(El)c 3cffcrsoninn.
Thnrclay, April 1851.
WHIG STATE TICKET.
FOR GOVERNOR.
Jits. Pollock, of Norlhuuibcrlsuid
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER.
ftcorgc IhirsiP, of Allegheny.
row judge or the si theme court.
Daniel M. Smysor, of Montgomery.
jae-Thc pupils of the StroudsWrg
Academy intend holding an exhibition in
the court house on Friday evening, May
5th. The exercises will consist of singing
and declamation, of serious and humorous
nieces, several of which have never be
fore been spoken in this place. lhe
if troucburg Cornet Band have also kind
Jv consented to play on the occasiou.
Admittance I'H cents. All the pro
ceeds will be applied towards purchasing
books for their library, and they hope
they will receive enough to make a large
addition. '
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Re-Opening of the Crystal Palace:
We invite the attention of our readers
to the Message and Circular of P. T. Bar-
nuiu, the President of the Crysial Palace
Association, which will be found in to
days 'Jcffersouiau." The re-opcuing will
take place on Thursday, the 4th of May
next. The enterprise is certainly dceerv
iug of the attention and patronage of all
classes, aud we trust it may be eminently
successful.
A great many uew and attractive fea
tures will be added to the exhibition.
jj'J Wo are indebted to the Hon.
.Tames Cooper, of the U. S. Senate, for
a valuublo public document.
Sad Accident.
Tiro Irishmen, iu the employ of Messrs.
Noyes, Phelps & Co. contractors of section
17, south end of the line of the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western .Railroad, were
drowned iu Broadhend's Creek, on Satur
day last, a short distance above Bell's
Mill.
Another. Two of the hands working
in the cut on Mr. Warner's job, ut Para
dise, were badly burned on Friday last
It appears they were engaged in pouring
powder iu a hole drilled in the rock, and
while thus engaged the powder took Ore
amd burned them very seriously. We arc
unable to-day, to give the names of these
unfortunate men.
jg Our town friends need not the in
formation, but those who reside in the
country, we are sure, will thank us for
the informing them thatllirain II . Gorss,
-it Mark Miller's old stand, on Walnut
Street, in the Borough of Stroudsburg, is
i he place decidedly to buy Boot3 and
Shoes xt a reasonable rate. Mr. G. i
prepared to offer inducements fully equal
t o those of any other establishment In the
Borough of Stroudaburg.
Crir SIiixim:uy. S. A. &, 3M. Pod more,
viliwse caruVmay be found in another column
i: to-dny's paper, offer great inducements to
rustottiers. They have a fine lot of Fancy
iooite, which have been selected with rea
care. We advise the ladies to give them a
ell.
The bill regulating the salaries of As-t-nciate
Judges has passed both branches
l the Legislature and is now in the bauds
of the Governor. Those Assocsate Jud
ges whose attendance at Court does not
exeoed six weeks iu the year are to receive
$120 per annum; those not over twelve,
$151; those not over twenty, S1S5; those
not over thirty, 250.
City Mortulity.-riiQdcn.lUsm N. York his)
ue'k numbered 429. Consumption carried
off OS; apoplexy 8; influmation of the lung?
28; bronchitis 6 ; congestion of the brain 14
dropsy in the head 24; fevers of different type.'
2G ; old age 9 ; measles 11 ; croup 13; smul
pox IU ; convulsions 33; and marasmus 20.
Of the entire number of deaths, 252 were n-
uioiig children under 10 years of age.
Snow in Aroostook county, Me., a few
days since, was Gvo feet in depth, covering
all fences, and small fruit trees.
jEaf- The Democratic party of North
Carolina, held their State Convention at
Raleigh, on tho 30th inst., and nomina
ted Thomas Bragg, of Northampton, as
their candidate for Governor.
Parson Brownlow of the Knoxville
(Tenn.) Whig, recently advertised him
self thus : " The editor of this paper
proposes to deliver a discourse to-morrow
at Temperance Hall, at 11 o'clock, upon
the subject of human depravity, proving
his position by the Bible first, aud next
by Knoxville."
Baltic Failarc. The Cochituate Bank
is reported to have failed. Its bills arc
refused by the Suffolk Bank of Bostou,
where they had been redeemed. The a
mount in circulation is reported to be
large.
