Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-12-17

rrppNsES 0E THE CONFERENCE.-The esti.
males rom II Secretary Of the Treasury printed form
h we cen laid before Congress- II will cost iot e hcA
year about $40 600 coo 10 govern the new territory e"o
about s5 coo the old. Then there IS Inc Interest anu
principal Of he public debt TO be 'oV,cca 70 'a' 'e
expenses i'll exceed fifty millions The legitimate eSfehs-
% al r on IN. do exceed S35 0OO0 O
The to,n amount Of apfro. ations ar the year chhS
e 70 s5a IL estimated a, SAC 2O3 75 which is 10 tr
LJsd sisl 9e6 f,r several appropriations which viii ot
aried to the surplus fund There will aso be reqai'cd Tor
the service of the last three quarters Of The fiscal year, ending
June So 1873 made by OF Congress the sum OF
SIS 1855 ell
OBJECT OF THE REVOLUTION II SONORA.
The French Courier, published in New York, speaks Oh
Boubon, who is reported have "annexed' Sonora |"
E,,,cr MS mere ad,enturer for whose acts The french
Government is not responsible. The ~ limcs' on 'he
contrary, says:
.e hannen 10 be in possession OF some important aGeu-
uuens in regard 10 this mattcr-sho~hs .'' " ~,
by France the progress OF our COUNTY 81 =,
stems already taken in pursuance OF grand atssn "
rh.t nrour,ss and fec barrier against our sutiet
nrow,h We have 10 believe that the e'sa, GDet .,
,na these French Etcmcnts in Northern Mexico Is 10
rnxnt Tie United States from acquiring feasible route
for railroad 10 The Pacific"
CONCERT.
The Richmond Sacred Music Society intend 10 give
Concert o's"''-'' 49,
Nav for the purpose Of promoting the cultivation Of tia
public TASTE in sacred music rs well as The sracaoh OF
lis members. Az of attaining their object they
are now establishing schools inslrucng adults and chill
dren upon the most economical TERMS and for the lnstruc
ton Of those free OF charge Who not be able to pay any
hing Another means of attaining their object Is giving
concerts and oaloos occasionally which will enuole ht
public 10 parlake OF benefits Of their labos and 10 con
tribute to the encouragement Of their exertions. The con
cert 10 be given week will consist OF about one nun
dred ladies' and gentlemen, comprising some OF Inc oes
amateur professional talent in the city We understand
that some voices will compare very avoraby WIN
professional talent OF high order
The Washington correspondent OF the Charleston Stand
ard thus writes
few minutes since, saw letter from Concord. N. b.
written by cho nors saying that Gen PIERCE had been
careful not 10 intimate soul what his intentions ~
The selection Of The Cabinet; and further that the only
fact which certain in this connection that II WI" DC
composed entirely Of new men.
MODERN VANDALISM IN GREAT CITIES.
Mr. Macauy has striking way OF illustrating facls; ana
in his late Grafton at Edinburg gives us the following IN
pressyc sentences on the Vandalism which spevaient IN
parts OF Europe:
81 ,om.mber " saws he 'rhat Adum Smith and Gibbon
had tod MS Thai there would ugain be destruction OF
civilization by barbarans The flood they said would no
more return the eaIth and they seemed 10 reason
us,y for they compared the immense strength Of the civil
zed part Of the world with the weakness OF that part which
remained savage and asked from whence were TO come those
Huns and from whence those Yandals, who
were gain destroy civilization Alas it did not occur
TO them that civilization itself might engendc the barbara.
ans who should destroy it, 1t did not occur to them that
the very heart of great capitals in the very neehborhood
of splendid palaces aud churches and theatres and libra
rios and vice and ignorance and misery might
produce of Huns ercer than those who marched I'M
der A,tilu Vandas bent destruction than those
who followed Generic"