Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-06-11

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rear va. s'op,.
fn's.-Fo"r dwelling houses and were
ia'cl, destroyed by fire in Albany. The College Edi
fce ~ Burlington. Vermont, has also been DESTROYED
u was - brick hu,;ing 100 by 20 feet. The library
par, al ~" apparatus and students hooks
The Powder Mills OF Mr. Rodgers. of Newbnrg,
and Of Stops and Pomeroy, Wes,6eid, Mass. have
exploded with considerable loss.
.Ne,o YORK Cana.--Ths mag nificeni work is daily
Developing as grea, Importance. Forty-eieht canal
boats arrived II aud left Albany IN day, and in
one week II passed Utica. More Than $1,000 were
canal--pne boat only paid 2200 The navigation O r
The canals commenced on the 9Th May (; from which
time 'i'i Isl june. the tolls receited Al Albany,
announced To e II 1888 n. The tar,iy naviea,inn
IS already superseded in some degree on the
lake hy the use of suitable steam boats, in towing
the boats with freight an board !; aud it is though t
that the use OF horse power and sails throughout the
Whole extent of the canal will give place this ex-
pe'eni. Should this he the Case (and we see no
reason why II should no) the Dispatch. and ecoaomy il,
will Introduce Diusi greatly enhance the value of the
canal, aSh make IL still more object of ADM, aon
and OF pride The public patronage every way up-
holds tins Institution. The new Canal Loan of
$500 600 was recently taken by lie Roy, Bayard &,
Co. at premum Of SO, OF for a 8 per cent stock
The crops on the Alissssippi'have been much in-
jured Ivy the sinunda,iop. The river is hut u few
inches lower Than it was last year. !, Us said that a
cretusSe OF some extent has been made in the levee
above Gen. Hsmpton's plantation.
The Siaunion Spectator congratulnics its readers
on The Tact thai the country between The Blue Ridge
aud ALLEGHENY, has been attached hy mn Act of Com
gress TO the Western District of Virginia and tia,
court Tor the same is 10 he held NJ Stanton ON The
second Monday in April and Septe mber, Judge
Jackson, presiding.
A committee in Cincinnati, for promoting the e.
lection OF j. q Adams, have sddr essed a letter TO
MIR. r.. Ho,chkiss, "a proposed eIecror IN ol,,n ,L.
they say, " We h0rrerer irish yon IN understand not
knowiedge Of he ioarniy expressed opiniont of Mr.
4d'ms IN tauor Of a general system Of Internal I'M
proremem as dnong the many strong reasons for ,irinc
him preference" MIR II replies. and gives the
pledge asked for. He says &C Mr.. Adams presen,
friendly disposition towards the Introduction oil a
system al internal Improvement and encour agen ~,
oi domestic industry, &c. pre-emnenily qualify hiun
for The office OF President of the U. States" &c.
Pensacola paper publishes an extract of "a
letter from an officer at Tampa Bay. from
which we learn that there have been several
Indian alarms at that secluded post, but they
were groundless. The Indians are however
dissatisfied with the the late treaty The wri-
ter thinks the post will and ought to be per-
manent military one.
The same paper remarks that Gov. Duval
has been instructed by the Secretary of War To
send on a visit TO tie President some Of the
most distinguished chiefs of the Florida Indi
ans; and commends the measure as caiculaird
to impress the Indians with just ideas of the
power and resources the u. S.
NJ EDW.4RDS.
why does this man decline attending the
Committee as a ,citness (see the MAI. Infeli;.
gencer) Does he shrink from the lnyestga-
ton !? And yet is continually firing off little
pop guns Pas in the following from tile last
Wash. Republican:
H.. coI, r
letter from the late Receiver at EdwartsyiIle
to the Secretary of the Treasury, referring d.
Iectly TO the one lately published by US, we un-
dersiand was obtaina,i by Gov. Edwards from
The Office of Samuel ID. Lockwood, Esa. Re-
eeiver OF public moneys at Edwardsville, and
that the original is on the flies of that Office !:
COPY
EDwARDsvILLE, Ol. } Pod Oct. 1879
Dedr oT Twelve thousand five hundred dollars
OF the Capital Stock OF the Bank Of Edwardsvi,le
having been paid into The Bank since the date of nv
last letter, feel il my duty to inform you of iha Cur
cnnsiance, in consequence Of some Of the sueges-
lions made ia ;hai ielier.
have the honor TO be, very respectfully, sir your
obedIeni servant,
BEN STEPHENSON.
The Hon. Wm H. Crawford.
Secretary of Inc Treasury.
The Naturalization La,s, passed at the las, session
OF Congress, requires hut three gears residence TO en-
able the applicant TO become Citizen.
The II. of II. (of yfassacluseits) have rejected by
l22 to To- the morton TO strike onr the LIST section Of
the resolution, which provided for The choice OF
Electors ny a general ticket Most of the friends of
Mr. Adams support the General ticket law for the
purpose OF giving him the whole vote Of the state /:
and some oil them now take this course, IN The very
teeth OF their solemn protests the contrary in 1904
Most Of the friends Of Mr.. Crawford support the
D's'ic, system IN The hope, no doubt, Of catching
DISTRICT here aud there for then ayorile caudldaie
d.
the Ashanees and the death OF Gov. McCariy do
not Jeopardize the principal English and American
settlements on the coast of Africa The Ashantees
are powerful and ferocious nation, possessedaof
abundance Of gold (Which doubtless has tempted The
enterprises and the fate Of the Epgsh)-bur they
reside IN The inferior from Cape Consi, 8 400
miles beioso .hssswadO, or Sierra Leone.
Caps. Rogers, Chauhcey and Morris, Commits
sioners Of The Nary Board, and Mr.. Souihat, Secre-
tary u he Nary, reached Norfolk the 81 inst IN
night 10 the Steam boat. On Wedne say, they visit
ed The U. S Arsenal few miles above This city and
Major CIark's Cannon Foundry near the Arsenal
Tor The purpose OF inspecting the ar,il!ary cas-, ,herc
Tor the use OF the Navy -Tbey took the stage yes-
ter'iay morning for the city Of Washington.
Mr.. John Tod member of the Fl or from,
Pennsy sania, has accepted the president judges,ip
Of the new Judicial district IN thar state, composed
Of the counties Of Franklin, Bedford aud Son,er SET
Messrs. Van Buren, and Dckerson have no, visited
This cay. They were last AZ Washington, on their
return 10 n York and 10 N.Jersey-This is not the
hrsi ume 'n"' 'he ~; American has given way 10
groundiess and iliibefaI suspicion.
new paper is started Il, Washington to be styled
The American Mercury'-ihe Isl No TO apnear
early in Augnsi-Desined TO support Mr.. Clay.
fCorrrunicatedt
MARHIEDI--on Wednesday the "a inst f,y the Rev r.
X Jones, Major JOHN y. BOTTOM to the highly accom4
all Of Amelia county, Va.