The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-11-18
I III Z DISPATC H.
rHuRsDs,. mossINe NOVEMBER "a, 1854.
= hings I'm Norfolk.
OF rHs RICHMOND DAILY prsp.rca.l

NORFOLK, Nov. 16. 1853.
The Executive Committee of the seaboard A gr
cultural Var, held meeting yesterday afternoon.
ior the purpose OF auditing she accounts for the
pass hsca year. After payin- all expenses and
premiums, together with every outstanding debit
they hnd a surplus of over fus hundred dollars ip
tue tfeaauTy. This exhibits a complete success. az
well as most excellent mana cement on the rart Of
the Executive Committee, the most OF whom. have
been Reelected for the ensuing fiscal year They
are all practical business men, and The A,sociaton
have done well to secure their vaIuabs aid In tha
management of It's affairs
The next month 10 to be marked as an i,u portant
one 10 the history OF Norfolk: the grand ceebra
tion OF the opening OF the Norfolk and Petersburg
kaif DAD, Is 10 take place; general iabiee is 10
marx the Communication Of our loo < deferred hopes
the connection Of the St al o,rd with the produc
i've west Our people are making ample prepar.
atoms Tor this important dem oDstration Fires
works. bonfires, speeches, music. suppers dinners
shd todsis, are to be the order of the day, aud
Norfolk Is To he alive With mirth and Joy, while
our western visitors are 10 be fed and toasted on
the lat OF the land, and the raTities # tho sea
Even now ars hands engaged in securing the best
OF oy sters for their paiates, witch are being
planted IN selected beds to fatt- tor their apeties
la the mean Tune. The active and energetic epui
neer If che Norioik and Petersburg Road il EXERT
Ing himself 10 The view OF pTsseniing 10 their iu-
rpection, oDe of the pretGest roads 10 the whole
country. There Will toe grand military displa,
on The occasion, and man, woman and child will
exert themselves 10 make item pass al agreeable
time
The Odd Fellows Fair continues opon this week. .
This is the fl Sc fair that ever held open ia this
city over weekin this particular il is odd OF
er particulars il Is not unlike her faIrr The prCs-
poets OF success ARE hatttriDg.
The Circuit Court, which Was TO have convened
yesterday morning. did not, owing to the absence
II Judge Baker, who was absent in Southampton
Ga at1ciai business lie w.s expected in the Il n
A. NJ train. but cid not arrive iu the meant Lac,
u ttu
awaited the arrival of the card--bu like the Kug
uf France with his twice ieu thousand men--ihey J..
the jurors, ali came up 10 the bar, aud then went
back again. 10 expectation tf ;he coming f tue
Judge tie same CT wd fingers around the Hotel du
Justice thi mor0ng as il eager ios the tray We
learn, however, that Judge Baker arrived by the
SeaDoard Road last night aud that the Court will
certainiy commence thi- forenoon.
lt is on dli, bat two new steamers are to be uut
the line DetG sen Petersburg aud New York via
Norfolk. They are To be constructed in Phiiade-
phia, are to be propeiIers. 10 cost-the t~o-one
one hundred aud iwentyshv Thousand O lar, Jne
nall oil which IS To be raised iD the city t Peters
burg among the merchants aud tobacconlsts
These steamers are to be two hundred feet long,
aud will go 10 higher up the river than City
Point aud are to be able TO compete In speed with
ANY other steamers now running ont of New
York.
Snow fell here this morning before day to the
depth of one inch, covering the tops Of the houses
with panOp!y of white, 6ut maxi ing no alteration
10 the complexion Of the streets.
There we're only two delipquents in the watch
house last night; the Mayors court this morning
~ un'mpori"nt and our city is in the enjoyment
Of general quiet
a large discharge took place inthe Navy Yard this
morning. About seventy meu were dscharled
from the ship carpenters department. and thus
thrown ont ot employment, just upon the verge
Of cold piercing ~iater Tnis il a serious mat
ter, aud the worst OF il is that there is no help
ior it. PERCUSSION.