CAN 0 H. B. MASSED, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, OFFICE, MARKET STREET, OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE. a iFamfly xieiasp.ipcr-DrtotcJr to Volftfrs, aftcraturc, ftXoral.iij., j?orcfcit ant Domwtfc Rictus, science ann Xt arts, Slflifcultuvr, iUarhcts, Amusements, tc. NEW S Kit IKS VOL. I, NO. S. SUNllUKY, NOKT1I II. M It Kit LAN I) COUNTY. l'A.. SATUiiDAY, .MAY 17, 18.11. OLD SKRIKS VOL. II, NO. 34. BY AMEft lj jmi I 1 iiiim mshTi " j. THE A.WKltll'AN Is e-uli!is'ic.l .nrr S-itatitay at TWO bUI.I.AHS 'T iii'iiiiin In lie i m.l feuf jci'i y ii. advance. No pH w tlisc 'iitimieil unul ALL J-a-rej.tegus bre paid . All C'.mtlitl?eirci--ii -a letleree i n husiitfw. ri-lnltug t "lh ofi.e, lu u.uie .-cte.i-i i. m.: lie 1V!'I' PAID TO il.i, u-v Tare. copit-B to - m' :ul r. .n, fetcvvn !i. to Uu filler! ',) . 1 1 . 'J , . 0 I iv ,1 Lac Ii ;:!vic.- e.1 la , il) I- I lli.c- Jveil'e t . ..- ci-ia.!. n l. ilu- .,.ie-iic.oi Oir 8:iU "i' ! .0 lines, a tunes, Km itni'iti 'in n. iiisonii'ii, Cue Squiiie, a lu.'iillis, Sll III Mill, 011. year, MusineM Card, of Five lines, per umoim, Jfc lercllaiim riiul -mil'.-. itiUciUMiai ley the yeiir, with Itis pri 'ie-irc ef iiiM-itioj; dilfeietit a.lve'iii!i-iiiciilt weekly. ty Lnrgei Ailverlicciiieuta, n per ucu-eitieul. tli'il AM 6in 10 00 A 1' '1 U U A C V A T L A VV , EUIJUUCV, PA. B usine. attended to in the Counties of Nor thumberland, Liiion, Lycoming onJ Columbia. lrlrr till I & A. Rovoudt, Lower A flnrron. .SDiners & Sno ) rras, Philad. Hcviiol.ls, M c Fa i ml Co., Speriiia, Good A, t'oM ST0H2 AT HOLLOWING RUN. JU the Cross Roads, near J. D. Cuiiruds, Lnyrr Augusta. J. 1?. KAUFFMAN RESPECTFULLY informs Ms i'riiiuls and the puWir Kfiicr.illy, tlmt ho has just reooiv ed anil opened u new stock ol (! i"U-i, uliich lie now uli't ; for s ik' on the most reasonable terms, llii.lock consists in hrl of '.t'Cll AS Cloths, Cassimircs, SutUnctls, Merinos, Ay. HutuHiM wear of all kirA Muv.!in, Calieoci, ti'ingliarns. I'liecks, &c. AL0: An iMdrtrucnt of Hardware of all hinds, most (jenerallv in use. ALSO: (Irocerios of all Kinds. ASofnr, Coffee. Tea, Milastes. Spirit, kc. ALSO: tjuceiisn are and frotkery ware, a full nskoiiirtcttt. Alo M!k Hats, C'liiji Ila't, and Straw Hats. ALO : An ansoitinent of Liquors, vil: Bra.sdv. Wink. Wmiskkv, &e Bet' les variety of otln r nrtteh s, most Eencr ally used and in want l f.ttinei and other per n. nil of which lie v iil wll to ji ireiiasiers at a aving often '-r cent, hv calling un liiin. All kinds of produce taken in cichange for good, at tiic hiihist uiJ'Uct pri'-e. Hollowing Kun. April '-ii. iv'il. tf. S?KIliQ AND GUilllEil CICXIIING. IJtVEilYUODY should eiiiluace this opportu nily to I'tty CLO'I'ill.Nii for .Men. Youth and Bos, ot fcU prices a h i' e never jet Won Known 'in T i is itv. -..t J : ' R ( i 1 " ( Tl.I."ri t 'LOTH I.N )'.S'l'AIl,l.-li M t " N J r-.n.tli-Kast l.'orner of M i.ket and Second Street, i'hiladcl jihia, rinbraeiti) u choice of the hest, most desira ble, and f.ishiiir.ih!c LP.E&S AND riLOCK COATS, Habit Cloth do., Linen Drilling do., Tweeds, Ac, &.C., Wfcihcr iiii a -jrcat variety of leys' Clothhis, ConsiFtii'I of Satk C'oatH. 1'o U i Jackets. Mon kev .lacket'i. Yr-U and Round Jackets made of Teed. Linen Uii iiim, L'lolh. Aipjcci, Kersa tuier, Doeskin. c, .e. Farticular ca.e has been t.iken to procure the few ttvles for Men mid Lojs' S ini:n-r Co.us. Fantaliious. Yosts, tic., to vviii h he would unite upecial attention. Fin ii-ln'A' tiooils. Consisting of s1 i ' -tacks ILm '..en-use's te.; a'.l of w hie'a ed at tin" '"'' . .'.-i anv o.he.- e.r..A J't l" Ht.ire u t't" I P:: lies' :y i :. t.'o. '-I te.v wW .it-v d : C'bthin; ,-d r.t S. E t OliCi" ;'J I' hi j. April 1'). 1H.-.I -II'. TO ALVZRTliZRS. You are rtsp-rlfullu iiifurm d, that General Adverti--,in Kev;papcr A-rent( HAS Till". AtiKXl'V For nil piper sn tr ill y in fie U. Slnics. A DYEK'TISKItS ran always soc their aJvcr. tisenients wlu ii published, ns he wishes to koop a reju'ar lilo id" ait paw- s he advrrti.os in. From his ovpeiieiice with Newsp ipcm in advor tisinu in city and count y, adv erti-l-.'s would find it to their intcc-st to consult wilh l.im upon the ubjot. '. I'IKKl'):. Gtn. A.lrertifinf; Act., JiulUlin liutljntg. rhiladelphia, April I'J, 1851. ly. NATIONAlTlTorELT SHAMOKIK, Northumbeiiand County, Pa. THE.ubsorihor respeclfelW informs bisfriends and tlio public uoneialh", that lie lias open ed a new Hotel in the town of Shaniokin, .Nor thumlierl Old county, on the cornet of Siiaiiiokiu aaJ Commerce Hlicets, nearly opposite to the House he fo inorly kept, lie is well prepared lo accommodate his t;ucls, and is also provided with good stabiiim'. ile trusts bis oxporioiice, ami strict attention to business, w ill induce per sona visiting the coal region tn continue the lib eral patronage lie has bu.ctofore rrceivod. WILLIAM WBAYEK. Khamokin. April 