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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-02

There are many public breathing places around
the city, but the most popular and largest Of these
is the Prater Park. TINS park covers an area OF
SIS acres, and is in truth, from its lovely walks,
its majestic trees pretty landscapes and fountains
and statuary, one OF the finest in the world II IS
the constant resort OF the resident, floating ana
cosmopolitan population. In the fine days OF early
Spring II is treat to the foreigner to visit this
spot From all direct lons--from the Cnain Bridge
to Prater stern, up jaeger Zen and numerous otner
arteries, via st. stephens Bridge TO Prater Ahee
come brilliant professions OF old, gorgeous equi-
pages adorned with insignia and notices OF none
houses; coachmen and footmen clothed IN hveries
Of gray, black, scarlet and gold, WIN powdered
wigs and knee-breeches, occupy their respective
positions outside in front and Of the vehicles
within may frequently he seen the relatives ana
immediate retainers Of the imperial household
archdukcs, archduchesses, and princes OF the
Empire-whilc the two hundred old families Of title
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INC nXnlOlGlOn bu1IOlnSs
The Emperor, impressed with the immense pops.
larity OF the Prater gave his consent that the ex-
hbiton buildings should be erected there, beiiev-
ing probably that no better place could be found
where the material, wealth and prosperity OF the
world could be exhibited. The main nave or great
central palace Of industry Is nearly three thousand
feet long, elghty-two feet wide, runs almost d.
rectly east and west and consists oil the dome and
two wings Each wing Is intersected by eight
transepts at right angles. thus making sixteen
transepts u feet long, 40 feet wide by 32 feet high
which are again divided, giving thirty-two separate
half TRANSCRIPTS Between each OF these transepta
and half TRANSCRIPTS is space whick is termed
covered court" which, in most instances, goes
with the transept proper and Is utilized by the ex-
hibitors OF that nationality next to it. The domo
is in the centre OF the building and ia certainly
monstrous structure. The span measures a34
feet and 275 feet in height the main roof being
what is termed the rustrum Of a cone, and is sup
ported by thirty two immense iron columns OF the
box pattern, eighty two feet high. At the top,
the compression ring, rest the pillars that support
the main lantern, the roof, which again is q fruS-
trum. the sides beng about parallel to the conc
beneath. At the top OF this second frustrum IN
also compression ring upon which the supports
for the little lantern stand. This lantern has .
cupOla-cosed root, the apex bearing an imitation
CROWN Of the EmpUe, weighing several hundrc0
weight.
Scott Russell, the London engineer and archi-
tect, in ris plans for this mammoth structure esu
mated the iron Orders, &C., used in constructing
the dome would weigh between two and three
thousand tons, but the German engineers and
founders have added about two thousand tons to
this estimate The slant OF the cone is twenty
three degrees three minutes. The dome is fifty
eight metres larger In diameter than that OF st.
Peters, at Rome. The stitiening girders from the
rim to the cone being visible from the outside
the effect is anything but pleasant from the grounds
below. The inside OF the roof is frescoed and
decorated, the outside having simply coating OF
paint.
In point of size and Importance the machinery
hall stands next. 1t is made up Of main nave
aDd two smaller naves, running parallel the entire
length but having no TRANSCRIPTS This building IN
1900 feet long by 16o feet wide, and is intended to
be permanent as is also the dome OF the main
building. Both have been sOlidly and carefully
built, as they will serve as railroad depot after
the close OF the great show In October. The main
driving shaft, of So inches in diameter, sup
piled by the Austrian authorities, rests on high
iron frame. from which the connections by pulleys
are made for driving the machinery the brackets
being Of the American ball-and-socket Joint pat
tern. The remaining outbuildings are numbered
on the map published to-day.
