Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-05-22
Progress at Vienna.

Q the details OF preparation alone
p mat loreign papers bring us from Vienna,
: oi'erihg glimpse ofthc coming Exbibi-
: .'on whose later incomplete glories We
may fill out from the imaginative sna
sesuons OF the cable reports. The c,a,-
Ter OF carpenters tools and the numbor
Vi railway trains carrying material for
, 'he extension of wings and 'annexes,
pcr'ades all descriptions. Already
mere nave arisen East Indian pagodas.
i''hshed even to the resplendent piIdi,o
surrounded with gorgeous bano;,os >.
rich carpets; japanese dwellings. On,
whose cufving roofs the estraw-slinnarod
Morkmen OF leddo fix the last ti-os
turkish bazaArs, Egyptian shops and
ltaiian villas. Distant from Tho p,,.
o' industry the new hotels are in full oc.
'upatioh, gathering in from visitors III.
millions expended in their hastv con
s'ruction. But among all this brs,1,
ana wealth and activity there is po,h;,l
more provocative of melancholy to ,ho
p"''iotic American than the ceptras,
ii'"ocehtiy drawn by correspondents Of
tisse JhQHiaQh RaRfGso beibtwgssssg beibtwsssg the, Gqndj,
board-room, its Offices for clerks, its
conyenieces for living, its garden
planted with home flowers, its comforta-
bic furniture and upholstery, finds no
mate in the quarters of the American
deputation. Near by are the workmen's
dwelling houses, built by the Commits
SION, where the artisans employed in the
British Department eat. sleep and form
a thrifty, well-fed and housed communi-
ty among themselves. Sixty workmen
have been sent over to aid in construc-
Ton. Even more lamentable by com
parison, because ofits material influence
is the condition of the two national de-
partments. The American contribu.
tions are somewhere, or nowhere.
Hundreds of ofrailway trucks full of goods
are huddled in confusion at the Capital,
and more are stuck fast at The frontiers
hen tie machinery from this country
had arrived at Trieste, the English
roads about the Exhibition buildings,
giving practical proof Of their efficiency,
nnd the English steam locomotive cranes
were busy about the cdifce hosting
and carrying and depositing great
burdens to the wonder of the slow Aus
trian constructors. While our mowers
and reapers were yet unpacked, the
English steam-ploughs, harrows and
threshers were in place, and exhibitors
OF observation-disclosures in the British
department were over-run with orders
Tor duplicates from German farmers.
When we see the only rival of America
in mechanical industry and invention
thus stepping in ahead of our exhibitors
to secure the chief prize of pecuniary
profit, 1t is but an aggravation to read
of 100000 worth of English plate
already on exhibition, and of the gilt
tering showcases that rise as by en-
chantment tor the display Of fine wares,
while dust and tawdry decorations alone
mark our location. To this we have to
add the murmurs of our countrvmen
against the increasing cost of breakfasts
and the well-nigh ruinous extravagances
of dinners; and their equally amusing
lamentations at the loss of social posi-
ton incurred by Gen. Van Buren,
through his habit of using the public
hOrse-cars for travel from his lodgings
to the Exhibition, while the Prince of
Wales. riding in hacre, heads the
English Commission as the chief work
ing member. A single consolation is
found in the fact that correspondents
one and all warn away all visitors for
month at least, within which time it is
possible that the effect of the blunders
at Washington may be made less per-
ceptible at Vienna, and hotel charges
may undergo reform.-l Boston Post.