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Time of Agricultural Displays.

The following stated displays, under their
respective dates, will be held during the
International Exhibition. Applications for
entry may be now made, on forms which
will be supplied by the chief of bureau
Agricultural Products---Pomologica pro-
ducts and vegetables, May 18th to 24th ;
Strawberries, June 7th to 18th; early grass
butter and cheese, June 18th to 18th; early
summer vegetables, June Goth to Oath !;
honey, June Goth to oath; raspberries and
blackberries, June Sd to 9Th: Southern
pomological products, July 18th to 22d; (;
melons, August 22d to 26th peaches, Sep
tember 4th % 9th Northern pomological
products, September 11th to 18th; autumn
vegetables, September 10th to 23d cereals,
September 25th TO 30th potatoes and feed
ing roots, October I'd to 7th; autumn butter
and cheese, October 18th to 21st; nuts, Oc-
tober 23d to November LIST autumn honey
and wax, October 23d TO November 1st.
Field Trials---Mowing machines, tedders
and hay rakes, June 18th to 30th reaping
machines, July 9th to 18th.
Live Stock--Horses, September 1st to
14th; dogs, September 1st to September 9Th;
neat cattle, September 21st to October 4th
sheep, October 10th to 18th; Swine, October
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Washington at Valley Forge.

The dreary encampment At Valley Fcrgy
has become proverbial for its hardshipS and
suferings. The unfortunate battle ut
Brandywine had opened Philadelphia to
the British army and the brilliant but
fruitlcss attack on the enemies lines at
Germantown had left them in confirmed
possession of that city, while it imposed
upon Washington the necessity of selecting
such winter quarters as would enable him
to keep a vigilant eye on that city, and at the
same time protect great extent of country
from the incursions of the enemy. "The
plan adopted was to hut the army for the
winter at Valley Forge, on the west side of the
Schuylkill, about twenty miles from Phila-
delphia. Arrived at Valley Forge on the
18th OF December, 1777, the troops still had
to brave, in their tents, the wintry weather,
which had set in with unusual severity,
until they could cut down trees and con-
struct huts for their accommodation. Hun
CRY and cold were the poor fellows who had
so long been keeping the field; for provis-
ions were scant clothing worn out, and so
badly of were they for shoes, that the foot.
steps OF many might be tracked in blood.
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display of paintings. The center hall and
galleries form one grand hall 2S7 feet long
and eighty-fve feet wide, capable of hold
ing eight thousand persons, nearly twice
the dimensions of the largest hall in the
country. From the two galleries doorways
open into two smaller galleries, twenty eight
feet wide and eighty-nine feet long. These
open north and south into private apart
ments which connect with the pavilion
rooms, forming two side galleries 2l0 feet
long. Along the whole length of the north
side of the main galleries and central hall
extends a corridor fourteen feet wide, which
opens on its north line into series of
private rooms, thirteen in number, designed
for studios and small exhibition rooms.
All the galleries and central hall are
lighted from above; the paviions and
studios are lighted from the sides. The
pavilions and central hall are designed cs-
peciallv for the exhibition of sculpture.
This building cost 81 100000.
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transept being composed of Howe truss
arches OF a Gothic form. The nave is
S26 feet in length by one hundred feet in
width, each end projecting one hundred
feet beyond the square of the building, with
height of seventy-tive feet from the floor
to the point of the arch. The central tran
sept is of the same height, and breadth Of
one hundred feet; the two end transepts
seventy feet high and eighty feet wide.
The four courts inclosed between the nave
and transepts, and also the four spaces at
the corners of the building, having the
nave and end transepts for two of their
sides, are rooted and form valuable
space for exhibits. Thus the ground plan
of the building is a parallelogram of 465
feet by 63O feet, covering space of seven
and one-quartcr acres. In its immediate
vicinity arc the sto"kyards for the cxhbi-
ton OF horses, cattle, sheep, SWINE etc.
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etc., beautifully engraved with Arabic char
acters. There are also combs made of tortoise
shell or pure ivory, ladies of rhinoceros
horn, and spoons made of common shells,
all executed by hand by the poorer Arabs
Of northern Egypt. These combs, spoons
and other things, though manufactured by
hand, sell for less money in Egypt than
those of machine make can be obtained
for here. The display in this section that
will be sought for by the scholar is that OBJ
jectively illustrating the progress of hand
writing, printing and literature in Egypt
since their first institution to the present
time. Proof sheets of Arabic hierOglyph-
les, specimens Of Copt;c chirography, books
for the blind, manuscript in hieroglyphics,
German, French and other Languages writ
ten by Arabic scholars, and almanacs and
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Those who were on the sick list had to seek
temporary shelter wherever it could be
found among the farmers of the neighbor-
hood. According to the regulations in the
orderly book, each hut was to be fourteen
feet by sixteen, with walls of logs filled with
clay six feet and a half high the freplaces
were OF logs, plastercd and logs split into
rude planks orslabs furnished the roofing A
hut was allotted to twelve on-commissioned
officers and soldiers. A general officer had
hut to himself. The same was allowed
to the staff of each brigade and regiment,
and the field officer of each regiment, and a
hut to the commissioned officers of each
company. The huts of the soldiery fronted
on the streets; those of the officers formed a
line in the rear; and the encampment
gradually assumed the look of n rude mill
tary village"
In this cncampmcnt, called by the wits
ot tie British army "Slab CITY," the Ameri-
can army passed a sad and dreary winter.
for weeks at time on half allowance;
sometimes without meat, sometimes without
bread, often without both. The transporta-
tion of supplies was obstructed; the maga-
zines were exhausted, and the commissaries
had neither money nor credit to enable
them to replenish them. At Valley Forge,
in the midst of frost and snow, disease and
destitution, Liberty erected her altar; and
in all the worlds history we have no record
of purer devotion, holler sincerity, or more
heroic self-sacrifce, than was exhibited in
the camp of Washington. The courage
that nerves the arm on the battlefield, and
dazzles by its brilliant but evanescent
flashes, pales before the steadier and more
intense flame of patient endurance; the sum
Of the sublime heroism displayed at Valley
Forge. If there is spot on the face of our
broad land whereon patriotism should de-
light to pile its highest and most venerated
monument, it should be in the bosom of
that little vale on the banks of the Schuyl-
kill, amid the "tempted hills" consecfated
by the presence and sufferings of those who
achieved our independence"
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he Art Gallery and Memorial
Hall.

