Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-10-21
asBN aEISE'EC.

REMARKABLE Snow S roRM.-A letter from 4 friend
in Skencaleles, writtea O Il Thursday last, 10 the editor OF
the Commercial AdpsCtl Ter, gives an account y. one OF
the most extraordinary $ now storms that ever occurred
in any autumn in New Y ork. On Wednesday, morning
it commenced showing, a nd it continued to fall proiusely
during the wholeofthstc ay, and the next. 1t was com
puted the. the tfal! of So ow, but for the rapid melting,
would have egu1lioG GhI &c feet. AS IL WIS, the snow
lay sixteen inches deep at the time the letter was VIII,
ten. Great destructies1 took place among the fruit and
forest trees; which were broken by the burden oil snow
| resting upon them. SUI III d storm, at such a period OF
Of the year, is altogether without precedent III this eli.
mate, and adds 4 prcalin et item TO the eccenlrlclt es OF
this remarkable seassn.
We hone that there is some mistake in the following
piece OF news, wh!cE we copy from the ONO Alias, pup
iished at Elyria:
Repotts.are rife IN this- vicinity, Of the murder, hy a
mob, near ClillicoNie, Of Mr.. Edward Weed, late OF
Lane Seminary, ard since of Cummingsville. y re n.
tleman of Marietta, in whom entire confidence: can II
placed. reports the IOllowing statement as having bee n
made in the stage house at Worcester. by a keEtucEiaI 1
travelling North III pursuit. of slaves, and afterwards re-
peated by the -Sanle individuals in the Stage, viz: That
there was "a town gathering at Chillico,he on some day
of last geek, whea MIR. Weed arrived in town ON some
business, and betsy known as an Abolitionisl, suine in.
dirnities were offered to him-such as shaving his horse,
removing the wheels of his wagon, &c; that MIR. Weed
! soon after left tenn, was followed by the mob, his wa
gon broken TO pieces, his horse killed. and ut length
himself suspended TO IL tree by It rope Of b"rh, until he
was dead. The kentuckian stated, that he W as iuform-
ed Of the iact'on his arrival al Chlllicolhe, and vent and
saw The body Of Mr.. Weed.
Our neiGlibor of tile United States Gazette, has saved
us the trouble Of con6!nsinT some few of the statements
eInbracedin Tic Circular Of M"ssrs. Riley and Van Am
rinsc, touching 'ihc scented weed, by the preparation Of
! tic following synopsis, which includes several OF the
most important iteins.-Phi. Ga=ctc.
BAG
We have before us Il very interesting circular, prepar-
ed and issued by The commission house Of Riley & Van
Amringe, of this city, relative to the Tobacco trade, by
which it appears that the quantity of Tobacco exported
Fran 1772 to I175 inclusive, was 3D1 ,497,l3 81 lbs.
From I77G to 1852 " SG,649,5i3 lbs.
From I7S7 to l7S9 IG7, 81 900 lbs.
The amount annually for the last TWEEN ty-one years, is
%, 1881 900. In 1920, the quantity Of tobacco raised in
France, WAS q 400 h~ogsheads of 200 lbs:. each.
The export Of manufactured tobacco increases with
reference 10 quantity, but not 20 price.
The war Of the Revelation checked the tobacco bust
ness, probably by causing the Europeans to turn their
attention TO its cultivation.
1t is remarked, thct 100000 900 Tbs. supply the foreign
demand-and if the export in any year exceeds that
amount, tlat Of the next year is Corresponds ntly below.