The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-10-14


city did was to furnish the walls and rooI
oi the armory. What the regiment had to
do was 10 give 1t some finishing and 10
awaken an interest in the community in
their undertaking. Lucky for them that
they had such colonel as John B. Purcell
aud such committee as Captains NJ. l..
SpotswoOd and Henry G. Jones. These
gentlemen have had a great deal Of hard
work; but they will feel amply re-
warded in the success which seems
TO await their exhibition. Now, the
Exposition Is nothing like what you would
expect Of New York, Philadelphia, Balti-
more, or Cincinnati. But II Is not ut all
discreditable to a city OF the population Of
Richmond. Good as II Is, next year It will
be better if the regiment choose to repeat
il.
TUE ARM0RY BUILDING.
The building was put UP in a great hur-
4 ry. II is plain and. to some extent, uniin-
ished, but it is solidly and safely built, and
! its location, at the southeast corner Of Mar
/ shall and Seventh streets, is n good ono.
When time admits and the rcgimental trea-
sury has been replcnished by the profits Of
this appeal to public patronage, the front at
least will be succeed and the interior fin
ished In style suited to the use OF the
building as the rcgimental armory.
COMPANY ROOMS.
| In the future the first floor Of the build
/ ing will be assigned TO the companies.
I Each company will have a room to itself,
/ for meetings, &C.. &C., while the general
drill-room will be upstairs.
! There are ten OF these rooms. The
stud-psrtitions1 dividing them off have
/ been put up, except facing the hall these
were wisely omitted for the present. No
I plastering has been put OH any part OF
/ the building, but the walls have been white
washed, and where il was desirable, cover
ed with red cloth. The whole Of this first
floor is now practically one ToOm-one
great room, divided by wide hall, with
/ five spacious alcovcs, you may say, on each
side Of the hall. At the east end OF the
hall is the annex, where the ladies OF the
Bazaar Association viii have their restau-
rant, where several manufacturers will eX-
hibit machinery, and where will he located
the steam-engine TO furnish power for the
electric lights and TO move various pieces
of machinery to be exhibited i'll operation.
ORDER OUT OF CHAOS.
The Dispatch has already published a list
OF the exhibitors, and from time to time il
will find space for specially meritOrious AZ
ticles or collections, but ii Is this morning
speaking about the Exposition as whole.
1t has 10 say that all the exhibits are not
vet in place, and probably will not be be
fore tomorrow. Captains Spotswood and
Jones were perfectly right in not waiting
for them before opening. These are Gen.
tennial times, and our folks must hurry up.
BY Saturday il is expected that all eOnfu-
sion will be at end, all exhibits in place,
and that next week the Exposition viii be
in perfectly smooth working order.
FIRST FLOOR EXHIBITS.
As you enter the armory from Seventh
street, you will find the ticket office on
your left. From the veStibule here stair
ways on the right and left lead to the main
hall above.
On this first floor Qncluding the annex
are heavy goods mainly, our manufac-
turers making a pretty good showing in
the way OF carriages, buggies, harness, &c.
The railroad companies and others have
samples OF the products of the cOal-beds
and ore-feds OF the Commonwealth. Scye-
raj pieces OF machinery to be put TO work
will give folks who never go into a work
shop some idea as to how cloth is woven,
how nails are cut, how shirts are manuiac-
tured, and how steanl-engine and lot OF
fixings make the electric light.
Down here the ladies OF the Bazaar As
ISOLATION will have restaurant and sales
rooms.
THE MAIN HALL.
The main hall seemed an immense room
before the goods began TO be put in place.
Now it is so well filed that the conception
II vastness has almost disappeared. All
the same, il is very large. Up here are
many elegant displays. The clothiers, book
binders, furniture-inakers, grocers, and
paper-manufaeturers, are we'll represented.
There are several elegant exhibits OF
tobacco, including leaf, plugs, twists,
fine-cut, cigars, cigarettes, smoking-tobac-
co, &C., &c. This tobacco department Is
good one. 1t ought, however, TO have been /
a very much better one.
All honor TO those who exhibit; but /
their ranks should have been fuller II Rich !
mond i really the great tobecco-mmuiac-
turing centre claimed.
THE ART DEPARTMENT.
Miss Maria J. Morris, president OF the /
Richmond Art Association, Is I'm charge OF 4
this depsrtment, and after a deal OF hard /
work she is getting the pictures in place. /
She has at her command the north-tOwer .
room, the north wall, and Is feet OF space
in front OF Il. The rough whitewashed .
wall has been neatly covered with crimson
cloth, and the effect IL good. This eXhibi-
ton will be a fine one, though the pictures
are coming in little slow.
II Is particularly desirable that all Rich
mond artists should send specimens OF their
work. II they haven't them in their pos
session they can easily secure them from
owners for this use.
SCULPTURE AND PAINTINGS.
Mr.. Z. V. Valentine has sent several
busts illustrative OF his faithful aud elegant
work in department OF art which has no
snncrior. His brother professor W. w.
Valentine) exhibits his painting OF the 4
home Of Castor and PolluX at Pompeii-
which has been much admired--and aNal,la-
bile niece of Flemish tapestry, Fortune
Distributing Her Gifts. "a
A charming piece IN water-eolors ls II.
Johns Gate, London, by William l.. shep-
herd, from Il sketch on the spot. Another
snecimen OF Mr.. Shepherds work Is
glimpse Of Westminster Abbey-yery nice
indeed.
MISS KEANE.
This talented young lady of Richmond,
who was pupil in the studio OF Gerome,
the great French painter, exhibits q por-
trait OF Monroe, intended for the stare
Library. II Is a fine copy after the Monroe
to the Virginia Historical So
ciety.
work on China, In which there Is PROOF OF