Will Shivery go into Nebraska,
We had a talk, a few days ago, with
two large slave owners from the central
part ofMissouri. They were both intel
ligent men, and evidently possess much
influence at home. To our questioning
as to the Nebraska feeling up in their
neighborhood, aud if they were going to
take their slaves into the new territory,
and iustautly the reply was, "of course
we are wo must be great fools to make
all this fuss with the North, if we didn't
mean to make slave territory of it. No
sir, we are not so green, as to get up tins
fuss for nothing." But would their slaves
be safe without any express laws to hold
them! "We will take care of that, sir.
If Congress will let us take our slaves
there, it is bound to protect us, or let us
protect ourselves.''
Such was the talk of the Missourians,
and a great deal to the effect, that slave
holders would take the lead in Nebraska,
as they did in Missouri, and once settled
with their slaves, they had no concern ah
to keeping them there. They acknowl
edged the mischief of slavery, and deplor
ed it as an evil; nevertheless, they would
do their utmost for its extension aud main
tenance at every hazzard, their propor
tionate balaucc in the Government of the
United States. It's an easy matter to
talk of the principles of 'non-intervention'
aud the safety of Freedom with the people
but it is sheer blindness or wickedness,
that wont sec the danger of the extension
of slavery, if permitted by Congress in the
territory of Nebraska Sjnincfichl (Til.)
Journal.
Jljf3 The earnings of the Bclatvart
Lackawanna and Vestcrn Railroad for
March, 1S54, from passengers, freight
and
mails, were
For same month last year,
17.042 57
10,13:3 20
Increase. $6,803 28
Total for the first 3 months
in 1S54, S43.23G S3
Total for the same time
last year, 21.97S 0-2
Increase 21,-.57 9I
Being 100 per cent, beside which there
has been a corresponding increase iu the
sales of coal made this year, lhc great
tunnel through the Tunkhannock Moun
tain 2,500 feet in leugth has been so
far completed that the trains now pass
through it, thus saving a distance of
two mile?, and the heavy grade of the
zig zag switch by which the trains for
merly passed over the mountain.
Itrras from the South
Baltmoke, April 24. The New Or
leans mail came to hand this moring.
The Charleston StandcudhvLS accounts
from various sections of the State of the
great damage to the crops by the frost.
There was quite a severe frost at Mobile
on Friday.
Ex-PresidcutFilmore arrived at Savan
nah on Friday.
Gen Houston made a political speech at
Brenham, Texas, on the 15th.
.s.
JKF The Treaty with Mexico, recently
negotiated by Mr. Gadsden on the part oi
the United States, was rejected in the Sen
ate on Monday. Twcnt--six Senators
voted for its confirmation aud eighteen a
nainst it. Hence, as the Treaty was not
sustained by a two third vote, it fell to
the ground, aud with it fell the hopes oi
a gang of scoundrels w ho hoped, through
instrumentality, to transfer from the U
S. Treasury to their own pockets several
millions of dolilars. If the injunction oi
-ecreey shall be thrown off, and the de
bates in the Senate upon this Treaty be
made public, we shall be able to discern
more corruption than the whole brood o
Galphius and Gardiner could ever eon-
cevie. It is said by those who are wel
informed iu relation to its provisions, that
this Treaty is a mere partition of large
sums of money, to be obtained from the
United States, among Santa Anna and
the host of speculating poiticians who are
interested in the fe'oo and Garay grant5
Let us be thankful that we have escaped
from the whole brood, and let us trust that
(.leu. Gadsden will retire tolhc shades of
private life satisfied with his short experi
once in the diplomatic world. Sussex
Rr miter.
Hydrophobia lured by Vinegar.
The American Ajiollo publishes the fol
lowing extract of a letter from Venice, on
the subject of this fearful disease:
If you were here, you would be much
pleased with a discovery made at Udiue,
the capital of luuili, a small province be
loniug to this republic. The discovery
is this: A poor man, lying under the
frightful tortures of the hydrophobia, was
cured by some draughts of vinegar, given
him by mistake,! nstead of another potion
A physician of Padua, called Count Leo-
nissa, got intelligence of this event at U
dine, and tried the same remedy upon a
patient that was brought to the Padua
Hospital, administering to him a pound ol
vinegar in the morning, another at noon,
aud a third at sunset, and the man was
speedily and perfectly cured.
