The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-09-20
THE NEW YORK STATE FAIR.
The Grand Ball and Supper at
COrinthian Hall.
Speeches by EY-President Tyler, Governors
Hunt, Marcy, Morton, and Wright,
General Wool, and Others.
SUPERB AGRICULTURAL DISPLAY.



&c., &c., SC.
OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
ROCHESTER, September II, 1851
DAT.
Great the crowds In this cit- yesterday and
the day before they greater to day beyond
parison The steamboats,, canal boats, and railroads
have brought their living freight in thousands. Again
the mails delayed for sever hours the overriding
Of the trains The train fom Albany, due last night at
II o'clock did not reach here till O'Clock this morning
The streets are one complete jam" and the Lin Of road
to the tair grounds is enveloped in continuous cloud
Of dust 1he day has been much warmer than the last
three days though not too hot for enjoyment Vehicles
Of all sorts ard sizes dsshing along filed with both
exes young and old. l was at first struck with the
great rumbr Of hacks, omnbuses and coaches being
disproportonate t. the population of Rochester and
srred upon inquiry that they did not belong to this
city alone bu; to Buffalo Syracuse Auburn Oswego and
other village. The Rochester omubuses which ar,
like those used in New York, oustnp all others in ee-
gaDce ofstyle The number Of refreshnent booths and
houses is ipmeuse-eyen handsone private dwellings
are turned to this use In order to make hay while the
shines"
The grounds to day exhibited magnificent spectacle
Animate ard insrimate nature In her most lovely
forms and the glorious works Of art manufAc tured cut
Of the materials supplied by nature glowed With beauty
CT shone radiant With the sfal intelligence reflected
from the intellect Of One thing is worthy Of re
msrkthe falee fer ou numbered the sterner sex aud
presented such eoody array OF rustic beauties ~ has
rarely been my lot TO congregated together The
spirit that seemed to actuate large majority OF those
present rot so much desire to examine any par
ticular articles exhibited at the Fair for competition
sort Of vague love Of excment gratifed by the
tort ensemble, the hustle and jostling the merry laugh
and smart joke, than by the details Of the show. Many
Of the Logs for the purpose OF seeing their sweet
hearts and the girls their admirers past present u
ure. There was one gratifying feature tina. peryaded
the seeEe-there was not ragged human being. q
tegear to be Is the at similar exhibitions in
the old country whore the enjoyment narred by such
objects CT human misery meeting the eye at every turn
All were well and neatly dressed though without gor
geous cs9ls! and the comfortable appearance of
agricultural population afforded the most satisfactory
evidence Of the property and happiness and liberty
enjoyed under laws and Institutions without parallel
In the history CT the world.
AL seemed determined to enjoy themselves and there
kind Of cta,son, without any tendency however,
TO dissipation. The number Of drunken diserderly
few indeed.
The snow white tents, the handsome frame buildings
and the numerous aags gay Haunting to the wind-ths
groups of men, women and children, moving over ths
green swardthe Trarcins Of neighng stesds of finest
mould, bbitcd by their the loving Of cattle
the Ginning Of Msncely's bells the whistuns Of the
steam engine and hest Of other objects within the
closure attracting the ,onsesoutsde in the vcrdant
valley the waters Of the Genesec sparkling in the beams
Of uncloudcd sun and Mount Hope beyond smiling
upon the scencal these contributed to mako up pic
ture which must be witnessed to be realized. Beyond
all doubt Is the greatest state Fair ever held in New
York.
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President Tyler and his lady, and General Wool Two
young ladies one about sxtecs and the other about
day in the Fair dressed In the Bloomer costume,
and attracted q great deal OF attention. They
dressed precisely ahse They wore each Handsome
straw lat, with very broad green ribbon. the
ends Ct which fell back the shoulders, brown
satin sheft skirt, aud black satin Turk trousers.
made very vide, Handsomely trimmed with la.e, and
tied at the nneles pretty patent leather shoes and
green elk sash thrown the right shoulder aud tied
uncer the left ann They seemed conscious Of the
tce they attracted and to have enjoy the Of
establishment they created lady accompanied them,
who appeared to be their mother.
