New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-10-11
FROM PHILADELPHIA.

From Ovr Special Correspondent.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. ., lSjG.
There was great mass meeting OF the working
men of Philadelphia, and they listened attentlvely
10 what was said TO them on the subject OF Re
pubican.m and its ident6cations with the right,
rewards and dgnities of labor. Peoples hearts
must be in a cause when they will eagerly and de-
yotedly attend TO facts statistics, political economy
and social philosophy for two hours and half.
met here this morning our friend Joseph
Blunt: he came on to take part in the campaign.
Mr.. Blunt is to speak tonight and mere Il. no
BODY better acquainted historically and constitu-
tonaIy with the Territorial question from the
time when the first wOOdman's axe scintlllated the
glories of liberty and civilization than Joseph
Blunt. That devoted and intellectual apostle IN
the cause Charles +. Adams, is also here. Our
friends here are in high spirits.
Went this morning to the National Agricultural
Fair. Omnibuses, coaches buggies, sulkies, wag-
ons, equestrians pedestrians-a very tide OF thrk-
strewn life-were going westward like the tide "a
empire. TO the POweltOn Grounds, which are im-
mediately north of the Market Bridge, on the
Schuylkl Witnessed one scene of brutaty-an
omnibus driver lashing his horses to ascend the IN
clinedplun- at the bridge, while the vehicle was
oyercrOvded, and the horses stralnng tn the verge
of bursting their blood vessels; and offered
TO get ont. and thus tighten the load. One of the
uobl,st draught horses | ever saw was one so
beaten 10 carry Il heavy load across one OF the
bridges over the Seine in Paris. he could not
bulge the load for several minutes, and finally with
one immense effort he succeeded, but at what cost
A gallon of blood gushed from his mouth We
need in this country Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty 10 Animals, such as they have IN En-
gland.
Tie grounds where the Show is held are mag
niicent--a plain Of vast extent, and level as
marbe.topped table. 1t contains race-course,
where deploy all the horses, riders and the ma,
chimes dragged along while they are worked. |
took place on the reserved platform, and had
splendid view of the palptating actuaties of the
fecund scene The judges were opposite. Among
them detected our Scion, pencil in hand, noting
the points of the various saddle, pleasure aud
drsught horses as they came by. The show OF
horses was beautiful The Butchers process
a specialty-different from the guild in any other
part of the word. About 700 of them mounted
good steeds, and dressed in fine linen Overshlrts,
with rich silk and gold bands; the lads of the pro-
fession crowned with flowers, Bacchus-ike, passed
round the course. Then there was a great num-
Der of barouches drawn by four, six or eisht
horses with the seniors, chiefly of the trade, also
dressed in white shirts and Orname ntal silks and
tassels, each one, too, bearing in his hand large
bouquet Altogether this parade was curious, in
spring and largely indicative of a rising esthetic
principle in the minds of those who were the actors.
There were tens Of thousands Of spectators, and
tie Marsbals of the Agricultural SOcety-Thomas
James being the chief-nantained due order and
accorded every possible sightseeing facility to the
lOOkers-on.
There lie on the grOsnd due show of fruts-cO-
pious and wOndrous; Of mighty aud curious ma
chimes for subduing the earth to the uses of man,
aud abolishing Slavery-for the great AbOitiOnist
is lsbOr-saviDg machinery.
Then there are sheep and lambs, and mules and
fat and generous cattle. Cows that looked as con-
tented as dOwager who has married off her last
daughter adyantageOusly. Bulls in whose vast
fbres lay whole futurites of beef-beef no 10 when
time shsll be more. Bulls whose stalwart gran
deur would put the of the original Apis out Of
joint. In looking at this animal how natural the
early worship Of the Egyptian. seems Blythe
way, is the world duly advised that there are two
undoubted embalmed sacred Egyptian bulls, old as
Moses and the Prophets at the Egyptian Museum,
New.York. Bulls certified n by Champollion,
wilkinson, RossiDi, and other great " Egyptians.
write hastily as the hungry mail thanders in
my ears. Extremes touch As left the show
OF oleaginous quadrupeds, Immediately outside the
Enclosure, among other booth. shows, was paint
ing representing man nearly nude, without any
flesh on his bones-a living sheetOn-sDd the show
man wac descsDtiDg: Walk in, Ladies and Gem.
"men-entirey superior 10 Calvin Edison. Calvin
" bad diseased heart, and hs liver was disor-
dered: but this ere man is in perfect health but
"hsnt no complaint-(yOur little darling, madam,
ii only hall price,. Walk in Walk in.