Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-06-05

certain editorial quarters and the differences drawn there
from, had rendered il the boundcn duty Of every ono
who felt as he did that for SCarona take any pas
m such contest, would bring inevitable ruin upon
principles and disgrace upon herclf-to sneak cut and
detcrnnaeiy set his face against it, and Tor himself he
wished II distinctly understood, that he wholly aud tho
roughly washed his hands Of a. now and forcver!r
The Augusta Chronicle adds that awe fee, warranted
IN saying-and il graties much do So as il will,
and zcalously aocords with Gov NleDufc in bis views
OF the Presidential qucstionas indeed does probably
crey other distinguished Rneafiai Nnli;fcr of ne
ot"e-'eh, perhaps, single egccptio," (alluding
Thus the friends Of Mr. White see how he stands. in
The North and in the Southland them that
they need not look to Vi:gina--nor hopes of d.
vision, which arc TO be brcwcd by the Wings from the
Baltimore nomnation.-Thcy only stick to him for the
moment because they are perfectly loss what course
to take, and what steed they to ride in the field
A woEp for tie triticsi
The Arxandria Gazette says we shave been dumb
us an Oyster about the Baltimore nomination. In like
manner, the U. s. Telegraph the Editors and Cores
pondsns Of the Petersburg lnicigenccran Essayst
the fredericksburg Herald, &c, have been pleased
to notice the silence of the Enquirer for several days
The Telegraph has even charged with ''wrting let
ter to ourselves "srihora.ing Mr. Rives and running
Judge Barbour, &c, &c. They are all wrong. The
Senior Editor has been sout of his Chair as the
Alexandria Gazette has since discovered the fact
but we cannot agree with the Gazette that timed
our WISH 10 The country most inopportuncly for
yer found the country charming it was the midst
oil ITS Strawberries and its As for politics. found
every tnng upon our return almost as calm Our
Republican friends have already from the tenn
porary excitement into which bctravet.
and the Wings are beginning that the hopes which
they had conceived from divisions visionary
as many castles in the nirthat te great Republican
| Party are still firmly united togethcr-that MIR Van
Burcn Will, IN all probability, be clected-tliat Judge
White sands chance of carrying the Stne-lha the
Bank must go down, and that MIR. Leigh must obey the
wishes of the People In fact we may almost confident
pronounce, upon returning to post. that already
nj IS iceU. ,'se ''sag's,t
The Boston Courier, Centinel, aud Gazette. WILL by
this all find themselves mistaken They will see that
Virginia will make this nomination (of Col John
SOM an apology for deserving Mr. Van Burcn.'-Th
Ccntincl is good enough to place "a between Scya
and harybds"--. Should he oppose the will of The
Convention, he will offend Mr. Van Buren,, and lose all
hope of reward from the Office holders candidate on
the other hand, if he sustans Col Johnson he will Lc
denounced by his associates, in the Virginia cleo
ton who, to man, voted for Rivcs in convention and
finally protested against the nomination of the gallant
Colonel, the slayer of Tecumsch But nous rerrons-
we shall what course the Enquirer will pursue this
emergency Now, as we have no hope of reward from
Mr. " H., we have no such nduccmcnt TO adopt the will
of the Convcnton.-But still shall stick TO V. b.
with our Delegates snd the great body of Citzens
without taking the entire tckct-and, at the time
without abusing gallant Soldier, whose services we
value, or irritating his friends whom esteem.
HqIL STORM
we have accounts of Hail Storm, on Mondaw last,
which continued from o'clock in The evening" TO III at
night from Fluvanna TO Charles City 1t early in
the evening, in Goochand; and its effects the neighbour
hood oil Dover, on both sides of the river dis
rcssng. The hail varied from the size of hen cgg to
the smallest bifdscgg Some ofte stones measured II
~ inches in circumference On some farms il has done
great injury to the wheat alrcady very short crop)
corn, clover &c The damage one farm is estimated
at or 5000 dollars. We have heard of one farm in
Charles City, where the wheat has suffered the hail
which fell in the night
Extract Of Letter from Po,rcHS 7arern, Goochiend
dated June g. 1875
81 rode up yesterday to witness the terrible dcvasta
ton produced on MIR. Sampson farm by the Hail Storm
on Monday night Ii was distressing to witness it, The
finest crops of wheat corn and clover perhaps
James River, totally destroyed. The greatest power of
the storm fell his low grounds and such force
that assure you, riding through his wheat field of 80
acres in Sabot Island, | counted from end TO the
other, but IL heads of wheat standing II beaten
down. but literally moved, leaving strong and sIiaoill
stubble and more neatly harvested than have
a field. Mr.. Sampson calculated on yield from the
field of % 80 bushels the atfc If there are 80
heads standing on the whole go acres, it is much MIR.
Scott, of Manakin Town. who with i'm our ride,
stated his and the crop of Mr. Beverly Randolph to DO
nearly in the condition. We, thank Heaveni
capped but dread to hear from the tobacco countryest
of u.s.
II IL We have not learned the extent of the storm but
we are informed by Stage passenger, that six miles
above Wilmington, the Hail Stones ac inches
in circumference. Pigs Of good sze-and many turkcs
were destroycdand, indeed, almost every thing that
came in It's range
UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT
VIM. Black, mail carrier between Lynchburg and
Pittsylvania C. H., tried Monday, before the Cir
cult Court of the United States sitting in this city,
and found guilty of robbing the mail He sentenced