The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-10-18

and Grafton. This event occurs annually and u always
the occasion Of proper display OF devotion 70 the
Union and revival Of past recolections noDg those
Who were she early set leIs in the country after It's
acquisition by the United States. The Grafton was
delivered by Hon. Thos. w. freedom, County Judge,
and was an exceedingly chaste and scholastic effort.
Judge Freelon Is man Of letters, and possessed OF
many qualities 10 go to make no the orator.
An Industrial or Mechanics Fair has been open
in San Francisco for the last fortnight. The paw.
hon erected especially for the purpose is composed
OF wooden fra ne in the shape Of Greek cross,
and covered with strong canvass. Over the cenGal
square rises large dome. about seventy feet from
the ground. The fair has dra vn together much
Of the productions Of mechanical genius OF the
state, ar there Ia also on exhibition large dis
play OF flowers fruits and vegetables, which cannot
be exceled by States where even more attention is
paid TO these important sources Of countrys pros
perity. The fair has been thr0Jged with visitors
from the first, and in pecuniary light mas been
In the political world we have returned to state
OF perfect quietude, in very Str king contrast with
the excitement and strife that prevailed for month
previous to and mp 70 the election. The democratic
party have achieved another signal victory and have
secured for two years more the administration Of
public affairs in California Mr.. We Ter ia elevated
to the position of Governor by majority over both
his competitors, and he will now have en- Opportuni
~ of realizing the good opinion and expectation Of
bis friends Mr. Stanley, the repdoli an candidate,
would doubtless have made good chief magistrate,
but the party he was the representative OF ie I'M
posed OF elements too Objectionable and hold prin-
cipls too much at war with the continuance OF the
Union to ever create confidence in its adherents.
Mr. Stanley, however, is man OF abb ity and it must
be said his name gave reDgtn to his party. In this
county, carried last year tor buchanan by over one
thousand majority, Stanley beat Weller by twelve
hundred.
The question submitted to the people az to the
State debt has been passed upon by vote immense
y in its favor. This settles che matter, as the So
preme Court pointed the just followed as the
proper one to give validity to the Indebtedness. No
cavil can be raised now that tribunal has decided
finally that the debt could be assumed ii the people
voted in the manner they have just done. The Con-
stitutiona Convention project it is thought has not
received a sufficient number of votes to make it a
law. The act required a majority Of all cast in it's
favor, but the returns show that very small VOTE
far less than is necessary. The expense OF the
scheme, and the danger of introducing new and irri
Eating questions into the body, have been some Of
the causes that operated TO bring about this result
The people Of Carson Valley, almost exclusively
Mornons, held mass meeting at Genoa a short
time since, when they resolved to petition Congress
to cut oil the western end Of Utah and erect it into
Territory.
Senator Broderick leaves here for New York 10y
the steamer of the 9th Of October.