Evansville Journal, Volume 18, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 3 October 1867 — Page 4

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THE EVAASVILLE JOURNAL

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TtWeJiIjr. fmrmta. lyeAr.-y' I One B Weekly Juraal. Oae copy, o Be year F;ve copies, one year en copies, one year.... 9 oo . is o Gold closed In New York yesterday at OnetlMB.--.ntl paBidof bullion were recently shipped from Gold Hill, .Nebraska Senator Morton will speak at Cincinnati on Friday night. , Peace Commissioners at Fort Laramie, in Hovembet. .-. - - . aTTe-pwWHs'pViHter has leased to print tbe impeachment evidence until Congress meets in order to prevent its becoming publicCTO r . ! - Seven -Trrited Btates'ressels weT sold at the Brooklyn Navy-yard, the 1st Inst. The old receiving ship North Carolina brought J : 'ihe'Ufni'n'gS b't lh Pacific Railroad for September, were $200,400 in gold, and. the operating expenses, VJaJti, leaving a . . net profit of. f 161,638. This was with : the c track Open for business to the summit of the Sierre Nevadas. ' General Canby has signified his intention to modify t he order of General Sickles, closing the har-rooms thjanghout the 8eo oniMiliiaryDlstittJ - Twenty-two thousand dollars worth , of Government bonds were adroitly abstracted .from the cashier's desk of the First tional Bank, at Saratoga, on the 3d ipat. . The safe ol the Agent of the f erchanV Union Express at Brownvllle, Nebraska, was robbed last night of raboat 115,009. ' No cluett Jb$ rebjierff.f Ome' package of t2,400, was dropped by the robbers, and secured General Canby has Issued an order prohibiting all provost court exercising Jurisdiction over any case Involving the rights :.to land, or In any fcivlj cause where Hie ciaim exceeas tnree nunurea aouars. - "JM srAbrIiain..t.lncoln,owlnrtoihein adequacy of her Income, has been obliged jto offer for sale some orty-ftve thoniud dollars worth of jewels and dresses, i ..General Sheridan has accepted a 'rhuafcf- . pal Invitation to visit Providence, and j names tbe ZM Jnst as tbe day ?bi vll be here. , ; Tbe prize fight between Rocky Momeof New York, and George Booke, of Providence,; ;for (1,000 ia. i side, came off the .2d inst., on Smutty Nose Island, oiieof the Isle of Shoals, And' was a desperate affair.1 Moore won tbe fight in twenty-five rounds,' Jlast4ng oneJottt.and fnnr minutes. . ana-itkWs. ! rX ufw tteriuan Society, called the.Con-

t.w'ordis hasejri tormetr-'at 'Iodlinrdpoli-

witb about fifty members. The corner stone of the Second Baptist Church- (coloreajfwWs Ald at Indian a polis last Sunday, with Masonic ceremonies.' - - v. '4 jjiser .viiiitir, a you eg man w no nas oeen jnPartiallyinsane r some tin psts, comroifted suicide a few days ago by hanging himself to the limb of a tree neir Lima. A man in Hendricks Conntv named Jas i

Adams; ate thirty-two peacbes, a couple trffipof the State,' where - that party has muskmeiions, one raw sweet potato, and -.1 haj ihe complete ascendency, and see drank two gallons of buttermilk. Strange I v ' v? L . . ir as it may seem, the fellow died for nU tbe YeSult 0.oaQty taxation. Vattr. that. ,r j'derb'nrghis one of the most populous Edward McGuire, a young man living on counties m the,'.btte, -and it. should tbelndian Reserve, in Wbitiey Countjv J justly be contrasted with large Demo-f was killed on Friday last by the falling of t i- : " .' . "t' j. ' limb of a;aarge.treevwbich he was cfatKj.countiesv' Let us examine the ping. His skull was fractured, so that be following' tkbS taken from, the report died in a short time. ; .i .'. . of the State Auditor for 186C. , All the A fire at Madison, Ind., on tbe Dght peo'dnties- except.' Vanderburgh are tbe 29th ult., destroyed a lumber yard, two-l-i-r 'v jt

