Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-10-03
CITY AND STATE NEWS.

CnSTRatT TOR BrtLpISG STEAM hA"i>Es'-li
ciycs liz pleasure /" stale that tie Nav Department
Ia. AWARDED 10 lic.sr>. .krIrsun, Dciany X Co. OF
tiki. cit" the contract ir building the cn-inc Tor one
ni The steam !riga:;s recently ordered 10y Congress to
h. constructed! Tor the t. >. Navy. McH-SS. An"Ci-
s,,I. Dciunv " Go. will co.s;rur; in" engine ior me
steamer which will be built nj Norfolk, AMI iii WI"
know the high character these gentlemen Ea'e won
Tor tlIcir extensive mmuflctuGE, The lr"i"7a' if"''
Works" in this ci:y, will feel assure! t.!at inc worn,
in such ski,iul hands, will DC constructed III Il manner
which will reflect credit upon them anu honor upoh
the manufacturing interests uf orr growing Guy
REcxIvISG Stolen GouDs.-Mariu Ann Fortune,
IL free nccre-e, was a~rraigncl before the Mayor yes
tcr,!ay, Oh n charge q; receiving stolen goods. Inc
Bulletin states that George. the burglar, testified /"
the fuc. that he hnd given Maria n gold watch, ana Il
number nt articles, stolen from TIA" residence oi AT.
Carter ii. Harrison, corner OF Marshall hi' nNA
streets. Finding the basement Of thr house Open hc
had entered IL. in company with Maria, uIC il;Ii ;ahcli
Il gold watch, Il pair of Vamta!run>, Il vc';. u end ;
money box continuing four or FIVE dollars. and sUii'UI
olhcr things tilIrc.r0n. Maria carried of tw" be.kr;>
filled with ladies wearing apparel. Sc. She v.SI;r!:hc
mansiUm twice, and returned each time lnadc! WIN
things. Sir. T.. Ii. Harrison appeared and Identified n
number of articles found in NJ trunk rs belonging 10
members of his tnlni!"; stated that his family lett
town about the !Jth Of July, and returned a ic"
weeks since; bu, the burglary had been discovered
Dr some friends al Ills rrslGllS Ill inc n:lS!IDOTH"o"
about the middle III August, who took steps to secure
the house from further dcprcdatlon. He gave the
Mayor Il list of the articles found 10 BIZ missing from
his house. The Mayor t~hcrcupon rcmandcd Maria
Ann Fortune TO the custody OF the .lallur ali,l recoS-
Missed the witnesses to appear before the Hastings
Court, on the ID Monday III October, vixen she vii!
be tried upon the charge OF felony.
AGRICULTURAL FAIRS.-In giving, Yesterday, the
Iatcs at which several Agricultural Fairs are To he
held ia Virginia, this fail, We accidentally omitted 10
include in the list the Fair of the Scaboari Agricul-
,urul Society, which will be held ut Norfolk Oh the
9th of October and the three following days; the
same time at which the Petersburg Fair will be held.
RouSD TRIr TIcKETs.-Thc Directory of the Or
ange and Alexandria Railroad Company have direct
ed round trip tickets to be issued to persons attending
the Presbyterian Synod i'll Alexandria OH the 18th Of
October, und 10 mrmbcrs OF the Virginia STATE ASrr-
cultural Society in attendIn. the annual Ear 10 be
held in Richmond on Dist October.
