I THE AGITATOR. zvgu roTOo. EprrQß * proprietor. WULSBOBOTOH, PA., WEDNESDAr'MOIINING. OCT.. 10,1860. EKPUBIJOAN NAtIONAI, NOMINATIONS. FOB PRESIBBHT, ABEAHAM | LINCOLN OF ILID OIS. ' YOR ylci-PSgSIDBNT, HANNIBAL; HAMLIN, . 01 HAIkE. - - ; Electors at larße, Bov. James Pollock, Hoir. THokAS £T. Howe, f t Edward 0. ‘ '!£?.&. Penoiman, '% Bobect P. Klngr, » U Ulysses Mercor, 3 Henry JJumm, J 5 George Dreader, 4 Robert Bf. Fanat, 16 A. B. Sharp, 6 Kath&n Hills, 1& Daniel 0. Gahr,- C John M. Bfoomall, Ip Samuel Calrin, 7 James W. Fuller, ' 1# Edgar Cowan, 8 Devt B. Smith, 29 Edgar McKenna, Q Francis W. Chalst, 31 J« iL Kirkpatrick, 10. DotH Mamma,Jp., 22 James Kerr, _ll David Taggart; £3 Richard P. Roberts, U Xkosas ft* HolL 24 Henry Souther, V 25 Robert \Grler. is-Presidential Election —November 6, 1860. THE EIiEOTIOH OF TESTEBDAY. TIOGA STILL THE BANNER COUi NEARLY 3000. MAJORITY for curtin ! 700 BETTER FOS UKOOLKI ÜBSBTT TOWNSHIP RES BOOED ! €OR, Let the Eagle Scream! , - X ' .We give below the returns from all but one district in this county by which it will be seen that we'havo given Curtin from 2800, to 3000 - majority, still sustaining, \as we believe, <our proud distinction ai County of the . State. Except in the Boroughs the vote was quite light, and out friendsjh'mk we can give Honest Abb or the West |t;least 3500 major ity. By reference to the majorities, jt will be . seen that Liberty township, the home of J. d. : Albeck and Jack Werline, and heretofore the Sevastopol of the Pro-Slavery Democracy in this county, has at last; redeemed herself, and gives a small majority ” Tb(sle J day. ,ii Maj. for Curtin. Maj. for Foster, 81b55...0 53* Brookfield .........i ■8?! , Clymer .128 Charleston, —294 ' , Chatham..... 7i Covington.. 41 Covington 80r0..... 5 Belmar. ~i....„281l Deerfield... 51; Elk Elkland 6%( - Farmington ~i.—.. 90(5 Gaines 43' Jackson -3% 1 “Knoxville 4li ' 'Lawrence... ij -9®? , Lawreneevilie fiS| ■ Liberty........ 7r : Malnshnrg 10J , Mansfield...... 455 Middlebnry -Mortis so* Nelson ........000| - ' Osceola .„. 72; Hichmond „.„'.1j...;'..152| Rntland. }.■ ■ Shippen ..L 28s > l- Snllivan .....i,168‘ r ' Tioga -117, 5 1 Tioga Bora..', 62' Union 177> ; . -Wollsboro lOlj Westfield...... ] ’..ISSj* I, Ward ,i... 13 Onr whole County tioketliw elected by majori ties ranging from 2700 to 2800,/ P. S.—Since the pbove was put in type, we have beard, from Nelson which gives 20 majority for Curtin, making bis majority in this county. 2805. ■ ' i .Prom the State enough has been received to satisfy ns of Cartinjs eleotiop by a small major ity. We give below dispatlbes received from onr friend Dt. Pratt, the editor of the Corning Journal; • CoENnra, N. T., Wednesday Morning, 1 ' • October 10, .1860. j Hugh Young, Esq.— Dear Sir: The retnrns ate meagre. 1 give all that have come except townships which wpnld make a long dispatch, without much information; The N.Y. line is down this morning; '.the returns are up to three o^olook: Lebanon Co. 1200 Curtin. Dauphin ,f 120 Q “ Union . , 800 “ . Allegany County-f-Returns from ,38 Districts (including Pittsburg and Allegany and adjoin ing Boros.) Curtin 4086, being a gain over vote of last yea* for Auditor of 2710 Beg. Erie County, 2800 Curtin. - ' Mifflin “ 227 “ . Cambria Coi 800 Foster. York,, “ 1300 « f Philadelphia has | given between three! and foot thousand, for Foster. The dispatch-states that tsp returns ate deemed favorable to the aleotion of Curtin. 1 . We bare received- the following by way of ' Troys Sdbnylkill Co. 300 Curtin. . Huntingdon" POO “ Lancaster " 5000 “ Lvcominc “ '750. “ ml 7 towns. »Lit " 760 j " ■ , Ail parties in Williamsport and Philadelphia give op the State tf Curtin by 16]000 to 25,0)0. IPOTTBB COUBTS" POLITICS. f Now that ithe State election is-oVer, and tie discnssion of the snbjeot cannot effect the re sult in any way, we*have not-the least objection ip posting boots witl) the Tetter Journal on the representative question. We should have still deferred anyreferenoe tothemattet until after hearing the returns from Potter county, hut for the (act that many of oar .Potter county.sob* scribers have alrerdy construed' ouf silence in to |an acknowledgment of the truth of, the Charges made by the Journal against "the editor of this paper and the other Representative:con ferees appointed by the'Mansfield' Convention. Every intelligent man pi Tioga county is'well acquainted with the facts of the esse, bat for the benefit of oar Potter,County (Hands we will sum them up briefly, so that' they may under stand them as we do. ; At the time of the last apportionment, Tioga and Potter were made to form, one Representa tive District, with two members. Three times since then, the people of Tioga have voted for and elected a Potter county man as one of. the t«ro members, although the population of the letter county is barely one-third that of the former. We dp not desire to ignore the fact -that Potter county claims one member all iht rimeTyvirtue of some agreement said to have die cm made by Mr. Williston, on behalf of Ti oga, and Mr. Benson, on behalf of Potter. On the contrary, we allude to it to if this Be the only reason for snob a qlaioi, it is far from being a valid one. The gentlemen in ques tion bad no right nor authority to agree as to any future disposition of these offices' by the people. They were simply the servants of the people for the time being—nothing more and nothing less. The agreement—if such agree ment was ever made—was mode betweenthem as politicians and not as representatives. The people, therefore, bad nothing to do with it. The idea which seems to obtain with the politi cal howitzers of -the Journal calibre that the politicians own offices and can dispose of them at their will; and pleasure, is ignored by' - the people of this part of the District as being ai dangerous innovation of the old time belief that the people rule themselves. In, this' re spect we confess to our being old fogies. .In 1859 the Tioga Convention-ire-nominated la F. Williston, conceding to Potter bounty the right to nominate the other candidate. Mr.' Lewis Mann who had made a faithful and en ergetic member, and whose acts were, entirely satisfactory to onr people, was-presented by that county for the second term. The confer ence was appointed to be held at Wellsboro, but when the time came, the conferees from Pptter county felled to make their appearance, and the Tioga conferees in view of that fact, and in! view of the fact that Potter county had se - cored the nomination of the Senator for this District and would not he likely to claim the representatives, proceeded to nominate Mr. Isaac M. Bodine as the other candidate for the District. AJthoughAhis,nomination Under the riMSH&Stanoes was perfectly regular and would have been ratified by a large majority <pf the pobple, yet the friends of Mr. Mann (theeditor of this paper among the number) opposed it openly as being morally unjust to that' gentle man who had been nominated in good faith and according to the usages of the party,, and because we did pot desire even to seem to lake advantage of the neglect or indifference of the. Potter conferees. We therefore urged the withdrawal'of Mr. Bodine, against the express wishes of niany Republicans who thought it ho more than "fair that ns Potter county had se cured the Senator we ought to have both Rep resentatives. Some of the friends of Mr. Mann came to Welhboro at that time, and it was very well understood that Tioga county would claim the right next year—lB6o—to -nominate both members of Assembly. This right was openly and unreservedly conceded by some of the Potter county politicians here at that time. We make (his assertion upon the testimony of many of oar best citizens whose credibility is os unquestionable as that of, any of the mana gers of the Potter Journal. , Mr. Bodine’s name was withdrawn and Mr. Mann was elected. Early the Re publicans of Potter county held their Conven tion, and nominated Mr. Mann for a third term on! the first, ballot, although it-was very Well understood that Mr. Ambrose Corey of was the only prominent candidate before the people. The friends of Mr. Corey, as, ,^ell, as the Republicans of Tioga generally, believed this unexpected action to be a virtual conces sion of both members to our coenty, Mr. Mann baring been nominated contrary