I have diffused through Italy this dis
covery, by means of a periodical paper
that 1 am writing; and I hope that you
will make it known in Lngland by means
of your public papers, and lam sure this
astonishing remedy will have as happy an
effect there as it had here. So I should
be glad to bo apprized of it, that I may
relate it in my said paper. As you have
orcm rambling dogs in London than wje
have here, it isprobablc that the experi
ment will aoon be tried, and, please God,
with good success. Your humanity assures
mo that you will not delay a moment to
acquaint your countrymen with. I hi?, ?
I have done mine."
Terrible! Sliipwrcolcs.
100 and Thirty Lives Lost.
The severity of the late gale on Sat
urday and Sunday proved tho most de
structive one experienced along the New
Jersey coast for a number of years.
We learn from Long Beach that the
ship Powhattan, of Baltimore, from Hav
re, bound, to N. York, went ashore, in the
he'iht of the gale, about 3 o'clock on
Sunday morning. The point where she
struck was about seven miles north of
Egg Harbor Light. She went entirely to
pieces, and out of the whole number of
the passengers and crew on board, not
one is known to have been saved. She i
supposed to have had about 200 emigrants
on board. About forty bodies were
picked up on Monday at Long Beach,
drifted ashore from the wreck. The
Powhattan sailed from Havre in the he
ginning of March for New York. She
was an old ship, and woith about 18,000.
It is thought she had not much cargo.
The schooner Manhattan went ashore
on Sunday evening about two miles south
of the Powhattan, and all on board were
lost except ouc man who was picked up
insensible and, up to the last accounts,
could give no particulars of the disaster.
She was a collier, and bound to Bangor.
LOSS OF THE Sllir STAFFORD.
Accounts from Absecom Beach stat
that on Tuesday a number of dead bodies
were washed ashore on Absecom Beach,
as well as on Brigantine Beach, which
lies between it and Long Beach. Up to
Wednesday evening the whole number
was fifty-eight, consisting of men, women
and children. There were no portions of
a wreck seen in the vicinity, but yester
day a piece of bedding, marked "packet
ship Stafford," drifted ashore, aud is
thought to furnish the name of the lost
ship from which the bodies were washed.
By telegraph, we have tho following
particulars of the disasters at Absecom :
Ausecom, N. J., April 20. We reach
ed this place at half-past one o'clock this
morning, and leave at five o clock lor Ab
secom Beach, which is seven miles distant
We have examined the clothing of one
of the drowned persons washed ashore at
tho Beach. 'I he stockings, apparently o
Holland manufacture, seem to have be
longed to a boy of 11 or 12 3'cars old.
His linen was marked in bold, red letters
"G. J.'' Judging from the clothing of the
victims, they were either Scotch or Ger
man, and they appear to have belonged
to the more respectable class ot emigrants
Between oOandOO bodies havo been wash
ed ashore. The impression is that they
are from the ship "Stafford," from Liver-
' pool, bound to New lork
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Mr. Collins, of Leeds Toiut, which is
on Little Egg Harbor Bay, west ot luck
er's Beach and Long Beach, says that a
German floated ashore at that place last
evening, alive but insensible. Hopes
were entertained, however, of his recov
cry. He is supposed to have been from
the Powhattan
From the best information that we can
gather from persons on tho Beach, about 30
dead bodies have been washed ashore on
Absecom, fifty or sixty Brigantine, and
forty on Long Beach in all about one
hundred and tlurtu. hour were washed
ashore this morning on Brigantine Beach
All the bodies appear to be those o
the better class of German emigrants.
The younger persons were in their night
clothes.
Benjamin Turner, a resident of Brig
antine Beach, generously attended to the
renmrements of the dead bodies. Uue
man was found, who, from his dress, it is
supposed was a captain.
About fifty bodies have bcefl taken to
Smithvillc for interments. Miss bass o
Absecom, prepared a number of bodie;
for burial. The people generally were
afraid to touch them
A mattrass washed ashore bears the
following inscription
" Amcrilcanischc Line four Packet
S':hijfahrt Valentine, Norrensc, Meyer,
Hamburg 2 Stein ho ft; Levcr.ponl Regent
Road, facing Bramleymoor Dock; Acic
York, 00 11 est street
It is reported that several bodies have
been robbed by some villi ans on the
beach.
the Oovernment have no provision
here to prevent such depredations. There
are no other important items worth tele
graphing.
THE SHIP HUMBOLDT.
