Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1853-05-14
COMMISSIONER OF THE BOARD OF
PUBLIC WORKS

PUBLIC WORKS.
At meeting of a portion of the voters Of
Buckingham county, at the Courthouse, on Mon
day, the 9th of May, for the purpose of bringing
| cut candidate for the Board of Commissioners
| of Public Works, VIM. nj. MOSELEY was
called to the Chair and C. G. ToMpkrNs ap-
ppointed Secretary. The following preamble and
resolution were adopted, to wit:
We, portion OF the voters of the county of
Buckingham, assembled at the Courthouse there
of, on the 9th day Of May. 1853, impressed
with the great Importance to the State of electne
to the Board of Public Works gentlemen distin-
guished alike for their practical good sense. ac-
knowledged abilities, mature experience and
known devotion to the judicious prosecution of
liberal system of Internal Improvements within
her limits. and protesting that we believe the Sc
lection should be made without reference to the
promotion of party advancement or party tri-
umphs, but with sincere desire to build up the
best interests of the whole Commonwealth and
of every part and of every citizen thereof, and
believing that our county man, Col. Tnos. M.
BoNDURANT, eminently combines every requisite
qualification for the high trust. do hereby recon-
mend him to our fellow-voters of the First Dis
trict as candidate for the office of Commission
81 of the Board Of Public Works thereof, and we
hereby request the officers who shall conduct the
election to open polls for COL Bondurant, as
candidate, and request our fellow-citizens to aid
US in his election, pedging ourselves to them and
to each other to use every proper effort to ensure
his success.
Resolved, That all the papers of Richmond,
Petersburg Danvie, Norfolk, Lynchburg Farm
vile, and all papers in District No. l, be re-
quested to publish these proceedings.
The meeting then adjourned.
WIN. M. MOSELEY, Chm.
c. G. ToMPKINs, Sec'y.
AN OFFIcE.SEEKER IN A "FIx"-The fol-
lowing good story is told of Secretary Marcy and
troublesome Office seeker:
An imPortunate Office seeker necessarily intru-
ded upon the Secretary of the Department., at
his hotel in the street, sin season and out of
season'-urging his claims for a Cousulship of
considerable value. Finally his eutreaties be-
came so annoying that Mr.. Marcy quietly sug-
gested that knowledge of the Spanish language
would be necessary to his success.
"Oh," responded the urgent applicant, IL un-
derstand Spanish thoroughly, sir; speak it like
native"
"Ah' replied Mr. M. "that is important; one
of my clerks talks Spanish; he'd no doubt like to
converse with you. I'll sail him in; sit dow n"
and he rose to ring the bell.
mo, no, STRIP exclaimed the terrified applicant
who dreaded the impending exposure of his ig-
norance, ''the fact is. sr-that-that-I don't ex.
actly speak the language just now; but-but-l
understand it litfe--I understand it,"
Martin Chuzzewit said "a verb signifies to be
to do or to suffer. (which is all the grammar and
enough, too, as ever was taught;) and if there's
a verb alive, I'm it. For I'm bein.' sometimes
doin.' an continually sufferin'."
lsTHMUs OF PANAMA.--A Missouri exchange
states on the authority of returned Californian,
that the Isthmus Railroad, which is completed
only one-third of its distance. will be long time
IN its completion, as it is SO unhealthy cl:.iate
that foreigners canuos live in it, and natives
will not work. The parties interested in the
enterprise send out monthly from New York ne
Eastern cities, thousand Irish and Dutch emf
grants, who are engaged for six months at $50
month and passage found, and at the end of the
engagement. probably not one in a hundred
one tenth part-are alivei 1t is calculated that
there is dead aborer for less than every foot of
| railroad.
The trip of the clipper ship Sovereign of the
seas, at New York on Friday last ia eighty
Two days from the Sandwich Isla nds, is the most
expeditions ever recorded. II usually requires
four months from these islands. Besides this
speed for the whole passage portions OF the time
| snow more remarkable performance as the fol
loving items will show The run from Homo
'uis to Cape Horn, distance of s. GA miles WAS
accomplished in 81 days; in 26 ofthose days con-
seeutiyely, the ship ran CASE miles and one of
these days was distinguished by an extraordinn-
ry run ot430 miles.