Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-05-06

BROAD RucE RACES. The race THURSDAY wa ~
the Jockey Club! purse, SON, three n''.r nea'' "
cy Philp- d. McDani-rs SgGI l,-tcher' ana " NJ u
Gibbons Mamie Lewis. The latter WIS the winner
in two strai. ht hcutr. Tlmc-':h --"' ''
change Of CnuEcH RELArIoT.-We learn veI
bay, Isays the Religious flernld) that ms heV: ?
a. Doll, for several years II minister III inc ItS''
Methodist Conference, recently baPtiScn, ma o.
Lord s-day, the 2U,h ult., supplied inc pa'pl "
LyIs's church. Fluvanna county.
| RrI1GIuUs-Th. sacrament of Baptism by III,
mersion was administered on Sunday last, ny u
Rev Thomas Hume Pastor of the Baptist Church y
Portsmouth, 10 thirteen persons. we ienrn ~. ~.
MANY others will also BIZ baptized on next Sahoau
Posr OFFICE ArFAIRs.-The office at MeherrIn
Drpnt, Southampton county, Is dScon, r r,'"e"' !"
following appointments ara announced: i""ii'i' wv
iu,swond westminster Pridevale, Monongalla coU
80 7vn vic. Duncan j. Perry, resignrd Henry ,
| E,yonn,rt pasfma.t.r ut Keysvill., Charlotte conn
~ Vn vics Charlie. p. WnddelI, resigned. X. Cole
| ,nnun p,st,naser ut Marlborough, Amelia county
W., Vice John I. Wills, resigned
| S-,rropp CovNTY.-FruIn a statement just pub
| Esh.J we ulsrrvc n fact which (says the freierIcis
burg Herald is remarkable i'll every point OF view
I'm the county of Stafford there arD 5I'93 acres Z"
| i,nprovet, and 72,7j6 acres OF unimprnved lHnl-
Gf'crg kousJnd acres marc IF iaad 0vf IF cat'ratol
lihgu IN rmHiraiiOa This too i'll county that Ia:
bren settled over 100 years. and that has I'm" watel
carriage for every bushel of her productions out Of
| the Capcs of Eirgnin, from whence they may be
tnk.n To- any quarter OF the ImhabltnbIe Cube. Why
should therr. br such fever for new sections of the
country-why should enterprsing population
people and Undue with industry, make alive with the
sound Of the hammer, the hauuts Of birds and beasts
in the far West when they have here, al home, AT
their very doors, thousands Of OF unocrupied
land, a large portion OF which has n clay subsraum,
and capable Of high state of Improvement by the
use of proper frrizcrSl We know that Stafford
land is approaching in value, and that now and then
m enerpl .ing drives down his stakes, but why
should our OWN people eXpatrste themselves from
the ,tweets of home and rrInguish the fond ties of
youth, when Inducements, sufficiently strong 10 be
scented by the keen Yankee at their very thresh-
holds
| Az ACTIVE BrsiSEss.-The freight trains des
patched from Wheeling, on Tuesday morning on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, Gnmpri.ed ninety heavily
laden cars. On ttssalna morning the express tram
| from Baltimore transferred 2DU passengers for the
| West, ut Benwood and took ID 10 Wheeling
| ALEXANDRIA, FA.-Thc government has purchased
for the custOn-house and post Office lot at IN"
corner of Prince and st. Asaph streets, fronting on
the former 100 ie" by ltI5 feet in depth. The price
paid is sl3,00n This is the site offered by Mr. WIN.
! y. McVegh.
| The new rnginchouse Of the "Star Fire Company
will be built OH lot near the corner Of Prince and
ST. Asaph streets. 1t will be asplendid ediica.
The distances between the po't-oii;cs IN Washing
ton and Alexandria is stated at seven miles aud ,2i
yards by the Long bridge, AMI ten miles aud BIB
yards by way OF the proposed bridge al Georgetown
VIRGINIA ASD TENNESSEE RAILRosp.-A meeting
! of the stockholders of the Virginia sud Tennessee
railroad was held in l.ynchburS on Wednesday. M
which it WINS determined 10 accept the provisions "i
the act OF the Legislature ncreasn. the capital stock
OF the company $5'9,OOO
EMANCIPATION OF SLAVES We learn that by the
will of James Kelley Of Lancaster county Virginia,
all his slaves amounting 10 about iorty.hve, have
been emancpated. Ills executors are now in Baltimore
making arrangements for their outfit and embark
ntion Liberia, in the vessel which is soon to sail
| irO:n that port.
| SEVERE HAIL SroRM.-One Of the most violent
| hail storms that ever occurred iii Virgin swept
over the county of Luuenburg TO Amelia Count
| Honse last Friday In the woods and some other
nlaces il Law upon the ground To the depth of four
inches some of the haI-tunes being n' large SIZE
Leaves were stripped from the and fences blown
down, but we have heard o. ITO other damage.
