The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-05-16

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So.sAevn Emigration % Kansas- arrival of Mai.
Dayords Company as LeziaS Sson-- 73eiy Rsception.
coRREsPoHDKEcEor THE pIsPArcH.
LkxINeroS, No, Nay S.
un sunday last MAI. Buford's Company of 800
though Il was tie Sabbath--as the hoat conid not
Wait, ana ~ they had met with nothinr but disI
coaragement from the time thev first resolved IN
come e.. until they landed here--it was thought b v
welcome them to the West Accordinei,1 . i.a -.
paocession was formed, which marched down fo
Ine nver and escorted them TO the Cont Hou.e
usr.1 speecnes were made and responded TO As
MT Baker, remained until the urrt dav -h.,, rs
s seuoressed crowded House. in 4 apeech tb.t -
resned like the breezes from his own ann nv So,.h
~ -, sooS comprehensive view Of the agrrassions
o. tne North, and concessions of the Sonth frono
.ne tlme Virginia donated the North W eetsr,, Ter
,,..ory 70 the General Government TO the time IN
missoufians, under Doniphan CONQUERED Nav, Mar
70 none OF which were the vrsinians, or Mis-
sourians or any of the Southern people Allowed N
80 with their property, not even to the golden lana
OF o. Caiifornia. which was south of the comnrom;.s
hne ana to the acquisition of which the Mood nd
buted ~ ootaiiy contL-
His speech washighly complimentary To u. and
our country At the close, IL was pronosed Il. -
the Kansas Aid Society of this countv donsts
*SoU TO MS gallant band, and another proposition
was that $1,000 should be raised by snhscr;n,;n,,
To the latter contributions were mmedia tslv com.
menced. All the reports about our drilling and
making preparations for invading Kansas are false
for heard nothing of it until it appeared in the
Eastern papers. Kansas ignites the whole mass
And call from 4 few known as respectabIe
Southern citizens in behalf of the laws and Consti
tuition in Kansas, would raise an army from Mis-
souri, almost as quick as the magicians wand And
yet these things cause us as little uneasin ess per.
han has &h@u k~EA ~ Al
On the other hand they crafty that love of adven-
ture and excitement so characteristic of the west
ern people BORDER RUFFIAN.
Virginia State Agricultural Society.
The Executive Committee met at the Exchange
Hotel on Tuesday evening ysnn Nay 18th ls5s
Vice Presidents; and VIM Boulwars, r. Dulany,
Hugh NJ Nelson, VIM. G. Crenshaw, r. G.. Rufin,
and Chas B. Williams.
The President being absent, John R. Edmunds,
Esq, Vice President was invited to preside.
The Secretary, from the committee. appointed to
confer with the City Council, respecting arrange
ments for holding the next Fair, reported: That he
had addressed letter to the Council representing to
them the great importance to the Society, that the
proposed arrangements should be definitively and
promptly settled, and soliciting. with the most re-
spectful earnesness such early action their part
az might be timely for communication to the Execu-
tive Committee at this meeting; and that it appears
Council, held the 18th instant, that his commu.
nicatioa was laid before them, and referred for
consideration to the committee on the Fair Grounds.
Whereupon, on motion Of Mr.. ulware,
Resolved, That committee be appointed to confer
with that of the Common Council, with the view of
completing some definite arrangement respecting
next annual Fair and that they report this commit
tee during its present sessions
COMMITTEE Messrs. Boulware, Crenshaw, F. G.
Ruffin, and Williams.
The committee, charged with the duty of appoint
ing Judges of Award of Premiums the schedule,
reported the names of persons deemed suitable, far
he's fn acta
upon their own knowledge, and asked the assistance
of the Executive Committee in completing the same
siderable progress therein, laid upon the tables
and at half past H. the committee adjourned until to-
morrow at O'Clock A. M.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, May 14th
The Executive Committee met pursuant to ad-
Present-J R Edmunds, Vice President; Tate. Ir.
BY, Boulware, Nelson, Richardson F. g. Rufin and
Williams.
The subject of appointed Committees of Award was
The superintendent Electoral Commissioners be-
gun and laid upon the table at former meeting was
now taken up and finished.
On motion of Mr.. Williams,
Resolved, LIST. That the Secretary be authorized to
dispense with the regulation heretofore adopted
quirng the return by the Commissioners of Election
to whom they shall have been sent the lists of mem
bes with the corrections rendered necessary by oc.
curing changes, and that in lieu thereof the Commits
sloners be requested to report to him. letter before
the first day of July next any changes known to have
occurred by reason of deaths removals or otherwise
and also any increase of numbers by the enlistment
of new members
Resolved, I'd. That upon the basis of numbers as
cerained to exist in the several counties cities and
towns on the first day of July next the Secretary pro-
ceed to arrange the Electoral Districts for the eles.
tion of members of the Farmerf Assembly, accord
ing to the provisions of the constitution and that the
arrangement so made shall be the fixed and unater-
able basis OF representation in the coming elections
for the year 1856
An account from Theodore NJ Dsvidsen for SER
vices rendered at the Fair of 1854 as marshal in the
swine department., was presented, approved and or.
dered to be paid
1t being understood that Mr. Davidson is about to
travel extensively within the limits of Virginia it
was, motion of Mr.. Williams,
Resolved, That Mr.. Theodore N. Davidson be- and
ne hereby Il: appointed an agent of the Virginia State
that he be allowed, the consideration for his SER
vices, ten per cent commission upon the amount COL
lected by him in the prosecution of his agency.
The Committee took q recess until O'Clock this
evening. After recess the Committee again met
Mr.: Boulware, from the Committee charged with
that duty reported Thata conference with the Com.
mttee on the Fair Grounds had been held during the
afternoon, and that they had agreed to recommend
TO the Common Council of the city of Richmond that
the portion OF the Fair Grounds known as the horse
be procured by the city at her expense and to-
gether with the other portion of the grounds placed
at the disposal of the Society for the coming exhibi
tlon. Whereupon, on motion of Mr.. Boulware-
Resolved, That the city of Richmond be now desie-
mated as the place for holding the next fair provided
the measure proposed to be recommended by the
NohiHiilSCc Ou 0IOuuos snotl De tQ0pted; but
the event of the failure thereof that Messrs Boul.
ware, r. 6. Ruffin, Crenshaw and Williams be a
provisional Committee to take measures for the cali
ing OF special meeting of the Executive COMMITTEES
at an early day.
The Committee then adjourned to meet on We'd.
nesdsy, the SOth of July next
cH B. WILLIAMS, ssc'ry.
OUR DIFFERENCE TO WOMEN.-A remarkable
evidence of the Americans veneration for woman
has just been exhibited in Indiana The women
In the town of Salem, in that State mobbed the
grog shops of the place, spilled their liquors upon