Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-05-17
VIRGINIA STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

on TUESDAY evening. Nay 18th 1885 -
Present: Mes.r- John r. Edmund- wm. N. Tate, Vice
Presidents; aud VIM. Bouiwsrr. x. a. Dul.ny, High N.
Ncison, wm q. Crcnshsw. D. q. Rufiin. and chus IL
Williams.
The President being absent, John II. Edmunds ESQ
Vice President invited to prcside.
The Secretary from the committee appointed. confer
with the City Council respecting arrangements for hold
lag the neat Fair. reported That he had addressed
ter To the Council representing hem the great impor-
tsnce to the Socicty that the PROPOSED
should be deni,ively aud promptly settled aud soliciting
WIN the most respectful urh rally action
their part might he timely tor COMMUNICATING the
Executive Committee ut this meeting and that appears
from the published proceedings al meeting OF tho Coun
ell held ON the 2th instant, that his conuncaoa
laid before them aud REFERRED for consideration
committee On the Fair Grounds. whereupon. motion
of Mr.. Boulware
/ Resolved. That committee be appointed to confer
with that Of the Common Council with the view Vi com.
petng some definite arrangement respecting tho grounds
and fixtures Tor holding the annual Fair
and that they report to this committee daring its present
| session. f'.aR
Con,m,teeMessrs. Boulware, Crenshaw. =. q. Rufhn,
I and Williams.
The Committee. Charged with the duty OF appointing
Judges nj Award o Premiums the schedule, reported
the names oi persons deemed suitable lar they had
been able To make satisfactory selections upon their
kno~led, and asked the assistance the
mittse IN completing the Whcreupou. the subject
vas taken up aud after considerable progress theren
laid upon the table, and half H. the adj
yourned until To morrow at O'Clock 4. N.
wrnSssD.Y MoRNISo, NAV IIth.
The Executive Committee met Pursuant adjournment
fr's"nt-I. X. Einnnd- Vice President, Tate, Troy,
Boul~are, Nelson, Richardson, =. q. Rufn and Williams
The suJrct OF apponting Committees OF Award
KEN up and completed.
The appointment of electoral commissioners begun and
laid upon the table al former meeting, taken up
and finished
On n,ntinn Of NJ wilii-s..s,
Resolved LIST That the Secretary be authorized to dis.
ense with the regulation heretofore adopted requiring
Ntknfn
they shall have been sent the lists at members ~ith the
corrections rendered by occurring changes
that in lieu thereof the Commissioners be requested
port to him. by letter. before the first day OF July
changes known Ia have occurred by OF deaths
movals otherwise and also increase of numbers
the enlistment of new members.
Resolved, 2d That upon the basis of numbers asccr
tanned To exist in the several counties cities aud
the inst day Of July next the Secretary proceed
the Electoral Districts for the election of members
Farmers Assembly. according to the provisions Ut the
constitution and that the arrangement made shall IT, the
fixed and unaterabe basis OF representation in the coming
elections OF the iS56.
An account from Theodore y. Davidson for services
rendered at the Fair OF 1854 marshall the swine
pa tmeni, was presented approved aud ordered b"
paid.
II being understood that Mr. Davidson is abou, to tray
el extensively within the limits of Virginia. was
ton o Mr. Williams,
R,soircd That Mr. Theodore " Davidson be- and he
hereby L. appointed agent OF tn, Virginia State Agr
cultural Society, TO obtain members aud that he be-
allowed the consideration Tor his services ten per cent
>ecutiOn OF his agency.
The Committee took recess until O'Clock this even
ing. After recess, the Committee again met
Mr. Boulware. from the Committee charged with that
duty reported That conference with Committee OH
the Fair Grounds had been held during the afternoon and
that they had agreed to recommend the Common Cou
ell OF the city of Richmond that the portion OF the Fair
Ground known the hose lot be procured by the city
her expense and together with the portion of the
grounds, place the disposal OF Soaety for the COM
ing exhibition. Whereupon ON motion OF Mr. Boulsare-
HrsDlrs1 n Rghmoad b..n dssv,. tal
the place Tor holding the fair provided the
proposed 10 be recommended by the Committee Of Fair
Grounds shall be adopted; but in the failure
thereof that Mrs Boulware, F. q. Ruhn, Censhaw aud
Williams, be provisional Committee take measures for
the calling OF special meeting Of the Execut Commit
tee at an early day.
