The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-05-28
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THE HEUNIyKRsAL EXHIBITION.


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s..,.. IN snd eut Of. the BaildinE.
Corrsspondence of the New York Tribune
YnssA, May 5.-opsesnnot yetss1
that there ii is either order or pleasure IN
the exposition building or out OF It.
Yesterday being the first Sunday. and
the price of admission reduced 70 two
f,orius, (sl,) q great crowd was e1pecs-
ed. and the restaurateurs who hare
commenced business prepared them.
selves accordingly. - =. zEs-. ..
Within the building the sound OF
hammer and eaw, and the dnst raised
by huge birch brooms, were as bad -
on apS previous week day, while twenty
had leaks in tie roof OF the great rotuu>
ia made q new and unforeseen discom-
fort Some OF the short side transepts
itbe American for one) are also by no
means waterproof :.
On Saturday the public curiosity was
gratified BY the sight OF the Crown
Prince Of Germany, who came accom-
nan;ed by the Crown Princess. ard re-
ma;ned three hours. He first very de.
-iiberately inspected the German part OF
the show, the arrangement OF winch Is
nearly completed, then visited the build,
ing erected by Krupp, the famous steel
fonnder of Essen, the halls for machln-
ery and art, and the Japanese and Al
satan houses. At the latter place
glasses of Alsatian wine-the viutsge
lost by France-were offered to the two
princely guests. r.. o.. =, al.
I cannot by any description do justice
to this climate, where one moment
YOUR brain is stupg by the sun and tie
next an icy wind stabs you under the
ear. Eyerybody's nerves are in an irrl-
table state, and consequently no one ls
Quite happy. Even this mornings
Vienna papers are beginning to growi
over the high prices and the general
tendency to extortiun. All the foreign
visitors whom meet except the exhib-
itors Just brandisbing their sickles on
the skirts Of the harvest field, are either
tired or rheumatic, or alarmed for their
nocksts. There is an unusually large
number of visitors in the building to-
day. The Prince of Wales made his
official visit as commissioner to the
English department. accompanied by
the Crown Prince and Princes OF Ger
MANY, the Countess Bruhl, Lady Dud-
lev. and various other titled attach
ments, every one of whom will be re-
ported tonight by telegraph to the Lon
don papers.
"Wales" went about his work in q
plain, business like way, and his party
was not i'm peded by the curious until
they left the English part OF the wing,
and passed through the rotuDda on
their way to the art building. Then
there was a general scamper down the
whole length OF the eastern wing. All
the high personages walked very rapid
TO avoid the crowd. When / met them
ON my return from q vain attempt to
get into the art building, they had fairly
distanced the most OF their admirers.
The Prince Of Wales bad buttonet his
brown coat to bind in the growing ro-
tundity of his body, and walked very
lightly, considering his weight. His
face is thoroughly amiable and good
humored, but nothing more; his reign
will bring no dangers to England.
Fredrick William of Prussia Im-
proves on a nearer view. In his photo
graphs there is half sullen gathering
OF the eyebrows and hard vacancy in
the gaze which does not belong to the
real man. His eyes are an unusually
light blue, which accounts for their
Photographic dullness; but they are, in
reality, bright. frank aud winning. HIS
face expresses q good deal of Mathew
Arnolds sweetness and light" l should
name, as its two prominent character
istics, virility and honesty. The Crown
Princess Victoria cluug to his arm with
q very evident tondness. l might state
for the edifcation OF many ladies, that
her dress was a green variety OF the new
bronze color, with two Tor was it three),
richly embroidered flounces. 1t did not
sweep the floor behind her. Later in
the afternoon the Emperor and Empress
arrived, but / believe they did not
make any extensive inspection, even Of
Austrian and Hungarian courts. They
were cordially but quietly received, but
there was no attempt on the part OF Oh
ficials to prevent the foreign visitors
from pressing near enough to have q
satisfactory view. ..e . .,i.a
There is not the immediate rush OF
strangers which was anticipated, and l
think the Viennese spectators IN their
necessity are beginning to have misglv'
ings. There is an evident change In
their manner toward ns. their victims.
must admit, however, that the Eng
lish and American restaurateurs are
more than their equals. A countryman
of mine, who wished to make an Austri-
an baron acquainted with our famous
national drinks" found himself called
upon to pay sixty cents for two very
diminitive whisky cocktails. a. d
THR AMERICAN DEPARTMENT.
As investigation into the condition OF
our own department goes on, we ind
the evidences Of what may be euphe-
mistieally called ''irreeularity growing
in weight and directness. Not only
are there no accounts OF money expend
ed or received, but no contracts, no
vouchers (so far as yet ascertained).
except those made here in Vienna; and
the goods sent from Trieste weeks ego
are only about seyen-eigbths accounted
for. the cars moi having been checked
as they unloaded here, and no list hay
ing been kept of the boxes delivered.
1t is now impossible to ascertain, in the
confusion and the wilderness Of loaded
and empty cars about the stations,