to parly usage. The party in Tioga acting upon this assump tion, put in nomination Messrs. Strang and EJJi ott, and appointed six conferees to meet a pro portionate number, according to the population, from Potter county. Our Convention would probably have appointed but two conferees as formerly to meet two from Potter cotihty, had it not been that a threat was offered, to the OR! Convention'at Mansfield in the shape of a pro test (published - with the prooeedingS)against its action, before any action was had. This threat or protest was signed by the Chairman of (he Potter County Committee.. The Conven tion! had the good sense to treat the threat with the contempt it deserved by voting unanimous ly to lay it upon the table without comment. The Journal clique treated this action, of our Convention with very harsh and indiscreet lan- ignoring the fact, of course, that; its own convnpfh was composed of “unequal” repre sentation from the townships, and that “it is a poor rule’that will not work both ways." It concludes its first article (Sept. 13th,) in this style; , “For onr part (the 'Journal individually, and its managers collectively] wo cannot Support the nomi nees of Tioga, and therefore decline to place their names in the ticket at the head of onr paper. We re gard them os only the nominees of Tioga eonnty, and having no claims open the Republicans of this tomr | THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR. ty. 'lf men insultingly Simgnrd onr claim*, we claim that wo are under no'obiigation to regard their aspirations. It Would have been a matter within the control of either or both of those nominees to'have prevented theJnsolt which the,convention offered.this county in appointing six conferees; and by neglecting to do so thej hava forfeitedallolaims to of Rotter County Republicans,-” - i In the name issue, Mr, Mann’s name was hauled down, and it was determined to defeat our ticket'by"'masleriy inactivity.” ~ • '[ Whenj the time of the meeting of the Confer ence had arrived—ten days after the County Convention—the Fetter conferees were, found absent as nsaal. The nomination of Messrs. Strang and Elliott was duly and regularly rati fied, and a series pf resolutions declaratory 6? the facts in the case was duly passed. The Journal had by this time worked itself into a i fever-heat passion at the idea of its slate hav ing been smashed, and so in its issue of Sept. 20th it let off the following gas which doubtlese : afforded it immediate relief: “The claim pnt forward in regard to Mr. Bodine, is simply a faleehood, and every one of those eix confer ees inea they were assenting to a positive falsehood when they passed those resolutions. “The leading Republicans of Potter county” who are said to have ’ conceded the right of Tioga to both members at this > election, emphatically deny the assertion. The editor : of the Agitator, who was one of the six conferees, », aa i aware that the assertion. of that concession was A {falsehood; bnt the game Of Emery & Co. was desper , ate, and almost any sacrifice of troth' most be made to [offset a conciliation of the guerrillas.” - ' The fact that six men of. the character, and standing in society of the conferees of Tioga county in the Legislative conference referred to, should meet together -and deliberately [solve upon and publish a falsehood over their town signatures about a matter which concerned | pot one of them-a particle, is only ftnother-evi- Sdeuce of the ntter depravity of poor human nature; and if a case of .this kind could have occurred in the palmy spiritual days of the reverend bnt now defunct grand pap of the pub lisher of, the Joumal be would have ceased his [usual topic of “The Virtues,of ‘Woman” and jstaTtled his long-visaged audience into extra Jdevotionby a scathing five hjonrs’ diaconree on {“The mendacity of Men." But the grandson lunlike his long, winded predecessor simply says |“Yon lie 1” which, is, after alj, the most conclu sive argument which'has appeared in the Jour nal on any subject for some jjears. - | In another article, ip the issue of the Journal In which Mr. Mann’s name was withdrawn, it Iras stated as the intention of the Potter coun ty leaders to determine upon some future action In regard to .this question at a Mass Meeting to be held on Tuesday night of Court Week. We attended that meeting and beard nothing said in the subject whatever. The following week he Potter Journal came to os with, the an nouncement that inasmuch as, no order had »een received at that office to print the tickets ir Messrs. Strang and Elliott; notioketsyrou Id l|e’ printed, and that the.