Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-09-24

wAsHEeroR COUNTY, Pa. rA1R. !
Especial oosrespobdsas5I Of ne 1ate,llr.no.41
FIRST Da917he .Fasopzlo-9ae Exhibition
i WAeetsng Articles on .lqnz--l1e Hempfeld.
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/ WAsHISGToS, Thursday Ese Sept %.
The Annual Fair of the Washington County
Agricultural Society comm snced to,d day. under
favorable circumstances OF course there area
great many persons in town, both male and 5fe-,
male, as2there always are on an occasion of this
kind 81 The people comm fenced arriving at an
early hour this morning, in every conceivable
sort of a conveyance, and continued to pour in
from all.points, with but little interrnssion.
during the entire forenoon. 1t is impossible to
to estimate, anything like correctly, the number
on tue ground this afternoon-nori is this neces-
Sary; suhlce 1t to say, that all points of the
country, SO taras my knowledge extends, a
very creditably represented. Wheeling. aud
! Ohio county, anl pleased to say, have u very
respectable delegation present. In addition to
what came up last night, tfvecar loads closely
packed, came in this forenoon. At the first
whistle otthe locomotive thepeople began tot1ock
to the depot to receive their Wheeling friends.
until hundreds might almost say thousands -
occupied the platform and lined both sides of
the track for u considerable distance below the
depot 10 many of those present here TO day.
the slght OF q locomotive was quite q curiosity,
ana 1t was very amusing to see how cautiously
they Unanswered round tito, try and get some
insight into the chow, and the ..why'' of its
strange movements. S.
From the depot the crowd generally repaired
to the fair grounds. u short distance below. IL.
would be utterly impossible for me to give your
readers, in letter of reasonable length, a de-.
tailed account of the many and various articles
on exhibitions. There is, in all the various de-
pnrtmeDtS, considering the almost entire failure
of fruits, &C., very fine and every way credit,
able display. For fine Sheep of which there
were any quantity on the ground, this county
ranks among the first in the Uuion; hogs and
cattle of alllkinds, in great abundance, and of
the most desirable kind; farming implements,
such. as reaperS mowers, &C., of great variety:
in horses also, there is display, both III quail,
tys and numbers, that has never been surpassed
in the county. Taken Hin all, it equals if In
ldeed it does not snrpaSs any fair that has pre-
ceded it, Atleast such appears to be the opin-
ion OF many very intelligent gentlemen with
whom have comversed to-day. s.l 3
There are several exhibitors here from Wheel
ing, some of whom will nlention4f for the intor-
nation OF your readers, and would be 'gladttO
Ichronlcle the names of many more, VINO no
doubt, would have found it 10 their interest to
lhaye sent specimens of their workmanship.
/ Messrs. Norton, Acheson & Co., have q very
general assortmentof spikes, nails, &C., which
were undergoing inspection, as passed along,
by several who pretend to be judges of such
articles t5iasz
Thos. Sweeney 6 Sons, have a most beautiful
assortmentof lamps and glassware, which5were
very much admired. They have also, a large
tmumber of stoves &c, of different kinds, which
to say the least, compare very favorably with
any thing of the kind on the ground
DR.. Orr, of the firm Of Robertson s. Orr is
1 hero with n SDecimen Of 0enfiStrv 5Ivhichs hic
professional brethrea, think, will find it diff
cult to equal.
Michael Rohan, marble cutter, has on exhi-
6ition several specimens of sculpture of very
cTeditable workmanship.
/ But cannot extend my notice. There are
some Others believe, which may refer to in
lmy next letter.
/ Allow mc, before drawing my letter toa close
to express my qualification at the present man
I agement of the Hempield Railroad. 1t would
be superfinons to say anything in praise of the
/ lndomitnblc energy and perseverance cvinced
on the part of the Superintendent, Mr. Sweeney
All that could be saidiin his praise has been
said, and he deserves it. But I must say, that
Mr.. Brown, under whose immediate supervision
the recent repairs have been made, is entitled
to no small degree of praise for the energy with
which he has pushed forward the work. He is
a man who thoroughly understands his busi-
ness, having been engaged in railroading for
! nearly thirty years. Conductors Mccoy and
King are well and favorably known to all who
have ever travelled on the Hempield, and are
gentlemen in every way qualified for the sta
tons they hold With such men in manage
ment cannot see how the Hempfeld can fail
to realize the expectations of its friends
But the locomotive whistles, and, as John
Bolivar would say, l must put up my. shutters
4 for to-day, OF fail to get my letter on boHd in
\ time NC.
By HemtioLd, Expressive are indebted to
the accommodating spirit of Conductor Mccoy,
for last nights advices from our reporter at the
Washington Fair.
Hemg1fez1 RGilroad.--rho Washington Re
porter of yesterday says:
On Monday. evening last when the train ar
rived it brought q load ofgoods which were
shipped Mt Philadelphia on the Friday evening
previous, thus making the trip through, by way
of Baltimore. in 3days The goods were placed
in the cars at Philadelphia and were not chang
ed until their arrival at Washington. We are
Uniformed that by the present arrangement, goods
can now be shipped from Philadelphia to this