The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-11-19
THE THREE AMERICAS EXPOSITION
Special to the Crrn.N.

Special to the CITIZEN.
New ORLEANS, Nov. 16, 1SS5.-The
fact that forty five states and territories
of the union and twenty-one for
eIgh countries contributed exhibits
to the New Orleans Centennial Exposi-
ton of 1854; and that, during the one
hundred and sixty days it was in Oper-
alton, it was visited by nearly two mil
lion of people representing all these
states and cOuntries--justifies the belief
that an equal national and information
al interest will Esurely attach to its
legitimate successor, the "North, Cen
trail and South American Exposition"
Its prompt opening, as announced, on
the 10th inst, was the signal for gen.
eral cessation of business in this city,
and such an outpouring OF the people to
witness the brilliant street procession,
grand parade of steamboats, and war
steamers on the river, and very inter-
esting ceremonies at the Exposition
grounds as to demonstrate beyond
doubt the entire confidence entertained
in the management, and the deep and
wide spread determination to second
their every effort to success.
The new management have so skill
fully and thoroughly done their work
that, after paying cash for the extern
sive and costly properties of the pre-
ceding company, they open the new
exposition without a dollar of debt :;
with an economical yet thoroughly Ell
iicient administration in all depart
ments; with many and marked i'm i.
provements in the vast buildings and
extensive grounds; and best of all,
with every foot of space fer exhibits
taken, and every country on the con-
| tinent represented.
The most important improvements
and additions are, briefly: A steam
railroad from the centre of the city to
the grounds, conveying passengers
there in twenty minutes; an electric
railway on the grounds, from one end
of the park to the other; winter gar
| den, with tropical and semi-tropical
! fruits, winding walks, and fountain
in horticultural hall series of collec-
tive exhibits from towns and cities; a
| firemen's tournament for next spring
a special Creole exhibit; a new and Sc
lect grand orchestra; baseball games
by the leading clubs of the country ;
horse races, for which several choice
stables are already entered, and the
grandest spectacular pyrotechnic eX-
hibit of the day, the OBSTRUCTION OF
Pompeii." This alone will be well
worth visit to the Exposition.
The "Woman's Exhibit" of last year
will be merged into the exhibits from
each town, city and state. as may be
Uncle Sans daughters will be hand
sOmely represented by the multifarious
products of their skill, taste and indus
try. The colored people everywhere
have been wonderfully aroused by the
homogeneous wise and liberal an
nouncement that their exhibits will not
be inyidiously classed and set apart
from the others, but will stand before
the public on an equal footing with all
other displays. The Colored Exhibit
at the last exposition was highly COM
mendable in showing what resources
the exhibitors as race possessed, not
only as agricuJturists but as mechanics,
and, in some instances, as artists. They
promise to do far better this year.
The commissioners from the different
states and territories have organized
into an association which will materi-
ally aid in carrying out their arduOus
task to complete success. The officers,
experienced, BILE, and untiring, are
Gen. u, McRae, commissioner from Ar
kansas, president; Chas. B. Turrill,
California commissioner, secretary.
The object of this new exposition is
to assist to the utmost the development
of the policy of diverting to the Uni
| ted States the immense commerce that
Europe now enjoys, almost exclusively,
with Mexico, the West Indies, Central
and South America, The splendid
Mexican and Central American exhib-
its at the last Exposition opened the
eyes OF American manufacturers and
merchants to this new ocean of wealth
and prosperity so near to them; and
this great bark we now launch upon it
promises to come back, like the gale
ons of old, ladened with riches not only
of ingOts but goodwill. Come join US
in the voyage. Very truly,
W,D. B.