Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-04-04
CITY AND STATE NEWS.

ngon' Virginia, by law sludenl bucheriug q student
OF Inc Military Acatemy. Suth shocking occurrence
was wei! calculated 10 shield The community in which
Cured from the regrets and disgrace Of similar trseice
event Tor some considerable tine hut the bloody lesson
seems already to have been forgotten. gentleman OF this
city Yesterday received letter from Lexington stating that
another bloody murder has just been committed in that town
MI JoscPh W. Moore, The keeper Of hotel Thurs
day aal deliberately stabbed with sDlte dirk, while
standing In front OF his hotel and from hr ects OF lie
wound dcd In very short time. The particulars are not
given III Tie lcir and qucHiiy We not aolc 10
n'nsh a present even h Ot the murcerer The oc
cnence stasd gave rise great excitement among The
people Of Lexington.
FIRE Yesterday morning, between The hours Of three
and four O'clock, Are discovered In he loSh story OF
the building Main occupied respectively by Messs
Aiic Gray drug and spothecary store by the Wash
ngIon and New Orleans Telegraph Company ns an c1icc
and by Mr.. II. X. Eliyson printing office. II origna
ted in occupied by Mr. ELY son. and was, it is
eved The result Of caIelesSness tho part of
who slept 10 le After lighting candle he threw
burning match upon loose paper the floor, and left
the room sitont observing the probable elects OF his
essnoSs. In lew minutes thereafter the floor was in 4
blaze The ronpness OF the reQen prevented any dam
beyon! The in which he Fire originated. where The
loss "as small.
i THE FLUVANNA FIRE-The loss Of Mr.. Mnnlia
Cu!s whose house destroyed by fire. days ago,
10 Fluyunna county, is estimated from five sigh, thou
cand dollars. All his furniture business papers and every
thing In tho house destroyed The inmates barely escap
Ing from the t,mes. servant woman belonging 10 Mr..
c.. was the fiend who communicated the fire.
RESIGNATION OF MR.. ENGLISH The laal Char.
oi.eave Jecrsonian ths prc8ect special mail
agent Virgn'a and North Carolina Hl Ensl.h Intends
resgnng his Office and Mr. j. W. Fink Of The editors
OF Alexandria SonIlnel Is TO be appointed fiji The
cancy.
! SMALL NOTES.-In North. Western Virginia, sec.
ton the Stale In which there individual Banks and
where Small Notes Of regularly Incorporated Banks
more popular han in any other portion of ,hs State we
have Indications that the Small Note law will be respected
Hear what tho WcIsburs Hcraj printed in rhc "pan Han.
d. Of Fi7enin, says This subject.
The Small Nutc law, passed BY the recent Legislature
and When goes partly nio opefaton the ;st Of neat June
is exciting considerable comment throughout the State and
very differently received in different sections The
opinion very generally 10 prevail TN The abolition Of
.na. is desrabc bu The difficulty is hos tu
bring about and how TO fad substitute From ndcl:
lions would not he surprised Il The present law shGtld
generally put In operation The Shcrs and Other Col.
ectos n count:cG have already given notice that all
sums due them uf less five dollars, bu
paid In specie il will doubtless put the public 10 snme in
nleniencr Whener will be enforced or regarded hc,e
rerlans be We situated that VIII suiier
nron "enience II the attempt Ia made than in other p"r
Stale will be matter To get ilo
any contahand ones lrrcs by knR them across
the liver " Cio and exchanging then Tor notes oi Ai2is
= dtnomns un
list Nj Jotn Thomas Of Targier Island, In the county
Accopsc Va received accession Of four grand ch!ci
born on tina, night, by three o! his daughters.
FREDERICKSBURG SMALL NOTES.-Ths Hcra;
OF Fredericksburg confirms representations in reference
the small issrei by The Corporate" "f Tint civ
..a I"iDfs;
The GicHMoxo EsnKgns- Ora ScRIr.Tic RcnairnC
Bulletin says ih.t the brokers IN tat refuse 10 take The
nIH Il issued by The Corporation of fredericksburg
any price have queny deprecated
Intu nj I
tie redemption II the scrip Frederick kshuTg "il
Go , any uoe Iosc y her and the policy nov udopir b,
the RchGond brokers' need excite single doubt
bsiHg rcdt eGcd ra;ly day. The FedericksnnI:
Issued under the PROVISIONS OF en- enactment
the Leg cSa tnrs and II Ill becomes tho RichGOnt brokers
who have broadcast their irresponsible small
against law and in The face IL It's penal enuctenlsto m
attempt The dcrCdlng Of 10 solvent Corporation as er
is the STATE Measures are about being taken which W.
believe will clCvn the holders of sctp and that without
i le smallest sacrilce on their part.
