Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-09-19
CITY AND STATE NEWS.

THE CIIOLERA.-lt gives US pleasure to sta::
tina; the cholera has entirely disappeared FROM dis
CITY. There WAS not Il single ease last week amongst
the in.crm"n,s II; the City Cemetery.
TIE GUBEENATORINL CONTEST.-The Lex
in.ton Star condemns the practice, indUlsed by 4 It"
Democratic Editors and their correspondents, ot As
ss;Iin. candidates supposed 10 stand i'll the way oi
their special ilv":;tc>. EVERY thin. for the causc.
nothing for men," is the motto of the Star, which
premises 20 give the candidate selected Ey Tie Demo.
cracy ri he STATE, in Convention, 4 cordial CAd Gn"E-
gc;;c support.
SUPPOSED M~URDER.-A party OF youn: mc"'
among whom WAS n young mar named JOHN Moore II
farmer, aged % years, rcsIt;n- HEAR Tr.adclphia' WI"
had been in Wheeling Attending the Fair on lhur'-
iav. had q quarrel on tho road as they were gong
home. Near Philadelphia they separated, Moor" 60
!!i. towards home u!unr. Tie following morning liz
was f,uaL dead III Mr. Iiornburs's barn, about '""
.n.ir- east al TriaGc lYhin, with stvcrH! sthbs lh lis
BODY sufficient 10 produce Death. Ills Horse We
luu..d .uiclIcd Ia II fence, ANA IL" -r'iAI was 't'"''
with h,.ur! from the road IL thu barn. loGnE Moore
i highly syrkclI oil bv al vino knew hun, and ms hI-
timely death l. sincerely regretted 10y n very poPH'
.uu4 ucisauoriiood. Iw" young men WHO lia'' pee
ENGAGE! in the quarrel with the deceased have 'rt''
arrested. and u knltc belonging 10 one at thcii WA
ItusIi IItNl LIZ ttH'. '"'
ANOTHER SUPPOSED MURDER.-A c"i"rcd
woman, in the employ OF Mr.. 4. ID. Chandler oil
stanton, was found dead in the room immediately I'M
der the one in which she slept, on Saturday nlght laSi'
Mr.. Chandler was not at home AZ the time ot iiht "c-
r.rrrmcc. ON the day preceding, ~" WIS IN her usual
good lu "Ith,urui the child Whose crying CAV" the '"'''
saws that II man was n:ht!;I- will, her mother ana
that he threw her down stairs. The case VIII lr""a-
bly, be investigated.
\ CURIOUS CASE.-Tic Piedmont Wig IF""'
qu:cr county says: The Circuit Court his been IL
session since the issue Of our last paper. On Sa;ur-
day lLr ilth instant, n case OF some Importance WAS
tried. bu; nC, decided. the jury being unable I" agree
Mr.. James Rogers, OF upper F%auquIsr. has possession
i"dgncu: lnr the sum III SjIU, len; In HIM by Roget.
Mr.. >wari declare. that Il" hH- no recollection oi ever
receiving or using the money, md "cluscs To phE H.
wh"r-upun this suit was brought Ia decade tir MAJ
ter. There has been Il singular wan. Oi memory cN-
hlbitri hy all parties III this TRANSACTIONS, bht no ole
doubts, for Il moment, that both l!mIn!!ii "iid dr'rih,
ant have uctrd in perfect good faith. chiffon ahc
Scott argued ia" raSc Tor the former, and ShicktH"rd
and Smith, tine Govcrmurl Tor the latter.
THE End At LAST.-Barne; Cushwa was
snurn in a. sheriff OF Berkeley IN Monday tho i!tti
inst. Jas. A.. Mason and joe. Srhoppcrt IRE his de-
ruiicS-thc latter taking the jail.
FIRE.-Mr. Jas. Mount niI.oudoun county Ind his
s:ack-ynrd burnt IN Tuesday last. His entire crop Of
wheat, valued a; between 81 ,0G0 and S2,000, was COLI
sunrh. 1t was the act OF M incentlary.