Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-08-17
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benz all aud always vtu5us te.ca it is not ashamed
n.sn that soms Of IL stock are oaca-"nay III NC
wroas. and among these You may class tie Mayor
Court crowd.
Yesterday thsre was John slave of Chss. j. TinnII'
vb., was charged with having broken into the office
q: l.. w Gsz1brook, and stealing th-reirom : IL Ill
..,i. "a well iOnr costs. thre- vests pair OF
nrn,s and shirt In word he went in Tor neat
wardrobe. and SOM money 10 keep up appearances
with II was arath-r curious case Of robbery, and .e
,6d gas dulY lad over tor a trial
N-xt cams John, who. ~ u free man of color.
i'm. ,nad he had perfect right 10 break into the
establishment, o! one Rebeccs Logan. His case was
laid over.
the side walk of Brook Avenue.
4 maiden, perhaps. Wa brought up III iu'i i"1nloh-
ali, array on the unsinnne charge ~ using abusive
aud threatening language towards maria HICKS ana
also with casting large pebbles Ia the shnps o p'tk
bats at thu vrtuous domice OF thu SAID M"Fia HICKS,
| The accused gave her name Maria conway ana
not being ready 10 meet the charge, ~ w9' counueu
John Hanly fined 81 for riding across the SIDE
walk oi street, hat If The horse path WAS lio'
enough Tor him. Besides the sb,v-, there were lie"
other cases of assault and respnss which were ooh
tnued to another day.
! SEWING by SrEAM-A, present Singer n Co 3.
Sewing Machines ale as familiar 20 the ear HI mouse
hold words and among the progressive ana NOUS
trous folks ihay ara hl. household Institutions; for,
truly they carry out tho working OF the anag' 'h"'
a stitch by them in time saves nine. 10 "oth 'hrh,'
however, by seam power, is novelty anu 10 E%' !"
a novelty were Wa treated on Saturday 1871 by h' :
A G. Butieri-ld, Agent for |. VI. Singer u Co. III
hi. place, 27 Main street, Richmond.
The s;,aIn engine that worked one of these celr
| hrated Sewing Machines il b!ou of the power at
ur,- man and hdit. and WA merely introduced 10
show that steam power could he applied nr the above
Saving Machines. Tue work, elegant aud lasting
stitching OF any degree OF neatnes', WAS p-T'"rmtc
nj The rate of on yard per minute TINS WAS very
good a girl, however, can work ;hs Machine equal
iy IL rapidly with her feet, nnd also attend 10 te
guiu"..e. Of 'hH sewing. We can Say oil Singer r
Sewing Machine ~ at Is good WORK or good n"'r1
paper, that progressive establishment should De
| without one.
The NEW Posr OrrIcE--rhis splendid and COM
lno1ious building Is now ready Tor the Postmaster
| Clerks, &c., 10 20 in and operate therein We un
dersIand. however that they will not leav1 the oc
stand under the Exchange, till about tho beginning
OF week At least not until Instructions 10 move
are received from head quarters.
| A HAsDsoMg PREsESr FROM ARCH BISHOP
HuGHE.-We learn, with pleasure, that Bishop Nc
Gill of Richmond has received from Archbishop
Hughr. oi NV York present o: magnificent
pair of carrsge huIses rs beautiful in action n they
| are 10 look upon.
E1 President TYLEK.-A letter from Old Port
| Va says:
Er President Tyler. having purchased farm only
| two miles from tt- hotel spends most at his tim
here IN social communication with the Sussf', all o
| whom express for him the highest CONSIDERATION. Tie
| old gentleman -s,hrws politics. and d-vote- a-n
fiun Ia hyrcuture, no scientifically bur according T.
the old Virginia principles Of maxim. all you can TIN
year aud letting the n-1t take care 0i lts-.i. HIS
family attend religious worship M the chapri within
| the tort, where Mrs Tyler has her pew. JOIN
Tyler il now in his 69th year, bur looks yourg o.
when he occupied the Presidential chair, and II quiz.
a. ocuiar aud iul OF fun. He Expresses the greatest
conf I-uce in pusterty dong his administration jl4
cr, aud says that tune and reflection but sGrls.irt
him tie with every act al his official hir not
of which would he change had III the power.
| IMPORTANT AND STAKrLISG.--The Petersburg
| Democrat Of 10Th says: \ communication was r.
c.ived Il, our ofc- Yesterday which ARE com
PEELED To withhold in The form which il COMES,
ess the author will come forward with sufficient evi
denCe Oi his Identity, 10 Justify tho grave
spnnsbity of lis publication.
| Ii purports TO come from Benjamin H. Williams,
Of thu county OF Brunswick, aud il post mark 81
| Smoky Ordinary.
