Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-11-08
STATE NEW S.

SERIOUS FIRE IN WESTERN VIRGINIA;
WnEELrsd, Nov 81 serious fire took place at "els'
VILE in this State Thursday Mclnosh'S "ihce, NE
raroaI Office Copper Riggs, gfoccrs The Masonic Hail.
and other buildings, wcrc consumed. Loss sloOoU
TIE SLAVERS The li0ls in the casc of the schoon.
es Advance and Rachael p. Brown which were captured
some six months since by the United States sioop VI war
ohn Adams and into This port for trial. came on LOT
bepro the District Court Wednesday, The case ol
the Advance submitted without argument ana Jnde
pronDunced Of condemnation against
TIE "a Of the Rachael p Brown was argued yester
dny but without coming 10 conclusion by Inc v; .. pi7
@ Attorney and the counsel for the Of the vessel
The arguments pro and Will be resumed ls
'"' Norfolk Argus.
THE SOUTH. WEST Among tie things omitted 10 be
noticed HAT were exhibited at The Fair were some specimens
u salt from the salt mines OF washington county! sun ~
onr farmer uwnsnan Wyndham Robertson OF Abingdon.
rh. sn.cmcns were very beautiful and would sntsiy any
one of the justice Of That Judgment when ptohounc.s VI.
salt of that region SUPERIOR benz aonn oo ,t from
tnovn MI L. also specimen oil yelo" hGloie l'"'
Iron Muuntuin. 10 Washington touniy.-lDt'PacH'
ABsCONDED-A Carver, contractor on the Norm
Western Rail Road, is suL TO have "Vamoseo the oes'ns
leaving his hands and sundy other creditors m" n
large amount. This is The only eiopemeht rom ' CIV "
The work we have had 10 record In Inc rnaia III" c.
tractors have met their obligations like honest ana re'aoo
men, Parker5Onrg Gl:sHs.
MURDER-A man named Hull Ward, stabbed another
named onp Of Horse Shoe Settlement Randolph county,
we, mr. Two since After lingering eight days Long Ole 10.
The murderer has been arrested and confined III 'e jan -
Kandol pin county
MuRDER-Paul Mullins was sho in The back oi ,e
head by man naned "m II. Evans' . ~ twa,d
last Monday night NJ died and Evans escaped; leS1u
100 dollars offered by some friends oil inc oeceaseo io
the murderer's capture.
MORE SLAVES ABSCONDED.--Two slaves belong
inc 10 Mr. Balm of Portsmouth, and two lr" NorloK, nave
within the last two days. and II IL supposed ty
concealed on ship about leaving TINS port Tor some
northern or foreign port.- Portsmouth Glsdi.
Some twenty negroes freed by the late will Of Mr. Crn
of King George left OH Wednesday morning tor Norfolk
!cr. they wall embark for Liberia Anohef ot from ,he
o,c estate p.Cccded these short time ago Frsd<rtcRS'
burg Herald.
WHEAT CROp.-Sncc thrcshing has been resumed, az
Tor seeding farmers begin that The crop Of whoa
in our section Of tho Valley will fall considerably short o
Inn, raised during The last three preceding years Many
sunoosc that will be from oaefOurth 10 one'lhd less
Winchester Iirginian.
VIRGINIA PATENTS.-virgnia still continues To
claim ts share OF pltcnts Among those issued In Inc
Patent Office within The last month or two, the iolo"ine
NAV be named: Geo. w. Baynes Thos Hinty, and ln'e'
Jackson OF Glenve for improvement In bedsead as'en
inns Juhn Movie, of Martnsburg, for impro'eh::"; 81
straw cutters. Elisha S. Snyder, OF Charlcs,own u,e'
in machines for separating SRA" rom i
Geo F. s. Zimmerman. Of CharestowD for au1i.ioha 'n
proyement in wnnowcrs and lhreshes k2oei. Imes "a
Mill Creek for improvement in smut for ,vesvnr
coach Ioce Nathan Harrison, and J. W. H. Mecali'
Hampshire county, for improvement. 10 bs Of ohT
Several OF these were obtained through '''
s Gall,her Jr of Washington
A. rIabers himself The holder OF more man one patent
Hc has recently invented and IS aoou' applying oI
patent for new asGnud5s whch combines the grain drill
esdinn annaraus fertilizer and harrow. II bids lair 10 b
valdaOg aIso maturing peculiar peco of mechan
Co. ,ba nu,poe of making store. tobacco and other kin
| ns hnres which will be new thing under the SUM- IN
made entirely by machinery Such Invention would re
dnce the tax paid by merchants and others 10 the ellie
for the boxes they for The conveyance of
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