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AMERICAN AWARDS AT THB
WORLD’S INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION IN
(^LONDON.
Wi have the pleasure to-day of communicat
ing to our readers and the public, a list of the
“ Awards made by the Royal Commissioners to
the American Contributors to the Industrial
Exhibition at London.” This interesting re
port was received from the agent, Mr. Riddle,
by the steamer which arrived at New York on
Sunday, and through the politeness of Mr.
Kennedy, Secretary of the Central Committee,
we are enabled thus promptly to make it public.
London, October 13,1851.
HSir : I beg leave to hand you my report from
the Great Exhibition. The commission with
which I was honored by the Executive Com
mittee of the Central Authority of the United
States, bears date the of January, 1851.
I arrived in London, in pursuance of the in
structions you had given me, on the 27th of
March. The contributions shipped from our
country in tbe St. Lawrence had been deposit
ed in the building a few days before, and other
contributions freighted by private vessels, were
daily arriving. No preparation of tbe division
allotted to our countrymen had been made be
yond that of mere shelter for themselves and
their goods. In common with other foreign
nations, it was expected that all expenses ne
cessary for properly arranging and displaying
our contributions to the Exhibition, and for
securing care and safety to them while it should
continue, were to be borne by ourselves. Nei
ther counters, tables, fixtures, nor platforms;
neither coverings, standards, railings, nor deco
rations, had been provided. Our goods were
iu the building under the seals of the customs ;
our contributors were many of them present,
anxious for seme step to be taken which would
secure to them the purpose for which they had
crossed the ocean ; our neighbors, the French,
Russians, and inhabitants of the different coun
tries of the Zoll-Verein, were busily engaged
in forwarding the work within their respective
divisions : and the Executive Committee of tbe
Royal Commission were urging speed upon all
foreigners, in order that every thing should be
in readiness on the day of opeuing, the Ist of
May. Under these circumstances, after re
ceiving the advice of the American Minister,
and with the full approbation of the contribu
tors, expressed in a formal resolution at a
public meeting, I negotiated a loan from
George Peabody, Esq., an American mer
chant residing iu London, for fifteen thous
and dollars. The whole expenses to which the
Commission from the United States has been
aubjected I herewith subjoin.
No report of the Great Exhibition can do it
full justice. No aggregate of reports, though
that aggregate should comprise the reports of
every local commissioner to the body which
appointed him, of every foreign commissioner
to his Government, of every savant iu Europe
to the society which furnished his credentials, of
the juries to the council of chairmen, of these
latter to the executive committee of tho execu
tive committee to the royal commissioners, and
associations, agricultural societies, and Titerary
institutions, by the ablest men living, could, alto
gether though such a volume would contain an
extraordinary amount of useful information,
convey any adequate idea of the almost exhaust
less resources of this storehouse of the world’s
industrial products. Least of all can this report,
prepared in the midst of constant claims, the
most adverse to scientific investigation, upon
my time and thoughts, present to you any true
exponent of what tho Great Exhibition really
was. Indeed, it does net claim to be any thing
more than a synopsis of such information as
could be gathered from certain portions of the
Exhibition, in which, it seemed to me, my coun
trymen would be most interested.
It is to be regretted that the interest in the
Great Exhibition did not take an earlier hold
of public sentiment in our country. Os what
we tlid send—which, according to the testimony
of every visitor from the United States, was n j
adequate representation of our industrial con
dition—we stood second to no one ofthethree
and-thirty nations assembled there, either in
articles of utility, labor-saving inventions, or
perfect machinery. What might we not have
accomplished had every branch of labor, and
every variety of interest over our widespread
country, been fitly represented ? The contri
butors from every other country, without a
solitary exception, came to the Exhibition under
Governmental patronage. Every facility for
preparation had been given them at home;
every stimulus to excellence in their manufac
tures which profit and public honor and rivalry
could give had been applied; every expense
for outfit, transit, and the most favorable exhi
bition of their goods within the palace, had been
paid from the public purse; and in many cases
the favor of the Government towards the most
forward of iu exhibiters had amounted to an
absojute bonus on the articles transmitted. And
yet, in the face of these odds, according to the
reports of the Jurors of Awards, to the testimo
ny of English journals for tho last six weeks of
the Exhibition, and to universal opinion every
where expressed, there was no division in tho
foreign department of the building from which
had been taken for the benefitof Great Britain
and Continental Europe so much that was novel,
ingenious, and practical in its application to
the useful arts, as from that in which were dis
played the contributions from the United
States.
In iu reflex influence upon our industrial
condition, I regard the exhibition as boing far
from useless. Great numbers of our people
have not congregated iu London during the
past season in vain. Unlike what has been
the fact heretofore, the majority who visited
England were practical men. Our agricultu
risU were there to compare the farm implements
which we use, with those in use iu Europe ; to
study the processes by which the waste moors
of England have been made a garden; to test the
experiments and learn the resulU of chemical
agriculture; and to introduce at home that
which had proved iUelf pre-eminently success
ful abroad. Our mechanics have not studied
in vain the state and products of mechanical
skill as they were erhibited in that great ware
house of the world; and while they have had no
occasion to be ashamed of the show from their
own workshops—save in paucity of specimens
—they have learned much to encourage and
improve their industry at home. Our manu
facturers have compared processes of labor, in
vestigated new introductions in machinery,
familiarized themselves with recent inventions,
learned much in designs and a higher style of
patterns, and prepared themselves batter for
future competition in the market with foreign
fabrics It would not perhaps be safe to say
that, to every practical or scientific man a
month spent at the Great Exhibition was a
source of more improvement at large than a
year of foreign travel would hayebeeu; but it
is safe and quite within the bounds of ftict to
assort, that, as an agricultural, mechanical, and
manufacturing people, we have gained more
stimulus that will be felt, and more knowledge
that will be useful, and more soience that will
be applied, in our onward industrial progress,
irom what has been seen the last six months iu
London, than we should have attained other-I
wise in twice that number of years
Agreeably to announcement in iny last letter,
I herewith enclose you the list of American
awards.