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and influence generally send forth from the heart
of the city grand array OF beauty and talent such
as few cities In the world can produce. But in the
walks and drives OF the Prater itself is centred
the chief interest to the foreigner. The whole uni
verse, as 1t were, passes before him. Here may be
seen che representatives OF the far East, walking
sngly or In small parties; the Parsee with metre
IKE hat and sombre suit OF black; the Persian
merchant, with much stateiness Of MEN, crowned
by his turban and loosely clothed in his flowing
robe and bagged trowsers; the proud Turk. with
his inevitable cigar and hideous looking costume,
gorgeous IN Jewels and silks; the vivacous Italian,
the calculating Russian and the witty Parsian
while the bland. consequential Cockney the far
seeing American and the high bred German proper
make up picture ana confusion OF tongues
scarcely ever to be met with elsewhere. 1t is q
grand cosmopolitan paradng ground; panorama
that conveys at a glance a good idea Of the people
and customs OF the most important nations or the
earth.
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Vie N Ma
The Imperial House of Austria
and the Exposition.
HISTORY OF TIE NApSDllsGS.
Rise, Growth, Position and APP
pearance OF Vienna.
THE BLUE DANUBE.
Magnificent Site Of the Palace
Of the Peoples Fair.
THE PRATER PARK.
Description Of the Main Building
and Annexes.
PaviliOns, KiOsks, Minarets.
FOunts and Gardens.
FAIRS OF THE OLDEN TIMES.
Mini NovgOrOd, Katchta, Hurd-
war, Leipsic, Frankfort.
MODERN WORLD FAIRS.
The First international Exhibi-
ton at London.
SUBSEQUENT C0SMIC DISPLAYS.
Paris, London, Dublin and
New York.
TEE ARCHDUKE PROTECTOR.
Imperial and Royal Austro-
Hungarian Commissioners.
THE FOREIGN COMMISSIONS.
Names Of the International
Commission Of Jurors.
WHAT WILL Be SEEN AT VIENNA.
Grouping and Classification Of
the Objects.
WHAT AMERICA SENDS.
Alphabetical List Of Exhibitors from
the United States.
THE MEDALS OF HONOR.
For Fine Art for Progress, for Merit, for
Taste, for WOrkmen.
ART AND INDUSTRY In EVERY FORM
Technical Review Of What the Great
Fair Contains.
AUSTRIA AND THE HOUSE OF HAPSBURG.
Austria, properly and strictly so called, Is an
ancient province and archduchy OF Germany, with
surface Of only $4,000 square miles and popula-
ton OF less than three million. II is, therefore,
about half the size OF the State OF Maine. II is
divided into Upper and Lower Austria and the
Duchy OIL Salzburg, and lies on both sides OF the
Presburg. The Inhabitants are German and mostly
Catholic These Cpr fatao
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AueusTA, March Joseph Z. Curry,
selEstyled prophet and apostle of anew dis.
pensation, was tried to-day at AppliDg, Co:
inmbia county, Judge Gibson pfesiding,
charged With immoral practices. Curry came
from Massachusetts, With colcny OF about
100 men aud women one wear seo. bot,glIa
tand, and held property IN comrHon. Curr,
called himself Elitah and the prophet--
preme In all Things spiritual and temporal.
The colony went along swinu,ingiy for d
very brief time, but the prophet took &c
himself too many wives. Jealousy and in
subordination followed, and many returned
home, having to be provided with free pass.
age to the nearest seaport-either Charleston
or Savannah.
Finally, the colony became SO demorallzed
and Curry so licentious that the grand jury
indicted him and his queen. Curry made
his appearance before the court robed IN
white linen with head and feet bare. His
queen appeared in the same attire, with
white stockings upon her feet and white
bow upon her head. Speaking in bis own
defence, he maintained that men and women
could live together as man and wife without
violating the laws OF morality, and that by
modification and prayer they could become
perfect. He repelled the charge Of insanity,
displaying much erudition and falniliarit,
with the Scriptures. He claimed to have
had revelation after revelation that new
era had dawned, when men and women
should come out of the natural order Of
things TO higher state Of purity.
After speeches from the prosecution and
defence the jury retired, and after half an
hours absence returned with verdict OF
guilty, accompanied by a accommodation to
mercy. Sentence will be deferred for few
weeks.
1t is thought that the prophet and his fol.
lowers will be given an opportunity to find
another Canaan far away from here in which
to pitch their tents.
