PriMiiitiit’g Letter of Acceptance.
The following is Col. Fremont’s reply to
the eoinm.tiKe of the Philadelphia convention
informing him of his nomination.
New York, July 8,-1856.
Gentlemen ; You call mo to a high re
sponsihility by placing me in the van of a
aroai movement of the People of the United
States, who, without regard to past differences,
are uniting in a common effort to bring back
the action of the Federal Government to the
principles of Washington and Jefferson.—
Comprehending the magnitude of the trust
which they have declared themselves willing
to place in my hands, and deeply sensible of
the honor which their unreserved confidence,
in this threatening position of lha public af
fairs, implies, I feel that I cannot better re
spond than by a sincere declaration that, in
the event of my election to'the Presidency, I
should enter upon the execution of ils duties
with a single-hearted determination to pro
mote the good of the whole country, and to
rllreei solely to this end all the power of the
Government, irrespective of parly issuesand
r<p irdless of sectional strifes. The declara
nt principles embodied in the resolves of your
Convention expresses the sentiments in
which I have been educated, and which have
been ripened into convictions by personal ob
servation and experience. With this declara
tion and avowal, I think it necessary to re
vert to only two of the subjects embraced in
those resolutions, and to these only because
events have surrounded them with grave and
critical circumstances, and give to them es-
iwcinl imparlance.
1 concur m me views of ibe Convention
(icpreciiiinp the Foreign policy to which ii ad
verts, The assumption that we have the
right to lake from another nation its domains
because we want them, is an abandonment of
ihe honest character which our country has
acquiree, To provoke hostilities by unjust
assumptions, would be to sacrifice ihe peace
and character of the Country, when all its
interests might be more certainly secured and
us objects attained by just and healing coun
sels, involving no loss of repulalion. Inter
national embarrassments are mainly the re
sults of a secret diplomacy, which aims to
luep from the knowledge of the People the
operations of the Government, This sys
tem is inconsistent with the character of our
institutions, and is itself yielding gradually to
a more enlightened public opinion, and to the
power of a free press, which, by its broad dis
semination of political intelligence, secures
in advance to the side of justice Ihe judgment
of the civilized world. An honest, firm and
open pohey in oiir foreign relations, would
command the united support of the nation,
whose deliberate opinions it would necessarily
rc/lect.
in the form of Slavery, but would inevijably
result in the triumph of Free Labor—the natu
ral capital which constitutes the real wealth
of this great country and creates that intelli
gent power in (he masses alone to be relied
oo as the bulwark of free institutions.
Trusting that I have a heart capable of
comprehendingotir whole country, with its
varied interests, and confident that patriotism
exists in all parts of the Union, 1 accept the
nomination of your -Convention, in the hope
that I may be enabled to serve usefully its
cause, which I consider the cause of Consti
tutional Freedom.
Very respctfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. C. FREMONT.
To Messrs.- H. S. Lane, (President,) James
C. Ashley. Anthony J. Bleeckeb, Jo
seph C. Hoßnblower, E. H. Hoar,
Thadbus Stevens, Kinsley S. Bingham,
John A. Wills, C. F. Cleveland, Cyrus
Aldrich, Committee, &c.
THE AGITATOR.
M. H. Cobb,
Editor.
All Business,and other Communications must
be addressed to the Editor to insure attention.
WELLSBOROUGH, FA.
Thursday looming, July 17, ’56.
Republican Nominations.
FOR PRESIDENT,
COL. JOHN C. FREMONT,
OF CALIFORNIA,
FOR VICE-PRESIEENT,
WILLIAM L. EAYTQN,
OF NEW JERSEY. !
State Ticket.
Canal Commissioner,
THOMAS COCHRAN , of York.
Auditor General,
DARWIN PHELPS, of Armstrong,
Surveyor General,
BARTHOLOMEW LAPORTE, of Bradford.
Republican Club No. I.— Middlebury.
No stated place of meeting. President —D. 6. Ste
vens ; Vies President —Calvin Hammond; Treasu
urer—J. B. Poller; Secretary —J. B. Niles.
Republican Club No* 3.— Roundiop.
Meets Saturday evening of each week. President
—Holman Morgan; Recording Secretary —D. JX
Kel*cy; Cor. Secretary —Charles Coolidgo; Treas
urer—George Raad.
Republican Club No, 3,— Stony Fork.
Pree'i —W. J. Moadley; Vicc—Georgo Hildreth;
Sec'y —E. H. Hastings. Meet weekly at staled
place*.
Republican Club Ifo. 4. Shlppeo.
