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'ADDRESS OF THE STATE CENTRAL CO •s, I To the People of Pennsylvania FELLOW. CrrizENs:—The manner of or ganizing the territories of Nebraska and Kansas, you will agree with us, is not ne- Cessarily an issue in this contest—it is not a subject connected with the duties of a State Executive. It is scarcely possible that the election of a Governor, whoever may succeed, is to have any practical bear ing upon the future policy of those terri tories—and surely no man will be so un reasonable as to hold the Governor of Penn sylvania accountable in an official sense for what Congress has already done on this subject. It is a subject with which that officer - has had, aid can have, officially, nothing whatever to do. As a member of the Democratic party, it must be presumed that he takes an interest in public affairs, and has not been an inattentive observer that there has existed a diversity of opin ion in relation to' certain features of this measure, Since the origin of our government, with occasional intervals, the question of sla very in some of its phases, has been a sub ject of violent and at times dangerous con- troversy in Congress, menacing the peace of the people and the existence of the na ?ional confederacy.. Its adjustment within the territories has led to the most threat ening struggles. These were invariably renewed by every new acquisition of terri tory. ' In 1820, the act of Congress fixing the Missouri line was adopted interdicting the extension of slavery north of 36 deg. 30 min.; as a means of settling the contro versy growing out of the acquisition of Louisiana from France in 1803. In 1845 this line was extended over Texas, which had just been annexed to the United States and seemed to answer the purpose of an adjustment. In. 1848, however, when it was proposed to extend this parallel of 36 deg. 30 min,. from the Rio del Norte to the Pacific, it was defeated in the House of Representatives, after having passed the Senate, by a majority of ten votes. The agi tation in the country soon became general, and by 1850 it had assumed an alarming aspect. The good and great men of ali parties, forgetting former differences and constrained by a nobler spirit of patriot ism, united in a common effort to allay the mighty surging of an excited public senti ment. Foremost in this great work was the eloquent and patriotic Clay, sustained by Cass, Webster, King and others. A series of acts were passed, familiarly known a's the Compromise measures, which were acceptable to the people and were ardent ly maintained. One of these acts organized the territor ies of New Mexico and Utah, on the prin ciples of non-intervention--on the plan of allowing the people to decide for them selves whether they would have the insti tution of slavery or not. The whole coun try- seemed satisfied with the doctrine of non-intervention by Congress, in the reg ulation of the domestic institutions of the territories, including that of slavery. With out stopping to inquire into the constitu tional power of Congress to legislate on the subject or to what extent that power might be exercised, the people regarded it as wise and politic to remove this topic of angry and dangerous controversy out of Congress, and confide it to those who may occupy the territories. We may however remark that the question of authority in the passage of the Ordinance of 1787 under the old Con federation, is a very different one from the passage of the Missouri Compromise or any slavery restriction whatever, under our present Constitution. Under the Confed eration the institution of slavery was not recognized—under the Constitution it is in three several particulars: Ist. In fixing-the basis of representation and direct taxation. 2d. In tolerating the foreign slave trade until 1808. 3d. In providing.for the rendition of fu gitives from labor, If it even be clear that Congress is pos sessed of ample -power to legislate on the subject (and this is stoutly denied by Gen. Cass and other eminent men of the coun try) it was proper to forego its exercise.— The resort to this mode of adjustment in 1850, seemed most auspicious for the honor, the dignity and peace of the States—for the happiness and prosperity of 'the people, and above all, for the stability of our Na tional Union. And is not this policy right and just in itself according to all our theories of gov ernment ? Indeed we should never allow ourselves to fear the consequences of trust ing any question of politics or morals with the people, whether they be residents of a State or territory. This mode of adjust ment rests on great principles, which in their application will be co-extensive with all the territory we now have or ever Can have, and which are as enduring as the race of man. It is a principle in beautiful harmony with our republican institutions— the principle of self-government--the basis of our entire system. -It was for this doc trine that our forefathers perilled their lives, their foitunes and their sacred honor in the Declaration of Independence—that they struggled and bled, and left their bones to bleach on the battle fields of the. Revolution. It was for' this principle of of self-government, that they invoked the interposition of heaven and accepted- the proffered aid of the generous stranger. For seven long years did they labor to impress upon Lord North and George 111, the vir tue and power of this great fundamental . truth in the science of government. The attempt of that monarch "to bind the Col onies in all things whatsoever," and to im pose taxes without representation, gave this principle - growth and vigor, and cost him armies and an empire. Since that day to the present time it has .been gaining strength in all civilized countries. Ameri can experience has fully solved and settled the pioblem of man's ability for self-gov ernment. Where can be found the instance in which governmental affairs have been submitted to, or intrusted with the people, that the results have not been salutary?