The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-01-15
onr Exposition Letter.


The public could not wish for more
favors Bile weather than has been grant
ed this week To look out over the
parks of the city aud round the Expo
sitioa buildings and see the green grass
growing so luxuriantly is enough to
make one feel there is nothing else but
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Among the important personageS
now visiting this section is Chief Ganl
of the Sioux Tribe of Indians, Standing
Rock ! gency, Oak. He is accompa-
MED by his squaw and papoose; and
they are making headquarters at the
Dakota department in the government
building, where the little family are
the wonder, ii not the admiration, of
the populace.
The state of Chihauhau, Mexico, has
piece of silver bullion on exhibition
in the main building weighing 500 lbs,
worth $4,000
Your readers may be surprised to
learn the Mexican iron building under
hesdwag, though covering a small
space, will cost that government no
J less than $I75, 1t is being Sd scien-
| tifically constructed that it can be ia
ken down in sections, when the Expo
siCion closes here, and shipped to the
city of Mexico as a mement0 of its rep
resentatiOu in the United STATES. aud
where Mexico itself expects TO hold
high carnival next year, when that
repub bile hopes to have fbe world visit
her
The government building, wherein
the territories and the states display
their exhibits, is occupied in the centre
by representations from the various de-
partments of the United States govern
meut at Washington City. The ex-
penditure of the money appropriated
by the government, amounting ia
something like 100000, and the selec-
ton of articles Tor exhibition was en-
trusted to a board OF commissioners.
II. Hill, state, Lieut.. L. 81. Bucking-
ham, navy; w. F. McLeman, treasury
A, ID. Hazen, post office; B. Butter
worth, Inferior; Cecil Clay, Justice, W
Sanders, agriculture departments Prof
G, B. Goode, Smithsonian INSTITUTION
and the National Museum and u. s. Fish
Commission. The principal feature OF
this exhibit is an immense globe 80 feel
in diameter. upon which is accurately
delineated all the geographical and DO.
litical divisions OF the earth. Plainly
described thereon appear voriouS fact,
: relative to each country and govern.
nIent, such as its area, population. prip.
cipai productions and industries, com.
merce, etc. This globe is so arranged
+ as to be Illuminated from within, SO
that its appearance as seen by artificia
: light will be both novel and pretty
| Grouped around the base or below THU
| globe are representative specimens O
the principal economic productions in.
, digenous to the different countries rep
resented thereon.
Upon large illustrated charts and di
sagrams are presented to the eve infor.
nation relative TO the productions
! manufactures, trades and commerce. q
each country, and upon other chart
are shown the relative distances OF th,
many ports of Central and South Amer
7 lea from the various shipping ports O
e the United States as compared with tn
;, distances OF these same ports from thos
s of Europe. This department. is sur
] mounted by all immense seal of tn
state departing painted on glass 70
g illumination at night, around and owe
e which is hung and draped our own ma
5 tiOnal emblem, while the whole is sur
/; rounded aud framed in with the flag
5 of all Hations.
V The postoflice is about finished an,
e naturally attracts the visitors by It
D unique and business appearance. 1t
= regulated after the manner and unde
the management of the New OrIean
Pnstoffice, by Postmaster w. B. Mer
o chant. One can transact business a
we'll here as anywhere, being supplie
q with all the conYeniences necessitatin,
" mail transactions, even to letter car
riers who deliver mail anywhere prop
" erly addressed within the grounds.
: 1t will be glorious news to every
= good citizen of this great country t
q learn that the south is entering on
. new life, and New Orleans will be tn
= busy center of that life.
a The seven million bales of cotto
= raised from the Ohio to the Gulf O
\ Mexico, and from the Atlantic to tn
: western border of Texas, will find
i market here, and not only a marke
but place of manufacture, from
i whence it viii be dispensed abroad t
q clothe the people of the world. TIL
cotton alone is worth more than 5000,
100000. Place the imports on what
( will have paid for at similar sum
+, and you have a possible outcome O
- commerce of $4O0,0OO,OQO per annur
+ arising from a single article,