The entire structure is in the modern
Renaissance. The materials are granite,
glass, and iron. No wood is used in the
construction, and the building is strongly
iireproof. The structure is 365 feet in
length, 2lO feet in width, and fifty-nine feet
IN height, over spacious basement twelve
feet in height, surmounted by dome.
The main entrance opens on hall eighty
two feet long, sixty feet wide, and fifty-three
feet high, decorated in the modern Renais-
sance style; on the further side of this
hall, three doorways, each sixteen feet
wide and twenty-five feet high, open into
the center hall; this hall is eighty-three
leet square, the ceiling of the dome rising
over it ei ghty feet in height
From its east and west sides extend the
galleries, each ninety-eight feet long, eighty
eight feet wide, and thirty-five feet in
height: These. galleries admit of tempo
rary divisions for the more advantageous
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The principal portion of the structure is
one story in height, showing the main cor
nice upon tn outside at fnrty feet from the
ground, the interior height to the top OF the
ventilators in the avenues being seventy
feet, and in the aislcs forty feet. To break
the long lines upon the exterior, projections
have been introduced upon the four sides,
and the main. entrances finished with
facadcs, extending to seventy-eight feet in
height. The east entrance forms the prin-
cipal approach from street cars, from the
Main Exhibition building, and from the
railroad depot. Along the south side are
placed the boiler houses and such other
buildings for special kinds of machinery as
may be required. The west entrance
affords the most direct communication with
Georges hill, the point affording the best
view of the entire Exhibition grounds.
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HOW TO REACH THEM, AND PROVISION
MADE FOR THE ACCoMMoDA1 ION OF
VISITORS.
The Exhibition buildings are in immedi-
ate connection with the entire steam rail-
way system of the country, for the accom-
mediation of which two commodious depots
are located adjacent to the Exhibition
grounds.
They are also in immediate connection
with the entire street railroad system of the
city Of Philadelphia, which centers in a
grand concour-c, located adjacent 10 the
Main or Belmont avenue entrance
There are thirteen entrances to the Exhi-
hitiOn grounds.
The hours OF admission will be from
nine A. NJ. to six p. NJ.
The price of admission ia fifty cents
payable in one piece at the entrance gate
this one charge admits the visitor to every.
thing to he seen during the time he remains
within the inclosure.
y narrow gauge double track steam rail
way, three miles in length, has been fur
nlshed with its cqui pment as n special
exhibit, and is operated for the CONVEYANCE
oi passengers within the inclosed grounds,
at liked charge of five cents per passenger
per trip.
Rolling chairs are kept on hand, at desig-
mated stations within the principal Exhibi-
ton buildings, for conveyance of visitors
who may desire to use them. With attend
ants, the charge for their use by the hour
will be not exceeding seventy five cents each
per hour; without attendants, not exceed
ing thirty-fve or fifty cents each per hour
for each class OF chair respectively. Re
duced rates are charged where chairs are
engaged for number of hours.
Ordinary chairs that can be used by visi-
tors when desired, no charge being made
therefor, are kept on hand at designated
stations within the principal Exhibition
buildings.
Soda water fountains are located at con-
venient points within the principal build
ings, and in pavilions erected for the
purpose on the grounds. Charge per glass,
ten cents.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-05-31
ONE HUNDRED YEARS,
The Centennial Birthday of the
United States.
The Exhibition at Philadelphia--Views
of the Notable Buildings, and
Descriptions Thereof.
Machinery Hall.