— Who will then at this day doubt the fitness of the American people to dispose of any question of governmental- policy found with in the limits or the Constitution 1 Who will contend for, the absurd idea, that a man loses his capacity for self-government by emigrating from a State to a territory ? Who will say that a man residing in :IYlasp achusetts shouldi• - through his represent:a live in CongresS, be permitted to adopt and regulate institutions of local govern - , ment for his fellow man in Utah, New Idea - ico, Minnesota, .Nebraska or Kansas Will - • our Whig. or Abolition- - friends agree that when: hey 13114. have emigrated to any of these territories; their Democratic fellow citizens whom they leave behind, shall de •cide for them what kind of local institu tions they shall have ?—that their judg ment and not that of the emigrants them selves shall control as to the institution of slivery? Or who will contend that the people will be careless of their own true interests ?=that their government will be feeble or injudicious? Whoever says these things doubts all the principles of our re publican institutions, and disregards the lessons of experience and the teachings of the sages of the revolution. We have already intimated, that we will not discuss the the abstract and somewhat difficult questions - of Congressional power, Which have grown out of the slavery con troversy in the Halls of the National Leg islature. We care not to decide, where so many eminent men have differed, whether Congress has the power to establish or abolish the institution in the territories.— Be that as it may, we assert that it was wise in 1850, as in 1854, to refer the whole question to the sovereign will of the peo ple, to be settled by the action of the local governments, as all other questions of do mestic policy are settled. The rights of property, the relations between husband and wife, parent and child, guardian and ward, are so confided, and we can conceive none more sacred and important in the so cial state; and we see no good reason why the question of domestic slavery, the relation of master and servant, should alone be withheld from the action of. the people. It must not be forgotten, that we have not the creation of circumstances for our selves, but that we must deal with existing facts. The same difficulty occurred in the early history of the country. We had the institution of slavery entailed upon us, and the only matter of enquiry has long been how it was to be managed to the greatest advantage of both the white and black ra ces. The latter number several millions, and we are forced to the dilemma of retain ing a large portion of them im bondage, or make them our companions and equals,and permit them to share the honors of the State and intermarry with our daughters land friends. In the forcible language of Mr. Jefferson, "we have the wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him nor safe ly let him go." And yet much has been done in a legal and constitutional way for the amelioration of this unfortunate race of people. The men of the revolution had to deal with the institution of slavery as they found it, and they so acted in the formation of the gov ernment. When these States were colo nies of Great Britain every one was a slave holding province. At the time the Con stitution'was 'framed, twelve out of the thirteen were slave-holding States. Six of the original thirteen have now become free not by abolition excitement in Congress, but by the action of the several States in their sovereign capacity at home. This leaving the question to the people was first adopted by enngracc was intended to be general in its applica tion to all territories thereafter to be organ ised—that it was to be a finality as to the principle to be invoked, but not a finality as to its application—for that would imply that no more territories were to be organ ised. This position is sustained by the fact, that in forming the boundaries of Utah and New Mexico, no respect seems to have been paid to the act of 1820, fixing, what is termed the Missouri line, nor the act of 1845 extending that line to the Rio Del Norte. The larger portion of territory in cluded-in these acts of organization was taken from the Mexican acquisition, but they include also a portion of the Texas territory north of 36 deg. 30 min., and a part of the Louisiana purchase, which was covered by that line. This territory was taken from under the act of 1820, inter dicting slavery north of 36 deg. 30 min., and subjected to the action of the princi ples of the Compromise of 1850, that the territory thus embraced should be admit ted into Union as States with or without slavery as the people thereof might deter