, 1864-09-20
Hfofo Agricultural Ralt8~

election.
Stafc Agricultural Ra1tss
MICHIGAN.
The Michigan State Agricultural Fair opens
.s T.]ara.oo this morning, ard wftl centlh'
Gc uptu Friday night It promises to be
rcr7 fu1ly attended. Every preparation haa
bern mado 10 ropdcr It an exhibition IN nc
resp. Ct isferier to any st lis predecessors,
AMI, ono that shall be every way worthy oi
the State, and the graf agffoulsur,l and me-
cf.anlcal interests there to be represented.
The Ladies' e:ldiers' Aid soclets, ever nicd'
fnf Il tho waats Of our sick and wounded
| heroes, will hold fair at the same tllne or
The grounla- The ezterprislng Loyal citizens
| Of Kalamazoo baSe built bali for tho recep
ton of 1hs goods and donations t6at in.Y be
maze to the saniesry Fair. We trust that g
largo eum Wf11 bo realized for tits moat bs
nefcent charity.
The Anzua1 Fair of the Iowa State Agricul.
tuta] Society will be held 1t Burlington this
year, commencing On Tuesday, ssptembe.
"a and closing on Saturday. The officers o1
tbe Society haTe been using urusual effort
during the eeason to make this F<lra SUCCESS
beyond precedent, mud VIC trnst their Ell .1ts
will be rewarded by prompt and generoue
response By the farmers artizaus and ner.
chants Of the state. The premium list IL
Ve15 large, snS embraces almost every article
OF farm and household economy: The hotels
q: Burlington, unlike Others We could name
nesrtr home, hare fixed their chsrpks At
moderate rates. the highest charge being but
So per dag.
costracts In writing haye b.en perfected
With the Chicago, Burlington aad Quincy,
the Burlington and Missouri river, aud the
Keokuk, Fort Des Motnes and Minnesota
ral1roao companies, to transport visitors
over their lines to anE from Tue Fair 1T half
fare. :.
Tic Mississippi and Missouri River Rail.
road CoBpany will Aso extend. the same ia .
cilities to pcreons Tititing the Fair, rs othsr
railroads In the State. =
! AL stock, implements and articles intend
cd for exhibition will b. ca1rled frea to sud
from tho Fslr, provided the same has been
exhibited and has not been sold. Exhibitors
can procure the necesssry certificates on sp.
Clication to the Secretary.
We shall give full reports of these Fairs.
| Terrible Losses or rhe Rebel Araiy
neax Atlanta.
We have In the Chattanooga Re5e.. pub
1Ished 1t Griffin, Ca some account Of the
battle Of Peach Tree Creek, the 1rst of the
engagements In 4hc vicinity Of Atlanta. Tbs
rebel correspondent Gays: :,
My limited observation OF rhat transpIrcd
then c1ntiue8 me to the operations of this,
sco1t'e, ard Gen. Featherstont'a brisades, If
1OfiDR's dir1eien- Our steps ~ers marEed
with blcnd-onr march was ttrewn with dead
| nrd Wourdtd. OF this brisaoe-numhcriug
p* *J1ap6. cne thonsand-there w5re killed aud
weunotd three hundred Hnd ninety. One
comp1nT Of tAu5 55th Alabama went ioto the
| actlcE with four officers and thfrty-si1 meo,
/ aue cQme ont with only sir men. Anorner
| 1hAt @ent In afth two officers and thirty men
| came cut with only four men, OF those lett
telfce, all ~ere-elther killed or 20 despcr-
! sttIy wounded '8a to be unable to walk.
IhEFs z ere none csptufcd who were not thus
c9satlId. Fcatbezstotc's brigade eutl-rc1 q
less OF oue' hall, ]acking oEe nar. It lost,
thfrk, eff hundred and tTr, aggregate.
This is The first rebel account nc hare seen
OF 1ht tremendous slaughter Of their army
shout Atla1ta-
The KebeIa Cheering for TcCle1Ian.
The fact that the rebels In front OF opr lines
at Petersburg cneered when they heard Of
the nomiaation Of McC1ellAe, has been de-
MED by the Copperhrads. Th. following
which We find IN the Philadelphia Rts.s fixes
the matter beyond contrzasstioa:-
Ac71SG QrAnrxnAAsTkn'sO OrT1rH,l
IL TE FIELD. September 3, 1854,
NEAB 1grEnsBraa, Val
t 10 the Editor Of the P.c.s:
| sIn: give you the following as one Of the oc.
| currences IN ffunt Of Pctcyrutr.
TIE nrws OF the Chicago nominations VAS re.
i ceivtd here on rar I'd 1hst The unm ,atton Of
flsem aTpnC the so.oicta: he has some supporters
a1e vcy caat1ous, and tay but htsle-probably they
| are athaI1eu.
While The Chicago Convention was IN aesgIon the
rebels tSok Interest L. the dulues Of raid conyen
! ton. They cuEunu1lty ANNOYED our pscktts to tx-
cAaZ re papera. On TIE night ot lbs 4h Inst, they
| keing satt-feu that Mcclellan WAS nominated. Il
Abop: o clock the 1ebtlt sprang Euddeniy upo.
their works almost along the entire line tthe lint
IL nearly twelve miles long and gave three cheer
for McCitllant
: Our 1nen were perfectly thunde.struck, In
moment or two our ttoc Uutuu bo3s sleo epran;
upon Their works End Cave three cheers for Abra
hsn Lin olp, End both ~idcs kcpt It up for cum
tune. While the cheering wus going On, no ,a3tlnt
7 OF any EInc w2h done; each eldE was TOO nsuM en-
Gagged Cheering their 'cVorite. This adaU ha
h:deibou.ands Of votes foT Mr. lincoln. Yon xtl
tnd Int lev McC1elisu men in the extreme r.ur
aboHs Psxsreburg.
Erery wo.d of the above is true, Us thousand
| viii beer testimony.