Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-01-30
CrTF ARB STATE NEWS.

AocIp-vT.-On Monday Mr.. Henry Ellis, of ,bs
firm Ut E.ii- Il Peers, Of this city, met with a seriou,
accident wh:i, out cunning with Mr.. u. Huntington
near the farm ofJscot 5. Alice, about five miles below
here. The two were q short distance apart when ",
D. gun accidentally exploded lodging the sho, II
;be back OF Mr. L IS head. Medical aid was had a..
sunu as possible. but fears are entertained that ~. +
will not survive bis INJURIES Dtspatch.
DEATH FROM CoLD.-On the nigh; Of the 18th ms,
a young man, named Dennis Clarke, O resideu, .;
Darbytn"n II, in Hen-ico county. persisted by the cold
lie started from a neighbours, in the evening, 10 o.
home, and being overcome by the storm prrish-d-
His body has since been discovered in the woods
about half a mile from HE reside nee, aud an irora,,
held over il by Justice Jackson +. Childrey. The
Jury rendered n verdict in accord snce with the sbovs
lscts.- Dispatch.
THICKNESS or THE Ice ~ THE HARBoR.-The ice
over the deepest wafer between the County ferry wharf
ana Portsmouth was bored with az auyer Yesterday
and s-ceriaineG TO be, in one place J aud in another
some distance OF, eicM and a half inches.
Tbs greatest thickness OF the ice in ou- harbor 10
former years has never exceeded two inches, and has
always been broken up and drifted our on the next
ll,od tide. The comparison therefore is startling, and
prepares us 10 anticipate a. kard a time as that of the
winter OF lT'9 81, when wa.oi.s Crossed the Che 81.
peske from Hampton ltoaGs 10 CherrystOne, and the
! Atiantic shore wrs 5nrd"roI 9th ic. n the width of
severa! mlles.-l.NoJJk Herald, Jan. %.
FIRE Al ORA3GG CovKr tIousE.-We learn that
q fire occurred II; Orange Court House, on Saturday
night, destroying the store of Mr.. Alfred Thompson,
w,:h lis contents. a keG Of powder, in the store at
the time, EXPLODED, SCATTERING the building, and two
neil I'VE could not learn their names) were SO &C.
s ssG.. ib i"j1 ifs1r BY y- Ssiss :'i +. soo w'is 4 r isli,1 do t'%.
tuL-latraRdrIG Gazette.
Crsr CorSciL.-At a meeting of this body, held
Monday evening, the cum OF one thousand dollars
was appropriated for the relief OF the poor. lhissun
is Ia Ge distributed by the Committee OF the council
as heretofore. They are as follows For Monroe
Ward, Messrs. Saunders and Eppes-for Madison
Ward. Messrs. Gretter and Robinson-ior Jefferson
Ward, Messrs. Stokes aud Richardson.
SCARLET FsyER.-This disease has prevailed in
Martiusburg, Va, And The adj acent community, for
some weeks past TO an alarming extent, and a mum.
h-r Of children have died from lis fearful ELECTS
The Marrinsburg Republican states that one family,
that OF Mr.. WIN. Fr-vel. lost four children by il in
about one weeks time, and in other families its effects
have been l;:tle lees experienced.
FATAL ARRAY At HAMPpES SIDNEY COLLEGE.
"A difficulty occurred at ~lIsmpden Sidney College
last Monday evening between two students, r.. y.
Lanshurne of LyDchburg, ard a snn of DR.. Eide OF
Cbris,isushurg. They met Tuesday iaorning in a pas.
sage of the College. and Edie wss stabbed 10 The
heart, and died in q lew minutes. Laughorne was
arrested.
ToB,cco.-From present Indications it is safe to
infer tho; leaf tobacco will bear u very high prize
during the present year. Tie high price of the man.
uinc,ured article aud the admitted 'n!eriority OF the
crop on hand, mus; cause good tobacco 10 go TO 3
very high figure. We have heard OF some purchases
made in the ndjscent country which, We earn, We're
~eir-cied nj figures much above las; years rates.
lDlmr,M (ra.I RepaWlcna.
PAsToKar. APPoISTMLsT.-Rev. A. II. II. Boyd,
ID. D., Of Winchester, W., was on Thursday evening
elected pas,or Of the Second Presbyterian church in
Alexandria, Va, vice the Rev. l.. j. Newlin, appoint.
n 49, Z n u,,s. Ill.