By a telegraphic despatch received
from New York, we learn that the report
of the loss of the Bremen ship Humboldt.
with several hundred emigrants, as pub
lished in some of the papers, is entirely
unfounded, as she is now auchored.'at the
Quarantine in safety.
THE WRECK OE THE UNDERWRITER.
By the last accounts from this vessel.
we learn that all her passengers were
landed in safety and sent to New York.
The Underwriter was a first class vessel
of 1200 tons, and had upwards of five
hundred passengers on board. At the
time she went ashore, she was under
reefed sail, moving at eight knots an
hour; and. it being very dark, the first
warning of danger was the shock of the
vessel striking upon tho bar. The con
sternation among the passegcra was be
yond description, and the efforts of the of-
ficers were unavailing to quiet their ap
prehensions that the vessel would imme
diately go to pieces.
The hand of the steamboat Delaware,
from this city, whom we aunounced in
yesterday's News, by telegraph, as having
been drowned while attempting to get a
line on board the Underwriter, was named
Barney Leland, and resides in Broom
street, New York. His body has been
recovered. Daily JScws.
Burning Fluid, or spirit gas, is a mix
ture of camphenc and distilled turpentine,
with as much alcohol as it will take up.
This article will not really explode, tho'
it will burn fiercely, and if a quanlity in a
lamp becomes fired the lamp or vessel
may be exploded by the heat. Pho3gene
is made by re-distilling tho burning fluid,
which produces a very clear volatile fluid
A Falsehood Nailed.
In looking over the columns of the
Democratic Union, wo saw an article,
commenting on the merits of Judge Pol
lock, our candidate for Governor, in
which the editor of tho Union charges
Mr. Pollock with baviug voted against
the bill to increase the pay of soldiers,
then in the Mexican war. Believing the
statement to be false, we determined to ex
amine the records, and see how far the
Union was correct. Through the polite
ness of Hon. Jos. Casey, we were fur
nished with a copy of the Congressional
Globe and Appendix, containing the
proceedings of the 2d Session, of the 29th
Congress held during 184G and '47. On
page 272 and 273, of the Globe, we find
the proceedings of the House, on the bill
to grant Bounty Land to the army in
which Mr. Pollock took an active part,
and offered two additional sections to the
bill, granting bounty lands to tho officers
and soldiers who served in the war against
the Indians. On motion of Mr. Phelps,
a new bill was substituted, in place of the
one reported by the select committee, the
Grst section ot which is as follows :
Be it. enacted t)-c, That from and after
the first day of May last, and until the
termination of the war with Mexico, the
monthly pay of tho non-commissioned
officers, musicians and privates, of the
army of the United States, and Militia
and volunteers in the service of the same
shall be increased 83 per month.
This bill was agreed to by a vote of
171 veas to 13 nays. Mr. Pollock
voting with tho YEAS. Will the Union
be honest enough to correct '.
On page 130, of the Appendix we find
Jlr. Pollock's speech on Bounty Lands
and the Mexican war from which we
make the following extracts.
A bill now under consideration pro
poses an increase of three dollars per
month to the pay of the regulars and
volunteers. J he pay at present re
ceived is seven dollars per month. Thi:
is but a small compensation for men who
leave home and comfort behind, and go
to endure the toil and privation of a camp
expose their health and lives in a tore
ijin clime, and encounter the pestilential
vapors and noxious exhalations of the
swamps and marshes ot lMexico, a land
where "the pestilence walkcth in dark
ness, and destruction wastcth at noonday.'
The proposed increase, under these cir
cumstances, will not be deemed extrava
nance. At home but few would be wil
ling to give a month's labor for that piti
ful sum. I will therefore, vote to in
crease their pay, and give to the toilworn
soldier, deprived of the ordinary comforts
of life, something that may relieve his
wants, and cheer him in his onward
course of duty and of danger.
And again, in concluding his speech
he said :
I hope, sir, the provisions of the bil
now under consideration, aud the amend
ments I have proposed, may receivo the
favorable action of the House; and thus
some proof be given that republics are not
ungrateful. e owe it to ourselves, and
to the private soldier who fiehts the bat
tics of our country. Fame the highest
aspiration of the soldier, tells not the
story of his daring. It gathers its rich
clusters around, and encircles the brow
of the victorious General. Not so with
the private soldier. She has reserved no
niche in her proud temple for him. Hi
name is found upon tho muster roll, and
perhaps in the list of the wounded and
the dead. He is thrown carelessly into
the grave; the earth covers him; and not
even a plain marbfc, sculptured with his
name, marks the resting place of the gal
lant dead. Pass this bill, and let the
record of our proceedings be at once the
record of a nation s gratitude, and the
soldier's fame.