-Potier County-Com mittee had ordertSTthe namejof Lewis Mann &r Asseinbly to be printed and! distributed with the other tickets. Mr. Strang! informs us that Mr.' H. J. Olmsted—one of the County Com mittee-asked him if be (Strang) desired Mr. (jlbase, the publisher of the Journal, to print Ond distribute the tickets for himself and Mr. ipliott. To this queation Mr. Strang made re !ly, that if Mr. Chase printed and distributed is tickets for himself and Mr.-Elliott he (Chase) ■ould most certainly get his pay for it. With lis understanding, that the {tickets would be printed in Potter county, Mr. | Strang made no arrangements here to get them printed until apprised by the Journal that the County Com ihittee had ordered Mr. Mann’s name to'be printed instead. Now we would like this mat-, tpr to be fully explained. If candidates regu larly nominated have to go to {the organ of the S' arty and order the tickets to ibe printed, then' ew rules have been recently adopted in that ligard which have not reached us. Did all the other candidates individually and separately order their tickets to be printed ? Did they even -say as much as Mr. Strang said that if printed they would be paid forj? We don’t be-! lieve they did. f We regret that Mr. Lewis. Mann, who stood 4ell with, the Republicans of Tioga, should have so for forgotten ■ his obligations to ourj people for the past two years as to lend himself t| the disorganizes after having once with drawn: his name. W« are not! prepared to be lieve 'that this is Mr. Mann’s own deliberate option. We have too much , faith in his good sense, in Mis notions of propriety, and in his (Aim, deliberate judgment, to believe it. If he yielded to; the importunities of friends in this liaUer, their design was evidently to “kill him off” for all futuretime'. So far as the Repub licans of this county are concerned, they have succeeded in doing so. Our people bury nil guerrillas face downward, as Prentice says, sc that if thejy ever scratch out they are sure to come up on the other side of the world, some! tere, ns A. J. Monroe did. 1 { 3ut this {kind of: talk is not to our taste and so wa will close it. The truth is that Potter cannty,like too many other counties, is cursed with a super-abundance of office-seekers. The whole end and aim of the -leaders seems to be: ; td hold or control the few paltry offices of the county, and in the struggle for these .they bare already sacrificed the strength and harmony, of tl|e party. ( Political and bick erings, factions, cliques, local Jealousies, and independent tickets, seem-to be the order of the diy in that county. It is therefore truly laugh able to hear the Journal fifing its' discordant notesaboat‘*guerrillaB,” "claims,” “interests," “desperate games”, and ■ other clap-trap and nonsense; when the Journal itself instead of being the Organ of the'party over there,'is but the organ of .a faction, and when it is'known tojbe a disorganiser.of tbs. meanest stripe, de nouncing everybody who does not agree with it] in the moat offensive language it can ccm m|uid. It: is known that thoJoumal —once a netful paper—has long.since lost its power for in that county. This is because the peo pie of thaV county fairs no confidence in its fairness, andbecanse it neglect* the local inter ests of: the whole people and devotes itself lb the political interests of a few." Personally.we caro not a strsweithsr for-its abase orita com mendation, bnt politically we regret that its course now is,-and has beencalculated, perhaps unwittingly, to divide and distraot tbe Repub lican-party of that county. The sooner it changes its course,, the. better it will be .for the peace and harmony of the party, fop its nwp prosperity, and good feeling all srbhh j. ' from s Special Reporter. TIOQA 00.. AO-BlOtrLTtrß.il, FAIB. ' Agricultural Fairs are comparatively new, es pecially in Tioga County; and a , report from an individual 'who has constituted himself a committee af. the whole, may not be uninterest ing and may be, perhaps, useful; at all events; I feel that I have formed'my opinions, and can give- them without that peculiar influence being exerted over me which is always felt by com mittees, and can take into consideration things of which they have no right to be cognizant!