Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-01-05
MISCELLANEOUS.
Correspondence oil the Baltimore Sum-
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FESTIVITIES OF THE SEASON. The
great place OF attraction was the Presidents
mansion. Towards noon The doors were open
ed, and tor Two hours heightened irain OF happy
people pressed 10 and exchanged sa!uIalioos with
the Chief Magistrate If the nation and his uni
versaly esteemed lady.
The Marine Band played many fine pieces By
way of enlivening The scene, and G plain God
dard, &C., were excee .ingly ausulive and kind 10
aGording facilities OF in2ress and egress 10 the
vast multitude.
From the Presidents large proportion OF the
company proceeded 10 The dwelling If The vene.
rable Mrs. Madison; then o that OF the beloved
family of The late eI President John Quincy
Adams; at each Of which not only Inc "compi-
mems Of the seasos," but many warm regards,
were afeclionalely rendered and kindly recipro.
Gated.
The residence OF each Of The Secretaries
Messrs. Buchanan, Walker, Mason and Marcy
was also thronsed with brilliant and euoyant
assenblages altoe tner presenting a scene de-
lghtlul and instructive 10 older nations o. The
earth.
A striking contras, between this day and one
short year ago was perceplibe al The huspi,abe
mansion OF he Postmaster General Then he
time. honored statesman, surrounded by his ami
able wife and Other members OF his cheerful ia
mily, we're receiving he visits aud exchanging
The cordialhies Of he season with hundreds oil
friends. To-day their joys are shaded in pain.
fol epprehensions. BY Geographic dispa'ch,
day or Two since, they we're appr!.ed lha, the ia
,her and brother Of Mrs. Johnson were both "
ing extremely i'll, since which no lidings have
been received
The residence Of the Mayor 'of Washington
vas also ciowced by ci,zsns OF all classes, as
well as 10y members of Congress and visitors TO
the seat OK Governmen
The following is brief description of the
Stone-cutliog machine in operation al New Ha
ven, Coun. driven by steam, which is capable
OF doing the labor f one hundred men:
The cutting instrument is simply half do
zen circular saws fastened firmly by an axle run
ming through he centre. These saws, OF course,
are made very hard, and the teeth rather larger
than the ordinary size. When firmly ABUSED
il is forced rapidly over the surface Of the stone,
smooth NJ It very evenly.
AS yet only one OF these machines has been
constructed, which is now in operation at New
Haven, Connecticut cutting all the stones re-
CURED Il a shor, timel in the construction Of
tho large depot Of the New York ard New Ha-
ven Railroad.
The inventor is Charles Wilson, but the prn-
eipsl owner is Charles I. Shelton, Esq, law.
yer Of much distinction and great enie prise, Of
New York city.
A RJMAN PROPHECY OF WASH
INGTON.-ln one oi Cicefo's fragments lhe
following remarkable sentence occufs--wriIten
some eighteen hun1red years ago.
Far across the ocean, II we may credi: IN,
Syhi line books, and alter many ages, an ex'en-
sive aud rich county will be discovered, and in
il will arse a hero VINO, by his council and arms,
will deliver his coon,ry from the slavery nv
which she was oppressed. THIS shall he do un
der favorable auspices; and on nov much moe
admirable will he BE- than our Bruius amt Ca
millus. These predictions were known 10 cur
Accius, VINO had embodied them 10 his Nycle-
sresia, ADD embellshsd with the ornaments Of
poetry"
NAVIGATION OF TIE SHENANDOAH.
The survey otthe Shenandoah river, which the
Boare Of Public Works ord rcd 10 be made, has
Just besn Completed BY those perseverins engi-
neefs, Messls. Coyle and Douglass, under iDe su.
perinIendance OF The able chief, &. Fisk. a
report will soon be made To- the Board vi Public
Wcrss
lis very gratifying 10 the friends oflhe improve.
meut, 10 learn that The river affords an abundant
supply If water in the dfses, seasons and lhai il
is very susceptible Of being improved by means
ui LOCKS and dams and sh%.i canals.
ton .ecenly collected, there arr al least TWO hun
dred thousand barrels OF fonr manufactured annu-
aliy oog the riyeG the whole OF hich, would find
IT'S way ~ The Eastern Markets, through this
channel, II Inc improvement was made, and the
quantity would in very short time increase 10
a. least double ne present amoant. II has been
also sa.is lactorily ascettaned tina, The mills on
the river ant It's b;aGcnes could grind more than
double me quantity they now grind. There is
no, the least doubl, but that in very few years
after the Improvement is made, The present guam.
lily OF wheat raised would be quadrupled. as the
farmers could then &c; Plaster al So or 81 instead
OF having (as a, preseni) TO pay ifom ST. 10 Si5
per ton.
The correspondent further states hat the river
yalieY aacuaos ic various kinds OF mineral sub
Stances, especially those o. Manganese, Copper,
Coal and lion, but more particularly ne later
which abounds in ineShausibe Quantities, and
OF the oes quail y in The world.
The article OF lumbsr is also very abnndan,
and VI very superior quality, 10 which tact
many of the Charlesown snd Harper's-FerIy
CARPENTERS can testify. IL has been ascertained
thai no; less than fifteen millions OF teel are an
nua.ly sa wed in the river valley; besides, by no
m.ans an inconsiderabls quanury is annually
rated down The river 10 tue log during the spring
ffeshes. 1t is NOT yet known wha. The Enginees'
eaima,e ofthe cost o. he plated improve
,nent will be. The distance is $50 miles, and
the amount of fall near eight hundred ieet.
Ch1rku0hon Free Press.
DR.. Ross, of London, is publishing some ad-
mirsbIe articles on the Cholera, in the Medical
Times Among other things, he asks how s.i.
mulants like brandy, can do any good to pa
tient when his blood becomes thick, vitiated and
grumous; shall we drive this stuff in the ospilla-
n tubes1 1t is enough to produce death.