mine. These facts are claimed as a prece dent for the act organizing Nebraska and Kansas. It is for these reasons, and in this sense also, claimed that the principles of non-intervention as adopted in 185 0 should be regarded as a finality. As Pennsylvanians we are not the advo cates of the extension of slavery, and we deny that the principles of the Nebraska and Kansas bill produce that effect. It ,merely . leaves it to the people to determine I this question for themselves. But the soil, climate andproduotions of that regionarenot adapted to slavery and will not enter those territories. Those who are sensitive on this point should not close their eyes to the evidence that surrounds them. The indi cations are all opposed to its extension to that country. Such is the belief of the ablest men in the nation, those whb advocated and voted for the Nebraska and Kansas bill, as well as those who voted against it. Mr. Douglas said : _ _ "I do not believe there is a man iu Con who thinks it would be permanently a slave holding country; I have no idea that it could." Mr. Badger .said “I have no more idea of seeing a slave population in either of them (Nebraska or Kansas) than I have of seeing it in Massa chusetts." Mr. Edward Everett said : “I am quite sure everybody admits tha this is not to be a slave holding region.” Mr. Hunter said "Does any.man believe that you will have a slave holding State in Kansas or Ndbraska I confess that for a moment,l permitted such an illusion to rest upon my mind." Mr. Bell said, that as respects the South "it was a contest for a mere abstraction." Mr. Benton said in his first speech, tories, if thrown open to territorial action will be a question of numbers—a question of the majority for or against slavery; and what chance would the slaveholders have in such a contest? No chance at all. The slave emigrants will be out numbered. and Compelled to play at a most unequal game, net only in point of numbers, but also, in point of States." In his second speech, Mr. Bentoneagain said: 4 cl. believe in the" futility of this bill —its absolute futility in the slaveholding States, and that not a single slave will ever be ( held in Kansas or Nebraska, under it, cvqe admitting _ it to be passed." en. Houston said : “There was no more probability of sla very being introdneed into these territories than into lELnois.” - • Even Mr.'Seivard, who is astute on this !uLbjeot;thus expressed himself : "THAT COUNTRY is THE MOST PROSPNLOIIB WHERE LABOR comlwagii TRH alma= REwARD.'i-'--BuIrEANAN. CITY OF LANCASTER, TITED:IOLY "I fed quite sure that slavery at most can get nothing more than Kansas; while Nebraska the wider region will escipe, for the reason tharits soil and climate are un congenial with the staples of slave culture —rice, sugar, cotfon and,tobacco. More over, since the public attention has been so effectually directed towards the subject, 1 cherish a hope that slavery will not be to gain a foothold even in Kansas." But to render assurance doubly sure,we have even a 'stronger opinion from Judge Pollock himself, the Whig candidate for Governor, who says iq a letter dated June 19th, 1854: "Slavery can have no legal existenc•in those territories, either by act of Congress, or under the false pretence of popular sovereignty." It may in fact be safely said that of all the acqnisitions of territory from Mexico, there will not be'slave state added to the Union, and that the territory embraced in the Louisiana purchase not already admit ted, will come in as free States. " It should also be borne in mind, that any territory that the United States may hereafter acquire must be South of 36 deg. 30 min., and that this principle of popular sovereignty may drive the institution far ther south than any positive act of Con gress could do. Nor should it be forgot ten that the interdiction of slavery north of 36d. 30m is a virtual dedication of the territory south of that line for • slave pur poses. This has been the moral influence of such legislation, and it would no doubt continue to have that effect. It would in all probability have been a happy event for the country, had this doctrine of pop ular sovereignty in the territories been adop'ied in 1820. We should most likely have had a larger prorortion of free states than we how have. • The Missouri line was uever a favorite measure with the old Democratic states men. It suited a tcmpory purpose, and quieted agitation for a time, but it was manifestly wrong.in principle, and legisla tion of a dangerous character, calculated to divide the country into geographical sections, and create dissensions and divis sions among the States and the people. Thomas Jefferson once said: "This Missouri question, by a geograph ical line of divrsion, is the most portentous one that I have ever contemplated." In 1820 he wrote to John Holmes "A geographical line coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political, once conceived and hold up to the angry pas sions of men, will never be obliterated." James Madison said: "I must own that I have always leaned to the belief that the restriction was not within the true scope of the Constitution." James' Monroe said "The proposed restriction as to the ter ritories which are to be. admitted into the Union, if not in direct violation of the Constitution, is repugnant to its princi ples." We might swell the list of authorities on