Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1837-02-09

ioii III place. III INV l'SS v lio
perly, and he cnu!d only ret Sl2. uN0 for the whole ofii,
which was applied towards The discharge OF his Gcht-
and, after having sold ont the residue OF his property,
he found himself desiitute'uf any, and IN debi Tor The sad
purchase abDu: So, QUO. beside many other smaller debts
other wise contracted. The sail land WAS hna'y given
up To The FIRST owner. who s"on Afterwards sold II again
for abont sig QUO, with nearly similar Iesulls. lie land
was again given up To the first owner, after having re-
covered Of the s:clad purc:llsr about :S1OIO: property
was sill on the decline. and IL was finally said again ny
the first owner for $1,000. Suits, executions, DC .
have since been hanging over The present believe
worthy owner but whether it has, or can hc paid for
by him, is unknown to M; and this Is one OF The many
nearly similar cases. q could state more were It necessa-
ry) that happened among my acq"a'nlahces ABOUT the
said time.-And | will add, that as good land can now
be purchased in this section OF the Stale ior BIO as
could, at that period for $40, and in some cases, perhaps,
$50 per acre, &c. NC. &c.
81 am likewise in hopes that the Legislature will adopt
an improved system OF Education and Internal Improve
mcnt, hayinr constantly in view, to guard the rights Of
the many. while sufficient powers are granted To the
few, 10 produce sulutarv results upon the general pros
perity of the State; aad that encouragement will in iu-
lure be given; to the raising ana ihanuiaciuTlng oil SILK,
by Joint Stock companies, limiting all Mining companies
hereafter chartered to % years, unless they shall appro.
pirate one fifth, or sixth, or such other proportion OF their
capital to those purposes. as the Legislature IN their WIS
dom, shall designate; then, IN ti'at Case, 10 authorize
such companics to enjoy chartered privileges 10 years
longer. 4 considerable part of the work could be per-
formed BY The women and children, that will neccssari-
~ be about such establishments, generally doing but
little. and where could he SOFA lnu UnaIulacluTtu, All inc
silk raised in their vicini,irs, along the hedges: dilches,
border fences, nc. &c. With such al arrangement, al
fording two chances of succ' IS instead OF one, l shall!
expect, will be seen, this once by some despIsed section
Of the Stale, the Gnld region, OIL account OF lis steriiity,
comnara,iyrly speaking, budding and blooming like the
rnse: the inhabitants, occasionally sitting under lhtlr
vines aud ig trees, enjoying 4 KIND OF 'nisieniuni. cio!h,
ed in the finest fabrics of silk, enriched ana ocautihcu
with tissues OF gold. AM apprrhrns'Ve, lhat sna1
heoiu 10 make YOU believe, that am almost as sangu'ae
unon he subject OF silk, Us that Of gold. les, my aear
sir; il is. aud has been for near the same Ien@'a u Tune,
the thorough conviction of my mind, that SILK cou'u' ""u
would, Ultimately be advantageously raised I' as!'ost
every part of this Stale. am also IN hopes That The
Legislature will authorize u further geological e1aill'na'
lion of this State, TO encourage the developments oil the
immense treasure that lies hid in the bowels OF the earlh,
consisting Of copper, iron, lead, coal gypsum inatole'
&c, &c, &c and il large beds OF The SAID metals, NC,
can undoubtedly be found, have we not The strongest
reasons to believe, (and particularly from the develope:
rnents that have been lnadc) that we have valuable gold
mines, leo, in this State; And, may | not here state
what have So often repeated, for more than the last
seven wears: that is, that was firm in the belief,
that n considerable part OF this State would, ulll-
maic!y, be one Of the richest mining districts which
the sun ever shoue upon. and | have seen nothing
10 convince NE 10 the contrary, but much 10 confirm my
first impressions; al mat may have been SAID or Core
upon the subject Of the blowing up Of the Orange and
union Mines, TO the contrary Notwithstanding. Have not
these things happened IN all, even the richest mining
countries in the world, that u few mines have proved
to be worthless, while others have been believed TO be
so after a partial examination, and abandoned as unpro.
