The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-02-05
Tho vienna international Exposition.
How tfie United States viii be Repre-
rrrm Tho New York r,3bnrn


sentatior has been extended I'd February
10Th. The objects already collected by the
Geographical Society and those on the way
win make an excellent show. There will lie
a complete collection Of statistics Of trade and
commerce, production aud resources. In
addition, there will be no less than four hun
drcd large photographs, many Of them two
feet square, of striking and characteristic
American scenery. Some Of these photo
graphs are preparing IN California, Ore
gon, and Washington Territory Many Of
them are expected to arrive during the pre-
sent week. Twenty-Five large photographs
of the White Mountains, Of unusual beauty.
will also form part of the collection. The
Northern Pacific railroad, recognizing the
utility of having the tract of land coded BY
the Government well understood by would
he emigrants. are having map prepared,
which will be fifty feet in length, and will
show the character and extent of the land in
question. The railroad company will also
exhibit collection of fruits, grains, and
other agricultural productions of the great
Northwest for the purpose Of tempting cmi-
grafton thereto.
The United States will be better repre-
>cnted in the department of machinery and
agricultural implements than in any other.
| The space which is tn he devoted to this de-
| mrtmcnt. |, 900 square metres, will be COM
| plclcIy filled by those Objects, which have
already been received; to make way for
other objects in his department would ncccs-
state the crowding out of some OF those
lsalgeady entered. The large American manu-
fffrturcrs, almost without exception, will he
| represented. The machinery will, at the En-
position, he driven by two American engines.
,.ID uf a nflfi
woodworking machines. printin@-presSc>,
and crcotypin@-machincs sewing machines
(nf which ten are eutercd) and kntting-ma-
chimes. Besides these there will he machines
| for the manufacture of Silicon and Bcssemer
! steel, wool and llaX-spinners, mowers. reap
ers, ploughS. and neutrality-suspicious. fire
cxtinguishers and machines for cutting
cIoth, as well as thermometers scales, safes,
| brick shocmakingmachincs, horse
| mliug-machincS, and washing-machines.
There will be also on exhibition fine collec-
ton of ores and minerals, illustrative Of the
countrv's mineral resources. Pianos and
dental goods will also he well represented.
Models of sircci-carS and Of the Pull
| man cur will he exhibited. The Cotton
| Exchange OF New Orleans and other Cotton
Exchanges will send statistics of cotton cul-
turc and production as well us samples OF
cotton and cutlon-pElntS. The various IRON
masters associations will send statistics of
American iron manufacture. Sugars will
| make good exhibit, while textile fabrics will
| make but very sorry show. Tobacco will
| be exhibited in abundance in MI its forms.
Wines of American growth will be sent
| from California. Ohio, and Chautauqua
county, n. Y. The -four trade will be well
represented The Commissioner is also pro-
missed about 200 oiI-paintings, to he selected
by the National Academy of Design. In the
| Educational Department there will be Il
| model of IN American school-housc. In
addition to this there will be statistics OF
education (most Of which are already pre-
parcd) School-bookS, and school appliances
| from every State in the Union. These are
constantly arriving.
| The United States storeship The Guard,
| Commander Babcock. and the Supply, Cap
tain Kirkland. will convey the articles dcS-
| tined for the exhibition. The former vessel,
| which went into commission on Saturday at
| the Brooklyn navy-yard, will positively sail
on March /. The Supply will 20 into COM
| mission in Il few days, and will sail soon after
The Guard. No applications for representa-
| ton will he received after February II. a
newspaper will he started and printed in
English during the Exposition ut Vienna.
The collection of American newspapers
which Mr. Stcisrr is making has already
reached 5000 in number, aud will probably
| amount to 1000 in all. Although Congress
more than Il week since passed Il resolution
appropriatinG 100000 for the purposes of
| dclrayiug the expenses Of the Commissioner
and assistants, and for other expenses, no
money has yet been received.
f. all Cot,
issued to exhibitors:
Office Of United States Commission to IN
tcrnotiOnol Exposition at Vienna, austria,
81 Chambers street. Ne,o Tork.--Sir, You
are respectfully notified that II United States
Government vessel is now ready ut the
| Brooklyn navy-yard to receive the articles
/! Tor the Vienna Exhibition. and will sail on
the lst of March. You will therefore please
forward immediately the articles for which
YOU have been allotted space. Beside the
| address herein incloscd for the Vienna Expo
| stion, which is TO be placed on the outside
| md inside of your package, you will please
mark the SAME Vienna Exposition, u. s.
| Navy Yard, Brooklyn, y. Y. From -.
Group, -. Weight, -. Measurement
Cubic feet, -"
The goods must be delivered at the Brook
| Iyn na>y.yard not later than the 25ih of
| February. free of all expense to this Com
mission, after which all freight and carriage
to Vienna will be paid by the Government.
| Insurance must be obtained by exhibitors.
Particular care has to be taken to forward TO
this Office notice Of shipment, shipping re-
ccipts, and detailed list of the contents Of
each box or package. Boxes should be put
| together with screws, 50 that they may he
taken apart without injury, stored during
| the time Of the exhibition, and lie ready for
use again after the same is closed Cata-
logues of articles which will be eXhi-
Dited in the American Department of
| the Vienna Exhibition will be printed
| soon, and if from any cause YOU should
be unable to forward your goods, YOU
are requested to send immediate notification
| to this office. Exhibitors of machinery will
have to provide counter shafts, pulleys, belts,
wrencncS. oil-cans, etc, at their own en-
pen>c. TO save lime and to avoid failure in
operating the machines, the aboyc-named
articles should be sent together with the
machines. There will be two main shafts !;
one of which has a diameter Of three and Il
half inches (metrc 0.09), and makes 12O rcvo-
buttons per minute, and tue other with Il d.
ametrr of two and half inches, making 30
revolutions per minute.
Thomas j. VAN buren,,
United States CommlsSioner-General.
ARRIVALS FROM EUROPE BY TIE PERUVIAN.
The following is Il list of the passengers for