Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-01-23
CITY AND STATE NEWS.

Mr-icAL CVScaHf TG.S!GnT.-ILe sessions 81 81.
, M4.."n3 Convention, last week, inc!"n""i III i!'ieE'7'
from DAY =" day. until 'te Church "hS !liiri ~ e"'!
~. -fip.. IN irrinG. ~ separated GA saturday hieh''
with high ai;ir,9a irn- of h .vin. an unusually III
rrraslimg concert "u Monday night. ir wh.rii u!
!.ga nal. thorough aud careful preparation. IN
s;u.m ha"ia. ..ni"red p"-'?"irin-a: :@.,'-sh:y' ne
members hGy" continued ,a.! !: .ns.'!rg' during tins
week, and vii! Li:s TIC Concert Tonight according IL
! Tie advertisement. The carefully prepared anthems
rnd c.iaru.es bv tho Convention. aui the solos ~
t..p,. talented singers, Misse, Wiiitehous and Raw
s,n, under the efficient direction of Professors john.
snn and Fro.t. vii furnish a programme" rarely
/ ,uuui;.d. As the Convention caGno. b. prolonged,
ih- Numbers who manifested ili-ir Interest during IL
sessions, Will, doubtless. be present a; this, ia clusln.
ps. iurrneuce, de-pIteihe condition OF the streets.
Fsozsy TO DEAriL-He und-rs:aad that Mfr. l."
! snd.r I;.uunan, & citizen Of Hanover county, was
f,nnd frozen 10 death ON, Sunday last, on thu Noun
Tain road. ucar BarioT5 tavern. II miles from Rich
m,rd. Twu other persons named Askew and Nils.
- little boz, son Of tho latter. who were IN c"mpan!
yy;,h p,uahan we're Il little distnuco OF and either
,.srIv ar Uulc frozen. From " hat we could learn il
appeared that the parties started from R;ciln1iid Oh
Saturday, after !gyin. ~ Hs;ock .. provisions and
groceries, u u. u. SaUn1e;.' on Broad street. Two
~ rh.rn were IN horseback and Two in the wagon
Wa M. un.cGuaiIted with In, topography 81 the
c,uo,rv. h,r believe that Barlow's tavern Is nea. The
I,riso line. 10 reach which, gu:ag from Richmond,
travellers have 10 pass 'cd:!t- aud GrOuni Squire,
fr,I,a. in Hanover. Ih- untottGnate men were IL
f,,r minis ~. Si.!hurn, and II miles from K chn0ud,
wG.n ia.s were uverigkrh by tho snow storm, and
b,r-ss and men ;.caui- heilumet and uEaDicd L"
urnc.ed. /; i. said that Nr. Baughan was found ell
lin. on his horse dead. The little bog was in the
ws.sn; and the other two, Messrs. Askew aud NILS,
appeared rs IT they had ioo'-d 'hs hofses ir"u mo
Tn,ou with the intention o. going after assistance,
and had SINK doYa unable 10 mount. Persons WHO
saU them had gone 20 thu ~uelghbors TOR assi,tance.-
w. trust those OF the party who are alive may be
rescusd.- f.dmerscan.
.ccrpeyr Ar TIE gLAcE HEATH ~PIr5-FIvE
pru.os, kILLrp.-A .-rIous accident occurred ri
ID. Black Heath Iitt, in Chesterfield county, On Mon
day morning last, by %h'r!! Ave psrs0ns' iour olacHs
and one white, lost their lives. Tue particulars a.
detailed To us by a srnt!cmsn III tho 'ieish''!hoou'
arc as follows:
Anon, half pact 7 O'Clock Monday morning. the
ov,r.eer, Mr, Alien. went iowa the saaif, 10 cr;:pa-
Nv with three others, III ordrr 10 SEQ tin' l"u 'i"f,'
aud ri, we're in proper CONDITION lrT IN" n'tii 10 "oi"
il; ana having sal: .ii-i hl'nss'i that they were so, Tue
box or cage in which re desccrded was sent up
: but IN ord. r - io.! the nsc!i"ery, which. IN i:i= pre-
sen; state vf The weather, wa= deemed JiGlriou., u
fui! boz was seI. up and Gown tht sha!'. Seeing thts
| everything worked tremendously, tour negro r.ei'
and u white lad vera allowed to desc,ht' al lhlS
! time anu Tor CONC time pre-, uGs ~, tie Minirg A:cE;,
| Mr. Job .S.ksns, WAS al the pit lead, reeii.: 10 The
safety an! due Urdsr "i every tiInS. le reini;ned
there Un,il Tie rirn had dc-ccIllui ABOUT ialf way,
when no turI,-i from il, bur bsi hardly done 50 be.
fore i was obvious from the s'oFf:ge VI The eiis:ae.
thu; soin-;,Ing was wrong. !: Wa soon ais'ofe'rl
that the cage which contained The men, bad, by
some means or other, become Detached from The rope
aad fallen down the shaft. q distance of about three
hundred !eci. Three o! the me-: wero Instantly
! killed, uiiy survived aJoGi tt. liiUu,Cs md tie other
ubou, thirty minutes, but without beirhy'ns any con
sciuu -nos>, and consequently S!iloIt tlt!oTIny Gny
light ON The cGa.e ii In. ac.!ivnt.
As TO whaf CAUSED ih- accident, i is difficult IL SPY,
bui on. thing Stems clrar-tiH, o. some mesIs or
other II momruiary Topaz" 1T Tie cage IL i!s Descent
must have occurred, which cIGs.d II l"rk, and which
hfsI bro..e tho h-.V| ring WHICH attached the cage To
! tho rop9. il il posI:Eie maj Ohn ri the ,deu might
have mad his ain uui, o.; tn sleeve Of his coat, or hi,
torch--vr II might have been II jerk ot tic engine
but this is mere coI lecture. Thr oversser of the pit.
WIG was ., the mouth of the slsii, does not think
there az coy s,Grr".c "natcger. The riug Was ~
very heavy din. enaloIJ sd ToI.L EGi, Ia aJl,a o. he
weather, have broken witt0G; = SaG4gu ard uErsaal
uiuvoment.
! THE gt,to parz1r wto lost bis If %as q lad, about
thirteen yenrs Of age, ecu Vi NJ. ja;nss icinre:iun,
who re2:lfs u-ir tue 'ii-. Jl- negroes tfers, BOZ
i,nin aud Washington, belonging 10 Mr. Spindle, "i
Caroline county; Barley, owoneI by ar. Joha Ear
RAJ; and John Logan, u ir &c inan.
J.. Cur informant says that III" uGciient W.. or not
70 b. anticipated, :.aa Of course no, easily guarded
s;rine,. r. relieve thc -crn-yc.s .: ell blame, ~.
they had tested IT, machinery before lie men started
down tls sua.i.- ..Rspdtch
How TO OrEN a kohB.-The Dispatch states
that Oh Wednesday, the Meadow Bridge Eocd was
opened from CreHsbaw'g farm 10 this city, Il dlstanc"
OF Ten n:il-S, By persons residing along the road. y
lew gentleman, with their rcrvamts Oh iUr'es and
mu,es, s,nr;cI Tor Hiahnonh early Wednesday morn.
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