Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 2 September 1854 — Page 1

[From the Pittsburgh Union. Aug. 14.]

three men. 1 saw the remains of a number of persons whom they had killed. They have declared that they will exact a tribute -from this time forward.

have been killed, and probably some fifty wagons been destroyed. But at the first sound of alarm, when there seemed no head to direct us, a young man named

Bradley Lee, mounted on horseback, rode rapidly along the line and took command. He ordered the men to seize their guns, get behind their wagons, and fire on the Indians as they approached. He directed each man to pick his Indian, and take a sure aim. By his language and example he inspired the timid and gave fresh courage to the brave. The sharp firing from the start kept the Indians off after a few volleys they were repulsed with a loss of

was unarmed, and

The names of the two men of our party who were killed, were George Adams and Daniel Hontis. Bradley Lee, to whom we are in a great measure indebted for our salvation, is a young man of about 23 or 24 years of age, and one of the most daring men I ever saw. He told me he was orig-

inally from Bradford County, Pennsylva-

State. He has left our train and gone on

ahead because we traveled so slowly. He

was only a hired hand connected with the train. * * * * * *

M.~.

A FIGHT WITH SIX HUNDRED INDI-

ANS—TWO MEN KILLED.

We publish, below an extract from a let-

ter of an emigrant crossing the Plains, directed to a gentleman in this city: FORT LARAMIE, June 20th, 1854.

CRp^ej

/within my immmediate knowledge. Not low since they made a furious attack upon with herculean power to compel the democa small company, which they dispersed, racy to cut loose from the South, and to a killin'f four of the men. Three of these swell the ranks of the northern movement. were*btimed the other they stuck in a hole which, once embarked in its career, will in the ground, his head, shoulders and up- stop at nothing short of the abolition of per part of the body imbedded in the earth, slavery, no matter at what saerifiGe of law-

We were not allowed to escape without a small spurt with them ourselves. About

came to the rescue, lie had seen my dan-1 This brief retrospect is intended less to

an& his legs sticking up in the air. On this and humanity. In a word, men are con-

ger, and called on some of our partv to recall what it maybe unpleasant to man |11

'ome with him. But they were afraid to good men to see, than to show how eloleave the cover of the wagons. Still, he quently the voice of history vindicates the came alone, at full speed, shot down five 'claim of our great party to the gratitude of of the savages with his revolver, and kill- the country, and to prove that what is now cd the other with his bowie-knife in a hard regarded as the surest bulwark for the pubgrapple. They had fired a shower of ar-1 lie peace and the people's safety—we mean rows at him as he approached, but missed 'the Democratic party—has been the result, him. The last one put a ball through his not of the fidelity and unselfishness, and clothes, without harm. The Indians then patriotism and courage of a day, or of a fled. What number were killed we could not tell, as they carried off most who fell.

SAMUEL JOKES.

From tho Washington Union.

THK DEMOCRATIC PARTV. The present attitude of the democratic pa:ty cannot fail to extort admiration even ay from its most decided adversaries. While is the abolitionists have shorn the whig partv

immediate neighbors. This state of things

exists for the first time and it is one of the!

in twain, leaving the one half entirely in ing connexions, unwilling to admit what the hands of the northern fanatics, and ^forcing the other half to take up arms a-*-*gainst its former associates—and this as a matter of sheer self-defence—the democrats ***'have consolidated their strength in one united body, extending not to a single section, but embracing both sections of the Union, and co-operating with all the zeal and effi-

ciency which animated them in the most'ducted by men who see the Democracy of glorious days of our political history. The! the free States battling the enemies of the! Whigs of the north are combined not only) Constitution and fighting down the fierce •against the South, but against their former revolts of frantic mobs, and breathing the 'friends in the South

ED.

