Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-09-02


September is a season more peculiarly devoted to out.doo,
religious services, and prorscted meetings In thia reciot
than At any other time Of the year. We hav already no
tced the revivals which have recently o,cun ed a, Jon.s
b otougb, Nelson, aud At tho liuvannA Church. A nno.
trae,ed meeting has been held In the Baptist Church /.
Mechsnicsrille, Louisa, for the past three weeks, Rev. j
W. George and :. y. Taylor officiating. Up. to s.turd.,
several were bsptised at Liberty Mills, In Orange County
TIL. mseting. We believe, Is stu In progress. A Louis.
D. ~. Protested meeting, under The mini'.se,iou. o
Church has lately been held. and several Of the NOR,
prominent eidzeus Of that place Joined themselves to tba
Chursh. A camp meeting OF tho Methodist Church ha,
Just closed a weeks service In Orange county. at which
twelve persons protested conversion. Protrac,ed meeting,
are now In Progress 10 this county at tho Pine Grove han
tsi Church, dive miles from Charlottesville, and at tn,
Mount horish Methodist Church, near Whitehall. Their,
are doubtless, many others In the neighboriog counties
We have spoken OF those ouly. which have COME uude,
our oeservatiop.-C Char. Lf.
LETTERS NOT TO M NAiLEp ON ruk CARs.-Therc arc 80
many letters handed In to the mail agents on the Cen,r,l
Railroad, that tho Post Master General has ordered them
70 leave all snch letters at the next Post Office, to be
male, inc next day II our eisilehs therefore desire their
letters to 60 direct, they had bettor mail them In the Pos,
othce. lu case OF sickness or death, or any case rsouir.
lug dispatch, We doubt not the mail agents would send on
a letter, when it could not DO got in the Pos: Office in
scasou.-b.
Mr. Edgar w. Garth Of this county had his barn do
stroyed by fire, ono night las, week, the work Of an In
cendiary negro slave, who has been arrested and lodged
in jail-B.
ST. DoNIsGo.-Advices bavo been received from st.
Domingo City to the 26th July. There had been no iudi-
ca ions OF 4 renewal OF hostilties on the part Of his Iu
Perisl Majesty Faustiu l. The u. 3. frigate Columbia
.Iti,ed there on the 18th with Gen. CaIueau. charged
by den. Pierce aud Mr.. Marcy with the duty Of making q
treaty with the Government OF the Republic. 0ue OF the
objects which tho American Government appear, TO have
III view IN the proposed treaty, is to obtain the cession OF
a naval station FOR its ships OF war in the Bay of SANTANA,
-one OF the finest harbo,s in America, whittier the Co
iumoiA went to cast anchor siter having landed the Com
missioner. Gen. CsEneau also brings forward an arrange.
mont for colonizing Dominica from the United States, but
whether this is TO be included in tho treaty with the Uni.
ted States or in a private compact with some Company
OF spectators, docs not appear. The Commissioner Is
said To be hurryiug the formation OF the treaty, in order
thatt ruay at once be actel on by the Dominican Legis-
Iature, which is now in session, and thus be all ready for
rsuheation by tho American Ssnate wnen IL meets IN De-
c ,mber next.
The Troy Wing in giving a full account of the late
Grea' Fire in Toy, says: AFTER q careful examination
and estimate, aud comparing figures with those well quail.
ihed TO form a correct opinIon on the subject, We feel
fully warranted in saying that the loss by the fire, cIclu-
sive of the lumber district, vii! iall but a fraction, il any,
hing. below three quarters OF a million of dollars; that
tAs los by the destruction Of lumber will prove { , be- over
raher hiI un Ter t~o h .ndTsd aud fifty thousand dollars.
Considering the he extended oser what is equal TO eigat
densely populated blocks aud portions of threo othe rs
that much valuable machinery was destroyed that not
much less than two hundred aud fifty buildings were burn
ed, which may be safely estinated "a worth from $4,000 TO
$1,000, and furnished at the rate of from $1,000 to $500
sach-we think this estimate will be fully borne out"
A SUSPICIOUS STEAMER IL rHE ESGLisu CHASSrL.-
The London papers publish a letter tron Limerick, stating
that on the 9th instant, Captain German, master of the
ship Jessie, discovered about four miles Off the mouth of
the shannon, apparently accommodating the land, a large,
suspicious looking steamer, about one hundred and seven.
" feet long, with black lunuel as high as the mainmast of
the ship. She did no. hoist the English ensign wheu ga
!u.ed, but bore off. Judging from appearances, she was
either an American or Russian craft, but her slow motion,
together with a heavy swell prevailing, ~precluded Captain
lsN.man frnnn aarart aininu whathar aha VA $50 ~.
paddle steamer. Later advces from Galway state that
the sane vessel had been observed lurking of that coast,
and that the coassward revenue cutter and a small steamer
hal be, n sent in chase OF her.
sPExD on RAlwAIs.-In lsl6, thirty. eight years ago, Mr. MeiF,
fis.a R.t 81 New YIN York !Si n sS.! tS. ;i aSa , you'd ys sss after ss. ia ,ss Leg,
.Ould be travelled a, an average speed Of nneen miles an hour
Re. believed HIN, He hs. Ieesn,ly published a boob, 10 81 ieh he
great step in the construction Of railway, which looks to the at
road from 81. PesersSurss to Moseos oi ave- hum Sandrss mi Tos'I :. ,s
rnnnin; engineer can see everything. on the way. The Suage OF
teri and the signal, and time are perfectly axed, and The road. cross
nj, nj, 's e tI = ,Ss ars 81 ss1 e Oa h Sy E.ts' rn :. the trains approach. In
Mr' aeisi THINKS this may be increased to three hundred miles
Uai.ed states ana enc haSared ia EnslaSd. "a { IN '"s
Geersis. 10 IN. Gull Of Ms.}coo on = n.,ssr,iS a.I . Sasannsn,
to be opened one hundred and hhy fee, vide. II open way /, Sc
reason Why one hundred miles an hour canno, be as safely run as
Railroad, will only have attained their perfection when perfect
y v v lines ,Ss i, Level =, track i"l,i. and ,aS,,.n,,Al machinery shall
economy gill be fognt in the Russian plan. and the Emperor Nioh.
ols has iadeed taken the nrst great step. Like all he does. there
5 a substantial impractical maguiacen:e ahou, IL.
THt RiiS -AnerA parehins drouth OF many weeks, We have at
length b=en visited with some refreshing shozers. Early on SAT
urd. y morning a rain came which lasted two hours; twas accom-
panied With much lightning and thunder. The air had previous
ly been hot and dry, and exceedingly oppressive. We learn that
considerable rain fell also at Dayton, although at Hamilton, which
lies a1oui midway between this city and Dayton, We learn
that nalr or no rain fell; Yesterday morning We had anoth-
qu'nti,y q raiu S which iss f. inase sl, i"Sn .he la .aG iO GsS. snsas no nns
has sheen quite considerable, although we III We not been able 10 A.,
certain With any degree Of precision how far the rain has extend.
ed. Mach good viii result to the vegetation in this vicinity from
II, as the earth had become as parehed and arid as a desert and
vegetation had wiii.d and withered in incinnGfi
GGSette, dug. IS.