ftabIe, some for longer and others for shorter periods ol
time. but on l more thorough investigations, have been
found to be Of immense value? Now to the facts: Sup
pose that one Of the Two mines, that Is, the Union, should
prove, as now believ: I'd, Worthless, what Is there to
convince the human mind that the Orange will at no
very distant day he advantageuusly operated on, as
there is a large, well.detncd vein, which it seems has
rold in it so far as a shaft has been sunk, that Is II" feet,
a.I some Of the ore raised from the said vein exhibited
:, .,I,,Gil of uolh and other parcels were
considered very good; and even suppose, as has been
stated, that the ore raised ut the lowest depth IS poorer
than that from some places above, that certainly Is mol
an unusual occurrence at some Of the richest mines:
that the ore should be richer in some parts than others
Of Il vein, as is the case, it seems, al one OF The richest
veins that has been discovered in Virginia; and there.
certainly, has not been a proper test oi the true cnaraf-
Ter of the said vein, us il has only had one tunnel drove
through it at the lowest depth. To be sure, the d!scontl-
nuance If the operations al the said mine, after the cree.
ton of such n great establishment Al such an expense
by the company, and only receiving IN return u lew
thousand dollars in gold, was well calculated to produce
4 tremendous Influence, and particularly Throughout
the whole gold region, at least, Of Virginia and san
guine as the writer of this is, and has been, upon lie
Subject Of the gold mines of Virginia, he will not
pretend To say, that he may not i'll some degree, have
felt It's influence; and, to use 4 some what homely Com
carlson, he has likened it upon the public mind, to the
severe shock Of the earthquake, upon the Miners VINO
were in the said mine, sometime in the fall, before The
explosion of the operations, Nc, took place. which II
SSCIlSI "a lIIi al SNuhlN ~ ~ sN
and 10 look as wild as 50 many bucks. let, IotwIlh,
standing all this, the tremendous cloud OF pIeJuulce anu
unbelief ,irat valuable gold mines could exist III Firgl.
MIA, begins 70 be cleared away. ny a iIl'le un'e' ana
more experienc &c, proving almost as clear as noon.day.
that as rich gold veins exist in this State, rs perhaps are
to be found in The world. With these facts before us,
have we not 4 right to hope, and believe, II a Wise
course Of legislation should be adopted on the aDoTe suo,
iec,s. that emiGratirn will he checked, and that the OId
dominion will, ere long, occupy that station among her
sister States, to Which, the laws Of nature and nature S
God cuttie her.
TO TIE EDITOR or YkE KfCIuosD ENQUIRER.
The communication OF our HaSllihgloh coIieSpo"-
dent. touching the merit ano services OF Capt. THOMAS
Ar CarrsRY JONES, has jusl MT my eye.-No one may
doubt, that praise so honorably won should oe PIeaslns
to tie mind OF every American fllizen. 10 nave HE
deeds Of bravery remembered is TO t.e warrior lis soiace
and glory. While was, therefore, g-atlied in Perusing
in YOUR columns a Just encomium IN Capt. JONES, !
confess myself disappointed in not being able 10 learn,
either from the official description of the battle between
the gun-boals and the British bargcs, or f.om Inc recent
corrrspopdcrcc between Capt. JONES and Lieut. Sill
DELL, lin which reference is made to the capture OF The
iorInrf) ,rho were the several gallant commanders VINO S"
larucly participated in The glory and suticrlngs OF tiai
day. 1t is true, that an imperfect enumeration Of the
number of guns, men, and commanders Oh LIE NJ
iilla is ~subjGincd to the official letter; but even IN
that, as in the latter, the name of at least one brave
officer, still living, is entirely omitted; although IN Tue
official letter: the boat he commanded Is mentioned ny us
Number, as having continued the action long allcr Tue
capture Of Capt. JONES $ n"at, anu IL ''''s ~ way
~ surrender to the .cncmy!-Capt. JOKES is known
to have been the senior officer in commands; but should
il not be known, let me ask, who were the men anu
what was done by them, who seconded him in that sa'-
culinary fght:-Arc they dead and forgotten, or d" .Aey
i've to feel how evanesccnt is that glory: for which they
nerilled life?-IKey loc-and if from not being "amrH
in the official description of the battle) they are un'
known to The great body of the people, they are tecog.
missed, at least, in the several communities in which they
reside, by the mutations and wounds Obtained IN tnat
.,, S,ra IlIrick fhrv lys-he, worn by climate
and hardship, sunk Is years since into that grave, tor
Which he bravely conle nded withthe British bargc.s.-
Ferris IS now a Lieutenant in the Navy, promoted from
a sailing master, so late as 1882, and respectable from Ills
prev hairs, his exemplary conduct, and for his bravery
n the battle. Spedden, who in the conflict lost one arm
nrd u,s wounded in the other, but who refused To be