this same point, from eminent Amer-- living and dead. It is difficult to force from the mind the belief that this whole subject of slavery in the territories is greatly magnified. The right of a sovereign State to control this subject is not disputed even by abolition ists. The right to establish or abolish the institution is admitted. The only effect that legislation, of Congress can possibly have must be confined to the territorial probation of a State, during which time it can exercise but a limited influence upon the social or political affairs of. the country. When once admitted into the Union with slavery, a State can abolish it—or admit ted without it, she can establish it. Should the people north of 36d 30m in Nebraska become numerous enough to be admitted as a free State, they could afterwards es tablish the institution, even if the Missouri line or the act of 1820 had not been dis- turbed. Suppose, for example, that any of the States covered by the ordinance of 1787, were at this time to establish slave ry, where would be the remedy? There would be none. If the people of a territo ry should desire to have the institution, but pereiving that Congress might, object to their admission' into the Union w they could forbear to establish it until after their admission, and then do as they might deem best. Hence the wisdom of allowing that power to control in the beginning, that will most certainly coutrol in the end, or at a subsequent period. It is not to be denied that there is a most violent and unwarrantable spirit evok ed by this slavery conflict, that should be discountenanced by the good men of all parties. It is one of the enigmas of human nature, that it can become so unreasonble in some of its manifestations. Our Anti- Nebraska friends'should take care lest the mania of a wild and ungoverndble fanati cism should possess them as it has already possessed many others. The inflammatory, and treasonable proceedings of an abolition convention in the City of New York, not long since, calls for the earnest condemna tion of every lover of our national Uaion. Wendell Phillips said: "The Union sentiment is the great vor— tex.which swallows up the great minds, and they have power enough for the time being to influance the people. The only remedy for the slave is the destruction of the government. I challenge any plan to tell me what the Union has done for us." Wm. Loyd Garrison proposed the fol lowing resolution: • Resolved, That the one grand vital issue to be made with the slave power, is the dissolution of the existing American Un on." • Henry C: Wright spoke to the resolution and slid: like that resolution very much. This country denies not, or if it believes in God, I do not. The Christian's God is the most accursed Of demons. No man's rights can be ascertained by reference to a Bible, a law,. or. a Constitution. I dont care that (snapping his fingers) for any such book or Constitution, when the question of liberty Or slavery is to be considered. The only thing of importance is that the mass ofthe people venerate the Constitution. We should endeavor to do away with this. I thank God. that I am a traitor to that Con stitution. I thank God also that I am an infidel to the 'popular religion of this coun try and of all Christendom." The Hon. Edmund Quincy said that "The Constitution displayed the 'ingenuity of the very devil, and that the Union ought to be dissolved." r. This was during the pendency, - of the Nebraska and Kanzas bill-before Congress. At the same time the leading Abolition journals were loud in their denunciations of the bill itself, and treasonable in theii oppositionto the action of the, government. thr e. , Horace Greeley, ough the Ni Tribune, said hi r erence to teniplated Pisiageio the bill "Better that confusion should better. that discord should reign in tional..Councils 7 -- , -betier that, should break up in wild discordynay, ter that the capitol itself should blaze by the torch of the incendiary, or fall and bu ryu till ite inmates - beneath its erimibliiig - ins, than that this perfidy and wrong be be finally acconililislied. t There were many treasonable exhibi4 ns also, by the same .class of men, during he recent Anniversary of American Indepen dence. At some places the bells #pre tolled, as if mourning for some great .Ta tional calamity. At Farmingham, Massa chusetts, treasonable speeches were deliv ered, after which Garrison' above nained, burned the Constitution of the U. Stites and the Fugitive Slave Law, amid the ap plause of men of i .as little patriotimit as Benedict Arnold or himself. - • - • -. . • - . Such are the incendiary and inflamm• ry sentiments with which despicable Lis icts are endeavoring to indoctrinate} minds . of the Northern people. Suclvs timents are the fit in of the r4c riots and murder in Boston, trampling Constitution and Laws under the font violence. I Let us therefore, fellow citizens, disci the doctrine of the Abolitionists and at slavery agitators, and look upon the O s ions which they have promulgated and promulgating, as the false lights this out by the ancient Federalists, during Missouri controversy, to mystify the pes and regain - lost power. i. We have great confidence in the doct of popular sovereignty, and in the jqs and wishes of the people. They have ved the country in many important car , in our affairs. It was the people, that i tled