Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1853-05-03
Local IntelIigence~City Affairs, &c
THE CENTRAL RAILROAD.


be called upon to decide the question whether
or not they are disposed to authorize tho City
Council to subscribe, on behalf of the city,
100000 to the stock of the Central Railroad
We presume there be no doubt as to the result
of the POLL The Improvement is justly regarded
as one of first importance to the prosperity of
the city. 1t has already conferred lasting bene-
fits upon us, aud is destined, when COM
pleted, to empty iuto lap the vast resources of
the teeming West. Who, then, can hesitate as
to the propriety of aiding in the completion of
| an improvement which promises such glorious
results
The counties of Greenbrier and Monroe have
each subscribed $4,000 to the stock of the road,
and on Monday, the 25th ult., the people of Au-
gusta met at their Court house and instructed
the county Court to cause poll to be opened at
the ensuing election, 'to take the sense of the
voters of said county, the question of continu-
ing the present annual railroad tax, for ten years,
to be invested in the stock of the Virginia Cen.
trail Railroad to the aggregate additional amount
of $40, OOO."
The people residing on the line of the Cen
trail Railroad, it will thus be seen, are fully alive
to the Importance of pushing the improvement
on to Covington. They have given the best evil
dence ofthe sincerity of their convictions as to
the value of the stock and the necessity of
speedily completing the work. They expect,
and they have right to expect, aid from the
people of Richmond Shall that aid be with
held-shal these just expectations be dsappont-
ed?
~ MTNiFIE's MECHANICAL DRAwINa Book.
We are indebted to Mr.. L. L. Smith, oppo-
site the American Hotel, fer No. of this valua-
BILE work. We cannot too frequently or too
earnestly Commend this publication to the atten-
ton of mechanics. Mr.. Minife is the chief
professor of the School of Design of the Mary
land Institutes pr actical mechanic, and has
produced a work peculiarly adapted to the wants
OF the large and important class, OF which is so
distinguished an ornament. If it be true, that
''one workman is superior to another (other
circumstances being the same,) directly in pro-
portion to his knowledge of Drawing, and
those who are ignorant of this art must in many
respects be subservient to others who have
obtained that Knowledge it seems to us that
every young mechanic 10 the land ought to en-
deavor to acquire knowledge of drawing. Mr..
| Miniie having produced work for self -instruc.
ton, all who desire it can easily and cheaply &C
| quire thorough knowledge of the art.
! FLowERs.-Many thanks are due Mr.. JOSEPH
| RENN1E, florist. for beautiful varieties of the
Rose, in full bloom. We have never seen more
vigorous plants, nor flowers which distilled swee-
ter odours. The Baron Provost" one of the
varieties sent, is particularly oloriferous and
pleasing to the eye, and deserves to rank as the
gentlest of all the Barons in the F!owery King
dom. Flowers are, at all times, pleasing to the
eye and grateful to the sense, but there is a
dantiness about those of early Spring, which
touches like poetry. A Chinese poet,
speaking of them says
! Unseen. unknown, imprisoned they
! Through summer. autumn winter pass;
| Through heat and cod;-their little day
| OF Spring life dawns;-and then alas
They smile contented with their fate
They smile and die-the desolate!
| Now, the roses cultivated by MIR. Rennie, differ
from those here described, in this: they bloom
perennially. They are, therefore. pecuIia rly
adapted to the latitude of the ''Central Fowery
Kingdom and we have doubt he will realize
|
ma, after the Pacific Railroad has been built and
communication with that country becomes, as it
will become at no distant day, weekly occur
renee. But whether MIR. Rennie will realise a
competency by sending flowers to China, or not,
is a question which we cannot undertake to de-
termine but one Of kindred nature we can
solve without difficulty. 1t is, that he will never
secure fortune by combining his sales exclusively
| to this city, where, we mortified to say. the
passion for flowers scarcely exists. AS an evil
dence of this, we have only to point to the fact
that on Saturday last the finest collection we have
yet seen in the city was exposed for sale at tho
Tontne House. and the larger portion with
drawn for want of purchasers at remunerat ing
prices. But Mr.. Renne has a charming nurse
ry about one mile north west of the city, on the
Brook Turnpike. where lovers of rare exotics and
beautiful flowers can always obtain supplies
The drive is pleasant Que, and the prospect
charming, especially at this of the
year.
THE RICHMOND SACRED Music SOCIETY give
grand concert this evening in the First Pres
byterian Church. We are sure it only becomes
necess ary Tor to remind the lovers of music of
the fact to ensure a generalt turn out. The pro
gramme, twill be seen, is unusually attractive.
SIGNbR DA CosTA's CONCERT Thursday oven.
ing will probably be the last, As it unquestionably
will be the best. of the Mad. Anna Bishop
will on that occasion sing here for the last time;
and her parting notes, like those Of the dying
swan, will be the sweetest. Aided by such artstes
as Mr.. Bochsa and Signor Da Costa lwho justly
occupies the front rank among the professors in
this city, we have right to expect an entertain
ment of the first order; and this expectation, we
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