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To Ida Mills, Troy, N. Y., for a handsome specimen of striped 

 shirtings, exhibited by the agent, Charles Carville, Esq. 



To J. L. Pearce, of Utica, N. Y., for a good specimen of bed- 

 tick. 



To the Phffinix Company, Providence, R. I., for wide and heavy 

 cotton sheetings, a very good article; Shepard and Howe agents in 

 this city. 



To the Claremont Factory, N. H., Blashfield & Smith, agents, 38 

 Pine-street, for the, best wide cotton bleached sheetings, an excellent 

 article, and well bleached. 



To the Hamilton Company, Lowell, Mass., for a superior article 

 of cotton blankets, exhibited by Nesmith & Co., of this city. 



The foregoing, and a great variety of other articles, of which cot- 

 ton formed the whole or principal material, gave great satisfac- 

 tion to the visitors, and were highly entitled to a compliment from 

 the Institute. But where discrimination and preference must govern, 

 and the recommendation of impartial judges is the guide in distribu- 

 ting premiums which must necessarily be limited in number to be of 

 any value, we trust it will app( ar evident that the premium commit- 

 tee have endeavored to discharge their duty without favor or re- 

 ward. 



Hemp, Flax, and Linen Goods. 



The exhibition of these articles was a very limited one. The 

 committee regret that the growth and manufacture of these impor- 

 tant staples. have hitherto been so little encouraged. But two speci- 

 mens of hemp were presented for examination, both of which were 

 very fine, and sufficient to prove that the article is produced of a 

 quality fully equal to any imported. 



For the best, exhibited by Messrs. McGregor & Morris, of this 

 city, and grown in Kentucky, a silver medal was awarded. 



For an excellent specimen of sewing twine and shoe thread, which 

 were made by L. T. Beardsley, Watertown, New-York, and which 

 the judges pronounced to be "very handsome, and for strength per- 

 haps unequalled," a gold medal was given. The committee would 

 gladly have awarded further premiums for similar proofs of what 

 could be made to advantage in this country, and hope another year 

 to have an opportunity of so doing. 



