The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-08-23

chas,saaI. anas shsowipe- hiu1elf hes1esn IN
Angle Dutch advanced post ~ ouatrs Bras,
and the Prussian advaM@sd soFse y Ligsys--,
10 concentrated his array and encapped at
few miIes from Charleroi, on
the night Of the 18th, Inc allies remaining In
profound ignorAnes Of hts presence IN Bel
gism. The third Corps Of the French army
setting out from Phiiippsviile at three In the
mosntns, was to arrive At Charieroi by tan J
but II did not arrive until three. Fleurus was
held By only one corps Of Prussians 9'."oV
strong. u was to have been attacked ~ iouf
by s00oo French; II was not attacked nntii
seven, and not carried until night. In Inc morn
ing Of the 10th, there was still but asingiecorps
before the French; by twelve, second had ar
rived with BIrcHxR at rs head. and by three
a third had arrived. Why the Prnssians were
no, attacked by daylight, has never been ex-
nlained. NAPOLEON, indeed, does moi appear
t, have been the same mau after he crossed
the Sambre, that he had been in former cam
paigns Had he attacked at six in the morn
ing, he would have destroyed the corps that
held Fieurus In an hour. Marching on in the
direction Of Namur, he would have fallen in
with ELucHKg and the second corps. Still
continuing his route, he would have fallen in
with the third. In each of these cases he
would have been nearly three to one. In any
ether campaign he would certainly have pur-
sued this course In this instance, he delayed
until BLrcHER had collected three corps, any
then fought furious battle (Lgny) in whH
he was victorious.
al
under NEY, who had orders to attack Yna're
I,ras. found the Prince Of Orange there
AT daybreak, and did not attack YIN IN
Ill six in the evening. Had hTooho "'
he was directed, the 1900 men of me Prince
Of Orange could have offered b1a i''h'
sistance. BY nine O'Clock in th9morhihS 'he
rn,Jyfng noint of WELIrseroNJ army would
have been occupied by the Yench, and the
ra,,vinv point of the Prussi,hs much earlier
II affairs had been conduct as they ought to
have been. We infer. I'm, that the Duke Of
wellington was utterIybut, when he fancied
he could rally 10000 men between Quatre
Bras and Fleuras. III the merest accident in
The world-ap accidSt which he had no right
10 calculate On, angwhich would not happen
once in a tbousant years-the two most ener-
eetic of al the french Generals-NAPoLEoN
and NE,-manf Tested total want of enter
prise. But diJthe Duke of Wellington base
his CALCULATIONS upon the failure of these two
officSsl Its obvious that the rallying point
ousd( to have been far in the rear, and out of
tn reach Of any enemy.
~ Subscription to the Agricultural Fair.
I'VE publish in our columns to-day, a petit
Hon of the Virginia Central Agricultural
Society, by its Executive Committee, to the
Council of our city, which relates to a very
important matter, and which, we hope, will
be favorably responded to. When the State
Society thought proper, most Unexpectedly to
our citizens, to remove its Fairs from Rich
mond, there was prompt and energetic deter
mination on the part Of our citizens to con-
tinue those annual gatherings which had been
productive OF so much good; and hence was
organized the Virginia Central Agricultural
Society. Nor has the interest then so manifest
at all abated, as is shown by the liberal SUBJ
scription Of t,cen.y thousand dollars since OBJ
tanned, in sums of 600 each. But as the con-
ditions are but one fourth cash, the remaining
three fourths in three annual instruments, the
Executive Committee are limited to SIS, 900 the
first year. when much is necessary toward
preparing the grounds, grading the horse
lrACk, dHu erecting tue DufluiHRS esseutistl ~
the approaching Fair in October, which
amount being inadequate, an appeal is now
riade to our Council mot to girs, but) to SUBJ
scribe upon the like terms that our citizens
have subscribed. The grounds purchased are
beautiful, and obtained upon the most favora-
bic terms; and the progress thus far made in
grading, putting up horse and cattle sheds,
hog and sheep pens, and raising upon two old
buildings found upon the grounds, is satisfac-
tory to all who have visited the grounds. Still
other buildings must be put up. and other
purchases made, or the Fair may fail to meet
the expectations of the public.
We are officially informed that the premium
list, amounting to $4,000, is now complete,
aud with list of judges, and the rules and
regulations 10 govern The Fair, will be pub
lished in city papers i'll day or two.
Ifnow our Council will aid this Society, as
we think citizens Will approve, annual
fairs III our midst will be secured.