Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-09-18
CITY AND STATE NEWS,

FlRE.--The large brick building on the south si,,
of the Dock, lately used as Pianins Mil! wa A..
stroyed by fire last Friday night a,out /! o'clock.
DEATHS DoINGs.-Au,iing To- the d-tress.g
mortality in Norfolk, by which in some instance
whole families have been swept away, the New Inla
Express says:
In the cases Of the Norfolk Beacon office. M. ouI
the Printers Apprentices Reporters. y q. H.
about all, swept "f-but the Editors in ch"t. bot.
have followed, and are now in their graves
The of these E,.iinr---Mr. Cunningham anj
Mr.. Gatewood-wrre particularly narrowing. lhry
were we'll connected in Norfolk. hut bath single men,
and both curli have left, but their connections began
TO b- seized and they would mo; iy aa! desert ill.,
Mr.. Cunningham attended urom ani buried 8 ir',g
friend and relative in Mrs. Commander Bnrrrn.--in
her day Que of The most brilliant of the S"uthcrr
bellies NJ the BallstUn Spa Almost a'"nr, aud III tie
dead OF night. he buried her III III" Barron family
grave yard, ani subsequently her Gnught"r CCgt.
Sarke of the United States Marine Corps, relative
by narriagc,-and then his wifi. and her daughter
aud then near and dear cousin IN Mr. S;ark"s sJcr
all n whom he nurscd and cared for with the tender
est interest, and with whom he would rcnRr in spite
of the most earnest solicitations from relatives abroad
abandon the pestifrrois placc,-but while ur-l'.
the la-t OF ,iicn-,he fav0r;e cou-in--in" d,-ca,,
seized him and hurried him 10 the grave. .ino;!ct
cOusin-Mr. Gatewood his pGrttrr-dnubt."'s waited
upuu and nursud him,-bmt now Gatrwoud r roU".
and only the old and worthy futicr and n:H;lr:
main OF n once large circle OF relatives The brarri>
ARE withcrrd, but the trunk Remains in Norivl.--
Death 80 intcrlaced tho dfsncs OF one with another
that no one could cav. with deserving SOM ot!gr
the bed of disease and death.
MORE ArD.-Wclearn that Mrssrs West md Gate.
wood of Charles City, have had sawed up IL, their
telsive mili u lot Of plank suitable Tor mikiD;
roins and presented il to the authorities ot Eurf"
and Portsmouth.
TH,SXsGIviSG ASD PRAYER.-Thursdny WIZ 0i.
served in Lynchbnrg as day vi thnnksgi"il& -:
blessings vouchsatcd and prayer for the stay oi ID"
pestllrnce elsewhere. Friday wns observed similarly
IN Williamsburg.
DROwSEp.-We learn from the Tenth L"c Iou'
that Mr. JONI Fox, who reri.lcI E,lubru2,
drowned in the Shenandoah river, Oh Thursday eve.
ming last. He attempted to swim ncross and "h'I
within short distance oithe opposite shore be sar':
and drowned.
MgcELuyBrRG IrEss.-we clip from til" C!arts.
willie Tobacco Plant OF Friday the following:
A daring assault and robbery was c0mmittc! n
This county on Sunday morning as, the person "f
a Young lnuu named Charles Scott, by q blncE dr..
n.ra,o called Henderson Winfield. Young Scott WIS
met by the negro on the rnad n"nr Ci"rkrV'I!" VINO
threw him down. drew knife and threatened - l!'I
him uness he gave up his money. Mr.. Scott being
in feeble health was compelled TO yield. The n"gr"
ID now nt large.
Alexander Cox, charged with tho l-lonioIs stab.
hing of Thus. Jones, has been tried before the tI
cui, Court found guilty of unlawful but not fuui"ua
stnLbing. and sentenced to ten days imprisonment IA
the county Jail and tined SlOO.
John Fossctt, arraigncd also upon q charge nt H.
ouious ntemp, kill, has been found guilty and ho
term OF Imprisonment III the pcnitcnarv h%cH G' "nn
year and eleven months.
The SATURDAY EyE,I>" Po,r.-Thc LynchJucg
virgilian of Thursday, says:
ave are not in the hnbt of reading this Journal
but several persons who are, have called upon u :"