Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-09-27
CITY xNp sfArx AFFAIRS.

TUs Arrwocurxc fAR-CouScIt NESTING tn
nv III Il KNOWN to bur readers. That Mt the
,,s.t;ns of the Cit Csxacil. held on Pflday last
. n.,,,,oa was presea,ed fram the Lyvctburg Az
r;eul,ural and hsehsaical Sseset9 sskang IN APP
prnpriatinn by the City Of steo0 e~nI ~ de-
fr wing the expenses attending uszsPpf"acn'hs
Fair. The petition received respectful hearing
bnt in order shat tlss eoancil might vote nndet-
.tandingly on subject Of 80 much inrrortarse 1t
-as MAYED MAT the farther consideration of the
netition lie deferred few days. with TINT OBJ
Iect. Council adjourned to meet this afternoon at
4 o'clock.
The request Of the society is . reasonable one
and we believe the members OF Council VIII re-
Aeet tho will af their constituents by granting
the aid asked for. Our last Fair was conceded
b, he a sscoess, especially 81, when the eirenm-
STANCES attending It's getting up are taken la" nc
eonnt. The ensuing exhibition, will. We ARC as
sured by the gentleman having the MATE. a..
charge. greatly exceed in atractiveness 'ne us .o
me- but in order IL ensure ti,s success. ~
lutely necessary t have money. iae 'r II
bile agent of The Society has exer!cd himself " .no
NOUS, /, eo,leayoripg to provide the necessary
E.ads I.,, ragret to saw his faithful ennrts nave
' .,,., With lie ssccess they deserved Although
he bus done his whole duty. the amou"' "a ''oS
needed for the enterprise. ma, ""s ;e,u g. on
,.a, :, The aits fcy AID IL not the beneft pro,
:, ts ..ts ss6kcieat "a induce tho Council
,,, ,s,,ropration asked fqr In the hands
NH fad.,.aas a,cn now having the interests
of ,bs Su,;.,tv, ia, charge. the Fair cannot fail
:" ,rnve y-nnd succes., and Che next exhibition
iii bring u pether our people by thousands,
nlac;nv, before US models Of all that has boon
.ch;eyed at home aud abroad, to save human III
i.r and furnishing the results Of experiments IN
new modes OF industry. A success this time would
mote our future annual Fairs, one Of the Wc'st
nnnu,ar and useful assemblagcs Of the masses. -
side from considerations Of this sort, we honestly
hel;eye that viewed Us q more Pecuniary tranaac =
ian the city could not make better Investment
PIC amount of business brought tO the city by
,h;s means and the money left with our merchants
shn, and hotel keepers, will exceed a hundred |
sold tina pittance solicited. Tu show how
,hs resutof these meetings elsewhere esuhjoin an
cYtract from o letter written the New York
Herald. by a correspondent at Chicago, giving an
aecrunt Of the recent Agricultural Fair hcdin the
latter city. Says the correspondent:
The hotels OF this city have reared rich har-
vos, and the amount Of money left here in all
hands has of course been very large Some very
wild climates on thai point will. no doubt, be
made by the city papers. 1t is probable that 49,
O00 strangers have been here during the week,
hut think that not more than 10000 OF them pro-
babIy STAYED here during the greater part OF the
week; the rest nigh. have been here for two days
IF il cost them on an average Of IS per day (and
that is moderate estimate for hotel expenses
shows. amusemeats and extras,l they would have
spenthe $745,O0 You may rest assured that
is somewhere near the fgdrc. Ago'd portion OF
it is in silver coin. Silver to-day IL drug IN the
mo ey market and the brokers will scarcely
touch it.