SCULPTURE, ETC.

Best collection and greatest variety of insects, H. Craig, Cleveland............Silver Medal. Best collection and greatest variety of Ohio birds, prepared, H. Craig..........Silver Medal.

AWARDING COMMITTEE-S. J. Wadsworth, B. B. Barney, T. D. Page, M. J. Drake, Julia Butler, Frank Garlick, Geo. H. Adams and E. R. Tilden.

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

In the class of Musical Instruments there were 6 entries, to which the following awards were made:

Best square piano, Geo. Hall, Ashtabula....

Best Melodeon, Jewett & Goodman....

AWARDING COMMITTEE—J. A. Harris, Wm. Hart and H. B. Spellman.

..Silver Medal. ......Diploma.

LIST OF ARTICLES COMMENDED AT STATE FAIR, 1863.

FIRST DEPARTMENT-LIVE STOCK.

CATTLE.

F. G. Pritchard, Brunswick, O., 3 steers at one birth, 3 years old.

SECOND DEPATMENT-MACHINERY, ENGINES, ETC.

MACHINERY, ENGINES, ETC.

Anderson & Co., Painesville, O., portable gage saw mill.

L. S. Fairchild, Cleveland, O., water wheel.

Anderson & Co., Painesville, O., saw hanging for muley saws.

H. H. Babcock, Watertown, N. Y., 4 engine pumps.

Jonathan Troop, Erie, Pa., self regulating wind power.

Chas. Wells, Cincinnati, O., job printing press.

Bostwick, Norwalk, O., windmill for sawing wood.

E. K. Wissell, Warren, O., spoke machine.

Frevor & Co., Lockport, N. Y., combined shingle and heading machine.

Wm. Kenyon, Steubenville, O., combined gas pipe cutter.

AGRICULTURAL MACHINES.

1st Division.-J. C. Birdsell, W. Henrietta, Monroe co., N. Y., combined clover thresher and huller. Hollenshead, Morris & Co., Cincinnati, O., combined cider mill and corn sheller.

2d Division.-Chas. E. Miller, Amelia, O., combined roller crusher and seed sower.

Thos. Brett, Geneva, O., improvement in harvester seats.

H. B. Hammon, Bristolville, O., front weeding tooth.

F. F. Fowler, Upper Sandusky, O., hay hauling machine.

Chas. F. Dortenback, Cleveland, O., intestine cleaning and turning machine.

3d Division.-Wright & Holman, Springfield, O., hominy mill.

C. M. Stevenson, Eldersville, Washington co., Pa., combined rack and trough for feeding sheep.

Gates & Speer, Gates' Mills, O., 1 dozen hand rakes.

Daniel E. Smith, Adrian, Mich., stump extractor, (model).

TOOLS AND HOUSEHOLD IMPLEMENTS.

John Haye, Cleveland, O., 12 step ladders.

A. Schweizer, do

scrubbing machine.

Richardson & Keeler, Sherman, N. Y., cream pot and strainer.

John A. Huff, Armanda, McComb co., Mich., Aldrich's patent fruit ladder.
Montgomery & Cook, Farmington, Wis., Strave's patent feed rack.

Wm. B. Munson, Independence, Cuyahoga co., O., fly fender.

Jacob Haller, Cleveland, O., burglars' alarm.

Roe & Blair, Madison, O., expansion cheese hoop.

PLOWS.

Rice, French & Co, Springfield, O., single shovel plow.

VEHICLES.

Cleveland Wood and Willow Cab Manufacturing Company, 3 wood cabs for children.
T. J. Body, Cleveland, O., 2 boys' sleighs.

Schreyer's, Columbus, O., pattern steel axle, or arm for wagon.

J. W. Fitch, Cleveland, O., top buggy.

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Merts & Riddle, Ravenna, Ohio, display of carriage wheels, hubs, etc.

P. C. Stewart, Berea, O., display of felloes.

SEWING MACHINES.

D. M. Somerville, Cleveland, O., manufacturing machine exclusively for leather.

THIRD DEPARTMENT.

SILK FABRICS.

Geo. Levies, Cuyahoga Falls, O., 7 bales Oakum.

NEEDLE, SHELL AND WAX WORK.

E. Wyatt, Brooklyn, O., 1 silk quilt, composed of 6,000 pieces.
Louisa Harbaugh, Cleveland, O., patch work quilts.

Mrs. B. F. Dwelle, Elyria, O., white bed quilt.

Miss A. Carlisle, Cleveland, O., log cabin quilt.'