This structure is located west of the in
tersection of Belmont and Elm avenues, at
distance of 542 feet from the west front of
the Main Exhibition building, and 274 feet
from the north side of Elm avenue. The
north front of the building is upon the
same line as that of the Main Exhibition
building, thus presenting frontage of 1924
feet from the east to the west ends of the
Exhibition buildings upon the principal
avenue within the grounds.
The building consists of the main hall,
$50 feet wide by ,402 feet long, and an an
mex on the south side of 2OS feet by 21O
feet: The entire area covered by the main
hall and annex is 55S, ,440 square feet, or
1882 acres Including the upper floors the
building provides fourteen acres of floor
space.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-05-31
Egyptian Curiosities.

The hierogly phics on the facade of the
Egyptian pavilion temple, in the Main
building, are translated by Mr.. f. Brugsch,
chief of transportation and installation in
the Egyptian section, as follows: "The
Viceroy has made for the Centennial cele-
bration, at Philadelphia, temple" In
addition to the valuable curiosities in this
section is collection of pottery and Egyp-
tian literature. The pottery comprises
suoke-pipes, small cups and saucers, vases
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-05-31

Every convenience for visitors is provided
in the House of Public Comfort including
separate parlors for ladies and gentlemen,
retiring rooms, barber shops, and coat and
baggage rooms, where packages of all kinds
are taken care of, checks being given.
Retiring rooms are also located at the en-
frances to all the principal buildings.
Checks are given at the carriage stands
near the carriage concourse, for vehicles
left in charge.
The telegraph service on the grounds
embraces central Office, in connection with
numerous sub-offices located in all parts of
the grounds and buildings, and at the car
riage stands.
A number of light wagonettes, seating ten
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-05-31
whittier's Centennial Hymn

Our fathers God from out whose hand
The centuries fall like grains Of sand,
We meet to-day. united, free,
And loyal to our land and Thee,
To thank Thee for the era done,
And trust Thee for the opening one.
Here where Of old, by Thy design,
The fathers spake that word Of Thine
Whose echo is the glad refrsin
or rended bolt and falling chain,
To grace our festal time from all
The zones Of earth our guests we call.
Be with rs whiio tue new world greets
The old world, thronging all It's streets,
dwelling all the triumphs won
BY art or toll beneath the sun;
Aud INTO common good ordain
This rivalship OF hand and brain.
Thou who hast here in connard furled
The war flags Of gathered world,
Beneath our western skies fulfill
The Orient's mission Of good will,
And, freighted with loves golden fleece,
Send back the argonauts of peace.
For art and labor met in truce,
For beauty made the bride Of use,
We thank Thee, while withaI we crave
The austere virtues strong to save,
The honor proof to place or gold,
The manhood never bought or sold!
oh! make Thou us, through centuries long,
In peace secure, and Justice strong;
Around our gift Of freedom draw
The safeguards Of Thy righteous law,
And, cast z some diviner mold,
Let the new cycle shame the old
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Ten Million Visitors.

