, 1866-09-19
FROM ADRIAN, MICH.

Day Of the State Eair-Damp-
Hers and Du11nc@x 11cfGr-Fevv En-.
tries thus Fnr-JoIluxotasH Strength In
idrinn-A Racc for the posto1Ilce-
The Tcmptcr Resisted mad nm Asses
AorHLlp Losi-TAc CopI,erhcadA De-
1iioralizet-In;ury 10 a Celebrated
F1orre.
Especial Despatch to the Chicago Trshuuc.1
Apu'AS, Mich, September IS.
Tc-aar tho Fig .teenth Annual Fair Of the
Michigan State Agricultural Society ,yas to have
comm enctd he e, on t..c gsornds Of the Spring
brook T. citing ConFse. bnt owing 10 tie extreme
ly nn1oiiious wel!hcr The Fais Is to.laya a, least
i nulltty. 1he 'aIn which began yesterday has
continued all taday, and bids fair to hold out for
au irdcGnltc period longer. The fair grounds arc
deserted and di-mal In the extreme, and although
hc city Is full Of visitors 10 the Fafs every ono Is
too much dtsgasted with the weather 10 70 out to
rtoslccss entertained By ell.
1hcrc arc not a great number Of entries aal OF
o on rety ." ed Fey
essiai imnlemcns. What it;ie has na:M aresdy a.
f ssSstsa np i1 1 tssn s5s 5 Il
'ait': s,cs finc opportunity for discussion Of
as; and s a; and
na,s, Ly t6is tine, been thoronsbly diseatRsed R
st''ct Investigation has led to ihe demonstration
OF tho fact that there arc exactly TWO cx.Kcpub.-
atels going for tlc post oiicc, aid whcn the an.
;oihtneui Is made It is expected thai The number
q Johnsonises will lie reduced to one. j. j.
Sefksd 81 ns pP ia a hs @ I
III for The ioaves and fishes Tic s:apidliY Of hts
conversion l j. !, soMn II the fact that bat one wee
SsEfs 's1r h as n
Sess maker, nsmed H. fRR'eins B9fdeimaa j. Mo Mo
thinks be has got il all fixed.
johnson Committee IN Detroit, and lie having
committed It 10 memory has gone down to de-
xss II, md he thinks to set tncir support for the
indtcd much Of any kind. although tue story Of
hs spelling dog With lwo 'g's' il not well enough
a,;:Ee'.tisasd t. t. be ,aken lor 1an,ple Of his
q Andy Jol'nson's appointments, u h. ge:s ihc
J.. i. n.nnct;, the Assessor here, was approach
Cd some tIac since br the 1ohnsonlsca, anu prom
scd that If hc would Keep sill and leave II to bc
sTfa MI,,Ia 0s ;nn, be ny pos
s bead %, ont they couldn't surn il ro.ui5. In
iSedsa'c1y Y M,, he was removed, and Gehc:u!
'colouels commission In The regular arm; has
been seat him, announces hl= intention to gIsc up
ro''tics; r,o' TIT may is9ye vacancy Tor .hs d,saP
likely to get Il, rs johnson mon arc very scarcc
a1l through this country.
The Coppcrhcads here nsc becoming restlve,
and say they don't believe IN being made the tail
clanor for their share OF tho Offices, nnd II they
don't get them, they swcar they won't support
INDY; SO. between tho various contestants,
toEnsona ci,anccs for bac.fn. in this s"c:lon arc
'athsS meacrc, and the choice between his rcnc-
Eate and Conperhead friends Il rather like that
between the Ieytl and the deep sea.
The otsce.s Of the Agricultural society a.c still
confident t1at IT The rain will bold up To- m 7rrow,
they Will hare this year the finest Fair Michigan
,S has sEst eeesad-ono eqcal t. sDy ess5 IN
stalls. ETC.. hare Bern much enlarged and lmprnv-
cd, and every preparation made for grand Dis
play.
Dr1:cz aud George n. P,tcheu, IT. arrived hero
thl- morning. st. Denis, a celebrated running
horsc. owned By = Nr. Ford, Of Co1dwaler, while
s1crel.ine ycsts5day atseEno9n on The t1ack. vas
feared; ho Was valued At ten thousand loll.cs,
nnd Ia now Ho-th nothing.