Pres't —Chaa. Herrington ; Sec'y— Win. W. Me-
Dougall. Meets every Friday evening.
Republican Club Ifo. s.— Charleston.
Moots Wednesday evenings at Gatlin Hollow and
Dartt Settlement, alternately. President—James
Kelly; Secretary— Lyman H. Potter: Treasurer-
Goo, Parker.
Noi'itnc is clearer in the hislory of our
institutions than the design of Ihe nation, in
asserting ua own independence and freedom,
to avom giving countenance to the Extension
of Slaverv. The influence of the small but
compact and powerful class of men interested
in Slavery, who command one section of the
country and wield a vast political con’rol as
a consequence in the other, is now directed
to turn back this impulse of the Revolution
and reverse its principles. The Extension of
Slaverv across the Continent is Ihe object of
the power which now rules Ihe Government ;
and from this spirit has sprung those kindred
wrongs in Kansas so truly portrayed in one
of your resolutions, which prove that the ele
ments of the most arbitrary governments
have not been vanquished by the just theory
of our own
It would be out of place here to pledge my
self to any particular policy that has been
suggested !o terminate the sectional contro
versy engendered by political animosities,
operating on a powerful class banded togeth
er by a common interest. A practical rem
edy is the admission of Kansas into the Union
ns a Free Stale. The South should, in my
judgment, earnestly desire such consumalion.
il would vindicate its good faith, h would
correct ihe mistake of the repeal; and the
North, having practically the benefit of the
agreement between the two sections would
bo satisfied and good feeling be restored. The
measure is perfectly consistent with Ihe honor
of the South and vital to its interests. That
fatal act which gave birth to this purely sec
tional strife, originating in the scheme to
lake from Free Labor the country secured to
it by a solemn covenant, cannot be 100 soon
disarmed of its pernicious force. The only
genial region of the middle latitudes left to
the emigrants of the Northern Stales for
home? cannot be conquered from Ihe Free
Laborers who have long considered it as set
.opart (or them in our inheritance, without
provoking a desperate struggle. Whatever
may be the persistence of the particular class
which seems ready to hazard everything for
the success of the unjust scheme it has par
tially effected, 1 firmly believe that the great
iieart of the nation, which throbs with the
patriotism of the Freemen of both sections,
will have power to overcome it. They will
look to the rights secured to them by the
Constitution of (he Union as the best safe
guard from Ihe oppression of the class which,
by a monopoly of the Soil and Slave Lator
to till it, might in time reduce them to the ex
tremity of laboring upon the same terms with
the slaves. The great body of Non-Slave
holding Freemen, including those of the
South, upon whose welfare Slavery is an op
pression, will discover that the power of the
General Government over the Public Lands
may be beneficially exerted to advance their
interests and secure their independence:
knowing (his, their suffrages will not be want
ing to maintain that authority in the Union
which is absolutely essential to the mainte
nance of their own liberties, and which has
more than once indicated the purpose of dis
posing of the Public Lands in such a way as
would make every aelller upon them a free
holder.
If the People intrust to fte the administra
tion of the Government, the taws of Congress
in relation to the Territories shall be faithfully
executed. AH its authority shall be exerted
in aid of the National will (o reestablish the
peace of the country on the just principles
which have heretofore received the sanction
of the Federal Government, of the States, t
and of the People of both sections. Such a
policy would'leave no aliment to that section
al party which seeks its aggrandizement by
new. Territories to capital
Ifo. 6. —Charleston. Meets fortnightly at (he
Culver School House,.Friday evening*. President
—Latcl Kimball; See'y —John Lewis; Treasurer
—Abram Hart.
Fremont Clnb, Ifo, 7.— Tioga, Meets
every Saturday evening in Temperance Hall. Fret•
ideal —C. H Seymour; Vice-Presidents —J. T. Av
eriil, E. T. Bentley, CoLll* S, Johnston, Ira Weils,
J. M. Keeney, Seth Daggett. Ree, Sec'ys —Jno. W
Guernsey, Henry R. Fish. Cor. Sec'y —F, E. Smith
Treat.— lL C. Wickham. E-**, rintnmiJi** -Q B
Wells, Vine Depuy, Abel Humphrey, H.H. Borden
Win. Garretson, James Dewey, Royal Wheeler.
Hon. G. A« Grow has our thanks for a copy of
liis speech on the immediate admission of Kansas.
A correspondent writing from Tamaqua is asaur.
ed that her communication shall appear at the ear*
Host possible moment. She has a regard for print*
ers eyes worthy of imilalion.