Of the grand total of the crowds of visi
tors who will visit the Centennial grounds
during the summer, an exchange saya, the
lowest estimate is 10000, 600, and this is
100000 behind the visitors at Paris, but
nearly 100000 more than the visitors at
Vienna. The exhibitors at Philadelphia
will exceed 10000,
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passengers each, are run between the city
and the Exhibition grounds by the Exhibi-
tion transfer company, limited. The fare
is fifty cents per passenger each.way.
The Centennial National bank has estab-
lished convenient offices on the Exhibition
grounds, and deals in coin and exchange,
cash letters of credit, and afford visitors
every banking facility.
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A Centennial Feature.

A department at the Centennial under
takes the care of cloaks, shawls, umbrellas
and other hindrances brought by visitors.
For example, when a man arrives at the
show with light overcoat or an umb rell
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school books printed in Arabic, are orderly
arranged in elegant cases, and cannot fail to
command attention. Mr.. Brugsch has also
n portfolio filled with drawings Of sheets OF
perfectly representing the decayed and fall
ing apart originals.
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Agricultural Building.

This structure stands north of the Horti-
cultural building, and on the eastern side of
Belmont avenue. 1t illustrates a novel
combination of materials. Its materials are
wood and glass. ut consists of long nave
crossed by three transepts, both nave and
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are four towers seyenty-fve feet in height,
and between the towers and the central pro-
lections or entrances there is a lower roof
introduced, showing a cornice twenty-four
feet above the ground.
In order to obtain central feature for
the building as whole, the roof over the
central part, for 1874 feet square, has been
raised above the surrounding portion, aud
four towers, forty-eight feet square, rising to
l2O feet in height, have been introduced at
the corners of the elevated roof.
The areas covered are as follows:
Square Ts>t. Aeres
Ground floor. ........ .s72 $40 20O2
Upper floors In projections 37.34i .85
9" towers. 90 344 go
996,0Os 21.47
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Extensive heating arrangements are pro-
vided in the basement, which is of fire.
proof construction, and the restaurant
kitchens will also be located there.
Surrounding this building there are
thirty-five acres of ground, which will be
devoted to horticultural purposes, and have
been suitably planted. In this plot there
is an extensive series of sunken gardens.
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which he doesn't want to be bothered wit
on his long tour through the Exhibition,h
delivers it, receives check for it, designate
any station in the Exhibition grounds
transported there by sprite in uniform and
delivered to him at any hour.
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The Exhibition Grounds.

HOW TO REACH THEM, AND PROVISION
MADE FOR THE ACCOMMoDAl ION OF
VISITORS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-02-09
LEGISLATIVE.

In the Virginia Senate, yesterday: Mr.. Hin.
tor called up the resolution recalling FROM tbs,
House Senate bill 10 relation to the repeal ct
the charter of the M0utpclier Association, auc
moved that it be tabled indefinitely. Mr..
Hinton during his remarks said that every III
dividual member Of the B card of Trustees Of
that association who had been guilty of dereIcc-
ton OF duty should be held responsible in dol
lars and cents. Mr. Hinton spoke in very plain
language in relation 10 the cordlct Of the trus-
tees. Senator Smith of N4I$oo, who is one If
the trustees, asked Mr., Hilton to whom did
he refer Mr. Hitter repicl, Il int2ud i, for
you as much as for any other trustee"
Mr.. Smith replied that he wanted Mr.. Hin
ton to understand that this was the Senate
Of Virginia, aud not Ward meeting in Pc
tersburg.
The debate was continued a; some length,
between Mcssrs. Smith and Hinton, aoi was
very spicy.
The resolution offered By Mr. Hinton was
Withdrawn.
The vote was taken on recalling the bill from
the Hous,, and was carried N the atirma,
tive
10 the House OF Delegates, the con- mittee,
entrusted with the matter, reported adversely
upon the proposition Of Yves Virginia inviting
the State OF Virginia to make an appropriation
towards the erection of monument at Point
Pleasant in the former State.
Senate bill Incorporating The Richmond Aged
Women Humane Association, WAS passed
The bill to permit the Richmond CRY g uard
to uniform themselves 10 such manucr IL they
may decide, was taken w, but pending The dis
cussiou, the hour ofspccial order arrived
The bill appropriating 100000 to the Uni.
versity oil Virginia, was takcu up, the question
being the amendment, giving the Hampton
Normal School $1,000. This was advocated
by colorcd delegates, Poindcxter, Ruff, p. X.
Jones, and Branch ard BY llr. Gordon, and
opposed by Messrs. Bagwell, Smith, of Eau
quer, aud Massey, ard was defeated.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-02-09
FOREIGN WIS.