the government, upon the republis_ platform after the Federalists of 1798 here ; driven from power. It was the people •stsho sustained Jackson against the i:namMoth bank. It was the mass of the people; Tim have always upheld the country in time of war. It is to the people that we inust lioolt for protection against the miserableltrea son and despicable wiles of the enemies of the republic. The people of Peniihyl vania will be true to their constitutidnal obligations, and their triumph in 1851 land 1852, are evidences, that they are not on ly willing to be so, but also that theYare in power to be so. The day of wild fa at-' icism and stolid bigotry on the questio of il slavery has passed by in this State, and her. Democracy and her people generally _.,ave planted themselves upon the principle's of the Compromise of 1850, and there they will continue to stand, whether •victori or defeat awaits them. They are willing to see the citizens of the territories deterdaine in their primary assemblages, the suiss tion of domestic slavery for them* without the control or dictation of the RI tral Government, which may by a usii tinn of power Pretend to define the :1 of freedom and slavery by degrees of; tude and longitude, or by geograPl i boundaries. The Democracy of Peripi vania gaurding the destrines of the • central Commonwealth of this Union, adhere faithfully to the principles of Constitution, the sovereignty of the St and of the people, and stability and rel of the nation. The people of:Pennsyfy? are unselfish and unambitious, but they are just—they are modest and unpretending, and slow at arriving at conclusions., but they are powerful for good. The pepple of Pennsylvania are patriotic by ins,tmct, and will crush to atoms all feeble barriers to a healthy flow of public sentiment.— Pennsylvania has always been a patriotic, union-loving State. She has always stood by the flag of our common country. Se is the Keystone of the Federal Arch; and 3:r standing midwaybetween the North and the South, she constitutes the great br ak water, against which the waves of ' rth ern fanaticism and southern folly,; ave long surged and will continue to Burg?. in vain. J. ELLIS BONHAM Chaim:al. GEORGE C. WELBER, Secretary. A TRITE SAYING.—The strength and ty of a people lie in their knowledge of rights, and their union in defence of thc Xl& "If all the world were blind melancholy sight it would be," said an;- man. PREMIUNI LIST OF TOE' LANCASTER. COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SO For articles to be exhibited at the first Lciitc County Agricultural Fair, to be held at I tumble, on Wedrusday, Thursday and the 13th, 14th and 1 6th days of September, , l CLASS NO. I,—HORSES AND MULE For best Stallion for heavy draught, 2d best do do Best Brood Mare for heavy draught, 2d best do do Best Stallion for quick drg't and saddle, 2d best do do do ' Best Brood Mare for quick ditt and saddle, 2d best do do do Best Horse Colt between 2 and 4 years o 2d best do do do ! Best Filly or Mare Colt between 2 and 4; 2d best - do do • • do Best Horse Colt between 1 and 2 years, Best Filly or Mare Colt; do NO. - 2.—Maiehedilorses, Gelding Mares,, and Abaci.. For best Carriage Horses, i 2d best do Best Gelding, 2d best, • Best single Mare, 2d best do • • i Best Jack, • 2d best, • i Best pair of Mules, 2d best do Best team of Mules, not less than 4, 21 best do do do CLASS NO. II —CATTLE. ! N0....2 1 -Short Horns. i BULLS. , 1 For best Bull, 3 year's old and itpriards, 2d best dodo . do Best Bull between 1 and 2 years, 2d best de do COWS. Best Cow 3 years old and upwards, 2d best do do Best Heiferbetween 2 and 3 years old, 2d best do . do . do NO. 4.-=Devon.T. BULLS. For best Bull 3. years old and upwards, 2d Telt 'do do do Best Ball between 1 and 2 years, 2d best do do do COWS. • Best Cow 8 years old and upwards, 2d best do do Best 'Ricer between 2 and 3 years, 2d best do ' do NO. 5.-L4Tatives or Grade& • f-• BULf.I3. '• For best Bull 8 yetrispid and upwards, ,AIJGVSI I :29, 1854. :d beat- 4 do . do lest Bull between 1 and 2 Years, :d beat di) do COWS. • ?or best Corr 3 years old and upwitids, $6 Ld best do do do 4 Best Heiferfbetvreen 2 and 8 years, 6 2d best do ,do , 8 Aro. 6.—Working Oxen. , For the , bes .$3 yoke of Oxen, . , 2d. best I do .. do ~ .., 8 A cart wi ll be provided to test the- qualities of the oteni NO, 7:—Fat Cattle and Stack Cattle For best pair of Fat Steers or. Oxen, 2d best, •, do do 3 Best Stock Steer, 4 2d best, !do 3 Applicants fOr premiums for fat cattle must furnish statements of manner of feeding. NO. 8 . Cows ;Poi beat Mich Cow, 2d best I do ' I Stir The,.Cows to be kept 'en grass only, during the trial, and for 10 days previous to the trial. The time of trial from the let to the 10th of September. Statement to be furnished, contaming:— . First, The age and breed of cow, and time of calqing. . Second, The quantity of milk in weight, and also of butttr. made from each cow during the period of tri 1. • I Third, A Statement to be made to,the Judges, of the facts,l verified by the affidaliit of com petitor and one other person conversant there with. !to at- h e en- CLASS NO. M NO. 9.—Sheep, Swine and Poultry.