Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-08-04
CITY AND STATE NEWS.

hTYIT TTVT N'TTI'tN tut N7TTTT'FVJ TT, ,. -.
some ct his friends in ihr; city. that ~" i'ur-"n'
connection, at Richmond, will be formed "n MONICA!
the eth of August. 49,,
This event should be celebrated 10y all the ,pr"I'
| of the Valley of James River, but cSl'ec'"'y ny Ill
citizens of Lyuchburg. ".
fifteen wears have we not only been KEPT III n"ii'"S,'
but have been compelled I'll the ihl,' !" r"' ."i"""
not less than one hundred thousand arila!s la'ii''H
| i'm llr. shape of portcru.C charges Ut h"iiin''hu. sur,
Iy , ,L.Ii,.,rour,. t,,,n sltch taxation should not he al
| lowed 10 bass by without some manifestation o, p"o''
| "ra,ulafinu. But il may be that the lot weather hh'
n lrar of mourning the dispictSure "i our ih''r"PpiIn'
friends NAV Restrain the JOYOUS saluIa'lnnS We sh""'
lrstow uuou our fellow citizens Ut Norfolk, when W.
| shall surround their llrrrc-dcckcrS win Il hotiiia "
| canal boats.
Sut 70 b, serious, this opening of the tide watc'
connection, or, in other words, extending the Cana
| to Norfolk. is an IRA III our coliinlcrclai existence, ah'
we trust il will be hcralded by some evidence tia
We ,rnpcrlv appreciate the advantages nt our prcscIi
| p%nsi,ioir. as compared with what it wis when our com
inarcial horizon was bounded 10y the GallcSo Mills a
the lower end Of the Canal Cdsln: :,
We truS. some of our cnterFrising merchants vii
soon arrange for Il regular round trip, by the waite
| line, from here tu Norfolk aud back, sending. on
Wheat, Flour and Tobacco, and bringing back all on
imports free oi ~irayaSc, Wharfage, dockagc, commits
sion, &c, &c, paid for Il weeks detention al kich
mond.
The formal opening of the "Conncction' will no
| take place rs curly rs the time indicated by the Nr
| ginian. 1t has been in contemplation to open ~
Monday, the eth of August but it has been i"nn'
impossible TO get the work and all things ready for
| formal opening by that time. One OF the main Gnu
res of the failure arises from the large amount of sick
| hess amun"s. all Glasses of the hands Engaged on th'
work-masons, carpenters, and lnhnrrrs generally
The sickness has been so great, during the !asi month
and the heat so intense that II has been found lmpns
s;blc to net more than q few hands tu work i'll the sun
| So mcgv workmcn have been stricken down Will
l.ent anG hv disease that n panic exists amongst them
rendering il almost impossible to get them TO wort
"for love or money!" Another cause Of delay in tn
time of opcnin. is to be found in the recent action "
| the Board of Directors Of the James River an
Kauunha Company. Some ot the officers OF Tit
COMPANY, in their anxiety To have The conncc
ti,n mnIc. desired the letting in Of the waite
hefnrc the "Duck' portion of the improvement
should he fully completed. The Board OF Directors
however, deemed it best To have The work ~chtlrc!!
finished before Il formal opening. The precise tlnh'
cannot now be fixed. We are assured, however, iron
n source which leaves uu doubt, that the Ildc-N ate
Connection, deemed IN important tn the Lynchbur.
and Norfolk trade, will be made between this dat
and the first of September. 6ur l.yncIburg and up
country friends must have a little patience. lhel
! know but little of the difficulties which have aiisci
from various causes impossible for human VISION
10 anticipate, tn produce n deihy III lie c"ihple'Ioh "
this heavy and important work.
NOMINATION FOR GOvERNOR.-Dr. Fran
Gig Mallory is lor inc "'iice VI '"'eri
or Of Virginia by MANY Voters in the Norfolk Era
The Era is the paper recently started in Norfolk, ant
is called a Know-Nothing paper.
