Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-04-03

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MONROE wIRp.
This polls in this ward art Kept open for three days.
We ar therefore unable 10 give q correct list OF The
Council and Aldermen.
LARGE FUyxRAL.-Dr.S P. Hullihen, a popular
physician OF Wheeling, Va, VINO died in Ina, city
AT week, wa. buried on Sunday, and iIi- funeral II
s4id To havs been attended by from 4GU TO 5000
person. The decsased Is represented TO have br-n
nns OF tue MOS, accomplished surgeons 10 the United
States.
CHANCELLOR JoRx,. Of Delaware, whose death
We announced yesterday, was a brother OF Bishop
Johns, Of virginin, and of the Rev. D.. Johns. Of Bal.
INSPECTIONS or FLOUR AT Richmond for the third
quarter. ending March 3I.,. 1857!
3O9 barrel, Family.
24hS do Ex "a Snper6ae.
l0l S2l do Sup-rhls.
32n2 halt barrels do.
27Gi barrels Fine.
1882 do Midd.inss.
SD7 dn Condemned.
DAN'L. 5. DELAPLANE, Inspector.
NOVEL EyrERPnI,E.-A correspondent Of the
Charleston News. wiring from Washington, states
that u project Is on fhot 10 start n Southern State
Rights Pro Slavery Journal AZ London" Mr.. Slo
cum, O: Mississippi, mas Unlisted thi. singular enter.
prigs. TIE Editor i: 10 oe Professor Alexander Di-
mitry, AT pre:en. the translator in the State Depart
manr, 6 naive OF l. ,uisisna. q man OF rare accom-.
p.i,hrneris mud an unsurpassed ~lingulsi. II is to. be
&c ivered Tree 1T all o.heI expense 10 the American
subscriber at SlU Per nnuuln. AID ID 10 bs published
weekly.
THE ARPcaRaycE or 1HE Crops This growing
WHEN: never .n"kot worsa al iiis sts. on Of iHe Sear,
lea, lie S,aunton Va. American in this region, than
Al presrut. 1t il truly distressing 10 behold il. Five
weeks aga il looked as If il would 90 something. but
At present it app-ars 10 b. dead. We do Not know
what effect Il lew warm days may produce upon II,
but If @ good crop is grown, thsre IL nothing in ap'
oeara.css. Tns cold weather daring the Ii st Of this
month, wrought the mischief. " is feared that The
injury hes been most serious, Affecting the wheat 10
lie roots.
Lur OF 4 SIRGistA 9oLp NINE -Th WvcoB
gold rni1-r, 10 Fauquisr county, Va, have bcsu sold
for 81 800, 10 satisfy an execution. The whole
amount, says the Warrenton Wing. spent upon these
works, could not have been less than S5O,OUO.
TOBACCO PLAs1s.-The Danville Wal Republi-
can states tha, mos, of the tobacco plants in that
section have bsen killed by the recent severe wes.
Their. Tho farmers are relying on the second sowing
tor plan,s.
Petersburg VA District assembled Saturday and
nominated DR.. Ii. Claiborne for thu State Senate. a
resolution was adopted advocating the claims of
Jsme. Alfred Jones, late Senator from that district,
Tor the post OF Attorney General.
WHEAT CRoP.-Ths wheat crnp In this county In
GOES, quence OF the late cold weather lie looking badly,
but il is thought by some that it is not 70 farg one bu,
what the genial showers Of Spring may redeem it. 70
far at last as TO produce sD average crop.-lFoyd
I Va iukUigeneer.
MASONIC STATUE OF W.sHrSoros.-Frcdericks.
burs, Va, Lodge, No. 4, Of which General Washing
ION Was a member, have received a letter from Hiram
P,wers n. Sculptor. in which he says The fac sinies
oil WAshington's Masonic regalia have been received,
rhs model prepared and the marble lie now ready.
liz prorises 10 forward a photograph OF the statue.
comics e which are t. DO sent 10 the variou. Lodges
aud G-mnd Lodges throughout The United States
which navs subscribed {" riRs noble undertaking.
