Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-11-04
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LARD FILLMORE
PAINFUL ACcIDENr.--A had about twelve vr,rs If
age son of Mr. Geo. Rucspr OF Amhert met with a
painfu accident, Tuesday. about noon hy au, from,
Cox bridge upou a Pile rocks belaw. \ s.yq,e
cash was inflicted over the left eye and il is feared
that he i seriously nj red internally he Wa taken
up in an lnsensible cons on and carried to ms faith
Ell residence, where DR. Morris rendered mrJ,r,l al
THg FAIR The Fair, which closed ou Yesterday.
was a complete and triumphant success In aadition
to the eNcclleney Of the exhibition in almost every
department morr persons were in attendance this
lime than on any former occasion We pnhlish else
where the awards Of the ,arious committees oar
ucghhor et the Ef'afnsr gives the following account
of the Fair, in which we fully concur:
d" We devote all the room we can spare in our in
side columns 10 the Fair and its incidents 1t is far
the most successful one that has vet been held Be-
fore going upon the grounds Wednesday and yester-
day 1t was our impression that the attendance oS vs-
Iors III the ciIy was not great former occa-
slams bat the spectacle on the grounds those two
days entirely removed such thought The multi
tudeS there on those two principal days of exhibition
surpassed by many thousands any preceding attend
ance, aud were indeed magnificent demonstrations
Calculations of numbers vary very considerably OF
course, Du1 Vet there can he doubt that from
10000 20 10000 persons within the Fair
Grounds yesterday and the day before True the city
is not apparently much crowded as heretofore ;
but this is probably attributable to the fact that our
Vtzeus have learned the art of packing guests away
to better advantage and become better adopts in the
economies Of hospitality
The exhibition OF horses at the present Fair has
exceeded any former one on the spot aud preb-
ably surpassed any that has ever been held in this
country. The same may be said of fat cattlr, which
SURPRISES anything of the kind, we are told, to he
witnessed etherat the North or England. Morris the
exhibit Of sheep and hogs much inferior in compar
alive excellence to that of horses and cattle Wd9.
MEETING Of rHE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE Orange 4
ALEXANDRIA RAuRoAD.-Thc Stockholders of the
Orange * Alexandria Railroad met in Alexandra on
the 3oth ult. We gather the following interesting
particulars from the correspondent of the Baltimore
SIN:
On motion of John s Barbour, ir., president,
Richard II. Fooc, Esq, of Fauquicr, appointed
chairman, and james II Reid, Esq, acted secreta
Messrs Robert II. Miller of Alexandria, Thomas
Hill, of Culpcper. and Thomas W. Wood, of Albe-
marie, appointed II committee to examine the
powers OF the proxies. On motion of John s. Bar
bonr Esq. it resolved that a be taken I'M
Ill 1 o'clock.
The annual report of the President and Directors
which will then be submitted shows the rereaue from
freight passengers and United States mails TO be
aud in 1883, S2ll, 900. Verify, the company may
well be congratulated the unprecedented success
of their enterprise.
The report OF T. C. Atkinson, chief engineer, is
highly interesting The balance due on the Lynch
burg extension to all parties, in money is S27 0Gs 10
Forty-three sections ani six bridges in
progress with force that has grown from 440 to $50
men. The estimated cost of the work done is 500,
500, and the measurements of the graduation if add
ed together are equal to "a miles, both inclusive Of
4bn work of the prprpdnp The miles
in Nelson which has hitherto been kept open for
sideratons of economy will soon be at work, the
contractors now organizing for il.
OF the three unallottcd sections of last report two
have since been contracted for by Mr.. Geo W. Ham
Mr. Hammer has been engaged on the 10th
section, which is nearly completed by his industry
aud perseverance
Cross-tes for s miles, to be delivered in the
of next year. have been engaged AT reasonable prices,
and on favorable terms of payment.
The road may be opened to Lynchhurg in 1853, or
by the end of that year if means can be provided to
carry on the graduation vigorously next year For
this it would be necessary to have from 900 to 900
men employed at new year.
The engineer then reviews the condition of the
several southwestern railroads that will principally
connect with this in the transportation of passengers
He gives the route from Washington TO Mobile rs
1l47 miles, and to New Orleans l,270 miles, or by
steamboat from Mobile at 307 miles. From Wash
ington to Memphis, Tenn, 929 miles
The Importance of an unhroken line to Lynchburg,
required equally for the convenient transmission of
passengers and freight is represented in terms
rs desired by the stockholders and friends Of the road
living beyond GordOnsve.
The equipment Of the road is in complete order.
No effort is spared to render the entire line ansur
passed public convenience.
High commentator is bestowed upon James H.
Reed and John L. Pascoe, Esqs, clerks of the COM
panv: the engineers, agents, and conductors, well
as all others employed thereby They have been
faithful co-operators with the administration.