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THE WORLD'S FAIR.
Ol'KMXG OF THE CENTENNI
AL EXPOSITION.
TtiK Cr.ia-.MONiiis and Speeches
The Jii'iLDiNos and tiieiii Cox-
i i N i s Tin: Cnow i and its 15e-iiavioh-Thi:
Scenes and Inci.
'. I'liViK OI THE J)AY
i.. .i.il (:(ireK)ndf?nee to'ihe World.
I 'ii h.a i i:ei-iha, lay 1 (). The press
and roaririjthc streets of Philadelphia
this inorninij; woul(l not have discred
ited Broadway at -1 o'clock of an Octo
Ut afternoon. The sparrows (who
sleep le in MicVjueer old Quaker city)
were nmseil early from their love-knaps
iwiler-th delicate jjii'cn leaves of the
park maples, and fdled the air with
twitters -of amazement. They had
never seen such vast numbers of peo-
i pie as. went hurrying nlotijx the,side-'
walk arid tri o wdin-rf'the si reetleriru
'omm'lnes cani.ii;c5bnd Wagodettes.
Biuldin hlooniin with lkintin and
P'nietl MUth tlas ave Chestnut, Ma
ket and' "I .road streets; especiall'. a
line -appearance.- Nearly every thor-ou-hlare
leading to the lOxhibition
rounds ' was not only unusually pop
ulous, but unnaturally ay. -:
Now came, the first test Of the car
.rviiiL; facilities from the heart of the
city. Including horse-cars, steam-cars,
oiiinib.usesand other street vehicles,
and steamboats on the Schuylkill, these
facilities :nv nally c.pial to 45000
people an hour. That they are not
-eiual to Uiat number a .minute was
shown to the surprise of considerably
less than 1,"),000 who all wanted to
riile at the same time. Nevertheless
the crowds were accomiuHted during
the forenoon, and although the lona
ride in the street-cars.'became torture
as-the. sun rose and the rush thickened,
the sufferers, .generally bore it with
e piimity, -.cheerfulness and chatf. '
At the same time railroad trains were
converging upon Philadelphia and the
-Exhibition from even- quarter of the
'country... Thousand of levelheaded
visitor&;diad preferredto time their ar
rival on the morning instead of the
Opening Day; Many slept comforta
bly ;in their beds' last nightinNw
York, - Harrisburg, Annapolis,) Wash
ington, Baltimore and the interveninsr
towns;. Many more spent the night' in
sleeping-cars on the Pennsylvania, Erie
ami Lehigh Valley, North Pennsylva
nia ami Haltimore and Ohio lines. At
11 ;30 a. m. aii immense assemblage,
:il ightiug from the trains, still pressed
for admission into tLVgates surround
ing the, grounds.
'.: At no A)rmcr Intemational Fair
w'as t liere presenteil a scene nearly so
beautiful as that which the enterprise,
diligence and skill of the authorities of
the Centennial Exhibition and their ar
ch it ectmdj)reparel for the delight of
these afrTvimj multitudes. The exterior
ok" the buildings and the grouudswere
ahproved with every note of praise.
aving avoided the mistakes of the
rench Commissioners, who confined
the Exposition itfthe Champ de Wars
ii a single building which resembled
u hijge gasometer, aid the errors of the
Aust rian Commissioners, who set out
t similarly confine the Exhibition in
the Prater, and had afterwards to add
: n inferior Agricultural Building and
other annexes the American Commts
Moners deserved to-day -'a enooninms
lv contriving the first place a superior
jlan, 'and then rigorously adhering to
inl-Toi
it. Therefore, the American Exkibi-
tion has opened with five principal
buildings under the supervision of the
Centennial Commission, each one
adapted to peculiar forms of display,
and having its peculiar architecture.
The Main Building, devoted to the
Departments of Mining and 3Ietallur
gy, Manufactures, and Education and
Science, presented its leviathan-likc
length of 1,880 iTeet eonspicuonsly to
those who approached from any qnar
ter. Its sides glittered with crystal,
Its' galrteiriHtfnrildett trophies From
the towers and turrets rising above its
roof-lines floated the banners and col
ors of fifty nations, surmounted by
41 the flag the most beautiful' whose
colors and device were snatched from
the very sky. Further on, the eastern
end and the perspective outlines of
Machinery Hall were visible beyond
the grassy esplanade that separates it
from the west end of the Main Build
ing, j These two colossal structures
present a com bined frontage of 3,234
feet, and defend nearly the whole
lengthof the south side of the grounds.
