Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-06-27

- " c.~o,ory NJ State accompanied by his Ia
M c;,v On Tuesday morning, for Capon
Springs in Virginia, be absent io ie' - orni,o
rna General took passage the same r'''"''s
for Old Point, with the intention o. 1oi"''s
the U. States. -, oId poin, Com.
Among the visitors who have a''i'ea q Nv II.
~ ,i Tho last three or four days are the o'o"ihs us
o'' "''''' VIZ THO President Of the United States
e So,,rv Of the Interior; Miss Apolonla Jasi-
Ill., ,no uuno,ri,n heroinc Gen. Joseph Iotton' U. o.
r.n,.. ,o,ns Col kcarney, OF the Typographical hns
r Commodore Shubrick and Commodore Dupor u
iva NAVY and Professor Alexander Dallas Dache oupc''n
1endent of the Coast Survey:
,,,,>,vrr1 FACTORY DESTROYED BY FIRE.
CORY 10 learn from letter, lin yesterdays "ms)
~, rhn Tmberlake the proprietor, that the Shad~ei
(,o,,o, and Wooen Factory lin Fuvanna county, le"
III, Southeast of Charottesville,) was destroyed by ne
m the NIGH, of the 2st instant The re IS ~
ham used BY the ignition of parcel OF oiled waste when
was unfortunately put in bag and suspended 10 "ooue
hih divided the spinning and packing room The
, ,,hich The fire evidently took place, iorbds every
;, ,h,, wns the work OF IN incendary ana no" the
re,sicht occurred in putting the oiled waste IN inc pace
where il was is utterly unaccountaoie, pes
h established rule that every particle Of oiled waste
e - no removed out of the Factory every hlshl ne
vos in the Factory did not discover the
| hrnc
Or il in making the effort ring the BELL he did so with too
h ,nce and broke the rope So that the FIRE had pro-
a ,oo far before sufficient force was at hand TO make
~ srcccssl effort towards arresting the ames But lit
rio was saved of what in the Facory but there was In
!, only about 80 900 WORTH supposed in stock NO nsu-
rance Loss estimated from forty to fifty thousand dollars
which falls heavily Mr. Tmbeake-to say nothing oil The
sad gloom which has been thrown upon the operatives so re-
Gently employed in the establishment and The poor families
situated around place. who derived their support prlncl-
pally from the factory
MEXICAN BOUNDARY The National lntelligencer
that letters have received in that city from IL Paso
dcl Nnr,e under date of the 4h April stating tna Lieut. A.
" Whppe Acting Chief Astronomer OF the American Co-
mission had determined the initial point on Inc Ro Grande
where The southern boundary of New Mexico strikes that
;er in latitude 80 deg 90 min. NORTH being the latitude
agreed on by the Joint Commisson-he Joint Commission
had agreed TO meet the initial point above determined
on the 2lst April ray the decision of the astronomers
and n Law the of the which
be placed thereon.
The Board OF Public Works have subscribed the part
of the State 10 the stock of the Waen,on Branch OF the
Orange and Alexandria Railroad This subscription amounts
to sixty thousand dollars and with the private subscription
already made up secures the completion OF this improve
ment.
Late accounts from Galveston Texas state that the crops
in almost every part Of the State in very favorable
don and that the country rapidly filling up with sub
sanal farmers from every quarter.
The Postmaster General has ordered daily mail to the
Fauquer White Sulphur Springs from the first of July to
the first of October, in each year.
public meeting of the citizens OF Petersburg was called
the Court House yesterday afternoon for the purpose of
taking proper steps tender to the President of the United
States invitation visit Petersburg his return from
Old Point TO Washington.
The embankment Of the Soutsde Railroad is now ready
for the supersucue and Mr. Jones is about TO begin the
work of laying it, The calculation is that two thousand
feet can be laid day II supposed that the Road will be
in operation TO Nooway Court House by the end Of the