The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-15
IRON THE sT.aTE c4IIraL.
The rnir-Itesults, Material and Moral. .
Fisurca-PersonmI NotnbiIitfcs-othcr
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COLUMBIA. November I3
| The State Agricultural and Mechanical Fair
| is over AMI well over.
| In its material results. this Fair il important
| In all the departments Of productive industry a
stimulus has been given that has only just begun
| 10 prc'iucc resus-ulthough the results thus far
are IN themselves highly crcditaGlc to all parties
concerned.
An enumeration oil the articles presented after
| the fun lists already published in THE NEWS
! would be unnecessary; hut Il few figures. as cy-
aiaplcs, may bc given to indicate the scale of the
| Affair oi horses AMI mules there were 80 en-
tered. Of cattle IL head; ur swine IL: Of goats s.
| sheep, :, and Of poultry about 100.
Other departments were represented in some.
what the same ratio: ami these figures may serve
to compare the Fair with others in other places
fhcre were some things IN themselves sgni-
cant "i progress new bec-gun or palace was
| entered by Dr. Turnpsccd, OF Richlan,l County.
| This has been registered in Washington for n
| patent. The novelty consist in an arrangement
| tn prevent worms. ~ South Carolina made clock
| was OH exhibition by X. Brandt, OF Chester W.
t. Emhlclon Of Columbia, exhibited specimens
| of his own engraving. &. r. Mason of Sumtrr
entered nm electric f;.n for Kerosene lamps. Mrs
NJ. a. Holmes OF Columbia, entered Il spccncu
| q! 0kra hemp. Major VI. H. Clarke OF Iti> hlanl II
mo'lel Of movable fence Mrs F. Finley, OF Rich.
land, some Irish potato starch. There was Oh cx-
hibition photograph picture taken by Il new pru
| cess discovercdhy Mr.. Richard, .: Columbia. r. G.
SILVER, Of this city, exhibited specimens of the
rathle fabric, both unspun and III cloth. or this
| ramic, Colonel Joel Foster, or Spartanburg saws
he :::n make more money with It 1t throo cents
| pound, than he can with cotton ut twenty; and
that the price Of ramc Is ten cents That is to
say, he can make more than three times as much
| oy raising ralnc as he can by raising cotton.
tahic Is good deal like flax, In the mole OF pre-
pairing II. N. II. Clarke (ilrcady once mentioncd)
had ut the Fair specimen OF manufactured
honey, which lie claims he can manufacture at
| ten cents pound while real ec.maie honey
sells At near twenty
These are but specimens; but they Indicate n
| day Of cndraror and 0f new pursuits.
| J. Wash Watts, Of Laurcns, took nineteen
| prlzcs-the largest number taken by one man
| mostly for stock.
| e. j. Sioibrand, OF the state Pcniientiary took
| u prize for the best broOms.
The urSulinc Convent Of ralla Crucis-a Catho-
| Tic Female institute, near COlumbla-took Il prize
| fora specimen of feather work.
In its moral results the Fair has hccn nm ahllud.
ant success. Reconstruction of the most yitally
important Kind has been Effected. South Carolina
has met again-ihc first time since the war--and
out Of these three days Of tcrcorsc have grown
| petns; and IL dcinitc idea has grown up in the
mindsand hearts of our people that has no caunl
| in their history since the war. This Fair has
made history for our State The era Is auspicous
ami the future will mark and remember it,
Among thc men OF distinction present at this
gnthcrinS 0l our people, were General Wade
! Hampton, whom South Carolina delights to honor:
General r. II. Anderson, whose war record IL full
of honor: Generals John BrattOn, Johnson Ha.
GOOD, John ;. Preston, NJ. C. Butler L. T.. AlcXaIi.
der, and John d. Kennedy; Ex-Governor NJ. l..
Bonham whose service Won both civic and mill
tary honors; Dr. +. B. Turnipsccd, who received
the honor Of knighthOod--J OF ST. Catherine
from The Car OF Russia for his prorcssionsl ser.
vices in the Crimcan war; Professor George w.
Morse, 0f Grccnrillc relative OF Dr. Morse OF
telegraph fainc It. &. Clemson the champion Of
professional education for farmers; General Bum.
ford, commandment of the post at Columbia
Tic merchants OF Charleston were represented
by Mfr. W. q. whhlcn, OF Whildcn & Co.; Colonel
B. +. Evans, of Walker, Evans & CugsGeIl, and
MIR. W. S. IIcncrcy.
The least successful feature Of the Fair was the
extcmporizcd equestrian exercises, which con. !
s'cd several hours of the afternoon of the last
day. These were protracted by preliminary eyo |
ulons that wcll.nigh exhausted the patience Of a
very indulgcnt and large conc0ursc of people The
riullg was good i'll general; hut the fcats under
taken were evidently beyond The skill of the horses
ehtcrc'.. They Knocked down the burs ten times |
as often IL they cleared them. After all it was |
not very easy TO see what IL was all nboui-what |
agricultural end was subscrved by these ex |
erciscs.
TIC crowd became larger from first to last,
each day improving Oh the preceding. The
figures were, as well as one could determine from
II general calculation, about these: First day,
2joo; second dny, 35o0 and third day, 5000.
The Eoard Of Trustees of the State University
have requested Professor Rivers TO continue IN
Tile chair OF Ancient Languages "for some
months" longer. 1t IL understood that he Will
consent to stay until the first Of January His
reelection wonid give general satisfaction.
MT. Pelham again announces his intention to
resume the Publication OF his Southern Curdian.
which, IL will he remembered. was suspended by
sherman In l665. 1t is TO be u daily, and enters
inc Held as the rival OF the Phcnix lie has
issued and circulates subscription lists 1t is RI.
morcd that he intends to bring It ont early In the
session Of tile Legislature.
Another escape from General Stoibrand's pcn T.
tcntiary-anothcr recruit to the Grand Army of
the Republic, It is said. COpsAtR
a San Francisco. paper describes the music |
IN u Chinesc Theatre OF TINT city Us follows: "Im.
a2lne yourself In boiler manufactory when four
hundred men are putting I'm rlvetsNa mamInoth
tsmop next door on one aldc and forty stamp