The New York herald., 1844-09-12
THE GREAT
STATE AGRICULTURAL FAIR
AT POUGHKEE PsIE.
Immense Gathering of People
GRAND EXHIBITION

immense Gdtherln9 OF FeOple.
GRAND EXHIBITION
OF
Cattle, Agricultural Products & Manufactures.
Our reporters, artists and engravers will be in at
tendance next week at the approaching grand State
Agricultural Fair at Poughkeepse, for the purpose
of giving a full and graphic account, with nume-
rous pictorial illustrations of the proceedings on
this interesting occasion.
While almost the entire newspaper press OF the
country, and all our leading disgracing
themselves and the land by the violence and inde-
cencies of party conflict, il is gratifying to find tha,
some portion at least of the intelligent and respect
able community IS alive TO sense of what is due
to the real Interests and true dignity of the republic
At this great fair all parties may meet on common
ground and lay aside their animosities uniting har-
moniousy in effort 10 promote the welfare and
advancement of their common country. Politicians
may talk and squabble they please about the
if and the power of legislation till doomsday, but
alter all, when men go TO work IN the fields and IN
the workshops and apply their genius in every pos
sible way for the Improvement of agriculture and
mechanics, all the laws in creation will not affect
our national prosperity
This occasion will be one of extraordinary inter-
est and the greatest of the kind that has ever
taken place in the North. Our account of 1t will
be on appropriate scale ofmaguitude and excel
lence
N. B-Wanted one two reporters acquaint-
ed with agriculture a science.
The Maine EIection-SinguIar Results.
The first returns of the recent election in Maine
were receIvedhere yesterday, and will be found in
this day'spaper. Everywhere, las as published,
they were equally astonshed, both Wings and Lo-
cofocos. II was generally supposed that the Loco
focos would carry the state of Maine by very
close vote, although many of the Wing journals
gave hopes to their leaders that there chance
for the Wings But the result thus far, showing
extraordinary change of some kind or other, in
favor of the Locofocos, has utterly astounded both
parties, and particularly in Boston. All the Whig
papers of that metropolis speak in the calmest and
most sober terms Of the election in Maine.
BY the accounts thus far received, 1t appears that
the Locofoco Governor Is elected by seven or eight
thousand majority over his Whig antagonist, and
three or four thousand over his opponents of all
sorts, Wings and Abotionists. This discovers an
unexappled change of some kind another In
favor Of the Locofoco interests since the great elec
ton of 1910. The recent election in Vermont, so
far as the results are known, left the two parties
pretty much in their former position, and although
the Texas question may have affected both parties
equally in that mountainous region, by increasing
the Abolition vote from the ranks of both, it ap-
pears to have had very little effect in Maine
Taking, therefore, the result of this singular cleo
ton in Maine, and coupling 1t with the recent
State elections in the Northern and Western States,
are compelled to come to the conclusion that
the general conflict betwsSn the two parties will
be of the closest, warmest, and most doubtful char
acter, and may be decided one way or the other
by the incest calculations imaginable.
We observe in the Courier and Enquirer of yes
terday, very long, calm, and well considered
article, endeavorng to show by comparison Of
the position of parties in 1910, with that occupied
by them now, that Mr. Polk has no chance OF
receiving so many votes as Mr. Van Buren did
when he was defeated by General Harrison. Yet,
after an equally calm consideration of the whole
ground, have arrived at an altogether different
conclusion from the Courier. The situation Of
the country widely different in 1910 from
what it is at this moment. Then the commercial
Interests, and indeed, every interest in the country
was depressed. There was prevalent belief that
The action of Congress, by the establishment Of a
national bank, or the adoption of some other le-
glsatve measure, was necessary to resuscitate the
exhausted national energies. Since then expert
ence has taught all men that that belief was
Gus. 1t is also believed by the intelligent men Of
both parties, that the nomination of a compare
lively unknown and obscure man, Mr.. Polk, has
infinitely essened Mr.. Clays chances, and that
with Mr.. Van Buren, as an antagonist, the great
whig champion would, in all probability, have
ceeded. The truth is, indeed sufficiently apparent
that the nomination of Mr.. Polk has awakened a
wonderful degree of enthusiasm and fiery energy
in the democratic ranks. The results of all this,
as declared by the State elections, have been per-
fectly astounding to all parties.
1t is very evident, therefore, taking every thing
into consideration, that the contest between Clay
and Polk will be of the closest and best fought
that we have seen In a quarter of century The
conference.-the unbounded confidence of success
which each party indicates by its journals, is all
humbug and deception. No 5ach confluence ex.
lists. On the contrary, all intelligent and sober
men, of both parties, entertain the greatest doubt
of the issue. The result will be determined by the
events Of the next six weeks. And single turn
of the political mind may do it, and may give the
presidency to Mr.. Clay, or may give il to Mr..
Polk. AT all events, whatever the result may be,
SO far as the great measures now before the coun-
try are concerned, it is matter of little moment 10
the nation at large. II Mr.. Clay be elected, he has
promised to annex Texas, if the country desires it
so has Mr.. Polk and to the tariff, and the
other measures debated, we do not believe that the
election of either one or the other OF the candi-
dates will affect the destinies OF the country one
iota.
MUSICAL AND THEATRIcAL.-We understand that
Leopold de Meyer, the greatest German pianist Of
/ he age, will embark at Liverpool for New York,
the 18th Of October. His Secretary, as apant
courier, will be here by the middle Of this month
probably in the next steamer. Meyer is native OF