Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-05-02
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CITY AND sTATK NE VS..


CITY AND sTATK NEWS.
| Equestrian Static or WA.HIyaToy.-A Flo.
renee spundert at the Providence journal says
| 81 have been conversng with young English o..
chitect who has recently returned from Munirh,
where NJ the Royal Foundry he saw the equestrian
sta,u. of Washington for thu Richmond monument
which hgs been successfully CAT. II is IN several
piecel and i; is To be put together at the foundry
then Enclosed in box OF timber - i6et high ~ leet
long and ot propOrionate width, nn this placed w.
on raft and hoatcd down the Danube 10 the Black
Sea. There vessel will be prepared by the remors!
of the decks to receive il and convey 1t 10 America
This box rather strurtuy. will be In size st,as
equal 10 one Of our two-story wooden houses. Ny
English friend expressed fears that the statue would
| never reach its destination He could not under.
stand why the work. after it had been cast was not
forwarded III pieces and put together 10 America Cy
worknen cent for the purpose. II would be entirely
lea be would certainly not cost more, ana part ct
| IN. delay aud risk of moving such gigantic masi
| 40 far would be avoided But the reason why such
n course IL not adopted il sufficiently obvious. II Is
known that establishments for casting IN bronze ara
rising i'm the United States, where large statues have
nrear!y been executed. sud the temptation for wcts
| men from ne Munich iouudry to remain IN AuiercS
! might prove too great TO be resisted
| ExxcurIos ~ CHARLES CRY County. - Tue
! Richmond correspondent OK tie Petersburg Express
, says -,
ii learn by private letter llorn Charles City toan
~ tl,ct the errO Jacob was executed Lere last Meg
! iav for the murder of Mr.. +. W. Earwuod. The
monster exhibited 2Isn. CT coEriticn Ehsh u: IL:
moments approached, but On the contrary GJn-.,et
ths, he had contemplated III. murder for three Ga!3
| before he committed the dabo.ical deed. lie iesu
ed utterly careless aud Indifferent to his fate At
| a given signal the wagon WAS driven from under hun,
and the murderer swung OIL though some ten minutes
elapsed before he was pronounced dead. The DCI'
| her OF persons present very large
A ne gro woman is under senenc. OF death IN the
snne county for setting FIRE 10 dwelling The .Oh
! Of June IL the day fixed for her execution.
HORRIBLE MuRurR.--lhe Mountain Arrator
Union, Monroe county, gives the following psrtIcu'
las "f i murder rcrentiy committed w rreenorier
county
a,t. brv. been at variance with a family of Grrgo-
rys bo,h residents OF Grrenbrrr county; and so great
h,i become the excitement, that parties of each ia
! ,niIv had threatened the lives of mcmbers q! TIC
"Ilyr un SATURDAY the .:in april, we are inform.
ed Mr. Jos. Shi:;t called ut the house of Mr. jas,
Gregory lii is supposed for the purpose of murder
| Ing him. and ending Mr. e. absent-he at that tine
! being in field hard by plnughiug-conmenced stu.
! sing his Mr.. Gsj mother. Mr.. Gregory seeing hi,
| rngny leaving the h"rso and su.b-ctng scrrelErg;
was .'r II. alter, Repaired ti.cr where Le isarne1
the facts above Bet forth, end, burning with rage Gc
seized his r. aud s'ins field to poin Ct whisl
SAID Shift IT expected to pass, AID wnltIug I'll
his arrival. shot him the bail penetrating Just b0s
the right nipple causing the assa!l-d to fail from HI,
vryed bone by his friends, where he fingered tll
abvur o'clock on Sunday morning, when he expired
Mr.. Gregory commended that he WIS Innocent when
"n"Tai 9Th III" deed. but the diving man testified ~
,;s g."t On t"l'!s "d, 's-G cole &c his fts.ts,
Ar. Gregory tas rrscOrtCi, nrd search for aiu Hos
proved IL pEa, The stgir created Considerable e..
c!temant III Lewlsuurg Oh Sunduy.
RELIEF FCSD.-The Mayor Of Norfolk hs. re.
cC:"ed rrd di,bursed for the widows and orph.us Of
tlu-e who tell victim. 70 the ep;d.,pjc last sunn.r
;hc sum Of 53,355 IL. or this amount the relief
Committee OF E'eL".ord sent ?I,ls1 o..