.-.The Indian depredations on the Plains ed in the American Union, maybe estima- tribute to the attitude of the Democratic 5 this season have been very numerous.— ted from this point of view atone and the party, a.s the true soldier of the CcnstituTliey have learned to systemize their at- same time. Observing men have seen how tion, and as the only bulwark, in the ^orth Hacks upon the emigrant trains, and through steadily all the movements of the whig op- against the menaces and machinations of ^considerable practice have become very ex- position have tended to a sectional organ:- the Abolitionists. pert. We have seen all along our route zation confined to the north. They have thus far, traces of their savage doings.— also noticed the sacrifices and intrepidity

ple »lanic got up. Had it not been for whig party been strong enough, it would P1,0

•presence of mind, prompt action and ener- have defeated the annexation of Texas and

it not been for the heroic daring of Lee, I 'soon as it showed its head, or soon as its should not now be here I

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Several trains Lave been robbed b7 them h« with tbe pro«peeUbat Fred. ,be

About measure inch the-whig paity of the north

the Sioux country, a large body of Sioux .suited in humiliation and disaster if the de-

and Shyans, numbering probably not less mocratic party had not thrown itself in the

fifty miles from this point, when crossing has made its own must certainly have re- '.''j''J i""'I JTI""1 Z"""!

than 600, came down upon us like a perfect .path-way, and resisted and defeated each 1,

tornado. We were so taken by surprise that: proposition in detail, as soon as it becomc jra Up'11 P'.. •the men were dreadfully frightened, and mniifest. llad the present abolitionized I the Nebraska

getic daring of one man"adreadfulslaugh-! the acquisition of California and even as "olfare ol the whtte .ace, but.tuas ter would have prevailed. Many would it was, the efforts in that direction embrac-'

once on the eve of bein£ crowned with sue-1

before the ruin and dismav it created.—

The whig bankrupt law was an engine of almost dencies

surrounded by six of the Indians, who ive sagacity and the strong hand of the ., were just about taking my life, when Lee

democratic party.

The Democratic party stands like a

wall between opposing and hostile

itnlK" frnni |W„.W- iWh'lo It exists the intide1 demagogues may

profane

iua. but had made his home at Pittsburgh, [heir hoi rid blasphemies will hijure

sist

or ans 0f

You must excuse my bad penmanship, as I am writing on the ground, in the sun, with a stick for a pen. Yours ever, SAMUEL JONES.-----

connected with the mutilate the Constitution. lutelv, and with all its great energies, longi mcrs i-loucf. may it stand to defy the common enemy, Without our special

Uiitj IV OloiiU kU UV-l lliu UUliuUH 111 to denounce the secret foe and keep alive

roes and sages of the revolution, without which the examples they have left to us would soon cease to be respected or obeyed.

We often turn with contempt from those

who, feelinn- the full force of the claims of

the Democratic party upon popular applause and gratitude, and yet, from recent oppos-

thev cannot deny, do not hesitate to de scend to the poor malignity of seeking out individual instances in the ranks of the Democratic party, in the hope of being able to lessen the lofty fame which surrounds that organization in the aggregate! There are Southern whig papers who delight occasionally in this wretched injustice—papers con-

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the abolition creed as an unaltera- for the overthrow of the Union. He felt

ble and undying covenant against fifteen that he was the last of the race of Northern

''sovereign sister States, or nearly one half Whigs who would courageously stand up on a in a a re is an at is re S at

the free States in

•occasion they got four hundred sheep for strained, whether they will or not, to veneispoils. From another train they killed rate and applaud th only for what it has has forborne to do 'dences of the truth of this, besides the in- hr hn^'L'/l north through Poweshiek, thence west thro' ,1 iwJien a decent white man, who bena\eu:T structive events of the present, time. ., Jasper, via .Newton, thence southwest to ,7 himself, was considered as good as a negro tnuut a. We take the broad giound that

eve

ry of the whig party, and were more than conU-ol'th'eir^eSatirn'vith reference to

