Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-10-17
STATE AFFAIRS

another ouI
re'd'r' will find the proceedings OF the meeting of hi
company held In the Ccur. House on the sh inst.
II viii be recorcctcd that on, Of the $si 900 10 h.
raised by subscriptions, the corporation Of Lexington
agreed to subscribe $4,000 provided the REMAINING
600 we're raised 10y tue citizens OF the county OF hi,
$4,000 ct1trd To learn that so 200 have already
been subscribed leaving balance of $4,000 vet TO be
raised. Tho means then Of completing this highly i'm
PodAnt work are row almost within the hand, OF the
compan end although the friends Of the Impruyyncp,
hal from the very start To the present moment to labor
under great and peculiar DISADVANTAGES vet by ih,r CON
',an and unwcaci efforts, thcy have at last succeeded
IN pushing forward the work. until now there remain.
scatcc possibility OF its failure.
The Officers OF tho company, by the unremtng zc.l
they have displayed IN ia behalf and by the very thorough
attention they have given it in all its dc'ais with the
economy which has characterized the cxpendurcs ar,
entitled to the full confidence OF the company and The
! friends vi the Improvement.
Aud now few vigorous efforts. C,w ,nor,
trO and and earnest appeals TO tie citizens Of the
county, and the will be az command for IN, entire
corHr' - OF this hard earned aud very desirable i'm.
proycmont.
On the 10th OF November the companv will meet 10
elect their regular oil 'css and the Company Directions
May We not hope 'ha,a spiri, of cordially and harmony
shhl prrNadc that meeting. Let Of tho inueaccs
ct party prejudice disturb its couuSc or To
Interfere IN he selection Of she best the very best and
most efficient men. While disposed 10 feel some.
what out o humor with the Board of Public Works for the
course they have been pursuing in reference TO the re-
mov, aLl appointment Of State Proxies aud Directors
~ know 'at IN this matter that body has control and
company itscli- lexington Gu-,t's Oct. Is
THE rRorosEp RAILRoAp-we invite particular n,teu.
ton TO the proceedings OF the citizens Of town on the S,h
inst, Regarding The connection Of the IyrclJurs sni
tennessee anu Manassas zap Railroads at Salem ON the
one ami Ha,'sonOurs or some other point on the
other.
ourpcoplc beginning to see the importance and
necessity of this link, and urge upon the pcope in the
dcreU sections OF county call meetings At once
and appoint delegates to with IN the Convention
t. he held in this place the 18th OF November next
III
Ous RIVER Tho Appomattox above is extremely low
$50 o" that trmcrs cn its banks boat down their
"At-t, au1 our miyis unable do more than half
work II this particular time, when there is such stir
IN the wheat and flour markets, the scarcity OF is
serious daNba both country aud city OPERATIONS
Copious rains would be joyfiy welccmed.-Ptf Int.
AccInENr.-Ou last Tuesday, of the late Elisha
Nulter, living about two miles from town. narrowing
with pair Of he WAS 10y thrown under
the harrow and badly injured. One of the teeth of the
harrow struck him in the abdomen letting portion
OF his cniras We are happy TO learn however that he
doing WELL aud IL likely to recover Cdrk,bLrg Regis.
ter, Oct IL.
FRcsr AND Inn TonAcco CRor.--Tucsday night we had
asevere aud sweeping frost Wherever it reached il
must have carried destruction the tobacco left st
ding.
private letter from a we'll informed gentleman in Mel,
son. "a heavy tobacco growing county, now before US d..
ted Tuesday the llh The frost last niyhL TO my
great surprise, made clear sweep of all the Outstanding
tobacco ~ this region. convinced that the frost
aud knife together have shortened crop about one hall,
Al the tobacco standing ON James River where il WA.
thought he fo, would protect it from the frost, i, Lr
Hack; no mistake about it, as have seen il 10 day with
my own eyes"
OF the old crop there remained in warehouse, of this
city on Friday las insnvce and uninspected oul tcly.
huudrgi h g-hcads O these it is coj,oturci that no.
less than TWO hundred wi. be shipped. o. the remaining
ho1""d Is estimated that tue sixty manufacturing
Ho''"rnt' o. tins city WI. require from sixty TO ninety
a dav. Tho high prccs at which tobacco has RAGGED
through the seaso" must aVe drawn in nearly the ourr
stoeA 'Ivu 70, country! i'S result Is obvious The sup
pay W." 4 iaE short ct tie demand in this city, aud
,le''''s WEI 'e to"p'"r 10 sGienH or greatly dm'u-
~ ''" 'F''''O' 'o'" 4''-'''o"d an" iv'tEsourS
We u''t ns1 ''-S o -" my ,'"',! OF s'o'S on hand
n''e ''e" W. "''v' 20 ''-He tue io"'"'"s extract
OF letter. ir'm glasgow NO, dated .ysn sept. 1888
!" a s''''y"'A" III L!.cn,u'S'
l"S to'aeS' crop la TINS neiHoorHood has been scri
ou'y uaaS'a oS fo""e i'u''h to one third has been