Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-03-02
err, AND STATE NEWS.


7'HE SEi:"-.-ias -4!.LluL,s l:.rrm u. tha, Win
Ter took it, ~!~?art,-t ~ "wednesday last, Glrl t':-
! Yesterday Sprln.t a:..is il. appearance. without IN
information thus Dbt4:r..l, Sc .!i.ui; not have mad
the discovery; for YESTERDAY tic Thermometer mus
| have been, we imssine ,. little hslow mo freezing
point the entire las. Tired d No arn uf cold. IN.
Winter Of our discouient j. not .et Ger, lei the Al
InanGcs say what they may.
PnI>uHlSG 4 r. nIIY.-Marrha, Il c0lorrd woman
bclon.in. 10 Mr.. VI. W. MiclIauI, and hired {" Mr
John TnIIcv. residing On Marshall street, between
10Th and l.. iii streets. was before tie Mayor yesterday
charged with poisoning the family ot Mr.. T., on Wed
~nrslav, bv putting some poisonous substance in tea
which she had prepared for breakfast. After u par
tial examination, the Mayor postponed Il further III
vcstisa,on Of the casc until next week. There are
some strong grounds Of suspicion against the accused
but Us she denies her guilt. and the tea wns thrown
out I'll the vessel in which il was made before sllspi'
clon was aroused, i; may he difficult Ia establish the
facts Of the poisoning. After the family had been t"
breakfast, several ui the members were taken alarm
luglv III, aud DR.. Conway was sent for. immediately
upon !ns arrival, the Doctor discovered that the
symptoms exhibited by the patients, were those OF
persons having taken poison. The proper medical
aid was rendered, and all, except Mrs.. Tullcy, aud
one OF the younger children, are DONG well.
CRY CoryCIL.-At Il cullel meeting Of the City
Council, on Wednesday evening lasr, Il communica-
ton was received from the Executive Of the State
Agricultural Society, stating that they had appointed
Mta.rs. Lewis E.. Harvie and Thomas I. Giles, ns a
committee to confer with the Council upon the mr..
ramgement of the Fair Grounds. The President ap-
pointed Mcssrs. Anderson, Grant and Ilaskins, H. the
committee On the part OF The Council, 10 confer with
the committee Of the Society. An ordinance WAS in
,roduced from the Finance Committee, but not finally
acted ON, providing for the payment of the city debt,
,sntniu Y Itt.. l1t.r..f lz lF - 1Il,H ,S.
RAIL ROAD AcCIDEST.-Ihc engine belonging I"
the passenger cars Of the Virginia Central Rail Road,
VII. run III the track Il lew rods West If the depot
at S:aunfon oil Saturday morning las, ani with the
tender attached. waa prccipitatcd down m cmbank
lncnt OF about ~ feet. The tender WAS greatly III
jurcd, bur The engine only slightly. tn" engineer
who jumped of is unhurt, but made n narrow ,scnpo.
The accident wa- caused by II fireman unHcqnaln,"d
with the management Of HI engine attempting 10
bring ont the locomotive intended tor the passenger
tram.
A Loan OPERATIONS FOR rHF CITY OF WHEEL
ING.-The city Of Wheeling, Va, has lust issued S25r,-
GOO al bonds bearing interest ut t per cent, payable IN
New York in ls7I-the object u which is, first TO
pay OFT Il loan of 500, 600, negotiated ~ vcnrs ago,
with Mcssrs. Rothschild, which loan tn,l- due the lst
OF March, HnI will be paid by the OHIO Trust Com
paiy; md, secondly, to fund the tna,iuc debt uitIc
city. 10 pay the interest on the above loan the city
has .g:!"i Il special tux Of Sl5.DU0a yenr, aud the rev.
emu" from the wnnrfcs 81 the city are plnred month
y III the hands ri commissioners I! form q sinking
fund Tor the ultimate redemption Of the principal.
tIHF.-The storchousc and its contents, together
with the adjoining dwelling of the widow Of the late
Joseph Moore, on the Narional Road, three miles east
Of Wheeling, wero consumed by ii. on Friday night.
The loss Of Mrs. Moore Is estimated at s2,jcc.
SUDDEN DIATH OF a NIKGiHIA:.-A melarcbci!
o:cg::rcnc" took place AT one Of the government de-
pnrtmcu!s i'll Washington, on Jycllcsidy. ~. Saml
s. Within, Of Fairfax county, Va, who la. for scve-
raj wears been Il clerk in tie third Auditors oihcc,
Tell dead Immediately on signing the pny roll Tor his
months salary. Verdict, visitation Of God.
y CAsDioATE FoR CoNGRrss.-Jas. N. II. Bealc
Esq formerly 4 rsprescnt"tiye in Congress, M
nources himself n candidat: tyr u scal ~ the sane
body, from the counties composing tho Eleventh Con-
grcs-ionnl district OF Virgins. now represented by {.
5. Lewis, Esq. Mr.. b. say. he does not belong tothc
Know-Notljng pmrty, but declares that "thc new par
" announce sentiments that he ent"i tanned long be-
mrc ,.e c.cr heard OF it," He nlso expresses an 'arer-
sion' 10 nominating 1JureE,l,E-.