Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-07-04
No,GaK. J,.ac q

Norfolk, Juac o.
TRADE OF THE ROANOKE.
We shall eautiune this subject ofenas
pcfinny Offers believing that however often Iuas he
ionched, It cannot become IL rcadbar,, bat rather like
, % s,s, Dee"nss orshsf oy handing y, aias,
Gu very short tinel command nearly the whole the
ke'ae'e products OF the country on The Roanoke and
- hrarcbes; the planters have Themselves dstc
so bnt something o. course is calculated from the
people OF Norfolk to give vigosr and peruanency the
scheine thty must hold on inducements to the plant
ers, giving good prices produce as they
Sonid OBTAIN IN the ne:ghbourns markets where thes
he hl'nefo traded rnh by Supplying them with iueT
chand'ze unon fair aud literal terms. have entire
confidence In the merchants aud Norfok that
they Niuoi So far overlook their interest dis
regard ths sniutary admoniion
a gentleman, whom Yesterday conrsrsed with and
Who Is just aIri'ei rom the Ro.nokc states that Il
turnpike atonnd the falls of that river is hushed aud
n"tohs remains To- render pasable for Wagons hut
bridge which will be cotno,tr In IN, meantime
large quantities nj tobacco finding their
way down The old road TO the no, of the falls there
storcd until opportunity series COR sending IL 10 n,alet
spa lions rehouse has recently been erected below
tie ,as for The reception Of produce and number of
Seahy gentlemen are engaged in building others above
As soon as the turnpike Is completed the passage Of
produce down the river III commence, the planter.
are determined not 10 wait for the completion of Ca-
nal al the fails aud the Dismal swamp Canal
tsopered, the trade with the Roanoke will be in full ope.
ration Our informant eonve'sed wi;h respectable f3r
nier in Granville county, " {. who assured him that
the planters in thai county would glady avail themselves
OF the opportunity afforded 10y the nhn. If the turn.
Pike tosendtheir cotton and tobacco TO this market the
waygonage TO Petersburg being exceedingly expensive
4.
bout 100 miles from Petersburg this gentleman d.
Stared 70 on nf Tnan that thc expense of waggonnc
nhds oi tohacro. which lie had lately mar
BET amounted 10 upwards Of S. when ioh have il to
ko'es me expense probably would not have exceeded
But indepenaeat or this Immense difference in fsyopr
OF Norolh, there are other considerations which cannot
DC overlooked among these; may estimate the
raase OF procuring the prodnce of the wst india Isl.
ahds, &C snch as salt sugar, coffee, Spirits. &C. at
cheaper rate here than AZ any other arkeE IN virginia.
and probahly In the u. States may 50 clnde in
The estimate the immense difference between the sx-
pense OF carrying back 1oad id boats aud OF carrying
IL in Wagons.
an thugs considered we may safely assert without be-
ihe thought pfesumpnous that there few, ifauy pa-
ses in the uniou where canitaIs viii md so vide
ned for their operations as 10 Norfolk or where he ~,
Tents and indasfy of arsans mechanics viii he so
hoefaiyrewarded tHsra!d.
The fnawy mountains If Thhct, in the East-Inises.
which were, until lately. tuppased to be inaccessible have
svsn crossed by captain Webb and their height aeef
SIRed which proved 10 be 2S coo the level
the sea TAis more ihan 400 higher than the
highest poht Of the Andps, which have been
SNhsidsIsd lhe lvftesi mountains or ,bG slSSc.
LAW CASE.
S.sseoin-at these assires, III au action wright
!ess"p The plaintiff, 3rothecary BaIllesfOTd,
s5nghto recover from defendant bachelor OF Opuencr
Essdius near Lincoln 7s7i 1885, for medicine aud aiien
az, IL appeared iaat the was Of ah.paohopdri
Seal tnrz and bad taken pills for number Of years
~-ee used 10 have from 600 70 1000 pills seat him
size and in year he TOOK 81 being the
I50 day. There also thousands bottles of mix
faVcnnue propensity OF the p2ticnt
fsysic. was necessary TO call ia two PHYSICIANS, who
FIGURING Of tie defendant what the OF medi-
one and noHrishIBen he pursued thrsugh the day be
answered az follows -" Al half past o'clock the
morning take two sPC0salis and bait of ialap, and
then quantity of eleetuary--then sleep till Z ard re.
peat the dose nj both jaap md eectuaTy.t O'clock
tahe pills Of No and Il OF No. TO- whetny sppe
site oT brcakast-at breakfast, hason Of mk-at
a. have acd and alkali mixture ha We
o0ius-andat 9 at night have auoiyBe mixture
ana a. ~ sleep AFTER some progress had heen made
ts evidence. compromise took place, the plaintiff
cepttng verdict 70! 1901.
Al the same Asszes, William Nubert and Ann his wife
were trch foT burglary. The evidence clear, but
Nnrcrt declared cdd itthrough tie persuasion OF his
wife, which she acknowledged, declaring, Z" the
wretch thai have Deem tue of committing robbery
Il lave ueen the principal actor-and IL only c0Ela be
IN point of law, Ann hubert could he convicted oG
this crime for she acted with her husband the Law re-
g1rded her as acting under his coercion. " You and T.
VINO are married men. gentlemen iaid his Iordshp
the Jury) know that this presumption Of The law is often
wrong and that the husband is often the
wife IA t0Sh $50 however IL is that il the two COM
Init robbery together the husband only IS answcrae
although the wife NAV have instigated him the deed
as hist she With him. be Is ri Ways considered
cree hef believe have made myself Ineligible tho
perhaps my Information may very p0infabke-its
not onr business to enquire why aw IS So but i.
our duty 10 act "a requires and therefore gentlemen
You must acqu the female prisoner" The jury accord
tingJ acquitted the wife, and found William Tuhe gull
y London paper.
SHrcfesf,tE C'0wneree.--A merchant Of Ternrnnnth
Ih<lN feighed ship at that port with 0Oe quIntas
of Newfoundland fSh and sent a Oporto after
hartering The fish for wines he saed for Bristol where
The sinss sold and from retained oTegn.
houth having cleared net PROFIT of ten thousand
ponnds.