As I have not received any reply from you
up to this date of the intention of the Secretary
of the Navy to send for the United States goods,
I presume, in case of receiving no instructions
to this effect, when the goods are ready for
shipment, I must, on my own responsibility,
charter a vessel for this pu rpooe; a result which
I yet hope will not be imposed upon me.
In taking my leave of the Executive Com
mittee, I desire to express, through you, nsy
grateful acknowledgments to them for their
countenance, encouragement, and support.
I also wish to make honorable mention of
my secretary, N. S. Dodge, Esq. The valua
ble assistance he has rendered me and the
American, contributors is eminently worthy of
your notice. During my tempo/ary absence
m the United States I appointed him acting
Commissioner, and [ need hardly say I was not
missed, such was the able manner in which he
conducted the business of our department, and
the untiring zeal he evinced to bring our con
tributions fairly before the juries of awards.
To him am I likewise indebted for the princi
pal elements of my report.
I would also desire to express my sincere ac
knowledgments to each member of the Execu
tive Committee of the Royal Commissioners
for the kindness, courtesy, and attention I have
received at their hands.
And uow, in conclusion, I would say, that if
I have discharged my duties acceptably to the
committee I represent, to the American con
tributors and my friends, my highest ambition
is obtained, my earnest wish accomplished.
lave the honor to be, very respectfully, your
obedient servant, Epw’b Riddle.
N. B. I enclose a list of appropriations made
by the several foreign Governments represent
ed at the Great Exhibition.
To the Hon. J. G. C. Kennedy. Secretary of
the Executive Committee tor the Industrial
Exhibition at London, IBSL
A Lilt of Awards to United States Contri
butor* at the Great Exhibition of all Nations.
Class I. —Prize Medals. —Adirondac Manu
facturing Company, N York, forSteel and Iron;
Morrit, Jones & Company, Plate Iron ; New Jersey
Exploring and Mining Company, Zinc ores, Iron
(Fronkliaite) ores, smelting proces*; Trenton Iron
Company, Iron of fine quality, ores, Ac. Honorable
Mentions —Adirondac Manufactuiing Company, N.
Ycik, Cast-iron, Ac.; Morrell, Stewart A Com
pany, Sheet iron; Morris, Jones A Company, Boiler
plate ir> n.
Class 11. Council Medal —Borden, Goel, jr.,
Por preparation called meat biscuits. Prize Medals
—lJarnes, W., Marie sugar; Hell, T., Soft wheat
from Genesee; Dean, L, M»p!e sugar; Dill &
Mulchakey, Cavendish tobacco ; Du Died, E , Him ;
Grunt, J. H., Cavendish tobacco; Hecker A Bro
ther, Genesee fbur; Herriot, E. Y., Carolina rice ;
Kr'land, B. 8., a collection of maiz\ thirty-five
varieties; New York State Agricultural Society,
Collection cf wheats; Raymond 4 Schuyler, Flour,
(thirds); Robinson, P., Cavendish t( bucco; Sehoo
ley A Hough, Ham, Cincinnati Honorable Men
tions. —Bridge, Jolid, Oil cake ; Dominick, George,
Laid; Hecker A Brother, Farina ; Ho'cbkiss, \V.,
Wheat; Lee, James A Company, OH cake ; MooV
ler A Chiles, Cavendish tobacco; Oswego Starch
Factory, Pecula of maize; Oyier A An lerson,
Caven 1 i»b tobacco ; Thomas, James, Cavendish to
bacco; Thomas A Company, Cavendish tobacco;
White, M., Muscovado sugar.
Class 111 —Prize Medal —Power A Weight
man, Chemicals. Honorable Mention. —Wetberill
A Brother, Various 'alts.
Class IV.— Prize il/ecia/.-—Bond, cettoa;
Coekerlil, wool; Cole ate, W., A Company, starch ;
Ewin, J. H , wool ; Hampton, W., cotton ; Hicks,
George, Tillandsia Usnoides; Holmes, G. L., cotton;
H*chki*s, H. G. & L. 8., oil ofp ppermint; Jones,
J. R., cotton ; Jone 3, J. V., cotton ; Kimber, A. M.
A Company, wool; Maeleod, W. W., cotton; Ma
ryland, the State of, collection of produce ; Merri
welker, J. B-, cotton ; Perkins A Brown, wool;
Pope, J., eotton ; Seabrook, W.,cotton; Thomson,
tlAi IATh y
Emory. T., lard oil; Peuchtwanger, E t) bleached
shellac ; Prank, F., lard oil ; Goddard, L., whale
oone ; Holbrook A Stanley, lard oil; Kettcridge P:
f>., corn husk fibre; Pell, R. J., woods; Trues
dale, Jaecbs A Co., cottoa.