To the north of them the full extent
and outside splendors of the Exhibi
tion are displayed. On the right
stands Memorial Hall ; in front at a
considerable distance, the bright man
resquc Horticultural Conservatory; be
yond through the trees,; the Gothic
gables of the Agricultural Building.
On one side of the broad Belmont av
enue, which stretches directly north,
is the United States Government
Building ; on the other ; the Woman's
Pavilion. These are the principal
buildings. There arc 150 more, scat
tered through grojmds comprising 250
icrcs, and diversitied with seven miles
of walks, innumerable lawns and irrass
plots, spacious flower gardens, foun
tains and bridges across bosky ravines.
Several foreign nations, including
(ireat Britian, Spain, Germany, Brazil
and Japan, have separate buildings in
the grounds. So have more than 20
States of 'the Union. There are five
large restaurants. A Judges' Pavil
lion, a Department of Public Comfort,
a Photograph Gallery, a Wagon and
Carriage Exhibition Building, a Vien
na Bakery, a Shoe and Leather Banli,
a Model Butter and Cheese Factory, a
Pomological Building these are nam
ed at a glance. A United States Hos
pital, and a working hospital estab
lished by the Centennial Commission
to relieve cases of illness or accident,
are conveniently situated. Numerous
music stands, cigar " emporiums" and
pagodas show under the trees. The
design of every structure, great and
small, had to be submitted to the Com
missioner s architect before it could
be put up, and thus, while mediocrit
lifts its head occasionally, monstrosi
ties have been generally kept down.
Most of the buildings are so unique,
they represent styles of architecture so
diversified, and many of them are so
fantastic that they looked from the
northeastern shore of the lake near
Machinery Hall this morning, like the
edifices of a fairy city. The crowds
roaming! through the distant walks,
tooAmericans, Englishmen, French
men, Turks,) Spaniards, Japanese,
East Indians, Sandwich Islanders,
Greeks, Swedes, Chinamen and' Ital
ians resembled in the variety of their
complexions, costumes, movements
and manners the people of Coleridge's
dream.
THE OPENING SCE2CE.
The " opening ceremonies were an
nounced for 10,15 a. m. The space
300 feet broad, between Memorial Hall
and the Main Building was all pre
pared. A bank of seats for Theodore
Thomas's orchestra and a chorus of
1,100 singers had been built up against
the wall of the Main Bnilding. Fac
ing this," and occupying the whole
length and more of the terrace in front
of the Art Gallery, a vastsemi-circnlar
platform had been constructed for the
invited guests. If there was any fault
in this arrangement, it was that the
musicians and audience were separat
ed by too great a distance in the open,
air. - ; t .v j.; ' '
The crystal sides and gilded turrets
of the Main Building formed a festal
! background for the singers. Not less
. ASHEBORO, NORTH ,CAR0LnTA, WEDHESD AY, MAY 24, 1876.
appropriate Is a background for what
in France would be called the august
assemblage on the terrace was Mr.
Schwaatzmann's master-piece.' Ele
vated 6 feet above the level of the
stnrounding Lausdownc plateu Memo
rial Hall stands 122 feet above the
Schulykill. Its style is granite, glass
and iron. It is 365 feet long,-210 feet
high, over a basement' 12 feet deep,
and is surmounted by a dome. The
main front, before which the' ceremo
nies of to-day were held, displays a
main cntrancfe in "the centre, consist
ing of three colossal arched doorways,
a pavilion at each end, and two arcades
connecting the pavilions with the
centre. There is: a rise of thirteen
steps in the entrance. In the centre
of the main frieze
is emblazoned the
United States coa
t of arms. A balus
trade with candalebras surmounts the
main cornice, and at cither end is an
allegorical figure representing Science
and Art. Each pavilion shows a
stained window 30 feet high and 12
lcet wide, and is further ornamented
tile-work, wrcathsj of oak and laurel
thirty stars in, the! prize and a super
incumbent colossal eagle. The arch-
ades a general feature in 'the old
Roman vetlas but entirely novel in
this country form promenades look
ing outward over the grounds and
inward over open
gardens which ex-
tend back to the
main wall of the
building. The dome, rising 150 feet
from the centre, is of iron and glass,
and terminates in a gigantic bell from
which the figure of; Columbia rises with
outstretched hands. At each corner
i ,
of the dome's base stands a figure of
colossal size the four figures t-pi ty
ing the four quarter's of the globe.