vu,( corai-rrt-ir,aii:4V,-iTrY.-5;V GT?T,r JLvSJ,,,tl;tl",7W J! a,wv. insurance k,ow. iiwasioeworaMK an incendiary, '4 Oiij .be,hSSrniDg of 'J& 30th ult., the extensive lurnlture warejiouee rr4(pttn'tp!je adse cgniv dJ

t; - sroyeff. - ' "'4

while buV"fiuuting,"nea.f Fort Wayne dh. i the kvu unazunc-jon uie-ruzzie or

nil gun ana urawitg back the hammer with the,ioe of his boo),,," trying how far he could pull it -iihout danger, he drew it, too fas and tbe gun- went off, .blowing, off one of his hands and lodging tbe whole load in hisbreist, killing biiu.nst,i41y,".'t A ift oncrti Iwhictt has been for some time advertise d in that vicinity, came off at Wabash, Indiana, oh 'featurday night - las6r Toe rlnclpil p'riao'as- noteljwlth other giits of houses, lots, Ac. When the drawings took place, one mail drew twothirds of the prizes, including all thefcrin-

ciptl ones. The amlience, all interested'.

parties, smelt , a; fa . and-.jQdg.jQ the proprietor in aa.il as. a jb windier.., They are c bouna o make an example of him. - .-. ' j U 'KENTDt'Kr TrCJfS... .. The hand in tbe Louisville JtoiEln Mill are ok 9 styikp (; ;;-, U rliiO tt I ' " J. M. Dawspqa favorite actor at Louisville, is lying dangerously ill at Louisville. A br Cabholi-j BeminarylA fceing erected at Carrolton, Ky..Jt will be a splendid building when' completed. A regatta conies off at Louisville t he ee -oud Monday of this-mrontb. It will, lu'c : doubt, prove interesting and exciting, and , ", be witnessed by many spectators. v -j . . ; The- Fenian .broiberLood at- Lonisvillc ni- seem to be a'.ive 'aWdal-worksjeetlngs are held regularly vl1 the organization is . I epreseued to be r-rosperous condi-

Tbe President Las removed Mesrs. JasT M, Campbell, U:J Thomas Reed, Tobacco Inspectors in Covington, and appoint d George' Yontzey and John M. Clark, in r"" w m "'" 1 " 1 " - - .,, ii tt.tiji l; Twjil iio.'.

their place. Mr. Campbell was, .the f late Union candidate for the Legislature la the SecoadX-ayiKto.a.trte. m Pjo Smith, Ustingntthdavan, who warappoibted oythe Presfdent to visit the Universal Exposition in Pans, has just rei nrned to Louisville. While discharging the important datles'of that trust he was signally honored. The Emperor Nopoleon conferred upon him the cross of the Legion of Honor; He TW&r also nade a

