Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-05-09
r,,rx AND STATE NEWS.

K,;,sl,, VII, urrairuc,l before the Mayor !eS'e'u"!'
ch,r.scd viii, stealing Il cow from MIR. AicH""'''
Kerr vh, resides IN the corner Of Third ana Lc'1"
streets. KNIGHT sold the COW tn Mrssrs. l'""''S ""u
SNYDER, butchers Mt the Old Market, VIII" eSp'S'" ''
meat for snle Mt their stall. Mr.. ELLIS; rHIh - ia mI
market, inilin. to obtain a view al Inc "''. w.: ;"u ,.rs
of the beef, (as I'M ordinance requires susInet"T u -,
aroused when Mcssrs. b.. n ). stated ''l"t tnm7 n
whom they had bought the heel li"u n,I ihc b;l,.
outside appcndagcs. Search WIZ iin'e - =, .l,,,,,h-
found in the bottom of Il well, Icnr Hns"ri : '" -"
ter Lnusc. kn;rI,t WINS sent f., mil, 10 he held i"r tx
animation before the Hastings Court, anu ~. Lo.
recognized in the sum of $NW for MS "Fp' 49, n,or
fore the same tribunal. Ii guilty we holm ,yiII ho
eft penalty known to the laws III sucH .an,nn,:,u
awarded to al engaged in tins ihla'""'
FATAL ACCIDENT.-Anlrcw Barrett I" ",' ,
of the county Mayo, Ireland, WAS i'''"""! N"'"
at Wheeling. ul Friday last, while rls'.e' IL u,
crank upon Il derrick truck, upon wirn "' !"
another man, were raising Il stone "c'4"'"I ""
one ton. The great weight Of the stone ups. .MV L W.
rick and truck, and barrett was carried n'"'I ~. . ''nii
over the wull, Il height OF III least II" 'cc'' 90" - wv
was horribly fractured.
HCSTINGS COURT.-Thc regular m"n'''! Ir'h
of the lIuslings Court commenced YESTERDAY Nc"'
Il slave of Mr.. John johnson, was ordered ~ stripes
f,r stnbbius II slave ut the tnll-llnnsc, on Mny"S
bridge.
AN APpEAL.-We understand that the c"ntSei
for VIM. a.. Powell, convicted ut the laSt 't"'''"
term of the Circuit Court for forgery, have rc'c''f"
permission to take the case up t" the .ou' "r-
penls, un II hill of exceptions.
AFAMlLY WORK. luLy has called Our alien
ton to '.TiIc Mothers journal and Family tiSi''til''
published monthly in Philadelphia, AMI editrl by
Mrs. MARY G.. CLARKE. 1t is n work with when II"
,,ul,t mnnv of our readers are familiar, the 18th VOL
uuc being now in IL course of publications., nnd IL
"Fanily Nisitaml'' whicl, has uniformly enjoyed n
high reputation. We have no hesitation IN cordially
Recommending il To favorable considerations. II Is
designed. us lis title indicates, particularly Tor tlr III
structinil aml entertainment al mothers, daughters
and sons, while il embraces much nj the useful and
Interesting for PERSONS in every department Of life
Ii il neatly printed, in pnmpllrt form. nj thcl"w rrlc"
of :! per nMiIuln--MtsSrS. liurru!d ~ Murray, are
the Agents in Richmond.
FEDERAL COURT.-Thc Grand Jury Of
the Federal Court, now in session nj Staun-
ton. found Il true bill against John w. Mccks,
Il bow, for stealing letters from the mail, Of
which he WAS the carrier, and also Il true bill
against Whitmore. ut Mount Meridian, for opening
letters passing through the mail. The Judge fixed
the bail of Mrcks ut 81 ono. Mr.. Whilm":cs bail
WIS fixed M SWU. Hc llnrlh'T = retry sui hH i"t
taken upon account "f the presence Of the Hon. j..
NJ. Nilsson, one OF the counsel of the | mitr'i States III
the case. Ii hrimg necessary 10 have II survey OF the
lands involved, by the United States, the Judge mp
uoiutcd A.. ID. Trottcr, Surveyor of Augusta county,
Ia execute the work. Mcs-rs. Miclir and Stuart
spoke very highly OF Mr. Tru,tcrs qualiiraiio ions for
the duty assigned him.
SOUTH-SIDE RAIL ROAD.-Tlic Petersburg
Intclliccnccr learns from the President of this road
-, -. a.. L.. Jv,,ozJ,,I -, .xt,m;,n ,ri1 rnuDl, Pms.
MEET Station, ten miles beyond Farnvillc; and that III
two weeks i, will he finished to P~mnplin'a, ten mills
further-making the whole distance thci! completed
between Petersburg and the latter place about az
miles. pamplin's is only about % miles this side al
Lyuclburg, and when the trains RIM la that point the
trip between Petersburg AMI Lyncllbnrs will be east
ly performed in n day. The entire roa'l, II is HOW b"
licvrd, will be completed by the first OF June.
