Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-05-07
NASHVILLE EXPOSITION.
Magnificent Temple Of Art-Endless Va
riety Of Articles on Exhibition.
Large Attendance and Great Interest
Immense Success, Etc.

Immense Success, Etc.
Special correspondence Memphis Appeal
NASHVILLE, May 3, ls72-Leaving
| your beautiful city Of the Bluffs on the
morning Of the second instant, 1 reached
Nashville near five o'clock on the even
ing Of the same day. / found the city
astir, and the people alive to the great
event Of the season, the Industrial Elk.
position. Reaching the depot, l direct.
ed my steps to the capacious and mag,
nihcent Exposition building, on the cor,
ner of Spruce and Broad streets. Truly
may it be called a temple Of art and o.
industry. Its proportions are symmet-
rical, its dimensions extensive, its archi.
~teetural design neat, tasteful and ele-
CANT, while its finish is elaborate and
complete. The huge cruciform, cover
ing almost an acre of ground, neal the
center of the city, with its v~ariegated
paintings and eOloring, and its many
domes and spires, from which banners
and streamers are floating in the spring
breezes, presents an appearance at once
e~xhilerating and pleasant. Within the
spacious building such a Ihum
and busy stir is rarely seen. The
building is the largest and the
most ~prOfusely and elegantly decorated
and adorned that has eve been erected
in the Southwest for similar purposes.
1t is lost admirably arranged. The va
riOus compartments are iudiciously
adapted TO the specific purposes for
which each is designed, aBnd is fitted
up in most tasteful style. The decora-
ting and f~estOOning is on a scale of
magnitude and diversity we have never
seen surpassed, and eyinces the highest
degree of ingenuity as well as great good
taste.
Large and elegant placards are APP
prOpriately displayed at proper distances
withthe names of all the States, andOth-
ers with the names ofeach Ofthe counties
Of Tennessee, showing that the EXPOSE
ton is for all the States as well as fer
our own. Streamers and ornaments are
profusely displayed. Pyramids of rock,
minerals, ores, coal and the products Of
the hills, valleys aud mountains are
erected here and there. Beautiful walks
meander through the building, adorned
with works Of nature and OF art. In
Vulnerable fountains play and spar
kle, giving out pleasing and cheer
full jets of refreshing water. The
whole presents a scene Of most
busy industry and pleasing enchantment
rarely witnessed. Every article Of in
ventiOn, any product Of the earth, or
~utensil, or implement for farm or gar
den, and every variety Of manufacture,
and fine goods and textile fabrics, as
well as works of handicraft, the. fine
arts, etc, in endless variety, are those
most conveniently and tastefully ar
ranged. Most of the States, we believe,
are represented in the Exposition in
some article or another.
The scene at the 1nst blush is over
wheiming and bewildering, impressing
with the triumphs of genius, the ex7
uberance OF nature and the trophies of
art, blended in harmonious and attract.
i've display. IL is Indeed a triumph
Every style and variety Of machinery
OF the inst order and make, are there
and Power Hal viii soon resound with
its whirr and rafting Chang. Among
other features we notice that the TJqio9
and american has a large double-
cylinder power press there, on
which they viii run Off their
daily Exposition edition during the
continuance Of the exhibition. The en-
terprise is not fully under way vet,
though Il is open for visitors. The work
of busy preparation is hourly going ON,
of putting up machinery, adjusting the
same, etc, and BY Monday, next every
thing will be complete and the expOsi-
ton In full and successful blast, Hun
dreds Of visitors pour into the building
during the day, and each night there Is
a gathering of the multitudes. When
the building is lighted up at night, the
scene is dazzling and brilliant, and at
traetive in the extreme. In fact, we
have witnessed anything surpass-
ing 1t in appearance. Each night wit
nesses the assemblage OF from four 10
seven thousand persons, and next
week, when the ExpOsit. en- is fully
opened and under way, there VIII be
double that number each night. Al
ready the enterprise may he regarded as
a fixed and an immense success.
WI. b.
z. S.-The nomination Of Mr.. Gree
gives great satisfaction here.