On other occasions, the whi^s havei

cess made a tremendous rush against liberal 1 wt 1

revenue laws. \\eh«vo seen them build 1

soon render the public treasury insolvent, P^n

StlCrn

tuh tv

make teims with any factioh, no mattei

two on our side. I was two hundred yards how abandoned, has more than once shak-. ,. behind the train when the attack was made,1en northern society to its foundations.-

having Chartre of some loose cattle. Had!Each of these dangers has been met wb,tc fellow cuzens, through the operation of Know-Nothinirism, they have

to write these lines.' purposes have been disclosed, and each has

.d in a moment was' been corrected or destroyed by the instinct-'

ive -nd tl.n Jtom* lian.l nf fl,.-!lleiul

TIIE WHITE 3IAN vs THE NEGRO. The -Yew York Tribune is greatly

Down Wltl md

1 10

neo10- 1C.n

:.1. ii.. Jr...::, .I.-,.. i' that it were far better the Capitol should be burned down, with all its occupants, than ,kllk' miles nor of the southern county that law should be passed. The value ilin®',^"cc toOska.oosa, in^Mahaska Co.

year, but of a long, consistent, and almost ... uninterrupted carter of .good deeds, and ot^h.te men-what the privileges uncalculating devotion to the principles which often demanded self-sacrifices, and quite as often threw those into minority who honestly advocated them.

rcat

re xi is re a a

violated to shield

vio,atcd 10

the memory of the holy past, andL- wViiHihinHc: this mtinn

locfe I

4 and Beaver for a year past. He took a selves alone. While it lasts, revengeful liking to mo, because I was from his own and infuriated mobs will seek in vain to re-1 If"' 'K In rr Adams, Montgomery and Mills. It is built

an^

THE DATS OF TIIE WHIG

PARTY, AS A NATIONAL PARTV ARE XCJIBER

ri'DEMOCRATIC FAMILY NEWSPAPER---DEVOTED TO POLITICS, news, MISCELLANEOUS MTEMTURE, MECHANIC ARTS,. &c.-

VOLUME VI. CRAWFORDSVILLE, "MONTGOMERY 'COUNTY, IND^'SEPTT 2,' 1854. NO. &

c|atod

negro, will probably be eleted to Congress,. to fill the place now occupied by Gerrit'

tjie

other to strike down

men of the same race as ourselves. Down

is rapid pa°sing Hway.

f,..incsfvvive,11/

1 1 a a an to os 0 1 0 1

fi even by the gentlemen of color tnemsches, I _. ... ,,

The badge ofl^ng

b'"

lhc

1,e 0n

passed the peo

:'?rr.!":r.c.

C0 1

j1 ?C1 -.p

'ftw.

as an offence little short of high treajson, for any Northern man to presume that

ed the trreat mass of the working machine-1. .. it was nirht for those citizens to

the negro, who was considered entirely too "',UM

•n, wis ii"ut tin Liiusu uuicua L.. be permitted jniP0S'n^r' arouses the spirit of enter- one

precious an article to be govcrened bv any J™

1 or to on re it el

up a jjreat bank, and fly, terror-stricken, .... ,T i^-n 1 I 1 J-

-l ,ne" ro When the Nebraska bill passed,

mt]l

V/-/5

con:'IJei^tlon'

asscneu

of the Union, too, was calculated with as much coolness as the Yankee Avould estimate the price of a lot of wooden nutmegs. This whole fabric of government under

which we have grown so prosperous, great

and happy, was threatned with demolition, for the negro's sake. But what are the

which the Constitution and laws of the land guarantee to all citizens, whether native or adopted, and to men of creeds, compared with the imaginary welfare of the negro?

Down with the white man, and up with. The Constitution of the United

shield the latter from the opera-

the laws. While it lasts, the perjured iof oPAlfr *he Mich.W Comp any. We thus

disunion will hopelessly toil |citizens to a *tate of political slavery jhave three lines west of the Mississippi, all Calmly, reso-1 i'-'-'W converging to nearlv the same point, It is mi «in'li tli:nrr Iwniiil nvnrcnmp 115 liU-n sum- 1 i/ however, considered a well settled fact i-oudcr.''

TWORD

FRO^IHENRY

n. vv.

