Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-10-18
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Of Danvc will open The meeting with an address and ,sa'
maes of general interest the Profession throughout VIZ
ninia viii occupy the attention Of The Society.
TIE METHODIST CHURCH SUlT.--Ihe agents and
Commissioners of The branches OF Inc NchotIs Epis
copal Church have agreed 10 leave Inc u'son Vi 'c Gun
mon prnccrly 20 Judge Mclean Es OF the supreme Cou,
Of the United States. The parties are al uo' @
in New York carry ou! the arrangement. uuE 49,
i hmae member Of tic Methodist Church 10 oh!o-ou
II, has always advocated fair division oil the pioPc1 WIN
the Southern brsnCh and he possesses Tue nnu;Io
Of the Southern membership Under his aecslJn m 10
Bile apportonmcnl OF the Joint property VIII aouo'.e I, ~
pecj;y made and the suit for which there netef ous
ave been any necessity, brought TO an emu ana els
We trust 10 amicablc acknowledgements s''''
Tho town OF Danvile, has the honor OF Introducing
rc,r snort, 10 the world Last Saturday, We learn that
nni,e large crowd assembled below the town. TO witness
The result which occasoned considerable
uo Some gentleman proposed 10 bet, that lie could
n horse that could draw sucks oil salt attached 10
him by rope hundred yards IN length: inc SHOWING
ncs said could be DONE and various bets were maze
he salt was the decided av0rlc but The originator OF inc
rruposiiion maintained his ground against The united op
ION Of the crowd The horse was hitched and negro WIN
huge WHIP put upon his back. and at the word 'e
horse made 10 put himself out Tor strong pun oal "
The establishment of nlanv he walked of as II he had no
hing attached TO him. loud shout went up for the win
unr although he had not taken hall the bets when aa oeeh
offered him. DdnrWe RrPn6irdn
LAND IN WESTERN vIRGlNIA.--I'he various pro-
,rd lines Of railway in Western Vifania are rapidly en-
h,ncina the price OF land. In Nicholas county, large
quantity OF land, heretofore considered almost SaineeSs
las
rom The eastern counties OF The Stale Tie last Lewis
ra Era that in county alone some
or eighty thousand acres have been purchaseu III paccs
nom few hundred many thousand acres, AZ prices
twenty fold more than could have been procured lew years
ago The settlers it is said are Importing hands from
,hir late eastern homes opening roads, clearing u lahd
AMI making every preparation TO make The vii
dy;n,ss bloom hs the rose. Wheeling Argus.
HISTORY or THE UNITED STArE..-li IS said
tia, George Tucker formerly Professor OF aora phiinso-
ply in The University Of Virginia. and nj present rGsasn
dish
Si6-s The work was enormously ascTGCd Ia his relative,
the Iale Judge Henry St George Tucker OF this place FRO
essoT Tucker is aread, known 10 The reading pubc D ms
iie ii Iser- on toGehcr win several writings on political
economy Some years he wrote and puolshed over me
Signature al Hickory Corn Hin BIZ OF verse designed 10
tsc5nnlenance shalt say 1.-THE pracce o. gambhng
ico in vogue among The fashionable ladies oil kcmcha
he ,,ted ciIrr gaming among The fair was Heard
Of no more We wish copy Of The ein,ion could be oo-
ta6cd this lae day would DC worthy ol
not ne medicinal rcmeiy. bu as saihHhi gen H"l'
chssicr Republican.
The ply under Mr. Atkinson WHO have been engaged in
The survey The cenira! middle "nte lo all rad "'
I.ynehLuEr Ctall''Ies'ne teaeh'I h'5 p'"t on Wei
ncsiay eycnle The rca" ol HE survey IS 'e'y a'"ia
Bile loo lion lor The road The dtsiance ro i"Ih.hl2 10
Charlottesville tIc shorl n ~ miles, ani from lynch
bug I. Co!don5yiIe Charlottesville nsacf b. we
tl,nk some miles than Via l""atds' 1 ahi hn'E
Isari. Charlottesville Aas6e1ts
HEALTH Of OUR TOWN. IL allnIis us pleasure 10
state that the disease has enIirey ahalGi which recently
prevailed ia h place. There lshs ho been ne" case Tor
sey
Id tie impression that there IS no iuh.Gf 81 rttu 81 ue
disease Whether il cholera OF malignant bilious
iaIrhEa, va a'c InP'tpadei % say, hs "
selves ditrr in opinion The number Of deaths from Tie
disease presume, does not exceed ~ Or J. While me
nmbr oi osa w, had il aud recovered IS much larger
/ .iurtiHsJarg Ht2E5tcah
Ioh., Jacob Esq has been rendered the i'f"iessaSnp
If Snr, PHILOSOPHY ana Bellies Letters III: uais"rpitr "i
Missouri situated Columbia. Mr. is nulsr OF th's
county and graduated HI Dickinson College CARLISLE fh
few wars ng AMI after rnIing Law year wns
A
jacob though ian twenty Tour years ui asc we
have no Innbl well fitted Tor The position mentone" ana
VIII be yauab: accession 10 This institution We presume
Mr j. wl accept RJmRey initHigtatsr
On Tuesday uglI Asr, there heavy tros IN Ills
anJ the nrighborin. country We lohsn that not
much tobacco bitten, most farmers had TAKEN NM
from The CO." night, Of last "eck ana 'aArn 'rl' ~
Much OF The second and last cuttings, however ID urf'
and notwithstanding the hnc season Tor ru, mus man.
tobacco Of inferior quullty The crop IN ii ah1 c al
uning counties wt alsu fall largely short ri tie rr''tuh%
one We have heard number ui farmers gay, since trr
crops hlyr I" !r house. that they ARE n'ihs ,ihs
large III s: year. The corr crop ~ ms section Is
quite an average In Henry atl tie upper c"Eh'S, Il
a heavy one. DLhrWc Hts!,tir.