Class V. (a)— Prize A/edato.-—Childg, C., a
slide-lop buggy or phaeton, enamelled leather of
apron of very superior quality. The whole well got
up, and neatly finished; Waken. G. W., a spotting
wsgon, very neatly finished in all respects.
fuss Vl. —Council Medal* —Dick, D, virious
engineer's tools and presses. Prize Aledals
Blodgett »nJ Lerow, Sewing machine; Earl, T. K
A Co , earJ clothing ; Hayden, W , drawing regu
lator fi r cotton ; I owed Machine Shop, self-acting
lathe and power loom ; Starr, C. f bork binding a,a
ebitie ; Woodbury, J. P , wood planing, tongueirg.
rnd groving machine.
Class VII.— Prize Medal —lron Bridge Manu
fictory, New York, model of Ryder’s patent iron
bridge
Class VIII. —Prize Medals. —National Institu
tion of W'sshingtou, models of ships of war, and
large merchant vessels; St. John, J. R., nautical
compass, purporting to show the presence of any
d starting forces npon'he needle; and also to show
the amount of the (inflection resulting from these
causes. Honorable Men'ions.— Colt, Samuel, re
volving rfljs and pistols; Palmer, W. R., target
rifii; Hobins A Lawrence, military r‘H s.
Class IX.— Council Med A.— McCormick, C.
H.* reaping machine. Prize Medal. —Prouty A
Meare, Plow.
Class X — Counc'l Medal. —Bond, William &
Son for the invention of a new mode of observing
astronomical phenomena, Ac. Prize Medals
Bache, A. D., Balance; Brady, M. B.; Daguerreo
types; Burt, VV. A., Solar compass, surveying in
struments; Ericsson, J.. sea load, pyrometer, Ac ;
Lawrence, M. M , daguerreotypes ; St. John, John
R., detector compass ; Whipple, J. A., daguerreo
type of the mom. Honorable Menti. n.— Mayall,
J. E., photographs.
Class X In,)-Prize Medals.—(whickering, J.,
for a square pianoforte, and tho jury think highly of
his graod pianoforte; Eisenbnnt, C. W., for claiio
nels and flutes ; Gemunder, G., for a Jcs ph Guar
neriue violin, (ehiefly,) and for three other violins,
and a viola; M < yer, C., for two pianoforte!; Nunns,
R. A Clark, for a 7- ictave square pianoforte. Hon
orable Mentions. —Gilbert A Co., for a piano forte,
with Aiolian attachment; Goodyear, C., for tho
successful application of a new material (India rub
ber) for the manufacture ofa flute ; Hew, G., for a
auare piano forte ; Pirson, J., far a patent iqiaro
ano forte. Money Award.— Wood, J. S. fc.r the
expenses incurred in con trueting his piano violin.
*SO. *
Class Xi.~- Prize Medals.— Amoskeag Manu
facturing Co., an assortment of drillings, tickings,
sheetings, and cotton flannel; Willimantic Duck
Manufacturing Co., cotton sailcloth.
Cla«s Xll. —Prize Medal. —Gilbert A Stavens.
Mass, flannels exhibited by John on, Lewell &
C*. Honorable Mention. —Holden, B. T. &D.
blanket*.
Clam XV. —Prize Medal.— Lawrence, Stone
A Co., Tartans made from native wool.
Class XVl .—Prize Medals —Baker, 8., light
harness of superior workmanship; Crawford, H.
M., calf-skins tanned in oak bark; Hickey A Tull,
two portmanteaus; Ltoy A Phillips, a care of ha -
nesa; Wisdom, Rnsaell A Whitman, specimens of
curled hair, for furniture. Honorable Mention
Adams H., a portable saddle.
Class XVII.— Prize Medals. —Hem hi, J. ff.,
superior rating of account book*; Howe, S, G.,
a system of ehiracters, slightly angular in form,
w thout capitals, for the bind. Honorable Men
tion*. —Bradley, Band A book cloth binding
and block gilding ; Gassett, H. # superior ruling of
account books ; J, & W. f ruled account
hookaaad circular ruling; Libel! A Mott, speci
mens of account books; Starr, 0., binding works
for tho blind, with thickened margins to prevent (he
embossing from being pressed out; Walker, E. A
Go., a Bible elaborately bound and ornamented, wi h
a recess fore family register inside the cover.
Class XIX Prize Medal.- Albro A Hiyt,
floor cloths. Honorable Mention.— Lawrence A
A A. A Co., Carpet. ’
Class XX.— Prize Medals.— Addington, W.
H., Shoes for mining purposes , Haight, Mrs. W
Shirt; Jeffers, W. ft., (the workmen of) Ladies’
boots and shoes, (bc .orab'3 mention to Exhibition.)
Honorable Mentions. Brood, N. A. A Co., Chil
dren’s shoes; Jeffers, W. H., Collection of boots
and shoes, (prise medal to the workman) ; Mil
ward, Jutnes A Sons, Bonnets made of eotton
braid.
._ -“Prize Medals.— Brown A Welle,
loole; North Way ns Scythe C*,, Scythes j Sim.
tnonr, D. A Co., Edge-tool*. Honorable Mention.
—Allen, A. B. & Go., Tools.