19, lS.xi. tf. JAMES II. MAC; EE MAS removed from his old Stand, No. 118 Vine street, to .No. 52 Dillu-ijH St., (hel'n CaVhill if Willuw.) where he bus con.tantlv on han I, BROVN STOUT, PORTER, Ale and Cider, . roa homk conmmptios or sHirrixc. N. B. Coloring, Hottlinir, Wire and Bottles, Vjnegart Ac. ror sate us atiove, tullolphi, April 13, 1851 ly. lyceming liutttal Insurnnce Company. T"JL J. 1J. M ASSFH i. ibc. Wat iisoiit for the A ahcu'e lu.uiauce Co i j , m Nuilhuiiibor- laaii county, sud ia at all timut ready to citrct Insurances Bfrninst tire on rest or personal pro perty, of rouewinjt policies for the same. Suubury, April tti, 1851. if. UB'TICES' FEE JJ1LI.H. For sale by IL 6. M.Vb.SKB. uabury, April 20, j SI-:LECT POETRY. rrienlihii). How r.f thrt ImiiiHtiFj hi'urt wmilil ink, I i hchoinh'.'"' ili-spti' Co' fur mi ;in:;o on ilio In ink, I I IttH'I'V - A" a I h i: A .c! h r o Win -'..,v s I I F.i..-..,lsi 1 1 1 1 1 1 i! ' lieir ; h i h heavi'iily luht, i li,!iii' Bl;i(', ':n'o In nwiiiii racp, 'Ii'b holy guj.-M;. Upon iho brj.,k of il.uk ilpspnir, Willi s niliiio fnei' in' Maiul. ; A " . t to tli viciiiii hriokiuo iln-re O'ltsiiri'itds her rajcr hmols ; In ni'i-i'iil lu v. that sweetly How To hi HW!ik"iiino oar, ?h" 'unji him hack his di'riihwriril trnck, Toward llopo's efl'ii Itrenl sphere. S pp Friendship ! Id m daily pivo Thanks to my Go I for thee ! Wi'.liont thy smiles 'Iwpre death to livp, Ami jny to cense to In". O. hilterest drop t'i woe' full cup Tn havi no friend in titvd. To .'rnsalrt nn with eitef alone, Wore nconv indeed '. PALACE OF GLASS. rilOM WCKHN'S. On New Year's Day, in the year 1S37, a traveller was proceeding in a native boat, on a ilillicult exploration up the river Iieruice in Demeraia, when, on ar riving at a point where the river ex panel ed and formed a currentless basin, his at tention was attracted to the southern mar gin of the lake by an extraordinary object. He caused his crew to paddle quickly to wards it. The nearer he approached, the higher his curiosity was raised. Though an accomplished hot-mist, and especially lair.iliar with the Flora of South America, he bad never seen anything like it before. It was a Titanlic water-plant, in size and shape unlike any other known plant. "I feel as a botanist," says Sir Robert Schom burok, "and felt myself rewarded! All calamities were forgotten. A gigantic leaf, from five to sis feet in diameter, salver-shaped, villi a broad tint, of a ligbt oreen above, and a vivid crimson below, rested tiJon the water ! Quite in charac ter with the w .nderlul leaf was I lie luxu riant flower consisting of an imn ' use number ol petals, pa-sin; in u'bT--,av li.it, from pure white t: ro.-;e and pli .''" .i !.l i:i some instances, mea.-uriiij iltieett iot'l. "The smooth wat.-r wis (. blossoms, and. r;s I rowed fuj d v.-1 . a lb othei, 1 always observed som. itti. r u- v ' j admire." Such flowers Polyphemus must have gathered lor Galatea's' nosegay ; but Sir Robert Schomhiirgk, not content with mere flowers, ihi up whole plants ; anil sent first them, and si'terwards seeds, to Eng land, where the magnificent lily was na- mei, the "ictoria ivegia." -uter some unsuccessful attempts, the ta-.k of forcing it to blosiom in an artificial climate, was confided to Mr. I axlon, Ihe celebrated hor ticulturist of Ihe Puke uf Devonshire' cel ebrated Cb.itsworth. Mr. I'axton a man of high scientific attainments- is not a nu-re academic, s" '.iiif. 77 ? Alma Mater is nature. W'h"ii the Victoria R.-gi i was to he flowered, Mr. l'axton determined to imitate Nature so clojelv a to ni iko that innoient off-pring oi the Gieat M-i'le r fancy its-elf buck again in the t.roa-l w.iti r- and un-1 r tlie burning n at-of llriti-h (i ii ion. lb- dec h d the ; hv t 'ua-eiii'-g i ' i : n in a bil'oik o! -.ci'-d ! -a.. i aod p. at ; he deluded the ;r at iuhh-r'v ' ave i.y h Ming them fl.,nt ia a lank, to v. hirh he comtnimtcaterl by means of a little wiled, the gentle ripple of tie ir own trajiq i 1 liver; and be coax ed the I'ower into tdoom by manulacturin" a Derliiciati climate m a tiny Sjuth Amer ica, tiinh-r a giass case. With that glass case our history prop erly committees. In imitation of a phil sophic French Cook, who began a chap ter on stewed-apples, with an essay on the Creation, we have thought it wise to start with the parentage und gestation, before proceeding to the birth and development of the Great Giant in Hvdel'ark: for hv curious apposition, the first parent of the most extensive building in Europe was he largest known floral structure I it the world. Although, co-relativelv, they dil- er as widely as 'the popular disparity of St. Paul's and a China oratig- ; yet the one proceeded from the other, us consequently as oaus grow irotn acorns. Mr. Paxton had already effected n any improvements in horticultural buildings ; the workmanship of which has always been tinneci-s-i.il ilv massive. Wilh the conviction that glass lions, s are not Egyp tian tombs built lor darkness and eternity, he set about maiiing (hem lighter than of old, both as regard : actinism and architec ture. He discarded as much as practica ble all ponderous and opake materials. He pared away nil clumsy sash-bar.