The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-10-12


contains. among other things, the conclusion
o. that charming story, "A Modsrn Oinder.
.l,a"-rhe Progress Of the Prtnce-The Storm
at the soash--Story Of Boy-The Old Days
and the New, (pcetry) land the usual Edito-
rial and News matter, Local Summary and
Commercial Review.
Price three cents at the counter, or four cents
when In wrappers, ready for mailing.
The Agricultural FAIR. q
In all probability, We shall have the grand.
est agricultural exhibition thls fAll that has
ever been witnessed in Virginia. The arrange
menu for such display are proceeding In the
most Satisfactory manner, and the grounds.
among the most ample and beautiful In the
United States. are Admiralty adapted to their
purposes. and will prove Of themselves IN OBJ
iec, of attrsction and pleasure. We have In
formation from Baltimore that herds OF nne
cattle arecomins from different parts OF Mary
land. From all parts Of Virginia weshail have
cattle and horses Of the most superior CHAR
ac,er. Especially may We expect the bsst
tro,,ing horses In the laid. We may mention
here that all the Agricultural Fairs held this
fall have been more largely attended than ever
before. In St. Louis the receipts were In
creased twenty per cent. over last year, and in
Cincinnati f'y per cent.
We rejoice most heartily tina. the interest
manifested from the beginning in our State
Fairs, instead Of tagging in the slightest de-
gree. increases with every exhibition SO that
we may now regard them among the perma-
neut Institutions of Virginia. It has been the
custom with some to deride these exhi-
billions a. humbugs, but the humbug draws
Il larger crowd at every repetition, ana
those who were the loudest in raising
the cry are the first on hand when 1t
is repeated. 1t is great Recommendation
of our Agricultural Fairs that they af-
ford satisfaction to the great majority, who
always 60 away emphatic and enthusiastic in
praise of these annual gatherings, and also. to
respectable minority, who are never SO well
pleased as when they have an opportunity to
grumble. Next to the pleasure which the con-
tented and charitable portion of mankind de-
rives from well. meant efforts to give them sat-
isfaction, nothing affords such genuine pleasure
as persons of an opposite description derive
from an opportunity 10 find fault The hearth
ness with which they abuse everything and
everybody, from the latest OK 10 the tiniest
guiIe pig and iromths fastest horse to the most
irredsemable jackass, affords about as much
satisfaction 10 those who are find of seeing
and admiration of the good -natured and cheer
full. But tive recommend the fault-fnders this
time 10 stay at home for, according to pres
emit indications, there will be very little chance
of their enjoy ing themselves In ,heir peculiar
way Unless the weather Is bad, or they can
provoke their Iivers to an unusual degree Of
evaporation, the perfection of everything at
the next Agricultural Fair will make them the
n Ia ofh hahn
Agriculture is the occupation of nine. ten tbs
of the American people, and OF nearly all the
people of Virginia Even the largest of South
ern cities is but q collection of farm houses on
a great estate. We may be said to be in the
country even while we are in the town, for il
spreads all around US. in full sight, like the
ocean around its isles, and from most of our
houses we can see the waving grain as it bends
to the passing breeze, and we can feel its pure
air and realize it's pervading influence. We
are ia rmers after fashion even in Richmond
and there are few of our most active business
men who have not an intense passion for
charming country residences, and who do not
fatter themselves with the idea that they will
end their days in clover. We rejoice that it is
SO; that agriculture is the great interest of
Virginia, and that the stability of her labor
will make this predominance permanent We
want no vast cities !; none of those plague spots
upon the body polite. SO much deprecated by
the founders Of the State and which are often
centres Of physical and moral pestilence to
tie whole land. We would rather be con.
sidered part Of that great rural district Of
the United States which feeds and clothes the
world, which can boast pure atmosphere,
vigorous bodies, great minds, and pure ma
lures, than to make up the aggregate of the
largest collection of waxen- faced, spindle
shalked aud shallow headed cockneys that
ever inhaled the foul air Of q large city, and
breathed 1t out again in affect ted scorn of those
provincials who, in every thing that Institutes
coed nanhood,are their betters and their mas
tiers.
We therefore say God speed, with all our
hearts, to every effort for the advance and in.
vigoration Of the agricultural interests, espe-
cialIy for these annual Virginia Fairs, which
enable the Virginia people to crafty at once
their passion for all objects connected with
their almost universal vocation, and the only
other sentiment Of their nature which Is even
more powerful than this, their love Of sociable
enjoyment. If we Of the city are not as capable
as our agricultural friends Of approaching the
various objects of in terest on the Fair Ground.
we have at least the pleasure of taking them
by the hand. and Of seeing the represen tatives
of the great Virginia family united, as it were,
in cue family circle This is one feature of
the exhibition which, to our eyes, transcends
all others in interest. And nowhere else, at
Agriculture or any other exhibitions, can
nobler specimen be seen of MAN, the great king
of the animals, than at the annual fairs Of this
glorious Old Dominion.
The Northern Elections.
The result Of the elections in Pennsylvania,
Ohio and Indiana, Is not surprising to any
one who has observed the tendency of public
sentiment in tho.e States for some months
past. We cannot perceive that there is
hope left that either Of these States can be
wrested from the hands Of Black Republican.
ism. Indeed, the hope that any Northern
State can be stopped and turned back from the
mad and fanatic stampede Of Black Repub-
licanism, which is sweeping with resistless
fury over me free States, has been gradu-
ally diminished until it is almost e1tin-
guished. New York is the only State of them
all upon which any hope is based, and even
with regard to her the faith is weak and
wavering. The Southern mind has been long
preparing itself to see them all following the
lead OF the fanntical New England States. and
erecting successfully in this country that Sec
tional power based upon an imaginary geo.
graphical line which WASHINGTON predicted
would dissolve this Union, should 1t ever
take place. Sooner or later, unless that power
be destroyed, and the country return to Its
national parties, underlined by sectional lines,
that prophecy will be realized, and this Union
be broken into fragments
whatever be the result of the approaching
election, me worst will not surprise the peo-
pie OF the South. ~ i