Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1885-02-05
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THEWORLD'S EXPOSITION
A RAPID JOURNEY-THE CRES-
CENT CITY.

Special Correspondence of the Sentinel.
New ORLEANS, Jan. 3O-Night at
fhe great St. Louis depot; score of
rains making ready for their long
:ourneys; trucks rumbling, bells clang-
Inc, children screaming and bewilder-
ed passengers. plying patient officers
with countless inquiries. In the midst
.cf the babel your correspondent board
ed No s, Cairo Short Line, which
backed through the dismal tunnel. un-
Der the great city, over the big bridge,
had, heading southwark, over the low
lan,:s Of Illinois, drew up at Cairo IN,
the midst of rain and darkness, and
WAS trestled and ferried over the tur-
bulent Ohio.
Hurrying on across Western Ken
tucky and Tennessee, Memphis to the
right and historic Corinth to the left
of us: down through the naked cotton
fields of Mississippi, picturesque with
negro cabins and cottage homes, and
into Louisiana, the sugar-bowl State,
in the gray dawn of the third day of
"a total Journey of thirteen hundred
miles, we neared the Queen City of
the South Through misty lowlands,
studded with cypress and pine, and
great live oaks, bearded and festooned
with clinging moss, standing like
8 priestly sentinels guarding the gate
ways Of our Mecca, and over trestled
waterways, we land at last, welcomed
by the golden smiles of the orange
peeping out from the green foliage of
9 thousand city homes.
New Orleansl Founded by Bien-
willie, named for the Regent of France,
in 1718; five years later described by
+ the traveller Charleyoix as place OF
Zoo cabins; now teeming with busy
throng of 250,000 people; thousand
sail from every cline crowding her
levee; a polyglot city, speaking all
ciyilized tongues; located within
great curve of the greatest of rivers,
and spread oyer plain of forty square
miles-the Crescent City, In the
far-off years the Mecca of the happy
n tlat-boatman, slowly bearing his rude
gifts to her doors; to-day the u nion
and the nations, in palatia1 steamer
and car, are sending the choicest pro-
ducts of art, of pencil and brush, of
factory, mine and field, to the vast
temples of the Worlds Exposition,
built to receive them in this beautiful
III metropolis.
But, leaving mention of her many
objects Of interest to future letters, her
y streets, statues, markets, commerce,
etc, let us hasten to the Exposition
grounds, to see and relate the situa-
ton of what the whole world is talk
ing about.
The Worlds Industrial and Cotton
Centennial Exposition, originated by
the National Cotton Planters Associ-
alton in 1892, and sustained by a
financial fund of over two millions of
dollars, is located in the Park, about
five miles west-south-west of the busi-
ness centre of the city, near the river,
the grounds embracing about 250
acres, ornamented with liveoak and
shrubbery, traversed by broad shell
and gravel walks. The Main Build
ing, chiefly of wood, covers an area of
50 acres; is about one-third larger
than that of the Centennial at Phila,
delphia, and encloses AN area more
than double that of the ancient Coils
cum at Rome it is quarter of a mile
long and about one-ffth of mile in
width, all uuder oae continuous roof
supported by many hundreds of pill
lars. Running entirely around the
interior is broad gallery % feet high
reached by elevators and grand stair
ways. Music Hall, with seating ca
pacity of 1000, occupies the centre
of this building, with raised plat
form to accommodate 900 people. Put
il yourself, then, in the centre of field
of 33 acres, wall it in, roof and pillar
it, and you will get clear idea of the
vastness of this structure, the largest
building ever erected, and is devoted
to general exhibits.
Some distance from the Main is the
Government Building, 885x565 feet
Horticultural Hall, 600x194 feet; Ar
Gallery, 250xl00 feet, the latter built
of iron and fire-proof. Then come the
buildings for factories and mills, live
stock stables, a great f,untain, etc.
and all on most gigantic scale, the
total area under roof being 10 acres
Picture the scene when the whole il
lighted by fifteen thousand electri,
IA lights, and when the exhibits, includ
ing every conceivable article, from
lady's hair-pin to 600 horse-powe
engine, are all in place and ready fo
exhibition!
But what of the exhibits? WhiI
many are nearing Completion, scarce
ly one is entirely ready for full in
spection or intelli gent Study. Th
floors are yet Uttered With nnopenet
packages. and hundreds, which hav,
been for days at the docks and depoti
in the city, have not yet reached tn
grounds, partly because of unequa
transportation facilities, but largei,
owing 70 misdireetien, and thousand
of exhibits. on their way hither, hav,
not yet arrived, hundreds of car load
have been reported in blockade a
Cincinnatfa few days ago. Will
many foreign exhibits have arrived
the Great Eastern is yet on the ocean
* loaded with thousands of package
i from European countries.. The Com
l1lissioners from Great Britain, France
Spain, Germany, Japan, China, Ara
bia, ETC., are here aud fastening for
ward their respective department
Hexieo is completing a great irol