by, our power and better fri
umphs in all the arts of peace. '-