Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-07-17
CITY AND STATE NEws


CEyTRAL RAIL RoiD SroCK.-Iu our tnbI. ., :,
q price Of stocks published yesterday, Virginia Cam. ~
Rail Road stock was put down ct S35. This wa, .n
Q error of the types. The last sales oi the stock Of tho
II road was made at auction, at Sl2.
W,RRryroS SPRIyGs.-We are reou,s,.d h, :,
I. proprietor of the Fauquier White Sulphur SDr,nr'
1 ncur WarrcUicn. Virginia. 10 say that the s:aiens,,
u III The baltimore Sun, purportins to be from the +,
n ,etsburg ITtciisencer. that those Springs had bees,
: closed for the season, IN consequence OF smgl! Dor !,
the nciyhbnrl!Uod, is aJabrlcdttOn, without O shad,w
. of foundation, the invention probably of mal!cc, IN.
posed on the editors 10 crafty private revenge. The
tenant regards The prospects vi the Springs " rcyer
better tor II good season.
The Editor of the Alexandria Gazette, in speskin,
Of the Misrepresentation above alluded 70, SAWS tia,
he lius heard OF no smallpox in Fauquier county, AN;
Ina; the Springs are open, with n company rapidly
increasing and every body in good health.
IMPORTANT MovE.-At Iisaanual meeting Of ,hs
Stockholders of the Norfolk and Petersburg railroad
held recently, the following resolution was uasn!nous.
ly adopted
Resolved, That the President and Directors OF tho
Company be and they are hereby Instructed 20 petition
the Legislature of Virginia, tor the pasSageot IN act to
provide tor an ex;cEsIon OF The Norfolk and Peters.
burg Railroad from Petersburg 10 Charlottesville
aud the construction OF II road from some conveniea!
point oil the extension 10 Richmond, and for q State
subscription u the same.
DfSTEESSIN6 "a tIJ
Dispatch writing frVm King William, states tina, on
Monday evening last, Mr.. JoHS L. SrEvLHs OF that
county committed suicide by shooting h!niSei'. lie
Ind been, for several weeks previous 10 his death, Ia.
boring under mental deraDgcmen!, from some imag
nary cuuse, which induced him to commit Suicide
Mr.. :. was IN amia5le aud highly respectable genils
man. He leaves Il wife and three interesting lirid
daughters. who have the general sympathy, III their
bereavement.
An innucst. held upon the body OF the Diseased,
rendered. a verdict in accordance with the tacts.
UrsrlHos CouRr.-Tle liustin2s Court assembled
ON Thursday in the State Court House.
In the case ui the Commonwealth against William
Warner. for m!sdcmeanOr, a n0H p'OStqul was en-.
tered by the attorney Tor the commonwealth, "i'h
the advice Of the Court.
The CASE Of the Commonwealth against Jefferson
Roerrs-appcal from the Judgement Of the Mayor
was continued until the mex, term.
Theiury failed To agree in the case OF George Hub
bard, charged with receiving stolen goods; and GU
motion of Tie Commonwealth = attorney, anoHe 31os-
cyu wa. entered in all four cases on payment Of costs.
Civil business occupied the remainder OF the day.
Tur CRoPs.-The Williamsburg Gazette says that
the wheu, crop in that vicinity owing to n sewers
| drought at the time OF seeding, and d freeze during
the winter, has fallen short OF the usual yield, a.
though the quality Is excellent Inc .olh crop IS
back ward, but promises to be a good one. The re-
cent rains have redered the Oats crop the best the
farmers have had in tlIat Locality for years.
COPPER ORE.-Th editor Of the Petersburg In.
tcllircnccr, has received from Robert Bowden, Esq,
OF Goochland, n very tine specimen OF the Copper
Ore found on his plantation. The bed OF this ore Is
said 10 hc very extensive, ana lies SO near the su!'
face u 10 be easily worked.
VIRGINIA SrocK.-Salcs OF q 900 Virginia 6s at
tie New York Stock Exchange, on Wednesday, az
IS 81 n decline of IL. On Tuesday, $1,000 Virgil
MIA and Tennessee X. K. second mortgage bonds sold
ut -.
The last quotations in tho London market arc-Vir.
GINA 5 per cen; Iionds, ISSS, So l-2sS1 l-2i Virginia
i per cent Bonds, 1856, s9a9l.
BAXK OF CoMMERcE.-Thc Bank of Commerce at
Fredericksburg hHs declared a dividend of IL per
cent for tie lust six mon;lIs-3l- ii payable TO STOCK
holders.
scmi.anGual dividend OF D! per cent payable to
the stockholders and the Bank OF Winchester 4
semi.aunuGl dividend Of per cent.
SITE FOR Public BUILDINGS ~ PErERSBCRG.-
| The lot belonging 10 DR.. Jones, situated AZ tue cor.
Of rabb and Union streets, las been selected as the site
upon which 10 erect suitable buildings Tor Il Custom
iiou-. and Post-o.iiCc Tor the City OF Petersburg,
tpr which purpose appropriations were made by the
last CuugGcN..-The lntrlligencer says The cite 10
in Il central location, aud t. better selection could
hardly have bccm made.
DRowSEp.-Au unknown nan wns found drowned
near Purkersburg, Va, Inst Thursday: Tn hs per,
sou was n letter beginning " Dear Husband, anu
signed by Eliza VI. ID. Kay.
FoWrcSArE.-The charlottesville Jct!c.sonian says
that in addition To Mr.. Holidays beng excited 10
The Board of Public Works, he has come mo posses.
sion Of $50 oOU, bequeaiEed HIM. II also learnt that
SD, 600 has fallen into the hands OF Hon. h. a.
Wise by Il similar process.
ADDICTION TRIAL.-lssac Piper, late a slave Of tie
Hon. Charles j. Faulkner, who was arrested OF sus.
picion Of having aided in the abduction Of NJ.
Fuuikncr's slaves in June, was tried by the Cour; On
Monday last, aud found guilty, and sentenced Ia ten
lnshaS and 10 give bonds to the aRuun, OF 81 500 for
his future good behavior.
TUE TuMATo.-T. jefferson Randolph, in An I'd.
dress before the Agricultural Society OF Albemnra
county, Virginia, lately delivered. stated tina, MI.
Jefferson could rcco.icc, when the tomato was cu.ii.
waited IL an ornament 10 the flower gardens, called
love apple, ard deemed poisonous. II was raten by
but one individual, Il foreigner, whose prcuiiar con-
sli,utlOn, Or the formation Of whose stomach, was
supposed 10 rgs;st its dcictcrious effective refnen-
Der l-ays The New York Commercial Advertiser
very well when iona. love apples rs they
were called here also-were exposed for sale III small
quantities ut our markets and Were purchased almost
exclusively by Foreigners. We remember, too, that
We once asked i market woman how they were COOK
! ed, ard that she proiessed entire ignorance on 'e
| subject.