Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-11-20
CITY AND STATEN

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IL Portsmouth line: ' 'Pe"N; ns 1 ,I'
y. ..r,i-,, t"RrsMorrH, Friday. loA
" j. r'ri, -, . 80 w." ~ operation. and the Ollie.
il hn, Ill., - neic'e I'LL business offered The r. 49,,
~ here IN the Inst week, is untrue. TIN. Ns" lev
- IS now III full blast. Thnnksyivin, dav Hos:
" observed here Friday, aud a business ,vas .etla,
~ "h' Everything looked quit" lively Friday morn
= iurokTANr SALE.-By reference 10 tbo Ca.
!" sales III another Column. 1t will be seen tina,
Vaiuanie negroes aud other property will TAX &c n
ut Midway IN Essex county, on TuEspAY tho ,, pt-
rIErH day at November. The sale has 49, wi
been advertised TO take place on the 10Th q,
sent month this however. was IN error of ,h r.
T. the sale will take place on Tuesday the ,,b hue Yrs
CAPT. u. 2. LEvY.--Tha Charlottesville ts
I, man publishes spondrnce between Co..
e Levy one OF the dr1pped' naval officers 49,. r.
e trctHry Dobbn. Capt. l.. rcmonstrauces aa ~. ~
l. gross injustice and tyranny" OF the cour. IL
e towards him. The Srcrc.arys allswer !. ,ps'saei
r i"r'ig him TINT the charges made again, Ie'' ~
II hc prior I" his captamcy, and thu, -ucs , ,; were
l. me secretary has not thought tit 10 ass,p Ta' uie
=, ''uy though he had frequently applied for the aa
e SID SIc"r.-The lSe'itord Sentinel sav., tina, a.,
recent execution Of the negro jim in tbs, o. NE
: Tor murder there were Il, I:ts, one Lnn;s t'GG'y
= VI
I women present "".e
: s.Lf OF f,HM.-Mr. Johnson Fizhugb HASN'T
Taia'th hIreHbank. from Dr.6Wi!Iiam : ST.
III .,''i coI,h'h' ABOUT thousand acres, and W.,
I,d al Ten dollars per acre. The line lies about II,
RdppalanInck. '"' '-7
iHs"r"h TICKETS FOR RICHMOND The DRAM.
anu A'eA'idf'a "nd the Virginia C,.tral Raroa
Companies have made arrangements for throuL ,it
lu,. To-,
price Is fixed a. <, 10 ~
BrkGL tRY-ll"nry. slave 10 William o. George
was tried before the Iiisny, Cour, on Friday Tar.
burgarou>ly rn,erin. the room of Mr. John Nowlan!
and stealing gold watch. The Court then sestpnc, h
him t" transportation beyond the limits of tho United
States, ana affixed lis valuation nj $50.
SrCcEssFuL lIrSTING.--A party Of gentlemen of
AlbcInGre, went 10 crawfords north mountain last
week, aud in three days hunting Killed twenty four
der. Two of the party killed two each, and JOG
Philips, the well known mail agent on the Central
Railroad, brought down fine buck ut the distance
oi lOi yards with shot gun.
ArTEMrING TO Smnor.-James Welsh, charged
with uticmpm. ,u shoot Henry s. Lcmav was trIet
before the ilu-n.S Court Friday, wns found guilty
81 Tie assault; ad fined one r'hnd not guilty Of the
battery Whcrrupnm Welsh waS discharged Oh paying
/ tl!c COSTS which amounted 70 1896.
Sowi>G WHE,r.-The Fa.mve journal Of
thursday says that. owing 10 the untavoruble weah.
er IN that >crl"n the farmers have been able IL
yet 10 seed more than hnt crop OF wheat.
GHErNBRIER B,PrISr AsSOCI>Tios.-At the Ia, |
meeting &" this AssociatIon the following report Wa.
received:
/ "un" new church. Fayetteville, was received and
SewclI chnrch had been dissolved. leaving the mum
Der of churches II. Members III - churche, l7.l II
Added by baptism 2+i's] to tircrnbrer church 8, |
4 ,I,,;,,,
Sui hur Net gain To-
| RhiyAL.--An extensive revival of religion il now
progressing in the BAPTIST church III Charottrsvilc-I
Ministers Of several denominations officiating.
| NARROW escape FRoM WHIPPINo.-A man named
Rose tried al Car"liE- county court, an Monday
ana sentenced In year Imprisonment III jail for
ceiviuS stolen wheat from negroes Four Of the Jus.
tees were in favor OF giving him 80 lashcs. 4
The Kr3KrLs.-This iarorie company Of Ethlo-,
pean MINISTRIES will give series OF musica! solrcrs
this week. They will unquestionably attract, as
heretofore, crowded houses during their stay Tho!
