Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-11-21

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tisemeNt of the Ladies' Levee, at the Monument
House 10 night. The object is a worthy one, and We
have no doubt the entertainment provided will prove
highly acceptable TO all who shall attend. The at
traction of Smiths Band, alone, ought to MI the
rooms.
ALEXANDRIA CIRcuIr CouRT.-The Gazette OF the
10Th says: yesterday civil business occupied the
time of the session. In the case OF Mayor u. loch.
man vs.. the Washington and Alexandria Rali Road
Company, for q perpetual injunction restraining SAID
company from running the cars over the track laid
on the premises of Summer Hill Farm, the Court or.
dered Il survey Of the route and the turnpike road
through which the rail road has been laid"
TSERIous FIRE.-The Winchester Eirginian states
that on Friday night last the barn Of Mr.. Philip
Berlin, OH the turnpike two miles west of Berryvile.
Va, Was destroyed by fire, with nine horses five
hundred bushels of wheat and twenty five bushels Of
corn. The aggregate loss is over S2,uOO.
OFF FOR THE FAR WEsr.-A few days since
about thirty colored persons arrived in Wash.
pated by Charles b. Howard, Esq, of Orange
county, Va, each provided with Sl25 in money and
placed under the care of a gentleman who acconpa-
MED them TO secure for them permanent and comtor-
table homes in the far West. They left for their new
homes after an hours sojourn in Washington.
CORNER STONE LAID.-Monday last was appro.
priatcly devoted in Alexandria, to the laying OF the
corner stone of q monument TO the memory OF George
Plain, Robert /. Taylor, John A. Roach, James W.
Keene, William 5. Evans, J. Carson Greene, ard
David Appich, Jr. These were all killed, il will be
remembered, on the Eth of November, 1855, by the
falling wall OF a burning building. Edgar %Snowden,
Esq, delivered Il most feeling and appropriate I'D.
dress on the OCCASION.
ELECTION OF TELLER.-Mr. Nester H. Forbes,
lately connected with the establishment Of Mr.. Chas.
w. Purcell, has been elected Paying Teller, OF the
Virginia Bank, in this city, TO supply the vacancy oc.
casioned by the lanented death Of MIR. VIM. Arch,r
New RICHMOND STEAMER.-The owners of the
steamer Curtis Peck, have resolved to purchase a
new steamer 10 run in connection with the Peck, so
as to have Il daily line on James River, Capt. Davis
has already left Tor New York i'll search Of a suitable
vessel.
THE BLrE..-The Richmond Light Infantry Blues
contemplate q visit 10 Charleston, ). o., during the
winter. Quarter Master DOdamesd has been in.
structed to ascertain the probable expense OF the trip.
KAyAwHA CouSrY.-Adsm Owens, whom We
mentioned two weeks ago as having been sentenced
TO confinement in the county Jail for two months, has
been ~pardoned out by Gov. Wise.
The BOARD OF TRADE.-A quarterly meeting OF
the Board of Trade WAS held at the office of The AZ.
ricul,ural Society, Wednesday evening. The Presl'
dent and Vice Presidents being abtent, 1.-THE former
detained by sickuess,) Mr.. Joseph k. Anderson was
called TO the Chair.
A communication from the Mayor was received,
inclosing q letter from II committee in Savannah, re-
1uestiuv the attendance Of delegates from this city,
TO the Commercial Convention 10 be held in Savau-
nah.
On motion Of Mr.. Burr, the Secretary Of the Board,
Mr.. lsaucs, WAS instructed 10 confer with the Mayor,
and submit To him a list of merchants and others who
would probably attend as delegates.
A communication relative to the statistics OF the
Dock commerce was read, its suggestions approved,
and the President OF the Board requested to confer
with the James River and KaRawhG Company.
After all interchange Of views in regard 10 the pro.
posed trans-Atlantic line OF steamships, the Board
adjourned.
Special Dispatch to the n. Y. Daily Times
CApiTaLIZATION OF THE DANISH SOUND DUES.
Step tAs!a far me dbolisoa 0t tie stale Ddt..
WAsHIsGTos, Thursday, Nov. is.
An impression still prevails, in some quarters, that
the Government Of The United States has a-sented to
the Danish Sound Dues capitalization project. lhls
is an error, arising probably from the identity OF the
name of the British Minister al Copenhagen " .th that
of Mr.. Buchanan, late our Minister al Lond"h'-
English papers have alluded 10 their Mr.. Buchanan
announcement that his Government agreed 10 the
project-and this has been thuughtlessly mIb!aken
for the bulletin of our late Minister.
Our Government has not agreed TO- ana WIZ not
become a party To the capitalization scheme, on any
TO do so would be tn yield entirely
the principie upon which We resist the Danish exac
ton. 1t will agree, however, to contribute n liberal
annually To Denmark towards the maintenance
Of her lighthouse system in the Straits leading into
the Baltic.
The Administration has also initiated steps for the
abolition If the State dues paid to Hanover by Amer
lean commerce for the navigation Of the Elbe.-
These dues have the same origin AZ the Sound Dues
being the last remnants OF ancient piratlcal
customs, and having in their beginning no more ba-
sis Of justice or equity than had the !evies OF the teu-
dial chiefrain who. because he had a strong castle
upon the Rhine, levied tribute upon all passing his
stronghold who were not capable Of interposing ef-
fectual resistance.
The EIbe, ae is well known, does not belong eIclu.
sively TO Hanover, hence che has no right to toll 70.
reign commerce passing her door to trade with her
whose ports are upon the n~avigable wa
ters OF that river. 1t is but just. however, that she
should be paid a reasonable amount for the support
Of light houses and sea signals, aud perhaps for the
support Of any police system for the protection of
Hanover, deemed to be necessary in consequence OF
the foreign commerce which passes so near her shore.
Our Administration seeks in this case, as in that OF
Denmark, 10 make the freedom Of commerce respect
ed, and 10 pay nothing in the way Of tribute 10 Is TO-.
reign Government. The perfect neutrality Of the
is admitted in European treaties, aud az the
United States have never sbsted their rights g.Jwing
,ut Of this neutrality. there can be little doubt of the
ultimate success of this new movement. 5.
FIRE AT II NATIONAL CAPITOL.
The National Intelligencer states that a FIRE took
on Monday night III the Southwes corner room
IF the basement story Of the South wing Of the Capi