—Sheep, )natiOe or mixed Blood For the best Buck, . $6 2d best, ! do 3 Best pair of Ewes not less than 8 : 5 2d best,' do do 8 Best pair of ;Lambs not less than 4, , 4 2d best, do do ' 2 IMPORTED SHEEP For best imported Buck, 2d best do Best iMported Ewe, 2d best do WOOL. For best 8 fleeces of Saxony or Merino Wool, $2 2d best do -do do 1 Best 3 fleeces Cotswold or South Down Wool, 2d best do do Best 3 fleeces of wool from native or cross breed sheep, 2 2d best ' do <ll . 1 NO.' 10.—Swine. i' For best Boar over '2 years old, $5 2d best' do do 3 Best Boar one year old. 6 2d best do • 3 Best Boar el months and under 1 year, " 6 2d best do do 8 Best breeding sow over 2 jeare old, 5 2d best - do do . 3 Best breeding sow 1 year old, 6 2d best do do 3 Best lot of-pigs (not less than 5) under 6 mouths, 4 2d best do • do 2 Best fattened hog, , • 5 2d best - do • 3 NO. 11.—Poultry, Best lot of Shanghai Fowls, not less than 1 • 4 3 one Cock and two Hens, f $2 Best lot of DorkinirPowl. • ao - ..p.<..-L-cot of Poland Fowls do do 2 Best lot Spanish Fowl's; do do 2 Best lot of 'Jersey Blues, do do 2 Best lot of Bucks County Fowls, do do 2 Best lot of Malay or Chitagong Fowls, do 2 Best lot of Bantams, do • 2 Best lot of Game Fowls, - do 2 Best lot of Native or Dunghill Fowls, 2 not less than 5, Best lot of Poultry' owned by Exhibitor, 4 Largest Collection of Fowls, 4 Best pair of Capons, 1 Best pair ofTurkeys, 1 " Wild Geese, 1 " " . Muscovy Ducks, 1 " Common Ducks, • 1 Best pair of Pea Fowls, 2 Best Caponed Turkey, CLASS NO. IV. NO. 12.—Plowing Hatch The plowing Match will take place on Thursday morning. at 9 o'clock. Persons c :m -peting in the plowing match, will have their Teams hitched and in readiness at the appoint ed hour. • . Ist premium ; to be awarded for the best plow, $5 2d best, Best Sub-soil plow, First premium to be awarded to the best } 5 plowman, 2d best plowman, • - 3 First premium to be awarded to the bestl 6 plow boy under 18 years, f 2d best plow boy under 18 years, 3 QC's The name of the plowman must be giv en as well as the kind of plow to be used, at the time of entry. ! CL 1 133 NO. V. NO. 13.—Farm Implement', No. 1. Best Farm Wagoni $5 2d nest do 3 Best Hay rigging, 3 2d best do 2 Best Harrow, 2d best do • Farm Journal Best Corn Cultivator, Diploma and 3 2d best do Diploma and Farm Journal Best Grain Drill, . . ' Et 2d best do 3 Best seed planter, for horse or band power for hills or Drills, Diplo- 4 ma and 2d best do do do 2 Best Cultivator for general purposes } 4 Diploma and 2d best do do 2 Best broadcast sown, Diploma and 4 2ci best do 2 Best Roller, for general use, . 2 2d best do 1 Best Clod crusher and Roller combined, 2 2d best" do do 1 Best Fanning Mill, Diploma and 4 2d best - do do 2 Best Hay and Straw cutter, Diploma and .2 2d best do do 1 Best Vegetable cutter, 2 2d best do . 1 Best Clover huller, - 4 • 2d best do 2 Best Horse Rake, - 2 2d best do Farm Journal Best Corn Sheller, horse power, 4 2d beat do do Diploma and 2 Best Corn Sheller, hand power, do and 2 2d best do do i dti 1 NO.l4.—Farm Implemenis No. 2. For best Wagon Harness for k''arm, $2 2d best , do do 1 Best Cart Gears, 2 2d best do Farm Journal For best Churn, Farm Journal, or 1 2d best do Farlil Journal Best Grain Cradle, Diploma 2d best do • Farm Journal Best Seythennd Snathe,, Diploma and 1 2d beat 'do ' Farm Journal and 1 NO. 15.--:Farm Implements and Machinery. Best Mowing or Reaping Machine, Di-1 . $8 Ploma and 2d best ' - do 'Farm Journal and 4 Best Sweep Horse Power, 8 2d best do 4 BestThreshhig Machine, Diploma and 8 2d best do, do 2 Best Pump for Wells, 4 2d best . :do 2 Best arrangement for raising water, 1 4 .other than pumps, f 2d best ' do do - do 2 Best Hay and Cattle Weighing Scales, 1 4 Diploma and Best Weighing Machine for general l). 3 Firm iPurposes, t Best lot of large Scales, 2 Best portable Cider Press, Diploma and 8 11 42d best do s• d 4 o Farm Journal and 1 Best Shingle and Stave Cutter, 8 2 2d best, - do • do ...1 Best invention for 33p - reading time, 2 Best collection of Farmers' Tools, ar- • :ranged in a depont, • f 8 Best invention for securing the run of} 2 water in drains, 2d best, " • 1 Best and most numerous collection of Ag'l Implements, Dipion% and •f . 6 2d beet do ' do ' 3 In idditicin to tho foregoing premiums on Agricultural Implements, DIPLOMAS and PBX =Ms will be awarded by' ,the Judges on Dis cretionary Parany.es for such new and trierito tiode implements and inventions as may be ex hibited. Persons presenting Agridultural Im plements or articles of mechanical ingenuity, are requested to fureish the Secretary with a particular description of the article, and the price and place where it can be obtained. . CLASS NO. VL NO. I.6.Dairy, Sugar and , Honey. Best firkin or tub of Salted Butter, not l $5 less than 8 months old, 2d best 'do 8 Premiums awarded to Girls under 21 years of age. For best lot of 10 lbs. of butter reticle $l. any time, a Diploma and 2d best lot of 10 lbs. of buttermade any time, Diploma Best lot of 6 lbs. of butter made any time 1 2d best do do Diplmna CHEESE. One Year and Older. Best 100 lbs. Cheese, 2d best do SUGAR AND HONEY Best 20 lbs. Maple Sugar, 2d best do Beat 10 lbs. of Honey, 21 best do' CLASS NO. VII. NO. 17..—Flour, COI: Meal, Grain, Seeds and Vegetables Best Barrel of Fl.onr, $5 2d best do 3 3d do do 2 Best Barrel of Corn meal prepared from 1 4. 8 kiln-dried corn, 2d best do . do 2 Best sample Corn Farina, 1 Best Wheat Farina, 1 Best Smut Machine, ' 5 2d best doB NO. 18.—Grain, Seed and Vegetables. Best Bushel white wheat, ' ' $2 4'4 44 Red wheat or Mediteranean, 2 44 44 Rye, ' ' . 