The speech, from which the above ex
tracts are taken, is one of the most elo
quent and logical we have ever read. It
is such a speech as would do honor to
the head and heart of the greatest States
man. If our Locofoco friends have any
more false statements to make, in regard
to Mr. Pollock's course, while in Congress,
they can put them out, as we arc prepar
ed for them.
The attempt to injure Mr. Pollock, by
criticising his acts while in Congress, will
be of no avail. His whole course was pa
triotic, manlv, and honorable. We want
no better proof of the honor, integrity
and patriotism of our candidate, than hi
acts in Congress. He was always found,
as the recorde will prove, defending the
interests of his countty, and her honest,
industrious yeomanry. Union Co. Star.
.r.
A Devil of a Woman.
At St. Louis, in the afternoon of the
5th inst., a Mrs. Baker followed one Hoff
man into a dry goods store, aud fired at
him with a pistol. He retreated behind
the counter, and stooped under it, whith
er she pursued him, leaned over the coun
ter, and, placing the pistol close to his
back, fired again the ball eptering his
back just below the point of the right
shoulder blade. Whether the lungs or
the liver had been touched in its course
could not be definitely ascertained,
The murderess was arrested and com-
to prison. J he Democrat says: "lhc
immediate causo of tho shooting is not
known. It will be remembered that, a
suit was brought against Mrs. Baker for
assault with iutent to kill, on affidavit of
Hoffman, the ca.e being based on the oc
currences at the St. Charles Hotel. We
heard yesterday that Hoffman has in his
possession some letters ot Mrs. Ba
ker's, which this trial will bring ont. It
is surmised that tl.is may have had an in
fluence to bring about she assault of yes
terday evening. There are more rumors
however, whiehmayormay notbe correct.'
lue ball was subsequently discovered
and extracted from about the middle of
the abdomen, and it was thought that
Hoffman would recover. The ball ap
peared to have passed through his body,
to the abdomen, without cutting tho lungs,
ivcr, or a any other vital part. Hoffman
was some time ago brutally cowhidedi 'py
the husband of Mrs. Baker,
licit. Edward Stanly.
The other day, in a cause before an
honorable Judge of Santa Clara county,
California, a. very flattering compliment
was paid by "the jury to the Hon. Edward
Stanly, of North Carolina, who was en
gaged in the suit. It nppeara that Mr.
Stanly was under the impression that a
conspiracy existed against the client's
rights, who was none other than the cele
brated pioneer, Capt. Graham, of San
Diego, whose residence in the couulry
dates from 1832. In the course of his
argument, Mr. Stanly took occasion to
allude to unfairness which seemed to
characterise the proceedings, at the same
time intimating what the court deemed a
suspicion that it was not entirely unbias
ed. Whereupon, the clerk was ordered
to fine Mr. Stanly twenty-five dollars for
contempt. That gentleman stopped in
his argument, walked up to the clerk's
desk and paid the fine, remarking at the
same time that nothing gave him more
pleasure than at all times to render cheer
ful obedience to the constituted authori
ties of his country, and continued his arg
ument. Mr. Stanly afterwards took oc
casion in his address to the jury to thank
God he livad in a free republic where the
truth might be told to 12 honest men and
the teller not always punished for so doing.
Mr. Stanly gained his case, and the jury,
after having rendered their verdict, en
closed a complimentary note to Mr. Stau
ly with the amount of the fine that His
Honor had imposed, which that gentle
man returned with an assurance of his
aDDreciation of the compliment, and ate-
4 L "
nuest that thev would cive the money to
some charitable institution, for the benefit
of those who needed it more than himsejf
or to some clergymen whose mission was
to preach the Gospel of Truth!
New Sron Company.
A bill has just passed the Legislature of
our State incorporating a new Company
for the manufacture of iron under the title
of the Thomas Iron Company, with a cap
ital of 200,000. David Thomas, Esq., of
the Crane Iron Works, is on the Lehigh
Valley liailroad, one mile above Catasau
qua, iu Lehigh co. Two stacks have been
already commenced, and 2 large Engines
of sufficient capacity to drive four stacks,
havo been ordered. It is the intention ol
the Company to complete the works as socm
a3 possible, and put them in operation.
