The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-08-27

City Wafer RorIs.-From pressnt indicatsor.
= y not ut all improhabls that the Coenrtf
viii give mp all the plans heretofore subnietei
Ior increaaing the supply Of city watsr, and
on Oregon Hill has met with such universal
Opposition, from the residents Of that section of
tne city, q well ~ those in Hehrtco county,
snat me Couhcil will not be likely to coatsnd
plying portion OF the city with water from !
GasIn IA the Immediate vicinity Of Hollyw0od
Cemetery, Is 30 repulsive to tax payers, that
Inat scheme i not at all likely to Be carried
supply the necessities Of her people by sinking
artesian wells at the highest poirtsl Or must
she seek elsewhere for waterl The present
water works are rapidly becoming too small
to determine on removing and en- larvip9 them
It 10 not at all likely that she could oh.
tain a sufficient supply from James River
without going a distance of fifty miles
could he obtained, the s.forcing power,
would have to undergo large increase and
the annual expense Of that power, instead of
being eight or ten thousand dollars, would be
done1 Simply this: Let the City Engineer 20
to work and by actual survey ascertain where
an elevation affording the necessary quantity
OF water can be had, without resorting to
.pumpe.n Perhaps the South Anna River.
distant about twenty miles, 10 the very stream
ol all others for the wants Of Richmond, and
il it is, let the City Council count the cost, and
nave the improvement made in good style
II iron pipes are Objectionable in any way,
let brick conductors be put down, with
suiiicient capacity for all time. If the South
Anna does not furnish q sufficiency of wa
ter, then let some other stream be select
and the improvement be made permanent.--
richmond is growing too fast to have her pub
nc works OF this character patched up, from
nme ~ 70 time, because of the expense necessary
70 MAKE tnem durable. If millions Of dollars
are needed for water, let the people know 1t.
anu tney Will be ready to "face the music 30
'hae when the work is done, ii 10 well done.
Mr. David Mcdaniel, Of Chesterfield county
lew days since, and Were surprised. as well
as gratifed, to see the string of beautiful ami
ma, mals IN training, for the approaching races. as
the perfect form and symmetry of his sucking
lowing:
Die Clapperton, by Boston, had at her side
large, strong, active, well-developed grey colt
py Engineer. A chesnut mare by Regent out
Oh Blue wing, was sucking bay colt BY Com.
modore. Kate Hunter, by imp. Glencoe, had a
P P1esy, aciive, sprigntly bay filly, by Commo-
oore, at her side. But the flower Of the flock
was Carolna's chesnut fllly, by Commodore.
When three-year old, Carolina. with
me exception Of her straight hind legs }
wa was looked upon as almost perfect,
\ H.
those who saw her then, when they see her
daughter will only be surprised to know that
niiy more beautiful has been foaled. Anxious
Ior an opportunity to discover some flaw, II
any existed, in the make up of this living pic
ture, we observed her closely from her nostrils
% ner feet, but could discover nothing to sb-
Ject to, and If she does not make the wind
whistle and her opponents howl with sorrow,
When sne starts in her thfee-year old stake
we shall acknowledge ourselves mistaken. In
word. she is without fault or bIemish, and
need only to be seen to be admired
In the training stables are: Don Juan, Q
years old, by imp Glencoe, looking better than
we ever saw him; 4-year old Financier colt,
OF line size, great power and good speed Min
nle Lehman, 3-year old chesnut flily by Bos-
ton, Jr., out of a Trustee mare, and very much
In form like the famous Sue Washington; a
2-year old chesnut filiy, by Bostsn, Jr, out of
regent mare; and 3-year old chesn Mt colt
by Grih Edmondson, out Of Andrewetta.
Besides the above, we observed the stallion
Operator" years old, by Boston, ir, and full
brother to Minnie L., and finer looking horse
Will be hard to find. Operator is full sixteen
and half hands high, is of fine form and ac-
tion, and promises TO be Invaluable 10 his
owner. When two years old, he was consid-
cred TO be the eq ual of the invincible Carolina
In speed, and his staying qualities were so su-
perIor, that he was locked upon as the head of
his stable. When two years old, however, he
was seriously Injured in the whirlbone at
Charleston, and although he never recovered
made two creditabie races before he was with
drawn from the turf