Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-10-22
STATE AFFAIRS.
Virginia p grioultural Fair


Opnra on rue ExH1mriuS-On Tuesday
morning, Nog. tst, 4 10 o'clock, the judges VII
enter upon the peri ornanee Of their duty Of IN
/ epectng and award ing Premiums. On that day
none but members of the soeiety, their families
aud Tn Judges. vi Il hc admitted t. the ground.
On Wrdnese ny ~ / O'Clock, the annual al
dress viii be dc liz cred by John K Ednnnd'' e'''
! of Halifax.
On ThursJ av, the trial If Ploughs and the
pIoughng me tch will take place to commence al
10 o'clock
On Friday. at 10 O'Clock. the reports Of the
judge viii / q cad from the stand aud the pre-
minms d-tr ba ted. After the exhibition OF the
premium am ma l., there will bc an auction Tor the
sale Of live too X.
On the eve nii gs Of Monday, Tuesday and We'd
nesdny at ali past O'Clock, the executive com
mittee icon lIp scd Of all the officers Of the Soeie
tyl will mn I the transaction Of business A.
the great II sof the business details OF the 80
cicty will - transacted by this committee, 1t u
requested TIM the members Of it will be punctuni
ia their at en- dance.
LARGE So .Es or REAL EsrArE.-Ihe lands
belonging to the estate Of Henry 81. George Ran
doph wer = \. 1ld during the last week. The Farm
vile (Prr ice Edward Journal furnishes the fol
lowing stt .te ment of prices, DC
"Tbc / o, yer Quarter lying in Charlotte coun-
ty, ON the taunton river, containing about 1000
neres, .old on the l1th, for the SUN of 500
000--Iar le. G. Bruce Of Halifax purchaser
The pe orti ON of Bizarre lying west of the Cum
bertrand Cor rthoase road and just north of the
Appoma to, ut this place, containing $50 acres,
sold the lsth, to Patrick II. jackson, OF
Farmyil lie, or S2li per The lands on the
south 81 de If the Appomnttox, aud ON Buffalo
(abontt ,96 lcresl averaged $40 - per acre and
tract ndjo ming, of 10 acres brought SCI per
ucre--C ,col &c W. Daniel purchaser. l3l acres
of wood Ian 1, and cleared lot of II acres being
hat ri, - of
Courth puse rond aycraged-the first named S62
| >, an, th, last so per acre.
The Ian belonging to the estate Of Josiah
Chamb ers, decd, adjoining this place containing
277 nc res, was sold Gn lot-) on the same day, nj
rage of about ~26 per acre; and house
and 10 in own, belonging to r. NJ. Booker and
others sold al the same time to Samuel
Vince Ter ( something like advance of ID per
cent n the price paid for it two years ago.
AT the N mual meeting of the stockholders of
the s. outh Side Railroad Company, held in Pc
tersbt lrg Ia st Wednesday, resolution was pass
ed an thorlz my the President to borrow S30O00O
Ia cot aplete the road
Mr. VIM. Pnmi was reelected by a unani-
nous vote president OF the company, and Peter
Is. w ills m ld Samuel V. Watkins were elected
direct ors ol the part Of the stockholders.
Wy man, the great magician, has determined TO
postpone h Is visit to Charlottesville for "A few
weeks.
Rob nson and Eldrid's Circus company will
prrlor m in ! Granville next Monday.
SER Ious ADMINISTRATION Potter whilst
tending II roshng machine of Mr.. Hays AIof-
fet's near North Mountain, Monday afternoon
last, had his foot caught in the threshing box and
SO riously injured as to render amputaton ne
eessary.
Potter is II young man, recently married.
Stanton Spectator.
SALE OF 'Ews-The sale of pews Tuesday
evening, at the First Presbyterian Church in
Richmond, Al mounted 10 Sll,700. The number
sold was thru y-soven and the highest price real
lied for any Jingle pew 300.
The Grand Division of the Sons of Tcmner
ancc will me 1t in Winchester, on the 26h of this
month.
Lewis Mcr 1ahan, arrested in Monroe county
for stealing a slave woman and attempting to
carry her Off to a free State pleaded, guilty last
week, aad ms sentenced to two years i'm the
penitentinry.