Mr. A. C. Deveroux, do

Mrs. M. P. Wheelock, do

card embroidery.

case of millinery goods.

embroidery and machine work.

Alice Clark, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga co., O., crochet work.

Miss E. Craig, Cleveland, O., 1 case wax fruit.

Wm. Burger,

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double rim palm leaf hat.

1 knit shawl.

Asa W. Allen, Ellsworth, Mahoning co., 4 pair sheep skin mittens.

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2 dressed skins.

Quinn & Campbell, Hamilton, O., breech loading carbine.

O. P. Stevens, Cleveland, O., scraper attachment to shoe brush.
Wales Aldrich, do

breech loading rifle.

Henry Brown, Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga co., O., percussion matches.
C. A. Richter, Cleveland, O., 2 faucets.

A. F. Newell, Warren, O., patent fruit boxes.

D. C. Smith, Adrian, Mich., truss.

T. G. Bristor, Cleveland, O., specimen of dentistry.

West Union Telegraph Company, Cleveland, O., telegraphic repeater.

H. Craig, Cleveland, O., case of microscopes.

Lightning Rod Company, Cleveland, O., lightning rods.

J. W. Penfield, Willoughby, O., drain tile.

Henry Craig, Cleveland, O., case of artificial eyes.

Mrs O. L. Hinckley, Brooklyn, O., 10 pounds lard.

Hammon Stevens, Sheffield, O., bees wax.

Mrs. B. F. Dwelle, Port Clinton, O., dried currants.

Miss E. Minuse, Milan, O., pine apple preserves.

B. H. Bohmer, Cleveland, O., display of Aloes and Cactus, in pots, (Prof.

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

(From the Ohio Farmer.

THE OHIO STATE FAIR.

The Fourteenth Annual Ohio State Fair opened on Tuesday of this week, with the weather fresh from the showers of the few days preceding. Our people are now so well settled upon a quiet war basis, that they had determined to go to the Fair, and they did go to the Fair: thirty thousand people, is a fair computation of the attendance on Thursday, which was the big day. Thirty thousand is a good many people-equal to thirty regiments of infantry, which occupy more space than they are generally estimated to fill, so that when you hear of a crowd of fifty thousand people, think of the vast proportions of a grand division of the army and revise your arithmetic fifty thousand crowds of civilians are scarce, and five thousand are not plenty, even at Fairs. But this was a happy and a busy crowd, till the afternoon of Thursday, when there came on a sweeping rain which was better for the earth than the State Fair, but was awfully destructive of gaiters and bonnets; and awfully productive of a show of matched calves, which is in the agricultural line!

A reference to the list of awards following, will show who were the successful competitors in the several classes, but no mention which we have space to make, can do justice to the thousand and one articles of merit on exhibition. On the whole it was a good Fair and a large Fair, the receipts of money footing up some $15,000.

THE HORSE DEPARTMENT.

In the article of horses for useful purposes, this State Fair has seldom been excelled; but the most useful horses, like the most useful men, do not make the greatest display on public oceasions. As usual, the horse ring was the centre of attraction for a large number of visitors, and whenever the exciting classes of horses were on trial, the excitable portion of the crowd were sure to pack the amphitheater and line the rails with a perfect park of tense humanity.

Thoroughbred Horses.-The contestants in this ring were "Col. Grayson," belonging to J. W. Fitch, of Cleveland; "Boston," and "Dan Webster," owned by Sam. Alexander, of Greene county; "Ben Butler," owned by Anderson & McMillan, of Greene county; "Young Grey Eagle," owned by Mr. Richardson of Cleveland; "Perfection," owned by Dan Law, of Willoughby; and Spangler's "Boston,"-a ring of handsome horseflesh. The red card was taken by Col. Grayson," and the blue by "Ben Butler." The verdict of the outsiders appeared to be in favor of reversing this arrangement—but "Ben Butler" is young, and can bide his time.

The Roadster Ring was a galaxy of noble form and display of excellent muscle. Old Hiatoga showed to a disadvantage in harness for want of training, but showed well enough to take the red ribbon. Excelsior did some of the fairest trotting that crowd ever saw-he always trots fair. St. Lawrence, the new $5,000 purchase of James M. Brown, is a stylish animal, combining the fine and the muscular, but was unfortunately suffering from a difficulty in his fore pasterns, which prevented him from being put to his speed.

The Sweepstakes Ring for stallions, brought out the force of the field, which was a goodly sight, wherein each animal was put upon his individual merits, whether of blood, muscle or perform