The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-10-29
the UNITED SHAPES AeRlcu1rUaAL FAM
ESPECIAL Correspondence 4 lI,s UaIoal

has not only
civil but military service manifested considerable an X
ety 10 deliver voluminous address which be had pre.
pared with great care AS he could get no satislaoton
and the crowd eyinced desire To- hear every person
but himself he changed his Tactics anil nron,s,l
il 10 any one who would listen 10 him svral ,ersons
having declined he approached Gov Wis., who told him
To read on He commoneel somewhat after t e,sIion
Virginia my dear native land 10 but before proceene
TO any great length he expressed his belief that the old
Commonwealth was .,flrty years'' behind tba Times
Oaly forty years Only forty wears said Gov Wise
! sthen she will soon catch nm ~
AT nresent among other things tIo ora
being perfected for the display of the horse tanners To-
morrow The great dificnity anneay not to he RI ,at
ting horses but in procuring them of such vicious dpo
sons that they will require All the skill of these gentle
men To manage them ha president has inst been IN,
formed that two of a sufientIv a;srenptaba cha,act
have been secured and that tbirdmpht be had were IL
not for the Difficulty of getting him 1u,on the ground
In reply 10 this however the president stated that this
was the sort of horse they wanted understand that
| the horse will be ON the ground
The exhibition seems 10 be increasing In interest n one
may Judge from the number Of ystors There were not
less than ten thousand ne,sons old and youn,, mon the
grounds to- day and those who are we'll a.1uented with
the success of former frS in tbs r,i of conntry tell
me that the present "a by far the best ptrod of any
1t is subject of general remark that although there
are not such large numbers of stock exhibited the oual
ity of the animals entered Il far spnerr 10 any hereto
fore inspected Visitors are unanimous in exnrssin the
opinion that they would much rather see a few fine
animals Of n sune,or Kind thar o,cr stocked stall.
of different animals The grand cayaIca NJ borse tbs
morning attracted universal attention and there was not
who did not for the moment give his undivided at
tenon TO the glossy coats arched necks and expanded
nostrils of the fine specimens of flesh that
brought into the ring coach and four never created
attention in country village than did these gal
an impatient soeds when confined in the centre of the
circle for the inspection Of the Judges The show of cat
tie equally interesting and the coats of those exhibit
ed quite much and grooming as did those Of their
superiors the horses and it not for the ncessant
believing which they made, sure they would have
shared equally with the horses in the favor tho inspec
tors. Everything, however passed off WELL and am
satisfied that the Fair is growing in the estimation of the
masses who have from a distance to see IT,
Precisely IL clock the exercises were opened in the
"bg tent in the presence Of of tile most packed
audiences have After music from the arnory
band which is in attendance an early hour in the
morning during the entire day. and prayer by Of
the resident ministers whose name could not learn
VIM H. mcfarland, esq. delivered tile address Of well
come behalf of the Virginia Central Agricultural So
ciey to the invited guests and delegates the United
States Agricultural Society 1t a noble effort and i'm
every way worthy of the reputation Of the author His
ausion TO the close connection between the agricultural
interests of all the States of the Union received with
every mark of appreciation and when he had concluded
with hearty burst of welcome to those who had
from other States he had the sncerest regard Of the
entire audience, He frequently interrupted with
hearty applause Gen. Cushing, who was on the stand
and who appeared to be greatly by the eloquent
words OF the Virginan made the following response.
which Immediately received the hearty endorsement Of
all the invited guests f% AZ
Mr. President of the United States Agricultural soci
ety. and YOU sir the President of the Central State Soc
ety. and YOU sir the honorable worthy and eloauent
organ of the State of Virginia who have on this occa
sion welcomed the guests here present permit me in
their behalf Ia Schalf of them and myself the favored
guests present tender brief word of response to
the generous and hearty welcome which YOU have afford
cd to us for the State of Virginia We appecute ladies
and gentlemen we apprecate what there of noble and
of generous to the thought that this is national occ
sion that IL is national occasion which has its ina,,grr
alton here where il most wrtily should have here
within the glorious limits of the Old Dominion We
the citizens of other States of the Union from the ex
IRENE East to the South we here appreciate the expressions
of welcome which have been addressed 20 us this morning
in your hearing we appreciate the consideration that
this national occasion of federal and of State agricultural
society la here associated us the living illustration of that
benecent feature of the organization Of the people
of the United States the combination of thirty indie
pendent sovereign republics in that one mighty republic
the Union of the States of America IAppIause1 We
appreciate and applaud that fact and we IRE therefore
prepared to rejoice we do rejoice we are prepared to
be reoccd and receive with heartfelt qualification the
welcome which is here rendered to us by the people of
the State of Virginia We rejoice to see here present the
representatives Of the intelligence and the strength but
above ALL the representatives of the beauty and of the
domestic virtue of the old Commonwealth of Virginia
Immense cheering We rejoice that we enjoy the op-
portnty TO see here to-day the exhibition of the agr
cultural products of the State of Virginia association
with those of other States of the Union as well the
exhibition Of the products Of these auxiliary arts of life
which dependent upon subsidiary to agriculture
We rejoice that thus favored with the opportunity
of taking humble part as pleased spectators in the
instructive interesting, and imposing of this