I go yet a step'farther. If I am alive, I

will give my humble support to that man

for the Presidencv, who, to whatever party °*.

all the time that he is a Whig, maintains

doctrines utterly subversive of the constitution and the Union." This eloquent and patriotic sentiment will find a response in the hearts of thousands of Whigs in Indiana.

A N,EW ORDER.—It

in the South. So blindly have they! maddening torrents of fanaticisms and yet secret political order, designated as the N. 'yielded to the influence of fanaticism, that these leaders of public opinion are too ready !N's., that is '2s Nations,' started in New there is not a single whig in the north who] to forget what is due to the right and the York, some time since, to oppose has tho courage to raise his voice for those truth, by seeking to cheapen the consisten- "Know Nothingism," has made its appearwho are now hunted down by furious zeal- cy and courage of those who do their duty ancein this city, and a meeting is to be, ots, and who areas much entitled to his'in the face of so many fearful odds. But held tonight, to give it a local habitation! The hemp crop of Kentucky *his respect and his support as if they were his! all will not avail.

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Mr. Webster's prophetic soul saw thi jtrT The contract for constructing the ^undant than for ten years past.

most threatening aspects of the present pe-i fact from the narrow isthmus between lnm Pacific Railroad, awarded to Messrs. W alkriod. We fullyrealize it when we contrast1 and the grave. He beheld the vision of cri King and their fifteen associates inj J^Thc New York Tribune wants thc the northern .whig faction with the demo-1 tbe thick-coming future. He saw that any Texas, requires them to complete fifty equestrian statue of General Jackson pulled cratic party, and ask ourselves, how much attempt to re-unite thc Whigs of the South miles within eighteen months, and finish down. The Tribune has tried to pull down tho Union would he worth if the lattor were and the Whigs of the North would be only one hundred miles each year thereafter un- Old Hickory before, but only levelled itself

the Union would be worth if the latter were the Whigs of the North would be only united with its whif antagonists, and ac- to sacrifice thc former, and to nave the way til the read is completed. (.with the gutter by the effort.

Mr. Claj*, in his great speech on the compromise measures of 1850, said: "But if it (the Whig party) is to bemer- Dubuque west. What steps have been or ged into a contemptible abolition party, will be taken with regard to it, I have not

if abolitionism is to be engrafted upon been able to learn.

the Whig creed, from that moment I re-| nounce the partv and cease to be a Whig.'

he may belong, is not contaminated by fa-1 °^s

naticism rather than to one who, crying out

From the Chieat Democratic Press RAILROADS IX IOWA. low

ize and

unon it

Cix v, August 22d, 1854. EDITORS.—Bv

onth

nf m-.n n) nm- nwn 1

cen

„i-,

with t|,c

the bare possibility of the transfer ot ne-.

cause of freedom.

Uo reduce t_ the conditj(m of dc radedl

cs,ta i-'v

!unIrcds »»d thomimib ot the.r

Protest

t"'

effort is actively and earnestly mercy of the cold 1 he expedition start-

a an S a re 2 0

of November.

scarce a but on the very

ayainst

"7 P'»~ .'homselves a

this tyrannical movement.

the kindness

in Iowa'. *Itiseasyto obtain information enough concerning these matters from almost any one, but the difficulty is that very many locate roads wherever self-interest dictates. The following may be relied on, and more than this is not reliable, as the i? stated in this letter

roads l.ave bw„ located only so far as ctatfiH in fhio jft

JPP'

There are three divisions of the Mlssiss-

ind

Smith, who has resigned his seat. This is '. I lie Davenport and'Iowa is the first division, and will run ultimately to Council

^oun road viz: first, second and

BlufFv. It is located to .Fort Des Moines, running through the southern corner of Scott County, thence through the northern line of Muscatine, via Moscow, thence thro' through Iowa

Southern line, nee bearing-

Des Moines Polk Co. I he heaviest gra-

rond is through Jasper County

January 1st it will be in running order from

nlir-nrl it Davenport to Iowa City. One survey has

lu^de from Fort Des Moines to Kanes-

The Muscatine and Cedar Rapids branch is the third division of the M. M. Road. It is under contract from Muscatine to Moscow, and will be completed by the first of

L' next-

a a

C°

W1"

\Pennsylvanian.

