The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-08

The attendance at The American Pomo'
logical Exhibition at Assembly Han was
teyen larger Yesterday aud last nlght thun "
the first DIV and night of the enteTtall.,
ment. Few new features were noted, nu'
many nersons seemed to take pleasure IL
lingering around the fruit-ladcn 'au, ea
and many visited the hall more .nan i'm I'm
At night the asSemblage WAS ialseH Cot
nnsed of ladies and their escorts, Iao'
pos.eat ~ ,,.Ia tho scene much more attrac'
NEW ENTRIES OF FRUIT
wo rive on Yesterday full report OF al
+ho orr irlns on exhibition up TO IL ocioch
"Wednesday night. The entries Yesterday
were not numerous, but some Of Ineii az,
r trocted a good deal OF attention. we no'e
the following: ~ oon.
tributes some wine OF the flowers 9rapt'
marked "Vintage of 1863" ana l.. fIoe,.
Itch, of Kenansvile, Ill the same cry, scnu'
Coz, vsrcIies Of wine and seyon Of cranes.
Their pure scuppernong juice ana reu "luo
were particularly noticeanle. ~,
! From the Laurel Hill vineyard OF L. ".
: T,cmnsr. near Norfolk, there we're SIX Dot
t ties OF Virginia wine. cr
Mrs. c. II. Rowland, Of Norfolk, sends
three plates Of beautiful figs, embracing
, three varieties. IT,, ,rp;,
The wine contributed by j. Saul, OF Dis
trict Of Columbia, is two years osd.
| Mrs. Henry Fitzgerald, OF Manchester,
furnishes some excellent pears-llrst ylclu.
/ Hard to beat.
; =. FroelIich, of North Carolina, whose
wine has been noticed, sends also specl.
men of vinegar made from scuppernong
wine.
The sugar OF grapes made and exhibited by
Sc. Dove. Of Richmond, is putty like SUBJ
stance, with sweetish but not very pleas
ant taste. H. is about the only thing i'll the
hail that the visitor ia allowed to eat, ana
about the last one would like to eat twice
Stephen w. UnGerhill, Of Croton POINT,
n. Y, EXHIBITS two plates of grapes oil very
superior flavor.
vii s. Clarke, Of Fayetteville, n. Y,
though late to arrive, mske valuable con-
tribulion. including twenty-five varieties OF
pears and four Of apples.
J.H. King, Of Washington, sends 1lne
Lawrence pear, and John N. Parker, OF
Henrico, some fine Henrlco pppins.
; alexander johnson, Of Richmond, con.
: tributes pretty lot of scuppernong for
! Henry Best, of Warsaw, \. G..
!. The scedless apples exhibited by the Rev.
: e. Boydcn, of Albemarle, attracted much
/ notice. =,
George Leick, Of Cleveland, ohio, has
displayef four varieties OF Il tive wines.
Mai. j. Ii. King, Of Washington, vice
president Potomac Fruit-GrowerS' Associa-
ton, contributes tie following, with view
to comparing Of difference Of growth OF
varieties on diflpreut soils and stocks: l>t.
specimens Of the old white Doyeune pear,
from torty-ycar-old tree, on pear stock.
Cd. Specimen Of old white Doyenne pear,
from 4 tour.year- cid tree, on ounce stock.
Sd. Specimens of Lawrence pear, as grown
on eravclIy soil. Attn. specimens OF Law
renee pear gro WI OIL heavy clay soil.
ARRIVAL OF ADDITIONAL DELEG ATEs.
The names of the delegates who arrived
Yesterday are given below: W. FL. Gibbcs,
Columbia. S. c.; Edward Mcintosh, So
ciety Hill, S. c.; f. Wlnchell. :. g.; ". II.
Spooner, jamaica Plains, Mass; z. Nj.
SINS. Lancaster, S. c.; Joshua Kennedy,
Greensboro, \. g.: JOS. ii. Kent, Russell
vlle, Pa; Daniel Dechert, Halifax county.
