Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-05-04
CITY AND STATE NEWS.

Richard Lambert was found guilty, in the second DE-
gree of the murder of Humphrey, slave Of b. {;
togn and his punishment fixed at five years conin'
mrnt in the Pcnitentary.
The Court was Yesterday engaged with III" trial {
Robert Bennett, charged with obtaining money III
der fals,. pretcuces from Mr. Stephen \. Davis Til
iury in the case bciug unable tn agree" were place
IN charge Of the Sheriff until the Injecting OF tn
Court to-day.
Mayor MAYO.-The Mayor, we are glad to learI
is steadily recovering from his wounds, received by
TAIL from hi. buggy on Friday evening last
r. N, T.. HusrER, E,a.-This gentleman ne
dressed a public meeting at Norfolk. on Wcdnesda
evening Inst. and will address the Democratic a:
,ociation IT Fredericksburg this evening the 4lh
May.
THE WEArHER.-After n long season OF Dir
weather. We were yesterday favored with indication
If n change. All day the clouds were dark md low
crime nnl occasionally gave us a hight sprinkle
Tbcr. is general wish that the signs may not prov
t,,.ni;yc The wheat oats and other crops OF th
farmer. have been suffering, and vegetation oi al
tinJs has been greatly retarded by the dry scason
I rnuI rain at this time would prove OF incalcu!nbl
benefit 10 the country
TINS WHr,r CROP ~ RAPpAHASSocK.-Th'
fredericksburg Recorder has been informed by NJ
;n,.l,rpt fnrmer in RGppnhannock county, that tn,
W:hruf wn. never more promising than at present
auI that the prospects arc quito favorable Tor III abu
daut yield.
W,,y,r CR.P.-Wr arc pleased to learn from liz
s'.yuuIra Gazette that the wheat III IN" NeIhO"f
h,l Of TINT city is looking very wr-especiHlly OIL
lauI where su;.no Las been used.
Cus,ors CAsr or CorrRi.nr.--Aliss Rnnhlry, Il
Norfolk Va. the young lady whose escape tF"i'i f-h
mtt-bury Nd created som" sensation lev months
a.;", publishes card STATING lnat 'ie na'
the nn,crial Tor Il book upon the subject II her eS
ca,c but that somebody else has go: hoia ~ ne pa
per. md secured the copyTigh; III New "fk cry
aud that in co!rclgrncc she has Instituted sun I"
recoyrrit Ii appcars she gave her documents, lct'
tiers and papers Ia Il man 10 arrange ana IG"-' an!
that he, as she alleges. has iu~,Ly Withheld 'hcii
from her. aud is about To publish them himself.
GoLD.-rraccs Of gold having been discovered n
the arm OF DR.. X. Il. Alexander il Alexandria conf
~ near The old Cotton Factory. measures have been
taken fora further search AMI lu! c1Gini alton.
TriHurr or RrspECr.--On Wednesday afternoon,
the door OF one oi the first hu,ncs, houses IN Peters
burg was closed md craped, through cct To- Ed
munG old negro porter OF tho house, who died III
III service.
IHE lIoTrL THiEr.-1hc thief who was latcy i'd
yrr,.4erl as having stolen property i'll Cha'lrs'own
and escaped from there has trnei oIt he the same
Crawford alias this that and The other, wl!" ran oil
from hotel in Alexandria without puyIng hIs board
wa arrested in Prince William and broke jni there.
Il- history il singular one, AMI he must be nm adept
in hs VOCATION.
CurERISo.--A correspondent OF the Washington
Unon, writing from Wheeling April 26, says: What
ever NAV be sail n the contrary believe Wise will
b. elected; and if the rest ot the State and all Inc
ether districts do u well Gs this one, hc viii have
about iD,UD majority. ! believe his majority VIII De
,OIu in tho Wheeling district. His prospects are, in
M estimation, improving here every day.
VIRGIyIAss Al WEST poINr.-A list Of the ne"
Cadets appointed to Wee, Point for the present year
has been published. There are only two Nirsnans
Abel y. Scott, und Robt. II. Gicns.
FRrpEKicK CouxrY.-Thc Winchester Nirg iniai
says:-"The county court or Frederick, on Monday
lnst rejected by the decided vote of II tn D. motion
to rcfts. censes for tn, sale OF liquor This blow n
The prohihitory system the authorities ct the town arr
understood to design c"unterbalancln% IN the!r way
bv imposing tiny at sl,lDO on rm'h license ~ Tho
kind. The results 81 this experiment We shall ,ulr
chronicle.
