Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-09-27
NESSCEIL ANEabGS.
ncecp,prIoN or RICHMOND.

:n;a an,aarance whether you approach It from I'M
W.s, south East Il siands alone upon ,',a"nnu hs
>, IJs NJ nth bank of the river, ana "eEe"e'"Iy "
~,scbed onv some of it's quarters ana ie" o. is =.
h,c;,ns The James RIVER is broad ano rap,u' a"o :
rnssed bv an old bridge above the t'wn ana oy
nay ono mile In length. for the paSsaS-nt Tue 1'e's
- p,I,,ad Steamhnats and other crait, naVgi''hl
the J,nes below Richnnnd. land. perhaps, un'e ne"
The Capitol, in the suburbs at me cry "t Guy
p,sped principally along The front lace OF Tue !" u "''"
s ,ain street is long, quite c"mPac' ont n'"e q'e
chr The streets of some OF our Northern and Western
cities. =. :; h.i,,,
and commanding The Capi," occupies ine ''os w.,
AMBIGUOUS position and the trnn H. oil me s'ff"u
inc country is and IN some points very
beautiful The Cspi," PLAN. honest. 'w".s'"s ouo
ing a, every body knows. with D"fic p"Icn d, ',e
from, end and entrances IN each SIDE Inc 'h ~ ''r
Assembly is small room in The rear ana me Senhp
Chamber is directly it in the SECOND Story me
corresponding rooms in front are, room ''r ~" E"
tive and his Council aud Library In ilr centre :" '"'
building is an excellent marble s'ain" OF "asnne'
e.ecnied in Paris. and hust nf Lafayette Otf"es IL
The basement Mr. j.ffrIs"n sent The model o. ts ro'
fee from Paris The Courl "use in M rear IS orsu'
tful binding of much better taste. ih'fr - comma"
dious house The adjoining square exclusively reserved
fur the use uf thr Governor the pubic bnii0ings ar
constantly GUARDED b, patrols with muskr' and m'i'a
nv dress The STATE employs standing army " e'ght!
man 10 project the public property, and "vf'awe -ur
rectiop &c The o,liet public buildings lhr Prni
tentiary Aims House, Musruin. Academy "f fine Ars
Orphan Asylum and an old Armoty. Some "i The pr
yate dwellings, the bill are eiegsnt-no doubt, In
abodes ri refinement and hospitality
Richmond may reasonably aniic'Pn'e hieher 0esuhy
Her commerce and manufacturers. already extensive ar
destined 10 increase Greater facilities Tor manuscnf
ing PURPOSES could scarcely be desired She has IN
finest water power abundance ui building materials
coal mines plenty If within her reach, and sol
capable Of producing tobacco, cotton. hemp. mucau
lis wheat and cattle, and besides all these Con
venient outlet ,he sea. lew years upo il was cscu
lated that, The nI,her Of vessels sRgaged annually IL
Shsi adj a h,r.tp al
800 schoonprs aud s.ys, and 81 Steamboats, Ihr sta
tisfcs Of her rrpu.tlHn exinl' rapid increase u
1910, il was 8 73o. In lo2D GG7 In ic3O lG.cGn
and now il is estimated at 20 UuU. Many en'erprisinl
people engaged ia Improving the most valuable "a
the water privileges aud there already IN ihe inl
tide of SUCCESS some Of the nrgest 'urng mills IN ia.
world, rolling aud sitting mIs nail lac,mies machine
shops, large Cotton Factory, &c There sie also lur
naces. iron nundIes, BRICK kins, aud preparations To-
smelling copper
Chevallies crest -four r.:, which sends out the &c
lehra,ed "Galiegn brand is worth ay'st Il is tire
mend"us brick building. which cos, $l4O 600 1t EN-
ploys "a OF hea, pouring 10 from thr upper
country side, and the barel'ed h"ur is passing
rapidly of on the other. 1t is thrown into a hopper
then taken The Top Of the building and csanedther
it goes down and is gruund,be f"ur and The bran
parae-ibe former is taken again by elevators 10 III.
upper pai Of the building and cooled and IS al las
poured down into an area aHby maehinry where II !.