-', wh ise broad shadows rabbed plants of the sun's light and heat during the best parts of the day ; he abolished dirty and leaky over laps, by uing large panes, and inserting them in wooden grooves, rendered water tight by a sparing use of putty. Lastly, finding, that into the ordinary sloping rod the sunbeams enter, at an indirect and un profitable angle, Mr. Paxton invented a horizontal glazing, composed of angular ridges, the glu.-s presenting itself lo the sun's ray, so as to admit them to the plants iii a straight line at afmosf any time of dav; hut especially early and late. Iu'a gieen house constructed with some of these improvements, and acclimated as we have already explained, a kti.iia R gia -A' ns planted on the u..'.h of Augi.it, ISi'j. So well had everything I mi pu pated lor its reception, that it fin irish. .1 ns vigorously as if it had been resti..vfT to i's notiva soil and climote. Ju growth and development were astonishingly rapid ; tor on Ule ninth el Arivem her a .nvt-r was produced, a yard in circumference! In little more than a month alter, the first seeds ripened, conn' of them were tilled, tiiid on the ixteeftih of Fohrnary succeed '"Si 'nii p 1 a ii i s made iheir Bppeariiiice. Success, imueuT, lirnuaM a (ri ch embar rassment. The cvti S'irdiiiary liiv nln-vir. .Nature'..- I,:w ol d.'Vi hipinent with such nn ejiecled lapldlly, that it OUIIeW the i.i iiieiistniis ol I's Ikiit.h til a little more than a itu 1 1 1 1 1 . It Hp rof'ore set Mr. TuMuli a pi'ol.d'in hi solw; tin' f;rnilt!e. ol w hi ill was -oiiieiliin like this: Giwn, an is otic i'i.iwino in a ;"ei n-liot:se, at the r:i!c ol' sit hundred and forty-seven st'.in inches of circunih rence per diem; ii qui red, in three months, a new house el inensions proper lor ils malnrilv T Mr. I'aNton went to work ; and, corr. hit:ing ail his improvements in construct ing green-houses, wilh his special inven tions for maturittf; tho Victoria Reoin, lie very soon produced tlie "Q E. D.."' in the shape of a novel and i-lepanl conservatory, j sixty feet lon by forty broad. This build- j insr became the immediate precu-or of the j piantic structure in Hyde Park, xv.'nj necessitates a short explanation. Mr. Paxlon, when he set about Ihe new Victoria Itegia house guided bv previous study and experience, nnd forced into new expedients by the peculiarities of the ex traordinary tenant he was building for had become a better economist. The re sult is, as shown in his latest effort the great P.uihlin-g that his walls and foun dations are not simply walls and founda tions, but ventilators and drains as well. Ilio roofs are not simply roofs; but be sides being the most extensive ol known sky-lights, are light and heat adjuster--. His sash-bars do not only hold the glass togeiiu-r, but are self-supporting, and bis rafters form perfect drains lor hot it sides of the glass for draining oil' internal, as well as external moisture, whilst the tops of the girders are conduits also. His floors are dust traps, and aid in ventilation. Lastly, his w hole building is, while in cours- of constriction, its own scaffolding. Thus he saves time as well as money. The Victoria Regia house, which com bines most of the advantages above de tailed, was finished in seveial weeks less time, and cost considerably less money, than the slenderest old-hishioned conserva- buy lb : i liov i ; ; W.ls I.I to . I.. tllJ .'.I t has ever been built. Mr. Paxton was busy wi'li this ,'i.l mo iel garden-house, a hot war i . ii: Loudon about a site- for the ...ii. fir exhibiting sn '.-ime-ns ot and i'i ustry of all nntio in I " I . Mr. I'nMoti is a rudi r of the " rime s.'' and perused with sympathizing interest j ; s fiercely urged obje ctions against Ihe iuva- sion ot llvde Pork by armies of excava tors, bricklayers, blacksmith.., and liinher-lelb-rs. 'Ihe picture daily drawn of the' tearing-up of fashionable roads by the calling of more bricks and inoit.ir llor mark, a ttmp'irnnj edifice) than the ternal Pyramids ol Chizch consist of; the cutting down from one side of Rotten Row of its most cherished ornaments, the trees; the unceitainly of miles of brickwork being j put together in time for solhcieid coiiso.i-!-alion to be ar the weight of the tr-nn-nd. m. iron dome d.-signed to rest tipon it: the impos-ioility of the entire mass of m itar and piaster duly dry nig : All this, though occa; ion.illy ove-rdrawn ftii'i exaggerated, pre sent. d a black perspective, which tie' ine-uns nuil appliance s id 'the Victor; lie.' ia con- r'l.t.iiv iv, ual, thought ils rnchiteii, i-oe-i l F.v. r To; I"' j ' 1 w.i.s a -. t.lg.tfe III I. . Ii! II. bl. m " li.t..., . -'r- . i's m ; at i. any r. A n u'i . ;.i!s could n, or altogether oh i.il.