Sue)) of our friends as feel desirous of purchasing
a week of comfort wilh 30 minutes of shampooing,
had belter cull on Cole. He is master of the art,
and though somewhat addicted to skating his custo
mers, he always gives your money's worth.
Gerrit Smith has subscribed $l5OO per month
to the Kansas fund, to be paid so long as the war
continues. The best part of the world will remem*
ber Gcrrit Smith as one of the purest patriots of
this or any other age.
The Prospect.
A great many of oar readers have read or heaid
the story of the forester who, m felling trees, came
upon a huge birch,not less than six feet in diame
ter. After looking at it some minutes, our hero sat
down discouraged, declaring that ho could never
overcome the forest monarch and bewailing his hard
fate. While he so* thus dejected a hunter came
along, and remarking our hero's distress inquired
the cause. On learning the state of affairs be burst
into a boisterous laugh, saying, “Pluck up your
courage, master; many a wiser man has before now
in the uncertain glimmer of morning and evening
twilight, mistaken a stump for “a lion in (ho way,”
and many a mind has quailed at an imaginary as i)
would not at a real danger. Pluck np! Had yon
calmly surveyed this huge tree, or had you even ap
preached it from (be same point with me, all this
bewailing would have been fell undone. Yours is
a survey without due investigation; come wilh me.* 1
A little cheered, the forester proceeded to join the
hunter on (ho opposite side of the tree, when, to his
astonishment and delight, be found that the forraid
able tree was hollow—the heart having decayed and
fallen away. Throwing his coat aside, ho attacked
the tree vigorously and at the end of au hour the
giant birch came down with a thundering crash.
We hare been several limes reminded of this fa.
ble of the big birch during the past week or two
in the conversation of various persons touching the
prospects of the several Presidential candidates.
In some cases we find Col.Frkuont’b chances over
rated ; but very generally we find Mr. Buchanan's
probabilUit) ludicrously over-estimated. This arti
cle is intended to be an impartial analysis of the
chances of each candidate, founded upon the facts
and figures of preceding campaigns, upon reasons
legitimately springing therefrom and upon the pres
ent tendency of that great under-current of popular
opinion which henceforth will more or less control
every election in the North. We would not under,
estimate Mr. Buchanan’s chances; on the contrary,
we bold that in order to bring out the whole Repub
lican strength the amount of labor to be performed
must be fully brought home to every heart. Con.
cealment is weakness; and were we not made aware
of the deape rateness of Mr, Buchanan's prospects
in Pennsylvania, by the statistics to which refer
ence is bad below, the reckless assertions of onr
hunker friends, (and Wellsboro has more than her
share of bunkers, by the way.) would be sufficiently
indicative of the true state of sffiiirs.
Bo our readers remember tbit Mr. Casa defeated
Buchanan in Convention in 1848 7 Very likely
THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR.
they do they likewise remember that Mr. Bu
chanan was dropped because Mr. Cass was suppoied
to bo more popular, even in Pennsylvania, than the
present pro-slavery nonlince; that Gen. Tsyfor feat
Mr. Cass 13,547 voles in tbis Slate; that Van Buten
received voles, which, added to Taylor’s oa.
jorily makes the true majority against Cass, 24,8i0.
Think of this, and then magnify Buchanan's chan
ces if agreeable.
But there have been great changes In the political
complexion of Pennsylvania since 184&r-chaoges
which bode no good to a man asking the suffrages
ot freemen, standing on a pro-slavery platform. 1/et
us see;
In 1852, Mr. Pierce carried Pennsylvania by a
majority of 8,923 over all competitor!!. By a caie
ful examination of the official retnrna of that cam
paign, we find that Mr. Pierce had a majority of
13,712 in the following countie*:
Tioga, Susquehanna, Bradford, Poller, Mifßin,
Lycoming, Clinton, Center, Luzerne, Wyomhg,
Cumberland, Perry, York, Crawford, Armstrong,
Fayette, Washington, Beaver, Mercer, Elk, Jeffer
son, Venango and Warren.
In 1854, those counties gave Gov. Pollock a ma
jority of 14,508! Thus, saying nothing of the se
rious diminution of the pro.slavery vote in some 15
other counties both in the election of ’54 and that oi
’55, as the returns show, and not counting the ter
tain and great increase of the anti-Nebraska sesli
ment in nearly every county in the Stale since dial
lime, Mr. Buchanan will find himself beaten by a
majority of 6,000 and upward.