J.sE.rows CELEsRArIos-ConRgcT DATE -
Tho proposed comm-morH DRY exercises al james
tnwn should TAX. place OIL the 23i. instead OF the I3,h
Of May. Ths first celebration took place on thu 18th
of May. old style; on the next occasion. tho Gregg
rlan computation vas adopted, which 6Ied the lime,
according 10 The then reckoning. on the 24h Of the
month. Now, in ortsr 10 pass from the Julian to the
Hrpcorian calendar, at the date OF The settlement at
Jnmestown, we add ten days, thus making The 2ad OF
May the proposed iitns according Ia the np Style
We would further state, that the Executive Commit
lei, Jf tie Virginia Historical Snrieiy have determin.
&c upon the % e May as the day on which the first
y-"a, epoch 10 our history should be celebrated
The S7uss.
a MftttSG .lODEL.- IlhrRe MllIt, tEo eculprOY.
purchased u hurs- sOine lime since, intending IN use
him as a "modrI, " and meanwhile. hired him To Sam
Strong Tor hive dollars p"r month, wIth the privilege
of purchasing him at SlQD Strong di.posed OF The
hor-e, however. 10 johu Martin aud Robert Strong,
who in turn sold him to Mr. WiIlisms 81 Virginia
for s22a5. News OF this reaching Mr.. Nills, be wen,
And took posssssion OF rhe animal, and Yesterday had
Martin ami ths Two Srronss placed unde. bonds TO
appear before The criminal c"trt 10 arsw-r 4 charge
Of conspiracy to def:aud.- (INa.hington Onion.
JAMES WAppELL or VIRGINIA Bishop Meade
in one of his interesting skerch.e Of the old Epicopa
%rhurche. OF Vlrkimia, Describes III. present d-sOlarior
OF the h-!d Of labor of Nr. Wirt's famous b!iad
PIE che (:
.Tae county Of Lancaster was the scene Of IN.
early labors Of The Rev. NJ. Wsdd-il. tho blind Pes
by'vrian preacher, who ia 30 f-elinyly described By
Nc. Writ in the British Spy. A. a time when disnt'
f>rfIon toward the Established Church was spread
Ing through Virginia, and great numbers werc leaving
IL. Mr. Waid-ll, by his %tal"Dts, I>al and pieiy, gather
ell two congregations IN this county. One ct he cIur
cbce " ~ uear rh- court house. The graveyard in il
ruins is the only rs.ic of the establishment Of that de
Eo:ninrinn in LHnras'er county. About htfy yea
since the church shared ihs same fate with those o
the Establishment, which have now passed away
The TWO acre. Of land on which il stood, and beneath
which are the rensirs Of numerous. adh, rents to tina
Denomination, hAs ever been regarded ne sacred. 4
grove of oak, sycnrnores, pines and other trees sha
d.d the hiliocks, and some toTnbstonea which wer,
spread over Inc Surface ot lne ohrtn, ~nlch was car
urted with a covering OF green grass.
/, wa.sI An told. a favorits resort to tho peopl, o
IN. village and country nround-iO the Young ns 1
play ground TO The old az q scene Of contemplation
| recently visited the spot, but found il no longer
scene for The young or old, the gay or the grave
Nearly every ire. WAS gone, having been within
yea. Or two cut down and converted into cord woo'
aud cold In the steamboat. Nothing |. now 10 b,
snen but siumPs and pile. OF dead branches, which
hide mt only tho hillock graves b.. the few tomb
stones which Ter. once TO BIZ seen. Young cellar
are - erywh-r- putting firth their shoots, and In
few years IL will be with this spot a. with many Tx
II in Virgiula-ir must he so hidden from The view
that it sill b. difficult, for sny ecclesiastical antigua
rlsn 10 discover The spot where Mr.. Wadde!l ONO
proclaimed the Gospel of Christ.
SAILING OF THE STEAMSHIP AFRICA.
NEW YOsK. april Tho steamship Africa sale
to-day, for Liverpool. with upwards Of ssoO.0O0