Hin TO BAiL.-Cha-. y arundlc, OF Fairfax
county has been held t" bail in $2GGo, to take hi-
ria! in Richmond, OH acharec OF prcscntiio forged
paper ~ PERSON case,
ArPUIyrMrNT.-Thos. j. MGssir, Of Virginia, has
been appointed third class clerk in the olliro 4 the
SIKH! Auditor OF tho Treasury, vice ). York Alice,
FIRr..-Rytcn-irc fire. have recently prevailed
in the woods in Patrick nnd Pemdlcou counties,
Va
yInaiHIA SALT SrRIHGs.--llunt's Merchants
MAGAZINE says i; Is indebted to correspondent, mn
intelligent and iudeia.igah, gHcreI Of tacts con-
urrlr,I with alIrOnt every mHtrllHl, commercial and
industrial interest in the United Sntcs, Tor the sub
Joined account q" the ercnt Suit Mines III the noun.
tlip- Of Virginia
1nr state uf Virginia i. moving in the great work
@: u-rua! improvement, and il making II rail r"mI
that will reach the great sui. mines ri III mountains,
hl IN few wears that salt will be- distributed ever
the whole at the Eastern Siutc-i- superior quality
will insure lor il ready sale everywhere for II l. bet
ter worth one dollar per bshcl for tabc than any
uthe. -a!t that ever came 10 our market is worth
Twenty-Five cents il l. pure chloride OF sodium ana
will remain dry IL -Four III any latitude from the
equator Ia the pole.
] l.lS great SAT- inInc IL III u trough TWO
mountains, 1T al elevation q! ! -? feet above the
,vr Of the Sea, and near the water u the north fork
at Iolstou river, tributary OF the river in Tennessee
and near the rivers uf the States Ui Kentucky. Ten
nessrc and North ChrolIna where these border on a
southwestern point Of the State vi Virginia.
The fossil sdlt lies HUJGt .2D feet teioa the 5uruGe
81 the grouLd aud is ncased M vas! deposit o! syp
sum.
About two years since two boxes Of geological ape
cirnr~ sent 10 the from these mines and from
the surrounding country. IN r"packng these mt"
other k:Yrs some pieces of fossil put ~ q box
with sp"cnrE- ui ron G:u lrgm the goat non ore
beds q, Northern New York, and remained in thu;
connection until the present ycar. On beng opened
the spr.miHs were all IN good order, the salt n"
having in the least c0rroded the rO or produced any
rust
have no doubt that this deposit Of snt resulted
from volcanic notion New River the head of one nf
the tributaries oi thn great kanawha River, II near
this salt mine. and Is undoubtedly the source III the
saline supplies of tho deep wells of the kanuwhu but
in lis course thither it undcrgocs change, and when
raed from the deep wells, is found there To contnin
urInlur in great abundance.
The EaEHsna se,aeg cr2 aUl4ug IT," wonder. Of
ir world the SHIT water comes from t. depth ~ 2iU
ret, an, il cold northern blast IN wintcrthis
exploding the theory ttut the heat inrGras,:- i'll thu.
earth everywhere, Us progress il made dumuwards.
The gas which is l-silrd from thes" deep well IN
abundance i, sufficient io illuminate the entire North
e!n Hemisphere, and rises with force that il auiii-
ricn 10 throw cannon bull CGusiIe!ab!" distance.
In III" cNcay Gtons mnir i'll tie nci%hbo.hHOd >.
the salt mines Of Virginia. the bones OF the 5"hnmrth
Gre found, oil indicating large rs The hall ot g
ship al the line.
Thav- doubt the table salt oil our market Will,
III three yeara br supplied by the Nirgnn snl; mn"-
AM even now, oar grocrrs CRnnO! do better than I"
send {" the ,at mines in Virgins ipr pare table salt
Tor the supply {" their customers ssh" w%Ht good ar
tirr.
MASS MEETING IL CUMBERLAND.
The Democracy "i the Fork OF villa, Cnmh"r
land. viii hull II mass meeting al ihr FORK Church.
-. tie ."cond SatGr,u" III ,m' IN; c'.GntE i"',i'-