The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-12-20
congratulation and declared the Exposition

open.
Master Lindsay Burke, the little son Of
Major Burke, was the Presidents assist.
ant in lending to the giant wheels the inn.
petus that was needed to set them moving
on the ceaseless round which is to continue
for the ensuing half year, achieving from
day to day wonders that are to compel the
admiration of all the world.
The welcoming addresses of Mayor Gull.
lotte and Gov. McEnery followed, and then
the vast throng wandered out about the
grounds to see what had been done. The
workman's hammer and saw are still busy
and will be for perhaps fortnight to come,
but it is an unobservant eye which fails to
find in the exhibits already in place sufi-
Gent fund for many long days sight see-
ing.
In the main building large proportion
of the exhibits are already complete and
not few of them are veritable maryels of
beauty.
| In the Government building much delay
has been occasioned by the failure of some
of the State exhibits to arrive.
The Southern States, and notably Ala
bama, Louisiana and Mississippi, have
made proyisiods Of the most elaborate sort,
and viii be nobly put before the worlds
| gaze. The rich treasures of their mines
and forests, the lavish products of their fer
| tile fields, the cunning of their artisans and
| inveniors-all of these things will find ex-
preston here, and point with unerfing GER
tainly to the noble future-the new future
that is opening before the grand Gulf
States.
In the Government building, also, the
various departments at Washington have
massed the most complete and interesting
exhibit that ever emanated from that
source. The naval exhibit will be of special
interest to many, not only for its display of
the implements of warfare employed upon
the high seas-though that in itself compels
inspection-but for the numerous articles
whose historical associations have made
them known to all the world. Thus, the
whale boats of the Thetis and the Bear, the
vessels of the ill-starred Greedy expedition,
are shown, together with complete assort-
ment of garments worn in the frozen
North, harroons, sledges and all the ma
chinery of North pole foolhardiness.
From the Patent Office come models Of
every conceivable nature; from the Smith
sonian Institute collection designed for
the special delectation of the naturalist,
and from eyerywhere-for it would malt-
testify be impossible to go farther into de-
tails in the limits of single letter-from
everywhere, say, the creme de Ia creme of
the beautiful and curious.
New Orleans is being rapidly filled up
with Exposition visitors and is on the alert
to provide food and shelter for her guests.
1t now seems certain, however, that, with
the experience of the past few weeks freshly
in her mind, the Crescent City will be able
to do justice to her reputation as centre
of genial hospitality. To great many an
adequate idea of the work in hand is only
dawning. Only now do they realize that
they have opened their gates to all the world
and, what is more, all the world is coming
in answer to their call. Some statistician
has estimated that not less than $65, OCO,UO
of money will be spent in the city during
Exposition season. Such an amount, col
lected from whatever source and expended
at a single place, cannot fail of affecting
the monetary and commercial interests of
that place. The question suggested is one
of the highest interest to every Southerner.
At some time in the near future hope to
have the pleasure of talking it over with the
readers of the CHIEF. ARGUS.