Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-08-31
NUMBER So.
CITY AND STATE NRWs

H1Rrck BY LIGHrSiNo.-During lh- hca.v raiG
sI"fhi I ias' sanday afternoon, two ous "u lno.!
mn were Struck by lightning. bu u1t s,.u:~iy G..-
lacc'l. n frame building lust erected bv Mr. Sa,.
mons on winch had been placed ''con,iuci"r W.
struck ON the root, tearing up TIC s.irs the 'uit
ripping OIL the weather boarding OF it, descent :" I.
ground Two or three hundred yards n,rih of this
the residence "f Mr. Far:ar also STRUCK ;,r ..,
sate covering much damaged. Mrs. fa!rar wl- 80.
verey shocked, bu; lIs cntIrc recovered rrrrH u,
effects. Mr. Sllm"Iis' building struck w,hrA
few feet nj new conductor" lis We lear. from iiS
Dispatch.
SrRrcK BY L;GUrSi>".-Isst SuadHy nrIorn"ou
small house in Manchester, occu pied by Tree r.gr.
was struck by lightning and slightly Lalai.yd. Tue
Dispatch says the fluid passed down the Ch,m-
ney, ana being attracted 10y clock the InH:..-
piece passed through H. destroying the wo.S. huf
dong no other damage.
On the same afternoon, house ownrri Dv Mr.. S.i-
nous, Oh l lnIun Hill, wao struck hc .iu tcH.I. ur
the shingles within five feet of coadCc:Or. On ,lr.
curry, we learn that the painters, in ailtn. the hd
ing, also painted the conductor just above the root
which destroyed lis virtues and rendered II inoIri:
tive. On examining the plated aud copper primt "n
the rod there is doubt that il received the ir'd
and conducted it i'll the direction Of tue n:h ants.
reaching the painted part where the at,rucIl"r
destroyed, and The fluid permitted 10 glance oil.
nlns down the roof. and rendm. the weather b"r't.
Ing IN its descent To the ground. Persons haN 80
conductors on their houses should never allow hr.n
to be painted
GREAT ENGINr.-Thr new and beautiful rca,an.
tive 81. II. rlmbrrlak-, now runuin. rl, Gen.
tral Railroad, is superior 10 ANY "ih-r IN y,w,i niJ
speed owned by that company, au! has attracted p"
;rrrti"n nuL won universal admiration along H. .,.
tire line, by the rnpidity Of lis sprci and h' r'-'
with which it draws its bur:hen 0i passcn:,,r car- ~
ter II. We learn from Capt. Goo'h, one al ia" ~.
telligeut aud popular conductors IN III" line, tI'H
easily travel at the rate of in:l" T.r inIuu
and that ntter leaving Charlottesville .;"n- W"si.
up grade o eight feet, il makes it, rrn at !tr sI'.
ut lD miles per hour.
DEAD.-Williain Breeu, The Young man who
cut by Is. +. jefferson, Sunday week, IN Aa,ns..
dria, died ct the wounds then INFLICTED on Sunda.
morning last. \ post mortrin examination vi, h..t
on the body, but nn new fnct4 wer. clcitrd.
FLEETWOOD, the residence Of the late Hon. J. .i.r
S. Barbour ncar Culpepcr Court House. c"utnn'r..
about fifteen OF land, disposed "i prva;.
sale, the rs. Ang., ior ,he al thirty thnU,nut
dollars. Henry Miller, Esq, Ut RappahaunocS w,a
the purchaser.
VIRGINIA PRISrISG OfticE BrR>fn.-A IT,
broke out in Buffalo, kanawa county, nu Iu..-'Ip..
the Nth inst, i'll the brick house belonging /" the
tate of j. X. Craig, deceased. The lower part
occupied by Mcssrs. McCo"n n Kelly, h. = dr.
goods store, and the printing office ~: the "S;n ." M
kanawha Valley WAS in the upper part. M",.i..
McJhwn N Nelly saved u lhrSt portion 'H ii".i
goods, and were insured in the Winchester n-urn:p
Company. The printing office WIS entirely desire
ed-uUt single article was saved. The fire Is su'-
posed to have originated in the printing office. y ben
the fire Wa first discovered the building a
! flames. The melting type running down into H..
store-room OF McCown u Kelly prrycntc! rhrm or
saving all their stock OF goods.