Iu the course of the debate in the British
Parliament, yesterday, on the address to the
Queen, Mr.. Disraeli in the House of Com
mons and Lord Derby in the Lords defended
the course taken by the Government in the
purchase of the Khcdive's shares in the Suez
Canal, the slavery circular, and the qualified
approval of the refnlm; in Turkey proposed by
Couat Andrassys cote. The address Was pass.
cd 10 both Huuses.
The steamship Rotterdam, on which Win,
slow the Boston forgcr is supposed to be a
passenger, was at Gravesend yesterday ,coaline.
1t is reported that the Austrian squadron
has been ordered to K!eck.
The London World deuies the story of the
Marquis of Rpon's gift Of 9lO 900 to the
Pope.
The Waachian Chamber has voted four
million of piastrcs for army equipm cnt. Dur
ing the debate Oh the question the War Min
lister repeated the assurances that the govern
ment's policy was pacific and neutral
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-02-09
H4esteF from IsmDi,a!lannOck.

re- rrcSp9i d nee o! the AeXan1ria Gazette.
WOuDvILLE RAPpAHANNOCK Co., VA,
February s 1876. Three fatal accidents have
occurred in this c1u2ty during the last two
weeks, the unfortunate victims being all coorcd
women. The first of ,hcm was a girl, Julia. lii
the employ OF John Young, near Woodvie.
who attempted to kindc fire with coal oil,
aul the flames following the oil to the can
burst it and cuveloped the unfortunate and
careless womln in a sheet of flames, which
were DOT arrested till her clothes were entirely
burut off. She died in a few days, after terri
bic suffarngs The secoud was womap,
Evcline. ucar the Slate Mills, whose dress, a
calico one, caught whilst she was standing in
front q u i;c place, with her back to the fire.
In her agonles, shc SET fire to two beds, which
We're entirely destroyed. and 10 the building,
the latter, however, being cxtinguished before
any damage was done. 1t appears she at
tempted to smother the flames by jumping in
to the beds and covering herself with the bed
coverings. The third case occurred in the
neiehborhocd Of Washington, our couAty seat,
and was similar to the one just described.
TIE gale on Tuesday night last, which pass
cd over this region, was the scvcrest we have
had for macy years, and the damage done was
considerable, though not serious. We learn
of several houses, one or Two buildings and
some other structures that were blown down,
and all. more or less, demolished, 10 one in
stance the roof OF large mill, near Spcrry
vile, having been blown IF. The damage TO
icrcing was general, but few farms escaping
'plc loss. There was no loss of Iif,, but many
houses We're shaken as if to their very FONDA
tlous, in several cases causing complete paulc
TO the persons inside.
The time during which our public schools
ae luG, FIVE months, expired on Friday last,
though some Of them will be cootlnued as pri-
vate schools for the remainder Of the school
year.
new dstIcry has been built and now 10
operation at Bloomfield five miles from this
place, on Thornton river, owned by A. L.
Walden, with Mr.. Wood as store. keeper The
wEi>kcy made is said to be of very fair char
acter.
We have had the first snow of the season,
following immediately upon the precpitate re-
treat OF his pr0gnCslc hogshlp, who seeming
snow and foul weather for the next forty days,
hastily hetook himself to the mere congenlaI
lat tuda Of his subtCrrauean abode.
Our County Court, Judge j. L. Strothcr,
meets OF Monday, the l4h inst, at which
time there will be tried several cases of felony
and other crimes L.