NORTHERN AGGRESSION.

last thc

or™s

thc

is rumored that a ne

among us.— Cin. Columbian, loth, year, is estimated at thirty-three per cent.

ville and the Bluffs. Mr. Dev, who had! command of the corps, brought back with him some sketches of the country, the most 1 Best specimen of Irish Potatoes, not less interesting was one representing Kanesville than one bushel, "Indiana Farmer." among the bluffs, with a road leading to it Best specimen'of Sweet Potnties, not less and the teams of the company in the fore-1 than one bushel, "The Farm Sr. Shop." ground. The scenery is truly grand and Best specimen of Onions, not less than one bushel, cash, 50

^'gh point on the Iowa side of

the Missouri. Mr. Dey crossed over and

The Muscatine and Oskaloosa'is tne second. It is located to Oskaloosa, has three hundred men at work, and is under contract to Frcdona. This road will jjrobably run

to the mouth of the Platte. It is not at any specimen of Grapes, not less than rate the intention to run it to Council Bluffs. fiVe pounds, "Indiana Farmer." From Muscatine it runs south-west to Co- Bestspecimen of Quinces, "Farm «fc Shop." lumbus City,_ in Louisa Co., thence west. Committee--Stephen Graves, Stephen through Louisa and Washington, via the Allen, Swan Brookshire. town of Washington, thence through Xeo-J CLASS FIFTH.

The M. ifc M. Company is com- yCar

the

principally of stockholders in

Chicago it Rock Island Railroad. The Burlington and Wisconsin, a connection of the ^Northern Cross and Military Tract Road to Aurora. It is controlled by the Mich. Cent. R. 11. It is located and under contract to Ottumwa, running north of west through DesMoines and Henry counties, via the towns of Hartford and Mt.

to a el in is on

'thc?c?,110 °ttuniwa, \Y ape He. It

probably run thence to the mouth of the

nearly through the centre of the

inc? r»f Alnnv

counties of Monroe, Lucas, Clarke, Union, Adam:

that fifteen miles of rich country on each

remedy that the paladium of liberty,

^vnt

oi haheas

corpus, affords no relief,

SCAKCITT OF CORX.—A

A LIST OF PREiTHOlS,'

To he awarded at the next Annual Fair of the Montgomery County Agricultural So ciety, to beheld at Crawfordavillc, on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 26th and 2~th days of September, 1

At a meeting of the Montgomery County Agricultural Society, huid on the 12th day of August, 1854, J. B. DntHAM, Esq., President of the Society, presiding.

Dr. T. W. Fry, Chairman of the Prudential Committee, submitted the following report, classifying the articles for which premiums are to be awarded, the amount of such premiums, and sppointing committees to award the same, which was unanimously adopted, and is as follows, to-wit:

CLASS FIKST.

Best improved Farm—silver cup, worth iv. 810,00 Best Essay on the Farmer's Mission, silver cup, worth 5,00 Best Essay on Agricultural Education, ., silver cup, worth 5.00 'Committee—Eli Boots, Prof. C. Mills, i'Wm. Ilanna.

CLASS SECOND.

Best specimen of Corn, thrown on not less than one acre, silver cup, 85,00 Best specimen of Oats, grown 011 not less than one acre, cash 3,00 Best specimen of Wheat, grown on not

Ifss than one acre, silver cup, 5,00 Committee—Henry Sperry, Andrew J. Snyder, Zimri Manker.

CLASS TiniilL

adventure as one gazes listlessly Best specimen of Turnips, not less than

Another was a scene in Xebras-1 one bushel, cash, 50

explored the Platte some distance, and he

pronounces the general appearance of the country and the soil, far superior to that cast of the Missouri. He found the Indians

Best specimen of Beets, not less than one bushel, cash, 50 Best half doz. head of Cabbage, cash, 50

Pumpkin, 50 Squash, 50 Display of Vegetables, "The Farm & Shop."