member of the Superior Council of Adju dicatlon. ' j ' ' c re , . About four months ago,. Mr.,- George Burkheimer was arrested la Covington, on the charge of obtaining money-"un4err false pretences frona J. R. PBrown, of Cln cinnati.. The case was" Investigated, in .thV f inierl Mayor s court,- resulting in unraneini being discharged. He thro imstttuted u. fordamaees aeainBt'-BfowB'.'whid-'cailsed' his arrest and lmhrisonhieht.knd tne caMe I.Uf.Vfl'Mn' 'nnrt f Via tvi4 WW9 U1CU IU IUO VllUlb .vw V) J" J bringing in a' verdict" for" $250 id 'favor of BurkbeimerJ" '' "... '"r',,:. Wk ask i ft vers- -tax-payer in the county to read the article in this isstte contra&UnDmocraiQ gndi puKcan taxation. jt r t,'! ,i .t r j-i ;,?.s f :r' The legal fraternity and po officials will be interested" 'in an" artieler we publish on .the, ",PfOvoke " Law. Let the soldiers remember that the Copperheads arey'xor;!!)' ;dajh aj( night to defeat Captti Darling. j ,Let them be as active and vigilant in ; his irileresl! ' 'iM Wnl t& t W 1dYewhile DEMOCRATIC AiD KKPlIUCAX" TAX ATION tO.VTRAbTED. What ' It Will Coat Tax-Payers io Trsasfer Tanderkarsb ' Coantj "to . the Democracy. I ; "I' , TVe haTe:.he4rd.rnctrfrom te Dpr mod acy'of Vanderburgh during the past few days of the high rate of tax-' atioh lohicH Ihi"1 'peVple1 t this county are iuhjected.r TLey f rtpaat the charges which hate 'appeared ift the RvansyUle Courier, and jsay that it Is all owing Jo the extortion and fraud, pof ? the Republican County, officials, who have,'' plundered this treasury . And with a vast amount of high sounding, indignation at the wrongs which have- beeir perpetrated upon tax-payers, they appeal to the rOters'at the Election' on Tuesday next,': to take the administration of. couDty 'affairs out of the handsof Republican.' officials, and entrust them tot the Democracy.! :Thi4 is the cry which is now being rungwith all rts changes, in the ears of the people of Vanderburgh County. . . . ' ' ' "Before this is done, it wouldbe well to examine the matter a- little more "freely.".: Letf-ns ( inquire what it will cost tax-payers'to transfer this county to the management of the Democracy. Let us see what that party means by 'lh" 6rde ' to "'de'tefmlhe how the Democracy would ; manage the finances'ol "Variderburgh i County, if they had the control of affairs, we should ioOK lo me counties in umer pan ' Vpter. Local Ta xe. Per Voter1 AUen..' :;...v:..P,0W , 1222.04 124, S Dea ...5,497188,140' Floyd "''21 7. 1 FoHtain.:.iC 177,042 t; " I'Uft l&A '" Frankiia ...4,478 r: j4i:43 4. HUm-ngton;.'.v..'4,M- , ,.26 47, t-tn-!ny Vanderburgh ::.,B27 But the DeruQoracy will claim that5 i .haver not made-a fair selection. i - we : of isourities.J ' ..We 7clai m.'' that' thd counties, cited are fair, specimens of lemocrauc taxation,. ana an examin-, atlon of, the Auditor' ' report j wilt prove itTi Some months ago we; published a table of thirteen of the leading Democratic counties in the State,' and twenty of the most populous . Republican counties, . (embracing the cities where valuation is the highest,) with the following result:!" . . . - ; : f--.: Jfo.-Voter. Local Taxr. Fer. Voter. 13 Dem. Co.'s, 5,64 $1,81,770- ' , f27 15 20 Rep. 106,830 fi&,m 'i .14 9Q , ...The fipeoial , School tax, : which is llyied by the'differt.'unties.is? not prppriy a part of the Vjuixent . county, expenses as it - is 1 used for building' school houses, and -ether school expenses.. Inthese'.cd'uhtiea'we make th- following compariedif : Stomal School Taxea. Pr-r Voter. n l . ?nrratie Oos.k...-..814ti,2r6 2 45 ?,W '.rH.iblicaa 881,i69 , ; . 3 67 items of taxation in the Republican counties is for the-support of schools, that enemy of unadulterated .Democ racy. If we-deduct the school taxes I froro the table, we have' the ' following markecoatrat, " Taxation rter omL i 3 JDem oora ie ; cob b t ies.,M.44,M24 70