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TOBACCO SEED FROM THE EAsT-A LIBERAL
neutrality-suspicious. of The Tobacco
LeJ.l-Eycry tohacco-Sro Of the South
and West knows how difficult it is to take
green tobacco from the field and cure it a
bright golden color, SO that 1t shall command
the highest market price and if he sue
ceeds. only small portion OF it will be very
fiue; while if he fails, bis leaf will he
splotchcd," scalded," "stained," and
worth less money than if he had never APP
piled wood-ire or charcoal, and spent from
six to ten weary days and nights in the open
air watching his fires and thermometer. The
tobacco trade all know that the Turkish,
Latakia, and Macedonian tobacco appears on
the market with bright yellow color and a
fine texture, and being devoid Of smoke and
fire, we infer that it "yellows" OH the hill
in the field.
Turkish tobacco yields the highest prices
in this country and Europe, and we believe
our knowledge, soil, and climate will produce
a better article than the East. To test this
matter we have just imported from Asia
Minor, at considerable trouble and expense,
a quantity of the finest quality seed, and we
are prepared TO deal it to tobacco-groWersl IN
HOMEOPATHIC doses free OF charge. .7:5
If we shall be Instrumental in introducing
a new and valuable variety TO the industry
cf the country we shall feel fully repaid ior
our trouble and outlay. Yours, &C.,
P. LoRrLLARD Il Co.
Nc,s York, February Is, 1878.
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Nc,h Y0rh.. Februar,,

TIE TALL THINGS MEN HAVE BUILT.--Ihe
announcement has recently been made that
a Philadelphia manufacturer IS preparing
plan for column 1000 feet high, to be con-
structcd entirely of iron, in open work, from
the summit of which the grounds OF the
Centennial Exposition are to be illuminated
By means of vast and magnificent Drum
mond light. 1t will be the loftiest structure
in the world, though possessing, probably,
but little architectural beauty. The tallest
thing Of the kind now in existence is said to
be the iron open-work central spire of the Ca
thedral in Rouen, France, which is spoken OF
as peculiarly unsightly object. 1t was
erected q few years ago to replace the beau
tiful spire destroyed many years previously
by lightning aud though the builders were
determined to make it few feet higher than
the celebrated Strasbourg cathedral, their
work is pronounced as positively hideous rs
that OF their predecessors was stately and
superb. Probably the next highest work OF
mans hands, allowing st. Peters, at Rome,
to be uncqualed, are two cliimDcys of chcmi'
cal works in Glasgow, though each OF these
fall somewhat Short of 50Gfe sia 80 y
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T rALITtEs ron hRAyEassns al great lead.
efsy have been inspired with sfsst hettef
In nine cases out Of fen failure Is born Of I'M
faith. Tennyson sings, 9 Faith and unfaith
can ne'er be equal powers.O TO be q great
leader, and SO always master Of the situation.
one must OF necessity have been great
thinker In action. An eagle was never vet
Matched from goose's egg. Dante speaks
with bitter sarcasm Of Bfaha d'Oria, whom
he placed among the dead, when he saws.
/" He still eats and sleeps, and nuts on
clothes" In q case of great emergency
Ii took certain general IN our army several
days to get his personal baggage ready.
When the Lords Of the Admiralty, in a case
OF pressing need, asked Sir Charles Napier
in London when he would be ready to start
for India, he replied: In half an hour, gem
tlemeD, if necessary" Insight, foresight,
aud knowledge are what the world demands
in . great leader-men who have the power
to transmute calamity into greatness. To a
real commander nothing exists which cannot
be overcome. Monsieur" said Mirabea,fs
secretary to him one day, what you require
is impossible" Impossible? cried Mira
beau, starting from his chair, "neyer name
to me again that blockhead of word.~
One of the ancients said that an army of
Stus,s I'LL u non lOF CIleiE commander was
more formidable than an army OF lions led
by stag. There are men who will pluck
the very spear out Of their wounds and turn
round and STAY their adversaries with the
same weapon, and you will never find such
men as these sending home the cowardly
dispatch Of French marshal: "We have
met the eEemy, and we are theirs" So long
as Epaminondas was their general, the The
ban army never had a panic. A gallant
young officer who fought in the Wilderness
told me the other day that there was always
such encouragement In his generals de-
meanor when he went into battle that the
most Responding took fire from him and
went In for victory on the first onset, be-
cause they knew that General Grant never
made up his mind to be beaten anywhere.