But it must not bo forgotten that very rS»ny of
the counties above enumerated will nearly, if not
absolutely, double their majorities for Pollock, in vo
ting for Fremont next November. Bradford, Sus
quehanna and Tioga may be safely set down as
good for 7,000 against the Cincinnati platform. Ti
oga will give more than 3000 rather than less, as
present appearances indicate. We know that our
estimate is made on the hypothesis that the Opposi
tion forces shall unite; and it is apparent to many
beside us, that that union is as silently but certainly
taking place as the phenomena of day and night.
To those who pretend that the strife is between Bu
chanan and Fillmore we say candidly as confidently
—nothing can be more absurd. Wc have some op
portunities to learn of this matter not in the way of
every one; and when wo affirm what we know to
be incontroverlibly true— that there it not one leading
paper in the State which fliee the Fillmore flag, and
that there arc not a dozen that in any way euppoit
Fillmore , it will appear as absurd to others' as to us,
that the failing chances ol Mr. Fugitive Slave Law
Fillmore can entitle him to any considerable am
ount of consideration in the coming contest.
Who will vote for Fillmore in Pennsylvania?'
Not 500 men who would vote for Fremont were he
and Buchanan alone in the field. A few thousand
cotton whigs in and around the dirty high places in
Philadelphia, will vote for Fillmore should iie re.
main on the course, (which he is fool enough to do,)
and perhaps a few men In some of the center conn,
lies, who have not yet learned (hat (he Whig party
is dead, may support him. But no friend of Free
dom can vote for a traitor.
We have not intended to put any man at me so
that he shall in any wise relax bis efforts for the
cause of all causes—Freedom. We do not suppose
that Pennsylvania can be carried without a severe
struggle. We remember that the State was carried
in *54 only by unremitting exertion, not by fortuiU
ous circumstances. It most be won as all Right’s
victories are won—by unremitting labor, by sleep
less vigilance and an unfaltering trust in Unfailing
Juslice.
Young men of Tioga,—for we have a right, as
an equal, of the same generation, as & co-worker in
n oatvan lluJ should Un rlnno <!«“"• •»* *»*
make this appeal,—we have a sacred duly to per.
form, and one in which are included all the dear
rights and privileges purchased with the blood and
treasure of Revolutionary martyrs. Is there a
tongue that can 'speak a word for Freedom, let it
plead now. Let every heart clothe its imndst aspi
rations in words: for this is the trial-hour of Free,
dom. 1 We would like to see every young man stand
out committed either for Right or Wrong. There
should be no skulking in this emergency. It is no
question requiring the subtle metaphysician to de
cide ; it is within the comprehension of every sound
mind.
“Up, then, In Freedom's manly part!" There is
work to to done. Tbe held is mighty, but how few
the reapers!
Freedom still groans under the tyrants lash In
Kansas. Outrage succeeds ootrige with the unva
rying regularity op day and night; and as if mur.
dcr could be rendered less a crime under the sanc
tion ot the Government, the Administration now,
assumes the pleasant and patriotic duty of driving'
out the Free State men. In reading the last and
worst outrage, we felt the blood gushing up seething
hot from the heart, and that every freeman experi
enced a like sensation we cannot doubt.
The Free Slate Legislature convened at Topoka
on the 4lh of July; mark the day. It was simply
a quiet gathering of the representatives of the free
men of Kansas, and the right of American citizens
to assemble pcacably on any and all occasions has
not been trampled oponl before, since Col. Pitcairn
commanded the rebels on Lexington Green to dis*
perse. But the American citizen is no longer the
noble being he was. He is a man of peace. He
tears blood. We are almost driven to doubt if there
be any longer a God of battles.
Tbo Topeka Legislature assembled at Topeka on
the 4lh of July, 1856. Col. Sumner, with 400 U.
S. troops at his hack commands them to disperse.
What can they do? Ho has planted Ins cannon
and says, “In the name and by the authority of the
" United Stales, disperse.'”—and, rather than be
found resisting the Government those men weqt qui
etly away. Did they do right?
At school wo remember having read of an inva
sion of a great Republic by a barbarous horde.
They sacked the Imperial City and approached the
Capital. They entered the Senate Chamber rudely
and paused fur a moment silent apd awe struck.
They behold the venerable, white-bearded Senators
awaiting the impending ruin as calmly as they
have awaited a message from the people.
And when at last one of the barbarians rudely pluck
ed tbo long beard of one of those venerable men,
and received in return a blow from his ivory wand,
those proud senators were cut down unresistingly
—■corning to accent lifaalany sacrißcc of the rights
and dignities wills which a great people had invest,
ed them.
Who doe* not feel proud la remember those men?
