Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-12-25

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congratulations. and hope they may ENJOY ~ ''''
"hearts content" the Christmas holidays
c,,xr Coycyur.-Wc request attention 10 III
advertisement, of the grand concert III t''I "n'i
Music Convention, which is TO be gwen on "n"m
day evening, Goth December, III Tie '"'' '"p'''
| Church.
.,,,a or u,,oR.--We learn hy the farkersour
noncrs that challenge to mortar cI mI "ditor .
trnm DR., j. w. Moss TO ChnrleS n t,ma,', yya
, ,f @ and accepted by him. The 'hertnG wa
llao ',,nJ Inv the arrest Of the parties WHO "eI
P!eftiI, ,,O,r heavy bonds to keep the PrIte'
P'cIu .n. Esu, acted the friend ct Mr. h'"'''
'" dr. Frayhcrn III the friend OF Or. NOES
| Arr,,Rs-Prnf WIN. Pnrchcr Miles
-" S.-vcd through the Norfolk ep;dcnr nlid Is nov
Mayor of Charleston, s. T.. has tormhruru 81 'ra
l.. Brckhousc of Norfolk to be dlStr'n ~ ~
sauts To those patients he attended K H. Chaiitnt i
Ia;m. E.u. has resigned the office OF Cashier o' 'n'
Enrmer,' Bank At n meeting Of the Directors
I'm, VIRGINIA Bank Myer Myers was elected freS'Ten
samuel K. Moore, Teller, and w. ii. Taylor, MOI
CL.rk A benevolent gentlcGntn OF NnuSelnoh.
comfy. has sent six tark.s and $40 towards CrlSt
| mas Inner for the "Nuriulk Orphans
| 1,,,nr,yr C,sr-We learn by dispatch iron
Washington that the whole subject oil sin|tiy WI
w nrLt h.fnre the Supreme Court of the Unite'
St,ts ri, winter in the ui NJ. BI"th, me aD"
I;tinn editor who was convicted i'll the L. =; pl'trc
Court of aiding in the escape OF lueitVc S",c III.
wn, subsequently liberated by State Court OH
on ;mnortrn cases ever brought before the Supreme
Court.
. Nrr,ycuoLY CArE.--On the 9th ult., Jan'
Anderson and her infant, Nv" yrars "la were oa am
Jrnd on Armstrong creek, Fayete county IL up
ncor, that tho Girl had fallen and Ind been hvin@ io
so,ne fin. with Chris. Payne, her 'udncer. lie de-
serted her. and with her infant III her ar'ns she "Sn,
IA her stepfnther's He Indignantly spurned hef
rom his door and the poor woman started TO crnS'
,Ln n,,uutuin with tho intention ni searching FOL
PAYNE. Her strength gave ont III the attempt anu
with her child she sunk i"wn III me coI ana So"i''S
MAINTAIN path and brcathed her last. Tier BODY ana
thar of the infant were not found for four weeks al
'", ri,r. Unitoo i-.""'iy i"t"r'S Payne
who was formerly of Bedford county, las been ar
rested md imprisoned
Sr,rSroy ArrArRs.-Wc take the following Items
from, rho Stuuuton Nindca,or of Saturday:
On Saturday night week the clothing store oi
St,rur u Brother entered and robbed OF Sllu
worth of goods Four slaves were urrested Tor tho
robbery. The lumber house of X. 6. BckIe was
Entered few nights since; md few Mi hts previous
10 that the store of Hugh Noon was entered ana rob
Joseph Fauber was bound over Wednesday, in
S!UO to appear aud answer the charge et M attempt
ed rape OH the person OF lltt" daughter OF mos
IIocg. The prisoner contends that he caught the
the cause of the charge.
Two negro nlen, owned by C.. Kinney and Benz.
Reed, were arrested Monday, charged with burning
the barn Of j. 4. Hartman few days since.
From Dee. !, 1871. Ia Dec. lSh' the BANK OF inc
Valley redeemed ST.0,0O0 OF il notes and IN tho
snr limo the Central Bank redeemed S3JO O0O OF It's
issue.
Erasmus S.rbbng, of Stauntoil, having resigned
the Ccrkship OF tue [. 5: Court inr the "c'tern
District of Virginia, Lloyd Moore oi 'ia!kSo"'1 na'
been appointed to II.
LAND S,LEs.--The Fairfax News record. num-
her of renl cstate sales in that county, AMI among
them the sale Of Mountain View h"te, WIN ITO
also, tract Of 1913 acres, TO Henry D1ior' Tor si'
per acre.
E,xr poRK.-J. Woods Garth, Es,I., of Albenarle,
hn. killed the fines, lot Of pork "t the 'snson' There
w.r. ! bur,, 2UL months old, weighing 2l2I pounds
,oak;n, the average weight OF each log isi H.
rounds. This pork at 81 81 pa 100 pounds, vii!
produce S2Oi 80 or al 2'i II piece.
SvuLpoA PnrvAILISG.-The Alexandria Senti.
nj learns from gentleman direct from the Northern
NIX Of Virginia that the small PIX lie prevailing 10
nm alarming extent in the lower pant of the couAty OF
Richmond, sixty cases having developed them5elVe"
up to within the last few days.
MORE S,LT.-We learn from he Point Pleasant
Renubcan that they have reached most excellent
stream OF salt water at Hartford city, on the Ohio
in Mason county at the depth Of SIX hundred iret'
LAND S,Lr-Conrad Rouch, Of harrisburg, bias
boupht thu. Burns farm at private sale. ut 500 per
acre. twotlrds cash. There are UPWARDS OF 3oV acres
in the tract.
DrLrGArr.-The Petersburg Express states that
DR.. .Jno. II. Claiborne, the membr OF the House OF
Delegates from that city, lying dangerously Ill IL
his residence there.
ACCEPTED A CALL.-Rev. WIN. K. Mcdonald has
accepted the pastoral charge OF the Second baP''s
church in Petersburg, and ASSUMED The dulles
Mr.. John Skinker, formerly "( this city IL an.
pounced by the California papers &C ono oil Inc dele
gates appointed by the Convention o, Inc american
party, recently held in Sacramento City, TO represent
tbot State in the Grand National Council to assem-
| Die in Philadelphia on the 9Th ofJune next.
The CRcPs.-A letter writer says that the crops Of
| onts wheat and tobacco, raised this year III the
neirhborhood OF Green Springs, LOUISA county, are
better in quantity and quaty, than they have been
for nearly thirty years.
THE SILVER TRuxpGr.-We understand that the
beaufu silver speaking trumpet, offered by the pro.
prietor OF Beales Panorama for the competition oil
| The frenen, was awarded TO Company No. !, thal
company having disposed Of the largest number OF
tickets
| The L. s, STEAMER Re- iSnKE.-This splond!
uayul fabric, which WAS launched at Portsmouth,
Va, on the 18th instant having been freed from wa
| ter by the action of her own pumps and two common
ships pumps, worked by small engine which were
int rnduccG on boarl oe her raised on Friday
The Norfolk Argus, Of Friday says
Upon examination it appears thu. eleven Of her
beams are partially sprung or broken nearly amid
ships, and forward OF the main matches, The leak
is in her why's about FIVE feet above her ke!-"n and
h,tweeu the fore and main matches. She Glier
into dock las, evening. She is found I" have sustain
| ed no other damage than Tint mentioned. The test
of accurate measurement shows tina; she is not "hog
| ged" in the slightest Gasree-ani, what is of great
mportnnce not one Of her knees has been discovered
TO 10 started. She WILL OF course, be thoroughly sur
u.v.d ,xhi.n in tue dock.