-. . r.oll f nit) iiev-.a. r :- :i this notion in t' A II that was want- d, :r. a'. Ii!v-hi'it:s- s join. ,1 li.iiatio'l of hands ;ie! ' r a. lily coiiunaml-d, d'l be rais-'d so ip.ie k! V The prom-naders and Park would he ivli.-i.-.l lick click" of h,b k- a:i'l tr.iclure c :.:i,l so tbeceplv. i). ighoors of 1 1 il. of the incessant ' layers' trowels, the maddening noise ol the blacksmith rii etting-hammi rs, nnd have- : perfect immunity Iroin the hourly transit of bricks and rcafliilding-poles. The pro-j posed edilice could be constructed at l!ir-' mingliam, at Dudley, and Thames Rank, 'brought home" to Hyde Park ready-made, . and put up liki a bed-stead. As to the i trees ; for a couple of hundred pounds .Mr. i Paxton would transplant Ibein, and hiing. them back again at the end of the Industrial ; lair wilhoid injuring a single twig. And ) lu re we may remark, in passing, that, ac- ' cording lo Horace Walpole, Mr. Paxton is half a century before his ti'in in his buge Iransplautin-g operations, in August LSI1?, the Twickenham Prophet wrote t j !:-.- (,'ousin Ci,:iwav, as a piece of extravagant , bin "I lament living in so barbarous an age, w In n we are come lo o blue perfec tion in gardening. I im persuaded that, ii..i.,ir..,i g,wi r, i'. ,. I,...,. ., o i;i i.j e - - .111, I' Ulfl lirilV-e., I. Ml - ... . as common to remove oaks a hundred and, .. ' " ' t I r fiftv years old, as it is now to transplant L " VV!M . V"' lf'tf'n ' fore the Ro.val L.tir. ',i.. l Commission " However, Mr. Paxton, coull do without movins the venerable wood "m. the short- est nol.ee" las it .1 bad heen eonverl,.,! llo housi isehold furniture before its time.) If Park author. lies preferred, he would p the trees, all standing, under the great 1 ' " O lb c la glass case. But alas! feasihle as the tfilan appeared, it was not to he thought of. The fiat of the Building Committee had gone forth. The competition of architectural skill in vited by the authorities had not produced one available design. The first exhibition ol the A rchiteots of all nations had been pronounced a failure; and the fact of the lino ling Committee having invited tenders lor the construction ol a design of its own, shut out liesh competitors. One Hav, however it was Friday, the l lib ol .Line Mr. Paxton happened lo be in the IIouso of Conmons conversing, on thi subject with Mr. Ellis, a njendK't ot it, wlio nccompatiii'tj liim tu the I3oardof I radp to iee what could be done. Then nolhin could he done; for ilr. Paxton (who is one ol tin- busiest men in Eiipdand wlio.se very leisure would kill a man of lashion with ils hard work) was ofT imme diately t.) keep a special appointment at Ihe tubular bridge over the Alenni. Alter hi journey the ncM morninir, ihe conver siilion wilh bis friend, the M. V., was i l i.clied by auolliec and more than usually p'lwulbl hurst ol lb.it day's i.-suc from I'iai kiriiits. lbs mind was n aile up; "an.!," said the Duke of D-voushire, at a retard public me tili; at D.ikeWi II. "I ne ver lito-w .Mr. liNbm resolve to iiinlertaki what In- did not fully accomplish." To have enrraa-.'metit.s lor everv dav in the wei k in dill'ererit par's of Enrrland and Ireland, t'lo.-llier v ilh the mana.'einetd id the estate at Cliatsworth, diil not much malb-r ; there was still time to he found for concocting the plans anil details of a few square acres of building. Thursday morn- itur, the lS:h of June, founil Mr. Taxlon at Ll-ihy, seated as ('bainiian of the Works and W ays Committee of the Midland Kail, vvay- to try an oiTemlino; pointsman. This was the first leiotue inomeiit he had been able to secure since he resolved to plan the great build'ti?. At the end of the table stood toe culprit ; anil upon it, before the Chairman, was invitingly spread a virgin sheet of blading paper. As each witness delivered his evidence, Mr. Puxtoti appear ed to be taking notes w ith uncommon as siduity, and wh-n lite cm-' clos.-d. one ot his colleagues turned specially to him, say ing, "As you seem to have noted down th whole ol the evidence, we will take the deci-ion from you." "The trui h' is," whispered (hi- Chair man, 'I know ail about '.bis otfiir already, lini iug accidental! v learned every particu lar last night. "Tdn," Im continued, hold ing up the pap-T, l:is not a draft of the pointsman's case, but a design lor I'tegr-al Industrial I'uildin ; lo be erected in llvde Park." The pointsman was let oft with a fine i and before evening tin- blr.Jtiug paper plan bad found ils way into Mr. Paxton's oiiice at Cliatsworth. P.y the help of that "gen tleman's ordinary assistance', elevations, sections, working details and specifications Were completed in ten (ivs. When In' made his in xt rpp- arance at Ihe f)e-rby Nation, at the end ot 'that time, Mr. l'axton had Ihe complete pl.vis under Ins . nn. i'i l. re w ; not u ii.il. uli' to si, are- lor the (.rain W:-s oi) tli and the- Kovai ( Vrfi.