— If I understand the objects and aim of a fair, it is to promote the useful in agriculture; and the machanio arts, [by bringing together the best specimens in each department for the ttm tnal examination, inspection and instruction of all; and when a‘ fair fails to do this, it falls short of the bn d for which it was instituted; and when'Reproduces, that which is-aot useful nor beneficial, and the articles, or soy of them, on exhibition, are of no practical Use either in enUghtemng'tbe understanding orj cultivating the taste,lt steps aside from its trite path. Let ns apply these tests to the late Animal Fair of the Tioga County Agricultural Society, and see how we stand. I After entering the ; gate, the first thing to at; tract the attention was a crowd of persons com posed of men; women and children!, but -more especially young men. , Around what? an ag ricultural production t No. A farming nten; sil? No. A noble horse or cow T [No. Well, what then T When by dint of hard labor you succeeded in working your way, through the mass to the center of attraction, ‘yon found a gambling establishment! Why id the name of all honesty the. managers pertnilted tbese'seonn.- drels to occupy a place on the fair grounds is more than:! oan conceive. Is that the kind of exhibition that the people are invited to 7 a ta ble loaded with bogus jewelry and other trash, with a poised needle, for a turn of which the greenies would give a dime! I did' not under stand that the committee gays-.those fellows a premium, or evena. diploma. The next great object of interest and attrac tion was a young black bear. One would nat urally -think that this was a circus exhibition ; yet Bruin seemed to enjoy being there, for the girls gave him candy and the boys gave him ,pea nuts, and he cut all manner of pranks, climbed a pole and sat straddle of a board on top, to the infinite amnsement of the ladies. — His bearship got a premium of one dollar, one half of the highest premium for household do mestic manufactured goods, to the untold bene fit of agriculture and the machanic arts. These two important objects passed, we will now attend to those which did not attract such large crowds. Of the live stock, such as cattle,' horses, 4c., the numbers were quite limited— more so thau they should have been. Tioga County is eminently adapted to the raising of stock. It will always, from. the nature of .the soil and climate, be a better grazing than grain-, growing district.-. Then why not get the best breeds of cattle, horses and sheep f I expected to see a larger number of horned cattle bn- ex | hibition. Those exhibited were quite fair, some meritorious. One Durham bulLcalfy partieular ly, exhibited-some fine points, and others were worthy of-honorable mention. But this Dnr ham calf was considered by the committee to? he worth only a itco dollar premium, while! the | black bear got one dollar. There was a greater display of horses than of horned cattle. Some, in my judgment, were' very fair—what through this" section of the j country might he called good, and some that their owners must have had strange ideas of ex cellence to bring them there ; yet they all went to make np the number, which of-course'added to the interest. The number of sheep, on exhibition was also quite small; also that of swine. Our. climate, does not seem adapted to raising successfully the flrie-wooled sheep; 1 6r else ohr farm ers do ndt understand their business. A solution of this question would be of great benefit to the farmers off Tioga County, and. I suggest that they take measures to ascertain which is the case. If the owners of the fine wooled