Kentucky.
rCorrespondence Of the Herald
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PARIS, BOURBON Co. KY, June %, 1S44
old Bourbon-Her Charaeteriaics-The Erection of
Clay Pole, about t,oo hundred feet high, by
james X Poik-Speeches Of G-uenor MetcaJf the
Hon. w. w. Somhgage, Gen. Leslie Combs, and


WiRiam X. WeH-Ciay Festival, giuen by the
Episcopal Ladies, for Benepolent Purpose The
Certain Triumph Of the Wings and Inevitable
Defeat of The Poor Loco -Poikos-Ihe Herald, &c.
You have no doubt often heard and perhaps tast-
ed of "Old Bourbon" whose golden beams oi
beauty still burn, irradiate and play upon the
shelves of Thurston and Tabutt the frequent visits
of Vickers and Brown to this place, to the contrary
Notwithstanding. The devil will have his due.
This is the first agricultural county OF the State.
distinguished alike for its fine stock, its Bertrands,
Durhams, Blakewells and Berkshires, and its fine
bluegrass pastures, which now cover the whole
county with lis green mantle, which together with
the thick foliage OF the sugartree, recalls the
miniscences OF the dark and bloody ground"
This is emphacally the richest county in the state
in point of soil. " Here grain and flower and fruit
gush from the earth, until the land runs DER"


But sat down to give you brief faccounto OF the
proceedings OF to-day, which, probably, will not
he unin,eresting 10 your numerous readers on both
sides of the Atlantic, and which will ever be
orable TO the lovers OF Whg principles, Henry Clay
and beautiful women, to which the memories OF all
who were present, will ever cling and linger with
pleasure and delight. You may have learned that
there is very worthy and cstImable Wing living
here by THE name of James *, Polk, who as soon