The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-09-20

New Ysrk state Asyse.ltar.l Fair.
The attendance the Fair OF the State Agricultural So
ciety quite numerous yesterday a. on either OF ne
preceding days. Whilst great credit is due TO the inhae
ants OF Saratoga for the ample Arrangements made for
the ladies Of that village for their tasteful floral eolsc
ton is TO BE- denied that an exhibition Of stock
shor. Of the sniicpsoss which Rad been formed Of i.
and thus gave rise 70 S.s.ppSntnsns which was very
agricultural implements was exceedingly credable. ana
allowed Be superior TO those Of previous similar exh
Sons Of the sCss But IN he departments Of s Sssg
and swine il lamentably deficient In these respects
the counties Of Washington, Saratoga. and Others ada
cent ss,s q was s
furnished were with the exceptions OF those from this
county, mostly from distance, This Sluxgishness in
presenting subects for competition on the part Of those
most deeply interested the advancement Of agricultural
production the to be Mented, not only because
OF the DISAPPOINTMENT te BY persons drawn from other
ing mnusncs upon the exssaoas Of the society. whose
officers devote maeh OF tlae and labor to the advance
men Of the great interest whoss weh-Aex rs their
4, swsivs O'Clock = large and imposing audience as
ssaosd 10 hsten 70 The address prepared BY Governor
Wright Which, acSosdang 70 announcement. was to be
the papose under large ent the centre Of the grounds
was oceaesA4 b. TIE o6cers Of the society the ladies
Composing As commiftss upon household productions,
the Sosexos. Snhs Qcers. and such distinguished stran
Ssrs - were paesent amongst whom we noticed ex-
hssiasne Van Barsn and Tyler Gov Hill, of New
hnInasAirs Hon T. Nj Ges Solicitor OF the Treasury,
and oA4r gentlemen from sections of the Union.
Atsx n Impressive and solemn address to the Throne
Of Grace. b. As Rev. Mr. Chester. the president OF the
Cow Ws%SSs ss sa with ss n following lowing remarks:
Mn. PaxslpxNr Axp GENTLEMEN SocIkry have
come bore, asyoas inquest TO perform melancholy duty
pared 6s shs occasion by siIns Wright In the order Of
yos procssding was 70 have been delivered by nm
msas. The voice which have been heard by the
,hoasands assembled here is senced forever. He wne
have borne prominent part proceedings has gone
down. in the iunsss Of health and strength TO the tomb
his great talents and the moral elevation OF his character
render this bereavement national calamity The general
Atheists the profound respect in which he held by his
counymen and tho strong impression which his charac-
The .donison contained in these sudden
Providence the solemn, when those who are CON
,pcuous for their intellect and their virtue called from
the field Of their labor while they yet fresh and vgo
e hs sy s
terminated; while his faculties in full vgor
Be u xa His death lie at time
and ir this place. from the ps9SSf e by
day. The intellectual labor in which he had been en-
gagged, at the invitation OF the society, was performed
ring the very last hours Of his lie Thus the accomplish
the task he had undertaken for the society," may be
ain not here Mr.. President and gentlemen, to pro-
% yoa the adde's. which lies before mshs last labor
his lifo-and which to legacy to the So
cety 70 his friends, and to his countrymen At the same
time have thought i nigh. not be inappopr,as Or un
Is we'll known that Mr. Wright for the last twenty years
has held without interruption various public trusts requ
rnsncessant mental labor and leading to an habnay sed
the United States from 1883 1896 portion Of his time
dsvosd % the cultivation 81 his garden and few acres
he puschssed an additional quantity land and when
; x ssi qs e s Ell 9f bs applied
oft His labor not merely that of superintendence
supesioas He hired an ablsbodied, hard-worpg man,
and went with him into the asldploug mo,wins and
after The gucs of the day, retiring TO his study and pass
ing his evening. in reading and f md To
rapid transition from life of comparative bodily mac
&C.
need dwell upon details, which have been widely
sag ss sns s
which am about 70 read, and alter having made few
himself. Ss wa. nssS e with
% his house with w friends and in two hours he had IS
calmly broathsd his last
Such, gentlemen. the last hours Of Slas Wright
The caimness which distinguished him throughout
al he changes Of his life accom- panied him at its close
From the first moment of his attack he appeared to under
stand IL fatal character. and he submitted to it without
Ia him perished one Of the pures models Of citizen and
Statesman the country contained He may be said, in
been oil the character
of her Institutions. In the traditions and legends of early
ages. before their eras OF Legitimate history their periods
marked by the lines and actions of distinguished per-
sonages invested with the ruling charac erstcs of the
munes which they were intended to be the types The
spirit of the political system is thus usatedby the indv
out any cooring of the imagination, exemplfcaton
OF the genius of ours0f what it is and what ought be
of its simplicity, its purity, and its strength Plain and
in his manners, amid all the agta-
larry courteous and kind in his with others
equally digncd, wheher dealing with the most complex
questions public policy In the Senate chamber
,ing with Roman simplicity, his field; he recalled
mind those classical examples OF DISTINGUISHED patriotism
and virtue which gave lusre the times in which they
existed, and which down consecratcd by
the memory OF ages.
The close harmony with its whole course
appropriate that the last labOrs of his hands should
have been performed with the implements of husbandry,
the of agricultue-a pursuit, which the great
masses his countrymen devoted and which the
purity tho body polite and the durability social
sytems p-e-cminenuy depend
make and for which the occasion will furnish my
apology, proceed to read
The Address.
Mr.. Pr<side~t, and gentlemen
ofth< Stats Agricultural Society:
Had been my purpose entertain you with euogum
upon tho great interest conded your cnrethe agricn
Inhibition which surrounds us, and which has pronounced
that eulogy the much forciby imPressively
eloquenty than could command language TO pronounce
it 70 the ear Of this assembly
Had tmakeny proposed to address to you a discourse
upon agricultural production, this exhibition would have
driven me from my purpose, by the conviction that
backward and scarcely initiated scholar standing in the
presence OF masters with the least instructed and expert