Cusi XXK.— Prize Medals .—Adame & Co.,
Bank look ; Arrowsmith, G. A., Permutation loekr;
Chilson, Kichatdson & Co., Het-air furnace; Cor
nelius & Co., Chandelier*; Day & Newell, Parau
toptic per mutating looks, (with special arprobation); {
Herring, S. C., Salamander safe; Howland, C.,
Bell telegraph; McGregor & Lee, Bank lock.
Honorable Mention.— Pond & Co., Cooking stores.
Class XXlV.— Prize Medal. ---Brooklyn Flint
Glass Co.. Flint glass.
Class XXVI.-- Honorable Mention.—Vi, Ra
gan, Mechanical reelining chair,
Class XXVII Hor’.rable Mentions.—Mary
land Soap-stone Co., For articles made of soap
stone; SeM Ac, Water raße ot fine brick day.
Class XXVIII.— Council Mi dal -Goodyear,!
For India rubber. Prize Med*’?.— J. Fenn, For
Comb ; Hayward Robber Company, India rubber
shoe- ; Lorirg, G., Water p. ’l; Moulton, 8. C.,
India robber goods; Pratt, Julius & Co., Ivory
veneer.
Class XXIX.-— Prize Mcdule.— Bazin, Xavier
& Co., Fancy soaps; Hand, J., Toilet soaps;
Louderback, M. J., Preserved peaches ; Maryland,
State of, Collection of produce ; St. John, J. R.,
Soip ; Tavlor. H. P. & W. C., Toilet Soip.
Class XXX -‘-Prize Medal.— Powers, Hiram,
Statue of a Greek Slave, in marble.
Last Day es the Great Exhibition.
The World’s Fair at London was finally
closed on the 15th inst., having been closed to
the public several days previous. Notwith
standing the great space devoted to the
letter of Mr. Riddle and the American awards
we cannot omit the following account given by
the London Timet of the closing scene:
As the day wore en, a remarkable concentra
tion of people in the nave began to be discern
ible. The side avenues and courts were de
serted, and from end to end of the building
nothing was to be seen but a great sea of hu
man beings filling up the centre, and agitated by
a thousand different currents of curiosity, which
kept the mass in motion without progress
Time passed, and the circulation in tbe transept
became rather impeded. The people seemed
to be taking up their position there, and the
galleries, as far as the eye could reach, were oc
cupied by spectators, who, >s they gazed on
the vast assemblage beneath, evidently appear
ed to expect that seme public demonstration
was about to be made.
The organs, which had been played constant
ly during the eaily part of the day, were now
silent, and even that* wonderful man Herr Som
mer, with his still more wonderful instrument,
sent forth no longer those astonishing volumes
of sound which have rendered him, par tx'el
lencr, the trumpeter of the Exhibition No
thing was to be neard but that strange and mys
terious hum of voices which, rising from all
large assemblages, is imposing, hut which, in
the Crystal Palace, swelling upward from mere
than fifty thousand people, loaves an impres
sion upon the mind not soon to lie forgotten.
It was drawing near five o’clock, the whole
nave east and west, the area of the transept,
and the galleries, might be seen packed with a
dense mass of black hats, through which at in
tervals, a struggling female bonnet emerged
here and there into light.
The vast multitude had now become sta
tionary , and were evidently awaiting, in silent
but intense excitement, the last act of a great
event, immortal in the annals of the nineten'.h
century. It was a solemn and affecting sceue,
such as has rarely been witnessed, and for
which an opportunity cannot toon again
arise. Words cannot do it justice, and
fall utterly to convey the mystery and the
grandeur thus embodied to the eye. Let the
reader fancy what it must have been to com
prehend with one glance fifty thousand people
assembled under one roof in a fairy palace,
with walls of iron and glass, the strongest ant
the most fragile material happily and splendidly
combined. Let him. if he can, picture to him
i^ifpcASa^cSfe
munity and the remotest corners of the g ohe.
Let him tax his imagination to the uttermost,
and still beyond the material magnificence of the
spectacle presented to him—let him remember
that the stream of life on which he looks dowe
contains in it the intellect and the heart of the
greatest metropolis in the most powerful em
pire in the world —that strong feelings such
as rarely find utterance in a form so sublime,
are about to find expression from that multi
tude, and that in heathen times, even when
liberty was still a new power upon the earth,
the voice of the people was held to be the voice
of God.
Not only the days but the minutes of the
Great Exhibition were numbered, and the first
sign of its dissolution was given by Osier’s
crystal fountain. Just befere five o’clock
struck, the feathery jet of water from Osier’s
crystal fountain suddenly ceased,and the silence
of the vast assemblage became deeper auc
more intense. The moment at last came. Mr.
Bradshaw appeared et the west corner of the
transept gallery on the south side, bearing a
large red flag in his hand. This he displayed
as the deck struck, and instantly all the organs
in the building were hurling into the air the
well known notes ol the national anthem. At
the same moment the assembled multitude un
covered ; and those who saw this act of loyalty
from an advantageous position will long re
member the effect which it produced upon their
minds Where just before nothing wss visible
but a mass of black hats stretching ayvay unti
lost in the distance, immediately there appear
ed a greatsea of upturned animated faces,
and to the seleiun silence of expectancy suc
ceeded a volume of sound in which the voices
of the people were heartily joined.