Is there a man worthy of the name of freeman
who does not remember Lexington and Banker Hill
with flashing eyes and leaping poise* ? Men of
Topeka ! posterity will not thank yon for not scorn
mg to obey a tyrant’s summons!
There is no doubt shoot tbs league against lie
liberties of Kansas* Government appear* 1 as the
principal instigator now. We are living under the
rnle of a worse despot than King George; and we
say that it is neither patriotic nor manly to submit
to it lamely*. Already, the right of men to bear
arms is denied, the right to be protected in life and
property ignored, Die right to pass into Kansas thro'
the natural channels refused, the. tight to aksemble’.
peacably in order to petition for a redress of gtier
,ancs», trampled upon !—in God’s name, what rights
have we worth fighting for if these are not!
Perhaps a day may , come when emigrants to
Kansas will not permit themselves to be disarmed
in Missouri.
The question is not what Mr. Buchanan hat been ,
but, “what IS he?” We don’t care a fig whether
he ever threatened to let out every drop of demo
cratic blood there might be in his veins, or not; but
we suspect he would not have bled ‘to bort’ had he
tried the experiment. It make* no difference to u*
whether he once advocated (he reduction of. wage*
to ten cents o day, or not Wo only ask, “what is
be pledged to do if elected ?” That is the question.
The Cincinnati Platform declares that the slave,
holder has just the same right to carry his slaves
into the territories of the United States, to hold and
work them there, as others have to take their oxen,
horses and cows, to hold and work (hem there. In
brief, that platform assert* the doctrine that Slavery
goes wherever the flag goes. Then Mr. Bochsnsn
says that. “I am placed upon a platform of which 1
heartily approve. That platform leaves me nothing
to say, I must not take one plank from, nor add a
new plank to it.”
There, Mr. Buchanan ie plain-sjtoken enough.
We rather like him for saying (bat—rather like him
for telling the people that ho will lake care that
slavery shall go where it pleases if they please to
elect him- We like him for saying out just what
he will do, and we believe he spoke the truth.
We don’t care whether Col. Fremont be a Calho.
lie or not; still, he isn't a Catholic, but that make*
no difference. don’t care whether he ran off
with Thomas H. Benton’s daughter or not J we hope
he did—Fortune has certainly “given him Jessie,”
as he deserved. We hope he did run off with Jessie
Benton—she was willing, and its nobody'a business.
One thing is certain; ie won't da to again. It is
nothing to us whether ho jerked horse, or buffalo
beef on the Sierra Nevada. We only ask, “what
is he pledged to do if elected ?” The Republican
platform asserts that Congress has the power to pre
vent slavery from entering our territorial domain ;
and that Congress should do it. Col. Fremont says,
“I am opposed to slavery, in the abstract and upon
principle, end to the admission of anymore slave
States into the Union.”
Thai’s the way lo say it Fremont and Buchan,
an are both very plain spoken men. The former is
determined to be President and to help slop the ex
tension of Slavery. Friendly hunkers, we feel for
you, but it is probable we shan’t be able lo find you
after November election.
From a copy of the Warren Moil kindly furnish
ed us, we find & cheering account of the political
health of Warren county. The number before os
has reports of three enthusiastic Republican Meet*
ings held in that village during Court term. Hon.
C. B. CurlU and G. W. Schofield, Esq,, old demot
cratic leaders, addressed the Meetings, denouncing
the Cincinnati platform and giving lligir adherence
to Fbemont & Dayton. We learn that all the prom,
"neat Democrat® in Warren "hove repudiated the
Cincinnati nominee and that the rank and file go
for Freedom almost en masse. The prospects are
encouraging.
“Aspen Court: A tale of our own Time.” ,By
Shirley Brooks. —The powerful delineation of char
acter by the author of this book, places him in the
front rank of modern writers of fiction. Few will
read Aspen Court without adding materially to their
general knowledge of human nature. For sale by
G, W. Taylor.
&ommtmCcat(on#,
Republican Club IVcctios*
*rnc Republicans of W«n«wro* and vicinity met
in the Court House, on Friday evening, July 11,
for the purpose of organizing u Fremont Club. J.
Emery Esq,, read the proposed platform of organ!-
zation, and on motion, J. F. Donaldson Esq, was
called to the chair. Mesirs Jap. I. Jackson and
S. H. Landis were elected Vico Presidents, and
M. H. Cobb Secretary. ]
Moved that a Committee of three persons be ap
pointed to report permanent officers fbr iho Club,
viz. A Secretary, Treasurer and Corresponding
Secretaries,
The Chair appointed Messrs Jno. N. Bacbe, J.
