Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-08-30
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\ STATE NEWS.
VIRGINIA CENTRAL. Rail-. ROAD.-lh. receipts
'S road continue 10 be OF the gratifying character
and such as TO anhose the opinion that the sangune
hopes OF - friends will be fully realized During the
month OF July The receipts from freight amounted
Sl2 53 3d. and from passengers and the express car
Sl 1Sb IS; showing total of S2i sos - mJn,
alone.
An additional evidence of the OF business on his
road will be from the following whcl COPY irorr
the M"rnin. Mai, OF yesterday:
! PRODUCE ON THE CENTRAL Raj. ROAD-We
understand from The Superintendent oi Transportation tat
the Central Rail Road Depot completely packed wr
wheat remaining BE- taken away The mlcrs
can do There asJ sal! 10 BE- spn- fifteen Thousand
bushels along the line awaiting transportation.
j. may br ms placed sue.csiU. - 10 icI reRs
who have not yet sold 10 defer send IN their crops until
ie pressure is less urgent Oi 1t be hut sor
time thar things will remain they are all concern
cd we believed baSy in reducing the existing petho'a
as fast a. possible.
TIE ALEXANDRIA, LoUDOUN AND HAMP
SHIRE RAIL ROAD.-A corps OF engineers under tho
suIcrinleui,ncc OF Frnnci, Lakeland, chief have
noirrc the route for this road. We will endeavof
to advise readers OF the progress and prospects
Of this road. We solicited Mr. l.. (who BY the by
! ls very courteous g1n,nan) 10 give what lni"r
nation he deemed proper 10 o" made public and he said ne
would see about it." W,lI! tce shall Rommey Argus
SOurHSlDE RAILROAD-As this il wo,k in
which boh city and the State has deep interest
'hnk it Smiss rcpor, its progress from line
both "a II regards its construction and its business. We
have itteng account 10 give oi il day Some II pr
Is oil the piers of the High Bridge learn, finished
and all the rest rapidly up. Three spans Of til"
supcrstrucIurc OF the bridge ready for The rails On He
other side OF the river he rails being laid 10 Farmvi'I
between which pucc and the Ugh Bridge contidenii,
expect the cars viii be- acie 10 Iun hy Tie middle OF
bcr From Farmvle all the way 10 1.vnchbuGg, Tho
tractors vigorously pushing thir operations, an!
will bring their abos 10 SPEEDY close they possibly
The whole lane from Petersburg 10 Lynchbura nciu
ding the bris) WILL from present Infections be ready ;o
The locomotives in twelve months, and probably
n addition 10 This il gives mach pleasure state tha
the OF the read, RAPIDLY Increasing The pas
srngtr well filled and the freight trains 6fns
large quantities of country produce. IN" prospects o
splendid lu,ure daily Frightening this great work
dissipate all doubts about It's fulfilling the eyP"c
| ta,iuns NJ It's most sanBuinc friends
Petersburg inheligenccr.
| AGRICULTURAL FAl2--On The Isl. ID, 3d, and ith
days ul November next meeting of the Agricultural Far
appointed for Virginia will take place in Richmond Pre-
rius offered for the best specimens stock flour, and
different fabrics manufactured in te State. M
Virginia is deeply interested in Improvement III al!
that relates 10 farming, manufacturing and the mechanic
arts Than the Valley. We have much room Ir Improvement
in all these possess advantages FOR advancing ihsc
several branches Of industry anI Ui wealth, which
uo other section can boast o il: the same degree will
therefore br only source -! gralcat!nn but OF rr"r
and mechanics, who can maize II convenient
So be prcscn, al the lar in November Tie very
specimens of horses, ca" sheep hogs &c, well o.
.ains flour, Sc, viii be- exhibited and many :" them sold
IL is by comparing the different descriptions oi stock, &C.
common imported, thai the lamer enabled 10 make
| the most suitable selections !Gr his iarn.
! Oar sister States Maryland Penns, ,l.ana and Oh"--
have had their State Fairs lar number oi YEAR, and The
rapid in the improvement Of lc lands, tho
Of their stock and The perfection o' fruits q" eve
~ description, The utility and necessity oi The EMS
| rcncc of Agricultural Societies. To them Virginia
hav been greatly nhrb,d nr many Improvements We
have every natural advantage which they possess an ''c
sane causes wl pr"drc" The same elects tor US
joodSoch IenM Legion
STAFFORD COuNTi.-Mr. James l.. Lowry .! Stal-
ford sold IN this market Eri,y last, watcr melon
weighing "a lbs and m"suns % inches IN rns;n H'"i
ford las always hrcn famed for the production n hnc mel
u
before in that II has been the habit nl some 10 laugh
:, rhr uyety Of her so, Let county Virginia beat
this il can The soil Of o! Stafford makes more gene.
