Year: 1876




time, has certainly met with every reasona-
BILE expectation of success. There have
been many serious disadvantages under
which it has had to labor. One of these is
the stringent times in which it occurred.
Times when all phases Of business have
known the paralayzing effects Of inactivity.
People as consequence have felt but Lit.
tie stimulated to attend the exhibition,
not even by its buoyant association with
patriotic thought, and the strong link it
forms in the chain of our venerated nation
al history. Another very serious disad-
vantage under which the exhibition has la
bored has been the unprecedented hot spell
of weather from which we have but recent
ly emerged, almost physically weakened
by the severe test it gave. Caution COM
PEELED people to forbear risking an expo
sure to the sun. The annoyances of rail-
road travel great distance under such
circumstances, are well enough known to
the majority of our readers to be
appreciated at the mere suggestion.
While these were untoward events, they
had unpropitious influences upon the exhi-
bition, but even in every consideration of
their damaging effects, the exhibition can
not be declared to have been a failure at
this juncture Of its progress, neither in the
matter of its exhibits, Or the number of ad-
missions that have been made. We learn
from the office of the Press Committee by
official circular that up to the 9TH of July
the total number of admissions amounted
to 2,200,915, and the cash receipts for
tickets for the same period, S726,363. The
most of this time was in the midst of
very heated spell, and if the attendance
was SO good under such unfavorable cir
cumstances, then, we can with every good
reason hope for an increase beyond certain
calculation during continuance of the
cooler spell; and for such continuance
1.-The weather bureaus give us assurance that
We have reason to expect, as the rest of the
summer will be of more genial warmth
and tempered by cooling Winds


The Press Committee states that
upon the basis of the business
accomplished since the opening until the
18th of this month, the total number of
visitors up to the close of the exhibition
will be at least six millions, but it adds,
that as all experience has shown the last
days to be the most attractive it is not
unreasonable to look forward to grand
total Of eight million admissions, which
will compare favorably with former exhi-
bitions. And up to the present date, the
number of visitors to Philadelphia, exceed
those at London and Paris for the same
number of days, of the exhibitions at these
places.


This certainly does not look very much
as though the exhibition was failure. 1t
is admitted by all foreign correspondents
to equal and surpass shows of the same
character given in their own countries. 1t
has attracted the attention of the world,
as it might be expressed. 1t is the laurel
and the wreath upon the column of CEN
tury, that is inscribed with history made
famous and glorious by tragedies of war,
eminence Of Craftsmanship, and power of
government unparalleled in the annals
Of the world. The Centennial Exhibition
we proclaim grand success, and to jeal-
GUS New York and Boston, we extend an
invitation to rejoice with us in the
pleasant consummation of our first hun
dred years.