Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-11-17
THE NEW ORLEANS FAIR.

and continuing for seven days thereafter.
promises to be completely successful
From their columns We CLEAN the fac
that nearly every State in the Union will
be represented on the occasion, each
with the productions of her workshops
looms, anvils, or her fields. This in Itself
is a source of the greatest satisfaction
as it will serve to convince many from the
States which have recently given such
large radical majorities, that the South is
" terribly in earnest for peace, and the
right hand of fellowship, if fairly and hon.
estly rendered. 1t will open their eyes to
the falsity Of the many slanderous charges
which have been preferred against the
people of this State, and especially of the
city of New Orleans j; and they will learn
from the best point of observation, that
thought and speech, in that city, are
as free as in any part Of the Union. They
will also learn that there is more true
patriotism, more true loyalty to the Con-
stitution Of the Common country, than
there is in many Of those States which
have howled so terribly over their devo-
ton to the Government, and yet are try
ing, with every means in their power, to
subvert it. They will see the people as
they are, and. learn from their own lips
how basely they have been %slandered'
and how ardently they desire to see a
thorough and final settlement of our po-
litical troubles and the establishment
of fraternal relations throughout the land.
Many railroad and steamboat com
pauies have rendered their services to
transport all articles to the Fair, free of
charge. Every arrangement has been
made by the admirable board Of manage
ment for the convenience Of exhibitors
and visitors, so that none shall have cause
of complaint. Premiums to the amount
of twenty thousand dollars are offered to
competitors, which is, in itself, an. evi-
dence of the scale upon which this Fair
is based. 1t is pleasant, also, to notice
the great interest displayed by the citi-
zens of New Orleans to ensure perfect
success in this exposition. A number of
merchants have offered prizes Of their own
for certain articles of wear or consump.
This appears to be an outside is
sue, but it adds greatly to the general
interest. Most Of the stores will be
on the first day of the Fair in or
der to enable the employees to witness
the inaugural ceremonies. The pro-
yramme of exercises, and other particu-
lars, would have cheerfully been publish
by us, had the Board of Directors hon.
bred US with a copy in time. As it is,
The city papers must be consulted on that
point. From the lights before us, we pre-.
1ict a success for this exhibition unpar-
in Southern annals, and it may
many heretofore given in the
West and North.
We take the following from the N. O..
which will prove interesting:
From every side gratifying intelligence
reaches us Of the constantly increasing
prospects that our great Fair, which is
begin on the Goth inst, will be sue
cessful to a degree exceeding the antici-
pations of the most sanguine of its pro-
A great many leading houses,
representing various branches of trade,
understand are preparing sample as
sentiments of their wares for exhibition
and probably all our manufacturers will
show the public superior specimens of
their handicraft. Intelligence has also
been received that several new Inventions,
which are supposed to be Of peculiar
benefit to the South, will be sent to the
Fair from the North. We hope the labor
saving machinery, particularly such as
is designed to assist in the cultivation of
our soil, will not only be ~conspicuously
exhibited, but its merits given a thorough
practical test in the extensive grounds of
the Association. A steam engine with
all necessary motive power, as well as
and betting, will be provided, for
the purpose of testing stationary ma