Is it to such a feast as this the De

yasdef burgh County, at. the- election on Tuesday nextf i But it may be objected that we do not make a fair comparison. We have taken the more populous, j oouri ties ot each, i political partyj.ana we defy any one to show-from the State Auditor's report that' the1 exhibit is not ' an equitableone. But or der that the oompansoa may be con ivincing to all, Jet us contrast Vander hdrgh' with the counties of'vthisr Con gfessis6nal District, which gaye Demo crjtiw; . major itieatla6. year, an4 which hate fbr the pasfi ten years beeq under th ontrol ,of that farty ' " .aS' Ktarx Ai Vandb RBUR'on. ;::'Let cbminence. jthj Knoxi the banner county 'of JJemocracyun District, which" has beeu- unfaltering in : its attachment to the 'pjjiciples of yALiDiGBAM.YooagiE, jand jfrBLACK. ; !We iCompiie' thefoJl6wing tables from the Sfat Auditor's report rnoUl.ai401I c'.'. 12S.65:'Ji'.VI31 82 Vanderburgh 8,627-. - ..,0441 I ac5.fi2 I c-But upon examination we find that about one-third of the;above arniunt ror ,yanaerDurgn. was , ior opeciaj SchtlpurpQse in Knox - only.' i. about r. one - sixteenth ( $7,883): so that, after deducting the oecial School tax,,we , have . the ifolr -1 uti r r. i i, n i ,, t ....... . . .f ? KnOI.....U.4.011 , , , , 117,77f ,j, , ,K 11 Vanderbnreh6Ji27 - 67.483 Jru T10 34 1 Do theiax-payersj of Va'nd enyy the, luxury enjoyed, by .the. people of Knox: County under the blessed domination of pure Dexnocracjr?1 j W A BRICK. AND V ANDJ1BB tTB3 H. .'Old 'y'rrick has for. ,the. p.ast ten years been noted for its rousing Democratic majorities.' 'In-c 1856 it gaVe BrTCH AN AN , jv?t 6ne. .tJhousand majority. In lobU. it. was one of! the few counties in the. State which had the hardihood to ' give a majority' for the ttaitor' BREbKiNKiDar,;" In ,1864 ii, gave ; a , aeciaea majoriiy iqr w.cClellan. Only once nas-. it ever fal terSdiP - In 1865,-; uadev the staggering blow whichf Gbant had giTen ithe Southern1" branch" of1 the Democracy under Lei the county was carried by the Union men by a hare majority; but it was recaptured by the Confed. erales in 1866. It. is a thorough, Diemocrauq county inau its county management of taxation. : We toake the II - . i following comparison for 