The communication s.a'rs that Cnarie, William.
she brother oi the writer Disappeared SOME six weeks
since, promising 10 return home on The next day, but
a. vet has not returned nor besn heard from in any
| authentic way, while it details circumstances OF r
fnD- pClOuS character, going 10 show that he has
been murdered The details, confess fnll,
| nniniei and suggestive, yet, az they point too
definitely 10 individuals and circumstances We cannot
hazard the danag. tD private caract-r and feeling
| which its publication would ocrasion without tin
evidence require. We .'n. thus much :" elicit
pny Information which NAV b. Useful IA Mr. WIlAr;r
Will. W. send 4 copy Of l. communication ~ thu
| Attorney Tor the Commonwealth, in the proper
county satisfied .hs tbs i. th- proper direction L.
siv. il. II any one can give any reliable noru.a.
rion IN relation 10 ~" wb-r.abouts of Mr.. Chsrl"s
.t
il publicity.
Tnr I.urDors (VA.D AORICTLrUR,L FAIE.--At a
| meeting at the executive committee of the Lruloun
Agricultural Society. held in Lee-burg Tuesday
| .- decided II change th, day "i holding the
lair 10 the 2l-i and 22I OF September. IHe committee
WAS induced 10 msks the change because h- Valley
fair M Winchester and The State lair Of Marylsn had
decided upon holding their fairs ut the same time
THE TRIAL AID ACQUIrraL ~ ARvI>F FOR
SHOOTING PRicr.--Thi- matter of shuong Wa
brought 10 trial nj Luuenburg County Court on Mon
day of the paat w.rls and drew an immense crowd
| Never brlor. witnessed sac! gathering o tn
pc ,pIe at the Courthouse of III. county. For the
| prisoner appeared Thomas s. GiolsOn, ESD, ol PEI
rr-burg L. X. Chambers. Esq OF M.cklenbure;
aud WIN. E. Stockdell, of Luu.nburg. The prosecu
ting council wers Thomas III. Campbell E-q., Of
Notioxay, aud I. G.. Elder, Egg Communicable
Attorney.
Thu. most intense interest maintained throughout
the trial 'Durin! the two days il continued, the
| building densely crowded.
| When Mr. Campbell one al the prosecutors, con.
cluded his speech, there WAS faint applause hut when
the Court announced the acqnit'al 1T th' prisoner.
the applause WA '!raening thua tv!enclng that
najory present approved the decision OF tn Court
| SAD Accidentally. Kunswha Valley Star says
that last week, ia Mr. Peter Wallace living on thu
| De-, md 81 nv la If SIgta
were cleaning out we'll il hcca,ne necessary for MIR.
Slater 10 go down into il. Shortly after hs went down
he was observed To drop. when Mr. Wallace called
his wife his assistance and Immediately descended
fastened rope around Siaer ana Mrs. wallace Ore"
| him I'D. BY tho lin. he drawn up. the maphIiic
mir in the well had acted upon Wnllsce, that he
becsine s-nsetss. Slater had not recovered, aud
Mrs. Wallace was there without assistance nearer
than about quarter of mile distant. BY The time
assistance arrived, aud MIR. Wallace was drawn up,
he dead.
CAMP MrErlsG-A Camp meeting. u"der the ana-
piece Of the Methodist Episcopal Church OF Harper
Ferry and Bolivar Station, will be held on the land
Of Capt. John Mo'-r, near Halitown, commencing on
| Friday, August 9Th. The ministers and members
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church. IN adjoining CIR
cus and Stations and The public are invited TO Al.
| tend The ground will BIZ prepared aud locations for
tents selected on Saturday The Plat mat
| DraD-Col. John T. Gray, captain in the war nj
1912 md formerly member o! The Virginia L@gislH
ture from Bedford County, died Their. lew days since.
aged s. yrars
THE NATIONAL TEACHERS ASSOCIATION.
We find in the report Of the second day proceeG-
ings Of this BODY which assembled at Cincinnati last
week. the following
The Rev. DR.. McJllion of Maryland, spoke Of that
Stale The difficulty nf public instruction there was
| ihnt the people We're either rich poor There was
middle clHss. In SOM Of The counties Their. were
public schools. In Baltimore there high school
| for youth. twenty s;S grammar schools and forty tx
primary schoo!s. lhry had high hopes Tor the ia
ture.
| Various other addresses were delivered. amcng
them by rh- Hon Horace Mann; after which the
Convention adjourned IN meet in Washington City
the second Wednesday OF August, 1859.