What with the lofty form of Columbia,
the lower figures at the base of the
dome, the still lower allegorical figures
over the main ccirnice, and the out
spread eagles hovering above the pa
villions, the roof of the Hall bristles
with sculptural emblejns. It is greatlj
to be regretted that the effect of their
nicely adapted proportions should be
dwarfed to all who approach them from
the Main Building by the presence in
the foreground of j the colossal bronze
Pegasuses which have been set up at
the foot of the terrace.
The audience, assembling" slowly,
distributed itself in the shadow of the
Hall as follows :
On one side of the central passage,
where a seat was reserved for the
President, sat the members of the
Cabinet and the Senate of the United'
States. On the opposite side of the
passage sat the Sjupreme Court ; also
the Diplomatic Corps, who respected
the occasion in complete state array.
To the left was seated the House of
Representatives, the Governors of the
States of Massachusetts, Delaware,
New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Wis
consin, New Jersey, Maryland, Neva
da, Maine, Vermont, North Carolina,
Connecticut and; ' Illinois, and their
staffs; Governor Hartran ft and. the
State officers, thc Supreme Court and
Legislature of Pennsylvania, officers
of the Army and Navy, Smithsonian
Institution and Navy Observatory, a
number of judges of the United States
Courts and officers of United . States
Executive Bureaus, and, on the ex
treme left flank the Women's Centen
nial Committee and a goodly number
of their friends, in bright attire. To
the right were placed the United States
Centennial Commission, the Board of
Finance, the Women's Executive
Committee, the Foreign Commission
ers and. the members of the several
boards and bureaus of the"Exhibition ;
also the Mayor City Councils and
City Department of Philadelphia ; the
Mayors of other cities ; members of
State Centennial boards ; the Board of
Judges of awards and various unofB
cial guests. In front, tables and chairs
were arranged for 550 representatives
of American and foreign newspapers.
About the only independent newspa
per with Republican tendencies that talks
right out U the Cincinnati Commercial.
This Is the ultimatum: Thc Republican
managers might as well understand it.
The kind of cattle that crowded Charle
Sumner out of the partv are not to win
this time. If they prevail in the Cincin
nati conrentlou, we must do the best we
can with the Dembmtietirty."
THE SALONICA AFFAIR.
The christian world lias scarcely
been stirred by the rebellious posi
tions of the christian provinces of the
Turkish Empire, because it has not
been able to enter into sympathy, with
races unknown even by name, and the
reports of whom, through the relations
of travellers, were by no means calcu
lated to cement any bond of religious
unity. A people savage in temper,
rude in manner, barbarous in habit,
might be ! christian in '. name ; they
could not be christians in that elevai
ed sense which raised their resistance
to Turkish oppression to the nobility
of martyrdom. It was impossible to
conceive the sheep-coated Bosnians or
the picturcsrpjely-garmented Jlerze
govinians as sufferer? for a faith.
Statesmen, interested in the preserva
tion of European peace, or, on j the
other hand, watchful to aggravate
causes 6f dissension and profit by j the
confusion, have attached more import
ance to these passing events. Thev
have either interposed for peace or
they have insidiously encouraged in
surrection, according to the views the
had to carry oiit. It is possible di
plomac might have solved existing
troubles and patched up another of
those delusive truces which only post
pone the inevitable conclusion, j
The Salonica affair, however, will
probably precipitate events, because
it will unite Christian Europe in a
common cause. Ordinarilv. the mur-
der of consuls, the representatives of
foreign sovereignty is the gravest of
international offences. Yet there may
be explanations, and there ma be lo
cal causes that admit of satisfaction
without recourse to war. A Greek
girl, dragged off to a forced conver
sion in a Mussclman Mosque, her ap
peals for help, the interference of the
American and of the German and
French Consuls, the murder of the lat
ter by the mob, all elements of terri
ble tragedy, might be avenged solely
upon the perpetrators of the . deed, if
it did not seem conclusive that it was
scarcely a casual thing. The Saloni-
cans seem to have been chosen to ap-i
ply the match which was to explode,
the magazine. Moslem hate was to
be gratified by one simultaneous erup
tion which would, in one overwhelm
ing act of destruction, rid the empire
of the hated christian. Developments
now show that what was thought pe
culiar, pervades the whole country,
and that plots for universal massacre
were general. Even the Sultan, some
what liberalized bv his inferoonrsp
with the Western governments, suffer
ed his mind to be poisoned, and j lent
a willing ear to tales of meditated vi
olence upon his person and his palace,
and made him a participator in the de
signs to get rid of a class of hated
and dangerous subjects.
