Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-05-02
The Paris Exposition.


In he Americ 20 section the department Of
m:hufac.ur 6 ID US III: least progress. The
agricultural and alme Etaly departments vii!
be better than any previous !o:c'gn Exhibition.
The machinery department. Is very lie, 10
labor savicg mactoeIy 81 s. light class already.
Though ircom plete, il compares laVorably
with the English, while cccupIicg only one
sixth Of the space allotted the British exhibit.
The display Of machine tools is inferior 10
the American exhibit at Philadelphia, but SUI
nerior 10 any other at the exhibition. The
AGRICULTURAL, sewing, and weighing mlchlnes
make lina display The textiles arc not yet
arranged, but promise very we'll; drugs chem
iasIe. publisher exhibils, chlonos, aod cut
lerv arc superior to competing exhibits 10 the
other 81 ions The American art department
is nearly ready. 1t will be the hts: ever shown
abroad by Amcricr.
The hall is too small but is beautifully Ar
ranged, and contains 100 paintings and few
water coors. American artists residing abroad
reprcscp.ed inclnde Bacon, Brihgman, Dana,
Dubois, Ward, Bunac. Maynard, Llppincott.
and NAVAL. The places n hsnOr arc occupied
by BridsmaD aud Dana. Rome is represented
by Benson AID Fedder, and DusseldoF; by
Shal". Munich Id net represented
As President MacMahon, al the head OF The
cortcyc, passed through the exhibition yester.
Lay, he paused short time before tho clhc!al
| headquarters Of each section to note IT. conGi
ton and exchange few words with the oil
Gals ia charge.
At tho American accton il squad OF sailors
| from the United States vcss2la at llayre were
druyn up on the left Of the entrance. com,
| nandcd by Easgn Youog, of the Constitution;
on tho right Of tho facade were thirty mRrnea
uader licutenanls Russell and 4 :llln. Gov;
ernor Mccormick, the chief commissioner OF
| the United States, attended by tho assistant
commissioners and attaches, Hto3d IN lrcnt OF
tho curaDce.
President MacNlahou was attracted By the
bearing of tho American sailors, Inquired con,
| cerninr the service aud vessels to which they
belonged, aud expressed qualification at their
| appearance.
NJ. Berger, director Of the foreign sections,
presented Governor Mccormick to President
| MacMahon, who stood several minutes in con
versa;ion with him-longcr, 10 fact, than at
any other section.
The marines and employees chcerel heartily
as the procession moved 90. ~ numerous
company CT American ladies Witnessed the
procession from the American Facade and
| 1oiGCU III INC CUullEs rs W NV iSoiuSbt.
Tie general effect Of the Exhibition Hall IS
Disappointing to The visitors 10 consequence, OF
! the backward condition Of the interior. Tho
machinery department, except il the British
seciou, is still Incomplete, aud much OF the
space is numbered with unpacked cases.
Some exhibits Of lighter order, especially
were completely ready ana very attrac;ive.-
| 10. al nall nd nd
exhibit comparatively large The Eogllsh and
| Canadian sections, however, taken altogether
AID as a whole, are by fer the largest, finest,
and most forward in the exhibition.
Early yesterday evening the aveugts and
boulevards Of Pals we're crowded with vehicles
and foot passengers. Later the streets were
impossible in many places 10 consequence Of
the immense crowd assembled to witness the
iliuminatous Many buildings 10 every quar-
ter Of the city were decorated with flags of all
, natlous. The American colors were abunGantly
and couspicuously disp aged.
The Boulevards des ltacns and des Capu.
| cnts' were brilliantly illuminated with gas
let's transpal encies and Chinese lanterns but ex-
cept on the boulcvard5 the display wls spas.
n1odic and occasional. The pressure of people
and carriages 90 the two bouevards mentioned
was indescribab!c. For three hours every iOch
of spacc 10 Inc main thorougbf,rcs and every
side street vas occu, led By sure!Dg masses
shouting and singing.
The demonstration frtqucnlly became almost
riotous. Visitors who went out 10 carriages
or on loot often found themselves involved 10
crush, and were compelled to seek refuge
from the pressure Of the crowd 10 open door
ways Ct hotels, restaurants, and ether public
places
Men, women ard children OF every class
mingled indi5c,imiDatcly in the crowd, which
was occasionally enlivened by a rush Of com
pany of half intoxicated youths, ard ~ work
men bearing Chinese lanterns singing tho
| MarselIaisc. Toward midnight, when the
ilIuu nations should have been at its best,
many lights were extiuguishsd and the crowd
| btgln to dlspeIse.