Emery and G. W. Scars, such Committee,
A resolution to the effect that the President and
Vice President of the Club, be elected at the close
of each regular session of the Club, was offered and
adopted. In pursuonce thereof, 8. B. Smith Esq,,
was elected to preside over the nest meeting of the
Club, and J, Alexander, Vice President,
A Committo of three was appointed to furnish
music for the Club, viz; Jno. Alexander, Henry
Petrie, Loren Sears.
A discussion of the platform of organization, sob
milled by J. Emery Esq., resulted in its adoption as
originally submitted.
Un motion Iho thanks of the meeting were ten
dered to the Charleston Band for their services.
Directed that the proceedings be published, and
that a general invitation to join the club be extended
to all.
Adjourned to meet Friday evening, IBlh inst.
M. H. COBB, Stc'y.
Tioga County Bible Society.
A Special meeting of the Society will be held on
Thursday the 241 h inst at 8 o’clock P. M. in Roy’s
Building, Wellsboro,’ to lake into consideration the
state of the cause and devise means to supply the
destitution that exists in our county.
Fellow Citizens, strange as it may appear, yet it
is true that destitution of the Scripturea exists to a
very considerable extent among us. Were a portion
of our people perishing of temporal want, we know
(hat, of'.bo properly the Maker has entrusted to your
care, your ready sympathies would at once impart
the needed relief, and shall Bibles encumber tho
shelves of the depository while tho poor are perish
ing for want of tho "Bread of Life 7”
Extract from tho Constitution of the Society:
Art. 3d. Tho object of the Society shall be to pro
mote the circulation of the holy Scriptures without
nolo or comment.
Art. 3d. All persons contributing an; sum (n its
funds, shall bn members for one year; those contribu
ting one dollar or more, shall receive (if called lor
within a year) a common Bible in return, those con
tributing fifteen dollars at one time, or twenty dol
lars in two payments, shall be members for life.
A general attendance Is earnestly invited.
By request of the President,
J. I. JACKSON, Secrtiary.
The ladies ol the Mount Vernon Associa
tion of Pennsylvania, having written, some
time since, to i. A. Washington, Esq., in
reference to the purchase of the Mount Ver
non estate, he courteously, but positively, de
clined selling it to the ladies of the Union.
Recently, in a letter published in the Nation
al Intelligencer, he expresses his unqualified
disapprobation of the bill passed by the Le
gislature of Virginia, and again declines
selling.
Joan C. Bbeckenbidge, the candidate of
the “Black Democracy,” for Vice President
is thus described by the editor of a Kentucky
paper:
“He is a large slave "owner, and is under
stood to cordially .approve of all the efforts
made to extend the institution by fair means
or foul, into Kansas. He possesses consider
able ability aa a popular orator, but more as
a marksman .being a noted duelist,”
HST OF PREMIUMS
To be awarded by the Tioga County Agri~
cultural Society at iti 3 d Annual Fair,
October let and 2d, 1856.
FARMS.
For the best Cultivated upland farm $lO,OO
“ 2d do do 8,00
“ 3d do do 6,00
“ the best do riv’r & bottom, 10,00
" 2d do do 8,00
“ 3d do do 5,00
M. S. BALDWIN, Lawrence, •)
HENRY RATHBONE, Etkland,
H. P. VANNESS, Rutland, |
NELSON WHITNEY Charleston, «
PHARES HOUGHTON, Delmar. J
FIELD CROPS, GRAIN, AC.
For best average Wheat, not less than
6 acres, '! $5,00
" best average Corn, not less (ban
3 acres, river bottom
11 best average Oats, not less than
3 acres, upland 3,00
" best acre of Wheat, 3,00 I
“ 2d do. 2,00
“ beat acre of Qorn, 3,00
“ 2d do. 3,00
“ best acre'of Oats, 2,00
“ 2d do. 1,00
“ best acre of Barley, 2,00
“ 2d do. 1,00
“ beat $ acre Broom Corn, 2,00
“ 2d do. 1,00
“ best i acre Peas, 2,00
“ 2d i do. 1,00
“ best i acre Potatoes, 2,00
“ 2d i do. 1,00
“ best J acre Rula Bagas, 2.00
“ 2d j do. 1.00
“ beet i acre Carrots, 2,00
“ 2d i do. 1.00
“ best 4 acre Turnips, 2,00
“ best acre Beets, 2,00
“ best i acre Beans, 2,00
“ 2d \ do. 1,00
“ best \ acre Flax, 2,00
“ best acre buckwheat, 2,00
“ best acre of Rye, 2,00
“ best acre of Clover Hay, 2.00
“ best acre of Herd's Grass, 2,00
HIRAM MERRIT, Farmington, )
ELIAS SNELL, Lawrence, > |
ISAAC WHEELER, Charleston. )
5,00
HORSES.
