Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-08-21
C,Tr AND STATE NEWS

Josepb Bobspon started in company with two OF
three other boys on fishing excursion near the sap
locke Ca getting near Goes barrel factory ssys the
D.spatch despite ths remembrance OF n,s 'lhf.'s
etuD soma twsny feet from the STORE. be va. Seen te
turn suddenly upon his back, aud then SUNK 10 rs III
more. His body WIS recovered it snor' 'i o',r
and All inquest was bed over II by Coroner fesciy
The ury rendered vsrd CT of death iroin accden'a
drowning.
CTR DE ScLiEL-Seversl pers IT'S have beef
sricken down, within few days past, by the e1c's
sive heat OF the sun, most OF WHOM however, nave
par:islly recovered. On Friday lasf, man named
Thomas Stark. native OF Ireland. one o Tue !anor-'s
On IN. water works tunue died Of comp de s0i" and
ON Saturday last Jerry Sullivan. labrrer, Residing
an agi street near Cary, died suddenly from similar
cause.
"B.RsouR JrrrERsoytAS."-Tnis is the title Of r
Democratic paper which has recently been starter ri
pbii;;pu, Barbour county. the first number ut which
has been received Ii is published ny AIR. Thompson
Surphnnr Ii is neatly gotten M, AMI s salu'a"ry ls
in good lasts and well written lis proprietor iss our
hest wishes for mis- success and prosperity. The DE-.
mocrscy of Barbour, aud surrounding Countess ought
to give the "JBrson'an' suastah'i"l support
ELISHA +. KEEN, EsQ The Dsnve Register
learns that this gentleman is fast recovering from The
effects of the lat. murderOus attack We cousrafu'
lat. him upon his aim st miraculous escape IRON rs
ssssiDs,ion The Republican states that bis attempt.
ed murderer hes been aud is in the hands of the
law.
ANEW Cry rs EMBRYo-"WaRRENTos SPRING.
THE NAME-We observe that Thos. Green. E.q .
proprietor Of tbs Warrentou Springs property, near
Warrep,on Va has laid off large city a. that
f.vorite Watering pace and offers for sa'e lo,oN'
building lots ~ by 100 feet each, NJ ten dollars per
Tor. The Springs, the buildings. and ID acres nt land
Immediately surrounding. are offered III 2,JH' sh'!re.
u. stock at ten dollars each, as part OF the genera
propositions. The building lots liz outside OF TINS
reserve The streets are 60 feet wide, and -nn to the
four points of the compass. After the j. auo sub
scrip.iuns at ten dollars each, shall have been ot'
tanned the distribution Of stock aud lois Will coietl
ns.iiv to show tim, .'Warren!on Springs ought IL
become II city 81 l,rg. rs Lowell See tue a3rer'
tiseneut in another column
Two LADIES DRoYyEU.-We learn tror!: the IA
uawha Star that on the afternoon Of tho 81 instant
two Young ladies in attemp'i:, to cross Coal river
81 psyrnna Boone county Vs., were preciplt6ied ';o
deep wafer, and drowned. One wss daughter OF Mr..
VIM. Meadows, and was 10 have been married IN q
few DAYS The other wa. Miss Douglas, daughter
Of Thomas Douglas deceased. The mother oil Tho .a'-
FER an invalid, hearing the rad ttings, ran 10 'hr
spot and was SO much overcome by the eilJrtaat Ger
lie il despairen OF.
ASa7HER Scr FOR TIE ARoLIrioEisrs The
I.wistur- Chronicle says incl. Wiliis, who. n rw
wears AGO, purchased him. elf from his mistress, Miss
Sarah Frazer, and afterwards moved 70 the STATE OF
OHIO has returned dsgus'ed with tree State en- rs
people and resolved 10 be- again sold INFO slavery II
not permitted 10 remain here and ejoy his freedom.
He ssys he world rather bs sold 10 fau worst sort OF
:ns,ter Than be required 10 go back 10 Ohio H- Go
scribes tho coored population fers as IN STATE ~
utter destutiop, and advises his co.or-i tEeijs 10
stay in Virginia, il they would Do cared fo-
ALyx,sox; CHSXc as THE SLAvsRy QCfsTl"S.
Ia. nem 5rrs OF the Second Presbyterian Cauich
o: alexandra, s1ens 10 acton taken on TIA pa's Oh
the Presby:ury OF :hs District. h.ld a nIs.;inS oh
Wednesday evening las And nltar ISsIng 'esoC'
approving OF the couI:. pa-eu-d by III. Southern De r.
CATION 10 the is;e Assembly ~ Cleveland. and con'
dennin. the agitation Of The Slavery fIratioa in our
Church udiratoriss appointed de!e:ates 10 represent
Them in the Convention 10 be held in ohtnnnd on
the 9Th OF tho present mouth ladri2 Sens
ne.
