I860.] 



THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



more is healtliy. As to the other assertions re- 

 specting artificial regulations, etery candid 

 mind must Imow that every great governmental 

 or commercial centre in the Universe has been 

 built by artificial means. True, so much is not 

 to be overcome when the situation is advanta- 

 geous, but certainly no commercial centre ex- 

 isted in the beginning of all things. We are, 

 however, by a reference to all of these acts of 

 Southern States and corporations, furnished 

 with conclusive proof, so far as all these States 

 and corporations are concerned, that they are 

 not friendly in their action to commercial sub- 

 jects, but openly and positively legislating in 

 every way to cut up and expel the foreign 

 trader and all others except the retail shop- 

 keepers from our soil. We are reminded of 

 Mr. Jefferson's observations respecting Eng- 

 land, and may therefore use them : ' Do we not 

 know that the Northern States have wished 

 a monopoly of commerce and influence with 

 lis ; and they have in fact obtained if? When 

 we take notice that theirs is the workshop to 

 whicli we go for all we want; that with them 

 centre either immediately or ultimately all the 

 labours of our hands and lands ; that to them 

 belongs either openly or secretlyj the great 

 mass of our navigation ; that even the factorage 

 of their affairs here is kept to tliehisetves by 

 factitious citizenship ; that tliese foreign and 

 false citizens now constitute the great body of 

 what are called our merchants, till our seaports, 

 p are planted in every little town artd district in 



the interior country, sway everything in the 

 former places by their own Votes and those of 

 their dependants, in the latter by their insinu- 

 ations and ihe influence of their ledgers; that 

 they are advancing fast to a monopoly of our 

 banks and public funds, and thereby placing 

 our public finances under their control ; that 

 they have in their alliance the most influential 

 characters in and out of office — when tliey 

 have shown that, by ail these bearings of the 

 ditT'erent branches of the Government, they can 

 force it to proceed in whatever direction they 

 dictate, and bend the interests of this country 

 entirely to the will of another — when all this, 

 I say, is attended to, it is impossible for us 

 to say we stand on indei)endent ground-— im- 

 possible for a free mind not to see and to 

 groan under the bondage in which it is 

 bound.' " 



The tTnited Fair of the Virginia State 

 and Central Va. Agricultural Societies. 



We mentioned in a note, in our last issue, that 

 the specifications for the two premiums for ex-- 

 periments would be published in this number^ 

 Since then, the committee addressing themselves 

 earnestly to the work, have found it beset with 

 unforeseen difficulties whicli have not been 

 overcome, and it is likely, as at present advised^ 

 they will be withdrawn. Eut if they are not^ 

 the specifications will be published in the 

 pamphlet edition of the premium list soon forth- 

 coming. 



TRIAL OF SPEED, 

 The premiums 182 to 189 inclusive have been 

 reviewed and altered by concurrent action of the 

 Executive Committees of the two Societies, who 

 have adopted the following substituted sciiedulei 



182. Horses, Mares or Geldings, for best 

 time not exceeding 2 min. 60 seconds, 

 FiUST PREMIUM, ^25Q 



183. Horses, Mares or Geldings, for best 

 time not exceeding 3 minutes, second 

 PHEMIUM, 150 



184. Colts or Fillies, 3 years old and under 

 4, for best time not exceeding 3 rnin. 



30 sec, FIRST PREMIUM, 100 



185. Colts or Fillies, 3 years old and un- 

 der 4, for best time not e^^ceeding 3 



min. 40 sec, SECOND Premium, 50 

 186i Horses, MaresorGeldings, 4 yearsold 

 and under 7, for best time not exceed- 

 ing 3 minutes, first premium, 150 

 187. Horses, Mares or Geldings, 4 years old 

 and Under 7, for best time not exceed- 

 ing 3 min. 10 sec, SECOND r'REMitM, 75 

 188 and 189 Merged in the above^ 



A joint Committee of the two Societies are 

 engaged in preparing the rules and regulations 

 for the Fair, which will be found in the pamph«' 

 let edition of the premium list when issued, 



FARSiERS ASSEMBLY. 



An election will be held in all the electoral 

 districts at the September courts of each county 

 for delegates to the next Farmer's Assembly^ 

 which will meet on the night of the first day of 

 tlie Fair. Many important changes in the Con- 

 stitution of the State Society are foreshadowed 

 by notices given in accordance with its requires 

 mertt at the last meeting, and it is therefore of 

 the greatest importance that members should 

 exert themselves actively to secure a full dele- 

 gation from every district to the next assemblyj 



Acknowledg-ements. 



The following pamphlets have been received 

 The National Educator, a monthly magazine 

 devoted to Science, Literature, Morals and Edti'< 



