Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-11-03

CITY AND STATE NE VS..

CITY AND STATE NEWS.
ARRIVAL OF THE SrATUE.-The brig Walborg,
Capt. Lund, having on board Crawford's equestrian
statue of Washington. has arrived at this port. Ar.
engagements will speedily be made TO convey the sta.
tue 10 the Capitol Square, where, at some future day,
this last and best work of the great artist will be
placed on the beautiful monument which has been
erected in honor OF him who was first in war. first
IN peace, and first in the hearts Of his countrymen."
Mr.. BALDA:sARE's LECTURE Mr.. Baldassare de.
liversd the first Of Il series OF eigh; lectures on Italy
n, he First Presbyterian Church tDr. Moorr'r) last
evening, AM viii deliver the second lecture tonight
at he FIRST Baptist Church DIR. Burrows.)
Mr.. Is. will repent these two lectures IL. lnorrow
evening, and the next evening in Petersburg, after
which he will return TO Richmond and give two
| other, and go continue 10 alternate between Rich
mond and Petersburg until he has completed til. Sc.
rics. Let the friends Of christianity give Lin Il help.
ing hand.
Co,DlTIoS OF THE WoUsDED.-Alopzo VI. Duke
end Christopher Bryant who were stabbed in tho late
ARRAY NJ the corner of Main and 18th streets, are i'm.
proving slowly. and The chances Gre in favor of their
recovery. Samuel Stone, ona Of the persona wound.
ed in me shooting atfray on Sunday week is gradual.
ly recovering and will probably be able to leave
biz apartments in q few days.
uEyMco CIRcUtr CoURr.-Wm. L. Blankenship
was tri-d before the Circuit Court Of Henrico county,
on Saturday, for stealing d hog, the value of which,
according to the owners estimate, was twenty-five
dollars. The jury rendered a verdict of guilty, With
Imprisonment in tue penitentiary for one Year.
PAYIso ExPEssEs.-Msny Of those persons who
visited Richmond last week broaght considerable
quantities OF specie, and sold it for paper currency,
realizing H handsome proft-in some Instances more
than sufficient 10 pay their expenses. This may be
termed aclever operation.
SAD OccuRREScE.-On Sunday the 18th October,
n negro nan named Charles, belonging to Richard II.
Lee, of Jefferson county, was killed near The Salem
Church IN that county by a man named Bogget, Of
Warren. The circumstaces, as we gathered them,
are somewhat as follows: The negro with his dog,
was sitting by the roadside he Bogget passed. The
dog attacked him, and upon Bogget demanding that
be- should keep the dog of, the negro muttered some.
thing supposed 10 be insolencei whereupon Bogget
threw a stone, striking him in the back of the head,
and causiug instant death.
BopY FoUsp.-Tbe body Of q white man, very
much decompo.cd, was found near the Greenb7ier
Wal White Sulphur Springs, last week. The de.
ceased had 5000 in gold on his person, was we'll
dressed and apparently passed middle age.
SENTENCED TO THE PEsIrESTrARY.-Alex. Veal
h., bsen found guilty at the Loudoun county, Va,
Circui, Court, of the murd-r of K. =. Saunders, and
sentenced to the peniten;lsry for eighteen years. He
is sixty years of age.
GOOD SALE.-In Stauntou, w., last week, at auo.
ton, a negro boy II years old, was cold at 1855; a
child G year. old At $50, aud u woman 46 years old,
at 1855.
CLOVER MAcHINE.-In the Hat Of premiums at the
Agricultural Fair the name Of the ingenious inventor
OF the machine for huling and cleaning clover seed,
which received a premium, WAS erroneously printed.
1t should have been Matthew 5. Kahle, of Licking.
ton.
Hoo CHoLERA.-The Alexandria Sentinel learns
by a gentleman from the neIghborhood of Dunn
frie, in Prince William county, that large numbers Of
hogs are dying there Of the above distemper. One
farmer had lost "a, and TWO others twelve each. The
vonltlngs, purgings and cramps which mark the dis
ease are such az ct once to suggest the name by which
it is known.
MEETING OF ToBaccosIsTs.-A meeting Of the
manufacturers Of tobacco in Lynchburg, Va, will be
held this evening for the purpose OF considering the
propriety Of sending delegates TO the Convention OF
manufacturers proposed TO be held in Richmond on
the frat Thursday in December next.
STAGE AccIpEsT,-On Thursday evening last, rs
the stage from Lynchburg, Va, for Charlottesville,
vas leaving Amherst G. L., it overturned, fatally in.
survive through the night, and killing one Of the
boraes.
KILLrp.-Wiloy Ashby, living on Elk River, in
Ksnawha county, Va, while digging coal for his tam
iiys use, was crushed to death by the falling OF the
coal bank, on Tuesday last. He leaves a wife aud
large family.
MUsKETs FOR BALTIMoRE.-Gov. Wise, Of Virgil.
mis-, having been applied to by Gov. Lyon, OF Mary.
land, for the loan Of arms, has promptly despatched
him 5000 muskets.
Six ul the boxes, containing 40 each of the muskets
loaned by Gov. Wise, passed through Washington,
en- route for Baltimore, on Saturday morning; and ~
boxes more arrived at the former place on Sunday
morning. They remained ut the depot during the
day.-IBaAimore Sun.
SIoPPEDP AYMESr.-The branch Bank OF Virginia,
at Charleston, Va, stopped specie payment on Thurs
day last, in consequence Of the suspension by the
moth-r bank.
SPEEDY JusTIcE.-Julu Fo!a was arrested at
Coalsmouth, kanawhn county, Va, on the 18th ult,
for stealing n watch, and in ten days was tried and
sentenced to two years and u half Imprisonment in
the penltentiary.
FINE AND IMP isoEaEsT.-On Friday last in the
Circuit Court of Greenbrier county, Va, young
Sullivan WAS fined BIO and three months imprison-
ment, for killing Yates.
TELEGRAPH F~EAT.-Thursday messages were sent
from S:aunton, Va, TO Bristol, Tenn a distance of
AS miles, without breaking connection. The ines.
sage went over the Richmond and Staunton, and
Lynchburg and Abingdon lines, which have the same
office in this city. and passed over the largest section
ever worked in Virginia.
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MARRIED.
MARRIED, on the goth Oct, at Bowling Green, Caroline
County. bv Rev. a n. McChe 'ney. CORfDOk H.. SUI.
TON, OF Richmond. to Mis-. SALLIE G., daughter Of Ro.
bert IIudcin, Esq, Of the former place.