!. THE JAMESTOWN SUCIETY.-Wo learn from The
Fredericksburg News great doings" anticipated a
jamestown, In May, when the Society cf thai meet
crc celebrate tine landing" BY The Constitution OF th
| Socsy pcrson become member. provided he is "a
native or citizen cf Virginia, the dcscendan of Virgin
ao or who married Virsinn lady, and is Of honorable
standing Ia the community and recommended by mem
Der.
Virginia lady IN six nunhs should also be admitted N
membership Is The editor personally soicous the sub
ject!
= LET THERE BE LlGHr-This divine Injunction Ii
about 10 answered in Fredericksburg The last "Ncws
states Ga, Company Of that town have purchased
lot Including the lower wharf for IS 900, and will com
mencG operations in week TWO One Of our own me
chancs Mr j. W Sepcr. has received the job of Lying the
four miles of pipe Contracts Tor other portions o the work
will he made in a few days. Msssts Duncan & Cartwright
of Phiaielphia are the contractors
The good people OF Fredericksburg nrcadv shedding
light and disptlng darkness In another way. Three hun
dfcd poor children receiving instruction in the !rct
schous rf that for which The citizens taxed 50 UUU
II ia well ~ give LIGHT 10 The mind as The body.
5 THE APPoMATToX RAIL ROAD.-This road recent
~ purchased by SoulhSidc Rail Road Company, 10
lend IN M road City Point, Ia, we learn from the Peters
burg Express undergo thorough change In the course
{ month less The Company design putting from oot
hundred hundred and Atty aooIes upon the tflcS to
take Up The old rails repair foundations etc. and 1y new
rails the pattern, the IS 'her nntre
roar far is completed, ana rs II viii DC "ncn ash-
cd 10 Lyncbug. Tnr present gauge OF the h?ponaox
road feet eight inches It's ucw gauge Wi! Do Se
feet ".dc
AN ALUM SPRING.-Hev. 7. D. Rice In communl'
cation tho "Wachman and Observer speaks OF Va'uo-
BILE aIam sp'ag miles from Lynchburg on he turnpike
leading Liberty, Bedford county. The proprietor OF the
snring IS Mr p Echols "ne mnn" The writer says he
induced u sneak Of those springs from other motive
bn, The purCst especially for Inc sick and a!.
hcted huvn suffered greatly himSe an derived iuch re-
lief from the good effects OF The ~asers OF 'a's spring.
EXTRA SESSION OF THE LEGlSLATURE.-This
subject which gives isc TO much speculation by
the press and the people oil the Commonwealth Puo'ic
meeting was held a, the Court House OF JsrSon county,
on Monday lns which resolutions were adopted against
III rxra session Dr.. w. r. Alexander was IN the Chair
and j. W. Kennedy Esq, Sccretrv The resolutions wefr
{, reported by r. W. Baylor, VIM. Lucas. Geo. ~ Turner
John A. Thuupsou and Geo ". Eiclcoerger, Esqs-anc
The meeting was addressed by Wu, Lucas and Andrew Hun
ter, Esqs.
THE COvINGTON AND OHIO RAlLRoAD.-ln
reference great State work. The last Guyanooe II
raid says. "The aua OF the Cpvineton aud ONO Railroad
bill before the Legislature had left como folks in this section
10 quite an unpleasant Of suspense and We cones
10 small share OF II ourselves. Col. Paaton however
tof the Board Of Public "orIs who Is now IN our tn"h
and who has been looked for with oHgioy eyes ior 'e
many weeks we happy 10 announce Informs as ,a
The work now under contract will be prosecuted ~i'E"a ae
ay aud while the ultimate consummion OF ihs foaa inay
be delay confidently expected tina, an eaa SESSION
the Legislature will be coicd ani in nau 10 pcFcht any
material embarrassment, or difficulty in Completing TN:
great State Improvement That those, or many M "l tnt m
members of The Leesaturn who voted against me on ne
go with The expectation u extra session. 10 he ony Ia