The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-08-27


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Pros OR SPECIAL Correspondsnhj
rxxxxx1 ATT. Daio, August %, 1881.
rhcre was not nsucn ofsRenefnl Dusioess
80 ,nornsuv. and there bad been al eF,-
49,. fn;ruir,e ON Of members. Tine sec.
,, , wes,t early TO their sevefal rooms, ai'o
-, :. .,rt. Al IS 20 clear on their respecmse
Scsteta az tne papers IN hand. Your eoffcs-
,ondenf fsls az liberty TO "cut" these ga Per
and n rive attention 10 some rather Satsios
matters. He spent the morning ma.ng "a
she insoection OF The exhibition OF sctcntinc
annaratus. including collections OF mlne'
rs,s. fossils. and natural history specsmens,
q h,eb are gathered here. This ex9fo'tIon y,
has reference partly To our Asscci1Uon, Du.
ns main purpose IL TO form portion OF 'ne
great annual Industrial Exposition tnst y
IN one1, herr september 7th and 10 eonunue
IN Crtober Sth. Several Of the isrBss1
,ran,,fscturers and importers OF sclenunc
anparat,,s IN the country. such ss queen
q Co. IN general apparatus, BENJAMIN
r. 90. and Wbitsll, Tatum q 70. 10
chemtcM glassware, besides some spe-
cIalIst. % In microscopes, In eaiances'
An plstipnm ware. &c, are here wen fepIe.
sen,ed. The new Hotz electrical macnlnSs
the annaratus Of Caiiletet for the tiqueisc-
ton Of esses, including air, shown at wo.k
the huge induction coils; the wonaelIui
orookes tubes, also exhibited expenmen.'
ally: and many other things, new ana OH.
absorbed the attention and stole away .ue
IL nd
ftme OF the interested visitor: ana .ue
wonderfully large exhibits OK minerals rom
the 20 largest houses Ia the Uulteo Ststes y,
A. X. P1oie, OF Philadelphia, anu I'd. W.
Ward d Co., OF Rochester, NJ I'--Were
equally absorbing and nme-requiIIns.
And. then. there the latter nrm hau a
most extensive collection OF fossils apu
fossil-casis, including huge restora.
ton OF the Mammoth, similar 70 Tue.
in the Lewis Brooks Museum .,
our Yirglnia University. Besides AL
this, there were other most extensive cor
Iections, completely hlliug large ns',
which collections belonged 10 or connee,eu
with the Natural History Society OF Cine'h'
natl, and which invited one TO linger py tns
hour for even q casual survey. NOW, IN all
that have written about these things nave
had Richmond and our proposed Exposition
in nav eve, and the lesson woulh teacn Is
this: II we would impress the world, 50 we
propose, we must bestir ourselves aud rise
a Ettlc above the dismal and ridiculous
showing OF that sad earicature 10 our Fair.
Grounds iscetiously styled Art'Gsllery "
minerals included), else we VIII ma tna'
we haze impressed the world. but IN way
very different from that which we proposed.
This afternoon. after the usual delightful
lunch (alAs that II Is the last y, inspected
tho establishment wherein the electric llgnt
is generated for the city. The manageFs
were very courteous, and was shown over
every part Of the establishment, remaining
TO see the lamps lighted tonight. The
Brush system Is used, and 1t works well.
have some facts about II, but no room TOP
them here. Enough TO say, we must have
the light in Richmond. and must not be too
long about 1t.
The last meeting OF the Association was
held tonight. This last meeting Is called,
I believe, "Section O." and 1t is expected
to he q wholly unrelaxed, not to ssy undig-
pijed, affair. Resolutions thanking every
body in turn are given out to six or eight
OF the wlttier members, and they sre ex'
pectsd to use their gifts. Some OF the
speeches tonight were fairly good, but
most OF them rather poor. Au hOiuIhDle
resolution OF sympathy for the President
formed the last item OF business, and tbe
Association adjourned finally for the ses'
sion. Thus closed my first meeting OF TIE
A. A. A. s., and one which has been pro-
nounced by all the most successful OF
Its history with the single exception OF the
meeting held in Boston last year. have
no time for general comments, as II !, late
and 90 early tomorrow morning on the
excursion to Mammoth Cave. do moi
know whether that locality is in my re-
portorisl Jurisdiction aud withal, do moi
wish 10 run this matter Of reporting into
the ground. / may therefore got write
again, and will here give nv general ex
preston Of extreme satisfaction both Will
my experience as member Of the Associs
ton aud with my visit to this most hospiia
bic sity. T.. III. w.