Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-07-19
EsSb1H ES'H'EG.

OBSTRCcTlcSS RAIL EoiD-An act passed. IL
the last session Of the General Assembly declares that
If any person shall designedly place any obstruction on
the line Of any rai road, 10 ropardize The safety
and endanger the lives Of persons travelling upon the
rail road the person SO offending shall be imprisoned IN
the Pemeniary for not less than two years AS the en-.
zine on the Richmond and Fredericksburg road called
the Roanoke, returning to Richmond on Tuesday
evening about dark il encountered DIRT cart on the
road, and thrown off the track The engine iau
passed up the road about the middle OF the day, and al
that time the the side Of the road IL is said
that neither the of the road nor the hands OF
the Cumpany had been using the cart IN the interval:
and it is inferred that else had placed 1t OH the
track The President Of the company, we learn, has
taken steps To get the true state Of facts in relation TO
this matter, and has adopted measures 10 guard against
recurrence of the kind in future. The Cleik Of the
company has furnished us with copy OF the following
general order made on this occasion
Office of The Richmond. Fredericksburg and }
Potomac EaH ROod COmpany,S
July 9Th, 1856.
The Principal Assistant gneer is to superlnlend the
business Of transportation
Il is devoved on the Superintendent to have the road
locomotives and cars kept in good order and the De-
pots furnished with whatever is proper tor ansporta'
tion.
All who are Employed in the workshops, or as over
seers of the roud upon the engines under the or
ders of the Superintendent.
He is particularly ninrd TO have frequent exanlna'
lions of the road made by the overscers tor The purpose
of seeing TIE road Itself is in good condition, and
that there obs actions upon 1t. And he Is 10 I'M
ccssily Of vigilance when the engine is in pro-
gress.
If at any time the locomotive be impeded by any ob
strucon the road OF any kind whatever, the Super.
tendent is to investigate the Of such obstruction.
and report the President whether it has been caused
by the negligence of any officer Of the conPlny or has
resulted from The act Of some other person. In the Tor
CASE the officer is to be removed and in the latter
measures TO be taken TO bring the offender to pun
shnent.
The obstrrc,icns which impedrd the progress of the
Fredericksburg Tuesday morning, and the retufn nt
the Roanoke Tuesday evening, are 10 be particularly
inquired into, and report made Of the causes thereof
By direction Of the President,
HILARY BAKER, Clerk.
NJ lie Locom0tirc rams, and the Mails again ri Vt
Ii was announced paper Of yesterday. in arll
Gle written at o'clock the morning. that trlnspora-
ton the rail- road was suspended The President OF
the company received information at late hour OF the
night that the locomotive Roanoke when coming in the
preceding evening a5ovt dark, encountered some OBJ
structon the rail road and thrown off the Track.
The engines the depot in Richmond not III sni
6cent repair to 20 out for the Roanoke; and was be-
lieved that wuud be imp accable to get any train Of
cars in motion during Ike day. Things turned out bet.
ter than was anticipated. The Roanoke gotten 10
Richmond at an early hour let the city again about SIX
in the morning. and returned in the afternoon, bringing
the mails winch were due, and large number of pas.
sengeIs. The mail and passengers Will Continue TO be
taken half past in the morning. and brought
back about dinner time In few days, three additional
engines will be ready for usr and the transportation OF
So"I'NN''
Mr. MADrsoN's FuxERA1-We insert the following
communication, the bona dc and unasssled. produc
tien ola young friend, about fifteen years Of age
fredericksburg .4rena.
Mn. BLAcKroRD--Prompted by vrneralion for his
memory, | attended MIR. MADlsoXs funeral last
1'hursday The asscmblage large and respectable.
Here no empty show or pagcant-it was the volun-
tary and sincere tribute to departed worth The young
and the DID, the feeble and the iar alike were present.
and the and lamentations Of many chauncd sad
but grateful requiem to him. The IRE OF whose genius is
now quenched: Alter impressive sermon from the
Rev Mr. Jones, the Episcopal Minister from Orange
&. H., the procession commenced. Never did behold
more solemn spectacle. The mortal remains of him
who once shone prc-euiinent, about TO be puc
cd in the common home OF OIL No longer, as from
an oracle, can his voice go forth to influence and d.
rect u.s. "'Tis hushed in silence all But his memory
and his works still live. His glory descends not with
bin the grave. 1t remains and ever will remain So
long free institutions are cherished, so lung as the
Constitution shall have one supporter, so. long Mr.
Madison will be rerered Blu. why eulogise him p? in
the of the Spartan who, when was proposed TO
logse Hercules excaimed-"Why, who ever thought Of
blaming Hercules so Mr. Madison, by his life and
lions, has left his euos!st very supeIuous task Ills
civic virtues and moral worth not The least OF his
endowmenls; in whatever station he moved, he per-
formed ills every duty. Never was there kinder
master-a fact fully tested Ivy the lamentations of his
servants when he about 10 be deposited In
the grave. What lesson aud what an incentive to
great exeriions does MIR. Madisons lie afford
What honorable distinction could mortal wish than
after long and eventual life. crowned with the highest
honors grateful people could bcslow, TO SINK like the
Departing shedding around the frat of mature in
'eneet and, requiem, 10 receive the tears of fifteen
m4ions OF psop'e. But esteemed Mr.. Madison is,
ms character has not YET received that veneruton
WINCH Is Its due. His memory is destined TO be that
wnich tune shall strengthen not etiace When faction
which now blinds our citizens by prejudice to tue WORTH
and is stalking through the land with giants stride,
shall have been queled, then will Mr. Madison appear
in his true Highland placing his motives and ac,;ons
alongside of those who hurying us 10 the brink
Of destruction, the people will perceive the difference
and pro6tng by it, will take him, as model thenceforrb
for all that is good great and virluous.
ORANGE
Surveying and Exploring Expedition TO the Pacific Ocean
and South SeasWe learn that the President has given
orders have the exploring vessels fitted out with the