2 44 44 Yellow gourd seed corn, 2 44 44 Irish potatoes, Farm Journal and 1 44 44 Sweet potatoes, do 1 44 4 4 Field turnips, do 1 44 4_l Rata Baga, do 1 44 44 Sugar Beets, do 1 " 4 4 Carrots, do 1 44 44 Parsnips, do' 1 4 4 4 4 Timothy. seed, do 1 .12 liest Onions, 1 2d do do 1 6 best heads of Cabbage 1 6 best beads of Brawn, 1 12 best Tomatoes, 1 2 best purple. Egg plants 1 12 best ears yellow seed corn, 1 do do white seed corn, 1 For the choicest and largest assortment I 4 of Table Vegetables, Diploma and . 5 2d best do do do 2 CLASS NO. VIII. " NO 19.—Domestic Manufactures. " Best lot of Silk Cocoons, • $1 2d best do Farm Journal and 3 Best pair of Woolen Blankets, 1 Best 10 yds. Woolen Cloth, Domestic f 1 8 Manufacture, Diploma and 2d best, 2 Best 15 yds. Woolen Carpets, Diploma and 8 2d best do ' 2 Best Bag Carpets, 15 yards, 3 2d best do do 1 Best Double Coverlets,3 • 2d best do- 2 Best pair Woolen Knit Stockings, 1 Best, pair Linen Knit do 2 2d best . do do 1 Bestlpound of Linen sewing. thread, 2 2d best do - do . 1 NO. 20.—Household Manufactures. Best Ornamental Needlework, $2 2nd best do 1 Best artificial flowers, 2 2d best do 1 Best, variety Worsted work, 2 2d best do do 1 Best', Fancy Needlework, 2 2d best do • • 1 . Best Quilt, 2 211 best, 1 . Best Counterpane, 2 2d best do 1 Articles of Domestic Manufactureto be made in the family; and in all cases, the exhibitor must furnish evidence that they are so manu factured. And no article manufactured in Fac tories, or out of the family, will be received in either of the classes of Domestic Manufacture. NO. 21.—Manufactures other than Domestic. Best piece of black Broadcloth, American man ufacture, 20 yards, Diploma Besti piece blue Broadcloth, American mann facture, 20 yards, Diploma Best piece of woolen Carpet, manufactured in Factories, 20 yards, Diploma Best piece of Satinett, 20 yards, Diploma " of Bleached cotton shirting r Diploma 30 yards, 66- " unbleached do 80 yds. Diploma " bleached cotton sheetingl Diploma 80 yards, " " unbleached 'do 80 yds. Diploma 66 pair woolen Blankets, Diploma variety of Flannel, Diploma Bestlot of men, women and children's 1 $3 1 Boots and Shoes, Diploma and 2d hest do • 2 Best lot of men and women'l Saddles / and Bridles, Diploma and 5 6 - 2d best, . 0 3 Best Traveling Trunk, Diploma and 3 2d hest do 2 Best Carriage, Buggy, and Hunting Wagon. 3 Best specimen of Cabinet . ware, Diploma and 8 2d best do 2 Best improved Bedstead, 8 2d best do 2 Best improved School Desks and Chairs, 4 2d pest' do do 2 Best lot of Sole, Harness and Upper Leather, 3 2d hest do do 2 Best lot of Calf Skins, dressed, 8 2d best do do l. CLASS NO. IX NO. 22.—Agricultural Productions of Field Crops. WINTER PREMIUMS. For hest 6 acres of Corn, $lO Beet acre of Corn, 8 " : 5 acres of Wheat, ' 10 , acre of Wheat, 8 • " 5 acres of Rye, 8 " acre of Rye, 8 " :6 acres of Barley, 8 " 1 acre of Barley, 8 1 " 5 acres of Oats, 8 " ! acre of Cate, 8 acre of Timothy Seed, • 2 I " acre of Clover Seed, 2 " acre of Irish Potatoes, 6 "1 i acre do 8 " 1 - acre of Carrots, , 5 "i I acre do 2 • "t I acre Ruta Baga, 4 " I + sore Sugar Beets. 4 + acre Mengel Wurtzel, 4 " 1 + acre Turnip', 4 " : f acre Tobaccci, . 8 Competitors fur premiums for the above ag ricultural. productions, mast produce a full statement of the mode 'of cultivation, and ac company the same with a certificate _of two re spectable men as•to the tiroductand nieasure merit of the ground, and also exhibit a sample of each crop at the annual-meeting of the Soci etyip Lancaster on the seCond Tuesday in Jan uary next, when the premiums will be award ed. CLASS NO. X. NO. 23.- it and notipers. ,L 1 . ber of &bine ' .;l of each kind, .• *4 Lk U 1611831108, ,es, dci • • 11 2 1 2 lea,. d 9 est and greatest nu varieties'of Apples, =raked and labeled best do , : eat dozen of Fell Ap 2d test -. : " do ;at and greatest. -ri. , varieties of peaches, ety, with the name, best do .i 1 eat 6 vulitied tifP • d best - do ' 1 Beet dozen of Quinces gd best do Beat collection of Pl. .. /d best do 1 kber of choice 8 of eaCh 14,13- 4 do a, named do I Best collection . of Gra ithe open air, d best do . est home made Wine, d beat do Ctoidekre, keep pe th at g li t o s t o tl a ed s year, • mode of sweet for ted not to xhibition. Flowers. lies, 116rThe fruit exhib r Until the close of the NO. 24. Greatest variety of Da Greatest variety of Ito greatest variety of Ve pest collection of Gre I owned by one pereoi nhonse p 1 CLASSTNO. XI. ',;sro. 25.—Stoves, SiloFrware, Gla I ware. 1 Best Cooking stove fcii coal, 2d best do ido Best Cooking stove fo wood fire, 2d best do do Best Cooking range f families, gct best do I do Best ornamental Perla. stove, Best Hell stove,. I , Best sample hollow ware, Best sample Iron Rail ng; Best sample sculpture marble, 1 NO. 2 —Glass. • Best sample of Windo l r glass,s2 1 2d best I do ! 1 , ,Best sample of Glassware, 1 2 ' 2d best do i . 1 [ • CLASS NO. XII. 1 NO. 27.—Bacon, Ha s, inventions and Disera , tidnary. i' , • BACON, HAMS. For best 2 Hams, ourep by exhibitor, $3 2d do do do i , 2 8d do do [ 110 i . 1 All competitors for hese premiums, are re huired to have their Hams cooked and brought to the exhibition with ii i ttie skins on, and also to give a statement of t e manner c curing. i NO 28.