Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-03-13
CITY AND STATE NEWS.

FiRr-A Mas csterdav morning
ahou: | o'clock, Il small frame building, on the cEot-
crn line of the street between the Canal bridge
of the .Inncs River Company and Muvn's
Bridrc, and near Harrris's old warehouse, wns
consumed by mr.. and distressing 10 relate, tho
Owner and 0ccunicr, Nh. james Collin, q young
man aLaat :, wears Of age, persisted III the iinin's.
lie kept e small grocery III the building. On
Thursday lie hsd been lr!nkins. Intoxicating liGuors;
but an ncuuniItnTce who lett Cs house ut 10 O'Clock,
the night of the lire, states that he had become per-
iectly sober. The house md entire contents were
consumed. The prObabiat" is that the fire ac'I1rn-
tsllv communicated from n candle or = lrC-plate
in the store, after he had gone to sheep lis rtIE5'i-
Yesterday morning, after rEor were tnh"n irnui tho
ruins. presented only II S%hGp"irss !Hnr- u chmrcd !i,siI.
TE"r' was No insurance. ~" learn at! ~" hi'iiii', or
tir store. An inquest was held by Coroner Wicker
over the remains. ni Mr.. C.. Hnd a |"riiC' Vt "ac"itei
Dial burning" was rendered.
The fire extended to three Gdi"inin- wooden
hnildinr--ona owned and occupied aa a dwelling and
grocery bv Mrs. Martha Frns0n-ihr second owned
! bv W;iniu IIa,lcm-and the thr1 owned AMI occr-
picd bv an old mulattD woman named Maria sullivan
| Mrs. Fensom loses about S3O0-nn insurance. MIR.
Haslcm $500, on which he has Insurance.. Maria H.ri.
livan-housc partially b~urncd-l0ss about :iUG-n0
insurance. Two or three snall b~uildin., III the row
were saved by thr fire companies.
TIE MARKErs.-N-vc have W. witnessed sranti"g
%snppiies, or higher prices, at our markets, than W..
mt with yesterday morning. There were but few
turkeys and chickens OF fowls Of any kind on sn!n,
md wlnt there were, were at M cnrlv hour seized
upon by the hotel keepers NJ most "N"rhl;nni prices.
And :ue same j. true in reference ~ the v"2"tnhi"
market. There were hut few vegetables If any kind,
md the prices higher than we hHv" ever hci"r" known
them. Fortunately. in the absence, If ntncr supp!l"s,
IN" liSh markets w'i" t"i"rabiy we'll supplied ani III
this department. a; the market, trHnshrir n were IN
usually large. The TrrIvai ~ the fishing season, IL
a Il I,..,- ,a,,. s,,g a,i l,rt,. .,f..lL - tplUF
krt,ing commodities GENERALLY may be regarded Gs u
God-scnd.
HOTEL R~ArYs.-Some time since, the principal
hotels of this CITY, in consequence Of the high rrIc"
Of provisions. increased their charges ior bonrd.-
Within the Inst few days the same hotels have re-
duaed their charc"s to old prices. The price Of honri
for transient visitors. now ranges between II - ma
- par dav. 4 General reduction haa Gl.o been mad"
in the price for regular bOardcrg. VIZ hope these
changes indicate easier fines in the provision market.
Hon rRIcF FOR BEEF.-Choica GUS III our mar
Ket. arr in come CASES now held ut IL cent? per pound
4 prime lot of cattle, We learn from the Dispatch.
wa sold in this city on Wednesday last, nj tie er-
travagan, price If sI2 50 per hundred. gross.
FIRE Is NORfGLK.--A warehouse on BerInn'i"
street, owned by Mr.. Joseph Baiiy, a baker. was de-
s,royad by fire last TUESDAY morning. The building
contained a considerable quantity oi nonr and other
articlcr. and the whole loss amounted 10 about eI'p3.
No insurance.
SNAIL. PoS.-The Stanton Spectator says that
there arc at present several cases If small pos in Ar'
gusta county. al of the persons who have broken
out with the disease have recently returned from Bal
timore, where they had gone with cattle. The case
ia not likely to prove fatal in any Of the cases.
MILITARY CIyILITIrs.-Thc Fredericksburg,
Guards, in E meeting Of the company, have passed a
resolution OF cordial thanks to the Young Guard OF
Richmond, orthc hearty welcome they received. and
the unboundcd hospitality with which they were IN,
lrrtnincd during their visit :" Richmond on the -i
February.
ScrrHFKE LITERARY MTszTy|rR.-Ttc MRf"i
No. of this valuable worI; lHs been sent 10 lis rad
"r-. 1t contains many ably written articles IN highly
interesting subjects. II opena with nj ariel" on t''
Failure of Free Societies being n review of Fitz
huch's volume Sociology ior The Sou'i.' md IN
braces II H. contents, ~ brief Historical! Summary
OF Will!nm and MARY College -"Fra2in"n from
the Memoirs Of a Spanish Nntl-man'-"AIrgo's Vi"
moirs Of my Iouth"-"A Sketch Of the late JOIN
Lockhari, The author Of The Lie Of Sir Walter Scott
DIR. 5. H. Decisions Address before the New Eng
land Society,'-and various other interesting article!
We commend the Messenger Ia the favorable consi
deration of the people OF the South, Tor who-r inter
eats and pleasure il is particularly designed.
AcCrPTEn.-The South Side Democrat has learned
;hnt Mr.. Dodameai has accepted tbs portion OF III
pcrintemd"nt on the Richmond and Danrilie road AM
will enter upon hs duties on the Isl ri April. Mr.
D. s now Superintendent o! th- Richmond AMI Peters
burg Rail RoHd.