Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-08-28

- ,; amcc,., End i destroyed by amy failure. Nn"'
.,.r No.. s.r n .ucc ssirn at tn'lu'--' HE oeciine
~ e. 80, nT M. credit Mubier, the double
pon',l;,sn I.c,ion. R-raug-r'e und gnhnd iunera'
~ xr,a oC III. civil! list, and the undoubted ac'
rusa:ion u.,aus, L-1rn Rr'lin and Mozzhl.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
| u aurust 70 Tn. steamship America,
,r;., I;y.,,ool dates TO The l2ih inst arrived here
| this morning. >, r,, ,oo5 Grp, with
.dro,,.;ny teudency-the sales OF the week amount
~ 10 ono ba.s Prices generally are unchanged -
Tha s,ork Of American cotton in Liverpool is 3sOO0o
haIo The weather is favorable for the crops. Mheat
Inssd with an advancing :endsncy--all kinds slightly
tirhsr Flour has an advancing tendency. Corn
bss n declining tendency-all KINDS are Neh"y
lower. Provisions are quiet Consols 9oi to VIII
| The Manchester advices are favorable -,
Another despatch quotes Consols n ~ 30 u ~ 49,,
renorts more buoyaucy in the Stock Exchange
| Than for many weeks. American securities were
;nnc:iya. Sugar had declined Is; lsice was steaaV.
Rosin bu"yant ; ea'es of common at Is ID 70 l.-
| G,s i6s-,io,hing doing in Crude Tar and Turpen'
| tine. Spirits had declined -. ,,.,
| The Atlantic cable parted when three hundred
| and thirty miles from shore, on the morning o! lhe
| nth of August. The vessels engaged IN laying u
have returned to England. The Directors are san
| CHINA of success 4 conference was to be he'd IN
London on Saturday, the 18th August, to decide VINE
Their they would make another attempt thls summer
] or wait unit; the next. .u
Tho India mail had arrived Delhi had not fallen
| Gil ,be 9th June. There had been further mutiny
anouest the troops. The Bengal army ID de'uhcI.-
The NJ mics of Bombay and Madras were o!ai: ~ Is
believed te crisis has pas sed. The news Is iaV"ra
. sjy received i" London causing ." 'DS',' - w
There is nothing important from China The trade
at the Northern ports had heen interrupted.
ICorrespondence of the Richmond Enquirer
OLD PoINr COMFORT. VA.
August "a, 1851.
Having formed the desperate re'olau"n 10 lesr
myself away from the stupid dullness of Washington
+. for few DAYS locke ed around me for some pleasant
retreat from heat and dust, and where could Whiie
away the stolen hours in luxurious comfort ana e".e
Fprunately,I selected the Hygeia Hotel at Old Point
Comfort, from winch point now selu you 'nose 10"
| lines in haste"
Visitors TO Old Point strange TO any have not gen
orally selected the best season to ENJOY either the e
igh!ul aud salubrious air, the luxurious ana neah
giving sea. bathing, the most delicious Of AL oshe'
the celebrated hog iish. The Richmond people, par
ticuary are in the habit of paying their respects 10
this favo.ite resort in July early IN August When
the ;rne for visiting and enjoying Od fo't is
from the 18th of August 10 the middle or ias' OF oep
TENDER; then the air is bslmy, the water delightful
and the fin, It fish in the world III the greatest album
| dance. understand that the present wei known
| and genenanly proprietor VIII Keep the iiote open
10; visitors during the entire month OF September,
with some reduction in the charges: Such an ar.
ranCelnen will! be great accommodation To- iunureds
who appreciate the facts have men''onec' sno VINO
will readily avail themselves OF this rare opportunity
of enjoyment Col Stgar deserves the thanks OF the
public for this determination his part. and II IS 10
b. hoped thef handsome profits Will remuhers'e MN
for bic enterprise.
lind the company here smaller than had antlci,
mated fuOt oyer two hundreG) but more select qua
agreeable. Several rotahiitiss are now on The iist
of visitors among whom notice Commodore AulicK'
| Of the United States Navy. Mr. Mann, TX Assistant
Secretary of State and j. d. b. lie Bow, Esq., Of the
Southern Commercial Review. The ladies rather
| ou,.number the gentlemen, ] ihnk, and ihesetore
we have no decided bellies although we have scores
Of pretty girls Several invaids are also mere W'io
have been much benefited by the salt water baih-
among them n gentleman from Mobile and quito
number q, infants from Washington and other p aces.
