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

II has been our desire for some years p"St avn
working ourselves, or compelling thoso
r,oyp,crt 70 work for us on the Sabbath. Hrr""se
,,.nts hov, heretofore, been nude with the hahy P'
oor, -, mi. ci,v mara than once, to carry this o'Jec
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whit nnrticuInr we do not know,) the WHOLE Se"e
L..Ld.. n.n,o,.d and; in scli-dcfcnce as Journalists
,v;sb;,, u,t n he behind our neighbors IN giving ="
latest news, our hands, ns well as 'h's0 u .m.,
dniIy offices of the city have been co"pe"o1'
,,,irs, their wishes, to be at the pruning Univ. !, n -
Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock, ana iaoo'
=. !, o,clock, Ms the case may be; "hen '"o.,
.,-o,,os wish TO be with their ialni'ieS' "e"H'e
=. ,oua Il, the conclusion, not 10 ihpor our
.ho Sabbath, if we can help 1t, aud wW ~"
o,,,.l those in our employment to violat,
',y 3 hn,b God and man. Therefore, the En-
":.s. nnI hereafter be printed on Saturday night, in
a,.,d of Sunday night, aud delivered to our subscrl'
hers. Mt their private residences, on Sunday morning
;us,ood If Monday morning. We do not fear any
c,nnlniut from our friends in making this change, Us
ye shall give the latest news up to Saturday night
Advertisements should be handed in by 5 O'clock on
Saturday evening. Should any subscribers fail to
receive their paper on Sunday morning, they can be
supplied at the office on Monday morning.
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BALTIMORE AND POTOMAC RAIL ROAD.
We have just read the Report of J. X. Trimble,
Esq, Chict Engineer of this proposed airline road
from Baltimore to Richmond. We ngree with the
able Engineer, that it is highly important to the
Union at large, but especially to Baltimore, Philadel-
phia, and Richmond, and to the rail roads leading
from those cities, that q direct road shall be estab-
lished on this route. The road proposed seems to
us, however, to BIZ extremely zig.zag, instead of d.
rect. Thus, 'trom Baltimore TO Blossom Point, be-
low Port Tobacco, thence ten miles to Acquia Creek,
and thence by fredericksburg to Richmond Now,
Blossom Point must be fifteen miles nearer TO Rich
mond than Acquia. travelling from Acquin by the
tortuous sinuositics of the Richmond and Potomac
road We must, then, buffet the ice and storms of
the Potomac for ten miles from Blossom Point to Ac-
quia, in order to get fifteen miles farther out of our
way, and to get our dinner on The steamer. The di-
rect, cheap route, crossing the river Potomac where
it is free from ice, unexpOsed TO winds, and much the
narrowest, is by Port Tobacco, Blossom Point, near
Port Royal, and Hanover Court House. and thence
to Richmond. At least twenty-five miles of distance
will thus be saved. the road will pass through q much
richer country, and Richmond will be saved from the
effects of the proposed Gordonsvilie and l.ynchburg
routes, the Bay route, and the New York line of road
across tho mouth of the Delaware and Chesapeake
Bays. Unless the dircctcSt route is established from
Baltimore TO Richmond, those two cities aud Philn-
d.lphia, it seems to us, will be thrown out Of the line
of travel. Look to the map we invite the attention
of nur citizens,