sheep on exhibition raise them' successfully, I would invite them to communicate .through the. county papers, the plan they adopt and carry out in order to do it. Let ns bare something practical, gentlemen; something that others can follow or improve upon. Of poultry, little need be said, as the display was very small. . The awkward, ungainly sban ghse, was-there of course—a perfect greenhorn wherever he goes; and a maw hi these latter days is as green as Mr. Shanghai ,whd raises them with the idea'they are profitable layers-- Agricultural implements resembled angeFa visits in one, respect—they were few. . Wh/ there were not more labor-saving' machines on tbe ground, I-certainly cannot understand.- Those that were there were good,and I would rec ommend thein {with but few exceptions) to the consideration pf our farmers. And here let me digress to say a few words to my fellow la borers; I wonld’ like to'know how many'of yon have ever computed the difference in'any department of Agriculture between the. use of naohinery and hand labor. I want to know wwmanyof you have calculated how-much labor is lost in a day by using a hoe or scythe >r any other r like implement which Is even a pound [too heaVyl-If.yolu have not thought of these things and figured them ont, please do so If yon wish to succeed. Iregrel thatthere was so amslTa displayofTfarm Implement Not a . -hoe.nor scytha-nor axe-nor -wheelfianow, for every former should: jiaye, obe.nor any of the minor dools of the farm'-'were-on exhibition. The highest premium in this-department was three dollars for a phfv; the lowest, for a good ox yoke. a diplomapwhile .the bear gotnme.dol lar, the goats-one dollar- and a lady for riding seven dollars. j -The display of roots' and other vegetables, fruit excepted, was pot very large, yet the scarcity was qnite well made up in quality. They certainly did credit to the soil and the skill that raised them. The display of fruit exceeded everything else on .exhibition at the fair, not only as to quantity hut quality. Ido not believe the state [can produce bettor fruit than was at our fair. { Nelson Whitney,'of East Charleston, had one hundred and fifteen varie ties of apples, all but six of his own raising, ninevaricties of pears, and six of peaches. Mr. Whitney’rfruit was raised at his nurseries in East Charleston.- L. Bache, of Wellsboro, had thirteen .varieties of pears, and twenty-one of apples, on'exhibition! E. T. Bently exhibited sixteen apples'which weighed sixteen 'pounds. There were other displays, of, fruit, equally meritorious aslhose mentioned, bnt I <fid not learn the exhibitors’] names,“ and hence the omission. The highest' premium paid for fruit was two dollars. Farmers when you and your families sit around your firesides, the coming winter evenings eating your luscious, healthy apples, be sure and remember how nice the lady rode. She got seven dollars. l In the department of household and.domes tic manufacture, there was a very creditable display, bnt the everlasting fancy the shanghai, [was there; and I was told—l vouch not for the truth,[of It—that { there was one on exhibition that took a young lady three months to make,' and when it was done; did not look half so well as some of the good warm wool coverlets bn' exhibition. Spreid' eagles which look like dying roosters, and indescriba ble vine's, and fruits which one cannot tell from a new moon, will look better somewhere else than on a bed quilt, unless 'one wishes to bare the nightmare or scare the children cot of their' five sensesf by reminding them of-the ghostly objects which have left their impress upon the covering of -their beds. Of flannels, full cloth, blankets,' coverlets, carpets, stockings; yarn, to., there, were some excellent specimens and some that were not gobjd.