They who achieve great victories have first
learned how to conquer, and opinions that
have life in them will almost always come
to the front. Napoleon seemed to have been
born with ideas, but he was never idle for
moment after he started On his stupendous
carcer.-Jdmes T. Fields.
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COTTON MARKETS.

GALVESTON, March 2s.--Cotton arm gogd ofo ~.
nary l5i@lsc.; net receipts, OF baiesi saie1, ss0
PHILADELPHIA, March 2e.-Cotton dnl. MD
dings, l9Sc. ,,,,,,a.. ss,o,,~ MA
dings. lTf6lsc; receipts, coo bales shipments, eos
bales; stock, $500 bales. ,aas ma
CHARLESToN, March 2d.-Coton qniet MI ass
filings lslc; low mddlings is3G9lStc., goou I'LL
nary, l7fc net receipts, 20s bales; e1porn Tsss
wise 4es bales Gales 800 bales; STOCK, So,eos
SAykNNAH March 2g,-Cotton quiets niuuLa6ssss
is}c: net receipts, s4s bales; exEofH coaSsWisos,
ia bsIes: sales, i,oso bales: stock 81, 40 bales
AUGusTA, March 26.-Cotton In COCA oeEan,as
middiings, lac receipts 243 bales; sales JAS DALE.
MOBILE, March 2s.C9tton dni anu NJ, ess ,esssnts
dllngs. good ordlnary es .aea. ia
592 bales; exports coastwlse, I's'A oiS 49, -
bales stock, s7,o23 bales. .... ar,t. Iovr MID
NORFOLK, March ee.-Coston duiai .om rc,st.
Ilings l7sc net receipts, ee7 bales; e Sics
wise 47a bales; SaeS 100 TALES Stoch, Srss
BALTIMORE, March 2s.-Coton quiet 1EV,sa ri
oales sales, 30e bales; stock, $500 oaies.
ll,nes, 1sc net receipts 60 bales saies oulss'
stock, loS bales. ,..p ,,,,as,,npa i1a,c
net receipts bales gross, bales; Sales soo
stock. L, 900 bales. q, ,,,oler,fa
demand: low mddllngs, Isle: nlddlings Use. ns -
recripts 5ssa bales gross, 5,s6I DaieSs e4pSISIo:
Great Britain 3344 bales to the contlnent NV Uasc1
Sles, 1880 bales; last evening, a,lo oaes' oeoS-'
,1s. lao bales, ~ q.
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North Carolina.
RAILROAD AccIDENT-NARRow ESCAPE OF THE
.'".' PASSENGERS.

RAILROAD AccTDENT-NARRow ESCAPE OF THE
""' PASSENGERS.
Especial telegram to the Dispatch.l
WILSON, n. c., March 26.-The north
ward-bound express train went into the
trestle-work this morning ten miles north of
this place. The cause is supposed to have
been from broken rail, which threw the
cars off the track, pulling them into the
trestle and causing two passenger-cars and
one sleeping-car to 60 into the swamp. The
engine and baggage-ear passed over safely.
The conductor, Jne rain-hand, and five pas
senSers were injured slightly, and one man
wns burned. severely from the stove falling
on him. The cars caught fire from the stove,
but Vas prevented from doing much damage,
there being plenty Of water in the swamp.
1t is supposed the road will be all right by
tomorrow night. Passengers are now trans
ferred across the wreck without any great
inconvenience.
The person thrown against the stove was
II. c. Hodges, Of Clarksburg, w. Va. BE
was badly burned on the face. Albert Bur-
gess Tor Boggs) was bruised on the back and
left arm. No one was dangerously hurt.
