Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-09-21

THE YELLOW FF-ER.-We regret 10 s'"'1 " r.t .
Young lady IA nurse anu ono Of ;h' oFln"'S 49," -
bowl wlIucnrnr from Portsmouth n hhnri '''lc ~. ~
tn. Catholic Coll, 20 nc"rt this city, "rr' E'''ri" ".rn,r
iu- i'm n Iint,.lr4s condition from the rh"*i!S ~ No.,
fever. Two more Of ;lr orphans nj The t"hr.'. r -
down with the same lisensa, nro in n iair WE! !" ,m
cover. There is, wc believe no case oil S'"'"
in the city.
Are,nr,r ,yp DE.TH.-Wc regret to- learn hE "
teIeyrnphic despatch from Lyncl'bur:h' lhht "sM;
ham Freeman, son Of Capt. john Freeman, u ~
c;,r vna thrown from n buggy nehr binckE"uis'
NGrtyonery county, on Tuesday, last "hu W. ~
.,.n,Iv killed. Young F. was taking a mort riir
.hnn the horse he was driving took lr'En'' run on,
,rJ threw him out. His remains "r'o raieo'ru "
arrive here on the DanFiiIe c"t' '"'' ''a
NONE AID FOR TIE rffERERs.-m unueis'hna
c.a, lanes Elicit, Clerk oi HcnrIco County '"urt'
,ba, a portion Of the committee appo,h'eW Wy " "'co',
49, of m. citizens 10 solicit aid for the Norfolk ana
nIr,.nnuth sufferer, hive collected and paid over To-
him tho sum OF $500. Thi. amount will do very wei
for Hcnrico, when tho fact is considered that n iar2e
number Of her citizens, and especially those rcs'dihs
on the suburbs Of Richmond, had contributed Iincrai,
" 10 lists opened III the city, before any action h"a
been taken in the county.
Coor.-A free negro, named Todd, recently SEN
fenced 10 the Pcni;cntiery for felony, in Wytn" coGt-
ty, was brought up Monday TO receive sentence
upon being asked If he had any thing TO say before
sentence was passed on him, he replied that thrr-
was noting save SOHO Inconvenience witch would
attend his leaving the county at the particular tiine'
SToKN.-A severe storm occurred n, Wcll>burg
last w,"k, unrvotin. the Cour; House, and doing con-
siderable dnlnagc'to property in the vicinity.
MUsIc,L CnxvESTIoS.-A convention Of tho mcm-
bcrs of the Brass Ban.!. is 10 be held in Washington,
Pa, on the 81 Of October nex;. Fifteen fall band"
have already volunteered 10 I've present; arlnng tn"m
the Mor,aniowI, FIirulont, Wel!sburs and Wheeling
bands from Virginia. a tremendous crash OF harn'o-
NJ is expected.
DaowSsp.-A soa OF Mrs. Maria Perkins, nj Guy.
ando;ts, was accidentally drowned last week.
ARREsrEp.-E. c. Clifford and c. Crawford, were
arrested Monday, in Wylhcri!lc, for Stealing sl?0
from the room oil John f. Prni!c.on, nj the totcI IN
Marion, S,ny:h county. They were iH"gad in jail
Crawford processes to hive been L iii5ustcr under
Lopez.
william Morse aud INDY, John y.
Morse. aud Mr.. McSparrin, 1T .AppuIua;t"1. and Sa-
niue! +. Hart, and James +. ~lIubsDn, OF LyIchhurg.
have formed Il party to settle in tho northwestern
frontier OF Texas. They will travel il emi-rani
sryle-iu.ly equipped with money, ;nulca, n":r"e',
wagons, fire arms. Sc. They will take the South
western road md rcnch tie Mississippi rive: al Mem
phis. They will cross there and - through Arkan-
sls ani the Cherokee Nation, In whore they intend H.
! settle. They expect 10 arrive III sixty dny', If they
have fair weather.
