Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-10-21
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IN ana with suiilclen; head
OF water performs 500 revolutions in a minute.
cutting boards or timber of any thickness, width
or length, IN straight line, leaving he surface of
the boards or timber uRcommoniy smooth. With
18th the water tor a common mill, II will cut
tn e2 or four times more lumber. II will cut
through the middle OF the largest log wi ;he same
facility that it takes off a slab.-At the Quaker
Westinghouse on The 29th nj. elijah and Reuben
Eoe, twin brothers, married Elizaueih and Mary
Jone- twin sisters and daughters OF Edward Jones
! OF brunswick "A company has been loiiued for
erecting railway in Portland for the purpose of
repairing vessels, after tine anima;ing example of
Saiem.-lwo apples hay been raised in this stale
each measuring one foot in circumference, and
weighing ore pound.
NEW HAMPsHIRE.-LarSe quantities of cop
per ore have been found in the mines of Grafton;
one specimen of 81 lbs OF fine mllieab!e metal ma.
been ob aimed from 200 los of ORE while :ae En-
slIsh ore usually yield only 5 per cent Furna-
ces are about 10 be cree. ed nesr the mines for
smeting the ore. The suit about the validity of
Adaln Jonnson's will has lately come on before
The supreme Conrt a. Northampton, in The shape OF
an appeal rom the Trustees OF Amhe 81 Collegiate
Institution vs.. y. Johnson one ol the heirs at law
Two questions ere made 10 the Jury first vhe-
ther tie Iesta;or at the time OF making and pub
II Mug the supposed viii, was O. - sound and
disrosiag mind and memory" and secondly whe-
Iher the VIII was obtained when the restaior was
- OF weak state OF mind, by the imDoyt1,aify.
Imposition, undue f9jiUence and fraud, of divers
persons TO the heir at law unknown After pa
uent investigation Tor DAYS, the Jury were un.h,e
10 agree; eight oil ihem being opposed to the estab-
lishinent o! the will IL seems tiiat Johnson 81 his
decease lett about $1,000 in good notes; leaving on
~ TO us poor Drnther sister, &c legacies TO The
amount OF 80 Z the residue being bequeatbed To- the
Amhersi Institution, Tor the purpose OF erecting
-hapei 20 ne called Tie Johnson Chapel.--A bo,
at Fort'mohth has been lined S96s Tor writing an
obscene word o. fence; also - for prolane
s'Tearihg.--I he Superior Court at GGlord have
decided case COT dorm Hh.mbly VS. John Can
ney,) In winch ,Ae authority Oh a preceptor over a
pupil was involved. The plaintiff wa, a bov, of
~ or III years Oh ase, who mad been chas,ised urin
school hours by the Defendant; but at the cio.a Of
ne school, The boy asked him why he yhipped
MIN more than the other boys The de.endso;
replied he did not whip hm more than other. ,,.Io
'ransgressed the rules OF the schoo. in ,ou,l de
gree. The boy then told the Instructor he WIS
! Cd a har, and ran out OF tie house; the in
struetor follow ed, caught him and whipped br,
back To- the school house, for winch lac plainli;5
brought this suit. Il further appeared that the
piainilff was tlosged and hat stripes rcm,inet oo
ms back Tor ten "dyS aierS wards. Tie chiet i!,
nee changed HE jury very clearly a. 10 The Law
upon The subject. The jury re:irssI for few mo
ments, and returned verde oiuot guilty.
! MAssAcHUs ErTs. - AT the Middlesex Aari
cultural exhibition, 60 pens were filed With excel
| lent cattle, sheep and swine. The stIerrtb ot
working oxen tested by drs Aiug heavy load,
up steep ascent, and the piougIng mstcb wa.
! well contested. Rev. q. Brigss OF Lexington de-
Tnvered the Grafton and RUFUS Hosmer was an
pointed President Tie following toasts atnons
others werefiven at the dinner
The daUghter Of fashion qnS the fasbjon of
daughterS-Ihe first make bad wives. and the Sc
| cond bad forms, or bad constitutions
Oh BGchel0Ts--Let those only remain sucb
who can do nothng 10 improve the ranks Of Soci
ETY. Amen!) .--Ihe Drldsewatef cattle sho",. &
EXEMPTION OF manufactures aud produce was attend
ca on lie D INST. by an unusually large number OF
the farmers OF Piymcuih.---TEe annual eybibi,,or
oil cattle and manufactures Tor the county OF ESQ
was not accompanied by as great sho,v Of ca,,,o
as usual on account OF the unfavourable ,ve,thar
and the &c eral dissatisfaction about the nI,c ~
exhibitions: he plOushIng match was well contested
aad tie exhibition o. manufactures was fair-A
specimen Of sef-crediing and sef-sustaning now
81 Is exhibited IN an IRON furnace at Worcester:
The bellows being worked by steam generated !, y
boiler, which is heated by The same fire the, ,bs
bellows kindles.-A most extraordinary rnortaIiry
among children in Nantucket (says the " Ipopirerl
mas prevailed Tor some ~ eeks past and still coutin-
ues 10 sweep OIL numbers every week the princi-
pal maadies are whOopingcoush, measles and cbo.
iera.--On the Sh and OH Inst the amosphere NJ
Nantucket was filled with dense and dissarce,bIc
vapour, like smoke; similar what was retnarl. oil
through all the Northern cities, Philadelpbia Bal
Iimore, Washington; and in this city, Richmond
Sunday week. Most of the Eastern pspers
ascrbe 1t to The extraordinary conflarrstio,
OF the woods Of Maine. For our own mari
we were much more disposed 10 consider il,
/ as the auumnal phenomenon of The Indian
Summer, arising probably from the Accommodation
OF vegetable matters. The smoky atmosphere was
/ L.. ..II
mentioned, filling the houses, hiding The sun. and
shedding dingy and sombre hue over erv thing.
/ II was offensive TO sight, and iih some people Id
taste. Some steamboats, were stop ed 10y Tie dark
ness of the night, and stage 10 tie East was over
! turned and dashed to pieces.-Measures are about
| TO be adopted (says the Boston Daily Advertiser
| not only Tor opening communication by ste,ir-
navigation with Halifax, and the line Of Steam shin
from Great Britain 10 that place, but Tor extending
| aud improving the line OF steam navigation slouo
our north eastern coast, from this pori TO the Bav OF
/ Fndy.-Mr. Holden of Barre has raised this sea-
son from a single seed 81 pu,nkins, veiabpc 65g
los and The aggregate length Of the different branches
of the vine was 63G leet-A Al instance of sro,-
taneous combustion occurred (says tie Hampshire
Gazeite) at the wo0ilen factory ~ Cummincion on
the l4,h ult. The waste from under the car,linp
machines was gathered into a basket, set out OF
doors, and in the course Of the day light shower
fell upon It: the next d'y smoke BEGAN to arise
from the waste, and IN about z hours afterwards il
burnt info flame, and was Consumed
VEBMoNr.--lt u said Estates the Windsor
JournalD that The u. 8. Commissioners report "a
vourabIy Of he feasibility of a Canal commrnica-
ton between the mead waters of the Connecticut
and the River St. Lawrence, not far from q e1ec
Three children OF Mrs. II. H. Could Of Burlmg-
ton being lately sick, an oricr wa. seat TO IN
apothecary for bottle Of ,irU pr. but by some
unfortunate mistake laudanum was sen, a quantity
Of It administered 10 all the cbi!dreu, aid al fell