Immediately shovelled into barrels, packed weighed
headed up. branded and rolled "f In th's way ,tey
make 500 barrels day. worth S6 80 per barrel This
-four all xpnr,ed and has the Ieputaon =" being The
best -four that is made There aretwo other ln flo
mills in Richmond, Mr. Haxslls having 10 I'll
Richmond Of the creates, of H"ur
240 900 barrels and hall barrels had been The
year ending June 80.
The Tredegar Iron Company is another large esab-
shmen where iron is sinrlted rolled, cast, and wukrd
also into machinery The history of bill of iron from
the mother the shaft of steam engine is in
teres'ing one The capital employed by this company is
827g OUO-200 tons of iron rolled in week-hands
working six hours day.
There are number Of Tobacco fac,ores-the most
extensive, we believe in The world, is that Of Mr..
Myers Of Richmond He uses up 400 bogshrads u
tobacco in ypui, employing IN the process over lOu
hands, principally negro boys gu, OF this number "i
hogsheads there are manufactured about IL 0uO boxes
worth $50 to SO per box Total value. will be per.
nufacurng tobacco is very simple II comes from ID.
country, the second year after growth packed large
hogshea6s the production Of each hill being twisted
one end 10 form what s called hnad These
shande' are opened and the leaves spread ont Their
the torn from thu entire length " The leaf
then il is rolled by til hand twisted like ropes by
little wheel-then these rolls. OF yarns are twisted
sgan into mass, shaped according To fancy or pack
ing-then these masses are hatienrd under screw
pressure-lhen they are packed IN boxes--,he boxes
placed IN solid and pm, under The
dnus pressure which can be applied by =
The boxes nailed np and those containing The poor
est tobaccn placed il apartment hea'ed by fire,
and sueafed The FIRST quality und1rg"s sweating
process except such may bp stimulated by tn heat
There is ex,raneous Substance applied To the haccn
40 10 generally supposed-ths moisture is fused by
pressure The different qualities OF tobacco ~ The
6eld and mt owing 10 any process at manufacture
The terms pig tail .cavPndish &c. apply principal
" to the form in which the weed IL arkrt-
The which turn from the precious Leaf, by
no means sacri6ced-ihey are manufactured lnn snuff
Virginia will have raised tobaccn this year than
any State in the Onion, and il is OF great value. 1hr
crop Of 1888 amounted only TO &c 900 hugsIeads-ihs
year il is estimated al 45 600 hogshrads The entire
bacco crop Of Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland and Ohio,
for hi. year estimated at 900 hugsheads Last
year, il VAS only az 600
Ritumnnus cooI occurs at intervals q section of
IS miles, from South Anna river near its mnuth, 10 the
Appomaox In places. the coal saam is found ~
feet thick tis found ia abundance within ID miles uf
hchmnnd; IN Hrnrico, in Chesterfield in Gnochland,
in powhaisn- nn James river, and on the Tuckshne.-
AZ MID Lohisn Pill, IN Chesterfield county. shaft has
been sunk 720 fee, below the surface and seam oil fine
coal has been penetrated IL feet
Iron is fnupd IN abundance in ysrinus parts Of the
State There are mines of il ~ Spo,,sylyanis
the junction Of the Rsppahannock and The Rapdan
rivers
learned bu, Ie excep, that There gold rn,nes
in Gpochand county-15in Orange-lI in Colpsper-
Is in Spn,tsyi 10 in Stsffotd and 4 IN Fauopier
Total gold MINES, eighty'
There also fire copper mines in Fauquier county
The mineral resources Of Virginia are truly mus,
sive and valuable. The EDITOR
" Several errors have been pointed out 10 us 10 the
article copied into paper Of Saturday, from the Ma.
diaohisn In reference 10 the Flour Mile we under
stand the following 10 be that the "Calpgo
Mills have lG pair Of burr stones applied 10 grinding
Wheat pair used for grinding Corn, and pair Of rub.
beIs for cleaning grain
The "Bsxall' Mills have l5 pair Of burr stones 70,
grinding Wheat and separate mill with two r.ir for