1866 r !t ' j . . Voter: Local Tax'an. Per Voter. Warrick 3.3S4 ' S98.58 S2 42 Vander burgh.627 . n 88,04. i r Ci 13 02 But the contrast is v stronger after we deduct the Special SchobLtax,- as follows;;: ; . ' i ?.,rr ' T" . Voter. Co. Expense Per Vote Warrick ::..S,3R4 fS8,74 J26 4a Vanderburgh 6,527 ' 7,483 10 84 In other words, the small County of Warrick, with half the population,and with no town of more than 700 in habitants, under Democratic manage ment, coat $21,491 more for County expenses' than for the County of Van derburgh, with its high city valuation,' under Republican administration;' or two and a half times nto.re 'pef. 'mafi Do' the . tax payers of Vanderburgh desire such' a system of 'afiairs in augurated here? . : If so .they.' can speedily have it by placing the Dem ocratic party in power. ';, .'lM'.i-; ; . GlBSO ANJyAJiDERBUEQHLj with W fcadl maBaErement. : We rexr that the defaulters were' men fefthrjown'i party-, and that thei costlyi exjbexieace' 'of W'axrick ig;;what,Xemocraii( k& ministration brings with.it.VtB.ut iayiQcr iv uiaiLo m itcsl mowing possibfefor the Deuipcracyr we" will take the" prosperous 'and quiel' agricultural County of Gibson, which :has:iben: mainly under Democratic ctJBtrol;1 but the majority is always so small that the 'officials', wer compelled j to keep within the bounds of moderation, and did cot dare to give free play to their party ! principles. ,J Lv the 'past ten years the Democratic majority has averaged. about 125 votea, once .only in that period in a local election being carried for ; the Union party & It: is ot a fair comparison to make of this rural ounty-,!with the ' commercial and tnanufacturing county of Vander ' ril I. f - I Voter. Local Taxes. ... . . . , ti Per Voter. I u.w.t. f "V aa'deftiuYgg J52T J61.490 Slti 9H,0 15 02--!' But..whe6Xwe"J'deduct the Special School tax, the difference in the purely county expenses is more appa rent: ' ' : r ' - - . Valeria Co.' Expense. Per Voter. Gibson o.0!o 8ow.8.TiJ . $13 75 Vanderburgh 6.&I6 7,4tiJ- 1 31 So that under the;.most favorable aspect of affairs, the Democracy have nothine so favorable" 6 offer "in all i the recora oi ineu -party -manage-. ntentihithi's pairt'of isthe StaeiVtTax-1 uKhmH. .'! j t