As soon as the anthem had closed, there arose
such cheers as Englishmen alone know how te
give. These were continued for several minutes,
aud when the last of them died away,there passed
over the entire building, and with an effect
truly sublime, a tremendous rolling sound, like
that of thunder, caused by thousands of leet
stamping their loyalty upon the boarded ffoors.
Under this demonstration every part of the
edifice trembled, and. ns it swept from west to
east many an eye was raised with anxiety to the
girders and pillars, which in long perspective
were stretched out before them. And new the
time had arrived for the death peal of the exhi
bition to be rung out. Some oue hung out
from the gallery of the transept apiece of cal
ico, on which waa inscribed the well-known
passage from Shakspear s Tempest, Ac.;
“ Our revels now are ended ; these our actors
As I foretell you, were all spirits, and 1
Are melted into sir, into thin air t
And, like the (useless fabric of this vision
Tbs cloud-clapped towers, the gorgeous palaces.
The solemn temple*, the great globe itself
Tea, all which it inherit, shall dusolro,
Anl, like this nniubitantial [ageant faded
Leave not a rack behind. ’
A minute ortwo was allowed to elapse before
the fatal signal was given, and during this brief
interval the assemblage [remained silent and
motionless. At last it came, and a perfect storm
ol bell peals broke over the building. The
committee seemed to have collected all their
strength for a last effort in this department of
their duties, and wo do hope that to the other
statistics of the great undertaking now closed
may at once be added the number of tympa
nums broken on the final day. Ireland has
sent the most powerful bells to the Exhibition
but these resources, added to the bells of all
nations, wero deemed insufficient, and China
had to come to the rescue with her gongs and
India to strike up some fine savage notes from
her tom-toms, before the signs of an intention
to depart were unmistakably manifested. The
concourse of people for a loug time remained
massed together, as if no power could separate
or fuso them; but at last small currents aud
ripples of human beings might be seen setting
toward the exit-doors, and these gradually in
creased in volume aud rapidity as the shades
•f evening fell. One by one the gus lamps were
lighted, aud the building, divided between the
empire of day and night, assumed an aspect
curiously in harmony with its defunct character.
The crowds flowed out faster every minute,
and first the western and then the eastern por
tions of the nave began to show vacant spaces.
In the mean time the ringing of the bells was
Occasionally suspended, aud in the intervals
■earty cheers were given for Prince Albert, tor
The Prince of Wales, for Mr. Paxton, for Mr.
Fox, for the exhibitors, and upon various other
grounds. An attempt, too, was made by some
vocalists to get up a musical performance, but
their efforts were instantly drowned by the re
vived energies of the ringers. Some one pro
posed a cheer for Kossuth, but it met with no
■espouse, except some derisive laughter. The
fcalleries and the eastern and western naves had
Bow been completely cleared, but a deuse body
Mtill clung round the crystal fountain, many
filling bottles with water from it as a memento,
and others struggling in vain to approach it for
that purpose. The police and the sappers ap
peared on the scene, first in small knots, and
then, when they had moved the people on a lit
tle, in extended line. By gently pressing on
them they at last induced them to* go, but it was
dark and half past 6 o’clock before the building
was completely cleared, and the bells finally
ceased tolling.
The Executive Committee, aud the chief
members of their staff, met in the transept when
it was all over, and many and hearty were the
congratulations which they exchanged on the
happy termination of their brilliant labors. It
is rarely, indeed, that a body of men have as
sembled at the close of any undertaking with
more legitimate ground for feeling pleasure and
satisfaction. The Great Exhibition has been
mainly the work of their hands, and its trium
phant suacess is naturally rtgarded by them as
their highest reward. Even the sappers parti
cipated in the gratification which the event of
Saturday inspired, and before the building was
left to silence and solitude they made its dim
and shadowy interior ring with three hearty
cheers for the Queen.
Chronicle anil Sentinel.
Ati gUSTA, OS :
BUNDAY MORNING NOV. 2.
Georgia Agricultural Fair.
Wx had the pleasure of being present at
this great exhibition at Maeon, on Wednesday
and Thursday last, and it was truly a great
one; whether we view it in reference te
the variety, or number of articles exhibited,
or the concourse of persona present.
la the Stook department, the number and
quality was iodeed fine. Our enterprising
cit ; zens, Messrs. R. Peters, J. V. Jones, of
DeKalb, and J. B. Jones, of Barke, made a
fine display in Cattle.
The Poultry department, we venture to say.
has never been cq tailed in the South, and
probably never surpassed in the North. We
conversed with several gentlemen who had
frequently attended Noithern Fairs, aud they
assured us that they had never seen it equalled.
Id this department, our friends Rermond, of
Atlanta, Collins, of Macon, and Dr. Uattey,
of Rome, were the principal contributors.
The exhibition of Machinery was indeed
fine, particularly Engines. There were three
fine Engines on the ground—one of them
from Montgomery, Alabatni, made by Gi>-
drat Sc Co.,which for high and beauti ul finish
surpassed any of the k : nd we ever saw.
But it was the Ladies’ department that at
tracted the meat attention and called forth the
highest encomiums. It certainly was far au
in the South, and could' not be excelled any
where.
We were pleased to see eo many inventions in
Agricultural Implement. This shows that our
people are studying out the process of hew to
“ make ,wo blades of grass grow where only
ono grew before ” A fall and detailed descrip
tion of which, together with the premiums
awarded, will be given by our correspondent
in a few days.
