Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-05-24


imply space, the most Notifying failure, |
inder all the circumstances, being In our
own department. There are upwards Of
Ieven hundred American exhibitors, and
their contributions will form leading
feature Of the exposition, but our COM
could only say TO fills Aalesty
Today that we had nothing ready for hlm
10 see, aud In all his extended tour he did
not see single Item contributed by the
United States.
The delay and confusion In the Amerl-
can department eliminated q few days
ago In the suspension, BY telegram
from President Grant, OF the entire com
mission and the temporary appointment
Of Col. Cannon, Mr.. MeRlfath and
others In their place. Al = meeting of
American exhibitors held soon after, the
late chief commissianer, Gen. Van Buren,,
defended his official conduct With much
warmth, declaring thdt his removal wss
an outrage and that he had been made
the victim Of vile conspiracy.
OF the merits of the ease, am not
prepared to speak. The new commits
sioners are certainly working with much
real. Co. Cannon seems 70 be q man Of
real executive force, and as fast as the
goods arrive, the exhibitors will, no
doubt, be properly accommodated, but
the great bulk Of our contributions are
still upon the water or are Just being
landed at Trieste, and several weeks
must elapse before they can all be placed
upon exhibition but patience and "elbow
grease" will bring all right In time. The
next Worlds Fair will be held upon our
own soil, aud present. faults will beai
good fruits II they but wan and spur us
up To thorough and timely preparation
for our great centennial.
Let Us now take u blrd's-eye view Of
the exhibition premises. They are 10.
Gated In the northwest suburbs OF the
city, iu beautiful park called the Prater.
The area OccuTled by the buildings and
grounds of tue exhibition, is one mile In
length by half mile In breadth, and IL
laid out with walks, fountains and
shruobery In the most tastafnl manner.
The grand central palace, the largest
and most magnificent building OF the
kind ever erected, Is twenty mine hun
dred and fifty feet 10 length by elk hun
dred and seventy in width, built Of
beautiful light colored limestone with
walls of great thickness, being designed
AS permanent structure. The opening
ceremonies to-day were held In Its great
rotunda, which Ia three hundred and ilfty
feet In diameter, and Ia surmounted by a
dome, two hundred and eighty feet in
height, capped by magnificent gilded
sIov NO. inns Passes Je ~ osseyT 2ssrics Of
ar natiOus, and already presents through
out Its vast arches aud corridors an APP
pearanee of dazzling splendOr, though
scarce BALI the articles destined for II are
in place. A few hundred feet from this
palace and running parallel with II, il
the principal Hall Of Machinery, also OF
stone, twenty-slx hundred feet long by
one hundred and fifty wide. Between
and around these chief buildings, are the
great Halls Of Agriculture, the Art aud
Picture Galleries, and upwards Of one
hundred other buildings designed for a
grent variety Of purposes. Some twenty
ofthem are dwelling houses representatiy,
the architecture and domestic habits Of
various nations.
A number Of princes and mobiles hav,
built elegant little pavillions for thei
temporary accommodation while visiting
the exhibition, aud the Viceroy of BgypI
has displayed his usual prodigallty u TIT
erection Of a splendid oriental mansion
In which he will reside for some tint
during the summer, and which he hal
presented 10 advance to the Archduk,
Rudolph, Of Austria.
The eating houses OF the various ma
lions constitute quite novel feature
each being built and admin stored In III
own home style.
One who has an enqulrlug palate ma,
hire "board around" every day for
month ln a different quai ter of the globe
Newspaper enterprise Is not conspleuou
here, but the proprietors of the Vlenni
Free Frsss have displayed something o
the New York Herald and EVERY EVEN
ING spirit In erecting upon the grounds
handsome building In which morning an,
evening editions of their large daily pape
Will be printed during the fair. We Will
nov glance a moment, unprepared thougl
IL Is, into the American Department. 70
our lighter fabrics we have grand cor
rldor ip The main palace, the tlrst as W
enter from the west cpd, space belnl
allotted 10 all nations 10 the order of thei
geographical locality. We have here
nooring Of four hundred and ffty BY sixti
feet. OF the products of American ski
which are TO NIL this area there is 10
day, unlocked and apparently ready,
single Mason and HRmlin cabinet organ
and directly opposite, grlnnlng amiabl,
over al ~ nelghbor, a small case Of arti
nclRl teeth, and this 10 precisely tn
amount Of our preparation In this quar-
ter. Ihe next corridor on the right 1
occupied by Great Britain, and the opel
court betwsen the two is nov being en-
closed for our own miscellaneous coutrI
buttons. II will make grand and wei
lighted hall, about two hundred an
thirty by nfty feet. Il lie one Of the nu
merous supplementary apartments that
has been found necessary TO provide 70
articles crowded out OF the main palace
and will probably be ready about Ia
time our last cargo Of goods is delivered
Our third space, one hundred fec
square, Is at the west end Of the Qrea
machine hail. A single steam fire engine
true TO its natural Instincts, stands her
ready for an alarm or for the Emperor
the rest of the area being covered witt
unopened boxes, pieces of disioiute
inBchinery, &C., our next neighbor 4
this depaftiaAlh Great Britain, being bu
little farther advanced.
In separate wooden building near b.
Is our Hall Of Agriculture, tfty BY tw'
hundred aud atty fBei, now nearly SIMPLY
three OF four Feal Drs and mnweTs In OF
corner being all TINT Is ready but il viii
no doubt become, when flled with GU
world-iamed agricultural Implements,
gieat centre OF attraction.
The above, with small apartments Il
the art and picture galleries, afford US
nnited floor srea Of over sixty thousau,
squars feet. Our contributions exceed II
pnMBeT and variety lAose which we sen
! "a tho Ion on and Psris exhibitions com
bined, AID though utterly pBprepsrel
for the opening we shall soon De able u
mai a display, especially in the neehan
lcal departments, which will do honor I,
our inventors and artisans,
All other nations, as we'll as Oursel yes
have yet much to do. The great worl
of preparation, suspended to-day, will
tomorrow BE- resumed, Al about the IL
OF Jube the multitudes who from all Lhl
ends Of the earth are turning their face
hitherward will find by far the grandet
exposition Of human art and ihdn-tri
this world has ever seen. But Who !
comingi Who can afford 10 come Tn
statements that have been published II
regard 10 the enormous expense Of livinl
In Vienna have ALREADY deferred mani
both In Europe and America, and | have
thereiore taken some paing 10 ascerialI
4 i'm 40. IA q II.