Tho works will be under the charge of
Mr. David Thomas, who is one of the most
skillful and experienced Iron Masters in
this country, aud one of his sons who is
thoroughly acquainted with the business.
We learn that the following gentlemen are
Stockholders to the amount set opposite
their names, with a few others, whose
names we are not informed of.
Bussell S. Chidsey, Easton, SI 0,000
Peter H. Michlcr. " 10,000
John Drake, " 10,000
Derrick Hulick, " 10,000
Dr. Detwiller, " 10,000
Carman llandolph, " 10,000
John T. Knight, " 5,000
Daniel Wcittscll, " 5,000
B. F. Clark, New York, 15,000
David Thomas, Crane Iron works, 15,000
E. A. Dougass, Mauch Chunk, 15,000
Judge Marsh, New Jersey, 10,000
Mr. Talcott, Engineer Mor. Canal, 10,000
John Brown & Co., White Haven, 10,000
J. Singmastcr, Stroudsburg, Pa. 10,000
C. A. Luchenbach, Bethlehem,Pa. 10,000
Augustus Wollc, " " 5,000
Mathew Krause, " " 5,000
A meeting of the Commissioners nam
ed in the act, was held at Mrs. White's
Hotel, in the Borough of Easton on Tues
day evening, at which time C. A. Lucken
bach, was chosen President Pro. Tern. C.
A. Bandolph, Secretary Pro. Temt to of
ficiate, until permanent officers are elected
which will be in the course of a few weeks
Sentinel.
CSS" Cucumbers arc selling in Cincin
nati at 25 cents a piece. Green corn, as
paragus, tomatoes aud fresh peas are in
the market, and sold at reasonable prices.
JGSSThe Sheriff of Clarion County was
waylaid by a man on the South road, last
week, and badly beaten.
jjj3 Amos Brown of Granville, N. Y.,
died lately of convulsions caused by eating
cloves; he used them as a substitute for
tobacco.
JEST The Pennsylvania Senate, by two
majority, has rejected a bill to prohibit
tho banks from issuing notes under S10.
There is a singular freak of nature on
the farm of Mr. Harvey Willson, near
this town. Two thrifty black oak trees
standing several teet apart, are joined to
gether about twelve feet from the ground
by a limb, which like tho ligature of the
Siamese twins, starts from each trunk
with an equal thickness, and becomes
smaller as it approaches the centre each
way it is smooth, healthy, and appears
to belong equally to both trees. Morris
(Ar. J.) Banner,
I'Siiladciphiu ITHarkct.
Monday, April 24. The Flour market
13 very quiet to-day there is but little in
quiry for shipment, and the only sales are
200 brls Brandywine at $8 75 per brl.
and 100 brls scraped at $8; common ship
ping brands arc offered at 3 50. There
is more inquiry for city consumption from
S8 50 up to 9 for common and extra
brands, and fancy lots at higher rates. Iu
Eye Flour and Corn Meal thero is noth
ing doing.
Gram Supplies of Wheat continues to
come in very slowly, rnd there is but lit
tle offering. Sales of 3000 bushels at S2
per bu for red, and 82 05 for white. Iiyo.
is worth 96 cents. Corn is m steady de-
mand, and 5a0000 bush yellow wer. dis
posed of at 82 cents afloat, and. f oenls
in store. Oats aro scarce end worth 53a
50 cents per bu.
In Groceries there. 5s rather moro do
ing, but prices are unchanged.
Uloveraeed is more inquired after at S i
50 per bushel, but thero is very little of
fering, and most holders refuse this figure.
Whiskey, 27 cents.
To the Directors of the Crystal
Palace Association.
Gentlemen :
It gives me pleasure to inform you
that, in regard to the sum proposed to bo
raised by tho sale of Tickets in advance,
the results are flattering. Some of our
feUow citizens have come forward, in
this crisis with a public spirit beyond
mere culogium. Others have still tho
matter under advisement, but will no
doubt add a generous quota, in the end,
to the contribution. Under these cir
cumstances I may congratulate the As
sociation upon the early realization of this
initial movement towards tlie grand re
organization of the Crystal Palace a3 a
permanent institution.
