Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-07-17

J.urhter5 anil female wards To euucatt.
A,sr.rrp. The transport negro slave John, who
sscsn.I from the Capitol Square on the Sul INST, was
arrested, a LAY or two since, by James ii. Ming ol
King William county, Ton information FURNISHED ny
,h, advertisement of Col. Morgan, IN this pnper'l
and returned 10 the Penitentinry Oh the ioth 'nS''
Arpn,rrp.-Mr. Samuel Ayres has been appoint
ad 81 D.lesate to the Knoxville Commercial COnVeh'
tion, ia place Of Dabney T. Gooch, ESD VIII" cannot
attend. r AZ
| Andrew l.. Elicit. whose engagements prevent his
going To Knoxville.
TuE LAST LETTER ever pennei by the late Hon.
| YIN T.. Marcy, and about which considerable curIns
| ;,v has breu Expressed, was addressed to Hon. John
M Botts, of this city, Introducing the latter, rs MS
| friend, to Hon. Thomas H.. Seymour United States
Minister ut ST. Petersburg, Russia. MIR. Bolts expects
| IN snend several OF the ensuing inonths III II tohr
| through Europe, aud will Visit most o. lis ce'eo'ate"
| resorts before his return.
M,RRIrn.-Rt. Rev. Jno. Johns, Bishop of the Dl-
,cs,, ,f VIRGINIA, was married IN Norfolk, tuesday
.ya,;,, =, Mrs. Angelina j.. SOuthgate, OF that city.
The ceremony was performed by Rev. H.. V. D.Johne'
OF baltimore.
Drcsrr. CosrrRKru.-At balats commencement
of K.uyon College. tho degree OF ID. d., WAS confer
,ed On R.y. w. n. Pandleton, Of Lexington, Va. The
d.,r.e of l.. L.. ID. wns conferred on Professor } ames
| Is. uulcombe, Of the University OF Virginia.
rho uh.ot crop in Caroline will not he more tlnl
ga half ~crup,"-and what is made and clt Is sprouilng
rro,n The constant rains. The same compliant Is made
generally in this section.-l fredericksburg Nf"S.
Brru,Ny CoLLEGg.-The Board Of Trustees OF
Bethany College, at their last mseting ottte3 Sd OF July,
passed a resolution requiring all the Professors to re-
side within lla village, whereupou. DR.. Il =. Richard
son, Professor Of Bellies Lettres, NC, who lives on Il
farm a short distance from the College,, Resigned MS
Prutessorslip.
The Blue RIDGE TuSSEL.-Ths Stanton Findi
Gator gives rather u gloomy picture of the progress oi
this work, aud intiinates thnt tho it'c'Inond an" Ihar-
lotte.yillg papers had M authority for the statements
they Lave published in relerenca Ia its early completion
Ii snys-"FrOln our present Information. many months
will yet have Ia elnpse before the cars will pasd through
with safety. Uur information Is, that eight hundrtn
feet of arcliuu are yet To- be ione-iDr which the brirk
i. not made. Would it be advisable or even snic Tor
the cars to psss through till this arching il completed
The danger OF material being left on the track by
careless Iaborers-the st0ppa9o OF a work oil coHstruc'
,iun by the frequent passage OF the trains -tho divi'
sion Of responsibility between two independent com
panieg-the Earring that might thus be- produced. al
would seem TO us 10 demonstrate the improperly ot
the occupation OF this State work ny The NTGlu'h
Central Railroad until it's full completion"
E,oKM,Us YIrLD.--"The fredericksburg News
\ states that the nett profits OF MIR. a. ). B-azlcy's
Tobacco crop Of last year in Caroline county was
S2,j9O. He planted II acres, sandi used but one ton
Of Guano, with Farm pen and stable mannreo' anu
has made about 2I0 bushels of wheat besides, ON tile
sau,e land this year. There's farming tor you!
DESTRUCTIVE SroEM.-On Saturday last, a de
| slturliye storm and tornado passed over n portion oi
! Caroline causing the greatest injury IN the neighbor
| hood Of Essex. Wa learn from the fredericksburg
News, that Baylur's and Hunters mlll.daIns were
both carried away. Cr"lH wers beaten down ny ihe
rain and wind. r
The rain WAS very heavy ut the same time in Sial'
ford-ruus were swollen 81 ~ {" be Impassable.
from the inilldams being swept away by the Hood IN
Caroline county, WAS tha capture ot ~ club tsl
weighing fifteen pouris'-a hundred and fifty pei
cent heavier than tho hail stone We reported last week
Though, il is n fish story, we don't consider il edhA
10 our Falmouth horse MISUNDERSTANDING IN
yards ovora wall ~ fest high and getting int" The
second story uf The stable a-trudIle of II bsam." We
don't care what people cay ui the 'club"--les gD
no friends. But il ANY one doubts about thn horse,
we know Il man who will swrnr TO il, bet on II. and II
necessary, fight about it, [FrtdrricGSb mg NrrS.
TOBACCO The South. Side Democrat gives a tabu
lar statement Of the amount Of tobncco inspected and
sold at the various warehouses in Petersburg for the
first six months Of 1851. compared with the CORES
pundimg period for lSJ,i. From this tAh,e 1t appears
that from January to July Of '5j the sales amounted
to 1877 hogshGads, while for the same period this
year they amounted TO %l0,O6i-a falling off OF 1I'
hugslleads. For tho same period, The loose tobacco
sold in 81 amounted To III l,Sil pounds, willis for
~ it reached ,7Sl.G35 pounis-a iucreass al j70,i
pounds. The average price paid in 'Ji was SlOO per
h~ogshead, while in 81 the average has been Sion per
t%ogshead. The aggregate sales Tor ''G, To July,
amounted to 81 ~, 56O, while for the same period III
81 thsy amounted To Sl,13i,613-a difference Of
$3.50 ,0GJ in favor OF the latter. The Democrat adds
''that there are also tor 1871 half lots, the value Of
which We could not accurately procure, hut which
may be- Estimated ut about S30l, MlD. Tai. wouln,
flar.f,ra Inaka tina yalua of tina tnharrD s,,Il in thIH