THE INDUSTRY 'OF ALL NATIONS.

On this and the opposite page we engrave two startues which adorn the Austrian department of the Exhibi-tion, although they are the work of an Italian, GuiseppeCroff, of Milan. The one represents a boy seated upona tortoise, with one hand guiding his slow-paced steed;

and hickory, and the running gear of white hickory.Both are highly polished, and ornamented with carvingand solid silver mountings; but no paint or varnish de-forms the native beauty of the wood. The patent leather

top, and the linings, are tastefully stitched and embroid-ered with national emblems.

On comparing the art of carriage-building of no verydistant times with the present, it will be seen that it has

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been greatly improved, especially in combining lightnessand strength. This is more apparent in carriages made

in the United States than any where else, and our | furnished by our forests.

builders have been greatly aided in attaining this supe-riority by the unrivalled excellence of the wood (hickory)furnished 1

and the other, a boy upon a huge craw-fish or lobster,and apparently amusing himself with the struggles ofhis captive.

The Gazelle Waggon, made and exhibited by G. W.Watson, of Philadelphia, is a meritorious specimen both

of the excellence of our native materials, of which it isentirely composed, and of the beauty which they mayreceive from the skill of our mechanics. It was also ex-hibited at the World’s Fair, of 1851, and there receiveda prize medal. The body is made of American walnut

The Antique Clock, made in 1509, is exhibited byJerome, the well known manufacturer of clocks in NewHaven. The case is oak, and its rude, quaint carvingsare in striking contrast with the smartness of its moderncompanions.

The Ebony Cabinet, also an antique, if we may judgefrom its appearance, is exhibited by K. J. Gamelkoorn,of Arnheim, Holland. It is elaborately and grotesquelycarved in fanciful scrolls and figures, among which wedistinguish huntsmen, and a stag and wild boar at bay.

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