I have directed, therefore, that the Ex
hibition, in view of its new character, bo
temporarily closed on Saturday evening
the 15th inst., to re-open with a Popular
Re-inauguration and appropriate cere
monies on the 4th of May next, tho de
tails of which will be furnished' by the
Committee of Arrangements, Messrs.
Iloraco Greeley, Charles Butler, John II.
White, Edward Haight and P. T. Bar
nuin. The interval mentioned will afford a
much needed opportunity for the recep
tion and arrangement of a world of raro
and beautiful articles that have recently
como consigned to us from Europe, as
well as some exceedingly interesting A
merican and Foreign specimens inMa
chinery, Manufacture and General Art,
that have awaited our determination to
place the Crystal Palace among the im
perishable enterprises of the Age and tho
Nation.
The Dutch Government has just con
tributed a large and choice variety of
singularly unique articles of luxury and
use from Japan. They number about
one thousand and cannot but prove won
derfully attractive, as tending to throw
much light upon the peculiar habits of a
reserved and extraordinary people.
Our Foreign Agent, Mr. Charles Bus
chek advises us that, in consequence of
the unsettled state of the Europern Conti
nent, the number of costly paintings and
valuable chefs d'oeuv res in sculpture ready
to be placed at our disposal, is unusually
great, and will be forwarded without de
lay, now that every apprehension that the
Exhibition will be a transitory specula
tion, has been disposed, of. His report
in relation to the more novel and elegant
manufactures of Europe is equally grati
fying; and I may add that arrangements
arc being perfected for the purchase of a
collection of admirable copies of all the
celebrated statues of the Antique a col
lection that, in itself, will present the
highest claim to the popular taste and at
tention. A perfectly correct and handsome
model of Ycnic, covering about one thous
and square feet and exhibiting ever min
ute detail of that beautiful city, in carved
wood, from the reality itself, will also be
added.
Several eminent Horticulturists have
manifested a desire to embellish the Crys
tal Palace with a profuse variety of un
common Plants and Flowers. A number
of Musical Societies and Bands have also
intimated a wish to add, in turn, their at
tractions to the popularity of the Exhi
bition. With all these suitable arranqe
ments will bo affected.
The Committee, (consisting of Messrs.
Mortimer Livingston, Watts Sherman,
William Whetten, William B. Dinsmorc,
and Charles II. Haswell,) appointed to
solicit our own citizens for Fine Art con-
; tributions, find that but one feeling per
vades all classes of the people in reference
to our undertaking. All seem to mani
fest the most earnest in its succes?, and
all are anxious for an opportunity to aid
us in its popularization. We may confi
dently depend, therefore, upon a very ex
tensive selection of gems of Art from pri
vate and domestic sources, worth in tho
aggregate several hundred thousand dol
lars, and in point of intransic merit ap
proached by no similar exhibition upon
this continent.
The amplest facilities will be extended
to Exhibitors, among which will be tho
important right to affix the price to any
article of which they may wish to dispose,
to direct Visitors where duplicates may
be obtained, and remove their contribu
tions, at any time, by giving only ono
week's notice in advance.
The Machinery Department will bo
much fuller and more effective than hith
erto. There will be opcratiug specimens
of nearly every great invention, and in
some instances the entire proces of man
ufacturing various fabrics will be exhib
ited. As Steam Power and space will bo
gratuitously furnished for the most inter
esting processes in Art and Iudustry,and
as Inventors and Exhibitors will be per
mitted, under certain judicious regula
tions, to run the machinery for their own
benefit, this branch of the Exhibition is
expected to become especially interesting.
Allow me to reccommend, in this con
nection, that tho Board of Directors an
nounce, at an early day, its determina
tion to award Medals and other marks of
merit to those who may be, by competent
Judges, pronounced worthy of the dis
tinction. The Medals and Diplomas a
warded for 1853, will be ready for deliv
ery in the beginning of May.
Under the new organization cvory ar
ticle will bo classified to facilitate inspec
tion. Those of the same Kind as ftr a
single gV-c, Institute a jusi comparison
bet'rec Uq different developments o
Koto, and skm in uitterent countries. A
novol and useful plan of rc-arrangemenfc.
ha3 been decided upon that will nearly
double tho space previously appropriated!
to Exhibitors throughout the entire build
ingk We need not hesitate to publish,
therefore, our ability to find room for
anything pleasing or useful that may bo
entrusted to us, and to invite every man
and woman in tho world to originate
something for this concentration of tho
"Industry of all Nations,'' that mnyrs
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