Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-12-22
CITY AND STATE NEWS.

81 on Monday for passing counterfeit go notes, on
be Merchants Bank of I.vrchburg, wsre Yesterday
,ramined before the MAYOR. Humphrey and Man
chester were r'maud-i for rAsnna'jon be'u.G
th" Hastings Court. Whitman wrs detained !o-
further examination before 'ln Mnvor. he Lad
offered two ri the uni.c, bat hal n"; succeeded
in passing any. Humphrey and Whitman, we
lrnrn, have been Employed the LyuclbuTG
and Tennessee Rail Road. in roms unlmportsu!
duties, and Manchester has been vcntcr Of maps III
Virginia Gil-on, supposed 10 BE- The principal OF tho
party purchased u ticket on Monday morning. nj :te
Dunvillc depot, in ths city, for Ly""hhurC TO which
place dispatches for his arrest semitic same DAY,
bu, up to last evening no Lai Leen returned.
DIscHARGEp.-Amos Gorre!, Postmaster nr fc-
bfon Peasants county. Va. whose examination took
place ut Wheeling, few days a~o, on charge OF
mail robbery before Magistrates C1uIt, was Dis
Charged the only evidence against him being tina: Gf
Cova who is now in prison ppnn similar Charge
The evidence dcc.Icd Insufficient 10 justify
commitment.
POPLAR EDCcArIos.-Tho Hnrri.onbrr- Regis
ter states that during the year, ending Sop;cmbc.
Both, the school commissioners OF Rockingham
- expended TWO thousand and seventy dollars 10 the
oducntion Of inLigent children. One thousand mil
twenty-five children attend one hundred Grd az
schools, =ay- the Register.
LyscHgUR6 AND TESstssEI RAIL Ro,D.-Thc
cars the Virginia smL Tennessee Rail Ron,. nrc
running regularly to Wythevillc l36 miles above
Lynchburg. The hrst passenger train Went up 20
that point last Wednesday. on which occasion, :hu
Lyuchburg Virgininn states. il wns welcomed w .
delighted a..enbiage oi perhaps more than "o EuG-
ircd persons, one-l!all of whom were the !oYc!i
laus shtars Of Wythe The gallant Chief Engineer q:
the road having beer fortunately present. these later
were M; allowed by him 10 retire without pnrtiC.-
nntiDn the nI tI,I-
led between The East aud the West. They wrr" po-
oly invited bouri tl.e train and given delightful
ride Of 8 miles.
TKaSs.ALLrGHANY BA>X.--Thc las: LeCsbu:s
Wn.hnstoniau contains tie following letter from the
Cashi"r Of the Trans.,!lcsheny Bank, addressed 70
! Me-srs j. c. Sl"n-burner Il Bro. "f L"vertsvi!e:
TRAS.-AILEGHA>Y BANK,
EsJ;rsonr,iiS, Nov. ~, 1885,.
G"nilensn:-Yours OF the 18th inst. IL 10 hand. Al!
eay in reply 10 your letter If, that we have never
failed Ia redeem our i.,.- for ns;an. We ore, a.
| we believe upon Il sound ha-s. and hope 10 DC aUc
| 10 rndeem AL TIA. may be presented. There are,
however, great many rumors n1d considerable spec
ulatons through the coHriry,i relation u this Ba"ki
bu! we hop" 10 bs able 10 restore confidence no"itA-
standing tho many hard licks we receive from mary
quarters. Very i.u!: :, Your obcd:eut servant.
I. II. GILLESPIE, Cashier
TRAys.ALLroHAsI Notes.-The Jcfersonyil',
Ta1ewel county Advocate, published at the locality
Of the Tran.-AllegEsny Bank, explains the rrGn2"r IL
which two slOO notes Of that bant 90; into circln
ton without the proper signatures attached thereto
One luumbor-d 1900 ruroirsd, n- heretofore
stated, and WAS not counrEsoncc by the treasurer.
registered in the Ircasurrr- "hce, nor on tho
gister OF the bnhk. The Other nnte numbered pa
!eacd 10 be in circulation without the IreRsur5rs
ntn,- affixed thereto tnG Cashier speaks OF ~ fol-
love-. This pute (1J1i is AL right. II is on the
esier Of the bank, aud -hoad have the Trea
,urcr's name and Il gentleman just irUu. Richmond,
who has hni conversation with the Trcnsurer
on the subject, informs us, that that officer Gays
the thing and suppose, What ID nlt"cc,h". lea
-onabl", that in the PROCESS u airiug his signature
to large mmbcr OF ro:Cs, hc may have acc:t.tai.y
,lss.L over this No. 2'. IT II returned 10 him. h.
he will no doubt, give i, the proper "cla ton
! Meanwhile say- the Adv"chtcl the Trans ghanr
Bank Stems 10 pursue the ev" tenor ot It's way. Il
has paid all cala 80 ,r AMI ha we can only recrG;"
our invita- ~ nf subscribers ~ arrears, -
pay us in Iranr.Al AlIeshsny prpsr which We will take
at par, ond "a any amount until the appointint"t q!