-i-o ornin r ; so, taking hi i.t T 'uli: IS I ' . . tl r.exl tier in b;s p et, be euter-'cl a earri ige. lie.-' extreme- tie light, he -in om- oft to his 1 gre-at- csl an I most inilu nt ai ei im-'-is of the i ,t iv a nieintier, u.oivov r, of th- Royal oing to Loudon Commission who was by Ihe sam train. "Ibis is extraordinary 1 in ;l" 1 x- I'n.k f.vi r a I" n.iue." claimed ; "for 1 w ant von b few plans and a spec i f.eut i.m Act r-r.hngly the phms W" e'-e Ulir lll.'il. i it: j run i j it ii ar n! sn- if th. y 'There thry are," sai l th omtei t : "loo!; Itu-m over vvji , for (. .., building f.r 1S51.'; "l-'or what ?"' asked t! at I is I'ri.'iid with ilio s ol i."cre,iu'ity. "J nut s.-i ions." 'Put you are toi late i-ngineer lo- .king the wln.'le thing is se-'t b-il mi ; de-ct.b-d." "Well, just see what you think of them. I am very hungry, und if on w ill run them over while J eat my liin.'.er, 1'il iiol sp- j.I a v oiel." i'li.'f ; ill I r!i-tur'i you, for I ii.iist a cigar ;" and in spite' ;f eierv I'e'gt.-lal-. ;i in that case n de at,J provided, the ; n -m -. r began ; smoke. Tii. r-- v. as ; d. -.. I la. iliirnity ; the R -al Con oi .is-io'i' r w.-nt uv-r the plans sb.w Iv and car.-tnllv ; lb' ir original v n.u r ni l y iva'ching tin ir i Ii. 1 1 on hi.- mind. It ws an iriMoiis u oaie-nl for the one', ,,r ujinii the opinion ol the other lio little th p i J ed. At first lb-re was not much lo augur Iroin. The drawings were sca.-iiie'd with no more than bu.-i:n ss like ulteniion. No word of r..iiii::erie.'ali in was uttered : no sign ol ph-asure or tan prise Appeared. Tin-sn-oke rose in regular wreaths; hut f es cntly th. y grew fainter and more interii.it tei.t, .ttid hy-nnd-by the' cigar went out ; vet the suction was continueil as vigorous ly as ever. The projector's hop" rose ; his friend's nttent'oti iras evidently drawn into a vor- ! lex, for he went on during twenty min j lltes puinng nivav at (he efl veed, quite i unconscious that it was exlinguishod I At 1 length, gathering the unrolled papers up in t a bundle, he threw them into the oppo-i'e j seat, exclaiming "Wonderful I worthy I of the magnificence ol Chaiswortli I a I Ihousuid tim.'S better than any thing that has been brought before us! What a r-rlv . . . , . fl.u. It...... 11.-,, I,l..tt Pat, I H,- lf 1 w,il;" ... , , fle 4 J""' 01 uvs V" ' '"r ''' expression of opinion which 'v on Id dyubt less accoinpuny its p--ll..r,nance, will I " b"st ""de.stoo.l when we divulge lo Ihe I r,'a,,''r (without, we Lust, any breach of I . .. i- I ...... -. .I,.,. 1, nunl ..mix .el.,, re. confidence,'; that the gentleman who made it was Mr. Robert Stephenson. The next day fills a melancholy page in English history. It was Saturday, Ihe 29th of June' The Royal commission met, headed by Prince Albert. After the regular business of the boarj was over, the Prince and Sir Rohcrt Peel retir d U one ol the bay-windows, and were some lime engaged in earnest conversation. Mr. Stephenson's time was precious, for he had an appointment elsewhere. He was, in short, obliged to depart wilh- tit an op portunity of placing Mr. Paxton's plans before hit colleagues and the Prince, He dele-gated that office., howevyrl to an abU hand, Mr. Scott Russell, one of the Secre taries of the Commission. Both Prince Albert and Sir Robert Fed gave preat attention to the drawings, and the Prince signified his wish that Sir. Pax ton should w ait upon him at Buckingham Palace to explain Ihe details. Sir Robert Peel greally admired the de figti for its unity and implieity ; remarking wilh pleasuri? that if it were accepted, it would occasion the first preat operation in glass uince the introduction of his own new tHiitf. Alas! this t-tnu. the last contiectod remark which that preat statesman was des tined to utter. Ho almost immediately left Westminster Pulaee on hor.ebaek 'for an air-irto-, iva. ihrown on Constitution Hill, and 3 day. after fie ceased lo exist. The Paxton scheme was referred to the Building Committee ; which, in the regular iniitiuB of business, could not entertain it, having rejected all the designs it had invited for coin petit ion, and having devised a plan of its own. Nothing daunted, however, Mr. Paxton determined lo appeal to a tribunal w hich (to borrow the tag of most modern comedies.) is "never sou .'hi in vain ;" name ly, to the Btitish public. This he did by the aid of the wood-cuts in the pages of the "London Illustrated News." Never was an appeal mure promptly or satisfactorily an sweied ! The practicability, simplicity and beauty of the scheme convinced every mem ber of the many-headed court of appeal of its efficacy. Meanwhile the projector of the building wailed on the projector of the entile exhibi tion, I'linee Albeit, on another memorable morning that of the christening day of Piiiice