Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-05-04
CITY AND STATE NEWS.

hHtwOen InS DUII 1Ilu
last three wears she has been commanded
hy Captain William W. Kcenc. In her last
trim to Baltimore she encountered Q gale III
| which the seamanship of her captain and Oil.
GERS was admirably displayed. The bulkhead
NJ bpr wbcel house was carried away, and other
damage sustained, but she nobly rode the gale.
~. Htoin kccnc is the model of 4 commander,
,nJ he is kind and attentive to all his paSsen-
crrs. Tho servants arc polite and watciiinl IN
their attendance; the table is excellent, and the
sIcon;nr ARRANGEMENTS arc Of the first order.
We would commend Captain keene and ms
GOOD boat the Belvidcre to all travellers, who
Wwo,,ld wish pleasantly to journey from Ilcli.
mona TO Baltimore, or FROM the Monumental
CITY 10 the capital Of the Old Dominion.
FLorw IxsrEcrrnxs.-Thc inspections Of Hour
in this city during the month Of April last past,
amounted to GOES half barrels, and 23,+sl
whole barrels. From the first Of the month TO
the 10th there were no inspections, there beng
no inspector.
Under the provisions Of the law passed ut
the last session of the General Assembly, ship
pers of flour from this city to foreign ports, in
vessels. !our.iiths of which are owned in the
State. NAV exercise their discretion as to
whether they will have their flour inspected or
not. No flour, however, WAS so shipped dn'
ring the month.
RECEIPTS of Merchandise inwardS nj the Ba-
sin. ly the James River and harmwlla Canal,
for the month of April, 1850:
1877! hhdS. tobacco, 1899 IXS. i%ii;t'tlac-
turcd tobacco, I0l hhds. stems, ADJ boiS.
-four. 9T4S bushels wheat, l4TG bushels corn,
1897! tons pig iron, IS. tons copper ore, lI6l
! tons coal, lfGS tons stone, y tons bar anu pig
lead, 54s tons hay, 47e cords Of wood, $50
lbs. bacon, 2.l9 empty liquor barrels, l22 emp
ty flour barrels, % bushels corn meal, 3I9 bush.
els faxseed, % bags coffee, $3.50 lbs. dried
fruit, 1869 lbs. lard, 906 lbs. leather, ! OK, ~
calves, 1 hogs, 81 bbls. wiiSkcy, So lbs. wool,
Gid bags shot.
The increase Of tolls received at Richmond
for the last six months exceeds the amount IT.
ccived during the corresponding PERIOD OF last
year BY nearly $4,000.
Business on the lock continues lively for
the season, and Il considerable quantity OF
merchandise is piled up along its whole length.
The bark Winilrel, from Bahia, is d!scllargIng
900 bags and 100 boxes Of sugar, tit for re-
finin. purposes, consigned To Crcnshaw " Co.
The BARK Horace is loading with Richmond
manufactured machinery, for New Orleans
Line and ice are arriving very freely, and IL
guod deal of lumber from jacksonville, Flori'
III, is being unloadcd.
RECEIPTS Or MERCHANDISE iSwAil'a At
THE RICHMOND DErUT ur THE CENTRAL
RAILROAD, ruI THE MoSTu ur ArnlI, loGu.
.-l24 lbs. ginseng root, lG tons pig iron, s,s3l
lbs bacon, Lbs lbs. butter. la cattle, u?
calves, Ii! dozen chickens, IS dozen eggs, ]
horses, ATS hogs, 1913 sheep, I'll mbs, LIZ
lbs. lard, 1872 lbs. wool, 100 bushels corn. us
bushels corn meal, ,, leo It's. dried fruit, l,99U
barrels flour, G,a3S bushels wheat, 81 bushels
potatoes, ] ,:3i52 hlidS. tobacco, 90 boxes tohac-
60, 200 bushels rye, III bushels flax seed, Sfl
bales hay, DID packages manufactured tobacco,
liz bales lomcsticS, 50 packages leather, ~
! packages shoes. 80 packages paper, 2II pack
ages miscellaneous articles, lnT empty barrels,
SO packages merchandise, BIG barrels whlskey,
Is barrels empty bottles, 322 packages mineral
water, % packages rags, "l+ empty burreIS, ~
hhds. stem tobacco, 81 car loads hoop poles,
45 grain cradles, - barrels manganese.
