Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-07-17


days paper. Those who testify 10 the erceIleuco
his work gentlemen Of the HIGHEST cbaroctsr mn,
intelligence.
SuicIDE.-Mr. {. Webb of Bote.ourt comfy. LONG
Il teacher of vocal music in that section ~ cnnntry
cu,nlnttcl suicide OF Friday cvrnin;, 9Th in.t Dn
ring the evening he invited Mrs. Webb TO take ,
walk with him. mud on returning towards thr housf
he remarked that he believed he was crazy. TIE,
proceeded to the house. he, however lid not 90 in
but went around the house and returned to ;he wood.
in the direction they had walked, and there cut his
throat. He died the next morning. The Salem Regis
ter SAYS: "Mr. Webb hal been for q while conduct
ing II small store at Mountain Union, nnd is said tc
have owed Kent, Paine s. Kent of Richmond, abou
SlUNO, for Which they were about TO rue him. Th
is supposed 30 have been at least, one cause Of h
dcranuclncnt. Mr. Webb WAS, doubt not, hi
honest man. and had the name of being clever gen
tlelnan. He leaves vile aud ciildren.'
\ MELANCHOLY OcCURRESCE.-Wele learn from tn
Danviile Republican that, on Friday afternoon, 6t
inst, Edward Bryant youth Of about IL years, so
Of Rev. Samuel 5. Bryant, was drowned under tn
following circumstances He and young LADY
Miss Shelton, set out on that day TO 60 to German
ton, North Carolina, where his father lives. Soon al
ter leaving heavy rain fell from which they tool
shelter IN house near the road Alter the ram la'
ceased they went on and III few hundred yard
came To Il small spring branch, which swollen I,
their horse or iioat their buggy, ms they thought
They entered the stream and at that moment, SOM
heavy logs were drifted against the buggy upscttn
1t, and throwing them both out into tie water. The,
were both washed of by the rapid and angry cur
rent and young Bryant never seen aitcrwarts.-
The young lady. forty fifty yards below the fort
was fortunate rs 10 catch hold bush, but
with this aid she could not got out cncumbrrcd IL
she wits by her wet clothing, and she had the prcscnc
OF mind 10 dvc.t herself Of her dresses with aC
whilst she chung to the bush with the other. Sh,
supp0SeS that she H. the water at least hall III
hour, and was i'll a state OF complete exhaustion
when she got out; and reached the house they hni
ust left. The body Of young Bryant had not bee
| found, at the last accounts. He was well known Il
| Danville, and WAS most promising and sprlghtl
boy. His melancholy death will be long regretted b.
| his Numerous acqualntanrcs and schOol-ieuws.
| 4 BODY FoUSD.-The body OF Michael Haunor
who was supposed To have been Knocked ovcrbOar
from the steamer Star on the night OF the 4th, on he
passage from Old Point 10 Norfolk, in a row, Wa
| found OH the beach on Scwers Point on Tucsda
| lust bv Il Mr.. Cranberry. On examining his clothe
some SS in money and u trunk key were the only al
| tcirs upon his person. He had the body inferred
SAYS the Beacon and Informed his brother of the di:
| coyery who brought him to Norfolk, on Thursday. Tn
! Mayor held an inquest over the body, and examine
! several WITNESSES, rs TO how aud by whom the Il,
| ceased came to his end
MIyp WHAT You EAT.-Chocra- -morbus md bi
| ious -choc are rather prevalent i'll some sections
country, and therefore people should pay attention
what they eat and when they eat II. Nothing unrll
or difficult of digestion should be taken into the ST.
mach OF delicate persons, nor should TODD be cate
when the body IL ovrrcatca with exercise. DIR. Mela
describes, in the Medical Examiner Il fatal case
cholera caused by eating single piece OF dried apple
| New Wharf.-The Alexandria Gazette OF Saturda
saws New wheat "i u fine quality begins 10 come
market. Sales were made OH Friday ot lot OF re
from the farm Of John Willis, of Orange, by L
Hume Il Co., nj a. -, nnd another lot OF red srot
the farm OF DR.. Is. S!Iuinae, Of Fauquler, by Greer
Suttl, g. Co.. at the same price. Both lots purchase
| bv Fuwle & Co. These the first sales OF ne
wheat that we have heard of this season IN this ma
ket. The first parcel OF new wheat taken Al ~
| pioneer Mills was received from Geo d. Fowl
Eso. Yesterday. from his Woodland tGrm, Primo
William county, Va. Quality very prime, but RI
| ther too damp for grinding.
