THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 373 



Monday, October 31, 1853. 



The Executive Commitiee met, pursu- 

 ant to adjournment. Present, P. St. Geo. 

 Cocke, President; E. Ruffin, Sr., Harvie, 

 Booth, Irby, Overton, Boulware, Newton, 

 Peyton and Williams. 



The President reported to this meeting 

 the following minute of the proceedings 

 of a portion of the Executive Committee, 

 held this morning: 



Resolved, That Madam Sontag having 

 in very handsome terms, and in the most 

 liberal spirit, presented to the Virginia 

 State Agricultural Society the sum of one 

 hundred dollars, to be awarded as a pre- 

 mium to the successful competitor at the 

 Ploughing Match— the Committee accept 

 the offer; and invite Madam Sontag to at- 

 tend the Ploughing Match on Thursday 

 next, on the Society's grounds. 



Resolved, That the order of proceedings 

 heretofore published be amended in the 

 following particulars, viz: 



1. That Dr. Maupin be requested to ad- 

 dress the Society to-morrow night, (Tues- 

 day,) on the relations of Physical Science 

 to Agriculture. 



2. That B. Johnson Barbour, Esq. be 

 requested to address the Society on the 

 show grounds on Wednesday at 11 o'clock, 

 and that the ploughing match and trial of 

 ploughs be postponed until half past 12 

 o'clock on that day. 



3. That Gen. Wm. H. Richardson be a 

 committee to arrange with Mr. Brown the 

 time and place for the delivery of a lecture 

 on the subject of Wool-growing, and pro- 

 vide suitable accommodations for the ex- 

 hibition of his specimens and illustrations. 



4. That John Tyler, Esq., Ex-President 

 of the United States, be requested to deli- 

 ver a valedictory address on Friday, near 

 the close of the Society's proceedings, on 

 the show grounds. 



5. That the Society will transact neces- 

 sary business every night before entering 

 upon the conversational discussions pro- 

 vided for in the order of proceedings here- 

 tofore published. 



Resolved, That the Committee on the 

 Ploughing Match be instructed to distri- 

 bute in premiums for the best ploughing, 

 the generous donation of one hundred dol- 

 lars, made for that purpose by Madam 

 Sontag. 



Wednesday, Nov. 3d, 1853. 

 At a meeting of the Executive Commit- 

 tee, held this morning, the following com- 



munication from the Common Council of 

 the city of Petersburg was read: 



Common Council of the City of} 

 Petersburg, Nov. 1, 1853. $ 

 Mr. Geo. W. Boiling offered the follow- 

 ing resolutions, which were unanimously 

 adopted: 



1. Resolved, That this Council hereby 

 tender to the Virginia State Agricultural 

 Society the use of the Poplar Lawn in this 

 City for their next annual meeting. 



2. Resolved, That the Council will make 

 a suitable appropriation for the accommo- 

 dation of the Fair at Poplar Lawn— a 

 place well adapted for such an exhibition 

 as to space, location, and an ample supply 

 of the best water. 



3. Resolved, That the Mayor communi- 

 cate the foregoing resolutions to the Exe- 

 cutive Committee of the Agricultural So- 

 ciety. 



Whereupon the Committee adopted the 

 following resolution: 



Resolved, That, the President inform the 

 Common Council of the City of Peters- 

 burg, that the period has not yet arrived 

 for determining the time or place of the 

 next annual meeting of the Society; and 

 that they are duly sensible of their obliga- 

 tions to the Common Council, for their po- 

 lite offer of suitable ground for the next 

 exhibition, and at the proper time will give 

 it due consideration. 



And then the Committee adjourned. 

 Chas. B. Williams, Rec. Sec'y. 



ANNUAL MEETING OP THE VIRGINIA 

 STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The Virginia State Agricultural Society 

 held its second annual meeting in Metropoli- 

 tan Hall in the city of Richmond on Monday 

 evening, the 31st of October, 1853. 



The President, Philip St. Geo. Cocke, Esq., 

 after a few prefatory remarks, read the annual 

 report of the labors of the Executive Com- 

 mittee since the last meeting of the Society, 

 which is as follows: 



The Executive Committee of the Vir- 

 ginia State Agricultural Society submit 

 the following report: 



At the last annual meeting of the So- 

 ciety it was officially reported that the 

 whole number of members then constitut- 

 ing the Society was 339, and that the funds 

 in the hands of the Treasurer amounted to 

 $268. 



In this feeble condition of the Society 

 your Committee entered upon their duties. 

 Without numbers and without means 



