Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-05-07
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| ITS slttinvs i ~ 'e"oe'Iu SEN VI n"hk furi:
| yal,anily voIrn,a n'se VI ''e pr'''n navy W"
luton had been passed rho, no nod i"n ,,. ~
ing been ordered 70 h n "e ""h 'e'' ''e '''S h''
Thugs seem TO havs Iii. !
| the political world sine ,h NV" """"r''"e' III
| sided. '"' great con'e-' "NSN
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| raira'L a,', D hA' he spring rac-s ovrr tH~
rhi!ue'' c"ufS'' ii''r 'hIs city, commence. ,r r.
~. Pt... "rn ,." r;aKr' 5000 -n'ran,r. i1
"ne,'' t: in1'e were E,n-t"-n enri-s-ourf.-n Of
@ wien pa'a iorielt. fIve horses started Tor .L.
| R RurSe- - ana 40 NE resu, wns ~ follows
NINA. ...-:........--....... ..............l
| ". ooy'e th",per; I "l hehucky, Or e b"
u, III ~ Hsute, ualh prnk-y. ...-...........2
W. ~ Nnea'nan. m VI ienn'' li'acon.) by inn
Alb'oIi. dam Berrys dam. I
dam GnId Pin.
| Be!cher Cabels br by Childe IIaro'd dan
by G-nco"- ....................I....
Iime-l:ii; l:iS'
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states 'hs' surveyor was engaged last week ~
ring me ground, Intended 10 b- added 10 the. .ur $40
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c'sy 'or ,he'r exhioians Ia order Ia max" ~. r.r
nan ne IN m circumference, seven acres will bay.
oe auueu' ihis VIII make the entire rncosur. con
IAN seventeen acres which will be the sre-e' an
! host oeauthui Oh any OF the kind in the Wes.r.
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Ihh hAaRIGclroRAL SocIETY.-The time ot -
ing ths nsIt Fair OF the Rsppahannork Agricu. l-g'
| ana Mechanical Society has not been detuvr'y o.
termined upon. bu. it has been deemed prop
adopt the salne Schedule of Premiums, with rig,.
alterations as was offered last season.
Az the last annual meeting of the Society th. a.
lo%'ng resolution 1n was adopted:
Resolved. That committee Of thres ba app..r,.
'ns srh heTt T.. annual me- tar.
| ihe r"slueht ilhs appointed the following a. =
| comihllire: Slaii0rd-C1l. w. j. Green: kir-
ieorge-CoI' John Iayo. Csroline--Dsui-'C G. -
J"rnef'e'
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| CouhIERFEiTs.-Su -Sum"rnua counisri-i's q =
/ North western Bank o Virginia are abroad parlt,.
| lhrly oil the denominations ID Va and,
They eeem TO be we'll sprlnk led along the line -, r.,
chesapeake and ONO Canal.
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| ChiLp Dho"HED.-An Interesting little boy. -"l.
elsnt years Oh aye ths son OF Mr.. ). ID Wtam-"
Wits ene"gea lh hsnihH al the Reservoir yesterday
aiterhoni' accidentally tell in and drowned -
| lLynchb"rS Prg!Htan.
| BANK IELLERs were KEEP, busy SATURDAY. III j,
| o' resumption ohe Bank paid onr nearly : iOrr'
| aud the others amounts ranging from SlJu.O
S2OO0O. Ihsy virtually Resumed the ,i,y T.. .,y
| (Erday.l and were busy all day with th- LroI
number OF whom We're here from ornor psr~- r.
great rush is now over. weslpp Lynci 5urg r.
THE NEW CoLLEoroH -on Saturday la, l.
| INST, Dr. D. D. Simpkins took his position h, Cu'l,
| tor Oi the Customs Tor this port. No change. -
| learn, have been made in the subat.rn ; exc
| the appointment of William Hpkins 10 b- Drpu,
Coheeloi' ,n place OF Aaron Jeilery-suhirct Z" ih
approval OF the Secretary of the Treasury Augu,rE
| Is. Cooke ls appointed t0 fhs 1nspectorshi3 var,;
| Herald.
PRoGREss OF CRIME ~ FrkGI>ia.-Th" nan =,
prisoners. with their crime" rc, ar- entered w. rr
| ceived nt the Prniteniiary and nunb.r.l l.l
the lsf 0t October, that being the Conmrucern NJ
the fiscal year In looking over The r'gr'.r. i p.
| 1855, the number received wHs. -
| To fha 2nd day of May, lSJ6 ~
To " q" " a" 1857,
| To " q" 1858. :
| There are now IN the P-ni:-nnry rer,r tp. a. I
| and forty slI prisoners, being more thsu w.r. o.,
there before at one time.
! The prison contains lSl c-ls 20 of which =
email that they can accommodate but one prs u-r
each This being the case the other prsoner- 81 -!
number, are crowded into ll2 cells.
| On "Wednesday morning thu 2Sth of April rl.r,,
| eastern end wrr" laying hn!' mile per day. rhr,
are a'-o laying h""n th- iron on III" western end
II conhltntiy asserted That the gap will b., clio. "a L. o.
ny the hlh nay
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| ihE cih'uii oouhI OF HAhpsHiRE, judg" Pa
Ker presiding sdJourned on the Hth of Apr. :''-!
concluding case OF SONS inere-t ani mnroriaur..
| mat OF fhip C' Daughter aud wife Va 'hn VI
| DoWela executor and others. The plaintiff Gg--
toned the validity OF the will of the late john Nc
DUwell, OF Romnev, involving property thu arnoi..
| Of about S20BOO. The occupied five days az
| the jury rendered a verdict sustaining the will
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| Ihe numerous friends in this city and vicinWy -.
| the venerable Cbas. Fenon Mercer will learn VIZ
sincere sorrow that he Ia very i'll at Howard,
Alexandria. Weare informed that the nalady unG
| which he ls suffering Is CAnrrr.
| P.S.-Gen Mercer died Tuesday afternoon, i'
residence III rarisx couniy-He Was 50 years "i ~,
IHE "HEAr.-We l-nrn tsay7 the AbinIioI u
mocra;l from some OF our farmer lrl-nds that n.
more forward wheat wns seriously il iur.t by
snow oi Saturday night. Much of II hnd cornmruc'.
jont'ng, and was broken of by the weigh OF ,..
snow.
/ Inc Virginia 'a"ey dh2H'," shSs:-a great 9~1 70"
hhAe'y mas oeeh mfn!-s'e' Tor Tear the ifoEt dGrI
lne as 'e~ Gays hhd injured me growing fruIt. huf
from what We learn 'here is sti lair proepect "'
I'D ,s, souhoance
Tor the farmers IN this secton of good wheat c."
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~ MR.: EVERErTs RECEPTION ~ LfScHBukG -
lh's a's,nsuisnen ana pnfip'c gentleman '-"c'-1
ourcW nesaay AFTERNOON I'D me Train when nrF'' -
ato o COCK r. VI.
lhs CITY authnrfles had neglected To make ihe no
cessary preparation Tor pnhc reception, cr' uU-
siance which many nt our rInzrns regret Lat" -.
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