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TELEGRApHlc Cheap tcle-
graphy is apparently not SO distant US many
people have supposed. The Journal Of the
Telegraph, whose statements on the subject
may be regarded rs authoritative, says: "The
Western Union Telegraph Company have
under consideration, and the plans nearly
maturcd, for further reduction of tariffs,
which Is to be Of the most radical and sweep
inc nature. The change contemplateS the
use Of only ten different rates for the entire
country, and will establish a uniform airline
distancc-rlte between all offices in each Of the
divisions There is also some talk about this
company buying up the Lit lie Automatic
system Of tcIeSraphing, now in successful
oppcration between New York and Wash
inglOnN
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DISTINCTION OF CoLoR.-Ihe new social
equality law Of Arkansas has already had a
biz hole knocked into it by the Memphis and
Arkansas River Packet Company. Said COM
lMny, rather than admit the colored clement
to the cabins of their steamers, have closed
tue same, and refused to receive any but deck
passengers. Their right to do this, and even
their right to invite such Of their passengers
as they may choose to share the cabin with
their officers, cannot he questioned undera any
of the numerous amendments to the Consti-
tuition. nor under any of the queer laws
passed for the enforcement thercof.-Mts-
sourT Republican,.
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TEERiBLs SCENE Il FfREs- From the 90
cotint In the Montreal rapefsaof March f9eh
of The burning of the. ST. James Hotel. IA
short time alter their arr val q couple Of SER
want women lodged In d species Of pen above
the laundry, whose escape by the narrow
s.airs Leading to the remainder of the build
Ing was cut off by the advancing flames, APP
peared at the small attic window and sfrieked
for help. A ladder was raised, and they
were rescued with great difficulty. The poor
creatures were In their night-clothes, IN which
state they ran to the Chaboilles-Square sta
ton. In the same room was found next
morning, through the Information given by
these women, the corpse Of their unfortunate
companion. Mary Brennan, who, according
to their account, had been overcome by the
smoke, and In consequence sutfocated. 1t Is
clear that her death was not due to the
fire-a fact which may be Of some COM
fort to her friends. The spectators were
next appalled, by the sight Of a wo-
man calling in the most frantic and
beart-rendiDg terms for assistance from a
fifth story window facing Wink's Buildings.
The assistance by ladder being tardy, she
bravely crept out and hung by her
hands from the window.sill, the Whole sup
port for her naked feet being small ledge Of
stone above the window below, projecting
from the wall little over an inch. Bedding
and all sorts Of material We're flung from the
lower windows onto the pavement and piled
up by the spectators. SO il the ladders did
not come in time the woman would not have
her brains dashed out by the fall. In this
perilous position she hung, driven by dense
volumes Of pitchy smoke from the small
room in which she slept, the flames roaring
in the passage without, and eating steadily
through the closed door, for not less than
twenty minutes, according to the account of
observers, when ladder was brought and
raised, only to be repelcd by the telegraph
wires which stretch across the : road.
Arother attempt was made and this
time succeeded; but, alas! there vet
remained some thirty fees between the top
most rung and the poor, jeopardized crea-
turc above. To bridge this ladder was
procured from scaffolding near by, and two
tiremen managed to rig it SO that another
rescue was accomplished. In the present
instance the make-shift succeeded, but it is
fearful to think what would have been the
consequence Of so glariDg deficiency In the
apparatus had it been in July instead OF
March, and the hotel crammed with tourists.
While this scene was being enacted there was
brcathless silence among the spectators.
The moment it was seen that the woman was
on the ladder the feelings of the populace
found vent in loud cheers. She was saved
The moment she got to the bottom OF the
ladder she tainted, and was conveyed to the
St. Lawrence Hall. From the time she got
out of the window until she was rescued was
at least thirty.tiye minutes. The woman
thus saved was Mary UConnor.
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ORDINATION OF THE New CoLoRED BISHOPS.
The ordination Of the new colored bishops,
Revs. j. A. Beebe, L. II. Holsey, and Isaac
Lane, elected on Saturday by the Genera
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church in America, now in session here,
took place at Trinity church Sunday after
noon. A very large congregation, embrace
ing number of whites, were in attendance
to witness the impressive and solemn
ceremony. Bishop George F. Pierce,
of the Methodist Episcopal Church South,
preached the ordination sermon, and other
wise aided Bishop Miles and the elders in
the proper sealing of the new bishops TO
the sacred and important work TO which
they have been called by their people. The
new bishops each in turn presided over the
deliberations of the Conference yesterday
augusta (Gd.) Chronicle.