A to the vast concourse in alien
dance, which was made up of cit zens of South
Carol.na, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Alaba
ma and Mississippi, and variously estimated on
Thursday, the day we left, at twelve to fifteen
thousand.
Tha receipts at the ga.e up to Thors Jay
evaniDg bad reached over three thousand dol
lars at twenty-five cents admittance, and the
committee expected over si,ooo more
from members of the Association and additional
visitors.
The annual address of Judge Andrews,
was,in consequence of the rain on Wednesday,
delivered on 'lhursday, which we regret we
did not hear—as it was spoken of as a most
practical aud masterly production. Indeed,
just such an one as every roan familiar with
his practical manner of treating all subjects and
strong intellectual powers, anticipated.
The grounds were well chosen and admira
bly arranged, an engraving of which will ae
company our detailed report.
Every thing seemed to be conducted in tbe
best possible manner and everyone seemed to
be highly delighted.
Although not very appropriate in thia
brief notice, we cannot omit to mention the
admirable condition in which we found the
Georgia Railroad, the excellence of the splen
did new Car in which we traveled over it,
sarpassing in ease any in which we ever rede'
The excellent appointment of the road in all
its departments-officers who aaaaa to study
tha comfort of passengers, and eating houses
at Betzslia and Social Circle which are unsur
passed by railroad Hotels any where in our
travels. In short, tbe reed aeems in batter
condition to supply the wants of the pnblie, and
contribute to swell the coffere of it* stockhold
ers than at any former period of its history.
"I wish to esll your attention, Messrs. Editors, to
the following fact: The Amended Couttitutien ssys
thero shall not bo more than 130 members of the
Haute of ftepreaentatieee. Since that amendment.
end without further change of Constitution, two
now counties (Clinch and Gordon) have been croa
toili eson has a member. This will make 132
*'«• of course unconstitutional for more
tk “ j* tttk « MU*. Who will hara to giva
1 hkri isaaother elaaae of the Constitution,
to which our correopondent has not alluded,
that guarantee* to each eonuty a Representa
tive. So that if the members elect from Gor
don and Clinch arc either admitted to, or ex
cluded from seats, the Constitution will be vio
lated. The difficulty, however, is easily got
ten ever. The Legislature at its last session,
the same that organised the new counties, sew
the embarrassment, end provided for it, by
passing a bill to alter the Constitutioa so as to
admit the additional tnembars. This Dill has
only to be passed by the present legislature by
the requisite majority to become e part of the
Constitution. This can be accomplished in
the first week o f the sersion without difficulty,
after which the members from Clinch and
Gordon can be admitted to seats. They
will only be kept out of tii ir seats a few days.
Opera and Ballet Troupe.
Tux original New Orleaus Opera and Ballet
Troupe,announce an exhibition of their very
pleasing and popular performances, in which
they have won high encomiums in other cities
they have visited, to take plaee at Concert
Hall, to-morrow evening. See advertisement.
The Southern Meo:cal Journal for No
vember, containing its uaua varie'y of matter
in its peeuliar sphere, has been laid on our
table by the Publisher, James McCaffxrty.
The River, we are very much gratified to
announce, has risen within the last two days
sufficiently to he navigable, and steamboats
can now recall our wharves without difficulty
Consul Owen.
We received, by brig Gulnare, at Charles
ton, says tbe Susannah Republican, the sub
orned {note from Mr. Owen. We comply
with what we suppose to be his wish (its publi
cation) with pleasure, and we doubt not the
pnbtic will accord to him the favor he asks:
Havana, Oct. 20, 1851. To the Editors of
the Savannah Bej ul/'.lean — Gentlemen: — I have
no official information of my recall, but the
fact is asnoaneedin the papers of Naw Orleans
and New York. 1 must request that you will
do me the favor to ask that the public shall not
judge me till they shall hear me ful'y. 1 ask
nothing from their mercy ; but 1 have a right
to justice.
Very respectfully, &c ,
A. F. Owen.
Justice to Lopez.
Nil de Mortals nisi boaum, is a maxim that
every generous spirit will approve. Lopez
tested his faith and sincerity in the most satis
factory manner that it waa possible for him.
He waa brave, and we mast believe honett,
though weak and credulous—deceived rather
than deceiving—“more sinned against than sin
ning." We recollect the story that was current
of his attempt to buy his life by making certain
disclosures. We are glad to see that this stigma
does not rest upon the memory of a bravo
man. We publish, with pleasure, the follow
ing letter from the Delta A T . Orleans Bulle
tin.
Havana, Sept. 17, 1851.
L J. Sioux, Esq.—Dear Sir: I have the
honor of addressing these few lines to you by
request of the unfortunate Don N. Lopez, ex
ecutei in this city on the first of this month—a
request which be made to me as his brother
in-law, and his testamentary executor. 1 was
permitted to confer with him in prison, a few
moments before his death, and he charged me
in a moat particular uanuer to transmi to you
his last adieu, and the expressions of his warm
affection and gratitude for your constant kind
ness aud great services to him. He also re
quested me—and mentioned it several timaa—
tinsialia repetidss vecea,) that I should ask you
as a last favor, to piece the trunk of papers,
letters, etc., which he left with yea, in my pos
session, so thil I might destroy such as relate
to his expedition! to this la’aud, of a character
to compromise in the least any person connect
ed with these enterprises.
