The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-30

henucrng otner th1Dgs. VIII state as to what .
They hold their own against his Most Serene Hs
nese on this side Of tue Sierra Made, and are be
on keeping bin from disposing Of the portion
coubty on this side OF the mountains, unless Und
Sam win give him $40 900 900 more for what he
siIeady sold TO the old man, since the President
Mexico came into power last year. Deceu ~ Al
lunar ny should cry aloud against Il.
Of this line, and having only t. go acr Sc among
amisble friends, yo1 should be shot for darlae
have expressed an opinion against the present 20
emmett Of Mexico. But perhaps Saota Anna
right; yet many honest Mexicans doubt 1t. IT,
latter ! believe to be correct, and that they VI
prove Their sincerity by not ao ring him to get o.
Of the country.
What row briefly mention to you NAV be new
to people In Washington city, and q you are /
near IL you can whisper to the government that 81
clustering is at premium on the line Of the
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Our WeIlsburg, Va, Correspondence.
WELLsBURG, Va, Oct II, 1854.
The Shanghaes and the Corn-Agricuiturdl Far
Lady Equestrians.
One can scarcely glance at Q ne wspaper Of lat,
without finding recorded long lists Of premium
awarded by the agricultural fairs, which seem (
have become universally established in almost ever
county and State Of the Union and appear to be Q,
citing q considerable degree Of interest among th
yeomanry ss well as among the fairer sex, who AZ
always seemingly fond of being interested in whx
ever pretencs to encomiums. TIE idea Of receivin
premium. or diploma has caused quite Q commt
t on in their ranks, and stimulated them to exei
heir skill in showing up their handtwork in TIL
way Of embroidery, drawings, needle york, presers
ed fruits, &c. And by the way, t,o, We should no
eglect to mention that the babies come In 70
weepstakes, and occupy an important position il
he way OF premiums. The fine silver tea set
which have just been awarded by late fair held 1
Ohio for the best specimen of this branch Of sri
monial felicity will no doubt have quite an nHueuc
on the next crop of little ones. and will act as
stimulant to further exertion in that line, to i'm
prove the stock, as well as the Berkshires, Dur
hams, snd ShaDghaes, which latter class seen
now to be universally admitted on all hand
to be the "cock of the walk" or in other word
the daddy Of all the feathered tribe, and win sool
become as numerous in this country as the old do
minicks. 1t seems to us, however, from the name
in which they hide corn oats, and small grain gene
rally, that there will have to be an extra quantity
raised, otherwise we may expect breadstus to keer
up at the present high price for all time to come
We should not be surprised IL Congress would pas,
prohibitory law against the whole breed Of Shang
has g, Cochin Chnas and all other long legged poul
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the country. We Witnessed at county fair heli
here the other day. some rare specimens Of these
eaters, and the impression we formed Of them al
the time was, that the only inducements farmers
could have in propagatiug their species, would be
to keep the grain markets of the world in CON
slant state Of agitation.
And now, while we have introduced the subject OF
agricultural fairs, we shall leave the Shaghaes TO
tteir astronomical meditations, while We take q
stroll round the enclosure Of the fair grounds, and
see what the published list of premiums to be award
ed has called forth to undergo the inspection OF the
c. mmittees and visters congre gated TO behold the
sights before them. As it was the first fair the
county had ever held, the ladies were deter
mined that so fer as their de partment was con-
| cerned, 1t should be Credisable to their eek,
forsl department. The great feature of attraction
IN this owery palace, erected by fairy hauds was
temple Of moss, flowers and evergreens, built in the
form Of an ootagon, with aothic columns ami dome,
some eight feet in height, and occupy'ny central
POSITION il the hall. The taste displayed III the
ere ii and decorating this little temple was not
My insepious bus t,Uly commemorative of are fined
tasre IN point OF architecture. finish. The propoc
iiops apo symmetry were wit lout tsu]t and to thu
| eys it peseIttds pleasing AID quite picturesque
| appearance, and We beve no coubt gained for the
/ lscits who Constructed il q reno wach ought to
be truly gratifying TO thei pride in tbis thei. rst
efoiI ri rural architecture chs OF ler dscoraso
ssre equally deserving of credit, and addea greatly
to me general sppearance wtnic doors, W lie the
uiaDy of them exhibiting great skill sind 10 k.
msLsbip. among viii b VIC noticed sDm3 he ius,;u'
specimens of embroidery, needeTork, landscape
drawing, &c, ali of which, we understand, is be-
coming quise pastme with the laiies, and the lat.
ter pal ticulsrly, viii we consider very beautiful
accom- plisi ment and hope the ladies', In time, will
oil become artists. The show CT quilts was
in the prspoDderapce, as is usual at such
| places. They were srTewed around in all direc-
| ticDa, ever imaginable shaoe, size aud color,
stars and stIipes and nameless designs looking more
like Chinese marks on tea boxes than any thing ess
| we can imagine. How We detest the very sight Of
them and we waa just going to ad those who make
| then in this, however, We presume we should be
transcendine the bounds of propriety as we are in
clned to believe thst the generality Of w0menkind
have passion for fine quilts. From our early youth
We always had repugnance for patchwork. even on
our trousers, and we could never comprehend how
SO much time and patience could be exhausted By
the ladies' In putting together from little tiny scraps
OF cali,o OF SO many different colors, which, wnen
united together and formed into the shape Of q
guilt, possess arison to nice white clean
Marseiles spread; most women, however, admire
their own skill and this will, perhaps, account for
the immense labor bestowed upon this one article Of
dome site use. Notwithstanding, as VS. said in the
fist instance always did dispise them, and shs
never ase to hate them, and speak of them in the
most disrespectful terms, even II in so doing we
should merit the i'll nature Of those who make
them.
With these expressions Of our sentiments here re-
corded, We will pass them by for something more
cOpgenial to our TASTE and we confess frankly and
unhesitatirgly confess, that We have very sxeet
taste for sweet things generally. And as we cast
eyes along the vast ay of sealed jars filed with
all the many different KINGS Of preserved fruits, we
felt our boyish appetite return in all it's freshuess
ard vigor, ard We could scarcely refrain from max
ing dive into jar Of delicious looking branded
peaches sitting just before us, shich up TO the pre-
sent hour, we confess we have an amsble weakness
for. Knowing, however taat had we attempted
such thing, we would have had whole regiment
Of women il our bair at once, and as We had not
much OF that ticle to spare we concluded to WITH
stand the ten ptatiop. The ladies', 1t seemed, had
besto sed particular attention to this branch OF their
skil and u ere was competition in this depart
ment than Ia other articles on exhibition. As we
we're standing ssting our eye upon this cole son
of sweetened FRUIT we heard warm discussion go
ing on among some ladies in relation to the aforesaid
preserves, which we did not hear the end Of. But
We heard enough to form resolution in our own
minds, never, upon any account, to serve as q COM
mttee Of awards on the preserve Department. for we