Va.:F ". Lemosy, Norfolk j. Z. Baker,
Portsmouth; j. i. Whitehead, Norfolk,
Va; j. {. Brosius, Chester, Pa; Geo. =.
Thomas, Chester, Pa; Z. NJ. An.ur, Mid
dlctield, Conn; IL. Uastead, Yorktown,
Va: S. Patterson, Nelson, Va; G. W..
Bagby, Richmond; j. {. novcy, Boston !;
Ii. Armdon. Washington.
Business Meetings of The American
q lsUcieiy.
The American Pathological Society met,
pursuant to adjournment, At the Exchange
Hotel yesterday morning.
GREETING FROM A VETERAN.
The President laid before the society the
following telegram from the founder and
one Of the most efficient members of the
society:
ROCHESTER, n. Y, Sept. c, 1871.
Hon. N. z. Wilder, President, &C.:
From z. Barry-Gl Getting:
I hope your meeting is q grand success.
Lam with you in spirit. P. BARRY"
REPLY OF TIE SOCIETY.
The President then announced his inten-
ton to answer the above dispatch as fol-
lows:
"R1cHMoSD, Sept. 7, 1871.
To p. Barry, Rochester, N. Y:
Grand success Unanimous thanks oil
convention, and hopes for speedy rcstora.
ton Of your health.
MARSHALL P. WILDER"
Both dispatches were received with ap.
plause, and the action Of The President was
, unanimously endorsed.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
Hon. W. {. Flagg, from the Committee
on Nominations, recommended the fnlioW-
ing gentlemen as proper persons to till the
offices OF the society for the next two years:
President.-Hon. Marshall z. Wilder, of
Massachusetts.
Vice. Presidents.-C. C. Langdon, Ala
bamA; S. j. Matthews, Arkansas; Warren
Foote. AriZonu j.. :. Curtis, California
N. G. Meeker, Colorado F. Trowbridge,
, Connecticut Edward Tatnall. Delaware
ri t ~ a,
: cius j. hardee, Florida; William Schley,
Georgia; Idaho, --; Arthur Bryant,
Sr.. Illinois; 1. G. D. d. Nelson, indiana
: Indian Territory, -; JAS. Smith, Iowa
: J. A. Stayman, Kansas j. :. Downer, Ken.
lucky; K. Ii. Day, Louisiana S. l.. Good.
: ale, Maine; w. D. Breckenridge, Mary.
8 land; c. NJ. Hovey, Massachusetts; Sam'l
Jackson, Mich. ; u. A. Robertson, Mime.
sofa w. B. Wilkes, Mississippi; G. w
9 Spaulding, Missouri; Nicholas Waugh
= Montana R. W. Furnas, Nebraska; -
; Nevada -, New Brunswick; Charlie:
}. Downing, New York Fred. Smyth, New
!. Hampshire William Parry, New Jersey
q DR.. Ruyscher, New Mexico; Walter l.
Steele. North Carolina; Il. g. Haly burton
Nova Scotia George w. Campbell, Ohio
e Charles Arnold. Ontario; Robert BUST
/ Sr., Pennsylvania; Hugh Allen, Quebec
t Silas Moore, Rhode Island a. P. Wyle
- South Carolina =; William Heavier, Tennes.
i. see n. G. Mills, Texas; j. b. johnson
: Utah; G. T. B. Leighton, Virginia; D
Strotner, West Virginia; ]. c. Plumb
Wisconsin Judge Carter, Wyoming
9 Richard Bradley, Vermont. BLANKS viii
h be filed hereafter
Y 1reasurer.-Thos. P. James, Of Cam
r bridge, Mass.
] Secretary.-F. r. Elliott, of Ohio.
ii EIecut1Ce COn1nllttee.-J. E. Mitchell
PENNSYLVANIA Geo. Tburber, New York