The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-11-02
OTHER p1srlNeursnEp VISITORS.

hh w tiS itisoiiS 'tlsiso ehSfS
as on the platform the following were noted
by the Committee of Reception as distin-
suished visitors: Gen. John s. Preston and
Thos. 5. Preston. of South Carolina w.
NJ. Cochrane, Benz. X. Rentch, ID. Swallow,
&. NJ. Esyter, and Daniel Echert, of h.
gcrS,own: J. II. Tyrce, OF Lynchburg !;
Or. L. Il. Wilkins, of California Rev. c..
{. Biting, Of LynchburS; Col. Thomas <.
Flournoy, J. d. Imboden, Of Virginia; j..
r. Whitehead. ". II. {. Lovett. c. Billups,
and r.. L. Is. Leighton, Norfolk; J. G..
Balm, of Portsmouth Robert soIners, of
Glasgow. Scotland Thomas \. Welch, OF
Caroline; j. N. MrCue, of Staunton, and
i. 3. Nenltlc. OF Farmville.
DISPLAY OF HORSES AND CATTLE.
After the addresses at the grand pavil-
lion fhc crowd repaired to the raee-track
TO witness the display Of horses and cattle,
which was one of the most interesting tea-
lures Of the exhibition of Yesterday. There
was nothingto be particularized in news
paper paragraph. but those who know the
line points Of thoroughbredS and fat cattle
tound many things to interest them.
TRIAL OF THE ROAD ENGINE.
The road steam-engine " Virginia" eX-
hibited by VIM. e. Tanner & Co., attracted
y good deal OF attention during the fore
noon while it was running one Of Card
well ~ Co. 5 threShers, and the time when
ii should essay to steam around the half
mile track was looked forward to with
much interest. At the appointed hour an
immense crowd assembled to see the per-
tormancc. and the little steamer started off
brarely amid the cheers OF the spectators.
She lifted herself with case from the hollow
in which ,he had been working. and s1laed
along nicely for about two hundred and
fifty yards. pulling threSher with all ease.
But suddenly, Just before reaching tho
track, one OF the wheels got into an TN.
looked-for hole, and in the effort 10 make
another start small piece Of the machinery
was broken, and II dead halt was the conse-
quence.
The exhibitors Of the steamer regard the
experiment rs ! perfect success, and the
breakagc. although sufficient to stop the
progress OF the machine, was really tri1ing.
1t will he taken TO the shops and put in
complete order by Thursday, when it will
be again placed on the track, and there is
reason to believe that it will then fulfill the
expectation OF its friends.
MACHINERY IN MOTION.
There were four steam engines on the
ground besides the road steamer, and three
were at work. Tanner q Co. had a perfect
beauty of AZ engine for agricultural pur-
poses Gour-hor&e powcr) running Il Card
well thrcShcr and cleaner.
Talbot & Son had Il tine SiX-horSe engine,
which kept tWO threShing-machneS in mo-
ton throughout the ddY-onc Pitts, and
the other Il Gciscr.'s. The companion of
this engine recently won the first pre-
miunl-a silver pitchcr-at the State Fair
III Augusta, Ga.
Two engines Of northern manufacture
were also on exhibition. The first was Il
SiX-horSc power engine, made by Erick &
Bowman. Of Waynrsb0ro', Pa, which, for
some reason not given, was not in opera
ton. The other was & twclYe-horSc power
engine. manufactured at the AmeS Iron
Works. Oswego, y. y, exhibited by +. 4.
Dayton IL Co., the agents for this State.
This engine WAS put up to run all the NIT
chincry III the building near which it was
Dut up, but there was 10 machinery there
ready TO he put to work..
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
Here was Il department in which the Far
was quite Il SlicreS>. There were two long
sheds III which implements for cuitiyatlnG
the soil were on exhibition. while mis-
ccIlancous agricultural tools were spread
out upon the avenue. There was Il great
variety of plows, and reapcrs, and NOW
crs. Without entering into details. we
may mention the following rs the principal
exhibitors in this department IL. N. Smith
& Co.. j. ". tarlwcll u Co.. Watt IL
! nj ght. q. II. Starke, c. i. Palmer, Alli-
sou * Addison, and +. ~. Dayton, OF Rich
moMd; 4. !. hOltt, Orange county Per-
knS, Nelson Il Co.. Sta,inton: =. +. Har-
riS. charlottesville: Whitman & Sons, Bal
timorc: q. ". Movers d Bro, GorQons-
vile \. w. Siade d Co.. Baltimore; W.
q. Hickork Il Son, :. arriSbur@, Pa. j. b.
Bland 4 90, Richmond; +. j. Holbrook, :,
HoSton; Tappcy, Lunsdcn d Co.. Peters
burg. Il is impossible 10 say st this writ
in@ 40 which !rm belongs The credit of l,ay-
ing the largest collection Oh exhibition.
MANUFACTUREs.
just heiore yoinr into the UcpaItmcnt Of
manufactures. the visitor is more than
likely to stop near the entrance and look ut
u remarkable well-bucket. which, by turn
Ing 4 crank, goes some tiGty yards down an
Inclined wire. drops into 4 we'll ca barrel
sunk in the ground for the purpoSe), fills
itself, and. returning, lowers itself on i
platform. 1t is Il most ingenious arrange
inent, and can be used on Il we'll a quarter
of Il nile from The dwel!in@-house.
On entering the department or manufac-
lures the best exhibition on the grounds
will be seen, but so poorly cared for that it
is hard to lind out who the exhibitors are.
Mountcastle, the Broad-street tin and stove
man, hasa large space or the ground covered
with almost everything that Il married man
could think of, and many that would drive Il
single man to madness trying to conjecture
what there can be i'll housekeeping TO call
for such articles. There are stoves, kettles.
patent bakeries, ironing-machines- fact,
everything that can be mentioned, and
and here single man can understpnd the
thing-a toy velocipede, on which Il boy
rides Just as a live boy would. MountcaS-
tie made this boy ride tor us, and we un-
derstood it heap better than we did the
stoves. All around the room coal and wood
stoves are steaming away, and cooking
things in an astonishing kind Of way that
makes mans head swim.
Cotlrell & Co., and j. ii. Dlckcrson q
Bro, have fine assortment OF harness ana
sadderv. Watkins d. Cottrell make beau
tilul show of cutlery. Boyle d Gamble haYe
q fine exhibit of saws. Plumer q Young, OF
Va, have the finest display OF
hardware ut the Fair, gotten UP with law
ishness and taste that we have nowhere
seen eycelled.
THE DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS.
There were few places on tue Fair ground
where q half hour could be more pleasantly
spent than in the cosy little rotunda known
as the Department Oh Fine Arts 1t is
true that some Of the "entrles" there are
very far from being connected with nne
arts, but the class OF people who frequented
1t. the evidence of refined taste displayed
by the visitors, and the evident desire OF
those who did not understand the objects
of inspection to be instructed as to their
merits, made a stay there very agreeable.
1t is hardly to be laid to the charge OF the
that the pictures are not hung
in the right light, for the truth is there is