- Or
TEE EIpY.PpISa C.sE.-Mr John A. Magill, Of
Mississippi Yn" arr.y-d in Rchmond TUESDAY, ha,
Identified tie negro Warner Washington nuw Con.
Hnrd ~ ne c'iy JUL rs lis property. Tni, G-gro i
viii be ioinc'hbersd, was found in Possession Ct
nihii calling himself Smith, bur who's. nam. was 81
forwards ssGetanhd to be Hamilton aud their ,ryu
ments being somewhat suspicious, both we're arrest,
ed Tue negro afterwards stated that Hamilton had
Induced MN 10 leave his master, whose name was
Magi, residing IN Mississippi, and that geut!emar
".h w:;.ten 10 upon the subject Hamilton on being
confronted with Ar. NJ. ruesday, betrayed consider
ape NERVOUSNESS, ana escaped from th. iutet .lgg
WIN all po1.be haste. He will probably lie sect |
oack to Mississippi for trial. ,
Kansas MiETiSG ~ CrLrEfER.-W. lssrn .eu
the Cupepcr Observer, that the cC,nntt.s ,nrnc.r:
by the hnnsn7 in".tIn = at March Court, have co,,
I'll consul rable fund.- and have directed their a,,u.
To- con:'ni;c ia. cnnvas- for subscriptions until N.y
Court. Persons who desire to Din ,h. oom,any rrc
posed 70 he sent OCT, are -dGsted to esrd ,.e.
namrs 10 the Chairman Of the Committee Mr.. Janet
Barbour nmd &c appear in person before the coa4l
ias nj May Court.
| IMPORTANT Surr.-Tme case Of Cunningham W.
Harness, involving titles IN $4,000 in va!u, Of south
Branch lands, tried iu IN. Circuit Court Of isr'
dy county last week. and decided in favor Of the de-
| PENDANT
BROAD Rock RACEs.-Thc Spring season over the
! Broad Rock course commenced on Tuesday, with
s~cepstakc Tor three years old colts and hll-s -sl"
entrnnc so tnf it. The race was you by Gibbons
CHI +. Eic.uas over EnHie e. Halls "a. {. SOlcic
i'll two straight heats. Time ii-l So.
CASE Drc,nrD.-Att the recent se,siop Of The CoGtI
OF Appeal of Virginia, at Richmond the long coz
tested case Of Moses Hepburn against the hcrs Of A.
nee Dundas, for certain valuable property, in A.rI
andria om KING street, va decided in favor Of il-f
burn the C"plt awarding to him the property, 40:
eighicsri. ,.nir5d end rtv dollars damages sGG IT,
irrest lrom The leth" August 1882, until paic.
SISdrLtR Discovery or OLD CoiSs.-whui |
GONE hands were digging out a celhr In Bo'eoI l
crunty, Na about four miles from Bu"h.lian, ':r! I
came upon quantity Of com, consisting "t 'n'h' /
eight pieces, IN IN iron box about fourteen !ncus
s. uare. The coin was larger than dol r, aud 'os
inscriptions N laEgEag- holly uukI own oY o.
person ID the vicinity. Upon liggdg 0G"h s1''
sixteen inches lower, they came upon qha'i:'!
iron Implement. of singular, and Esreofo'e unset.
shape. Several scientific gentlemen have etsmne.
INTO the matter, and have come to the concus.
thar the ci"s, together with the various "thef rai
ls;:les musthave been placed there at an e1'rf"r
eaEJ ass, Hd tespre the settlement CT t'is cou""'
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New YORK, April 3U.-The steamship oI'-
brings the new Minister from Nicaragua IN pa. e
Col. French. Maj. Heisu is bearer OF de'ps'e''
gsyh.ugt.s.
The steamship Ericsson IL below. IL
The ssgI.. ou w,IL when ing g. ven copies Of .ns
treaty of peace are 10 be signed ion for eacu =.
contracting powersy il to be formally presented
Empress Eugene. IL
sa.s Of ma hbI. Hnward street -four at 3. i.r M
. is unchanged. Corn is dull and very
, prl.s. -,,rr&
f NEW YORK, APRIL 3a.--FIour, " f, Gs"' Vagina
are ,rm and unchanged. Stocks Sfe '"'
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