The WHIsKEY REMEpY.-A c"l":cl L", h'.
longing 10 Mr.. David Long %. Mason COUNTY. Va.
snake. The leg Immediately became swollen. ant
ihcrcupon nearly halt gallon Of whl-kcy wa- pom
cd down the boys ihroat, producing 10 iHt,'N"a!""
but he recovered from the effects ui tho tc.
So says tho Point Pleasant Republican,.
THE YELLOW FEVER IN NORFOLK.
! Bv last Evenings Mail received the N"rInI,
Argus OF yesterday, tAuGn-t 2Jih.l the only paper
we believe. issued daily IN that c!iy. From In
| Argus we copy the following ilcms:
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF IlEALTH.2
NORFOLK, August -, lSjj.
Report Of denths by tho fever tor - hours ending
| this day nt >. =. NJ:
! Mr.. PROXY, Commerce street: James Ireancr. ~,
do Frank, slave of w. II. Haynes. c,rrcr "i Fro.
lnuson und Brewer st.; Miss Eliza In,.i A. But" 49,.
! DR.. Cannon, 81, n Thoin,onnu depot Mann 1t. IL.
ward Seymour 3s. Bate ST.; Miss Lester Ii, Church,
st.. Miss Hendren, Church st.; jesse Wilcs. b. N".-
st.-Tmal9.
ry-We are happy TO be able to state that pr.
| FR,scis l.. llrGGISs is now convElcscrr'. ~.
THOMAS PEssIsDS, and Mr. J. ID. MAnR Of Now G.-
lenn., have given him their consan, and careful NJ
,eutou and superior rk and 10 them. unicr Prov.
deuce. has his valuable life been saved 10 hi- in'ly
and our community.
FROM PORTSMOUTH.
The Portsmouth Transcript OF Tuesday evrnru-,
contuius the following:
| Up to Sunday sunset the deaths reached rwcmry
and upwards. At about p. IN, l.. W. Boutwell,, Z!
most estimablc man and clerk in the Navy Yard. w.n
l,St n inf fer n ',.p n
breahcd his last. He was nephew Of the late Com
molore Warrington. On Monday the new Ca-.' ;lui
| deaths had diminished considerably There wcr. ~
cases under treatment at the Naval Hospital. 1E'
Surgeon there with DrS. Harrison aud Steele. ai"
most attentive and knd--and have been very su".
cesstul in the treatment of those which r-nr
! them i'll time. Many We're sent there III adyn@ -;"i'
aud past all hope. Drs. Maupn and Trusicm nrs 'o.
! ing well.
We do not know what would have been the rui
Of the mortality and misery, had not the Cnuur
ccedcd in obtaining the Use Of the Hospital ia tie.
present emergency To the President ot the United
States rs we'll M 10 the able md humane rrpu:i Il
Surgeon Whelal Chiei Of the Medical Burcnu. m"ar,
| mainly indebted. The Commodore u! the lnGI h"I".
too has afforded every facility III suPpEn@ u" G'.
nlnnd for collins which Mr. Stoakcs could not wholly
meet.
Our Mayor is now confined 10 his bed ~i;ll the pi.-
vsiling epidemic.
John l.. Porter, Assistant Constructor in ' 60.
port Navy Yard, has been carried 10 the Naval ii".
| pital sick Of the fever.
The scourse il said to have broken boa.
the L. D. Frisatc 81. Lawrence, now lying N The NJ.
val Anchorage. is reported that some forty c'.'"-
| have occurred.
| For the - hours cnliu. at sunset yesterday, Inc
! deaths numbered Il. Up t" sunset to-day. !hr,'
were only :. This is very decided dccreG-" IN :hr
mortality. hope il is but the beginning: oi II c,'f.
tinucd decrease, for they havo now been om h" IT,
crease a long time.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
HALIFAl, Aug. 9.-rhc steamer Canada :.",I
Liverpool arrived here last night, with date i ihI
10th inst.