Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-07-02
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.

circumstances deprived of the pleasure Of being present
al the interesting closing ceremonies the University to-day
Yesterday morning number of gentlemen took the cars Tor
Charlot,esyleamong them Gov Floyd, ExPresidont ~
e who address the united Literary Societies. and VI
r. H. Game Esq. who makes the Grafton before the Alum
nj The Jeesonian states that there will this year be the
unusually large number Of three Bachelors OF Arts anu SIX
Masters of Arts who have their high honors by the
hardest labor and the most rigid examination I'm some cases
seventeen hours without leaving the lecture room Pro-
badly three four of these will also rend Essays The whole
scene will, doubtless, be full of interest.
The railroad fully completed to Charlottesville,
and few days since the iron bridges over the Rvan
nah River and Moores Creek fully tested in the pre-
scnce of large of citizens the first bridge
BY 10 tons of dead weight go each pan and then three
loaded cars with 40 ove with the locomotive and
tender weighing 20 morc the second bridge by weight
Of 81 tons besides the locomotive and tender, 20 more
These bridges says the Jefersonan were manufactured
by the Iron Bridge Company Of New York city, and were
pn, up by their agent Mr. NJ NJ White the the
Riyanna River is 200 long and 40 feet high; that over
Moocs Creek 35i feet long and 80 feet high and arc the
longest bridges erected in the country the spans on the
Rivanna bridge 81 feet long, Moores Creek 81 feet and
longer than the spans of any bridge ever built IN he
T. ST. except wire suspension bridges The iron OF which
these bridges manufactured is triple refined English
Iron and the Cast Iron from Salisbury Connecticut every
piece of being separately tested by IA tons weight before
il was accepted The Rvanna bridge rests upon three mas
sive aone pillars and the Moores Creek upon five; the
whole work is beautifully constructed and reflects credit
upon all concerned.
erected three years. the Lowell Rarond and the ~ York
and Erie Railroads also have iron bridges erected OF the
same class with those over the Rvanna River and Aoores
Creek.
correspondent of the Charleston Courier writing from the
Warm Springs to whose delightful bath and other comforts
and proprieor ia true Virginia gentleman of the old school,
he paws high compliment, describes the railroad to Char
ottesvlc "passing along The foot of the monh' on
which stands the celebrated residence of Mr.. Jcerson-
He refers to the fine buildings the Univcrsy-to Col
Crozes prompt and skiul excavation Of the gigantic iun-
mel on both sides of the mounanto the elegant and ex-
,ensive public buildings Saunon and the and hand
some establishment at the Alum Springs and concludes
with hasy of the farms along the route:
"Thc line OF travel from Richmond 10 this mountain re-
zion passes through Of the richest agricultural cenn
tics in the State That of Albcmac particularly struck
~ os presenting most admirable specimen of rural cul
ture nj this highly interesting Of the year. The
beautiful and uxuan clover fields, with which large por-
ton of it is covered intended were given TO
understand, TO be converted generally o nay, oat are rs'
fed on certain extent hy the stock Of Cattle sheep &c
and then poualei in, by which means the soils enriched
and prepared for uxuiiani Of wheat the succeeding
year The wheat fields were bending under the weight ol
the heavy crops with which they laden and is cstima
ted that the yield will equal if does not exceed that OF
| any Of the ten years tast past
We hope the rust disastrous in many places has
not extended to Abcnar Last evening learned from
has been disastrous both and grain yet on the
whole the grain would be seriously injured was
feared.
But for the rmness of some % Northern men, the House OF
last Monday would have witnessed turbulent
scene until midnight similar what took place on famous
Monday several weeks since Messrs Doty and Durkee had
ryen notice of their intention introduce bill for the
prompt admission Of California, when their Stale should be
called in the regular order But this nice little arrangement
was broken up by successful motion of Mr. lnse to 90 into
committee of the whole the bounty land bill. The test
vote stood ayes 80, 65somc twenty odd members
from frce States voting in the affirmative The Tree so
Evening Post calls il great Outrage, thus To defeat
movement for pressing California in by steam. We observe
that the friends of the immediate admission of Caionia in
the House were to hold caucus on Thursday night
| Mr. SAWYER of the Argus and Mr.. Broughton, of the
Herald have been elected members of the City Council of
Norfolk The latter having previously taunted tho former
with his probable defeat Mr. Sawyer re,os upon him That
he (r 81 "dsanccd him of sight, and he was elected
by the skin of his receiving only vote over the
next highest on the list of the m-elected"
Strange TO say Is Democrats and l3 Wings were elected
but politics did not enter into the contest The Editor OF
the Argus in his card of thanks nduses in some dry h-
NOR a Ia mode big man in the White House. He VIII dis-
CHARGE his duties in every way faithfully and creda-
! bly,. He says:
1--WE have no friends reward nor enemies TO PUNISH
no selfish aspirations views TO accomplish we nave
made no pledges 10 be redeemed and shall engage IN te
public service untrammeled by party annitles' or ocal
| cliques or personal predictions
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Thomas Reed and Henry Clemens scamcn, charged with
numbering John Eany mate and John Walker passenger
and attempting murder Solomon Riggs Captain OF the
schr J. B. Lindsay the night of the 9th January last
have been examined Norfolk before w. T. Hcndren Esq
u S. Commissioner assisted by Tazewe Taylor, ESQ., and
have been emanded stand their trial before the u S. Dis
trict Court in November next Hunter Woods, Geo. Blow
and H. Cooke Esgrs appeared their counsel On Tues