Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-08-27
CITY AND STATE NEWS.

with permission Ia establish embassies at Pekil, rc-
presenting England and France.
CITY AND STATE NEWS.
BrroRr THE MAYoR.--As the Winters Tale hath
il, in describing the crowd before justice, may
say. 'lh-re speech n their dumbness. language
in their gesture they looked. rs they had heard of
world rnnsomed or destroyed. notable pa
sion of wonder appeared IN them but The wIsrsi be-
holder could not say # the thing imported, were JOY
sorrow; though in the extremity ot the one II must
need. be
| So may one observe matters daily at e Mayor
Court, and study physiognomy aud attitude i'll t.
| every shepr. Tom Watson, the poet, s again nHie
laureate of the ''cia;n gang. for Job at sixty day-
Duration II We're Tar better To send the de'nenred
fellow 10 An insane asyum, otherwIs. his poetic and
hi- whsk-y imbibemen- will some day he the death
| of him.
first appearance in Court. liz had lain himself down
| ~ sleep under an open mir -hed on the dock. ~
boarding and hotel bills ara rather high in Richmond.
Stewart WAS let off with caution - seek better
ssepns quarters in future.
licking up "muss" in On-s family u 81 any TIM
| u d-agr-enble offence To b- charged win. and The
next case the docket, VIM. Charles, accused
uf having assaulted hl- wiiu and daughter The de-
fend-nt ordered Ia givr security III 800 Ia Keep
the pssr- towards all folk, and especially towards
those whom it was his duty 10 love- honor and char
ish So mote IL be
LITTLE PETER BURG" BRUSHING CP."-Amorg
the public buildings OF Petersburg the IntelIgeDcer
notices that The granite work aud roofing OF the Gus
tom House have been time finished, aud work.
men are now engaged IN fitting up the interior aud
grading and Tagging h- grounds. The building i.
PLAIN but chn-t- and stately, and sufficiently large
tor The fn which IL will be put
Thu ~ Methods, Church on Market street, nj is
Intersection with lIali,as. begins - assume shap".
and will probably be equal appearances to any churcl
edltice IN lhe city.
Workm-u ers aged in repairing the market
Street Baptist Cnurcn.
The Library Building, NJ the corner OF Boiling.
brook and sycamore Streets makes good hradwhy
and will when fni-hrd, b- ornament aud nonor +"
The c!ty. The Boiling brook Hotel being improved, ID
noticed ~ being ."nr "i tbs most imposing houses Oi
entertainment 10 the State
Besides t,- hbnvr, several store ksrper- having
new fronts put 10, aud number oi private cii 4
are building tasteful aud cOinnoiou-' rr-ld,uce-.
The "InreIllgenc.r" winds up Irs list rs follows
..lhe-- and many other evId-nc-s, might point
To, furnish gratifying pror that the Cocknd- is go
ing nhend" Big Richmond will have To look 10 hr7
laurelI the FIRST city III The Stat. mag have 10 CIV
place 10 The Secund.
After rhis caution, inclined IN whaile the
old song 80, when will ihat day come, thar tear hap
py day &c.
The u. ). AGRICULTURAL FAIR.-The time for
the holding of IN, United ate, Fair in Richmond,
ia fast approachng therefore, all will do we'll 10 help
to the utmost laudrblr carrying out OF DO beneficial
MI exhibition either by preparing articles to send t.
thu Far, by becoming members vi The Agricultural
Socley
w. perceive that Mt Il meeting nj the B-ri ConI
~ Agricultural Society at R-ariing Pa. an th-,Il-i
inst. Rev. J. Shrglry Gen. George VI k-im. ana
" X. l'oyer. E-q.. appointed Delegates 10 the
Fair of The UnIted States Agricultural Society, al
Richmond, Va.
ISQuEsr At WARRrsroS SPRINGS An inquest
held, Tuesday last, on the body Of young, Car
ver who WAS stabbed by james Green.
The Jury failed To agre. upon n vcrdc,--siy III
them being IN iavur OF rIcH-hbl- homirii- aud *
for sending Green To- Couri, wnerrupon The jas
tc- Discharged Alr. Gre-n.