RECEIPTS Of merchandise inwardS At the Rich. !
! Inond depot OF the Richmond and Petersburg
railroad for the month Of y Iril. lSG0-2G9 hlids
tobacco; II hllds. stems; ~ bushels meal; 3I2
bales cotton; y bb!s. spirits turpentlne; o,S+2
! lbs. bacon; 80 empty liquor bblS.; ~ bales do
mrstics; 3,el5 lbs. castings; 80 bales cotton
waste; Us, 00G feet lumber; 1872 bales rags;
%, 900 slaves: . bxs. tobacco; h,2,2 lbs. mis-
cellancous articles; Ia green hides; / wagon;
] OK.
. We did hot ascertain the amount ot coal, ali
the way bills not having been received, 50 we
were informed, but we had imagined that the
coal was on the say bills, irom which the above
merchandise WAS copied on the books.
RECEIPTS or MERCHANDISE AWARDS At rnE
: RIcnNnSp DEPOT OF THE RIcrAoSD AND Dan
WILLIE r. r., roa THE MoSTn Of APRIL, lsGU.
,-l3,470 bushels wheat, ,063 hllds leaf t"bac.
60, 50 hhds stems, 3,Sj2 boxes manufactured
tobacco, - bbls Smoking tobacco. 29s boxes
! pipes, a52 hbls flour, lbs bags fruit, ) bbls wax,
& iirkins butter, & boxes and l bbl eggs, :3
bags flax seed, 8 bags meal, . bags corn, box
honey. hid COW hair, j cars slaves.
9 cars and 3 fats lumber, / tobacco
screws, II bales cotton, II boxes books,
35 boxes mdsc, 81 cases alum water,
! 40 rolls leather; ! bbl oil; i bbls bottles; 10
bags furs; i bags rags; 3 cars hogs; 3 horses;
| sheep; ! car and II heads cattle; , bbls iron;
1871 empty bbls; ! hid scrap iron; | tin lard; .
bags feathers; . hlGs and . boxes bacon; .
boxes tea; ! runlet whiskey; . sacks salt, bhl
cement; 10 bales yarn; i bags skins; box
files; ! bag spice; > cases dry goods; ; boxes
shoes; ) circular saws; i rolls TIM; . boxes hard.
ware; | box furniture; IS boxes soap; ! Dbl
herriugS; | box tools; . pkgS barrel hoops; ip9
pieces sundricS; 1,jll kegs nails; Hd4 tons
stone, :, l0l. tons Of coal.
4 New EuAsEm-A. &. Shaver, Of New
Haven, Connecticut, has sent us Il little Instru-
mgnt which is al eraser, polisheE, paper cut.
ter, folder and pencil sharpener, all in one.
It is decidedly the most complete and perfect
article of the kind We have yet seen, and will
he found very useful in the countlng-room. edl.
tors S%anctun, artists studio, and merchants
offices and the like. 1t is very neatly made,
and of very convenient size, and We have no
doubt but that 1t will supersedc every other
instrument for the same purpose how IN use
lIrpEArILc Morun.--Mr. Kinnisli, of this
city, has just patented 4 new machine, which he
STYLES Kinnish's Hydraulic Motor. The model
we SAW has Il diameter Of eight inches IN the
rvlinlcr, and it broke Il corI capable "l slis-
tanning Il weight Of 100 pounds.
Mr.. kinniSh claims for hi, invention SUPERB
ority over every other hydraulic mach'Ie now
in use, on the following grounds: LIST. That
it makes use of the full pressure supplying 1t,
less only the usual friction OF machinery, which
in this instance has been asrcrtaincd to DC less
than three per cent, leaving ~ per cent. eI'
f~rctivc power. I'd. That il ca'' he InaInlir'
turcd cheaper than any other machine Of the
same horse power, and sill occupy lnrcll less
space; and 3dly, That it will measure and i'll
dex with the greatest nicely the water 1t masses
use OF, at each revolution, Mr.. klnnIsh also
says that the machine can be made 81 any
power upwards from one small enough t" WORK
Il sewing machine.
BnoAn Rock RACES, Tuesday. The spirit
and Attendance yesterday Mere good.
The entries were General I'd iir.c'a d: l..
Miss Tnbaccn Fly. by Red Eye, her ;aM, Fire.