Committee—Joseph James, Prof. Wm. Twining, Stephen Ingersol!. CLASS FOUKTH. Best specimen of Apples, not less than one bushel, "The Farm & Shop." Best specimen of Pears, not less than half bushel, "Indiana Farmer." Best specimen of Peaches, not less than half bushel, "Indiana Farmer."

Best Stallion, 3 years old and upwards, silver cup, worth -810,00 Second best do., silver cup, 5,00 Best Brood Mare, 3 years old and upwards, silver cup, worth f.,00

Second best do., cash, 4,00

0}jStallion,

nam countv

countVf

et been located or talked of. \S SIXTH.

Another Road is in contemplation from

On Tuesday

governor of Indiana took by force

a young lady from the very centre

an^

bore her oft to Indianap-

unrn0'ested.

Thc lawyers say there is

writer in the Al-

ton Telegraph suggests the propriety of calling a meeting of Farmers, and all others interested, to consider the best method of economizing grain for feeding cattle, in

O O

I view of the expected scarcity of corn.

I 23T The farmers of Illinois are "making hay while the sun shines they are cutting the grass off the prairies to feed their stock next winter, for there will be neither grass nor fodder.

bel{C'r than that of last vear, and more a-

silver cup, (!,00

Second best do. cash, Two year old Filly, silver cup, Second best do. cash, "\e-irling Horse Colt, Second best do Yearling Mare Colt, Second best do Sucking Horse Cult, Second best do. Sucking Mare Colt, Second best do. Saddle Horse, silver cup, worth Pair Carriage Horses, do. Pair Draft Horses, do. Lot of five Colts, from any one Horse, the premium to be awarded to the owner of the Horse, cash, Committee—A. D. Billingslv, of

3,00 G,00 3,00 4,00 2,00

side of a railroad track is sufficient for its Clinton Taylor, of Tippecanoe county, Jo-1 Wallace, Joseph Ensminger. support. If such is the case, Iowa can j-jar] and Thoraa-s IIa.ll, of ^lont^omc- The Prudential Committee was authorsupport many more railroads than have'

Best Jack, 3 years old and upwards, silver cup, worth •-10,00 Second best do., silver cup, 5,00

Jennet, 3 years old and upwards, silver cup, worth Second best do., cash,. Two year old Jack, Second best do.,

,00

Yearling Jack, Second best do., A earling Jennet, Second best do., Lot of ten Mi It Second be-t do.. Sucking Mule Colt Second best do., Comittee—William Rev, of Putnam co., Harvey Adams, of Parke county, Elihu Hollingsworth, of Tippecanoe county.

4,00 5,00 3,00 5,00! 3,00 3,00 2,00

10,00 5,00 3,00 2,00

CLASS SEVENTH.

Best thorough bred Bull, 3 years old and over, silver cup, 810,00 Second best do., silver cup, 5,00

Bull of graded stock, cah, 5,00 Second best do., 3,00 Thorough bred Cow, silver cup, 8,00 Second best do., cash, 4,00 Cow of graded stock, «, 4,00 Second best do., 2,00 Thor'gh bred 2 y'r old Bull, cash 5/00 Second best do., 3,00 v. y»r

0]d

buii

graded stock 4,00

tfecond best do ,. 2,00

Thor'gh bred 2 y'r'oldjCow,^ 4,00 Second best do., 2,50 2 y'rold Cow of graded|stock 3,00 Second best do., 2,00 Thorough bred yearling Bull, 5,00 Second best do. 3,00 Yearling Bull of graded stock 4,00 Second best do. 2,00 Thor'gh bred suck'g Bull calf 4,00 do. do. do. Heifer do. 4,00 Graded Bull calf, (sucking,) 2,00 do. Heifer do. do. 2,00 Lot of Steers, not more than live in number, 5,00 Yoke of work Oxen, of any age, 5,00 Second best do. cash, 3,00 Fatted Beef, 5,00 Committee on thorough bred Stock John Allen, Ilenry Armstrong, and John Seaburv, of Tippecanoe county.

