The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-09-22
THE NATIONAL FAIR.
Our Chicago Correspondence.
Chicago, Sept is, *

Our Chicago Correspondence.
| CHICAGO Sept is, 1862
The Fair Not Nationaa-Eifty Thousand Strangers Pre-
sent--Seam Ploughs-A cCormick's Reaper-Proection
10 Recorded Desd-The Best Drilled Military Company
An Aboliionias Hopl, dc.
The Chicago papers speak of the fair now in progress
here triumph, complete success 60 II is, no
doubt, successful in sense but it is not fair cxpos
ton Of the agricultural productions of the whole Union
1t is not strictly speaking national fair There
Of sugar. cotton rice Of the South exhibited of
the farmers of Pennsylvania Virginia here, with
specimens Of their wheat and many other sections of the
United States entirely unrcprcsented The President
stated in his opening address, that thero contrbu
tons from seventeen States Assuming this TO be the
case, the contributions not such would give a
stranger not American correct idea Of the extent
development of American agriculture. Even an OK
position of Western agricultural productions II falls far
behind the Illinois State Fair held Peoria two years
ago. is really exhibition of some Of the agricultural
productions Of the West Of agricultural implements and
machinery and OF the goods and merchandise of
Chicago merchants. Besides these there are only fow
horses and cattle from distant States For instance in
tent there plenty OF containing 81 900 Cashmere
shawls and vacncenncs lace at $76 per yard and
OF rs at 5000 TO $780, and sable capes at the moderate
price of thousand dollars together with elegant Partisan
honnets all from Chicago dealers but very fow spec
Meps Of tho handiwork of American women.
Then in the department of fine arts there is any guam
y of wretchcd daubs OF paintings hdeous photographs
and Heterogeneous medley Of Kerosene oil lamps babies
in such an exhibition us this processes TO be.
The display OF fruit is rather meager.
So far as regards the number Of people present and
the receipts OF money the fair perfect success There
could not have been less than thirty thousand strangers
present yesterday and there is certainly fifty thousand
strangers on the ground to-day The officers satisfied
with the receipts.
The operation of the ploughs to-day excited great
interest The Detroit machine poughs thirteen burrows
The department of agricultural implements is very
full embracing celebrated mowers and reapers three
different steam ploughs, and endless variety of
thrcshng machines, winnowing machines poughs, har
rows horse rakes, corn planters and corn shelters
invention and will do the work of of field hands.
grain binder made at Auburn, New York, is also
new invention. II puts wire band around the sheafs
much quicker and stronger than five could do the
work Some valuable ditching machines are exhi-
bited, which must be Of great value in the wet prares
Of the West.
In the mechanical department most noteworthy object
is set of heavy blank books, which made for the
recording Of deeds in county Offices Their edges are
protected from the rude shocks which this class of
books, valuable in every community, exposed, by
a strong but elegant brass rim and corner The inven-
iton, which is most important one, has been patented.
In the department OF agricultural productions there
some fine specimens of Western grain. Among them is
some corn from the southern part Of Illinois, the stalks
sixteen feet high and the well developed also
from Minnesota, eight feet high There are only two
hbtors OF barley poh from TINS state only one OF rye
also from Illinois; only good sample of timothy seed
and single one of clover seed There many samples
of wheat shown, both winter and spring. but all of 1t
Western wheat.
prize, consisting of superb stand OF coors worth
$3.50, having been offered for the best drilled military
company, the competition for that going this after
The competitors not very numerous, only
few companies have entered the lists. Among them all
the only company that to TO have chance OF
winning the prize is called the National Guard
Cadets composed Of very young men, between eighteen
and twenty years Of age. They a uniform much
resembling the United States regulation dress though
said that they about to change for the Zouave
tune. Their marching and conduct generally under
is really admirable The other military compa-
MES Of Chicago generally deficient in discipline and
efficiency in the various military exercises fought ex-
cept, however, the Chicago Light Guard, Captain c. G.
Marsh and the Chicago Light Artillery. The former
Guard and have attained very high state of military
discipline. Their ranks, however, usually thin. The
latter company have four brass field pieces, which they
handle with great skill and rapdty There is also Ger
man cavalry company which makes quite respectable
appearance
One of the black republican organs of this city the
Press and Tribune set up most dismal howl yesterday
because Mr. Critenden in his beautiful and touching ad
dress the opening Of the Fair fit deprecate the
foul spirit of dsunion and disloyaly to the laws The
Press would have its readers abroad believe that such
that in all the West there is not ouer of abolition
lists and disunonss than is composed of its
supporters in this community. One of the great depots
of the underground railroad in this city, and doubt
very much whether the Fugitive Slave law could be
cuted here. certainly could not be without violence
and probably bloodshed Yet not many months ago
white child torn from tho OF its mother and
carried away to distant State and of these frantic
philanthropsts raised an arm in its defence.