The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-09-19
rHr nAiLY DlsPATssh
ruranAY MoRN.No srprEMsvH 10 Iss.
THE AaRICULTURAL FAIR.

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russaAY MoRN'Nc sErrEMsvS 10 1851
THE AGRICULTURAL FAIR.
We hope that every body win give = shove
head to the State Agricultural Fair. We
now there Is some little aversion towards itin
oms sections simply because il is to beheid
a Richmond; but we trust this is not exten-.
i've, and that even they who are thus infiu-
need win dismiss their unfounded prejudices.
rhe Institution Is no more Richmond Insti'
ution than is the Court of Appeals. II is .
State Institution, and its location here itr
his year was matter entirely at the dispo
sal Of the Executive Committee, and 1t viii
he for them to decide the question of where
it shall be held next year, and the years to
come As long as the Society lives. Richmond
being for the time selected, for reasons salts
factory to the Committee, viii use her best
exertions to accommodate the Fair and the
vast concourse of citizens it will bring to-
gether here.
The spacious grounds used by the Society
! .st year are greatly improved. There will
be, besides, a lot almost as large as that used
last year added, to meet the demands of the
Fair. Nothing that can be thought of and
effected in time will be wanting to promote
the convenience Of the exhibition and give
eclat to the enterprise. Let the farmers and
manufacturers get ready and bring on their
contributions in good time, so as to prevent
confusion and promote the system and order
of the Exhibition There will be great
crowd here, and as it will be composed of
people coming from every part of Virginia
i, will be highly beneficial to the cause OF
Agriculture, and indeed to enterprises Of all
sorts, as it will enable people to exchange
opinions and profit by the experience and
practice of one another. On this point, the
Lexington Gazette his the following very
well expressed ideas:
The happy effects of the last Fair have been felt
throughout The entire State Men went down to
Richmond from every part Of the State met togeth
or and held free Interchange of views the merits
of different systems OF tillage of improvement of
stock were freely discussed; new ideas were given
and received; the practical operation of theories
set forth: the views of all were expanded and en-.
has ever made, was there exhibited in her agricul-
tural productions and useful inventions; the dignity
and usefulness of the employment was set forth; a
just and lsudabe pride was aroused, and the agri-
cultural interests Of Virginia received an impulse
tor good, that could have been communicated in no
other way. 1t was grand exhibition Of the power
aud resources and capabilities OF the State-the
wealth of her soil and the pride of her mechanism
were At once brought to view And farmers return.
ed to their homes, and infusing the enterprise of
their own spirit into their neighbors, county after
county has been induced to establish agricultural
societies, and Fair after Fair has been held in diff
terent counties with the most encouraging and graf
living success This IL exactly the result which tho
State Exhibition should bring about. Every coun
~ In the State should have its Agricultural Society
and yearly Fair for the purpose OF developing the
resourcer testing the capacities and bringing into
active exercise the full measure OF industry and
talent at home so that the County Sociries, being
the offspring of the State Society, may also prove to
be Its most efficient auxaries, enabling it to pre-
sent its annual Exhibitions such displays OF skill
and talent, OF industry and prosperity, oil agricu
tural productions and home manufactures, as can
be surpassed nowhere on the Continent.
FRENCH LINE OF OCEAN STEAMERs.-We
learn from the New York papers that the
depot for the new line referred to in yester-
days Dispatch) is to be at Saint Nazaire, at
the mouth of the Loire, forty miles below
Nantes, and two hundred and fifty from Pa
ris. Passengers and freight, it is stated, will
be conveyed by railway from Saint Nazaire
to Paris, at the same rates as from Havre TO
Paris 1t is farther stated, that in addition to
the five screw steamships with which the line
will open, twelve vessels of the same kind
will be contracted for in Boston-the ma
chinery to come from England; that, besides
this direct line between Saint Nazaire and
New York, it is proposed to run, in connec-
ton Herewith, a line of small steamers to
Cuba and the West India Islands; and, in ad
ton to all this, contracts have been made
with Boston builder for twelve first class
clippers, of fifteen hundred tons each, to
carry passengers and freight from France
to the islands which it claims in the South
Pacific Ocean.
This Is a grand project, and will unite Eu.
rope and America with new and powerfu
chains.
THos j. NICHE, Eso.-The Staunton Yin
dicator learns, from a friend just from thu
White Sulphur Springs. that the speech O
Thomas j. Niche, Esq, before the Count,
Court of Allegheny, in the case of Dr.
Thompson, charged with the murder of Mis-
Pharr,) 'is spoken of at the watering place
as the greatest speech that has been mad
since the days of Watkins Leigh" Mi
Niche is the counsel whose speech in tn
Christian case exhibited so much ability
He is one of the most profound and powerful
lawyers of Virginia.
HAS THE PURCHASE OF CUBA BEEN ErrEc
TED 1.-The New York Herald discusses the
probability of the rumor published in yes
terdsys Dispatch,) that bargain had been
made for the purchase and transfer of Cuba
to the United States. 1t is, however, but a
rumor, and though it is said to prevail in well
informed circles at the capital, we can scarce.
ly believe that SO important transaction.
and one towhich Spanish pride and interests
have been SO strongly opposed, should be so
summary performed by men who have inst
come in power, and whose hold of Office il as
yet too precarious to warrant SO bold a stem
a. the sale of Cuba, and one so unpopular with
all classes of Spaniards. On the other hand
the Spanish treasury is in deplorable CON.