The christian population of Turkev
if they arc only nominally christians
-is a large one, several millions in
the various provinces owning real or
nominal allegiance to Turkey. Com
munity of- faith makes the Western
powers their natural protectors. Tbey
must naturally respond to the cry of
alarm. The feeling of insecurity; and
apprehension is excited to the utmost.
Humanity and religious sympathy will
not be the only grounds for interfer
ence. The great powers are tired of
waiting for the death of the 'sick
man. He dies by inches, but he; dies
too slowly for those who thought his
vitality was nearly expended. He
might linger on for another halfl cen
tury. But modern progress will not
submit to the obstacle which bap its
way. In its coarse towards the grand
goal of eastern commerce, it is! con.
fronted by a barrier, closing m an
empire buried in ail ihe gloom of me
diaeval darkness, and stagnating under
the lethargy of semi-barbarism. !
Turkey, too, stands in the position
of debtor, bankrupt, and rcpudiaior.
She has nothing but territorial ;comt j
pensaiion to offer. The time U ap
proaching when her debts malt
paid. How theyare to be apportioned
is io oe me problem, which in its so
lution may brins about conflict amon
the very parties most active in clear
ing up the troublesome question: of
the nnt rr-nttirr- i
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Salonica is a walled town lof Euro.
pean Turkey, about 315 miles S. Wj
of Constantinople, at the heal of the
gulf of thecsame name. It has a pop
ulation or about 75,000. It Is jtheThis
salonica of the New Testament. Hat.
EPISTLE OF St.. RUBE TO THE
REPUBLICANS.
Tiie Parable or the PRirnpr Foot.
1. And it came to pass in; the last
year of the reign of Ulysses the son of
Jes3e that these filings did occur.
2. There was a valiant captain of
the tribe of Belknap who dWelleth in
the regions of Iowa, who was i might v
man of valor.
3. Yes, verily, he did snicl
the bat
tle afar off. and longed to plunge into
the thickest of the carnage, but was
always prevented from doing so when
ever the rebels appeared in the field.
by some duty at home.
4. Now Belknap was a man after
Ulysses' own heart, for was it not
written that Ulysses sprung bp like a
mushroom in the night,, like1 a, mush
room sprang he up. ,
5. For Ulysses the son of Jesse sold
his cord wood, and filled himself full
of jugorum, and became a spectacle to
the people of St. Ijou'is, who dwell be
yond the father of H aters.
C. But when the blast of war blew
in his ears, then rose he up and sent
forth his Vvaliant soldiers b-millions
who put to flight the famished host of
Jeff, the F:F, Vs, the Tar Heels, the
Goubers, the Butternuts, and Sand.
Hillers, the Dagoes, and all (hey that
dwell south of Mason and Dixon's
line .
7. Then came forth Ulysses the son
of Jesse' from his tent, and the smoke
of the weed went forth from his nos
trils, and his nose was red with the
fumes of fire-water, and he said, let us
have peace.
8. Now the people of Yankeedoo
dledum rejoiced exceedingly, and pro
claimed Ulysses the sou of Jesse, the
Great Highcockalorum, to rule over
the land of Uncle Samuel for the pe
riod of four ears. I
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0. Ami Ulysses went into the White
House and surrounded himself with all
manner of plunderers, who gave unto
him a portion -of their spoils, which
they had taken away from the people
of the land of America. j
10. And Ulysses the son of Jesse
refused not the' horses, and the houses
and the lands and the other good
things that were offered unto him by
the bribers and plunders, save the
bull pup which was 6ent by express,
C. O. D., which Ulysses would not
take until all the charges were paid.
Selah.
11. Moreover Babrooster, (he scribe
of Ulysses the son of Jesse divided
the spoil of the crooked whisky with
the St. Louis-ites, but gave- not unto
Ulys3cs a' portion thereof, and Ulys
ses waxed wroth and bounced Bab;
yea, in his anger did he bounce him
from beneath the roof of tke White
House.
12. And it came to pass that Belk
nap, the mighty man of valor1, did take
unto himself a beautiful damsel in the
land of Kentuckec of the tribe of Tom
linson ; but the Lord took her away,
and he dkl mourn excccdingij-.