- For my part I would rather see a pair of good 'wool stockings or mittens, than all the fancy flummery in the shape of gewgawod be'dqnilts you could pnt into a thirty by forty feet-barn; There’ were sev eral specimens l of bread, soap, to., 1 which did great credit to the exhibitors. Of the jellies,' preserves, and-other eatables of this depart ment, I cannot speak, {farther than that they looked well; for not ijeing on a committee | bad no right to indulge in the luxuries, and being an obscure individual, no one took occa sion to display to mo. thjeir superior excellence. Mrs, Eastman got two dollars for her ten yards of full cloth, which wjas certainly excellent; Mrs. Wilcox,one dollar for fifteen yards.rag carpet; Mrs. Brooks tiro dollars for her pair of woollen blankets, not i u bo despised in winter, Remember, (these were the highest premiums) Mrs. Peake got fifty cents for her woollen knit stogkingt, Mrs. Baohe fifty cents for her good soap- nnd the lady got' teten dollars for riding, and the beat was worth me dollar and the goats one. Of,butter, cheese, Ac. amount up exhibition, yi took occasion, unasked, upon the butter.- I mac liked, best, butas I saw. do noVknow whether the It was all good, and for guish which was the-best. Mrs. J. B. Niies got two dollars for the best fifty pounds j)f but ter,, and Mrs. Lysander Scott one dollar for the second best.- Wha,t if they should ask fora premium for horsemanship at the next fair? Riding certainly brings the highest premium. ‘ In' Floral Hall there were some fine displays of bouquets, which added much to the scene ; but of the paintings, as they were called, I am at a Joss ( to express my contempt and disappro bation. Ido not say the "e were no good ; paint ings on exhibition. There were several; among them,-the crayon drawings, which were-mereto rious, but of “Grecian Oi f Painting” ian Painting,” as they ire termed, I am hear tily sick and disgusted. Why in the name of common sense will peoj le spoil even a poor lithograph by danb;ng-it with, pigments, or transferring it on glass and than besmear it with-green, yellow and blue! I do not know the names of the . exhibitors of one of these miserable things, and never want to, so.no.ope need put qn airs andraiseja fuss about my opin ion, There were several specimens of mechani cal and architectural drawing; all too good for exhibition, if the society keeps them upon the payment of : thb premium, which I understand they do., Why do they tot keep Horses and othe* caftle too? For what in’ my judgment was the best speqimen pf drawing, the commit tee awarded a diploma; W the others, premiums. . In : the mechanical department I saw some fine specimens of horse-shoes and soAo excel lent tinware, also several good harnesses, .’and a fine oak and. walnut door, all of which were honorably noticed. There were vorious other things on; exhibition of which I would be glad to speak.but have net room. . ' ■ Of. the trial of speed arid strength of horses I cannot'speak, as I witnessed neither. Of the riding I will say aiew words. I like good horsemanship both in ladies and gentlemen,' but to have it at agricultural -fairs and mafce it the subject of the highest premium, is what I deeni a wrong'appropriation of the funds. ' there Was not a large tit was all worthy. I to try my judgment e up my mind which I no names on them, I committee and I agree, me was hard to distin- I do notblame.the persons who: rode, |>n) committees sword the premium, Ojre# preminintosboy who will, hoe * lull of com or potatoes the best, or build the best haystack and you will do the’“fair thing.’/ - ;. ’ The address of Judge Calm at the close*** | very good. Yet Ido beljevathatif thefarmti, 1 who attend the fair would meat every night do. i ring its continuance and there discosspracticsl f. agricultural,it would Be of for more bensfU I -than all the speeches of celebrated men, unlea 1 the speakers are celebrateiflhrmers. But this is not the popular belief, so. j do sot expect to see it acted upon. - In conclusion the reporter wishes to say. that one., of the committees should take offence at what be bos said and consider the remarks here made out of a per sonal feeling, for I here state, that I do not know the names, of any individual on any of tbs committees, with but one exception, and of their department I have not said a word; so we part good friends to meet again, next year, with the sincere wish that the bear, the fancy Bed. quilts, the Grecian oil painting, aad etfiernon sense, together with the gambling establishment will be gone away forever. FROM. STUB PEOPLE. , ! For ths -Agitator. - [The Pair at Elmira. The. New York State Fair, at Elmira lar, •week, was.one of unusual interest to the vari ous departments of industry. The Mechanic Arts add Agriculture were.well represented by the.