Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-11-03
The Fair Yesterday.

The Fair yesterday went of in magnificent style
1t exceeded tn. most sancune hopes of either the
ori-nators the inuumcrahle crowd Of attendants
Yesterday was a proud day for the Old Dominion
The crowd in attendance 10 witness what sort OF IN
exhibition the old State could make upon this
her first attempt at 4 State Agricultural Fair,
i'm ucn>c. They had every reason 10 be highly
grati.i The Exhibition a credit to the State,
and We believe every one pleased with It. Il was
a matter general remark that 50 crcd.tabc a dispsy
could have been gotte up the first time such an e.
tort was made. Persons present who had witnessed
thy finest exhibitions, after repeated efforts by other
States, pronounced this equal il not superior to
any OF th-m Hereafter may confidently calculate
upon Virginia taking the palm in Agricultural FANS
ii She las not done il already An interest has
been aroused ia the subject that will tell favor
ably hereafter When the State can do so well upon
the first trial gives promise Of how much better she
can acquit herself the next time. Her tzens were
a ware ofhow much they had to boast Of in agri-
culture until the articles thus brought together
for their inspection, and We happy 20 say that
many of them were most arrcSably Disappointed
The Grafton WIS delivered in fine ta>t. by Mr. Ed
mund>, Of Halifax, part If which we are able to lay
before readers this morning together with gen,
eral sketch Of thc proceedings Of the day.
~ WI atcyer may be the issue Of the difficulty
between Turkey and Russia il cannot be said that the
Turks have not manifested bold and courascou,
s.irit worthy Of their former rgnown. The sultan
and tic Turkish authorities have fal.crcd and showed
a disposition to shrink from an encounter with the
power Of Russia Had the settlement the difficult
ty been left entirely to them, probable tina, peace
would have been purchased before this upon JUS,
er,rl,t q. 10
dictate. The Sultan was evidently willing to allow
himself to be used mbccilc tool in the hands Of
the mediatory Powers to bring the matter to an end
upon any condition which did not involve resort to
arms. The Vienna Conference would have had It's
own way in smoothing over the difficulty by lodging
the issue Of upon their boosted sine quo non and
leaving the Russians in the uudis,urbc possession Of
the palities-relying upon "ths ,nfdent hope
and belief that they would take THE earliest oppor-
tunity' for their evacuation But the Turkish poo
pie with proper Indignation. rejected such degrading
terms Of peace anil the Sultan has no course LEFT bu,
to dccnd his country from the Russian invaders
The question Of war between Russia and Turkey
may be considered certain. What part the Western
Powers will take remains to be seen
~ Tho New York Herald says an alliance has been
formed between the Administration and the sewrdtes-
and that Stewards orgau-thc Times. now ,hc most
trusted organ Of the Cabinet IN the Empire state We
know nothing Of the facts but would IL not be strange
II after al the hurrah about Sewardu during the late cam
should that hc elected Of the Democra-
cy ia the tool Of seward What will tho Virginia De-
mocrary Think Wha, will Mrs. Gr1ndy ssys Pierce
AMI Seward, What n conjunction, But thngs have an
awful squirting that way-s1d t-, who had faith IN the
Ncw Boston speech, are not quite much surprised AZ