Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-06-26
CIry AND STATE NEWS.

| TIE PosT OFFICE ROBBERY - ia mail robbie
The Norfolk Herald, in refersnce 10 - 10, ptoro
r;as in the Post Office at fof,suo ,"nnN C,wIap
burg, as erroneously puDl''neu' y
| says: ,o,,srs containing money di
Vn t Nv az portsmouth Post Office having Jailed e
.es"b ,hsr destination plan was lad 10 oe1gct tns
s,nsr Who there every reason 10 conclude wa
pe, ons in that office. A letter containing sum
sway directed to 60 by the Southern mail, wal
hsreupon put into the Post Office and the mail agen
was directed TO open the mail bag before II reacne.
the next Post Office, and ascertain whether sso ie.e
wusin il. He did az directed but the letter vas ~
there Suspicion was at directed to the oelIi
quent, who confessed his guilt upon me sPd thai
acknowledged having spent $loOO, ana Sta.eu ,
the balance of his entertainments was ~ -. ~ all
He was arrested of course and commute" "
nrr,,,-,ov-rbs Norfolk Herald Of Tuesday
The public mind in community mas r0l e su
DAYS psst been paiui...y a. rarnsr'. Rank
inc defslcaticu of the Ieer vi .S .,a,amsnts AR,
Tins '''' snsc,inp the amount alleged 10 nave Ut.
S,,ss,teJ IJpon this subject We can only say una
"s,;a~ ia known officially. We !eerc INA. ~.
m;tise of the directors investigating !he ;.eI
hmt st nresept we assured noth:a6 Us 81
y, authorize the over.wrought statements tna' .. ~
circulation or to cause serious alarm e'tet ~ tls
, ;,.nk or tho Telers securities. On Ill ainaavn oe
fore the Mayor-not emanats, ho~erer, no a,. "" -
Bank-that officer issued bis warrant ol 'te 10. 80
the Teller on Saturday night; but mas moi ye oeel
! served.
ADVANCE IN PRrcEs.-The Lynchburg Vrg,n'an
saws ave noted in Mondays paper safes vi .ooae
40 that were made on Saturday lasl at prices ranging
from All TO 100 though very little was sold at IN,
minimum here given, the average oeing ABOUT S1l
per cwt We have been induced 10 refer W our vi.
fles for the purpose of contrasting iorhsr price,
with those just above quoted anu r;oas 81, .o
b,cco rappe&from S43 to9. Flour was then quotee
at s9t TO % per bb!.; superhne nour IS worm,
Wholesale S7i Other articles nave thouei
not uniformly in the same ratio. bacon was thsi
81 es ..,. to oF sS sen sT Whsba,
va. then sold at 30 cents now it is quoted wholesale
at As to SD cents; and the probability Is that tn'
quality has not improved.
Inspector OF LUMBER.-Col Simon Stone hal
bsen appointed by Gov. Vice, Inspector General o
Lumber in the place of Richard Gatewood. Esq, De
ceased. This appointment could hardly nave peer
conferred on a greater man, and We learn thst J
meets with general appreciation NorjoM HeTa'a
STEAMSHIPS FROM NORFOLK TO NEW foRK.-A
Norfolk paper states that in consequence OF the large
amount of freight from New York to that city' aiic
the damage which shippers sustained by the lnaoiltJ
of the present steamers to accommodate thehi, u
desirable to have one or two more to run t"ice
week direct between the two cities with TINS we"
meanings of the merchants of Norfolk are called FOL
the oath and Nth instant.
HIGH PRICE FOR ToBAceo.-A hogshead OF to
bacco cold in Richmond Va, on Saturday iast a
800 per hundred pounds. This is considered poser
by the highest price yet obtained in Virginia Tor TO
bacco in the leaf. 1t was grown by DIR. A. u. keao
Of Roanoke, Immediately upon the liue OF the Firgi
MIA and Tennessee railroad.
SALE OF LASD.-The Farm known as Pembroke
about mile from Hampton, Va, was recently SOLO
for S2l OOO 1t contains, including marsh, woodland
aud arabls surface about 4OO acres, being over you
an acre.
ELECTION or A PoeTNAsTER-Tbe Democrats Of
Wheeling, Va, held election for postmaster on
Saturday Only 3S5 votes were polled, of which Gen
Feeney received 3l2, and will therefore be recon
mendsd to the President for appointment.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRoISiA.-The Executive Com
mittee Of the Board of Visitors of the University Of
Virginia, have examined and unanimously approved
the plan Of improvement designed by Mr.. Pratt.
IL FAVOR OF MARRIAGE.-In Dinwiidis county
Virginia. there dwell a mother and four daughters
who have collectively approached the altar of Hymer
no less than seventeen ti..os:-The mother has hao
four husbands, one of her daughters four and the
others three each.
HooPs ORDERED OUT OF MARKET.-The Nor
folk, Va, Argus states that, on Saturday, mulato
girl went to the market of that city with hoops 80 OK
lensive that the clerk ordered her away from the
place as au obstruction. in the meantime noisy
crowd bad collected aud the girl becoming Brighten
ed attempted to tear her hoops off, in which she was
successfully aided by two or three colored women
present.
TIE WHITE SULPHuR SPRiSSGs.-The Lewisburg
Chronicle says that The stockholders and directors OF
the White Sulphur Springs company held meeting
at the Springs last week, and laid down basis Of m-
provements 10 accommodate in elegan. comfort, in
future ten thousand visitors. They propose expend-
ing on the property in improvements and in orna.
msptiny the grounds by the season of 1885, oue
bred thousand dollars. VIM. s. Ellison WAS unani:
mously elected permanent topographer. architect, and
superintendent Of improvements.
The new bridge across James river at New Canton,
Va, was totally destroyed by fire last Friday night
The loss is $50 u00 insurance $4,000.