But the Democracy wil!( ay that' Varrick .County'; bas bgen afiUcied

; defaulting ofEcials aod shame ful

payers are likely to judge a' party by

I gash pyagfifial .MjbjtionN jf. its,. m nuu3ffatipnJas."'e';abQYa instances cited by usr rather than by empty pro'fessions on the eve of an election. DUBOIS AND VANDERBURGH. "We have given a comparison of the taxation. oiT Vanderburgh: and evi other , County, in , the First District which gave a-Democratic ' majority at the last .'election, .except Daviess, and that has , for ten .years .past been so evenly djyided thaneither(party can claim it : But there is one County, for so many years attached to this District, whose pijjitical status ; is. by no means doubtful. Li1 If there:iis1one locality

m w a caJUecL.iCOnsefiratedjgrounaj by( Democracy ."that spot is Dubois Coun ty, which for the past ten jrfears (for a generation.' for" aught we- k n ow), has' givefi'a solid "Democratic majority of 1,200 or 1,500? out of a Vote cast of auauti:,wuk inis certain ly ought to be the',' spofj,o which' ' the Vander burghi Democracy could point With glewiag pride as. the - Ederi.'of il-lq I tcuce" and economy. Let us take view of; ifa'financlal'affairsapd fcontrast it with the Radically blighted ana amictea county i vanuerourgn. The Auditor's report for 1866 makes theftlloMhitt'urv; .-:.? biuVotera, f Local Tax'n. tPerVoter. Vandertmrgh27i v,.; ti 9S.044 JJ Hi x 15 02 ,i. After deducting the .special school tax'(and the Democracy o Dubois do better than some,. of. their more: pretentiou brethren) we find the following result: tit ) i d- '-' ' 'rrturf Hrlwiiift rn."iU' Wm. Ehibols r....:,,..;.2,S50 " : J . 147.717 . " , , . $20 85 Vanderbnrgh.8,527' 1 67,483't ' 0 34 Thus we have the glorious county of Dubois,' with its ' 1 1,500 iDemocratict majority, 1ield . up tq .us, alongiWith Knox and Warrick, :as examples of Jjemoeratio ' economy v and . financial skill, of which we' maka.the follow ing1 sttratting,' up with the: contrast " f I t Li rcal Dabola Taxation per Voter. for County expea MM 120 85 Warrick ? ,, Knox : as 44 a Vanderburgh " -t... t.--.. h.i.,. ie 4 How tightly will the charges of ex travagaace atrd corruption lie against the RepubliciiirpattJof Vanderburgh upon such, a contrast as this. Do the tax-payers of thi3 County '.wish to en-k joy the .luxury of Dubois, Warrick, or KodxyCounties"? If so, let ; them eleci'MlLtERheriff. Bowers Com missioner, and., restore the.-hungry I herd, of (Democratic hangers-on to power; and the control of our "Cpunty affairs: Jiut, Jf ; on ..the other .hand iney are. sausnea mat unuer .ivepuoncan auspices -. the taxation -rot - this County has been wisely and prudently managed,' "continue ' this, '.party in power, and trust to its integrity and self-interest td rectify any evils which may exist. Who ate ! the men opposing' the election ; bf Captain Darling" today; Themn who were the sympa" thisers with treason, who" shouted no more mentor in oneyfor'the abo lition war;"-while the sodier8 in the 1 iront were caning ior remiorcemeots, .who opposed the Government in th" days of f its' adversity. Now, : when, the rebelliori is put down,! they hope to, defeat pne of the' gallant soldiers of VtheV war, 1; . "and -...eeti',. back!; into the offices, from' which the loyaJ-'peoH. ble'bf-!1 Vanderburgh so irimgnantiy ' drcve"themik",Have they earned official position by their sympathy with treason i-aud opposition' to the i Go vetameQtnJjet loyal' votersfBswer this : question at the 'polls inext Tuesit .i-?..i.T ... ..... a eil t vDRi uaiormatioa: cornea- rrom; as good.Ipublicans as- there are t in the city .ot -Jvansyillfi.rr-Cfcurifiri 2tLw One would''suppose from a -reading of the Cobperhead tie'wspaper of this ci.ty tnat.it was. tneaoceptac. organ ot the jJLiepublicana,.! of j,N anflerburgh Counryj . It has had : so ' many and, such 1 confidential conferences 1 with respectable' "and prominent Republeans. I -.Ut-course it has!.. . . , The Boston Post calls : upon the Democrats of Pennsylvania to "make a Gettysburg fight" on election day. The Pittsburg Commercial suggests that is what they have always done on, tbe,) rebet. side.. Like the rebels" they have 'always beeo-.defeatedand Hhey1 will?tif again. eTherkdvic"e, of iae:ryst wasun necessary. . : ..