1 therefore entreat you to aff>rd me the fa
cilities of executing the last wishea of our
common friend, and as I cannot travel to your
city, 1 beg you to info: m me if you are disposed
to accede to his desires; in which case I will
send you a person clothed with the proper
powers, who will execute in your presence the
destruction of those papers, reserving only
in GeOeVi? * k! * ar,n * oH hair, now residin'
In his last moments, when he was alone wi h
his ccnfessor, and marching to the place ol ex
ecution, he returned again to this subj c t, en
trea ing the good priest to remind me of his
wishes upon this point
1 avail my,elf of this opportuni'y to unite
my grateful thanks to lh«!>e of the deceased,
for your friendship and services, and remain,
Your obedient and humble servant.
Count de Poz >g Dclces.
Alabama and Tennessee River Railroad
—Another ea go of iron rail* for this railroad
hua recently arrived from Wales and is now
discharging. This ia the third cargo which
hat bjen received, making, in all, about twenty
five miles of rails which have boon delivered.
The balance of the fif;y six miles of rails con
tracted for is to be delivered tho ensuing win
ter.
The progress of this great enterprise is very
encouraging. Already a large portion of the
fifty s.x miles between Selina and Montevallo
is prepared to receive the superstructure, and
the work of laying the track from Selma, north
wardly ha> been going on for the last month.
A locomotive is now on the track, to be enga
ged in hauling materia’s for track laying when
ever required, and passenger and freight cars
are shortly expected out, to be employed, the
present season, in conveying passengers
and freight from the Mulberry Valley to Sel
ma.
We have it from good authoiity that the road
will be completed in running order to Monte
vallo by neat August. Considering that this
part of the road will develope the rich coal
and iron region of the Cahawba valley, and at
the same time open to a market a great ex ent
of productive and agricultural country, there
can be no doubt that it will yield a handsome
dividend on its cost
All tho contractors on the northern division
(eighty three miles) from the Coosa river, in
Sheluy connty, to Gadaden, are now actively
engaged with a large farce in grading the road.
This division is to be completed for the super
structure in May. 1853.
The graduation ofthe remainder of the road
between Selma and Gadsden (about thirty
miles) will, it is expected, be placed uuder con
tract this winter, and should the energetic action
oftha President end Directors of (be Company
be seconded by the people in erested in the
enterprise, there is every reason to believe that
the road will bs completed to the Tennessee
river in three years.— Mobile Ado.
Tan Uritko Statbs Propeller Prince
ton l «. e,t9rd *J r w " a PPoi*»ted for ißarehiag,
at the Charlestown navy yard, the new United
States steam propeller Princeton, now nearly
completed. The Boston papers state that sha
te stoutly built, of extremely fine model, and
w tba •harpeat vessel in the United States
Navy, bidding fair to outstrip all others in
•peed. She supports the original carved head
of the old Princeton, and some ofthe planking
of the tame vessel. Her frame is live oak
throughout. She is said to be more thorough
ly copper fastened than any other ship of her
in the service. The engiues of the old
Princeton are to be improved, and uaed in the
new vessel, with newoailera.
The United States sloop of war Portsmouth
has just been completely repaired at the same
yard, and is ready to reoeiva her officers. The
frigate Cumberland ia repairing.
F «ure at an Aw**, on Vkssil.—A corres
pondent of Courier notices the arrival at
West on the O h mat {of the schooner Car
roll, of and from Boston, bound to Cape
Francis, Bt. Domingo. The captain reparts
firm! m.o three times
with loaded guns from the fort. He showed
American colors, but finding no boat coming
off, nor any attempt to aigoalise hir, and pre
parations being made for re loading the guns
on fort, he deemed it best to tack ship and
head up for Kay weal. Tha tfehooner is wot
jured.
TELE QR APHIC NEWS.
I <«.minltUil fur tli« Ctiroitlcle ISI Si«aUntl
Charleston Market.
Saturday Nor. I. Cotton. —The < ales to-day
are 1200 bales, at 6 to £} cents. Prices are un
change I.
Ttltgraphrdfor the Ualtivure A huti can.
Further by the Kurnpn.
England. —The steamer Mississippi, wi;h
Kossuth and his companions, is announced
as having arrived at Gibraltar. Kossuth had
announced his intention of Bailing for South
an pton. He would coma passenger in the
steamer Madrid, and was expected to arrive
there about the 20th. The preparations for
his reception were rapidly progressing, and
expectation was on tiptoe for the event.
Kossuth would not reach Southampton un
til the 21h, or after.
A searching investigation is to be made by
the Admiralty of the statements of Capt ins
P-nny and Wheaton, as to the proseentiug of
fur.her search beyond the Wellington Channel
for Sir John Frankl n.
The awards of the jurors of the great Lon
don Exhibition had, in many instances, giveu
much dissatisfacdon. The jury’s award of a
medal to Broadwood’s piano had been revers
ed by the Council, whose reversal was in turn
protested against by a number of the most
eminent musicians.
Tbe expected arrival of kossutb and the
ministerial crisis in France are attracting a
very large share of public attentioa.
Hon. Abbott Lawrence, tbe American Min
ister, had returned to London from his tour in
Ireland.
Mr. Gladstone’s charges of disgraceful ctu
elty against the Neapolitan Government have
been fully sustained.
The second meeting of the Ca holic De
fence Association in Dublin, on the 16th, was
slimly attended by persons of note, and result
ed in nothing bit afresh manifest.).
