Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-09-03

- ,L ,hr dov wbo uspd tbs rrrrn what il meant, lie
in,.rms us that much Of the cedar which comes rom
Lake o tario is absolutely dug out OF Inc so'. YIN
s,,me or The islands in that lake which nrhsh great
quantities of that valuable timber, there ma not zee"
growing single ire fer many years 1pnefa''o" nas
aouarpnty succepded genpra,ion o tins timber ahu
fallen and been successfully Covered WIN ear' uha
il now dug nut for railroads. fence posts Nc IN per
rcy snund state
The above is from The Cul,iva,or Persons who nave
been The island have stated Ia us similar lacls we
believe. however the qnaries are getting exhausted :"
their most valuable nern-the red cedar. or That u Is
So dppply Lrddpd la, the lbnr of excavation "a not
sufficiently rewarded During Tins season nearly all
the CT dar inspirations have been ot the traHe arecits
We ha We heard il stated that some OF The ISLANDS,
the Ducks aud Pigeons for instance oil The northeastern
tprnna,Ion n the akslhere arc suberranrnn passages
ppvadng their whole area no. the ROOT or exterior
surface seems 10 be composed cf agg"mesated earth
matted together by roots Of trees @hich rest upon II and
have covered il with a thick growth OF timber ~"
vau;rd dens below filed with cedar logs
lying in every variety of position, aud whl"h no doubt
formerly Ike the raters OF house gave support 10 Tue
superintendent mass From The accounts We nave mao
there are more wonderful abyrn'hs cons'fuc'e hy Ma
ure on LAX Ontario than that ot old upon the banks
Of Lake Al9fis
What sentiment, Of heart is strong 50 powerful 50
faithful and 50 s,lslcr ciug the love "i mother
for her ch,d: TO doubt its strength and 'rn'h
after reading he following touching incident related IN
the SllG'rd yrll (i."pirl j"urraI at the On INST
SINGULAR INCIDENI!-- Tile Tennessee Mother.
Some years ago a Young man lett his home IN the
Stale Of Tennessee, @ith horse drovcr, Tor he Pur-
pose OF assisting in driving lot OF horses into the
:" Cporyia Market he Tennesstean meeting with
saIp Tor all his horses and wishing 10 retain one
10 carry The Young home. sdVised him to remain
in Georgia, and seek employment rs lahorer on one
o; sur railroads. stating that II was profitable busl.
ness by pursuing Which he could not fail 10 make
money Naturally smplrtnn. the young man f,li"wrd
the sd Twice individual whn should have protected
hun and wh" had en'c,d him away from his home and
suuph, eGplny ri On the M"rr'e Railroad Here te
was most unfortunately thrown into bad company, and
was lucuc. urge order, amounting 10 about forty
dollars un a store fer goods. he urg'ry discovered
h. was indicted tired, Convicted and sentenced 10 the
fenp.iiuy Tor FIVE years. HIS iria look place at The
March term uf th- Su;,et"r Court in MONROE county
ls}o since hch he has been confined 10 hard Ia
b,r ~ ia. P-nitrnary.
HIS mother an Cd lady of sixty years, residing 400
miles N.ilt dgrYIi!e, hearing nt The unfortunate
CONDITION IN winch her plarrd and know ing
the imbrciuy o his mind, with all u mothers utf, elton.
drl.rntd prnc,t once Ia thus place and 10 make
his Known I" the proper auhnriiIrs But
ala,! how io'r nud lonely woman. without money
friends. having no cnnv vance OF her own To get 10
Mill Gprvrh: With q resolution truly heroic, this old
lad, DETERMINED 10 travel on foot the whole distance,
aud pan l.; s>'tr TEN years younger Than her
self shr uaily s'ar ed. aud over mountain stream
and va ley sr walked he rx,taordinay distance at 1oO
u,s Ia prlilmn th- G"veIn"r 10 pardon her untnrru.
mate son An Investigation OF the induced HE
Governor TO extend to the untriunale youth rrInlS
slru d, his SENTENCE and had the mechanically p'"a.
sure Of seeing thr did lady and her SISTER Together with
the son Slowly vending their way back 20 'he'r home
in r.uutsste What will no. mothers affection nc'
"Inpirsh. The incident 10 the Heart 81 Md Lothian,
of Ieaunie ID, ans trip {" Lnnton Tor Tie purpose o
procuring pardon Tor her SISTER bears no comparison 10
this prnuf al Glal affection the par, {" mother Ia
an unfortunate May they all reach their homes IN
safety, aud may The young mai, under The guardianship
Of his aged mother, BIZ restrained IN future, from lie
commission OF crime The who epiiced him from
nd pft in a
ing his inIbeciiy, should supply his place IN the Pen
tenuary.