Y!saiyrA PosT OFFICE AFTAIRs.-Ths following
pos; ottc-s are es abished and appointments made
Burtord's Summit. Amherst county, Va, Sylvester
L. Burtord postmasier-a quarter OF mile from r"u'e
1862 Lyuchburg to Ped!ar's Miir. NeSbrfs'
Preston county. Va L. 5 Allen postmaster. Change
the name of Gladly Creek. Barbour county, Va. to
Meadowviile, and appoint Hiram Smith. postmaster.
vice Jacob d. Phips. At Twelve Pole. Wayne
coumty, Va appoint William Prcstou. postmaster
vice lhomss Preston, oSciipec
I,tsI LAND SALE M Alexander D.uce Of ioa
roke county, sold last week his tine tract "f laad
known ss "Wsvery." upon the MrA1a;niL. Il ro.d,
five miles below Salem, containing 100 acres. 20 hlr
j. w. Hart, one Of the most enf-rpris'ns Roannks
farmers, tor the nice cum of : ID, 600 about SD
per mere Tho irsct .: land cold some years
ss ut less than SIS 00U. aud WAS purchased n: that
time by Mr.. James G.. Bruce OF us!i:ax ruun'T. Viz.
;ioia, tho father y; TIE late owner. Rchmom Wig
ATTEMPTED SuIciuE.-Or Tuesday 49, the cen.
trail part of Our village thrown into cs;derable
eaei;.m.Yt by the s,te,np; Of Mr.. Frank Hughes TO
commit saci!a. by scauwr. tive sraus Of stryc!l.
niua He wes aborins uDde- Il: U. relaucholy.-
His cries attracted the attention OF the msighbcrs.
who found him III the greatert agony Dr.. }. y.
Yanrey was Immediately called in, aud afforded all
tho aid Of his professional skill in couneractins the
effects OF the poison. The dose was TOO greGt il Is
supposed, or ths stryrhnins was box good MIR.
Hughes No p.-s'sd fn leafD ir now doug WE'LL
iHarriSonbntg Democrat.
ATTEMPTED MuRpEK We lsarn froin the Lynch
burg Couri-r thht on the li,h nlt.. negro named
Erau. belonging ~ lady. living sc3ls s me. from
Campbell Court Loose. while III the harvest Eef laid
down his cradle and refused 10 wiz. The cvrrsref,
who is nephew Of the Indy ID whom the :'y De.
longs, aud whose nsne is Thos. w. Harvey, ordered
him to proceed with his work where. pom the slave
caught up his scythe and attempted 10 Kill Harvey
Harvey ran from ulUl, HHl rUCCtuNu ~
escape; afief ,.v:is lis hapd nearly Gu: OF. The
gro ran of, aud was not cHqgit Lti L f-y days ago
On Tuesday, he was tried at the Court house, aud
sentenced To transportation. Great excitement pre-
vailed aud there was strong disposition 10 remove
tbs boy; Frank, by violence, from the jail, and lynch
him.
BEyTos's EgRnEs.--A friend, S. s.. in a noighhor
ing county tPrince W;sm,I who has now some
lesrD-d leaure aud TIME to look AT such thing
well known 0du-"WhRt constitutes a Statrf'-on
page lBi. vol J. of bis 3d. Thirty years in tho Sen
ate. with the Ode correctly given in Chambers Cy-
copeda ct English Literature, page III vol :; AMI
tinGs in nine lines thirteen errors including two rls.
positiOni and thinks "Mr Is. has been Inaccurate
in hs other citntious in ths his mus, be tbs most
unfortunate volumes ever published" The reader mp.
pn examination for himself, will find tho enumeration
above correct ALcrdndria Gas,He.
ERROR CORRECTED The paragraph that appeal
ed in the local column Of this papsr. days since
copied from m exchange paper, aud announcing Ill.
appointment of II e Flesier t" the lat C-rkship in
III. Ollie. Of tbs Auditor Of Public Account. il in
correct. We have JUS, seen u letter from j VI Ben.
nett. ESQ., the present Auditor, in which h. says the
whole paragraph ia without fuundatnn, AMI that lie
never contemplated any such appointment
DEATH OF Az OLD CITIZEN jams Davis,
one of onr Oldest ctz -s, died at tn. Hot Springs
the 9Th instant. H. formerly resided in Norfolk bI.
has lived in Richmond for the past - years liz s.i
commissioner the Navy during ths war Of 1872 AMI
his coudun, in that trying period WAS uaexcsptjonat,
He wa, 81 years OF age AZ the time o! his desth
1HE NEXT AGRICULTURAL FAIR.-Ths rrasp' ct
f:l .i,e exhibition Of stock at tn, Dsxt Sai0 Fair IN
Yirgiuin, says the Southern Farmer, is very Ell.
couragins. OF those who are making pre;ara;iris
C,r choice display grai-d To learn f,st our
friend Col. Buford il, ever among the form St
1t each Of the preceding Fairs is herds have been
well represented. tni bis pgbic sp'rt has undergone
40 abatenn:. We trast LIS example VII ie,i oth,-s
TO Go likewise aud tha' every slsii will TO Occupied
by The best spscimeps the country Goa supply.
HEAVY sross At CITY PoiSr.-We learn from IT,,
Petersburg Express tho, Oil tuesday afternoon, abou,
half past three o'clock. TREMENDOUS occurred
at CITY Point such IS has never before been eXp-ri
enced in that quarter The oldest "tars' from the
be- dsI.lsra that th.y hav.