Patiick. What passed need not be divulged ; but the encouragement vouch sated, added to the expression of public opinion daily fjathering stiength, induced Mr. Pa.vtou to decide on procuring a tender to be sent lo thn Building Committee for his design. He therefore went straight to Messrs. Fox ik Henderson, and these gentle men immediately Ptisaged to prepare a len der. It happened that the Building Com milt'tu in Iheir advertisement had in riled the candidates! for raisiny; their edifice, to suggest any improvements in it that may occur tn them. This opened a cievice, into which Metsis. Fox & Henderson were able thrust iheir tender for Mr. Paxton's plan. Seeii o ul once it was of all other plans, the plan - i he supreme desideratum they ten .toned lor it a an "improvement1' on the Ceeiiinittee's deMj'n. Mere a new and i'ormiehible dilTu'uhv aroso. Il was now Saturday, and only a lew dajs more wen? allowed tor teeeiriiig tenders. Vet in-fore an approximate estimate of ex pense could be fin mo.!, the oreat ylas-j mar, u l.ictuieis and iiou ma'-ter. nf ihe iirnlh had lo t ' consulted. Tbi. happened lo be Wirs vurat.iUs the lliiid, for il was the identical Satiiiduy on which the fluidity postage ques tion bad reached its crisis; and there was to be no delivery i.e.vt day! But in a comitry of electiie telegraph.? and of indomitable eneigi , lime and diilicnltiea' are Annihilated, and it is not the least of the marvels wroii'ghl in connection with the great edifice, that by the aid uf railway paicels and the electric te'e:'iah, not only did till iho gentlemen summoned out of Wai ivkkshhe and Stafford shire appear en Monday morning nl Messus. Fox & Iiendeteion's office, in Spiing Gar dens, Loudon, to contribute their several es timates tn the tender for the whole; but, wiihiii a week, the conliaclors bad calcula te. I ihe ( osi of every puimd of iron, tf every inch of woiic', and of every pane of plas. There is no one circumstance in the his tory of ihe mannfacluring enterprise of th.i F.ugtish nation which places in so sttorgr a light as this hi romiihess lesonrces in mate rials, in say uothinu of I lei aiithmetical skill in computing at what cost, and tit how shorl a lime, those mH'ettjla could be converted into a special purpose. What was done in those lew tin) si Two p.uties in Loiubn ro lling on the accuracy and gou.1 faith of cer tain iron masters, plass-workers in ihe pio viuces, nnd of one master carpenlet in Lon elon, bound themselves fur a certain sum of money, and in the coin so of -some four months, to cover 1? acres of ground, with a bniMtiig upwards of a third of a mile lonp, (ISM feet the exact date of Ihe year,) and some 4S0 feet broad. In order to do this, the plass-maker premised to supply in tfio requited lime, nine bundled thousand square feet of pl.iss, (iveiijhii.g more llian four hun dred tut s) in sepatale panes, and these the laiyest that ever w ere made of sheel plas. ; each being 4U inches lung. The iron master passed his word in bke manner to cart in due limo three thousand ilucc hundred iron columns, varying from 14 and a half feel to 00 feet in length; ,'t miles of pufleriog lube, to join every individual column to gether ui.der Ihe ground ; Iwo IioushiiiI two handled arid twenty four girders, (but aome of these are of u-run-gHii iiou ;) besides eleven hundred nnd twenty-eight bearers fur sup porting galleries The carpenter undertook to get ready within the specified period two hundred and five miles of sash bar ; flooring for nn area of thirty-three millions of cubic feet ; besides enormous quantities of wood en walling, louvre woik and partition It is n4 li'd we reflect on ihe vast sums of money involved in transactions of this magnitude, that we can form even a slignt notion of the preat, almost ruinous loss, a hilling arithmetical error would have occa sioned, and if Ike boundless confidence tho Tli quant aits suU dimriuions hen quoted are thou o( th iMiudiac it now lands. Tli.y dif.f but s-efU'lv (rem Mi Pur's'meepiiaispett&t'nn parlies must have had in their resources, and Ihe correctness of their computations. Nevertheless il was one great merit in Mr. Paxton's original details uf measurement, that they wore contrived to facilitr-.to calcu lation. Everything in the grent building is a dividend or multiple of twenty font . The internal colutns nro platted twenty four feet apart, while external ones have no more than eight feet (a third of twenty four) of separation ; while Ihe distance between each of tho transept columns is three times twenty-four, or seventy-two feet. This also is the width of the middlu aisle of the build ing, the side aisles are forty-eight feet wide and the galleries and corridors twenty-four. Twenty-four feet is also the distuned be tween each of the transverse gutters under the roof; hence, the inleivening bars, which are at once tafters and gullers, are necessarily, twenty-four feet