ous ample kindness shown H. than that :"
:uy other county with which w. are acquainted
i fredericksburg Recorder
a LEMON.-wc have upon our table the largest and
finest lemon we have raised by Mrs. Aexandcr
L. iiotiay Of this county IL looks a. II II were h'
Grow IN of a SUMMER cline. Mrs H. learn gathered
large crop this delicious lru this season from one tree
Had We received this lemon few weeks since, por 10 ss
nn New York we should have exhibited i The ''WorI
Fair" Ia show what Virginia and Nirgnias daughters eau
accomplish We publish IN o.,ays paper, an account :"
very large lemon raised in Stafford and We have NO o"nO
II The truth OF the statement although we have never seen
tasted handled The melon ITSELF some one c'st having rn
pyed that pleasure and III" task r writing about IL oy
having devolvcd Mrs H. however has gwen w. the
best kind Of proof Of what we state for IN our hand we nave
s rcrabc lemon itself, and mistake that we speak
what we do know and testify T0n; 1sS Teeo,a
DEATH or MIR. THOS. NJ. LEEWc regret 10 hear
that tecgraphic dispatch received in this city F
day from New Orleans Announcing the death OF ths young
man He the eldest ui our tU"n-inan Mf Alien
Lee and lcnves large circle o relatives, acquaintance
and friends in both this ana The Richmond community I"
mourn his early death He died ftIlay morning Vi NE
prevailing epidcmic.-- Petersburg Expires.
OFFICERS or THE FREDERICKSBURG AND
! GURDONSvII.LE Raj. ROAD
Consulting Engineer, Benz n L"trobe -
| Chief Engineer, George Mcleod.
Principal Assistant Engineer Vim Sneden.
I.eveller, Henry Hunt.
| Draughtsman, Nm. A. Eliason.
Surveyor, Chus J. Mason.
Level Carrier, Robert Taylor
| Transit Carrier, - Wallace.
Rodman John Murdoch.
Carter Braxtnn.
Picket Man, Dabney iiorndon
Chain Man. Benz 4. Hicks.
| Geo. H. Pcyton.
The above corps of officers learn, about TO
mcncc their labors.-I f'redcrcksburs N<rA
VIRGINIA Raj. ROAD lRoN.-weh hav seen an 'r
Is headed {a Road Iron and Missouri Iron, taken tf"i
hc Missouri Republican, which pleased and 50 exact
~ applied in all its statements and nicnccs I" 'he t"nhi-
ton o., The iron trade in Virginia. that strongly np-
Of TO substitute the OF Virginia, iur that o Missouri,
and appropriate the article az ou! own
The Republican says: "As yet know nothing OF the
,liscIoscd on The surface" How Of Virginia Per
haps wc may not boas, Of Ge the enormous amount o ore
tepo-,ed in OF Misson but 1t abundant
~ evident tha, Tie Allegheny ard Blue Ridge ranges con
lain iron more than sufficient supply the Southwestern
States Of This Union, throughout all coming time
Ihe purity and produc,reh.SS OF the ore is quite as r.
rs lis cx'eni True again. Of Virginia u ihr
iron in Pennsylvan surpasses that OF Great bntan ana
The iron Of Missouri is still better than that % Pcnnsylva
respect inferior to Missouri iron ana 'r al paGch' pu'f
ses equal II superior TO any fon IN me worl 49,;
Eutcrmure is stated significant iaci, tat me iron
non.crs p,nn-y ylvani When they visited me mines ~
Missouri were and bevitcci lr the immense mhssrs 81
,ch ot. ib., were exhibited them. Going ihthtr WIN
fixed notions pondng with their cXpcence thcy pr"
nounccd ores which yielded from seSeny 10 per
can useless because they could not BE- sfnle hcfc penn
M y for ores SO rich Experience has proved the aiacy
Of these opinions and subs,anacd the tact at there u"
,s ior which nature has furnished corresponding nA
i Donb,css our less rich Than those OF Missouri
md mat we need difficulty in regard to uHes bn'
il muy bc tina, on very account our nines VIII PROV
more productive, Just the copper mines "nd Common Sn
veins are more easily and prohtaby worked 'han r
immense masses vi pure copper Lake Superior and u
uod bearing quartz Of California Lynct6urg fFp'es
There has seldom been better crop OF wheat hah 'ha'
we sneak OF the qualty-th quantity probably no unu
sual. We have st-rate Milers herea2 u's ann o. 'i
wanting TO make -four that will Inspection IN hs i,rh
,rnud m,rk, is 10 Tear of the old dapidased Boiling
: Cloths and get new ones-I 3IOnongdita Mirror.
= RAIt, ROAD TO THE PACIfIC.-A Company mas
been for some time organized 10 construct ra roao rom
thn Iar Mini.