Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-11-25

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North America, Gas Light Go. in than city; he
Bridgeport Coal Co. ln that ci',, capital 200 600
WIN privilege To Increase TO $500 600; he New
York County Bank, capital $500 900; and TO
amend the charter the New York Water Works
Co. TO enable them TO take property al an ap
prai eineni
New JERsEY.-rhe At,orn-. General has
gwen 1t a. his Opinion, TO the Legislature, tina, the
con>eni o. Peansyiv MA 10 grant OF the waie
o! the DELAY 70 Tor icGer, has been obIain,d
To the extent required b. the law of n. Jerse; sad
that Their fore the lime within which the state can
become su5,crber 20 l-4th OF the capital wall not
expire the present sessioo.-Pe,Iuons have been
pre- e-ted o unie b. canal the waters OF the
Pascal and Hackensack witt! the Hudson.
| PENNsYLvANIA.-T The coal mines are work
ing with grea, spirn. A Philadelphia paper esti-
mates that the tonnage required for transporting
coal to distant place, will soon be equal to that which
~ employed in other branches oil commerce. Tie
communications made between Philadelphia aud
the interior by the Improv OF the Schuy kill
are yer, extensive. beautiful boat rs ust launch
ed at Re ding 10 ply as regular trader bctween
that place ard Philadelphia Five persons have
'een fined S2c each. besd dies the costs OF prosecu
tion, in York County, Tor causing riot at reiI-
gious camp meeting. Large quaint res OF butter,
a much - 6OOC lIs. IN one parcel, have been sent
! nom ArmstrouS couytj the Allegheny river,
! Us M ON z s6urg) 10 the city OF n. Y. via
AXE Ere aud the great canal; abou. 600 miles
'rhe " Frederick (M.) Ciizen" says, that Snip
sons National Chronicle had been suppor,e cd by
! funds from political club in n York, sad when
its Editor refused % give up Gen. Jackson and
take up DE w Clinton, the clue deserted the paper
| and 1t wet dOwn.--SpeCimens OF tea raised III
| Franklin CO. have been exhibited in Chambersburs !;
it grew from seed found ia box OF imported tea
| 4ae bridge over he Susquehanna at Nllke>borre
will so N be completed; handsomer and sironge
81. IL
third 'ime deli erins his useful Astronomical
Lectures IN Pailldeiphia has sent mis- apparatus to
| N Orleans. He viii 20 himself by way of Pitts
rurg, ii. cnaln; &c. and upon The information he
receives - viii depend where he will lecture on his
| e'urn. ''--Acco ding TO calculations four hundred
thousand OOreiS Of salt, will be made in estern
i'enhsyi vaaia during he pre- ent year. The inter
| or OF Penus' lvania used he supplied from New
| ,ork > ate with salt Salt is sometimes sold al
lii bursh, as low as - cents bu-hel within a
:ew months - vessels belonging ~ Philadelphia
cave been LOST sea: hence premiums OF lns,iran &c
| ave increased.-- Barley has risen 10 50 cents Il
,ushel; last season 1t 40: hence brew oIs have
raIsel the price oil beer.-Jefferson College al
aoonsbure. Washington county, has ! % scholars
rion II so year, and board from : 10 81
per week.
IAKYLAND.-Th Dorchester county cattle
low produced many excee cattle and hogs; D
voing bulls OF the imported breeds, > OF rteswa-
er and oil Devon; besides half blood Devons;
several Beautiful carpets and hearth rugs, &c.-For
ne two last years, large porioI of The ;rade OF
Lancaster county, Pa has been drawn off TO the
| 8 lii"ore ma ker bN he Improvements OF the Sus-
quehanna. The saving of transportation to Balti-
more, over Pidladelpha, said be 50 cents on p
barrel o flour, and c gallon of whiskey
several branches and parts OF trunks of trees bear
ns strong mar%s OF the rhoppings OF the axe ami
ven : scHmore branch with the balls on it, were
found in Cd rowo, Baltimore, a, the depth OF SO
ee--'The constitution Of the - echanics' Institute
IN Baltimore has been publi,hed; its object to pre-
NOE manufactures, SC. by the es .bllsI,, ent o;
Popular Lectures or The sciences connected VIII
them b the formation OF a Library aud Cabin :
of Models and Minerals, by premiums for excel
ience. Sc. 81. Committees are appointed 70 co =
iect subscriptions Cooks are o be opened in l.
tTore and Philadelphia to raise & 25O, 900 for es-
tablishiug a new line of steam boats a d stages
between The tw cities; the passage TO be mostly IN
the day time, and in hours or BaItimo, e
Is Improving in other ways: her Aheiaum, just
completed; The great City Hotel, second 10 n other
in the Union, has risen already to tie height of 5
SORES, and is almost ready to receive IT'S roof
The Frederick county Colonization Society held
Its 9th annual meeting on the 18th inst. Judge
Shriver delivered an elaborate Report the pro-
-ress ard Operations OF the Parent Society. The
Frederick Society has ncIe ased considerably since
rs last annual meeting olonization Sociel,
| lsays the Frederick Citizen) ." will probably ere
| ong call upon the National Government to prose-
cite and complete the great purposes" ofthe Socie-
ty;and henils Editor oes freely from sop mas
= y similar Society Is organiz,g in the Me- Mar
| leI DIstrlct.-lhe General Synod of The O. Evan
getical Lutheran Church have met at Frederick
own; 10 delegates. present; the new Church there
| was secrated, and they came 10 determination
o establish Theological Seminary, which Board
I,f \
are to locate.
VIRGINIA The Harper's Ferry " Free Press
proposes 10 raise obelisk of me high
banks of the Potomac, at Shepperdslown, in honor
| Of John RuB1sey, who, forty years ago, first pro-
PEELED Ste0ni-bOdt on the Potomac at tina, place.
| iany ofjhe citizens assembled 10 witness the no.
vel experiment : and for many years afterwards the
remains o! the boat to be seen. MIR. Cllg OF
| Shenandoah county aged Co. and his wife IN ,,is
18th gear OF her age have been blessed like Abra-
| u m ard Ssr.n of old, with fine boy.-A fire
I hroke ont on Sunday last in wooden tenement al
Portsmouth, si'uai ed o. i-o"don $500. ana occu-
pied by Mrs. Rudd; it is supposed 10 have caugh,
rom he hearth, While she was at Church and the
house lockei up. Her house consumed, and
has left her almost destitute. The long frame build
ing next 20 hers ,occpiedb by Mr. Davis, preceptor,
| was saved only by the great exertions OF the fire
! Companies. Scarcely were the Norfolk engines
housed, when another alarm of fire sounded
through the Streets the engines again hurried
of across the Draw bridge; to house already in
veioped in flames, in the rear of the Marine Ho,pi-
tal, on Washington Point upw ards of a mile dis
amt The house occupied by Mr.. Arlington
house joiner, workshop; ii was entirely des
tIoyed, but The engines prevented the spreading ol
the mes. The Norfolk Herald says, that Mr..
A. entertans doubt that the fire was communica
led 10y an incendiary.-An extensive Cotton man
,lactory is in operation in Wheeling; the yarn i,
said to be excellent; the Manager Mr. Westcott to
deserve great credit for bis exerlions; and the Is