Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-09-03

OF me state, have pu,posey deprecated the cr.G n
tho State, with the sole ohisct Of preventing N.
plication of appropriations 10 public works. snrh
msn ss these have obtained control over our nnsnc-
committees, and thus concocted schemes which
have received legislative sanction, only ba
cause the great majority Of liberal minded mer
| IN the Legislature have been too inetf,.i-r.
10 study much less to oppose, measures which
nave been repeatedly presented for their sdop
tion. The improvement party have allowed the most
important Issues of State policy to be decided syan.
them by their own sluggish inac,ion This is the
reason why the State of Virginia. during the s-t ii.
years, has been subjected to series of Husrcis .-
eSlson, the most noxious to the public credit which
| could possibly be effecuated.
The MINERAL WATERS OF THE BURNING
MOUNTAIN IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Nearly twenty years ago coal mime at Coal Casio
III Schuyhiil county. Psnnsylvsnis, was set on Dire
by the careessness of mlners vino wcrs engaged
in working it, but who paid the penalty of their iau
with their lives. Yet ever siucs, has that tire CON
tnued to burn in the deep rec-sses of its cavernnus
heart and the mountain that contains it still coniio
ues to emit the smoke and gas of an active volcano
1t does not bech forth streams of melted lava nor
will 1t ever do 80, but the probabilities are that Wi,
continue to burn tor hundred years to come un.,-
the adventurous miners OF that State sxoavs,e The.
coal, which feeds the fire, before that period arrive
| aud in fact the process Of excavation il now %.
| ing on and the minres are at work. hundreds .t
| feet below the base OF the mountain, and the low
sst point to which the fire has yet reached. Il has
extended on The vein of coal, which s known as The
| Great Mammoth or '.jugusr" vein, ranging from
80 to 100 feet in thickness over mile from East 10
| West. The water running from the mouth Of tho
old mine as hot as the waters of the Hot Spring.
IN Bath county Of this State, and lorms as bold y
stream as that flowing from the White Sulphur
I Springs Of Grsenbriar. The gases which the
contains are csrbonlc acid gas and nitrogen and The
mineral substances principally suIphate of iron SUI
pbste OF magnssls, or epson SALTS ammonia, aumins.
&C., with sulphuric acid and carbouic acid.
The Hot Springs Of Virginia contain free nitrogen
and oxygen gases, and The salient insradianis
carbonate of lime, suphate OF ime sulpbate of soda
| sulphate Of magnesa and silica, with traces Of the
OXIDE Of iron. Thesc Springs celebrated for the
many wonderful cures they have made. We have
| recently seen gentleman. we'll known to the peoplr
OF Richmond, who went there partially psralized il
his limbs, and unable to help himself yet he came
| away 10 ten days, comparatively we'll.
The mineral waters Of the Burning Mountain oi
Pennsylvania, though not of tho same character noi
| Is certain Of duration the mineral water of the
Hot Sprogs, are still found to possess virtues not
talnable in all the maeria medios Of the healing ari
And efforts are now being made TO render the wste,
accessible 10 the public in the shape Of baths snd
| wells. MIR. Salathiel Harres, gentleman engaged
| with Mr.. DsBoy in developing the coal. lead nnd
other minerals OF Virginia, and now at Farmvile ia
Princa EDWARD county, was :he psf'.i Who, at the
immense risl OF bis ..o, brought out the bodies Of tho
unfortunate lien who fret set the Burning Mountain
on fire. 1t was fearful undertaking, Tor the des
roying fumes Of the szote aud osrbonic scd gas il
ed every holeand corner Of the mine. But Mr. Hsres
is fearless and reliable miner well intelligent
man. who has seen more mining life adventure and
accident In the deep dark bowels of the earth, than
any man, probably, new living. He has been
gagged in the deepest mines in the world, and has
wandered for miles beneath the raging bows Of the
sea. He was one of the frat to open the anthracite
coal mines Of Pennsylvania, and has long been cue
cessful in exploring new regions for coal, iron, Sc
To such men will Virginia owe her future existence o.