At eleven oolock the judges with the President John
pelaleld, Esq Seneca the Vice Presidents-wDli,m
Gucl, Rochester, Shepherd Knapp, New York; sills NJ
ana s"Tap srsoSn AosSonS HSt
gpn, Greene; Lewis q Morris. Weftchester; Ray Comp.
kins New York y. Barnett, syracusei ". q. War
rem. Rochester, u. kirtland Ranselaer; A. Stevens
New York. Tx PRESIDENTS Ter oGi-io members)-J M.
ehs rwood George vaii Lewis " Allen. John A. King.
and q. i. Prentice, Acting secrttsry-y. j. Fogg,
Rochester; Corresponding seoretsry-B p. Johnson;
Albany. Recording secretnry-J MD. MIntyre Albany;
Tteasurcr-Luihcr Tucker, Albany assembled Ia the
speakers tent and the committed having been organ
lied and hooks ct entries and instruction delivered TO
each committee, the judges then entered tholr
duties afforded by the fupcrintendcnts Of the several
departments.
The meubors Of the Executive Committee are desig-
mated by scarlet rosett-s wiz pendant medal; mem
beIs Of the City Committee by golden thr members OF
the society ~ orange colored badges, and invited
eucsts by scarlet setes the Presidents aids by silver
the general supernendents Of the ground by
q white rossite, with a ted ccntie.
The entries in the soversl classes numerous ard
the competition great with few exceptions in which
tho exhibitors have distanced al competitors.
In Class A. embracing farming stock q all kinds thSra
lie In this class beautiful Canadian colt attire sscl
much attention lie l. got by 81 Lawrence Tue ovsn9r
German asked 81 coo for him OF horscs there WA an
immense nunler most Of them fne and some mas ail-
cent. Canada bore away the palm 10 bulls. BrlsS. a
Canadian short horned Durham bull, years old go by
May Dake from dan Ruby, LEFT all competition far be-
hind Cor size ard coed poats. The animal IA from
Peterborough. Next In merit TO him IL D.othcr
canadian g., h c l y'ss' 9 Ssi s'ed W which
Kingston. In fsig A third bun, equal K. not supc-
ror to the oher two in seversl points th snl not In
siEs rs likewise Canadian animal from Napborosgh
lt Is fpcn1dly built chest deep, and With n back
perfectly straight. Among the oxen the lerg,es aud
fTest T. Iurbsm. oxhlbea b. Hiram saekion, Csyugs
II l. stall erd Te IL the lar, sIaa.oe the grounds
There Hungarian cattle whic atten
ton from ocuasiiy Of their color and conf rmStuu
Tie theap net equal thu cattle in polna Of merit
win .Lssxc,ptien Of s.uy spssndi1 southdowus exhi
bited ~ j. NJ. sherwood Of Avbura who also exhibited
uandaigua, exhibited a vuy zoe southiown buck
Amorg the euroties Of the sbSep genus was Spanish
rayar mcriRo buck, cxhibS.ed By Edwin Hammond Yer
mont
In Csss The objects Of greatest interest reaper
and movers all TO some dent the same principle a
McComcks which Cart sd away tho pr ~ az tho World
Fair but not coming up 60 II In excellence Mccormick
nschss u the subject Ct convorsation all tho rair
and y regarded a. an object of national pride Many
the farming implcm' ntA hail from New England.
In Ulass Floral Ds the greet point OF attraction
pa lcularly 20 ladies' The show Of flowers particular
Jshias, was IND al gorgeous. There did not however
! appear to lie much competition, the flowers wor
hieAy ircm s.tunt Hope nursery; but still graft
yrg The tnscs was the exhibition of fruits CT
deserTtion. The peaches were the finest behsld
There lots Ct carly Crawfords Royal Keusinr
tons ana llorest Johns, which called forth universe
admir- zion But the greatest peaches In the coectio
are n cm Canada " est
i9taes II there were magnificent mcriuo shawl
oi 1tncsuc manufacture equal TO any ever i'm porte
Ind 60 mo counterpanes beautiful than
made beyond the water The extent and variety Of IN
I articles exhibited In this department comprise eve
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