long. There was litllc titno for consideration or for setting ritjht a single mistake, were it ever so diiaslrous. On the prescribed day iho tender was presented, with whatever imperfections it might have had, duly and irredeemably sealed. But after checkings have devulged no material error. Tho re sult was that Messrs. Fox and Henderson's oiTer for erecting the l'axton edifice, proved to be the lowest practicable tender that was submitted to the Building Commit tee. The public havo long known what fol lowed : Mr Paxton's Glazed Palaco was eventually chosen unanimously ; not only by Ihe Building Committee, but by the Royal Commission. Some modifications were, however adopted. It wai decided that the most revered ot the trees were to be adtnitteel into the Industrial buihling ; and iho central transept the apex uf whose curvilinear roof is one hundred and twelve feet from the pioiind was contrived by Mr. Paxton for their enclosure. In August the sptice in Hyde Park was boarded in, and the first castings for Ihe iron columns were de livered on tho fourteenth of September. Yet, when these pages meet the reader's eye, the cheapest, most gigantic, and most substantial strueluro ever dreampt of, will be nearly ready fur decoration. If for nothing else, this tremendous pile of trausparency ia astounding for ils cheap ness. It is actually less costly than nn aci ictillu nl barn or an liish cabin I A division of ils superficies, in cubic feet, by Ihe sums to be paid for it, brings out the astonishing quo tient ot little more llian one nail penny (ulue-sitleeiils of a penny) per cubic foot ; upposit g il to be taken down and returned lo the contractors when tho exhibition is over. Or, if it remain it fixture, the late of cost will be rather lo; than a penny and one-twelfth of a penny per cubic fuot. The otdinary expense! r.f a bam is mure than twice ns much, or two pence half penny per lout. Here are ihe figures ; The entire ed ifice contains! thirty-lbiee millions of cubic feet. If borrowed nnd taken down, the sum to bo paid is .seventy-nino thousand eight hundred pounds ; if bought, to become a winter garden, one hundred and fifty thousand pounds. The sniallncsaof cost is d'.ie to the princi ple we have previously explaineel, of each cnmptiefit of the buihling being endowed with more than one purpose. The six rows of columns are, ns had been already said, not only piops but diaiiis. They are hollow and into Ihem the glass roof will deliver its collection cf water. Li the base of each column is insetted a hori.-oulul iron pipe to conduct the drainage into tho sewers. These strong tubes serve also as foundation . they are links that connect Ihe whole of the three thousand thtee bundled uprights toge ther. At Iho top, each column is fastened to its associate by a girder, nut up by means of a pole nnd pillly in a few minutes, and, once fastened, no other scaffolding is requi site for the roof which it supports. Thus, by the means of the iron pipes below, and the iron gurdera above, Ihe eighteen acres of structure is held fiom end to end so compact and fast that il becomes an enormous hollow cube, as immovable as if it were, instead, a solid cube dropped down beside Rotten Row by a gang of Titans. Tho roof- of which there are five, one to each aisle or corridor, Ihe highest in the middle play many parts. They are win dows, light and heal adjnstors, rain conduc tins outside, and condensed moisture ducts within. They are interminable rows of roofing, so placed ns to form in 1'ie aggre gate n plane ; in other words, they are par allel rows of the letter V done in jdass, in endless ridges "long drawn out." The apex of each "ridge" is a wooded sash bar, wilh notches on either side for holding the slo ping lalhes in which are filled the edges of the glass. Tho bottom or furrow bar oihorwise a rafter is hollowed in Ihe middle, lo lottn a j puller, nn diuto which every drop of rain ' uli.les down from the glass and passes through the transvers gutlera into Iho hollow columns. These lougiludinal gutters are formed at Ihe tops of the girders ; lor Ihe roof is self supporting. This is not all ; in converting a conservatory for plains into a resort for breathing beings, and a depot for articles emphatically Ho be kept dry in tercel as well as external moisture must be drawn ofT; the breath of myriad of visitors, condensed against the glass, would other wise return in eontinual Scotch mist Thai difficulty partly dictated the ;-like form of the ceiling. Mr. Paxton ascertained that rape-furs ascending to glass inclnisd to "lopo of one foot in two feet and a half, da not condense in separate drops and descend again, but slide down over the smooth sur face. To receive them, therefore, he grooves each ralter under the inside of Iho glazing. Into Ihese grooves lite condensed breath of "all nations" will fall and be conveyed inta transveise gutters ; thence through the col