Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-09-10
Peace Victories


The Paris CORE spondent OF the N. \. Tribune
gives AN interesting account ct a trial OF agrlcu'-
acknowledgements now on exhibition at tho Worlds
Fair in Paris The trial took place at La Irappes'
IN the farm of the Postmaster General OF France
,,,a., the snperintendence of the jury on agri-
cuyture. and in the presence Of many distinguish
ed personages of different nations--among whom
were the Prince Napoleon. and members
Of the Ministry. nine Arab Chiefs Of Dis
tinotion. Elk President Fillmore, Senator Toombs,
ar. &c. ..The great interest OF the OCCASION"
q. W. the Tgbune's correspondent, 'atiached to
the reapers, powers, ard .hrashers. and in these
contests the American machines were so far SUI
perior TO all others that the struggle was confn-
ed 10 themselves. There were in fact but four
machines, of any kind, on the ground. manuiac-
tured in the United States, and these were the
reapers ard mowers Of Mccormick, Manney, and
Wight, anu he ihrashina machine OF Pitts, OF
Buffalo"
"The thrashers were tried before the mowers
and rcapers. Six men were set to thrashing With
fails at the same moment that the different ma
chimes commenced operations, aud the following
we're the results of hall an hours work:
Six thrashers with fails 90 hfres OF wheat
Pitts American thrasher I4o ltres OF wheat
Clayton's English thrasher 4l0litres OF wheat
Dunoirs French thrasher $50 litres OF wheat
Pinet's Belgian thrasher LOO ltres OF wheat
In repard 10 Pitts machine, the Moniteur
says:
"Pitt's machine has, therefore, gained the
hopors of the day. This machine literally de-
you're the sheaves of wheat the eye cannot fol
. low the work which is effected between
the entrance If the sheaves and the end OF the
operation 1t is one of the greatest results which
IL ia possible to obtain. The impression which
this spectacle produced upon the Arab Chiefs
was profound
The Moniteur might have added that the eff
feet was no less wonderful TO the Prince Napo-
!. leon who returned twice TO the machine, and
declared that it was ''frghtful to look at" us it
mi, Il have been to all those who never before saw
a genuine. fast American thrasher
The machine of Dunor is used almost exclu-
siyely in France but already the demand for the
Buffalo machine is great that without doubt 1t
will supersede all others.
The reaping was the great feature OF the day,
and SO great were the crowd and the excitement
that the soldiers found themselves unable 10 main
tain perfectly the lines which were formed around
the field There were seven reapers on the
ground, three American, two English aud two
French but all more or less notifications of
Mccormick original invention; and the field had
been divided into seven equal portions, each por-
ton containing. as well as my unpraetised eye
could estimate, slightly more than an acre of
wheat. The wheat stood heavy on the ground
and was at least one-fourth fallen. At tho tap
of the drum the machines all started OH together
McCormick's rapidly taking the lead a position
which il maintained to the end performing its
task in ten minutes and third. Manney came
out in sixteen minutes. and Wright (the Hussy
rnacbine) in eighteen minutes. The others varied
in their time from half an hour to an hour and
half--but / believe an English machine. which
did not work well from the start. left the field
without accomplishing its task. After the three
American machines the first one out was
Cournier's (French) machine. which was
drawn by horse, and which much
admired for the beauty and regularity of its
movements.
The excitement during the contest could only be
compared to an animated horse race. The Amer
leans were collected principally in the neighbour
hood Of the Mccormick machine, and at each
turn oheered ON Mckenzie, the able agent who
conducted it. In this group the fine form Of MIR.
Fillmore. wisoh had climbed on to shock of fall
en- wheat, was conspicuous, and he was as excl
ted for the success Of american genius as any
man on the ground. The machine of Mccormick
bad never, witiia the knowledge Of Mckenzie ,
cut 50 fast as on tlaS secession. The machine
wa $ drawn by two large horses, that accomplished
the whele distance at pace, halfwal half trot'
Which would have done four miles and half to
the hour. Mckenzie was nearly exhausted when
me TASK was finished, and declared he could not
rave zone aiLother half round. TIE see his long,
hrnx;s !. ar swinging in uais0n with the blades
cf ti,c mac,inp as hs raked 70 one side the great
masses Of falling grsin. vas an exciting spectacle
TO ai who aew itand one not soon to oe forgotten'
At the md Of the performance ne va loudly
cheered. The Prince. he Arabs, the jarymen,
and the Americans crowded around the modest