Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-11-17
State Fair--Third Meeting.

shares as subscribed in addition to 55l shares
subscribed on tho occasion of the preceding
meeting
Col. William Wallace offered the following
resolution, which was adopted
Resolved, That tho Secretary of this society
he authorized to canvass tho State for sub.
scriptions to the joint stock company in aid
of the State Agricultural and Mechanical
Society, and that ho receive for his services
as Secretary 81 500.
Col Thomas offered tho following resolu.
ticn, which was adopted
RcsoiUctl, That it be referred to The Exc
cutivc Committee to report to this society, ut
its next meeting, scheme whereby the
County agricultural societies may be brought
in official accord with the State Agricultural
aud Mechanical Society
| On motion Of Mr.. Mcintosh, the following
resolution was adopted:
Resoirel, That a committee Of three mem
bers of this body be appointed by tho Presi-
dept to correspond and arrange with the lines
of railroads for the passage of delegates from
this State to the Agricultural Congress to be
convened at Selma, Alabama, on the 5tll.Qe.
cembcr next, and that the Secretary ofyths
society be instructed to, send certificates to
those gentlemen appointed from this assoo,a.
Hon Herschcl V. johnson, President Of said
Congress, be published for general ineorma
ton
Under this resolution, II. Il. Pcakc, Esq
Col j. u. Thomas and Mr. W. c. Whildcn
wero appointed.
Col Thomas offered the following rcsou.
tion which was adopted
ResolVcti, That it is the judgment of this
hat tl,p
scriptiou to the auxiliary joint stock fund
should be raised to 100000; said amount,
agrceably to the scheme in view, to be made
up of contributions from all points of the
State.
DIR. Gibbcs moved that it be referred to tho
Executive Committee to provide for the pub.
ication of the proceedings of this society
On motion of Col. Wallace the meeting ad
journed.
In closing this abstract Of tho proceeding
of the State Agricultural and Mechanical 50.
ciety, we cannot but express our great graft
cnton at the high aud rcsolutc spirit cvin.
ccd by the mcmbcrs in behalf of the Joint
stock scheme. The friends Of the society
have resolved to make it u power for good in
South Carolina, Success is sure.
TIE LATE STATE FAIR.
The third annual fair Of the State Agricul-
tnral and Mechanical Society closed on yes
tcrday with the premium awards. In view
OF all the circumstances Of the c,se, it is con
ccdcd that the fair has been quite successful
Many Of tbs departments were well filed -
II many cnscs, the quality of the contriba
tions was excellent. Some otthc departments
were better filed than usual. The crowd was
each day large. The Ladies' R,zaar, inside
ot the buidln@ was an attractive tnatn,7 of
the fair, and we are gratiicd 10 say that tic
pccuniary receipts have been considcrablc.t.-
The managers and the fair walters, and VII.
concerned, deserve great credit for tho sub.
cess achieved. We truS that they will, ftlr
| their busy labors, cnj"y the calm of well cam
cd rcpoSc. rs for the fair ITSELF We have
done well. The officers have MS usual work
ed hnr and rs to the committees, we are
inclined to think that their duties have been
discharged with more than usual care. The
Superintendent Of Departments rendered ma
tcfal assistance. We publish sl.;s morning
the list Of awards. They will be noticed with
pleasure by the State, rs showing what our
people arc doing, even amid the clouds that
ovcrhang our dcstinicS. And let ,as work on
in faith and hope. let us see TO- it, that the
next annual State Fair. reid under the new
o"Hio "P'h "hiCh VIC cNVCct promptly 10 put
this great enterprise, shall far exceed the one
just held liz its appointments, its contrihu.
tions, and the crowds it shall bring together
Let Us 90 on SnpEoving and to improve, pros
perng and to prosper. Not for Columbia
only, but for the whole State. we desire TO
see this cause victorious -Pmnir, 12M inst.
TIE City OF JouNpUn, BRITIslI INDIA,
DEsTRoYED-UpwARD OF 5000 HOUSES
SWEPT AWAY.-Wc regret to record sud
den and great disaster at Jounpur, fine city
Of the second class. 1t contained nearly
5000 houses and more than $4,000 inhabi.
tants. The river CUNT rose suddenly on the
night of Friday, the 18th of September,
| flooding most Of the moulIas south of the
river, and one or two on the north of it, 1t
continued to rise all Saturday; before roon
the Rohuta Mohuia, Goolar Chat, Jchenge-
raid Wcliandgunj, and Joyeapur presented
the appearance of canals before evening the
| foundations of tho houses began 10 give way,
and then, one by one, they came crashing
| down, dissolved by an element as dcvouring
as fire. All Sunday the waters began to rise
and cover the roadway of tho far r.famcd Mo.
hamnedan bridge; the fine pucka scra was
now flooded, and crowds who had taken re.
fuge there were driven to seek another rest
ing place, All Monday and Tuesday the wa.
tcrs, grew nightly and prevailed; the river
by this time flowed freely over the parapcts
OF the bridge, of Which only the shops of the
kiosks weEe then. visible, and the flood was
still rising when the last tdings reached us
The whole Of the city south of the rivcr has