The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-10-20

THy AGRICULTURE 4.
a,tention in all quarters seems 70 % VI
-.o,ad n the State Fair. we shah no
-, -. hive IAN assemblage Of people
~" 80 Tho interior here, larger than that 1t.
,r.cted by the Fair Of last year. The
drought has been very much against the
display of the productions OF the soil, and
viii, TO some extent, impair the excellence of
the stock show. but we are warranted in
predicting that, in every department Of Ag-
riculture and stock raising. there will be an
exhibition to delight the eye Of the farmer
and crafty every body.
The note of preparation is heard at various
points, and cattle have already taken up the
line Of march from distant places for the
Fair. In the department of horses, there
will be display worthy long journey to
see. That noble animal will exhibit himself
most admirably in all his phases of harness
tquick and heavy sdraft.) saddle and turf
Some of the finest ever exhibited will be
brought out. The fall meetings upon our
courses here have brought together great
number of the finest and most celebrated ami
mails, and many ofthem will be at the Fair.
Agricultural Implements and works of art
we learn, will be exhibited in great profu-
zion.
In short there will nothing wanting to
make great Fair for the people.
Even in the line of lighter amusements we
are to have here many varieties. The Thea
tire, one or more Concerts tof very fine mu-
sic,) and the Circus to cap the climax, with
the humor and physical vagaries that per-
tain to that sort of exhibition. The city will
be alive with unprecedented animation and
gaiety, and all who. come will be sure to find
means of enjoyment and qualification, with a
plenty that's good to eat and drink.
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THE MECHANICS FAIR-The Fair of the
Mechanics Institute of this city will be got
ten up under the disadvantage of want of
| time, and many additional disadvantages pc
culia- to a new enterprise among people who
| have no experience in the manner of con-
| Quoting it. Nevertheless, we are gratified to
| be able to state, that it will be one that the
city may be every way highly gratified with.
Short as has been the period for preparing
things for exhibition, the mechanics have
made good use of it, and they will make a
display every way creditable to them.
Independent of the attraction afforded by
their labors and skill, however, there are to
be other objects of interest, of no ordinary
kind, to crafty the visitor Among the most
prominent will be the famous gallery of paint
ings by j. M. Stanley, l52 in number, con-
sisting of Indian portraits and scenes on Wes-
tern plains, and illustrations of life in the now
| far West. These paintings are admirable
They have been for some time on deposite in
the Smithsonian Institute, and have elected
universal admiration as noble works of the
painters art. They have been offered to the
government at $4,000
The proper authorities at Washington have
generously granted a request for many things
from the U. S. Arsenal and Navy Yard, and
among the articles to come from those sources
to be exhibited at the Fair, are the follow
ing:
Various pieces of ordnance, including
mountain Howitzers and field pieces that
were carried on the backs of mules in the
Mexican war;
The musket in all its stages, from the iron
rod to the finished gun;
Machines for the manufacture of percus
sion caps and
The two copper boats used by Capt. Lynch
in his descent of the river Jordan and his
survey of the Dead Sea the two Fannies
that are rendered famous, if not 'immor-
tal'() in the history of the Dead Sea Expe-
dition.
These will add great interest to the exhibit
ton. There will be, together with the nu
merous specimens of art, several steam en-
gines, and great deal of machinery in ope-
ration. The Mechanics Fair will be. we are
sure, an object of uncommon attraction during
the great Fair. No man who comes to Rich.
mond, ought to leave without seeing it.
COULD THE LIVING FREIGHT OF THE ARC
TIC HAVE BEEN sAvED?-This inquiry is now
of but little Importance, except SO far as it
may elicit facts and suggestions that may be
useful in future exigencies In this view the
! following communication, which appears in
the New York Herald, is worthy of atten.
ton
The Arctic might have been saved by simply run.
ming her stern foremost. Here are the facts W..
ter, four feet below it's surface rushes through an
adjutage with velocity of l6 feet per second: at
five feet, l6 feet at six feet 90 feet per second Sc
consequently. the Arctic, when running with her
open bow hrst at the rate of ten knots an bonr-
equal to l6 feet per second-would double the yelo.
city of leak at the depth of4 feet at eleven knots
depth of 5 feet; and at twelve knots, depth of
feet, &c. On the contrary, had she been put under
velocity would have been equal to the velocity of
the leak at the depth of four feet at eleven knots
5 feet; and at twelve, depth of feet, &c. 1t il
clear, therefore, had she been put under "stern
way, would have brought the leak under the
control of her pumps EN-
Brooklyn, Oct. IA, 1854
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