FIRE.--We learn from the Wing that the tahacco
house Of Mr.. Ben Green, situated about four miles
from this city, on the plank road, was burned dowr
on Sunday morning "it, '' tma h,"Jrad hrshnIa ~
n " ~; Straw md n u,,unti,y nf wheut straw
The loss is estimated at about 81 5000. No insurance
1t is said to be the work OF al 'incen'iary.
THE U~OTTEST.-Thc Alexandria Gazette &"
Wednesday says Yesterday CTuc-dayl was tho
hottest day this summer, and probably the hottest LOT
the last fifty wears. I ID minutes past > q clock III
the centre Of n room fifty feet deep the merrnry stood
at lO'. In me sam I"o" " WI nv noJ II =, H."
'n - J.nraa hn,ter than if had been in Alexandra with.
in the last forty years"
NE. III Ferdinand Stuart Campbell Stewart,
,,,a of WILLIAMSBURG. Va, and of Ascog House, Scot.
land. died at Frankfnrd, near Philadelphia, on the
o6th, nit.
wESTERN VIRGINIA CORN CROP.-Thc
po,Lar.b,rn C~,zette Of Saturday last, saws the late
u,;,. ,,,a ;,o,rov.d ,ba ,rospect for corn, 80 far a.
.o,o. fields were concerned but, alas, others were
IN, mich marched 10 receive benefit from the long de-
I,,c1 moisture.
nLsory ot;op onl rcports induce lis Ia believe that
..r, o, ,.st ,his fall The ouk. beech
there ",Il he Il hc"a! "nsi ,''S ,,i,h ,,nit nrninisinr a
enn n'hTr! w. y fr ,Ln .h"rt corn crop IN this soc.
!."I''i "''
,rnrs x,uS,o., pot,t,e. mnd,
,n.,,.o IN ,he p;,hu,oud market ubou,
'"''' "'' y
Il "'eh ""'' ' .o
says: "Swrci l"'a''''" !" "''."' w wv wv" 'fr,'
TO Richmond. Baltimore and New York, from Tins
..,l ,Y.y ,,;u, * n.r borrrl."
"'N'
THE FANTASTIC RApE'- learn .r""
the 1"''r'h"r- P"p"'' .'' n' ""' ,, ,.
sahd strangers 'IN"'" '"", - y" .".o,,;
u w"iicsS Il Pa'"" " . """ '"f' .,
Gals. The sceile'" S"'' '"""Ne ~ "N'' '
amusing in the extreme
KILLED BY c"rFfSro"ue"
nf the Bulletin states that n Miss 'iatherlsh'' 'th"
,Lr;.,;ou romo rho writer could not Learnt was killed
~ ,.:.. ,ur ,L,vs 40 in G,ochland county,
ny nSn'n'"S, ~" ~"
'Pr .. ,ol.
BAD rho'N ,h,, tina
h'n w ...u,..o ,o,l,. ,r,do
Virginia "'"' ,. ouI o,u,o.
"S u cause " '.'' .r o;.,r,or from
I"'"' "".I.x, ,r,m.,o comfy. states
Nv" r,,. ., n o.u,, nor L,rr,l. il rLoim.
o al tv nmrrhn.ers. in CONSEQUENCE OF the bad packages
or barrels. The Commission Merchants t'c"''i,Iei'
heavier slaves ana h'"u NM, ""' w
Ut INV ~ WV
AKNOW-SOMETHlNG.-Thn following aa'rr'
,;.,,ort ,,,,.nrs in fine Wheeling pnpcrs:
" IN 49,. ;, ,.ro,I;p,, hc
MRS. Sinlth VIII S',c w .I. ;ntI tho ru,ur,
She may be consulted nj her residence on l;ii''"E
street opposite me vas nmN'' ''
cents: men,' vio desire the saving Of 81 cents, would
do wei to visit Mrs. Smith. in ladies attire.
RSJOpS.-The Lynchburs Nirginian, Of We'd
nc.dav. SAYS There are now i'll this city, three