The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-11-04
Things In Norfolk.
OF ruE RICHMOND DAILY DISPATCH

NORFOLK. Nov. q
Inc music loving portion of Norfolk aud
portsmouth are delighted at the idea Of hearing
"a ile farodi and her accomplished Troupe Of Ar
tiSfes, aud will turn ont to the utmost capacity of
the spacious hail, to hear them.
hoout one hundred ladies are actively engaged
In preparing for the Did Fellows Fair, which com.
menees on Monday next. This is the first Odd
Fellows Fair OF which We have any Knowledge
and will attract universal attention not ONLY from
its character but from its actual merit. The spa-
cious room over the Varieties 10 to be handsomely
decorated for the occasion.
The fourth annual exhibition of the Seaboard
Agricultural Society commences to day week and
If We are 10 Judge from the grand preparation be-
ing made IL will be far superior to any former ex.
bthltion number of entries have been already
made, aud the executive and other committees are
working manfuiy to secure a complete success
The Hon. Judge j. D. ualIyburton John NJ Gre
gory, Esq, and other gentlemen from Richmond
arrived yesterday afternoon, and took rooms at
the National Hotel. We dropped in on Gov. Gre
CORY last evening, and found him enjoying his
usual game of back CANNON with one of our old
aud esteemed citizens, who invariably beats the
Governor aud then gives him credit for a considers
able degree of courage in renewing the fight on
the occasion of every visit.
The Uoited States Court convened last evening
The Grand Jury was sworn in. and the Court ad-
journed until this morning, when the testimony
mutiny, will be heard.
DR.. Simpkins, the popular aud esteemed collec-
tor Tor this port, has taken possession of his
office at the new custom house, and 10 as comfort.
able as possible in his elegant quarters
John NJ. Wiley, Esq, Of Amelia county, U. S.
Marshal for the eastern district of Virginia. arrived
here last night ue 10 in official attendance on the
United States Court.
The steamship southern Star whose advent in
the CJckade City short time since, was the occa-
sion of the burning of some powder and the imbib
ing of no small quantity of fluid, has been meta
morphosed into very saucy looking 'manof war, ~
with the usual port holes in the side, through
which au observer can discern the muzzles of SUI
dry peFsudders, whose rOice will teach our
neishoors of Paraguay an impressive lesson in po-
iitcsl ethics, and whcse thunder will hardly be as
agreeable as was the thunder of the artillery
which anncnuc8d her arrival at the falls of the
Appomattcx. She has been at the naval anchor.
sse for several days past and is expected to sail
to-day.
The following officers were elected on the Goth
Oct, at the annual meeting of the Nansemoud
county Agricultural Society
Nathaniel Rddick, President; L Eppes, J
Copeland, Jas billiard, John Ames, sr, George Ii
Ciump, Elliott Vice Presidents; Z d Smith,
Ames, L r Harrell, u Holland L Riddick. .
n Pruden, Executive Committee
Ship Splendid OF Edgartown just towed 10, re-
ports as follows: On Tuesday, Oct. 49, sailed from
Tarpaulin Cove, Vineyard Sound, and stood TO
sea. Nothing of note occurred until Saturday.
Oct. 23d, when she had. heavy gale from t.
and high sea. Sunday, 2+th, long. &c deg West,
III SCuthern edge Gulf Stream, experienced hur-
ricaus from to r, in which lost mar
| .ngale, fly jib boom, foretop gall mast, main top
mast mzen mast, head spauker, gait and sal; also
four boats, galley, &c. Had buWa arks stove, stan
cheons broken, aud main channels started At
1O NJ, Tuesday, Oct. 10Th, spoke ship Monterey,
| OF Savannah lat. 81 40 n, long. 66 W. Oct 2Sth,
boarded bark Samuel Moseey. jr, of New London
Holmes, lat. 81 IS n, long. 1926 w.
A lad named Josiah Strong, came near having
his eye knocked out on Middle street, Portsmouth,
yesterday afternoon, by rubber ball, thrown by
one of his playmates. 1t is feared that the 81 sht
is destroyed.
Arrivals of corn limited; sales to-day of white
at ~ cents. In haste, PERCUSSION