The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-08-29
From the Knoxville Register.

From the Knoxville Register.
TIE MISSISSIPPI STATE FAIR.-The fourth
annual fair of the estate Agricultural Bureau
of Mississippi" will be held at the city of
Holly Springs, under the management OF the
State Bureau, beginning or Tuesday, October
IS, and continuing four days. 1t was our
good fortune, on our recent visit to Rich
mond, to make the acquaintance of L. J.
Hudson, Esq, the able and efficient Presi-
dent of this Bureau. From him VIC learned
many interesting facts in regard to the origin,
objects and advancement Of this Bureau.
This society was chartered in 1857, by the
Legislature of Mississippi, "for the promotion
of agricultural and mechanical science" BY
the act of incorporation, the Bureau consists
of the Governor, er-o6fcio, one member from
each Congressional District Of the State, and
one member from each county society char
tered in the State. Among other regulations,
the charter provides "that the person or per-
sons to whom may be awarded premiums
upon live animals or stock, shall before the
close of the fair, furnish to the Secretaries of
the Bureau and County Fairs, brief and
succinct history and pedigree, as far as prac-
ticable of the live animals or stock upon
which such premiums shall have been award
cd and, also, at the same time those who
shall receive premiums for the products of
the farm, shall furnish brief account Of the
mode of culture and manufacturers of agri-
cultural implements and labor-saving ma
chincry, a brief statement of the valSc of
such improvements or inventions over those
now in use.
This is an important movement for the
South. II carried forward in the spirit in
which it was originated, it must lead to
great and glorious results. 1t is wholly dis
connected from politics, and looks alone "to
the development of the agricultural resources
and improvement of our country" This is
what the South needs. We have the soil
and climate, and it is only necessary to de-
velop the resources at hand, to make us one
of the happicst and most prosperous people
on the globe. Our destiny is in our own
hands. If the South would give as much at
tention to industrial pursuits as to politics,
act more and talk less; and il more of our
educated young men would engage in manu-
featuring and mechanical pursuits, it would
produce a state Of independence which would
prove death-stroke to Northern fanaticism,
and quiet sectional agitation.
The object of this fair is to improve the
Southern stock and encourage home industry.
From the display of stock the planters will be
able to select the best breeds Of animals.
These associations, embracing every class of
planters, by interchange of opinions, will
enable each and all to correct any defects in
their system Of agriculture, and ascertain
their wants, so far as machinery and imple-
ments are concerned. An invitation is ex-
tended to the manufacturers and mechanics
of the South, to exhibit their handiwork,
and to show how far they are prepared to
meet the rants of the planting community.
There is a strong disposition throughout the
South to make home purchases, so far as
they can be supplied. We hope the stock
raiscrs and mechanics of East Tennessee will
be represented at this fair-that closer rela-
tons will hereafter subsist with their more
Southern brethren, which will no doubt re-
suit in mutual advantage. We are assured
that sample accommodations will be in readi-
ness at Holly Springs for all who may visit
the fair" Besides the hotels and boarding
houses, the private houses will be thrown
open for the reception of company. and every
effort made by the intelligent and liberal
people of Holly Springs to entertain the null
titude which may convene on the occasion.
The premium list is very liberal one.
Diplomas will be granted Cor the best essays
"on the management and control of negroes /;
plantation economy and hygiene; rearing
and managing horses, mules, swine, sheep,
and poultry" Competition for premiums
for plOws, planters and drills for seed, mills
and presses, stealn-engines, horse-powers,
shingle-rnachines, plantation level for ditch
ing, cotton-gins, farm and water-gates, draft,
single-harness, matched and thoroughbred
horses, are open to the world"
So anxious are the Republicans Of California
to possess a rail Of the A. lincoln stamp, that
l At late r,,aof;o, n that s..~f,, I. - - A.