LYNCIBURG AND TENNESSEE RAIL ROAD.
The Petersburg Express states that this rond will be
completed To New River by june, AMI every nerve
will he strained to reach Wythcville by the first oi
September, 80 ns to secure the fall trade. Double
forces have been placed on all the most difficult points,
and hands are already nj work bedding the Ties
through Wythc county; =" thai in all human plr"6a-
liliiy, the road will hc completed {" W ytlrrIlr by
the lst Of June.
FATAL ACClDENT.-About q O'Clock Saturday
afternoon, n small rolor"d boy mined Benjamin Page,
about eleven years Of nge, wns instantly killed in the
warehouse Of M,srrs. John n. Gordon Il Son, corner
Main amd ith streets, by falling through the hatch
way of the warehouse.
ROCKINGHAM CATTLE.-Elcvrn steers were
sold Inst week by Mr.. Daniel Birrly of Rockingham,
10 John Bowman, Jr.. SSl4, beings per hcnd. Mr..
Bierly raised these fine cattle, on li- farm, near IIar-
risonburg. The Register states that Mr.. Bicrly is one
of the few men in the county win" understand
the true policy i'll the management Of his farm. His
i. ~ little farm well t~illrd'-nnd he nlwnvs has, ~ n
consequence, IN little barn well fllrrl." We venture
IL assert TINT he makes more per mere, per niiniiii.
FROM his farm, tllnn il made upnn the same extent of
snl hy any other inrmer in the county, notwitlIstard-
inr his land il not better naturally, than tile mass Of
lands i'll the county.
BROKE JAIL.-Somc time during Tuesday night
last, n white man named James Henry Beach, who
had been confined in the Jail Of Fnirfnx county for
some time past. on n charge Of felnninusly cutting ar
stnbbinn n Mr.. Klingscalc.. made his cscnpcin n man.
nor somewhat mysterious. On Wednesday morning
II was discovered that the door Of the ial WINS open.
while the key WINS safely locked up in Mr., P.'S sleep
ing apartment. Ii is very generally believed mat
..outsidc assistance was rendered the flown bird, brt
nv whom is not known. a negro man, the property
of a. S. Grigsby, E@l, made his escape mt the same
time.
NATHANIEL S. pRICE.-This gentleman, who
was killed in Ripley, Jackson county, Mississippi, in n
rcncnuntcr n few days aco, was born i'll Prince Ed
warl county, Virginia, on the 18Th of March, lSE3-
His success Mt the bar was surpassed ny few or none.
In the summer of 1876, when in his I'D year, he re-
moved to Pulaski, Gile. county, Tennessee. But
though he left his mother State, Virginia, he never
ceased to love her with That tlial affection which l.
the essence Of patriotism. In Pnlnskl he remained
about two ycnr.. conducting the Male Academy OF
the place, urquitting himself in TINT POSITION ~ III
every other in which he whs sllhsc1nehll! Fi!hcc'l'
wifi, arlnr, ability, and sncccss; nnd attracting Ia
himsclffriends whose attachment increased with Years,
While there he studied thoroughly tlc science ni the
law. Thence, in the year 1879, hercm"vrd Ia Ripley,
Mississippi then in its earliest infancy, and commenced
the practice Of the law.
FOUND DEAD.-Wc learn, snys the Norfolk
News, that Can't. Fivcnsl,, n vc!eran pil". "f this port,
wu. found dead, n few days since, III the n"iShh"r-
hood Of the Grove on james river. II has been ns'
]crrtaincl that he left abont n week since III rinr@r "i
Il vcsscl bound Ia City Point, and was pht asi'"rf III
the Grove hy hi. own request inr me lmnr"I, ,h :" W.
turning on ionrl the Augusta. 1t is supposed ilIni ne
. was seized with a~slrllcn Illness, and unable To "D'HIN
assistance, thus died in solitude ami agony.
TIE ECLJpSE.-Thr solar eclipse On the 10th III
stani, comes of in the olf,rm"on of that day, n'ni moi
in the forenoon, as inadvertently stated by the B"s'
ton .Iomr"nl. So the people r"n sleep their mp ont
ON the morning Of that dav, ~ usual. The American
Almanac says:
This eclipse will be visible throughout the whole Of
S,rtI, America. tlrc northern rart Of Snntll America.
the northeastern part of Asia, and the extreme north
I western part "f Europe.
, MOVEMENT TO TAKE Up TIE NEBRASKA
BILL.
WASHINGTON, May An effort :" take up the
{ Nebraska hill will be made in the iin''se OF itrprc'
scntativcs this week, by temporarily dlsl"slls OF tn,
/. preceding business on the docket. The opponents m
i. the measure threaten that il the regular business /,
neglected to reach the bin, they will oppose Hever"'
:. important bills when they come mp aud throw M
, responsibility of their failure untlc lrscrs OF me Ne
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