“thousand and one” ingenious, curious and useful discoveries in implements and products. To see, wasjbot to wonder and believe that tbs Yankee spirit of invention outstrips all comps, tition tbe world over. mb. quincy's addbess. Joefab Quincy, of Boston, delivered tbe an* n’ual address.' ■ • In his exordium, Mr.'Quincy touched npoa politics—its' vicissitudes in faith'and fortune. He was of the opinion that ha who embarked upon a political life, was “sowing to the wind and reaping in the whirlwind.” While presi dents could [remove Custom House officers and appoint Arajbassadors, he could not withhold sunlight, rajn and vegetation. Farming js. a profession; and he who best understands the principles of agriculture, will sueoeed bestj. A New England farmer selected, a barren piece of land, and by deep ploughing,. irrigation and manuring, made it productive. 'lndeed, by.the application of scientific princi ples, he. succeeded in opposition':to the “ele ments.” Aiknowledge of the nature and man' agement of the “elements” conduces largely to the success of agriculture. Holland is natu rally a wet country, and Europe by nature is unproductive. Scientific farming bad done mnehto remove; these impediments to farmers. Mr. Quincy contrasted Europe and America, showing that the latter for exceeds the former in fertility op soil. Yet in France there is but about eleven acres to each farmer, while-in- England men supported their families- well from sit acres. Others-prospered under heavy taxes, and many were compelled to leave their homes and families to render military service. Not so in America. Our lands are broad and* we arefree from the vassalage of the Old Coon- 1 try. Americana ara prone to a fatal erroß. They violate the old maxim of the Homans, “admire a large farm, but cultivate a small one wejl.” Farmers instead of getting large -forma and cultivating them poorly, should get smaller forma and cultivate them better. Indeed, the paragon of domestic bliss, is A little farm well tilled, -dad* little wife well willed. A farmer,, to be snooesafbl, most invest capi tal in bis business. His-capital shoald-lio ma chines and labor. cdold afford to own” bank stock. Farmer# should remember that it is better to add to the Circulating capi tal’of a farm jthaa to add to their number of acres. i. . i , Farmers should fertilize more; •Ha who takes from the soil more. than be puts into it, will soon exhaust It»'capacity.. _ Here Mr. Qoincy enumerated the different kinds of fertilizers, guano, .lime, bones, com mon. salt, gelatine of wood ashes, pou drette, ammonia, &c. Barn yard manure is the cheapest and best of all for ordinary purposes. The English hare a proverb that “Mock is money,” and ire would do well to fertilize with muck. ... Mr. Quincy referred to . the manufacturing interests of Massachusetts with evident pride and satisfaction; showing her to be'one of the first in.wealth, though possessing naturally an unproductive soil. In conolusidn, Mr. Quincy affirmed it as his belief, that a farm of moderate,size under good cultivation, with contentment of mind, is tho happiest mid most independent lot that can be fall,man. | . ' - ~ . , . j -“the raor.” On .Wednesday afternoon.'of the Fair, the sport-loving portion of the immense concourse, assembled Upon the “race ground,”—some ten ,or fifteen thousand in n amber,—to witness tho speed of the celebrated Flora Temple and Geo. M/Patehen. | - ■ Flora beat 5A three successive heats and took the premium jof $l5OO. Geo. M. Patchen as “second beef/ got a premium of $509. The time made by Flora was about 2 minutes, 30 seconds-— not as- good as she. has made.by some 10 J- seconds. Philohielious. Nobody denies the patriotism of John 8011. —Louisville Journal. . ~We deny it.— AT. fj. Patriot. t ' We know you do; we meant you when wd said that nobody denied-it. —Louisville Journal. 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