notice among the representatives. OF the press the
intelligent Richmond correspondent oi the New
York tierald-Mr. k.ai.
hive hardly had fair opportunity, yet 10 Ind"e
Of thu manner in which the "Hygeia" il now con-
ducsI. but from the exhibition yesterday aud today
am satisfied there ia hut lits r0on Tor improve
nenr aud the individual whu is no! more hsn satiS
fed with the table and attendaDc1 IL not caphhis OF
| appraaia,ing WIN; good table s. OF thls, howev
er, shall speak again when have looked farther.
| | anticipated meeting here the Hon. Secretary oil
War Gov. Floyd, but since ny arrival lnaru that
he has postponed his visit until the Inst OF ts week
Several other members of the Cabinet Including the
| Ppsiinaater und Attorney General were Ia hAvs nc
cnmpaned Gov. Floyd and had "a good jolly time OF
| it,"
Tn. Notifications at this poin. ara oj.cts Of grea;
interest to n. visitor. Fort Monroe the largest for
.ficaon in the United States, located aud plan
| ned in 1877. by General Bernard. French Engineer
who had been called into this service OF this country
through the influence of Mr. Galiatin, himself a TO-
| r.icner The Generals ideas upon tbs larges.
scale and his works here proved the TACT lie had
been taught 10 deal, not with thousands but with nun
dree OF lrunsands of men. aud to him iorihcatlon
meant something more than a mere redou6t. Hence
| the enormous dimensions of Fort Monroe, which
mounts three hundred gans and requires ten Thousand
men 10 fully garrison ii. ,,r.
Fort Calhoun commonly known as the Grip
Raps'D Will now be- COMPLETED without delay. The
INN mas, of rocks wiUE vas piled up in the
river has settled six feet but no settling has occurred
for three years past and the Engineer department
coIIsiders the foundation now sufficiently irm TOT me
support of any building which may he erected upon
j.. rhs Kin Rams were commenced in 1921, and were
named Fort Calhoun after john Z. Calhoun, then
Secretary Of War.
These two furtresses will control completely The
entrance into Hampton Roads, will cover Norfolk
and Richmond, aud all other points of commerce in
tina. region, while eneiny's feet woail never as
cend the Chesapeake with an American tleet protrc-
led by ;hes, forts lying in its rear.
The Garrison is now in command of Col. Harvey
Brown, and consists OF q battalion OF QUE hundred
sud fifty men, including SONS raw recrults L No:
ticcd number uf soldiers with the "bal anu chain
10 their f-e as a punishment for sundry sight OIL
fences the principal one being the leaving the gar
rison, getting drunk and returning in a noisy and
turbulent disposition.
TIL. steamer Maryland Leaves this afternoon for
Washington, but carries back only Tie EXCLUSION pas
sen sers and indeed not all of them, seve.al having
determined to remain over here for o few weeks
The Maryland is slow boat, bu, her superior &C.
commoiations and polite attention of her Captain,
(Mitchell more than make UP for the loss Of speed.
R,IPAuASSoCK.
MERCANTILE FAILURE - SUSPENSION OF
TIE ONO TRUST COMPANY.
ROCHESTER, Aug. 2i.-Messrs Brewster & Co,
private Bankers. have tailed ewing to advances made
To the Messrs. Ely, who tailed some days since Their
liabilities not large.
NV YORK, August 2i-rhe Ohn Life and Trust
Company have suspended. There are numerous ru
mors 10 regard the institution and The excitement
among those interested ia very gr"a'
SUSPENSIONS Or BANNERS, &c.
NEW YoRK August - Reports are in circulation
that the two heavy banking houses of Messrs. De-
launay, Isrn &. Co =, and Mr.. john Thompson, have
suspended payment.
L. 5. MosToe bank has Suspended payment.
Attachments hive been issued 10 the amount Of
nearly - 600 900 against the Ohio Trust Company.
The liabilities of Mr.. Thompson, banker, who sus-
pended to-day, over half IN Hon. lie has. for
many years, done a lending business in uncurrent'
money AMI acted agent nj various hanks. He
also published the Bank Note Reporter His susprn-
sion was wholly unexpected and will cars. inconye
nerca 70 IN extent which cannot now Big esiima.ed.
His assets are largely in bank notes NOT available at
present aud in other securities alike of small value
in the present excited state Of the market.
Of fal4unny TsoIsn ~ rlerE