ArrLlcrIvE Dlsprss,TroS.-Thc Lynchbur
Vircinan contains obituary notices Of Mary a
william Writ Gilmcr, two children Of DR.. +. i
! Giner of that city. The little girl ii will be n
meinbrrrd was burnt to dcn;h in A!bcmnrlc connt
on the 2gn ot,Iuuc y f.w hours before the dcstro,
| ,r came -hc sai,i. rs it under the influence of pr,
| sentiment. wh..e standing by the grave OF n lItt
! cousin. Plant flowers on my grave when die, IL
| | feel as ii will 20 to Hrnven.'
| SEvrRE HAIL SruRM.-THe Romncv Argus give
an account of terrible hail and rain Storm that pas
! cd over Il portion of Hardy county, Virginia, tc
dnvs aru. The hail is sail to have been IN. size
hens eggs, and did serious damage to the crops. VI
George Judy Ind his srain.h"usr, with - or 80 bnsl
els Of wheat swept of. Aso in Stafford county. Va
much damage was done.
| UIGH PFIcE FOR ToBAcco.-The Danville Re
cster states that small lot of tobacco was purcha:
ed u; auction in that town, a few days since, by w
L. Suthcrlin, Esq, ut the high price Of seventy-hv
dollars and seventy five cents per cwt.
| NORTH CAROLINA FL0uR.--A correspondent o
the Wilmington Herald SAYS that at one depot, Hsbo
rough. \. c., there were l.l5j bbs. Of -four shppe
in six weeks, of which 7sJ oh!s went TO Norfolk nn
! Portsmouth, and - 10 Petersburg.
| FIVE WooL.-The Cupeper Observer says: Ou
friend ". s. :. Bradford, of this county, has favor
| ed us with few samples Of wool, from his presen
flock OF iIernocs, which will compare invoraoiy wit
any, not only in this State, but throughout the OIL
wool growing States. The samples sent US arc mum
bcrcG as follows: No. from the fleece OF yeariin
Buck which sheared Is! lbs Of wei! washed WOO
No. 9 Of Buck years old, t,carei l2i lhs. No.
nf Il Buck Yeas old. shcarci loi IDS. 40. rom
! Eve which raised Lambs and shcarcd lbs. Of wash
cd wool Mr. r.. informs us that he skeared bO
| Ewes which welded him from } 10 lbs. each. Ill
entire iocI, of near 500 yielded him ali average OF
| fraction over lbs which n: this time commands b
cents per pound
| TAXING THE BAcK-TRAcK.-Thc County Conrt q
S,,nnanIonh a; its June term, reversed its prior re
fusn To allow license to retail ardent spirits ny vol
OF eleven TO nine. The court (nll tho Justices having
| been sumuoncd,) passed an order allowing apphra
lions 70 be made hereafter 20 the ordinary Count
! courts and 'rrquirng such to hconSo "0il VINO ap
ply, according 10 law"
| CgIs. WHEAT.-Fron one grain of this specie
| ..l.. Af I.ra
shire county, Va, the present year, sXty-two stalk
sprany up, ench stalk bcarng an average OF hfy-oI
grains. Whole number of grains produced fror
one, 3,lG2'
TREMENDOUS STORM AND FLooD.-The Harrison
! burg Valley Democrat sayS: Not within the reco
lection of the ''odcst niabitant,' was this sectio
ever visited with such al oatpourlng, as was VII
messed here on Thursday evening, the 9th instant
| Ii commenced raining about clock, and continue
nj tremendous rate for several hours, compiete
| Huodinr the whole town, and damaging property to
| considerable extent. Black Run, which III ordinar
| times is hardly prrcepiblc, became very much swol
| lem AMI caping its banks, submerged large portlo
Of Gcrman street, carrying before lis rcsistless cui
rent, stables, fences, wagons, horses, hoSs' poultry
and almost everything else that came within IFS way
In some portions of German street the water was te
feet deep running through the doors and windows
| n number OF houses. Several persons made marrow
escapes from being drowned while seVeral morse
were saved with great difficulty.
4 flood so sudden and destructive has seldom,
ever visited this place. The houses and furniture
number of our citizcns have suffered considerably
while the gardens and fences along the whole :trcnr
have been entirely dcsirnyei. Some OF our citizen
have been damaged to the amount OF s1Oc, Will
others will lose from slOO to S2oo.
HORRIBLE AyD FATAL Arc:pESr.--As tho trelgh
truin of the Manassas Road was on its passage u
from AlexanLrialas; Friday morning, ,one ofthe brakes
men, named Brawner, met with shocking death a
or near Manassas Station about 6i o'clock. He ha
jumped from the cars while they were in motion, 70
the purpose Of leaving can oi OIL on the platform
when ne fell and by some means WAS drug ged uude
the train, and c,t completely IN t~o! lie died in
stantly, Of cours-.
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