The report that John clcrrr Esq had been appointed
by President Pierce Federal Judge for The Site OF ta'F-
nil understand j. incorrect W"rihcr learn lhit cen
II il were rendered him, he would MI accept We are sure
il he obey the will OF his constituents lie would
not think Of rcr.nng his pre4rn; pat ~ t"nessiin !"
accept any aPpninneni 'at would remove mn. 'so, ,"s
10 the Stale OF Virgins, and the l,roIitc cause general
y had been rewarded but we would be .thc 10 te'nl?n
our claim upon him. representative III Congress from hiS
Dlslrict.-[ Stanton Indtcator
NARROW ESCAPE.-On Thursday evening Mr. Joseph
Masters now suffering under attack OF Illness I'll The e-
,depce of his brother nlng street, while aootnS Chac
delirium of fever ESCAPED rom hls ifcnl' ana
himself out OF third story window falling on negro Wo-
man with child her arms, who hapncncd 10 DC lssn"
along the street and Immediately under the window. Inc
force Of tho TALL thus broken and AIR Masters escaped
almost unhu The woman was Frustrated hy 'tc thocE'
and ,langh good deal stunned was not seriously Injured
The child also escaped without dangerous hurt II was
very providcna escape for eachlat al eScalcl Is 'I}
remarkabe. Alexandria Sentinel
| RIDGES OF THE SOUTH-S DE RAILROAD-Thc !
contractor, Mr. james Ley, is getting on finely WIN me
,ou,mcnts for lie bridges Of the SoutSdc kairohd
which are span the OF James River next TO the lanai
Oac of The bridges is connect this win the virginia una
Tennessee Railroad and The other will be the punc
fac 10 Tie Depot the Island. The material use: II the
construction Of these abGmcnts and pillars IS OF c Dcs'
| anI most durable characler.-I LyRchturg prSmidn
| ALEXANDRIA AND LYNCHBURG RAIL ROAD
during the past few days. the engineers anu oiccfs OF
This road have been engaged in making the survey I" me
Central route through this town. Tic general 'hprsS'"h
ha heretofore prevailed tina: the Southern was shorter man
the Central route, By 10 IL miles; but since INC nctua
Surveys have been made 0! both routes nna tnat lc
Central the shortest; and understand That me expense
of making the road from Lynchburg TO GOdonsvile VIII
about the same on either
Now the friends of Tic Central route nrs' bestr thel-
seIus If they wish the road IN Tins ''ircrl"h
Stock must be taken; the Ut Nort Garden nave '
ne good example, lei back them, and with me ala Oh me
oil Nelson, Amherst ana lynchuu@, ''o'"
the lar IVES, will be arriving in CharoeSvl- IN "Pd s"c
c,ssiln with freight aud travel almost lnnlltrab'
| We understood the President "a the ArNGnufh an"
Orange Rail Road SAY ha, the Rails were now oei% aia
this side Of Culpepr Court House. AMI IL Is he-Gh'u "
commence laying t'cm from Gordonsvir also ioNish a"
arrangement &c made with the Central ti' lt'ad -
convey the iron Their road 10 Gat'i"lisVr ny ",e
18th Of January, hc whole road from AtNihuha "
Gortonsville esrer,ni BE- comp lec ilrn hn" easy
and delightful IL will bc visil Alexandra ana Hasns
Tn. merchants ana CITIZENS ni both Alexandra anu Ih'i
latte willie will hecoms better acquainted ana tfhhtact oi
ness with mntual benefit each other lheh VIC can ulne
az home limp ntd the arrive al Alexandra IN ,l"h
10 tafc lea call on friend Gordon 81 Inc ohhu ~
about city IN the evening" leave after breakfast 'A'
morning. and Se al home aaan To dinner
Success 10 Tie Alexandra and Lynchbug lsa i>9ad gay
We Ii is be LINK the great line al rail- rnais NUN
California the eastern extremity OF The onilea "'aes
(Chd,ionesrNs J.Tersonida
Tie lsn has presented ior line past Insj scene
Freight bOas daily arriving uhd discacibg ihe'r nE"E
fo this city and Tie country west IL II Tue ~l1o
side The Depot Of The Virginia AID Tennessee hai'toa W
The Canal continually iurd with boats, which iafc
bought hitler The Ia purchases 81 our western
&c 90 hence by The rars- Lyntttgfg ItFgindH.
Henry Miller charged with forgery, vas iouhd e,"5 .,
the Circuit COAT lo Rockingham conntyJndse hehne5
presidiur Monday last ard sentenced 10 The rcn!''h
ury years Upon He ether cls"s ia HE nde'"e'
the Attorney for The Commonwealth entered '0l!e 5sEi'