As Eulyrsr PnY.rcrAy IL NoEroLk.-Dr. Nc.
rtr;auc, on, ut the oldest and mos; successful If the
Nrw Orleans practitioners, arrived nj Norfolk on
! "Wednesday las, where he VIII remain during the
prevalence OF The tfV!ci''ic.
MAyassA:G,r R~,iLn'AO.-li i ssp'ctr! that the
| Manas-a- Gap r"ni ~. hc completed 10 Woodstock,
Va, By the iir,i 7i January neat.
! BAr> ErKHEn.-D":ing the thunder storm n sl.or;
tinc since, the barr, al Capt. Boswell +. Ia:rs. nrnr
North Garden, iAih"unrir county, Was struck b.
lightning, and CONSUMED, together with Ills crop Of
wheat, farming utensils, &c.
SHur.-.A negro man named Walker, belonging 10
Mr.. j. F. Frv, was oho; on Monday night last. while
in the net of stealing corn. 10 tho tcll Of Mr.. Jnme-
Widdcrfcld, ncnr the University ~ Virginia, by a
son OF the latter. The ncSros wouhts are not con-
sidered dangerous.
CENTRAL Rail RcAu.-N 611tc mcetin. Of the
Stockholders of this company, n committee WAS ap
pointed to examine tie state Of the works al the west
trn end of the road. Tho committee performed the
duiy, ard made the following report:
The committee appointed 10 examine the stato OF
tho works at the western end Of in" road, left Nil
borough on the 2s'h nf August, aud rode over IN"
whole line TO Coviny,on. They were very much grn-
titled tn notice The amount of work wnIcs! hal been
done during the present year.
Ths whole unfinished grazing i. under contract,
with the exception Of n few sections OF very Eight
work, which can be com, leted in six months from tn
time they are commenced.
! The arrangements which the Board made in No
vember last. enabled the contractors 10 continue their
operations on all the sections TINT required pushin:,
! and they have the gratifying fact 10 report that ~
.piie Of the severe iinunrls! prc1sur" which prTvnGr"I
our whole country for the past twelve months, AMI
caused the entire suspension "I works on many r"hns'
all tho heavy work has been steadily prosecuted with
the exception Of one piece OF iruSiic worE' IN" pan
of which l!ny und-rC" some change, 0Hi TIN; nearly
half Of the entire grading Is finished, ihcIHiihg ma
sOnry, bridging, aud tunnel archinS.
The road is one Of unusual Glrcciness Tor 4 noun
tain region, md is being built in Il most substantial
manner with such width of roadway, and slope. 'N
the cuts ami ie!is, as Will ensure pcin'n'nnrE' Inc
frat three sections west of the point nenr MIbor"uGl,
TO which the gradlng il finished, contain some heavy
work, all of which, with the exception OF the TRUSTEE
work ut Lick Run, ia progressing well. Inc distance
| from theme. down Paid Creek 10 lis entrance into
the Cuwpasture for 8 mile, is remarkably favorable
For the purpose of preserving the dlrectn"'' oi the
line, rs above mentioned, three crossings o! the Cow
pasture were ENCOUNTERED, two nf which are avoided
by changing it, channel, thus Saving the e&p"n"e OF
two hridgcs, md securing nm exemption from Tie
casualtics ufhigh water which constitute A source o.
some danger. The change of the channel is we'll at-
vnnced, one OF the abutnru,s Of the remaining bridge
il finished.
After leaving tho Cnwpasturc the line continues IT.
direct course to the mouth OF wilson creek, when II
entcrs the valley of Jackson'sr:vc near Clifton Forge.
The gradings for several miles up Jackson river
seem to be nearly completed. The work at This
point embraces u bfid.c acrns, Jackson river, one
nf the abu,mcnls Of which IL finished and ia a ucanti-
full and subsiuntia! piece Of work.
On the whole your committee feel pleasure IN sta
ting that they think the work is in Il very satisfactory
condition.. r.. FoSrAIsE, Chairman.
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