mining aud manufacturing State, in connection with
her own capitalists and sn,srprising business men
INDIGNATION OF THE OPPUSrrION
The spiciest piece Of indignation aimed at the had
of Democratic opponent of Mr.. Letohers nomins
ton. appears in the following extract from the
Wheeling Inteigencer"
/ A CLEAN REcoRD.-Csn anybody tell what q
clean record Isl That's what We want TO know. Had
Thomas Jefferson. James Madison, Chief Jusiics
Marshall and others OF our now below ground great
Such stuff as is daily being emitted by SONS of the
Journals of this State 10 show up the soundness or
uusouudpess of some Of our living politicians, Is
enough to physc snpe.' Ii is nsed. Its nigger
only ngger, and nigger continually.
We suppose, however, here's sound ons--s "rale
clear erit'-wbo writes as follows to the "Richmond
, Enquirer"
The day has not yet arrived when the Virginia
Democracy sha in Convention, be forced to say that
they have no Democrats with clean records! Soon
after the Southampton affair, when the confidence "f
many shaken, regsrds the Institution OF slave
ry, the Hon. George w. Summers gave vent to pHr-
tial abolition procviiiea. In l647, the face Of
rht and knowledge, Mr. Letcber superadds ireach.
ry to crime II mean po,caly) by positive aholi
lion blow, struck at the bosom of the mother tVir
pinia whose Bible teaches that God established and
nphulds slavery. Now, in the year 1851, George w
Summers became candidate for the Office OF Cover
, nor of Virginia. The genius OF the Daa threateD-d
to overrun the Democracy Of Virginia. and would,
verify believe, have done 20, had he not by D-mo-
crats been charged arrsignsd. tried and convicted
of abolition tendencies Now, Messrs Editors, who
Is most guity-Summers or Letcherf ark you,
gentlemen editors Of the true Democratic organ OF
Virginia, 10 decide. Lel the people know-!st then
kDow il that which is criminal Ia Wing Jusrliia-
Bile in Democrat. Let it Ds decided aud the days
of our party are numbered Again, Messrs. Editors.
ust ylasce at the political sfrpeof ths gentlemen "h"
addressed the communication To Ruffner inviting him
m uublish his insult to Virginla. -Itusr them say
him We do not e1 pect you Ia coBhne yOursef To The
spaech az made, but go IL blind-we will back yon.
Yes. who We're those gentlemen How many Demo
crats were there in iha tsl lthss TO me great deal
ptral lhSrfy lltuuy t.f,it
ger" elevating. Wing SMELL"
Now We put il 10 the common senee OF every body
f ia not the most ridiculous stuff and
even Eastern Virginia sbslrsciionsts sver wasted lux
upon 10 be trying to write poor, bald headed JOHN
Iietcber into uBsouudness, when every mothers son
Of the N knows that in doiuR they faint the ".ary
fsthers," whose names We have cited above, oil over
from head to foot, with exactly the same leprosY
Hare the cases OF Judge Summers and John
L.icher, Two veteran politicians, both pecunsry ln
t-rested in the institution both of whom have
been tried and not found waniiog, when Ilsd In fen
~ TO all th. laws of State, ''instituhon and all
who. psyertI,.l.ss are this day branded and os,rs
cssd And wby7 Msrkit-we ask why Because
tb.y have subscribed to aud reiterated some OF the
, a,us-soms of rhe identical opinions that several OF
,,r mos, houotsd and most usrious dead put re-
r,d Iouy b.fors them. Talk about Abso!ut,sm jug
,,nsu,i,m Ult1amoutsDism, or any other repuis,ve
m Won have a mind but reck oDng into the estimate
,, t.y and sge and country and the theory Of the
E G,,.rDment under which We live, and there
. .u.,,d sny@here more relentless, ineIorsbIe and
.smrnitant tyranny than the nggerism OF these al
| '.,nists.
g., i.E CELEBRATION IN WASHINGTON
i W,.nixGTOs September 1.-The principal pubic
h Il, .. and other buildings are brilliantly illu,ins-
L. 4 IT, n,xhf. Music sounds 10 the strsets Kock- .
.., d. ux and the Hags Of nll nations ar. dis-