Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-10-11
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Con the 4th tria) 10 the 18th session of INJURIES.
by majority OF about 400 over his oppon.nt
Governor Paris has been nearly unanimously re.
elected-The Lincoln Baptist Auxiliary Societ,
met at Camden on the 18th Sept. During the p,e-
sent year, SSl IS has been paid into their treasury
S9oO has been paid to the parent society sine,
| lSi5.-Eisht or nine hundred tons of graniie hav.
been contracted for in the town of Haowell. which
is to be wrought by the convicts, and designed ro
the New Market-house, &c. of Boslon-,rhe an.
nual Commencement at Bowdoin College. Bruins
wick, was on the 10Th ut. when 81 students ~ er,
admitted to the degree oil Bachelor of Arts, 9 te
The degree OF A. NJ, and II to that of NJ ID. A
branch of the Phi Beta Kappa Society was estab.
ished at the College, when Grafton was deliver
ed by Chief Justice Mellen to large audience
among whom were Count Vidua from Italy, and
Nj. Neiderstetter, Charge d. Atfaires from Prussia
NEW HAMPsHIRE.--The Penitentary has paid
INTO the Treasury OF the State, since the Ist July
the sum OF $4,000; profitable is the hewing oil
stone, carried on by the convcts.--A church j.
ABOUT TO be erected by the manufacturing establish
ments at Nashua village; the corner stone of which
was TO be laid with masonic honors by the q. Lodge
on the 4th Inst.--rhe Hillsborough Agriculture
Society have lately held its annual snow and fair at
New Boston There was a superior exhibition oil
manufactures; more especially OF lannels coverlet.
and Competing. Committee appointed TO pro-
cure survey of The Wnnepisseogee Canal have
reported TO a meeting of Citizens of Dover, the
praclcablliy OF the enteprZe. Ii is expected that
most of the stock will be taken up in November
MAssAcHUsErrs.--The unpensioned revolu-
tionary officers OF the state were TO meet on the
hrst week OF the moath either at Boston, Salem,
Newburyport, Ipswich or Linn, to sign petition
for relief, account of the privaons they had
sustained in the service and the depreciation of pa
per money Mr.. Webster is appointed to present
TO Congress.--Circulars are 10 be sent TO every
town In the county OF Hampshire, for the purpose
OF obtaining signatures to petition to be laid be-
lore Congress, praying the imposition OF duty on
domestic spirits and an increased duty on imported
liquors.-rhe horse-chesnut (Gsculus) in Boston,
which had been shorn of its leaves, has within 4
few days been clothed in fresh foliage and put forth
their blossoms. The apple trees are again in bloom
In several places; and specimens of the syringe
(Ilach) In full blossom.-Tbe corporation of Bos-
ton have determined 10 purchase in Philadelphia
1000 feet of hose for their engines
CoNNECrICUT.--Owin Sherman, a boy of IS
years OF age, has been tried at the U. S. Court for
the district of Connecticut at Hartford, for robbine
the mail; he plead guilty, and was sentenced by
Judge Thompson to 10 years imprisonment-Tbe
same Court decided that Patentee, having dis
covered that by reason OF mistake in his specifi-
cation his patent was void, might return that patent
to the proper Office, procure it 10 be cancelled,
and take out new patent for the residue of the
fourteen years; and that in such the frst pa
tent would he no objection to the second. This
decision was made in favor of Amos s. Hall of
NJ York, against Lee and Hopkins of Hartford,
Tor violation of the Plaintiffs Patent for making
irusses The Jury also decided, in opposition to
the pieadirSs OF the Defendant, that the improve
ment patented to the plaintiff, was new and useful
and gave verdict for 1880 and costs.-The State
OF Connecticut is said to have about $50 900 in
the stock oil the Eagle Bank, which had Just s,is-
pended payment. The notes of this bank had been
sold at 10, IL l-2, and even % per cent. below
par. Some of the stores still received them at mar
for goods.-In January last meeting of certain
citIhens OF the states bordering on the Connecticut
river was held nj Windsor, and they requested the
aid of the General Government towards effectua-
ting the survey of the Connecticut and the adjoining
streams & lakes. The President of the u S. an
pointed De Wit Clinton, jr. son of the Governor
OF New York 10 superintend the survey of the re-
naming part oi the river, and of the streams by
which 1t may be connected with Lake Aiemphre-
magog. Mr.. e. employed DIR. McDulTie and S as
sistants the survey is now completed and it /.
SAID that the distractions the navigation of the
Connecucut are lever than the most sanguine had
anticipated. " is there had been no apprOpria-
ton by Congress for this object, the SUN allowed
by the President was necessarily Limited and prov
ed quite inadequate But the deficiency was
made up by the public spirit of the citizens of tie
surrounding towns, who furnished boats provisions,
sc.
RHoDE-lsLAND.-There are not less than 81
petitions for divorces now pending before the SUI
preme Court fths State.--At the Commencement
OF Browns University, 4s students received the
degree of a. b., and 10 that of A. NJ -Four
gentlemen received the honorary degree of A. M
The honorary degree of j.. L. d. was conferred
on James Fenner, the Governor of the State The
degree of NJ. ID. on 10 gentlemen. Professor
ship OF Languages was created, and the Rev
Romeo Elton appointed to fill it, Mr. u. Goddard
Editor OF the Rhode-Island American, was also
appointed to fill the vacant chair of Moral Philoso
ply and Metaphysics.--The Providence Patrio
believes that another is about TO take place in
steam cnginery, that will rank the of Ba6cOcL
with the lllustrious one of Watts The new ex
pertinent OF that gentleman is said to have been at
tended by the most promising results II successful
1t establishes the Interesting principle, that steam
Potcer can be generated ,chhOm Boiler; thu.
redeening the steam transportation from its greatest
source OF dread, and rendering it also more easy
more economical, more applicable TO a variety o
cases. 1t is stated that Babcocks engine is reduced
nearly oHe-half in price, and saving effected O
nearly 3-ihs of the fuel
" The boat in which Mr.. Babcock's engine i
placed" says Newport paper, ''was built b,
Stephen L. Northsm, Esq. is 81 feet keel, 10 J.:
ite' Oe'ius dhu measures % tons. line steam
generated in II tubes of 3 inches diameter, an,
connected by caps at the end, placed in furnace
feet long and IL wide. The steam from the lowe
row OF generators raises the piston that from tb
upper drives it down. After the piston has riser
to its proper height, the steam escapes into the con
densing tube and is again conveyed 10 the reservoir
OF water. The stroke of the piston rod is IL
feet, the cylinder is 10 inches in diameter: Tn,
water is forced into the generators by pumps con
nected with the engine, four square inches being
injected at every stroke. Ingoing and returning Il
Providence but 10 gallons of water were wasted
The distance is 80 miles, which was performed in
IL hours up, with the wind ahead, and down
The quantity OF wood consumed in both passage.
was four feet. The engine was new and the cast
ngs rough; in several trials SINCE the velocity has
been areailY increased As ihis IL an enfreIv ne,u