For besi Stallion, 4 y’rs old and over, $B,OO
“ 2d “ >• >• 5,00
“ 3d « « « 2,00
“ best 3 year old Stud Coll, 5,00
“ 2d “ “ “ 3,00
“ 3d “ “ “ 1,00
“ best Brood Mare & Coll by her side, 5,00
" 2d '■ “ “ 3,00
3d “ “ “ 1,00
“ best Sucking Colt, 2,00
.. 2d 11 “ •< i,OO
“ best Yearling Colt, 3,00
“ 2d “ “ “ 2,00
“ best 3 year old Gelding, 4,00
“ 2d “ “ “ 3,00
3d “ « <« 2,00
“ best 3 year old Mare, 4,00
“ 2d “ “ “ 3,00
“ 3d « » 2,00
“ best 2 year old Gelding, 3,00
“ 2d do do 2,00
“ best 2 year old Mare, 3,00
“ 2d ' do do 2.00
“ best matched Horses, Geldings, 8,00
“ 2d •' >• 5,00
“ 3d « “ “ 3,00
“ best matched Mares, 8,00
“ 2d « « “ 5,00
“ 3d '* ■< « 3,00
“ best pair Draught Horses or Mares, 8,00
“ 2d '< >« '< 5,00
“ 3d “ “ '• 3,00
“ best single Horse, 4,00
“ 2d « >' 2,00
“ best single Mare, 4,00
“ 2d •> “ » 2,00
HOMER ELIOTT, Lawrence, ")
6. R. HALL, Bloss, I
r, ~ 1 (
Dr. JOEL ROSE, Rutland) > Com.
S. DICKINSON, Delmar,
Wm, WASS, Cbaiham. J
CATTLE.
Beal Durham Bull, 3 y’rsold Acover, 8li),00
“ 2d “ •• >• 6,00
“ best Durham Bull, 2 years old, 10,00
“ 2d “ •» “ 6,00
“ best yearling Bull, -5,00
2d *• “ « 3,00
“ best Bull Calf, 3,00
“ 2d •• « « 2,00
“ 3d “ “ 1,00
“ best Durham Cow, 5,00
« 2d •< •• « 3,00
11 best Durham Heifer 2 years old, 3,00
“ 2d “ “ “ 2,00
“ best yearling Heifer Durham, 2,00
n 2d “ •« “ 1,00
11 best hiefer calf Durham, 1,00
(Devons, same premiums as Durbams.)
“ beat yoke working cattle 5 years
“ old and over, 5,00
“ 2d “ << <• 3,00
“ best yoke 4 years old trained, 4,00
“ 2d » >< » 3,00
x beat yoke 3 years old, 3,00
x 2d x ii a <j,oo
“ best pair yearling, 2,00
“ 2d « x i oo
u best pair Calves, 2,00
x 2d x a i« i ,00
x best native Cow, 3.00
“ 2d x « •• 2,00
“ best pair fat Oxen, 5,00
«• 2d “ “ “ 3,00
“ best pair fat steers, 3,00
“ 2d “ “ “ 2,00
“ best single steer 3 years old 3,00
“ best 2 year old, ■ 2,00
«« do “ " '» 1,00
•< best Cow, 3,00
'• 2d best diploma,
“ best yard of cattle 6 Head 5,00
GEORGE AVERY Charleston, "i
HOYT BACON Deerfield,
D. G. STEVENS Middlebury, I |
THOMAS REYNOLDS Sullivan, 1
D. Is. AIKINS Tioga. J
SHEEP.
For best Merino Buck,
“ 2d do. 3 -°°
“ best Merino Ewe,
•« 2d do. '- 00
“ best Saxony Buck,
“ 2d do. '2
“ best Saxony Ewe,
“ 2d do.
“ best 3 Buck Lambs. i - :?
" 2d do.
“ best 3 Ewe Lambs,
•• 2d do. rj
“ best Long Wool and Mutton Sheep, 2^oo
SWINE.
For best Boar, j 3
“ 2d do. jo
“ 1)681 Sow i oo
“2d do. do. do. oo
“ best 5 Pigs, ;00
“2d do. do. do. 200
" best litter of Pigs, < jq
H. S. JOHNSTON, ,
ABEL STRAIT, " ' Cm.
