Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-06-23

lie more man COfiupl lnr lew HOOI, aili tne
bad worse The General Assembly OF the Pres
by,erian Church held at Albany have recommended
it 20 their Chu ches 70 patronize the Colonization
Society and take up collections for the benefit on
the 4'h of Juy.-The Tar Factory located near
the n. York Gas Light Company's works, has
been destroyed by bre.--The trial OF the case OF
Gen. Root, against the editors of the New York
American, tor libel, in charging the plaintiff " h
having been drunk in his seat i'll the Senate, on
the last day of tbs extra session Of the New York
legislature, in 1924, took place on Tuesday OF the
last reek, at Delhi. The jury returned verdict
OF - HOO for the plaintiff. Counsel for the plain
tiff, 4. Williams, and 5. r Hobby; for the de-
PENDANTS, j. Blunt ard W isner, OF Orange county
The trial occupied the court and jury from 9
o'clock Tuesday morning, until hall past on
Thursday morning The judge was one hour and a
half in delivering his charge, and the jury engaged
ten hours in forming their verdict. Much has been
said and remains to be said this interesting case
The ~ York As ericsn says, that the verdict OF
the jury was exclusively procured by the very ex-
press instructions hch the presiding Judge (best)
gave TO tine Jul, as The ,sw of the case, viz.
First. That the defendants could not succeed In
justifyng the publication in question, unless they
proved the intoxicaton and appearance OF The
! plaintiff exactly they had described 1t IN the
libel, with all the attendant circumstances. Sec
ondy, That Ina-much the writer had undertaken
10 speak of what he saw, the general contempt
raneous belief and opinion at Albany that the
plaintiff was intoxicated, as charged by the deien-
dans, could not be received, either in justification
or mitigation OF damages. Thirdly, That the gen.
eral character of the plaintiff TO ntemperance,
could not be received by the jurors in mitigation OF
damages, unless il was of the same quality and
degree charged in the libel; that is to say, that II
the publication charged drunkenness, proof OF a
general character for habitual intemperance could
not be received in mitigation or justification. The
Editors have apDealel N the SlDreme Court OF the
State AT the late session Of Congress, appro-
pIiation of SIS 900 was made for the Improvement
OF Buffalo Hsrbor; $4,000 for the Improvement of
| the Buffalo Light House, and SO, 600 for building
a Light House at DunlSirk - A fine pair of
horses belonging 10 the Hudson and Erie line were
drowned in the canal, on Friday the I'd inst ow-
! ing TO the bank giving way: valued at S2i0.-
| An extensive paper mill, with all the necessary
APPENDICES, is now erecting Goat Island, at
Niagara Falls, by MessIs. Porter S. Clark Al the
city OF New York, 81 steamboats, are employed.
They consume, it Is supposed, 10000 cords OF pine
wood annually, which, at 80 per cord, is worth
! $50 600.
New JERSEY. The number of Students in the
Theological Seminary of Princeton is Id: 10
scholar ships have been founded at this institution.
The glass works in the city OF Jersey were es alb
lished by Messrs. Drummer 6. Co. II is the proper
| ty OF a Company, incorporated with capital OF
$500 600, and gives employment TO about 100
persons. The business IS here carried on in all its
branches, and some of the specimens from this
mandatory compare with the finest from any part
of the old world. Almost adjoining, and an
appendage to the glass works, porcelain
factory going into operation, with capital OF
500, 900. Here, also, grea, number OF persona
are employed, and the work is done and finished in
the best English style At Harsumu., about a
mile from the city OF Jersey, is the carpet manufac
tory Of the Messrs. Haight, going very
fill IeE.
business to about 100 hands. The product OF the
company a, present is about bales OF 500 yards
each, or $500 yards per week, which finds mar
ket IN preference 10 foreign grained Competing, at
80 and 100 cents per yard. \ settlement is grow
ing up around this mandatory: Messrs. Haight
having brought about 800 persons into il from New
York.
| Observation-Disclosures food is very scarce
and dear, owing to The drought. Hay sells Al Phil
adelpha at $50 per on, oats weighing ahou, 39lbs.
bushei, 40 TO rs cents about 2 l-2 lbS. SUI
perhne flour may be bought FOR sbou, the same
price. Indeed, it Is said that Tor the first time IN
Pennsy lvania flour used for horse feed for the
sake of economy Thus, while the manufactu ers
OF Britain are suffering for want of food, the horses
OF Penn. are feeding on flour In the neighborhood
of the borough of York, there are $50 acres OF
vineyard: in Cumberland county, many on the tops
OF mountains and In he bosoms of valiies: one gen
teman In Chester has 80 acres in the grape vine If
the silk also succeeds as veil as the vine the source
s. profits oil relief viii be opened to the farmers.
The profits OF The exhibition OF silk worms at
the Masonic Hall OF Philadelphia go to the widow s
Asylum. 1t is said 10 be much superior to the
exhibition IN Baltimore. "A sand boat was sunk in
the middle OF the Delaware opposite 20 Phil on
the 18th. The man at the helm was drowned :
the others were saved 10y boats putting off their
.relief--The new steamboat Norfolk Capl. Ro-
bn'on, ran from High 81. landing phil } to Ches-
ter, IN ! h. 30 ard in H.. 81 IN. though she
stopped several times 10 screw up parts of her
machinery. A beaver has been shot near Pittsburg
and its skin sold for 5 ~. "A water dog in Phil.
lately tore off the corks from boy who was learn
ing TO swim, AID ne would have persisted but for the
timely aid OF The bys anders-- Ihe Bible Socety OF
Phil have during their 18th year steretyped IO. 900
English Bibles, and distributed 9l54 copies in 8
different languages - DR.. Z. Baldwin OF Harris
burg, has invented machine to facilitate the remo-
val oil earth IN the excavation of canals, by means
Of double a-way, to which he has attached a
boat and wlndlass; the earth, whatever is to be
raised from tie bottom OF the canal, is placed in
the boat, which is carried on the lower rail to a
HIT whence 1t IL raised TO any height that may be
desired, to the second railway, where il s made to
glide to the edge OF the canal and unload itself -
Inc new penitentiary ear Bush HILL Phil. rapid
" progressing one range of cells Is already COM
pleed and another is nearly so. -fhe tolls collect
ed at the SchuylkIll Navigation Company have
amounted 10 $1,000 per month, during the present
season The average number of persons supported
in the Alms-house of Lancaster county, Pa Tor
the last year 2S4. The total amount expended
Tor The support Of The institution was S7,6i4 Ga "A
young nan who in Nov last wiliully kept his wag-
on In The way Of the u. s. stage and retarded its
passage at the north side of the Muncy Hills in
Lycoming county, tried in the u s. District
Court at Wiamsport, on the Sd inst and fned
$40, with The costs Of prosecution, &c The rem