outside -ot. Kentucky iwniea mayiettf7pn$bpu'Ieg Qkfnt

Gov.- Harriman, itf his7speech atlitJpIelPhe'bairdsomest wftaye no-

Bellefontalne a ' few "dava" aco.'."eaid that.he had been a life'-lon Democrat till the breaking out of tbe-war. ' He voted for Douglas in 1860. '" I trained in their Democratic company a great while, and meant to train with them a great while longer, but I saw they went'down, down, and when they got clear to the gate of perdition, Iiaw it open; and saw them step in : I looked fib but1 did1 no like 'the appearance of ihingsand tuVi.ed4'r A?-io3d-i',: it'O'.i ''it aSrA .'tW'lkl , , v. A

THE- STATE PAIR.

inefficient ;flotel lecoittmodatlons The Fair Grounds Large Crowds . venerai uispiaj or Articles rine TSDeclal to Evannvl lie Jonrnal.1 i Tjerre Haute, October 2. Terre Haute has long boasted of her bote accommodations, and justly, too, as she has three first class hotel build ings, and they are well kept, but the past few days they have been over matched, and such .scrambling for beas and mattrasses on the floor or room to stretch one's self on the car pet we never witnessed since the nieht . . .. . ... w ,1

tn-einnapisTTheTivansville Base

Ball Club foand beds generally on the floor in the finacinus narlnra. uf th Wrre?HautekH6use, adby1! Uttle masterstroke of diplomacy seven ,ro us found one empty room where twe could stretch our weary limbs. Many, vey-Aian&bifdSto afteVin chairs 4r stroll the streets all night, finding no -plaetp to; .their head A r the fair grounds : v-;.. Are most beautifully and convenient ly located about two miles east of the city, skirted on thfe-north by the Terre Hauteoi Indianapolis ,R.R. and onl the south by the National.. Road. which - is the continuance of Main tfain Street of ihe ,City-. .Trains leave thW Union station every half hour with tew or :wvcWsfhlly RfirdeT , and perfect rowda lof-people, in ehicles of every conceivable character, make theif way 'thro&fehIouds of dust to the . grounds i.by the i old . National Road,-,. t-s ui;: 3..t.; su !.:. The grounds comprise, about seven ty acres of land, embracing a .find grove, with nice, smooth sward, of twenty-five or thirty acres, and a largajopen field of like capacity. In the grove is the great exhibition, and the time track surrounds the field in the form of an elipse, and had it been constructed in time.or haiLbeen well soaked or beaten dovn with a hard rainit wouia nave -peensmost admirably adapted to the encQbr which it was created, bufnow it is soft and du8ty,'-and its doubtful nf it can bemused, but arWeffort is being made" to improve, it bymeans of sprinkling,nd rolling" witlQ a heavy metalrolleff On thelwest side of the time track; ia a spacious amphitheatre capable of accommddatina: 3.000 or 4,00&people3 and thai it may not be overclfowded, a fee '"of twenty-five centijs demanded at the foot of the steps, or rather tickets representing thafamount procured, from a ticketbox -near by. The usual number of shows happy families," fat women, Ken tucky- giants, mammoth bears (grizzly and black), Chinese and Japanese J "gglgrgj Australian children f rom Warrick County are on the grounds, and the. loud braying of the respective doorkeepers vaunting the value of theilar"!'! 'succws&llyjrwith the owing o ;9atet. thfc brayjng .of i'rid mule's', and the calfs'of the' asses managprs, jde;vexphanieitjie whistles of thejqpftrnotiyee,. ;, , , !Ji ,u, , . , utnerou spacious halls are eoattered aboutithe grounds, awhile 4 maehlnery, agricultural implements!'and' all manner of labor-eaVing machines. r fill.npPthi iniirVenifl r4ces, leaving walks and.narrpwassages for visitors, with carriage ways for vehicles. Some'bf the" halls were quite bare t?'s .Tqtjrpragr bit are 'rapTflUyiifiJIing up. .ruvi js.itc ,ii floral HALL Is in form lof a cross or rather of two L's with ' their right angles joined and the bases extended eqaal to the j1 length of the perpendiculars. One wing js pretty, well filled with flowers adant'Twhichiak'e a'jVery.Jbandsome display. . In the centre or juncture of. the wings is a magnificent pyramid of plants and, flowers,.' comprising' many-rare and beautiful varieties. In one contribution are two' sickly ' Banana plants, but.,' .by ; tmeans as large or as thrifty as One to be found at Newitt's. .o VTieuither wings are occupied chiefly with ijrr'uits-rPP?eV, pears', peaches, quinces and grapes; among which are some extending y fine displays. There .1 I! " IU I are a great many very fine varieties of ticed being contributed by the Plain field Horticultural Society. Of grapes the .d'splay is not very large, but some specimens are of a very fioe quality, comprising Catawba, Isabella,-tCon-cord, Delaware, and one or twoother varieties. But few peaches, are on exhibition, but-these are very fine and large. "' Power Hall is supplied with motive rowi bv.an eneine that in not hiirhlv t ' .. . .---. cieditible to the builder, and we are ., v.ri'i;

sure it was not built in Evaosville.

