The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-11-05

more. to considering amendments that
miohf conflict With the charter, 20 copy Of.
which, was not in the archieyes Of the So.
ciety. and the subject was postponed till
the next annual meeting.
The election. Of officers being next In
order, O committee was appointed, on me-
ton OF Mr.. Rayenscroft Jones, to make
nominations, which soon brought In re-
port that was unanimously adopted. This
officers save. William E. Martin, of Henry.
as member of the Executive Committee
instead of whom they nominated w. II
Staples, of Patrick. Mr.. Richard Irby, of
Richmond, at his own request, was excused
from serving, and General Joseph r. An
derson was put In his place. SO the officers
thus elected are as follows:
PresideM.-Wiiliam T. Sutherlin.
Vice residents.-Jarn Lyons, Joseph
Cloyd, F. q. Ruffin, R. B. Haxall, S. ".
FicElin, Edmund Ruffin, Jr., Lewis Z. Har.
vie, and J. Marshall McCue.
Executire Conmittee.-JosephR r. Amber
SON, w. C. Knight, 4. 81. Dulaney, r. W.
n. Noland,, +. n. Watkins, A. H. Drewry,
W. T. Staples, R. E. .Haskins, Franklin
Stearns, and DR.. William T. Walker.
Secretary and Treasurer.-E. G. Leigh
The election was by reclamation and
unanimous. t5su
Major Sutherlin thanked the Society for
rejecting hirn. The honor was one he had
until lately intended TO have declined. It
would be accepted at great inconvenience
and serious sacrifice to himself; but his
objections had yielded to the solicitations
and arguments of friends, and he deter
mined that If The Society desired his ser.
vices to acduiesce and labor with 1t another
wear. Major S. went ON to say that the pro-
gramme for the next Fair must be vigo.
rously carried out, and he urged farmers
generally to give every aid in their power
to the cause.
He meant to call upon them, and he en-
pected that all who consented to serve in
any capacity, especially on q committee,
would do so with energy and In good faith.
They should decline to serve II they did not
mean to do this. The Society wanted no
"uea nav" men. he meant to hold all
responsible, and he hoped in turn that
they would hold him responsible. The
speech was well received.
On motion of Mr. T. G. Rufhn, the thanks
of the Society were voted to the citizens OF
Richmond for the liberality with which
thew had contributed out Of their scant
means money to defray the expenses Of the
Fair; also, for the hospitable manner in
which they had entertained SO many visit
ors to the Fair: TO the manufacturers IN
side and out of the city for the contribu-
lions they had made to the exhibition; to
those citizens who had contributed mineral
specimens, which showed the various re-
sources of the State; and to the railroads
and STEAMBOATS, for the liberal regulations
thew had carried out with reference to pas
sengers to the Fair, and to articles intended
for exhibition.
The Society, by unanimous vote, thanked
the President for the able, sagacious, and
energetic manner in which he presided over
its affairs.
By unanimous vote the Society thanked
the Chief Marshal, Colonel c. Q. Temp
kins and his aids, for the efficient and con.
siderate manner in which they had enforced
the regulations of the Society and preserved
the order and decorum Of the exhibition
and proceedings on the grounds.
Dir. Thomas Branch, of Richmond, was
accorded few minutes to express his OBJ.
lection to the trials of speed OF quick
draught horses on the Fair Grounds. This ne
did in very good temper; after which, the
Society adjourned, we suppose, finally. IL
will be hardly possible to get up another
meeting tonight.