Drsndful-A letter from Arkansas to the New Or
leans Commercial bulletin. dated July 81 states thai
Richmond Turner and Barnes. three It the mnrdrer'
OF The Wright family. in Washington CO IN that sia'e
we're hur a ,re HILL alb Ut eight miles fr"m The Che
rohee nann They had b. en- f' maIly tried and acqu'
ted Tor want Of evidence but since Then i"kfn up ahe
before jury of 81 men found guilty Of The murder
Wright aud his 'amiy and burning The house and TIE
muiilated remains Of this unfortunate faulty IN th'
house Several others had been ordered I" quit The
country or they would be served in similar
An old man in lpois having lost his horses, disco.
verpd ihpm some time after tied to tree. He wnilsd
until pPis'n 10 feed them, ras hi rife and III"
him dawn Urop approaching, the old m"n d'scnr"ff
the thief 10 b. his oicn san He gave his father $4,000
hich he he made nv horse stealing, and stated ha
there cu:lesn in the vicinity engaged IN ht
same business Twelve fihem, upon lis infnrnaton
havn been apprehpndsd and are now IN The Atlas ]n'i
1lkS county. Ill. SlXtN ebFD Hn1ses HdSf Ifth
vered we learn the above facts from the Paris Sen
mel OF the Sd inst.
Hos. A. STEVENSON The zeal md ability with
which this gentleman is defending the rights 81 this
Siate in relation The hnnndarv question Mt the Court
OF S, James worthy Of oil commentator We
congratulate the people of The Stale and of the Union
which arnrc.v lees Interested that interests and
honor are in good hands Every thing that We see
from MIR Sievensnn's pen-eypry Thing that we hear o
his efforts in relation In this snsct and 10 reninns
generally with Great Britain IN this difficult crisis, is. az
should BE- frm hui courteous; in The true spri, Of the
motto, "PEAcEARLl IF WE cAN.FoRcinIY IF WE Must.
|.4ngnSta (JHc .7gc.
RIsHop MOORE 1t is source oi great sallsacn"a Ia
The friends NJ the nged and venerable pelnr that they
have again The satisfaction Of seeing him Among them
On Sunday he prenchfd from the desk Of his IN 81
Philips Church. II was piaasing sight Ia the aged
man. his bend silvured DER. dispensing the Word OF
(ind o a people. many IF whom he settled
pastor more than halfa century ago n" person hrs q
apostolic and sainrPd appearance than The bishop
as he sprpads his trembling hands The desk Al
though nf great age he appenrs 10 enjoy e1ceIlrn health
He breaches with much vignr ard animation
than at any period If his life ~. Express.
REVIEW This mornings review ut The barracks was
sr'n'rd affair. Hundreds were present including
thu Hon Secretary of War. Mr. Pninseu. Gen Dear
born agent The part Of the Stale Of Massachusetts,
in The Indian affairs. Col Worth Canal Commissioner
Rnggles, Senator's, Assemhymen Judges, &c. and a
phalanx of frmaes corps de To ill The
tabisnug. The Hon. Secretary appears in excellent
health and pxsmintd infinitely the arms md ccouire
menis ur The men as h. passed through the lines
The officers and snbordna'ss appear 10 make husi.
meas sc their profession Every and evolution
was done with precision Bufaio Journai
feg T,ps N,tal The Foreign Monthly Review SAYS.
TIM, Mr. C"ls"n. Type Founder of Carern"nt, Eng
land has attained patent for making types from
c"mposi'ion much harder than that in common use
Types made from il viii las, 10 years. even under steam
printing
Death Of m Editor TIE Wick sburp Wing says: 1--WE
regret 10 notice The death of Col Nathan Lester Jack
on MONDAY las, Col Lester for several years
connected with the press at Columbus, in this State