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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
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at tin" '"''
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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
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