tunns into the jurisdiction of their houora Ihe Commissioners of Sewers. These inge nious rafters are cut out of solid wood, in a machine (invented by tho inventor of all th rest.) with incredible rnpidily. In order that there may be a fall for the water to run otf, each rafter is slightly curved ; and, t correct warping, a rod of iron wilh nuts and screws at each end, forms Ihe siring of the bow, so as to regulate its deflection. For this ingenious expedient, Mr. Paxton has ta ken out a patent. We must now give proof that the floor Is a ventilator and a dust trap. It is laid four feet above tho sward of the park. A series of subteraneous lungs are thus provided, ami air is admitted lo them by means of louvres, fixed in the outer walling of the building.- These being made to open ami shut Jito Venetian blinds, will admit mueh or littl air which gently passes through ihe seams of the open flooring, nnd circulates over Ihe building. Finally ihiough Ihe opening of the floor, the daily accumulations of dust will be swept into tha space below by machine, which Mr. Paxton has iuToulsd for that purpose. Enough has now been said to indicate ra ther than to describe how each part of the building "plays many parts," and how con sequently, incalculable saving has been ef fected in time and money. It is hardly necessary to repeat, that the interior of the edifice is the must expansive covered space in the world. That some idea may be for med of the excess of ils capacity, we men. lion that lite largest covered urea in England is believed lo be that of the Ravenhuad Glass Works, nt St. Helen's, in Lancashire, w here the spaco roofed in ia three hundred and thirty nine feel, by one hundred and five feet, or not one quarter so large as that section of Hide Parle which Mr. Paxles has glazed on. That a Falatial F.xhibition building, pre viiliug a total exhibiting surface of twenty two acres, and ntfording space for nine miles of tables, shall have been put up ia four months, fur less than u penny fartbinf & cubic foot, would in itself make 1951 fa' mous in the history of enterprise, if nothing elie were to happen lo stamp it as pre-emiJ nently "Tile Industrial Year." From it will nt least be dated a now era in building. In a communication from Mr. Paxlon him self, which we aro permitted lo quote, ha sivs : "When 1 consi br the cheapness of glass and cast iron, and the great facility with which they can be used, i havo no doub that many siruciti;.-. similar to that at Dar ley,t will be attached to dwelling houses, where they may servo as sitting rooms, cf omnibusses rooms, if I may be allowed the expression. ! am new, in fact, engaged in making the design for a gentlemeti'a hoasd, to be covered wholly with glass ; and when we com-ider that whereever lead is now used, glass may with equal propriety be substituted, 1 have every hope that it will be used for buildings of various condition and character. Structures of this kind are always susceptible of the highest kind of omameiilion in stained glass and general painting. I am not without hope, however, that glass will become almost universal ia its ne, and that the system will be exten ded for manufacturing purposes, as well as general cemeteries, and also for horticultu ral buildings, so that even market gardiner will Helvaiitngeously apply it, in the growing of foreign fruit for the London market. I even go so far as to. indulge in the sanguine hope that agriculture will be ultimately ben efitted by the application of cast iron and glass. In short, there is no limit to the use lo which they may be applied ; and v may congratulate ourselves, that in the nine teenth century, tho progress of science, and thosptiitof manufactures, have placed at out dispeis.nl the use of matoriaU which were unknown to the ancients and thereby ena. bled us lo erect tjach structures as would have been deemed impossible even in th early part uf Ihe present century. tA fi.iiierviit.-er-nn the r.cw plan, attached to a of Mr Pun jii's mUerteysluro. Ax Irishman inquired of a conductor o a tailro.ui car, for his bit of baggage. "What is it V inquried the conductor. 'Jts the two crowbars and a thrift of a hondsaw ayont ye " A waugisii caudiilate coming in the conre of his canvass to a tailor's shop, "what w look for here," said he, "are measure nol men." Fr.MAi e Robbers. The house of William McCrea, at Blairsville, Indiana county, Pa., was robbed last week of $b00, by two women, mother and daughter, who esc a. ped. The Ring or Naples has not only pr. veined his subject fiom taking part in th London Exhibition, but he will not permit any ono ol them to visit the great Fair. Thcrb are threa preachers of th gospel in the Indiana State Prison, e otitic led (of hurte-teubng. An Immense Cotton Stalk from Alabama will be exhibited at the World's Fair, Th Plant was 80 feet high, ji tx ai Vi:
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