Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-11-15
% Green ST., Boston, Nor s. 1855.
m,,r cry or NORFOLK.


THE CITY OF NORFoLh.
,,,.n.,, EDITOR OF tie Winchester Fnginian, VII"
., ,r ,.sI Fair wrote on the James iA''ef s'eahooa
80 RI; manor and sayc pleasing sketch oil hinss IN MORO"
and Portsmouth. lie says
Having sneut hut a day in No"ik nnu nT shance "
Ic,rn so nuch ms could Wish oil 'ho pHsrn , lc P'
~ nh,i did learn taken together WIN "'ia hnc" v'
put "na' uI or at east decidedly hopeful Tue
nnnulalion of the twu towns, aver I'm r uon" '
Tor near hall CENTURY has w'lhn e1o from ~ rmn 10
~ a o6o nj Improvement urc visible everywhere
Many new buildings have been cfeceu 800 6Isd nm M !,
formerly thu sources OF mh'a d me streets are hronged
va h ~ demce that speaks Of AWNING ~" Gecay'
New branches of manufacture are oes n seeino 'h d
Nv ,.m,h ,wu enleprising Maine men, sce,ns lhe aa
al foftsm9u.' ~" cost of transporting timer 10 The
Yards of thai State, brought theiI sup fine sh hs
NJ the forest, They have alreay yu nm ihe s, '
~ W. Fan n 600 tons; and have NJ" oh m 'ocEs
r 3no ,o,s rmuluying about luO wotKmeh Two
nhss of caual or greater size, are aoou ,nh,ccn i
This business ought to increase Of oil from osin
AMI mn establishment for the nanuacu d new ,, os'
au u v This OIL it is said costa uhael ne" patent
hm, eleven cents per gallon for na nil is now ad
uPpcao.e LILLIAN The capital Of the company seuO0O
u 81 % % y already spoken Of Building Is gun 1--we IN
a,h towns and observed in poItsneeu .i,ed io,
oo'h oI Ie0 nv 30 feet This edillce ~ caeu o re-
OF new ~ , rs,J imoroyement in the condition aho uade
VI me Seaboard and Roanoke Kan .oau 'hr rich yn
es far olo North Carolina and WIZ SOON Laval si,a"S
If The Dam in Virginia. 1t is one OF 'he HUE, f,vn
Vi n, ro,ds in ihr Union and is becoming lfoNte
ahu ho ,yoen t, North and South bht l'e ral
@ ,,omis;np most advantage 10 The port 10 'ia l' WV
tII ~ Petcrsburg 1t will be paceu unuIt W,tnIt
most of lie way 10 abouta Ioh, u' .raem Of raj
IN. first time connection WIZ 'e rDJino to The
nnd. NOW completed or under way, and eSchus ~. =;
Vaiey tbc Ohio and Tennessee, win every p,oP, , I
| IGn;,a eytensiua westward. by means OF ''' ~
,a,nr connection Of The james RVer canu' no"
nidv aupoachng completion, Norfolk WIN nav n eo"
,I If an incalculabe amount OF trade II sue sio
worthy OF The occasion. We are connaenl IVY Sr i
w. rc,sion will soon force energy 10 sho" ''sei ne ~
i,,v nj
m,dc Iher main point by those who deny mu poosh5
Infusing into il enterprise und prosperity. iho,
40 r ~ last as relates 10 the towns Is now utmost whoy
i,,,"rnrv never saw u more healthy looking popu'eol
nnvyhcrc than that of Norfolk The iurhe, haoly VI e
oncn 70 fever has been proved the mere result o
by The fact that such tendency has uSappGaieu VIII VIZ
moyul of stagnunl water. There - sun eo',e'nnS ~ w.
dane in his way but great dca has been done utcauy
and the weekly report Of deaths sho" sn'act iuo ~ Wv
Inn Than that Of most oil the nolherh po'o Nv
ss ,hnn Thai in Now York. Residents from Tue h"tn u
ev .sure me that they have not had any 'hehuhaoe s,ln
nrss during three or four years OF he say anu 'a e
hsab il much better Than before they came lie sea
hrcrze ,euDcrs tile sume-heais and renders neh o'c
much more supporaOe Than IN The upper country.
| MIR WALKER.-It hos been churged IN some Oh VI
WLi, popcrs that r. j. Walker, Esq, drew his oul't
$4,000 when appointed Commissioner 10 Chlna' ana al
houph he afterwards declined the post yet retained III
uoney. The Washington Star denies the report IN III
following words:
u I WALksa's OUTFIT -perceving that many newspa
pers rest eror about this nu'le We nave w. M
hat on finally determining not TO 60 IL China Mr. Wake
n,nmniIv maid back into The u. s. Treasury the amount
had drawn for his outfit wcu intending 10 accep' INC HE