YIRGIsIs Posr OfFrCEs.-The name Of the office
| NJ Ginseng, Wyoming county, Va. u changed 10
.sOcrana" At Shirley, Tyler county, Va, MIR. VIM.
| w. Clark is appointed postmaster vice FcliA N"ts'
resigned.
| CumPouSp PfRsECUrIoy Prosecuting t0r he
| sam, charge an tmo r0"Hs al 0nS t'me-0rr'f'd'"s
hvc jmsiicr, ami rrsH tie C0aHtwiioa.-hlr Edward
McAGam of this city, continues to be the subject o!
IA dire infamous uurelentimg and unrstiabie perse-
curion az ever disgraced the annals Of any country
ave, even England, in the days Of her penal codes
4 crusade, unparalleled in ancient modern history
| "a h.;ng waved against him--a crusade led by no
other iau George ". Grciter himself, WHO, as u III.
rv,n,n in one OF the series Of trials 10 which NJ
MrAdam has been subjected within the ihst Twelve
months remarked, il tho very type and iupct'"Ha-
ton ct all that is ilnp!acnbly bitter and malignant III
human nature.
! The caution to this article, doubt, is startling,
but il is positively III proper fair mud just con.
struction OF the facts. astde from all legal quib5g
aud special pleading
The public ARE pretty well informed 10y this time. of
! the trying ordeal 10 winch Mr. Mc.idan lns been
! subjected since the burning III his soap and candle
factory twelve months ago. ts well Known that III Que
| or weeks after TINT cad occurrence, the HCGus':
| given him iu 1912 To curry on the manufacture uf
sohp and candles III this city, WAS revoked 10y the
late Intelligent city council. Being unwilling to
tab!ish himself beyond the corporate !'ta Of the city,
there vaD!y To cnicavor to compete With men III TIA;
same business having the advantage of location in
almost the heart oil the city, he concluded upon seek
| ing a u,y hUlu., and with thar view, uud-ri0Dk u
tour TO the western coLnt:y Ut considerable expenoc.
After an absence of month or slS weeks, spent III
VIVA; may be- called accommodating tour, Ie rcrn.
ed To thIs city determined t" remove az so1n As Tie
ARRANGEMENT OF his affair, would permit. But there
were considerations OF II snrul character Which lie
found he could mol Disregard; there were lies FOO
dear To be ssvcrcl-iis such b3d the heart to TIE
land of ones birth. His amIly-al Il" them prGnn5ly
with the exception of one natives OF the OH D"in=
ION aufssrd II strong uuwiilugn"ss 10 leave the
home of their birth, aud IN oDedt'urr 10 thsir wsl
| H. abandoned his intention Of cuvinI tine city.
| Prcsuming TINT his prosecutors, Grei"r " Co,
had had their wiahes tGlly graed, III arrrsh@ ''ir
pru rress ui his legitimate business, which he h. car
ried on TOR thirteen years without giving rsc ion SINGLE
compaint-no, not even M ITslnuat"'i oil 'sa'lIii"
ti,u--hr coucuded upon purchasing "t beyond the
city limits uu there grec;iIg boiling h"usr, where
he could boil the rough material ilard III hA business
BY this mcuI-, he SURPRISED that all cat" com
plain, would he removed; for, u! t.s iEctyi"h pro-
,ess consisted all thai offensive, Il Ely "ic~e
there was. in hi. trade. lie erected this boiling h"u"'
at considerable expense, and pr"cee'isd WIN i"e ma
uuacrurr in the form indicated, merely complaining
the proccss in his former factory the !Hcra b'iiE
| rendered wholly uncHcepilonable by me 'hf'p'ch'
oreration in his boiling house beyond the city Limits
| 'ScgTccly had he entered upon his business, when
summons was Issued against him at the instance {"
! Grettrr L. Co., to appear before the Mayor upon
charge of nuisance. RrmsEEcrJ t!!at Nn:Ir ne Wi'
carving on bur one. Eaf the inanLiHctift ~hh 'hr
city, ni that 10 which in the es!iiIatlHh {" MY IN
partial Judge on the living earth, there conid er ~
objection Others in the sam. trade WERE anu are car
| ryInr on all within the City, and III much more
| p,puIols place He answered To this summons be-
for. the Mayor AMI his honor, while he had The pow
~ 20 fine Thought proper to send the matter on |" inc
| Court os hcstlrg9 there to be decided by jury
This procedure WA instituted about me in"hh OF
| December last since whc! time, there nave bcci
had thres trials which in tie zeal anI aragr that