—Inventions and Dis etionary. For best improvement for roofing houses, I whether with Wood t l Iron or other material,. i $8 Best lot ft B4ok, . _ L 8 e,.. !Best lot of water or said mouldedißrick, 2 1 For improvements in machinery useful to the i (Farmer, and having 'aluable prpperties, and scot included under a y head ofj any regular 'premiums, discretio ary premiums will be awarded : but no premium will bip awarded up en articles which properly belmig to any of the , previous classes, exceiit upon a recommenda tion from the Judges.' 4 i i Under this general ead, prentiums will be awarded upon article of ingenuity, usefulness and merit, which may be exhibited; which are not provided for in thS foregoingllist of premi ums. Exhibitors must become membOrs of the So ciety, and have their articles and animals m il tered on the Secrets ''s Beaks, on or before Tuesday evening, 121 of Septem;ber : and all articles and animals, ,except Ho4es, must be brought within the ei l iclostire, as early as Tues day noon, in order th t they may be suitably arranged for examination by the Judges on Wednesday morning.' 1 Horses will be rece Mg, but must be ente The managers do n exhibitor, who negla that his article can Judges while every 1 secure the examinatiol cry 'article on exhibitit comply with the rules that they shall, in all Lion. ved on Wednesday morn ed bt intend to assure any ots these requirements, be passed 'nun by the effort will be made to it and proper notice of ev 3n. to those who of the Society, requires aces, first receive atten- Akir Persons are d Secretary at Lancaste September, their entr to exhibit. Articles or animals before the close of t permission of the Pre premium, though ow cies entered for exh attached, with the N ness office; and it is should in all cases, a and class, previous articles on the grount All persons who it Cattle, Sheep or Swl Stock for sale, shoul such intention, on or ber, and leave with hi tion.of such stock. in ments may be made sired to fotward to the , previous to the Bth of es of what! they - intend ~ removed frdm the ground e Exhibit*, (except by 3ident,) cannot receive a rrded. ;Animals and arti -13 1 bition will have cards 1 . as entered at the busi- I desired tliat Exhibitors twin their: cards of No. o placing their stock or tend to exhibit Horses, c ie, or who intend to offer notify the' Secretary of before the 9th of Septem im a list add full descrip ,rder that poper arrange or their accommodation. Applicants for pr requested to pay at attached to the list o fat sheep, milch cnw. required from ezbibi be lodged with the 8 , September. When 'anything is which they shall dee their power to award furnish a note of the discretionary premix and action. •miums are particularly action to Rho directions premiums, for fat cattle, &c., and pe statements ors of those articles, must icretary bedore the 6th of exhibited to the Judges, meritorious, but beyond a premitun to, they will same to thri - Committee on s, for theii consideration L No animal or artiol premium. All prodd tion for premiums, ru l competitor. When there is but . may show several a. division of a class, i awarded; thti`t to be the merit of the ani , judged. And a pre ai when the animal or ar there be no competi Hay and Straw wi all animals entered f. l will be provided at 1.1 who desire to purcha• PAYMENT, e can take !more than one ctions pitied in conipeti t be the growth of the /ne exhibitor, although he .imals in a lotus, or sub jnly one premium will be the first, or otherwise, as "al or article may be ad . ium will apt be awarded, icle is not li' or thy, though on. i lI be furnished gratis, for r premiums; and grain . west cost price, for those ..e. il F PRE NI WM& rded will be paid by the e on the giounde, till the on Saturday following at The premiums aw.l Treasurer, at his offi• close of the day, and the same place. All cash premiums livered. if called for. will then be paid and de- emiams meyy be awarded, -as they call for their pre pliCatiOl& mast be made 0, to' Christian H. Lefe , ith whom ',the Book of Persons to wtrm are informed that an minms at the - Fair, a by letter, or otherwi. ver, at Lancaster, Awards will be left. I The Secretary w awarded, in such ma i by the persons entitl I forward {the Diplomas ner as may be direoted • d to receivb 'them. NOTICE T i EXHIBITORS. The Managers wil take every precaution in their power for the a fe preserv4tion of stock and articles on exhi 'Rion after their arrival and arrangement up , the grounds : but Will not beresponsible for an • loss or daimage that may occur. They will ex , ect exhibithrs to' give per sonal attention to their articles, and at the close' of the Fair to atte to their] removal; and when the Fair is an ounced as Closed, on Fri day, after the Addr s, exhibitors; or their agents, will be requi ed to take ',charge of their articles, as the Soc ety can ttike no further care of them, Mr. Amos S. Gree will give httention to all articles for Exhibition, directedito his care. at Colambia, previous to the llth !Of September: and on that day and until the ol?se of the Fair a person will be inttendance at the railroad at Columbia to take barge of articles intendal attendance for Exhibition and h ve them odnveyed to and from the Fair Ground, free of expense to the Exhibitor, i By Order of he Board rof Managers. NO' :3 d labeled, " 8 0 variety, 2 in 2 removed I 2 8 and Glass.
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