Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-02-25

SQUARE with the letter he sent TO the clerk o.
the church, on the day the Council convened
declaring that he %disappro"ed Of the refusal o.
the members of his church to grant regular let
ters Of dismiSsion to the retiring members.
The bank report, published to-day. exhibits
more satisfactory movements. The loans Sho"
n decrease of 81, 629, S23, while the specie has
increased S925, SCI. The deposits have dimin'
ishcd &320.46l, while the circulation has only
varied a trihe. Money has opened with moro
case the present week, although stocks, with
the exception of the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company shares, were without change Of mo
ment. Sterling exchange keeps unusually
birh for the season of the year. and within =
fraction Of Il specie exporting point. Money
4, a 81 pcr cent, while commercial paper and
bank rates range from n { per cent. Bust
ness in domestic produce, generally. is as
Stunning more activity as the spring approaches
To-day being the anniversary birth day oil the
Father of his Country, it is. to some extent, OBJ
served AS 4 sort Of general holiday. The .fett
of the National Guard tonight, accounts Of
which will be duly reported, has been gotten uF
with great taste and spirit. The regiment pa
naradcd at three o'clock this afternoon, and the
day being fine. they made 4 very imposing ap.
pearancc. while the perfection of their drill
elected undated admiration from a large con
course Of spectators. The regiment gave a re-
view this afternoon. in 18th street. between 9Th
and nth avenue, to Gen. John E. Wool and Col.
Wm. NJ. Peyton, which passed off in an impo'
sing and rue military style.
The dinner is in progress nj the Lafargc
House, Broadway. at which many leading mill
tary men and civilians arc present. Co. Wal
ter Preston, Of Virginia, was escorted from his
lodgings to the hotel, AMI made an eloquent
address on the presentation Of the Wolfe tcstl-
monial. Regular toasts followed, with suitable
responses, and several speeches made and vol.
untccr sentiments delivered, in which the Old
Dominion was duly honorcd.
Among the passengers who sail from Boston
for Europe, tomorrow, is Mr.. John ID. Jones,
President Of the Atlantic Mutual Insurance
Company, for the benefit Of his health.
| should have mentioned that the effort pro-
missed hy the Know-Nothing admirers of Mr..
John Minor Bolts, duly came of to day, ut the
Academy of Music. As the play-bills have II,
We learn that they had 4 fair house, and the
benefit of some manifestation Of applause from
the odds ard ends of political parties. Oppo-
sition leaders are trying to organize these
materials into 4 party fJr the campaign OF
1860. But, so far. they Gun only be compared
to a sort Of pu{dings'one, or congtomerdtt.
which possesses no homogeneous cement, and
is therefore liable to fall to pieces at the first
tap of n hammer. The Dlrk-Lantcrnitcs will
likely do what they have done before, sell
themselves out to the best bidder! This they
did twice in this State-Weed, Seward { Co.
being the purchaserS-and fr q mess OF Black
Republican pottage.' McssrS. Bolts K Go. are
as foolish as the man who built his house on
the sands. when attempting TO erect an OPP
position house on such materials. The Demo-
cratic waves in 1850 will sweep it from exis-
tencc.
There have been several civic and mil
itary demonstrations made today, which
the want of space prevents special notice
1t is one good omen for the Republic to sec
each returning birth day Of Washington OBJ
served h. the whole American people with in
crcasing devotion and respect. \. writer in the
journal of Commerce." this morning, states
that the remaining fund to be raised TO COM
plcic the purchase Of Mount Vernon. mounts
to $4,000, and not $4,000, as had been erro.
nconsly stated.
The balance in the sub.treasury in this city.
yesterday, embraced So, $40. 500, which, how
ever, will soon undergo a decided reduction, As
n number Of drafts are said 10 be forthcoming.
Ship owners have been somewhat startled by
4 late decision Of the courts, which IN elect
makes them common carriers" and renders
them liable for the safe delivery Of the goods
on board. whether destroyed in the interim by
fire or other accidents. The decision was had
upon a suit against the ship Henry Clay, burnt
some years ago, at her wharf in this city. \
party, who had an invoice Of shoes on board.
commenced an action for the recovery Of their
value, on the ground that the owners of the
ship were common carriers, and the court gave
a decision in behalf Of the plaintiff Ship own.
crs, in signing bills of lading, usually bind
themselves 10 deliver the goods in sound condi-
ton, ''the dangers of the seas excepted They
will hereafter he compelled to add Tho dangers
by fire and the seas excepted" or seek some
protection at the hands of Congress. Vessels
frequently lay at our wharvcs in nearly juxta-
position, whose united cargoes amount to seve
raj millions OF doll irs, and that might be de-
stroyed in a single night by fire, in which
event, were the present decision to hold good,
it would ruin their owners.
The ship owners claim exemption from the
decision OF the court under force Of mmem
rial custom, by which their business has been
regulated from time immcrnorial.
The late heavy fogs which hung over this
harbor and surrounding coast recently, has led
to several marine disasters. the most serious
case of which, is that Of the Black Warrior,
bound from New Orleans via Havana to this
port, and which, it is feared, is permanently
imbcdIed in the sands on the Bar OF Rocka-
way. TrDoh.