The STATE AGRICULTURAL Soc!ErY.-SOmc wri-
ter in the Alexandria Gazette, says the Frrtrr:ck--
bur. Herald, having complained that tn" Executive
Committee of the State Agricultural Society "aS en-
iirciy too local in lis character, another writer, from
A.lhcrrar!c, takes the matter up, ANA says thar i"is
Committee are compelled To meet in Richmond sIiir
ten or twelve times IL year, and II Is, therefore, '!cs!Fi-
bic tha; n majoriiy of tie Committee should reside III
such po;nts convenient to The place NJ iIrcl"ic' pom
20 ensure yuuctual attendance and 10 uvu!d the en-
pc!ise, w!.cs would fall heavily upon members iIvinG
| remote from Richmond. He further stutcs that they
pay their uwn cXprusrs, and marrc!s whether many
could be found III Alexandria, who for tie SINAI! hon
or of a seat in TINT bu!y, would be wIilln! 10 incur
the rXpri.sr attendant upon Il proper discharge al TIE
duties Of the office. 10 The objection that :hr r AIRS
are nj! held in Richmond, and That Alexandria has
been stability treated, this writer a'!dHcra some idct'
worthy Of considerations, GONG 10 sii"" Inc !huA''''
rrlcr of Richmond aud her citizens, is obtained
from the Secretary OF the Agricultural Society nifd
the chamberlain Of the city "i R:chn"mi. The
city Of Richmond, in it, corporal" capacity, ha'
expended upon the Society the sum 81 thirty
four thousand five hundred and ~sixty-tivc dol
lars and ~f"Gty-iiTc Gents, (s3l,jG3 l1,I and Il,
now building office. for the Snc,etv II al 'X.'ele' al
ten thousand dollars more. I her citikeis, th'rG arc
eight hundred nud tif,y-ninr members, ~ OF w''".l
are life memDcrs,) whose initiation fees, with Gr.;l-
tons 10 tho Society, increase the lam ahovc l'c'!'1"!!'
ed six thousand seven hundred and seventy three dol
lnrS.
Alexandria, city and county, which the Il:.: writer
said contributed libcral!g % the cstaO!iSiiins ~ "i
The Society," il shown 10 have onl" n'Htiy,""' .ii'lh,
hcr-, tot whom IRA are lite members VIII" ha'" lald
iutu Inc SDciciy's Treasury one hH'f|c" ara N,'",E-
PER d0NoE*, aAi there has been no DONATION '"o'ii r-
Their the civ or county. This 10 meeting the rH'' "!'I!
facts which cannot ~. gotten over. nti We r"'i'r
think Ii,, complaining .hlrxanr.r.ua will regard /; l. an
c5t"pprl 10 further argument. Old SPn'Ny!fai!d Has
done even better than our Boosting iir!-!ih"r' as she
gave $jGO at n singh dash, and We hay" II" means al
k1"w!IS now ;'"c'i hi'!s na1 ptcm y LmI 49,, r ,r,3' '
% IT, a. P nI5,,ui ,"V rb,. sIb,,r;n,i9m ii u lew hours can.
vass OIL the court green.
TIE PRrxcEss AsNE MrRnrR.-1hc Portsmouth
Globe OF NrIne"!uy Ias'' says: J" ic"'h '""' ''e
man Mr' E"e!' mas Deem re-h'lc''c'' u ~"
= =, .tv,.,., r,,,,,- mn
Gin, ~ayiIerc. ,,rcrt,iued since his Discourage. By
-ulicctir. his knife In Il microscopic view, blood was
,nah" upon inc b'@ae ~ Wy n''r'' ~ -, m
almost certainty fha' Even '" '"r gum '"''
no,rp or Prime WuKyS.-The following notice
or,.or. in ,M, Ia.. LvncbLur, Rc,.bryan:
.yoLrc.-As the election oil IL commissioner Of the
Board OF Public Works Tor lie mid"'e "astl't W
HlrSih.h, VIII .aHe Piace III No. tN, " E"D" ."
lng Will be held nj the next A!hhc:sl Io"lt W ''"''''
nate n suitable Candidate Tor that ihp''I""t olu'n'
MANI 'o'h"'
Trial or WV. J. WISS.-Thc Lexington, Va.
Gazette snys: The Jury, in tho case OF VIM. j.
VIM, having failed to agree upon Il verdict, wcr"
discharged on last Saturday; and the cnsr WI! b."
aco;n taken NJ n; the next term ot the Circuit C"ur:
Of Bath, wLiri. commences about tn" li.t!I -: Or:o-
her.
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Noxo,lr;, I'm. hoe, n,no;p,ed bv the Directory Of
:, - I.o p,1 ropI C,r,onv. n
~ :, ,I., rnm,,uv in place Of the Inc Cvl.
Si,,s purk..
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c,,xrprror x,.pUl, -Therc wercJJ vcssri-
,,in, -, tho Alexandria whorvea. on Thursday last
H'"s 81 - .",
Is OF the largest cI"s' 'e'Sc'''
49,. r.. boon or,,;,,a,
APPolNTMEHr.-''1 u" "' " "iF
~. .;.o Wv, u K,,rodv. RESIGNED.
NoRrHERS LIGHTs.-Ihe Aurora n"FcaI'' "'''"
was observable il the Northern sEy Ias' week. II NUS