4-Ia the--haU- labeledProducts,'''' we ; jffojnd an endless variety of conserves, preservesj canned fruits, pickles, jellies, Docupyin J about 50 feet on one side of the tables that are' plated in 'the center, while the balance of that side is entirely bare. On the other side we find grain principally There are some dozen or so 'samples 'of corn of extraordinary jsjze, an? f.ei9allept quality. But in this, as in many other matters, the largest is no, always the best, . and we noticed that the largest ears have the larsrest cobs ' and. Oia' hVinrfocf grain,' 0t w'n'eat there'-are several samples,, pup noqe pj very hign merit. One' or two samples each of oats and-harley.cpnstjtute tbe whole dispraof grain. ' 1 1 ., .A . few , samples, of sweet potatoes occupy this table j .but they are. .of ex traorainary aimensions, som ot tnem being six or eight inches in diameter. Pf .. I rjh 4)0ttpes there . is . greater variety, .but with, the .exception: of a single measure of peach b-loomsr there are-, none. , of a .quality , superior to those we find daily in ; our , provision stores-: Of cabbages, pumpkins, melonay andi garden - products, there are none worthy of mention.-"-There are ieVeraVfind displays of honey,, among which is a glass-pyramid full of tbe f "t Exquisitely bekutifaP -w hite honey, greatly . admired by visitors. There are a" few samples of sorgho molasses and sugar Jqex-hibi!io.u, and a very meagre show of butter, with a few caks-aad Joive' of bread. Mechanics' Hall was well filled with Jieceleebiv'esJ leather belting, patent roofing, harness aad harness leather. m IXUpnioni"?'r"at-ttap4l froM f Posey County, wagon and buggy material (as hubs, fellOea spokes, plowhandles, step-ladders, fox-skin and raceoon-ekla' robes,wahiDg machines, clothes-wringers, patent churns, lightning liodir, galvanized and vulcanized spouting, pa'tent hay-rake with, elevator, patent carpetirrgl rag and wool en carpets, woolen fabrics (of which Laporte hiai al'magbtficent display), doors, window-blinds, scales (nmonz Which FairbVnkst has iome), portable mills, patent pumps, &c. &c. Or agricultural implements there is an ; in unite .variety, embracing all kinds of reapers, mowers, horserakes, pitchers, jwheat " and other drills, ' harrows, ' threshers-, Tiorsepowers, ic, ic. ibis department rather leads all others. In Miscellaneous" Hall we have arnb's knitting .machines, a great variety of sewing machines.-rarriages. wagons and buggies; also, quilts in arge numbers, and many very handsome;; .trunks, . millinery, bonnets, cabinet work, boots, shoes, burial cases, caskets and coffins, clothing, urs and. feather work, i laee:- and crochet work, patent fruit-preserving jars, China' ware, hoop skirts, "&c, &e. We haye notyet looked at the stock, of which there aro over 400 entries. Amongthe ''no tefl 'horses are L. L. Dorsey'8 BoUa Rosa aod Gold Dust; Dimmick's Silas Rich and Lizzie Roninkf Tom Oliver'a-Mollie and Dolly Dutton. There are also Belle Loder, Logan,-Red 'Buc1cC Billy Bar, and othero.'' ' ' ' ' " : " IThyWiftsbuddsiMe wWerowded with f pectator to-'day, but matters are not prossiDg rapidly. To-morrow aad" Friday will tie 'the great days, and the crowd will no doubt be, largely increased. tln he RaH'EWmatcH thS After noon the Resolutes were badly t eaten. The score stood: Westerns, 53; Resolutes;27.i r! !!:. n'jfio A fine rain commenced here at 8 o'clock, which will add greatly to the c&mfoiof the" Fair tolmorrow. I General Grant. General Gran ha reoently received a numberofanonymous communications from different sections of the country warning him.that his recent told-avo"Wali Ofjbdppbrt 0l-th Congressional polisy of reconstruction endanger his personal safety. The writers, state that.Wilkes.Booths are to'bVf0uhd- 4n: the South "to-day as well as immediately after the close of the war, and implore the General to be careful how he. appears iq, public gatherings? 1 and Id take every' 'precaution agrinst assassination. Washington Chronicle, 28th. Clothes-Wringers. THE CMEAPNt, BENTSIM. yuV.HT. and MOT UURABLK CUJTHEH-WRLSOKli in the market 11 the COLBY BROS.' WRINGER, ; made at Waterbury, Vermont. Trir- atTetair, S7 each".'w-" "" Every Wringer 'he "Warranted to give fafaetion, ntt it after-w trial the jnircbefcer In not BatUfied,'-we yrfll-refnod the money. .'.VICKEBy.'BROa. . , or VnUiburgh Count.r.'Aienhi for" , , '.mtka Baaar,'i75 ata st. lib. I f.! . . : 4 J - ' ar.J. ) t-S yiiT.-t