ERASTUS FELLOWS, \
POELTEY.
For best Cock & Hen, 00
“ 2d do. do. Diploma.
“ best variety of Fowls, 2 00
“ 2d do. do. 1 00
“ best'pair of Turkeys, 'OO
“ 2d do. do. Dip/dm*.
“ Inferior fowls such as Shanghai, Chit.
“ igong, Bramah Pootra, Dorking, Pheas.
K ant, <fec., Diploma.
“ best pair of -Ducks, 90
“ 2d do. do. Diploma.
“ best pair of Geese, 90
“ 2d do. do. Diploma.
L. P. WILLISTON,
S. F. WILSON. Wellsboto’ i
HENRY WILLIAMS.
H. SHERWOOD, |
C. H. SEPMOUR, Tioga,
JOHN W. RYON, Lawrence. ■
HENRY ALLEN. Mansfield.
MICETIIRII IHPIBM’TS.
For the best Plow, with improvements, 83 00
“ 2d do. do. 00
11 best Sub-Soil Plow, ’3O
" 2d do. do. 30
“ Side-Hill Plow, 90
>• 2d do. do. 90
11 best Cultivator, 20
11 best Lumber Wagon, 90
“ best lop Uuggy. 90
“ best open do. 9 00
“ best 2 horse Family Carriage, 900
“ best Sped Drill for Field, 00
“ best Reaper & Mower, ' 00
“ best portable Horse Power, ! 00
*• best Thrasher & Cleaner, ; 30
u best double Harness Draught, JOO
“ best.double fancy, ' 00
“ best Ox Cart, 00
“ best doz of corn Brooms, 1 30
"2d , do. do. 30
“ best Straw Cutter, 90
'• best Roller, •00
“ best Fanning Mill, ' 00
2d do. do. 38
“ best doz Milk Pans, ’ 10
“ 2d do. do. Diploma.
“ beat Grain Cradle, ; 00
“ 2d do. do. Diploma.
" best 12 Handle Rakes, ’ 90
“ best Horse Rake Revolver, ’ 30
“ best] Horse Hay Fork, ’ 30
A discrimination in favor of home manu
facture when of equal merit.
VINE DEPUY Tioga, . .
DEXTER PARKHURST Sullivan. , |
‘ J. L. KINGSBURY Charleston,
MANUFACTURES.
[HOUSEHOLD & DOMESTIC.]
For best 10 yards of Flannel, 12 00
■' 2d do. do. Diploma.
“ best 10 yards Fullcloih, 00
“ 2d do. ' Diploma.
“ best 15 yards Rag Carpet, '■ 00
" 2d do. do. Diploma.
“ best 10 yards Tow Cloth, - 00
'• 2d do. ' do. Diploma.
“ best home made Bread, ' 00
“ best specimen of Pickles, . 00
“ best sample of Apple Butter, 00
“ best Home made Soap, ' 00
MRS. MoLEOD,
“ ROBERT CAMPBELL,
“ H. A. GUERNSEY, Com,
“ J. F. CALKINS,
* “ S. DICKINSON,
ROOTS & FRUITS,
RAISED IN THE COUNTY.
For best peck Sweet Potatoes, II 00
“ beat 5 bushels Potatoes, ' 00
" best doz Onions, 00
“ beat 6 heads Cabbage, '• 00
“ best 6 Blood Beet, I 00
“ best Bunch Cellery, Diploma.
“ best pair Egg Plants, - 00
“ best peck of Tomatoes, ’ 00
" best doz of Turnips, 00
“ best 3 heads Cauliflower, Diploma.
best 3 heads Brocoli, Diploma,
“ best doz Parsnips, Diploma.
“ best doz Carrots, Diploma.
•« best general display of Vegetables, 2 00
« best 3 bunches Grapes,—Black 1 00
“ best do, do. —White, 100
<« best do. do. —lsabella, 100
« best do. do. Catawba, 1 00
“ best Variety, 00
” best 12 Autumn Apples, 1 00
“ 2d do. do. Diploma,
“ best 12 Winter do, 1 00
2d do, do. ’ Diploma,
« best variety, 3 of each kind, 2 00
" 2d do. do, 00
'* best doz Autumn Pears, 1 00
« 2d do, do Diploma.
“ best 12 Winter, 00
2d do. do Diploma.
“ best variety, Bof each kind, 200
•• 2d do. do, 1 00
“ best 12 Peaches, } 00
<• 2d do. do. Diploma.
“ best 2 dozen Plums, 100
«< 2d do. do Diploma.
“ best 12 Quinces, } OQ