New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-01
CALEB CUSHING.

RICHMOND, Va, Oct. q, lS&
Tie sixth annual exhibition OF the United STATES
Agricultural Society was commenced in this city on
Tuesday, the Doth inst, and the Fair is now Of tho
hight Of its interest Richmond is more crowded with
strangers, perhaps, thsn il was on the 5th Of July
last when your present correspondent gave you an
count of the obseques of Monroe. Certainly the town
is far more comfortable than during that season of
Midsummer feryor. Instead Of the burning glare
which then poured down on baking payements, q mild
Autumnal sunshine bathes every thing in its mellow
radiance, and the trees, Of which Richmond can show
as many as any town in Anercs, New-Haven alono
excepted exhibit those rich dyes Of saffron and Grim
son which impart to our Fall ts peculiar glory Apart
from the crowded condition OF the hotels, the IN
tolerable DUST with which ,ne atmosphere d al sh0
thorOughfares is charged constitutes the mosi serious
drawback upon the enjoyment OF strangers And socn
clouds OF dust correspondent has never seeo no
has traversed Penn sylvania avenne a blovy AZ
of March; be has mounted the top of drag, 90 the
occasion Of Derby race, from Waterloo bridge 10
Epson Downs; he has whired through the BGs do
Boulogne IN an open carriage after drouth OF ar
weeks in France, but anything comparable TO tho
sitting dust of Richmond this 2Sth day of October,
1873, it has never been his -fortune to encounter
Tie Fair Grounds If Richmond comprise area Of
some twenty acres on the northwestern exremityof
the town, and are very handsomely laid out. The
grounds divided into two sections, that portion Of
them which is devoted to the horse display being sep
arael from the general pot by long ne Of stalls for
cattle and swine. The track for troters is an elipso
of 6C0 hundred yards, covered with tan-bark, upcna
eyel surface ard on one side there seats for 5D
or 900 spectators As yet, there have beenno shows
OF fast trotting, but yesterday the competition Tor
thorough -breds brought number Of magnificent AMI
nnls into the ring. The cordOH ben was finally a.
tached by tie judges to Revenue noble stallion,
the property of John NJ Bots the second honor Of hs
red ribbon was awarded to "Fy-by-Nighi,' an En-
gsh horse OF woGderto beauty recently imported oys
gentleman Of Halifax County, in this state; While tne
q ird con mencGton was bestowed on "Chide uarch'
n black Of great symmetry and comeliness -
OF tue numerous specimens OF mechanical lngenu'y
which ere 20 BE- seen III the Exhibition, II Is uhhee'
sary ihet should say anything, for the reason 'na.
tie majority of the readers Of THE IRisvs.
are already familiar with the most menlorlon
Of them. New-York is well represented - u, y,
contest. OLio, to. puts forward hei eAm .'i
inventive genius IA several e1ceheE a. .cs,.
first among which may b. mentioned the sass''Tr ~,
Mills Of tie Mgskingim Works, at Zanesvle. w.
superiority OF this machine, in expressing eseI P.
Gle Of saCchGrine matter, over all others ID uS, w.
admitted by all who witnessed its operaon'
gina makes but small show Of mechsnicsl ~"
lence 1t may be proper for me, however, w.. Ia
Reaper and Mower Of Morrison, which desersen
better known than il is. In its adaptation .Iss 70
surfaces, this Reaper is unsurpassed, II inos"'
equaled, by any similar agricultural egchcc cc,d,
Tie principal event Of to-day at the ar uVTs Mia
was the oration by the Hon. Caleb Cusnns, ssd
Out UUhl anu a uhit ." ~
wss listened TO by audience OF some elgns
Thousand with first eager, and then lsues ;rs.
ton, and before the close with something" Jhs
,ience. as yon are not very ardent adiinis'.hd
Hon. Calebs style Of oratory, il would os ss,"sd.
supererogaion IN me TO give you report - .rpk-
fort II was chiefly devoted to a grsnflog.en' sish
ficaton Of the resources Of the United state M
be classed with Russia, China and Brazl, o. ssrb.
up the four great agricultural regions oi s .d tbs
with the Yangste, the Volga, the Aina1u 80, he
Mississippi, bearing on their bOsoms resPeca'.'N
produce of each distinctive CLINE to the sss~-;,ssl ss~
Gushing from this became very discnrsve, oSd
questions Of tlage sub-sois, fertihzers, i,ssy.
yiew ard giving bis ideas upon aed madl,e sccsSta
which seemed 70 contemplate note upder .ouie tss.
,s,.ona ,br"ueb a haze of duet, which had the ~
low-v anpearance of London iog, ana ior m"o m"ooJTI
bsl; re time with the sun directly an ms eyes
DO not think he could have been called eo9u ns M
,+. oorrer of the hour and half he was upn
80 The fact ought not fairly to BE- set down
a,ss iCnsbino's powers which, uoder more sasp@.s.
circumstsnces, might possibly thrill and eleetr
crllsneous assemblsge. / nave no doubt, whassS,,h
,bat the address VIII read well in print, and tns
several quotations from Corpus Petarnm Laf,s",s.
with which il was ganishei, viii figure mos 'r
III, " in its more rhetorical Passages. "a
There were many distinguished persopasAM
ATTENDANCE at the Fair grounds to-day, sDons, -
Lord and Lady Napier were the most h9I%'Jh '.hngs
he dieifo msnstrori. Mr. Corcorsn, the Ws'ATisrs issrs
barker, Mr. De Bow Of DE Bows hensc r. Rive,
Daniel of tie Supreme Court, the Hon. ", ~ nrs~S.
ex-PresiJert Tyler and Others were a.'o o.nipooas
Nor should omit TO mention a. his who went
notabilities, Madame lie Vert of MobHe"n
after the grafton, on the arm Of Mr.. 0u'''s
the horse-tamirg Of Mr.. Rarey: ,le Bsrsd
Tonight great ball is to be gwen O. ,hs oroasS
House, and tomorrow, after speech q, - ."s ,sbA 81
from Mr.. Rves, there will be oah9ueIi nav pcssE
amount Of oratory may be expected A"'
write you again on these points.
'''''''' R,cHxosD Va, Oct. %' sr.f
The weather has been fine, and the Na'iV" svs
grounds have been ttrspged today more u