New Orleans daily crescent., 1859-11-18
MISSISSIPPI STATE FAIR.

Af' rum hbhill, Ill tIle sSCTet dliu dtOHldtlC
recesses of the wine-room of the Bowman House
your correspondent lifts his pen. The crowd is
greater than ever and the dust everywhere intoler-
able. The State Fair, much talked Of and so
much prepared for was formally opened this morn
ing shall tell things in their proper order, and
must therefore begin with few words about
TIE FAIR GROUNDS.
large area of the low land on the Pearl river
side of the CITY, most of it partly shaded by leaess
trees he fault of the season. and not of the trees)
was properly fenced in. rope fence stretching
all the way across, inside said to the multitudnons
carriages and other vehicles, Thus far shalt thou
go, and no farther" Within the ropes appeared
the outskirts of the Fair dongs; more things than
/ can afford to tell of in this paragraph. In the
center stood large amphitheater or hppodrome,
a full circle of covered accommodation. with seats
for four or five thousand people; the arena being
about two hundred and fifty feet in diameter, and
nicely sawdusted, with neat pagoda in the center
for the judges.
THE ATTENDANCE.
The attending multitude was very great. There
could not have been less than ten thousand people
On the grounds at midday As may naturally be
supposed, all Mississippi was represented; its
wealth. chivalry, intellect, beauty and fashion from
The chief feature of this gathering was the extra
ordinary number of ladies present. at least
of the whole multitude were ladies, from the Oldest
to the youngest. Itseemed as if the Mississppians
had made it a point of honor each man to bring his
mother, sister, wife daughter, or all those rea-
tives together, if he were lucky enough to have
them all available. And as for the Junos and
Hebes, and Dianas, and other like distractions
which were discoverable among the fair daughters
of Mississippi on this occasion, it would be utter
nonsense for this correspondent to undertake to
speak of them in detail sensbly. Not only the
ladies of Jackson and vicinity were out in full
force but plantation belledom from all parts of the
State. Being no poet, shall dispense with the
hgfalutin'," and simply remark that Mississippi
has great number of very lovely daughters.
WHAT WAS SHOWN.
was considerably disappointed in regard to the
exhibit of the agricultural capabilities of the State.
The specimens of horses, cattle, vegetables and
fruit and State manufactures, were very scant for
State Fair; these being the chief things to look
for in the exhibit of State like Mississippi. Seve-
raj gentlemen on the ground told me that at some
of the recent county fairs the display of stock was
larger and on an average better than at this State
0 Fair. ol-ees4
The ladies, however, were not behind hand A
large two-story building near the hippodrome,
2 tanned abundance of their fair handiwork. There
1 were patchwork bed-qults, counterpanes, rugs,
crochet and all other kinds Of knitting embroidery
:. worsted work, robes, capes, vests, and baby
clothes. in great quantity all handwork, all beau
tiful, and many of the articles rich and splendid ia
] the extreme. Then the ladies had also on hand
i of their doing up pickles, preserves, butter
cheese, dried fruit, pies, homemade bread, con
fectonery, and other like niceties, in ample quan
titles and in most appetizng display. This part o.
the fair to-day and will be the chief attraction
to the better sex. Some of the ladies', we should
;. add had on display some plants, such as flowers
= herbs, ETC., of their own raising; but not in an.
Is quantity to speak of. The only vegetable curiosity
s we saw was an apple, rather barrel of yellow
L apples, each apple being about the size Of :
y squash.
;e In the same building with the ladies' display
= were exhibited the different developments of th
6 Mississippi fine arts. There were few paintings
number of handsome ambrotypes and photo
graphs; some really splendid saddles and harness
= and specimens of tanning and Undressing als
:, some very beautiful and captivating guns of Mis-
sissippi make, or else furnished by Mississippi
U dealer.
:. NEW ORLEANS on HAND.
l. All the country through the merchants am
}. traders of New Orleans, was represented in it
mechanic arts and the articles displayed in thi
:, :, category constituted by far the greater part
the whole attraction to the multitude of planter
7, and agricultursts who were present.
:, In the ladies' department above mentioned
:. Messrs Slark g. staufer and Mr.. Cuth slocom
competed in splendid display of cutlery, in glas
1, cases. Mr. Newcomb, agent of Fairbanks seal
a manufactory had an extraordinary scale of scales
M beginning some distance in the building, with til
or smallest size for druggists, passing up through til
e. grocery gradations, enlarging at the door to th
II warehouse platform sizes, expanding outside int
gigantic steeyards of n tun capacity, and finall
A efulging in big ground scale, on which the pre-
y MUM stud horses and bulls were weighed. Clarl
10 10 the photographer, of Canal street. was on han
Is with large lot of his best pictures, and was cor
Id siderably overtopping Gas thought) his Miss
~ sppi competitor All the sewing machine age1
u VI cies in New Orleans were represented, close b
in the picture men, and all being in operation, unde
us the hands of ladies and gentlemen who knew ho'
ar to work them, the rush of the country ladies
~ see and compare very great.
of In another quarter of the grounds was Ion
shed, covering long array of steam-engnes,
all the different patterns and patents for plant
- ton use some with saw-mills and grist-ms an
cotton gins attached; the engines snorting, an
I'll. everything going ahead at great rate. All thes
were taken to Jackson, and erected, by the Ne
Orleans agents Of the different manufacturers. II
expense of all this must be very great. The st
d? tionary engines all had to be embedded in IL
soil all had to have water-pits dug and the say
nix mills had to have their sawpits. The trouble al
expense of this may be imagined. The engines
Rahms Eagle Works in Virginia; Cooks portab
.as cord-wood cutter; tearing engine and saw,
which Mr.. Slocomb is agent; other plantatit
he engines the latest agonies in cotton ginning al
in cotton seed huling, and in grst-milling togeth
formed a grand nucleus of attraction aroul
which the crowds hovered all the day long.
The great question, shall our cotton be tied wi
III rope or with iron bands? was largely agitate
There were three different patterns of iron ties
exhibition from New Orleans, and q four
pattern from Natchez. We heard c0nsiderab
discussion among the planters as to the merits
ow the iron tie
The different agricultural implements, incudil
-, plows, rakes, seed-sowers, corncrushers, and Il
'' like were scattered around the field, with good
showing of bugges and other light fancy vehicle
mel The nosiest thing on the ground was large be
Ter erected by Slark & Stauffer, which was made
o speak for itself at different intervals Though