France —The entire French Ministry have
resigned, holding their offices now merely un
til successors can be appuin’ed. The event
ixcites the most lively interest throughout Eu
rope, most especially because the resignations
are understood to have been caused by tbs
President’s determination to restore
suffrage by repealing the electoral law of
May 31st.
Paris continues tranquil. Dates fiom Paris
to Thursday, tbe 15;b, state that funds rose
halfacent on the announcement that a meet
ing of the permanent committee had been
called. The ministers of Justice, the Interior
and War attended the meeting, ai d gave sat
isfactory explanations as to the state of the
country.
Tho news from tome of the departments
is of the most alarming character. The peas
ants of whole districts are known to be mem
bers of secret socieies, ready to rise at tbe
btddtng of their chiefs.
Austria. —We learn from Vienna that the
Min sters had patened up the existing differen
ces, and still continued in office.
Germany, —The King of Hanover is recov
ering from his late illness.
The Government of Saxe Coburg had pre
pared a Coustitutionrfor the Durhiesof Co
burg and Gotha, hitherto under a separate ad
ministration. The Constitution is as liberal as
tRe present condition es Germany permits.
The Constitution enacts that there shall bo
only oue Legislative Assembly for the two
Duchies. In respect to the secession to the
throne, it states that Prince Albert, husbanJ of
the Q,<ieeu o' England, shall be called to it. and
that he may nominate a Governor if ha declines
to fix his residence in the Duchy. If any
time a reigning duke ascen s a foreign t.irouu,
he shall vacate that of the Duchy.
Spain. —The Cub r n prisoners who had ar
rived in Spain, to the number of 126, were
shortly to undergo sentence to hard labor in the
- ■ »
Tr.e highest military order of distinction had
been conferred on the Captain Genera! of Cu
ba.
The overland Mail-— The Indian mail bad
arrived with Calcutta dates to the Bth Septem
bar, Bombay to tbe 17th, and China to the 23d
August. Tho news from India is wholly un
important. The Indian frontier w a v quiet.
The troops in tbe Punjaub were suffering
dreadfully f-o n fever. Dost Mahommed was
intriguing for the posses i )n of Caudalia, but
the Persian troops still occupy the Herat. A
fur her outbreak had occurred in Malabar, at
tended with great loss of life.
The Monty Market — The London mo
ney market was abundantly supplied. The
amount of bullion in the Bank of England
wassteadiy increasing. The Bank was dis
counting readily at 3 per cent. The funds
were still fluctuating. Consols had advanced
to 974-
American Securities were inactive. U. 3
6’s, 1868, to 1124; Peuna. G’s, 81 a 62:
Maryland Bonds a i)oj.
Boston, Oct. 21). I he money market gen*
erelly is unchanged, with a little better de
rnand on call.
Stocks are heavy and lower. The America
carried out $150,000 in American sold
Sterling is firm at 10. J. 8
The steamer Reindeer and propeller Inland
come in collision near Montreal last night.
Tho latter was sunk, but no lives lost.
A gang ofburg’ars have been engaged in a
series of extensive robberies in this citv. The
otfice of Messrs. Hauloy & Co. was robbed of
S3O 000 and Messrs. F. W. Wurren & Co.
of'flOOO. The stores of 11. O. Cowing He
Co., and several others ou the dock weie also
entered and plundered.
From the Charleston Courier—Bp Telegraph.
Baltimore, Oct. 31.—Thirty-nine
Bills have been found by the Grand Jury in
Philadelphia against the Christiana rioters, wa
king 170 altogether.
The schooner Emetine, arrived at Boston
with dates from Gonaives to the 14th October,
states that Souloque had gone te Port Au
Prince, and on his return weuld ?ive his de
cision relative to the ultima urn proposed by
the British and French Consuls with regard
to his making terms with the Dominicaus.
Nothing serious was apprehended.
The trial of Morris tor his alleged participa
tion in the rescue on the 15th of February
last, of Mr. Deßrees’ slave Shadrach. com
menced at Boston to-day. An unfucoessful
attempt was made to quash the indictment.
The Free Boilers of New Hampshire have
nominated John Atwood for governor.
Nets Orleans, Oct 2'J.—A large business was
transacted to day, Wednesday, and very freely,
80CS bales having cHangsd hands. Prices, too
were firm, notwithstanding the Europe's ad
vices announcing a decline in the Liverpool
market. Four ships have been taken for Liv
erpool at a half penny lor Cotton. Sterling
Exchange has improved, and is quoted at 7 to
Neu> Orleans, Oct. 30. —La'er advices from
Northern Mexico have been received here,
which st«te that on the 22ud ia*t., a party of
Carvajal’s men were fired upon from Mats
moras, whereupon they rushed in and
seised the Custom House. Cervajal was
expecting the arrival of large reinforce
ment, and was pteparing to storm the city the
next day. The Mexican reinforcements had
arrived at Bravos, but having heard that 200
Texans wero between them and Matamoras,
they had concluded not to proceed.
Nxw Orleans, Oct. 30 'otton was ani
mated to-day, Thursday. Seven thousand
bales were sold at an advance of an eighth.
Good middling brought 7£ cents. 120 tierces
of Caroline Rice changed hands at from 4
to 4J.
The brig Tartar, Cupt. Bookor, has arrived
from Charleston.
The steamship Union, arrived from New
Yerk on Wednesday night.