13. And it came to' pass that the
sister of the damsel, who a widow
with an exceedingly pretty foot, did
cleave unto the valiant captain, tlxat
she might comfort him : but the Lord
waxed wroth that so great a pin should
be done before the peoplcjof the na
tion, and great was the punishment of
Belknap. j . ,
14 For the Lord caused Ulysses,
tin? son of Jesse, to appoint Belknap
his chief Scribe of War. wllich honor
turned the bead of the spome, who
had the pretty foot, andw!io wat a
poor! as a church mouse in the benn
mng. . ;
15. But now she yearned for the
greenback, wherewith she might buy
the shoddy, the brown-stone, the char
iot, the glittering brscckts, and all
the trash that is so much Botbt after
by the upstarts who do sojejarn in this
capital of the nation.
16. '3IorVovcr "she waatcil to give
.NUMBER 17.
big dinners, and would not be outdone
by i-uA nor the fiesh, nor the fowl of
any cntcrtainmenta that aboundeth in
the city where ho who maketh the
greatest show is worshipped by those
that partake thereof; .
17. But the pretty spouse, with tho
pretty foot had not the greenbax
wherewith to purchase these things, and
slie urged her husband, that he might
sell the postradcrships to the' frauds
who swindle the" poor Indians out of
their lands and their lives. 1 f
18. And William did. ; 1
19., Whereupon he sank into the
Jfarsh of despair and the rejoicing of
the widow, with the pretty foot, is turn
ed Into lamentation. Ulvsses the son
of Jesse, hath bounced him, and all
the lunchers have eaten up all the
greenbax that, the postraders yielded j
yea like a swarm of grasshoppers have
they devoured all and flown awayliko
the wind.
20. But the people do clamor to
have the matter investigated, and pun
ish all the persons who arc concerned
in this great iniquity ; andrit is written
that they shall not escape : not even
Ulysses, the son of Jesse, who takcth
presents and bribes, arid who drinkcth
the rum that is in the jug behind the
w lute House door, and who sraoketh
the weed of the devil, and who drivef h
chariots furiously with the .bull-pup un
derncath the dust thereof.
21. So endeth the Epistle of St.
Rube.
A LONG SPEECH.
The longest speech on record is be
lieved to have lecn made by N. Do
Cosmos, in the legislature of British
Columbia, when a measure was pciub
ing whose passage would take front
many settlers their lands. Do Cos
mos was in a hopeless minority. .-The
job had been held back till the close
of the eve of the session; unless legU
lation was taken before noon of a ccr
tain day the act of confiscation would
fail. The day before the expiration
of limitation De Cosmos got the floor
about ten A. M. and commenced a
&pcech against the bill. Its friends
cared little, for they supposed that by
one or two o'clock he would be through,
and the bill would bo put on its pas
sage. One o'clock came and De Cos
mos was speaking still hadn't more
than entered on his subject. Two
o'clockhe was saying in the second
place. Three o'clock he produced
a fearful bundle of evidence and in
sistcd on reading it. The majority be
gan to have a suspicion of the truth
he was going to speak till the next
noon and kill the . bill. For a; while
they made merry over it ; but as it
came on to dusk, they began to get
alarmed. They tried interruptions,
but soon abandoned them) becanso
each one afforded him a chance to di
gress and gain time.
They tried to shout him down but
that gave him a breathing space, aiid
finally they settled down to watch
the combat, between strength of will
and weakness of body. They gave
him no mercy No adjournment for
dinner; no cliance to do more than
wet his lips with water ; no wandering
from his bubject; no setting down.
Twilight darkened ; the gas was lit.
members slipped "out to dinner in re
lays, and returned to Bleep in squad,
but lc Cosmos went on. The speak
er, to whom he was addressing himself.
was alternately dosing, snoring trying
to look wide awake. Day dawned, the
majority slipped out in squads, to
wash and to get breakfast. nd the
speaker still held on It can't be said
it was -a very logical, eloquent, or etu
tained speech. There were digressions
in it, repetitions also. Bnt still the
speaker kept on i and at last noon camo
to n baffled majority, livid with rago
and impotence, and a single man, who
was triumphant, though UU voice hail
sunk to a husky whisper, his eyes wero
almost shut, and were bleared and
bloodshot, his Ws tottered under him.
and his baked Hps were cracked and
smeared with blood. De Cosmos had
pokcn twenty six hours, and saved
the settlers their lands.
Carijle once tald to a dUtingtiufied
American: - America U a great country,
but no iT.ton can last which wocM Hi a
Jesu and Juda precMy the tame (Ar
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