Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-07-27
cry AND STATE NEWS.

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| TnE YELLOW FEVER At PoRrsMocTHI.; Q"araM
| line at NOrtolk.--Thc Portsmouth wal ir"'scrll
confirms tie runners of tho existence OF yc'i"" ", y,
rh,rr There were Is cascs under Treatment 81, ."
duy evening, md eight h"aihs hnI "ccurteu. in I;n
.nnsc is ,rinripaiy confined 10 GOsporr, tIcfc Dem
or few cnsrs ~ ether pGr.5 OF the towh,hl lhcE w
rir,tc,l in Gos,"r:. Tie following list nf me name
and RESIDENCES uf those who have died: Mr. Chrlcr
| Rchmuud: jacob VI. Race New Jersey; Mrs Dunct
~. Iinmpton; Frederick Goodwin, Gurport; Niles + "'
| ,;.ns G,,port, and man who had been at work o.
| bnurl the steamer Ben Franklin As yet inc er,
l.r,ic has been confined Ia tho vicinity OF fnGY q
| ,In's slim vnrtl winch has been Uoard"d up ana III
| Communications with it intcrdirtr,l. lhr B'ard q
Health of Norfolk, have ordered that the qu'ran''
r..,rr,iuus be- extended IL embrace all rcssrl
arriving nj that port from any port South "l ms ih'
| itue of Charleston. gentleman WI" came up II
the Norfolk boat yesterday, and who spent the cnti!
hy of Tuesday there states that no hrr case OF vel
low fever had occurred, mud that tine tI'rhrc WA
wholly confined to Guspurt. Norfolk, Old Point, &c.
continue ~ enjoy good health.
| COMMISSIONERS APPuISrED DY THE JUDGES Oh
the Currr Or CLalMs.-A list at tn. commissioners
nppnu;rd in the several Suites by the Judges ri the
Court of Cinma 70 take drpnstlnns a., has been
| made public. Among thosr II MASSACHUSETTS, we 90
serve. the name III Edward Greeley LorlnS ln';"d
States Commissioner, w.Ih'c c"nie''ioh WIFI ihT
Gel br.trd Burns case, and Subsequent persecution
by the Gbrifionsts al Harvard t"Ii".c nnI The Mas
siclusc, Legislature attracted much attention ii's'
winter. W. copy the following from ;hr list; -,
Fwsin0.--R. W. Payne. Wnffenfon; VI. w
Cnskty, MnHis'shu's; Ch"riI, sharp N"F'I'N ~ W.
!Srickhuus., do; j. Young, PartsIn'u'lI D. Barron
Hope, Hampton; j. Lyon, Peter hure '" Lyon
L chm nj; S T. Bayy. do; j. IS. Donovan, Mathews
County; ". IL. c. Ellis, Norfolk.
KILLED ny THE IxuIlSs.-Mr. Summerfeld
Points son of Capt. john Pr!:ts II Cnr";trsvii'1'
ya., wa, XIII ny party OF I;nh lndia's in Jann-
ary last; no was about - y''H:s "t aye.
FIpE-Wo learn from The Charlotte" lie } :iicrsn'
nial. thar on Tu,.taY night, 9th list, about 10
clock. :he stable OF Mr. III. J. W"r!en0aK"r was
set uu fire. and the adjoining stable "l VT. w M ~
krb.inger soon cau-Lt. aud boih were eh'IlI'y w
stroy.d This i. the work NJ IN lnrrnGihfv, y" no WINS
s,,., o iump the fence by one OF Wertcnbakcrs ser
yuprs, who SAWS i, white n'!'i. ny: " Ios'
WA. LOO AMI Mr.. KS about the samo lhero Ia,o
b.-u fys stables destroyed by fire III TIE imineula'r
vicinity of those burned on tuesday uSh!, ana 'tls
m different parts ol CharlottesVhie' mi"'i - all
months. There can Do no uouul Hi"' '''' "
fired by inceudinrirS.
O,p polsr.-The President il expected ut tn"
fnvorile wutcrn. plnce anu Gov. Marcy nus H''ea".
arrived there.
NORFOLK CtRcuIT CuunT-CasE OF DECKER
JurGE BAKER prc-iding.-Ih" Norfolk argus SAYS
\ iurv WAS Unparalleled in In!s case lu's""t' 1t
n'clnck. after much difficulty. The examination 4"
prisoner was we'll dressed. and Is respectable am
not unprcp"ssersing young man. ms moth'r RAJ NJ
his side, and ilrs. Go.nr, the mother I'll INC "',.'
Young man also charge" win me I'nru' VI W.
was present. Hon. }. 5. Nilsson and lazcwcsl lay
lor ESD, ara counsel for Decker; =. L. Mayo, f'f"
for the Commonwealth.
