Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-03-29
CITY AND STATE NEWS.

GENERAL HsxxINGsrS celebrated mill.
'"ry o:cvF General charles +. I!enning>cn, arrived
:r''eri'y IN Richmond. and pu, up NJ the Exchange
AMI Ballard House.
lNc gallant General. who Ike soldier o. fortune.
'Fusun: I. hs good sword has Travelled through
many lands. AMI mt lis WAY through u.anv a lo,
gis"eei'ent Is now aboU; t. cmigrarc to Arizona
ltrr.'"r!' h"rdering on that r:ch and -alUhricus
country called >pnors. and perhaps. HI, sword j. 10
be- turned into plogcll>4rt .: ,lr lri,oua A,>ocia-
! tons model.
| Several hundred cm.ran,> from. the Northwestern
ana >on'H western States VIII join in hi, new settle
cnt scheme. and they will arrive "a. Fl Pu.o On IN,
Rio G:ndc. III the early part nj! September ill, or
gazcd TO carry ont ,r:r progressive settlement ouc-
gs'ion>. IN which We trust taa; a, all time, fortune
NAV favor tie brave
Gen. llenn;n,>cn was Yesterday called upon bv
various friends o: his III Richmond. He leaves Iii,
morning for Augusta AMI Savannah, Ga.
WALTER SCorr's NovELS--Wc have this day
received Kcn!worih, by Sir Walter Scott. being the
| fourth volume Of T. b. Peterson 4 Brothers. r.w
AMI cheap weekly rc-scric> OF tie Wavcr!y Novels.
Such works as these cannot be too extensively iit-
fused. Giving truthful lcnca,ions OF people, cha
racrr and laincrs-eycr upholding the cause 81: re-
!;:Ion, morality and virtuc, they welcome Il,
~ rrc>iie where these prccepts taught. The
great barrier. heretofore 10 the introduction o. he,c
works has been the high price AZ which they have
been held, but thlS objection i now being overcome
by the publication OF these works %. Scot, in such
form IL Ia briu. them within the Of all. To
Mc>>rs. 7. t. Peterson ~ Brothers of Philadelphia,
more than all other publishers We indebted for
thus new feature in american literature The w"rk,
of Cha,. Dickens, tha>. Lever, Mr.. SoUthworh,
and niaiy others. lave been issued from their press
IN cheap !nrrn. and ;hr.r la; enterprise !, in giving
10 the public the works OF Sir Walter Scott, COM
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cent, i"r each WORK The edition embraces the
lt..t. -
in - volumes OF which viii he i->ucl each
succeeding saturday unt complete. 4 iull -; will
be forwarded ire II po.'g. ty mail. to any part Of
,c United State. amy one. nv tie publishers.
receiving remittance oi i've dollars for The twenty
,ix volumes: Address all orlcrs 10 Geo. N. West,
RlchIDnd Va
How QuEES DRrssEs-At the last lcvcc of
Victoria Her Majesty wore ~ train Of white silk,
brc,ajcd !a wrcah,a and bunchcs OF flowers in green,
rel and gold, trimmed with white blonde and rachc,
of green satin ribbon. The ret;icoa;. white satin
trimmed With white bl,i.ic. and riclc- Of white
satin ribbon and >oh.e hoops, Head dress, diadcn
.; emerald, alli diamonds.
ARREST IN HAMPTON Ro,DS-Thc Deputy
Marshal arrested last Wednc>Lny. in Hampton Roads
Capt. lcnry Wilson. OF Tie ship Avery, ani Mr.
Os.c. the maze Of the vessel. by virtue Of
ran;> i>>gcL 10y Commissioner John l. Ffa;.,>,
Niiitl! charges the captain WIN having set ScNyi'"!
liz asA"rc on uninhah!,ed island ~ the l.t.
tie ocean. where they were LEFT :" look ont for :cil.-
selves 40 oc,; iAcy may.
The poroNAc FISHERIES TUESDAY and
Wednesday abou, 1000 shad were brought to Alex
andria, and sold Il; from $3.50 10 81 per hundred
on the first named day and Il, from Sli so the
LATER day. Herring broush, go per thousand. The
Sentinel says the weather j. Guc favorable but j; =
impossible I" i"rctc the result .! the season.
TIE New STEAMER FOR NoRFoLH.--Thc Splcn
did steamer ADELAIDE. l.o'o tons burden, purchased
hy the Baltimore Steam Packet Company 10 run Oh
their line place Of the North Carolina. lct, New
York :cr Norip.k ir" days ago She l. 20 be- COM
maned by Cap. Cannon, %. the la;c steamer North
Carolina.
JxFrrRsoS'S iIDAY.-Thc Democrats Of
Massachusetts intend celebrating the 18Th of April.
tho i6;h anniversary oil Thomas Jrherson's birth
day ut Salem.
PoHING FrS.-Onc of our contemporaries
says that after the election the Opposition Will sing
"oh, WIH>y, VIC h : We missed dee ~