Committee on graded Stock—Stephen Alien, John Campbell, John S. Gray, David Milholland, A. O'Neall.

CLASS EIGHTH.

Best Bo ir, Second best do. Best Brood Sow, Second best do.

cash, 83,00 Diploma, cash, 3,00

Diploma.

Best Lot of Hogs, not less than five, 5,00 Ram, cash, 3,00 Second best do. Diploma. Best Kwe, cash, 3,00 Secinid best do. Diploma. Best lot of ten Sheep, cash, 5,00

Committee—Abraham Cashner, Joseph II. Graham, Dan Yount. CLASS NINTH. Best ptiir Chickens of any Breed, do. Ducks, do. do. do. (ieese, do. do. do. Turkeys, do. do.

Committee—J. R. Robinson, Jonathan Iliuchinson, F. W. Lind-sey. CLASS TWELFTH. Best five pounds of Buttei, 50 do. do. Cheese, 50 ". Specimen of Maple Sugar, not

50 50 50 50

Committee—J. Y. Durham, 0. G. Green, James lleaton. LASS TENTH. Best Pork irrel,

81,00 1,00 1,00 2,00 1,00 50

Lard do. Flour do. Jiarrel of Flour, 1 dozen Brooms, Sett of Horse Shoes, Committee—Henry Sperry, Jas. Brown, Joel Learning.

CLASS ELEVENTH.

Best Pair of Boots, do. Shoes, Saddle,

Sett Harness,

Best Specimen of Job Printing,

51,00 50 3,00 3,00 1,00 1,00 1,00 1,00 1,00 2,00

do. Upper Leather, do. Sole do. do. Harness do. do. Tin-ware, do. Cloth not less than 10 yds.

Jess than ten pounds, 50 Quilt, 2,00 Specimen needle work (fancy,) 1,00 do. do. (plain,) 1,00 Pair of Woolen Socks, 50 do. Cotton do. 50 Committee—Mrs. John Wilson, Mrs. D. Harter, Mrs. Maddox. I

CLASS THIRTEENTH.

7^0 Best specimen Cabinet Furniture, Second best do. do. Two horse Wagon,

2,00 3,00 2,00 3,00 2,00 5,00 5,00 5,00

Carriage,

Buggy,

85,00 3,00 3,00 5,00. 3,00 2,00 1,00 1,00 1,00

Two horse Plow, One do. do. Harrow, Cultivator, Committee—John Durham, Benjamin J. Smith, George Munns.

CLASS FOl'KTEENTH.

5,00' Best specimen of Stone Cutting, 1,00 Put-! Crockerv-ware, 1,00

Daniel Adams,°of*Parke co., Committee—E. 0. llovey, William K.

ized to add to the list of Premiums such

articles omitted in the above list as they

may

deem proper, and that they make all necessary arrangements in relation to hold-

ing the Fair, admission fee, 5sc. The meeting ordered that the Fair be held on Tuesday and Wednesday the 26th and 27th days of September, 1354, and that

Hon. J. E. McDonald be requested to deliver an address before the Society on tho first day of the Fair. tj-g

A Committe, consisting of S. M. Huestor., John Beard and M. D. Manson, Esqs., were appointed to procure suitable grounds for the holding of the air, and that they be authorized either to lease said ground for a term of years, or rent the same for the present season, as to them may seem, proper.

On motion, the proceedings of tbe meeting were directed to be published in tho County Papers.

On motion the Meeting adjourned. J. B. DURHAM, Pres'vieid.' SAMUEL W. AUSTIN,

August 17, 1854.—2w.

S3T Don't get in a fluster, and go on a "buster," nor let yourself terrified be—but keep a cool head, and never be led to join in a hurrah or spree.

It is said that the corn crop of Wis

consin, this year, will be the largest ever raised in that State.