SAD AFFAIR AT Ocean NIEw.-On Monday last,
fishing party, cons.;inS "i about nun "uo"' 'u'I
men, went down from Norfolk to Ocean View, where
ou,: of tho company. Mr.. Arthur l. Harper, willow
basket maker Of Norfolk lost his life under the "!-
lowing circumstances:
Having procured two bnas, the party went out
about IL mile Hnd nfcr unc"Wm"lhy nue. sport ana
success in catching large hog fish, they were ABOUT
10 return 10 thu shore when MI attempt was in'dc by
Harper and others nle in chr vt fish, wih npse'
the boat All except the deceased chung 10 the bat'
uutil assistance wa rendered from the other. But
Harper notwithstanding he had ";I his o""ts, pants
and other wearing apparel excepting MS coal ana
vest attempted Ia SWIM To the shore although e was
assured that he could not succeed. swimming on
and being borne along quite rnpdly by me td'' !e
was soon l,cvond the reach Of assistance from the
other portion of the party. His strength beginning
10 fail lie called loudly aud repeatedly tor help, winch
il was impossible TO afford.
Mr.. H. was nm unmarried rnan, about 80 years OF
npc and was an industrious and estimahle Citizen
WASHINGTON AND ALEXANDRIA RAIL RohD.-Wc
learn thnt Judge Tyler has diss"lvcd the Injunction,
several days since granted to restrain the Company
rochmau, rs represented by the last named gentle
man. al,
The work of graduation has been completed with
III, exception If two small points of the route. BE,
= :, tn: ,J.- Gf this week miles length OF ral's
t. :; hive be-. laid down Cross-ties, iron timber,
&c., ar. all delivered and .'strbu;cd along the road.
Tho wurk according {. our information. VIII be-
finished in /, course oI $50 lnonths-thc distance
from Alex. dria 10 the 5altinnr: aud ONO Kan
Rond static. beng scTch m'cs. lne enStncS
n Richmond, a.
VInG,sr, SPRIyos-Wc learn TINT there arc now
about three hundred visitors ut tho Nhite sulphur
and aboat sixty ut tie Blue There mr." g"ndiy
number at the Salt, Red sulphur aud old sweet they
,r beginning. too tn come in fnslrr, with far pros
meet that each will have its full quota long bci"r" me
close Of the .4a-on. grand fancy ball ~ To come
oil ut the Snt shortly. Tho company nj the rauquicr
is also large
Mr.. WIN. OUrsESBEREy, of fredericksburg, has
contracted I" carry Il hi.~rrS'y mail from treder'
ickshur, TO Hing George Court House via Cllto"
and CDmurN.
ACCIDENT AND DEArH.-On Sunday afternoon,
as the steamer jamestown approached me whar u, y,
Norfolk, her wheels came III contact WIN shai'
hont in which was n crirred boy about ten years "G
wns thrown ont aud drowned, Notwithstanding
whn rrcnt effort made I" save him by person. VIII"
wn s.ec the accident. The boy belonged 10 Ja'hes
VI. Stecd.
New WHEAr.-The Parkcrsburg Gazette snys:
Oar farmers are h,ginIin. 10 bring III thcIr ~"
wheat the prices rang: from 9i.25 10 Sl'" PEI bush
81.
MIRAGE IS PETER-BuKG.-Durin5 thuhh"I
| form in Petersburg Saturday, the DcHu'i'"i
| uacun:rrna of mirag" Observable. Anni'
o'clock! tie Inverted !ad,w OF Faith Street church
wns SCI hanging "vrf tlc res. bu,idnc. inc POM
| # the s,ecl,es tuasi.:. In. pciu!o lasted honut
tree minutes, M! vanished ~ tho occurrence o'
! loud clap u; thunder
| ANOTHER L,SD SALE Mr.. Go. O. WclicS
whose reputation rs Land Agent Is Decorating quite
extensive, las effected lie snc OF ins farn 81 Mr
| Lewis Neal, on Wsshington's Bottom, consisting u"
abru, 2UJ acres, Ia Mr.. Alexander lt;"!drIl, o.!
Wheeling, for the sum -: Si0,Ujl. THIS lnrTn Is u.
n good nj cultivation, and is considered one oi
tic best in The county.
.JrD6E TRlcE.-It is stated in The Baltimore lar
Ut mat Jid.:t Frrk, OF 1' city. Is nov !y"S DANGER
uu<., iii at The Warm 81! .hur Sprlr-', Va. ana tln'
he /, not expected i've. Its Numerous friends
WILL arc assured, hnarti: jos: with uS III the holg
q; AT his Illness Is not rs rCr.esenoH' apu
| thai he may be snon restored TO health.