Commissioner OF Bnnks il nad' rs limited at above
what We may 90 under the illumination nl 80 bri-G
| ! sun, We cannot now unl'rtake ;o ?rtiict.
| GosroRr Navy YARn.-rhcrc are now about i,jtO
mon employed in this yard. The Norfolk Beacon
states that tho work on the two trgatcs.
Roanoke and Colorado, "a pcvgre-sins rapidly the
sloop OF war Constellation is nearly rugged; the fri
gato Potomac will b. ready for service Gnd tho
Rar!tan il in the dock undergoing repairs. The ire
mendous frame Of the ship oi rhc line New York IS
It'll in The ship house, aud la, ten there abor: 50
| years.
| SisouLAK AND FATAL ACcIoyST.-The Rocking.
ham Register states, that Adam Louch OF PcnGlcton
county, residing near Ma!o~'s Mil, loft his house \
few iays ago, aud c.c,! i: store in order par
chas. some articles; ar,ony nth-rs he bough, Cn
and placed il in his sie pucke underneath hi: over.
coat. He l.it tho store aui returned hnmeward. A.
ter having travelled two mics hc came IN sight
ot his home. when bo dism"unted, complaining
very much ot pain in HIS sde. His wic sa"
his nianner aud cHine 10 his assistance mue.'
alarmed H.. end-avnr,- to inlay her excite.
ment by telling her il onlv return " his
old complaint ,-"the stitch III the side" After rcact.
ins his home, his discovered blood npou hls IL
ther's pantalnOM-. On examination il was dIsC"vcl.
ell that tho hni cut entirely through the abdomen,
and penetrated the Intestines: Medical aid was i'm
n!ediaely called III, but all efforts that skill! nn"
science could effect were unnvany. After hng"r!-
in grca, agony for two dnyr he expired. Mr. LoU-,I
was man OF exemplary character GGt department,
and leaves behind him hrsr,-=:.i,k,n widow, ond
four n!herless children.
DR. TnoNpsoS.-The cirizcns Of Grecnbricr
ty, Va, held meeting few days ago in rc!a.
,ion to the acquittal of DR.. Thompson charged with
. killing Miss Phar. and adopted The following rescC
tions Resolved, That il will 10 IN. stern duty ~
any community in;n which DR.. 1hompson shoUii
come, TO Immediately lynch him Rr-olved, That II
he comes here, We, the people OF Grcenbrier. W.!
lyuch him.
We give ths above a matter Of news, withhold
ing our approval Of the proceedings recommended b.
tbs meeting in Greonbrier.
ElGH1i, OF JAxr,RY CoSvEs1IoS.--At mec:iT;
Of the soldier. who --ved in the war of 1872 at Ap.
pornat,ox Court Honse OF tie 9Th Of December 1851,
! a.. 4, n.l lar.
unry Conventions James Shen!,r George Steele, Jas.
Calhoun Capt. Spencer Gillian, 1hos. K. Peer, Gp-
Yer Harvey. Jacob Tibb.. William shearer, Capt. 4.
| H Baker Capt. Wilson Hx. Wm. T. Pankey, Ben.
! Abbi.t William rar-, Maj. Wyau AHbu, CGp'. :.
4. North. and the Hon Tho-. 5. Bccock.
CurRcn MArrrns.--Wc Learn from the Spectator
that the Rev. Prot. Wilson, OF IIanpden Sidney Col!
loge was unaninourly elected pastor OF the Prcs5y
tcr;nn Church in S,lunnE, To supply the vacancy
c.-Gncd by the resignation Of the Kew Is. VI. >m!'hr
sho WIS rcccu;r sppoin'I I" iroithsorsh!p III no
PRESBYTERIAN Theological ocn!nary, IN Prince e.
ward.
The ceremony OF constituting new Baptist Church
took plnre at Market street Church, Petersburg,
Thursday night. Alter an eloquent mud forciLlc ser
mon from Rev. Mr. Burroughs, fron the G:h vcrse
cf the 18th chapter Of the Acts Of Apc.::ts Rev j.
y. J-er delivered the charge 10 the members" Gld inn
Rev. Mr. Manly charged the peh''r. who VII 'afL
c..ii:rol OF the crngrrgaton. Rev Mr. Skinner,
hefsrs. D. Ellyson and j. j. Cooper were orca'n9t
Lcacons.
MASrracTuRI OF LocoaorIvf:.--Therc are IN th1
United States, forty establishment. for the manu!cc
ture of Locomotives, five Of which Are in the State OF
Virginia I. is gratifying 10 know ha, our own stnto
:, so largely engaged in this imporsnt business ami
that hor shops turn our Locomotives eqrG il every
respect TO those msdo any where else. These f'r'r
shops are capable OF manufacturing annually i2VJ
Engines, tiln aggregate rnLe Of Lch 10 '.5Cut ten
mil!:ons of dollars. Ihev empty noar!y ten ihoG