Well children, well known as excellent musiciau-
will add to the interest OF the exhibitions which con-
mencc tonight NJ Metropolitan Hail.
THr DrrrrCrLTY ar RoAyoKE C0LLEGF.-TheI
recent difficulty mt Roanoke College between the
dents and the faculty has been settled learn, By
the withdrawal Of Mr.. Halsey, Professor of Ancient
Languages. and Mr.. Christian, Professor OF Modern
Languages, from tie Institution The students, II Is
Understood, Will return.
SHORTEST ROUTE FRoMIHE S0CTHwESr.-lu tho
last report of the Engineer OF the Virginia and leu.
ucssec Rail Road Company statement "t distance,
i. given to show The route from Memphis, by way oi
the road above namrd 10 Baltimore is only ?3 mir.
-l3- miles shorter than the route through Cincinnati
and ninety miles shorter than any possible route
Mr.. Garnett says /
al every point East Of Memphis, along the road
from that p!ncc TO Chattanooga the difference in gu
favor increases rapidly and the various lines from
New Orleans Mobile and Montgomery empty theul-)
selves into this the whole tribute OF trade and travtI
borne on their track must flow into tue Virginia auj
Tennessee roGd.
IN. above shows that on the Southern route, III
ginning at Atlanta. Georgia the line passing throu
LynchburI. possessrs an advantage OF liz hH"t
over ANY other route TO Baltimore MrG says turtle
"'Ihc foregoing facts prove thur II We draw IN
from Lyuchburn pnssng little north of SastVA-t
aud extending indefinitely through Arkanses and lti
a. and another from Lymchburg passing east OF NJ
anta aud extending 10 the tin ot Mexico, the inaa'
ants of the whole area embraced between these I"
lnes will find their nearest route to the Dorth'e.
through the Virginia and tennessee railroad "
can this condition Of things be changed by any u'Gi
nprov em-nis tor our road ~ defended by nnpn''a
be mountain barriers from all competitions. What a.
brilliant future this opens To Us, anu what prom
ncncc it give to the Virginia and Tennessee ratro
as the highway OF communication between tue Two
great sections of the lnlon.
SOMETHING OF A Cons CRoP.-George W. Wells.
of Mason county Kentucky, has twenty -acre held
OF corn which promises, from what has been gather
al, yield of htH3rfd a:td rgh!y bushels rh,
per But the funny part Of the story IT, u!s' 10
did not intend Ia make such crop. The hfs' p'hp
ing not coming up well hooking promising, he 'rt
planted between the rows, and afterwards, not behs
able 10 decide which rows were best or when ~
plough ~ ~ he intended to do with the first pI",'
Ing he let both stand; the presen, great crop Tue
result. II is needless 10 say that tho land IL good
Tur WAR OF lSlo-N,TIoNAL COSvENrIoS
Hon. j. Is. Sutherland, President Of the Convenf'"l
held in 1872 has published call tor the defenders q"
the country in thu, war o: ISI VINO mel last JANUARY
IN the city of Washington, To assemble tnere ny
an ,L. a1uroachinr anniversary OF the Battle OF Ne
ORLEANS l,r-rnnt Ia the resolution adopted al tie
la, session, In which lime and place the Convene"
adjourned. As many ut the Delegates have gon" 4
their last nccuun, since the adjournment III rer""
meuded that additional delegates be chosen. MAJ
mportant propositions will be presented to the c"n'
Grafton of the Convention. Meetings SHOULD be he
forthwith in the several States, to make the nece'-1
ry arranscnplts.
Turp.p,y, the 18th, WIS generally observe
throughout the city M II day Of thanksgiving, d.
commended by the Governor Stores ana OH
business houses were closed and religious service J.
in nearly all the churches. We never saw the
more quiet and orderly.
DEATH OF ~ OLD NAVAL OFFfER.-Capt'I
Jonathan ID. Ferris, oithe United States Navy, dr.
nj his residence in Norfolk, vi "Wednesday :'en'"Ij
H.. WI. ~ years al age, had been in tue NV! n
y..r. md received hi- commission rs lheu'rha' II
.JuIy I},h S:}.! from President Jackson. ~ an
know "lgn"nt o! his gallant services at the p"''''
New Orleans.
HIxRIco Corxrr Cornr.-Mr. John y. Harm.
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