Ar BERkELEY COUNTY CoUkT Thu. quarterly
Court, ior August term. commenced On Monday. II
being Grand Jdry term there were --vrrn. Indici
rn,nt" and presentations mai- for nIsanm-auors, soil
lrIp ltG nor In slaves in violation OF iHw.
Watson. who wa arrested spn- time NJ" on the
,'h.rg- 81 "hian: money under t!-- pr,'rn"--. WAS
'r-.l ANA a-ut-nc-d "a imprIsUnn mt ~ the County
all ter The term oi ak month. Iii from Washing
ton county, Maryiand
HARD TINS --rhe Danvia "rranscrlpt' Says
Our Town and vicinity sii,l suffering greatly
from the continuance of The Drought. On cry side
". hear complaints at bligted crops, and dl-m-i
ioreboi,ngs al tn. DISASTROUS result. M amount al
rain could now make The crop bali an average one -
The dust streets il about four inches thick. and
tn weather has been many degrees cooler tor the
last lew dsyT, rhr prospect i"r ram II rendered sill
NOR gloomy. ~ trade III our town IL active and
tobacco brings fne prices
The Democratic Executive Committee of the 18Th
Congressional District oi Virginia, hnv" been snrn
mo-d al Parkersburg on the 10Th inst, Tor
the purpos. of determining The time and place Of
holding the next Convention To Nominate a DcmOcra
tic candidate for the District.
SALE OF LAND john Mc(ire In. recently sold
hi. farm o = ~ acres on Sand Fork 10 Lewis cOun.
~, Va. Tor S25 OOO The purchasers are from The
North. aud came under The auspices OF the NEW York
Homestead company a considerable party of rmi.
grants passrd through W--ion tor Braxon county, |
Va, from The State vi Cunnectc cut, during last week.
Forest Hill, the r-sdrncr III thu late u 50. Hnmil
ton in Spcisylvanln county, Va. was sold u; auction
IL Hiss Jane II 9mou, Tor $500.
CouSrEY TALK--A correspondent from Danvie, |
Va, wiring to the Petersburg Express sny-:
'rhs farmers making heavy complaints shout |
their corn crOps-1Ome sAy they Will not be able IL
make recd corn hist others do no, make IL our qlItc
40 bal. II il always their custom vol heir |.
privilege Ia represent these thing rs bad a. possible,
hut do not believe IL As bad represented.
Tn. up land ruined la considerable extent, !
but from conversation with u gentleman who iia- |
been farming for number c Year,, | learn that the |
low land Ill nak- itself without any NOR rain.
Considering the large quantity {" corn planted this
year (muo more than previously my own impression
that ih-r- wi b. yield IN I'M vicinity.
Fruit comic come in our market abunjantly-
n large portion of which bought here tor the Rich
nond mark-,-ths Is sJmrthing new with US. Ehi-
Richmond agency has had tendency Ia raise the
price OF The article much higher this year thnn l.sl
but in this ca-a our loss IL gain 10 the farmers which
hope will stimulate them Ia pay little more stt-n
ton than formerly 10 their iIlu' Orchards-a thing
which has been very much neglected. heretOiurp
FIRE rs NORToLK.-Ihe Norfolk and Portsmouth
Herald states that Munday night fire discov.
er-d IN the Warehouse OF Mes-r-. Rpbbiu- & Bsttley
ship chambers and shipping m-rchnnts the Gus.
tom House, on Water street. The flames had entire
pussesson OF III. whole Interior aud nothing Was
saved--siUck oil gonds above and below, books, pa
pera, everything wss destroyed. M-.srs. Robbins u
Bailey estimate their stock At SD nm upon which
They hav- in-urnnce al IS OOD-i - mo in IT,. Anne
rcan and 81 % III The l. CumX Tn house belonged
H. Mr y. w. T!iIt, upon winch - OIn lie Incurred in
the PiuIlr.
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DIED.
DIED, a: Newport. L. the residence al his ts'hsr
Mouiay the 2d inst LEWIS the eldest OF Henry
Ludain b1rm III Richmond. October II, l-43
III d, IN ihl- city, thursday morning Angu-; = ill.,
Mis MARTHA II. MctiI.l. 18th Year hen age
Her irc mis- ana Hcuhntanres invited 10 at'"md her
idncrai from sycamore Church, Saturday next, ~ ~