The Committee then adjourned meet on "wednesday
the Soth OF July next On. Is. WILLIAMS, Secry.
LArER IRON TExAs.-we copy from the y. o. Plea
yune the following summary OF Texas
The Galveston News, of the sth, in its commercial AZ
tice. says:
We have accounts OF very heavy rains in the uppet
county and of Iise OF Trinity river OF fifteen feet
Magnolia, which sill increasing There is great
probability that most OF the lett banks the
rivers will down.
from different sections of the State about APP.
Peiranee OF the growing crops vary materially Thathey
no doubt and we believe hi. Is the case throughout the
cotton growing region yet it is early think to
form ANY opinion of the result this one fact Since
Cessation OF the winter the far has
rAbe for either cotton corn and in but few places
good stand has thus far been obtained
The paper furnishes the following intelligence:
The Houston Telegraph learns FROM Mr. j. b. Hogan
that Monday the 9Th inst, Mr. X. Il. Morgan living
tr sIn Jacnto in this county, shot dead az his
residence 10y john Ford. The circumstances as re.
lated To NJ Hogan 10y .ye witness, that Morgan
had beeu from home and his return found Ford there
with Of hi ;MOrgans horses saIded to 20 ia sich
Tor cattle Morgan told hm that he should not ride the
horse some harsh words ensued, aud Ford into the
house aud came back with rife. Morgan begged him
not u shoot but Ford raised the guu and shot him dead
IN hi- tracks, aud then mounted Of AOrgans best
ses aud lett Immediately A yet he has been heard
from.
vein Of lead ore SAYS the State Times has been d.
covered Ia Burnet county, Hamilton. Some of il
has Jeeu snrltod and the yield proved he very rich
Specimens have been brought this city The minerals
tbs marble, and fertile lands OF Burnett bid lair make
it OF the most desirable counties if the State It,
natural resources are very abundant.
The Austin State Times publishes the following letter
from I.lano county, dated April 20:
On Saturday evening the 10th, there three Indians
Mr. WHghts, Sunday. On Monday night
olowng they drove of eight ten head OF horses
j. w lie'ley IA the neighborhooi On Tuesday
morning, t~o Young men, David and George R~ey pur-
sued chem three mfs from this neigborhood and
found the hnfses secreted IN dense ickct They took
the hOtst~ but no Indians.
We learn irou,, the San Antonio Texan that Nj. Mary
Bnsenganr charged with having been concerned 10 the
murder Of Capt Callahan aud WIN \. Johnson, has been
discharged from custody there being evidences TO i'm
pcatr her.
The san Antouia Texan, Of the Let inst, says
On Thursday night last Me- BoWes. who lives on the
Sabnn discovered 10y the sound of h7 bell that lii
aliada Of horses being driven or Mr. BO~le- nc
coup,ned by hs aud step son IN pursuit and
overlook the Indians with the horses aud drove the
back The Indians. in the meantime disappeared.
There two trials that 10 the yard where the
horses werc and the step guarded the yard while the
old man and his each took trail and after going about
half mile each secreed himself In a few minutes the
three Indians returned the trial guarded by the old man
BOVles le discharged hi shot gun aud Indian icl
aud commenced halOOng Gmt0o, amigo. BoScs up
aud shot him three times with h six shooter and then
-calpcd him. The morning he found another Indian
dead fifty yards from where he shot the first IL is
his belief that he also fatally wounded the third.
Thg BariWOne FARd CONFasY.-A nornber ~ gentle.
men connected with several Of the Land Companies ii
Philadelphia. have purchased .hrt distance from Bali
more, on the Philadelphia turnpike, contiguous 10 the
Phlsdephia, Wilmington aud Baltimore Railroad lot 81
ground. consisting Of three thousand II llnj aud
formed company, tie Office Of which j. az No 81 Bat