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Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-09-25
Ex-Gov. Smith In the Tenth Legion.
To the Editors IF the Enquirer:

HAKMsoNBURi, Sept. Is, 1860.
Gentlernen--This las been II grand day for
old Rockingham. Governor Smith has just dc.
livercd one of the most powerful and eloquent
sperches of his life, and the Democracy are
wild with enthusiasm and confident of victory.
Onr Douglas friends were represented by Mr..
Gallagher, of Baltimore, and Mr.. 4. NJ. Bar.
bour, both of whom addressed the pconle; the
former preceding and the latter following the
Governor; but Notwithstanding they thus had
us between two fires, it can hardly be said that
We had 4 political controversy; for the first
speaker took good care to avoid disputed
ground, while the Governor took the same
care to so make his points that reply was sim.
ply impossible. The people were convinced,
and there was an end OF it.
1t would not Je a fair representation Of the
truth 10 say that the very best order in the
world prevailed during the speaking. It was
true of Mr.. G.; who certainly ought to compli.
ment his audience on the degree Of patience
with which his effort was received. But when
Governor Smith commenced it was Il different
case for there were certain Individuals in the
crowd, who were very restless and nervous, and
carly gave evidence that they had well
grounded apprchensions that somebody
was about to catch it. And if bowls and
yells arc any sign, somebody did catch it
The entire audience can't therefore bc
commended for their good behavior during
Governor Smiths speech. 1t is 4 matter Of re-
gret that such is the fact, but this may DC said,
they behaved just as we'll as could be expected
under the circumstances, and they ought to
be excused.
You may expect a good account from Rock
ingham in November. Yours, \.
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to the dust as it was, and will be resumed NJ

to the dust as it was, and will be resumed n,
more forever.
y. Ucaren and He'll. Heaven and hell ars
in the spiritual world, and not in any province
of the material universe. The spiritual world
is invisible to us, but it was often visible, t.
some extent, to the prophets and to the apos.
ties and could we be brought into a state Of
risi0n, as they were, we would also behold the
scenes of that world. Heaven and hell are
states of life and character in the spiritual
world. Immediately after death, the man finds
himself really in that world. He is surrounded
by spiritual beings and by spiritual scenery.
The Judgment is the first state after DEATH
During this, the man voluntarily develops his
own intrinsic character; the genuine loves and
attractions Of his own life. If he is principled
IN inc love of divine good and truth from the
Lord' the result will he well for he will then
seek the society Of the good and the true, and
VIII be led into Heaven. But if principled in
the love OF evil and ~falSity, the result will be
III; Tor ne VIII her Seek the society Of the eyi!
and the false, and will be led into hell. Heave,
is open and free to all, but no one will ertcr
there unless his soul be imbued with the loy.
nf the Lord and the ncighhor, and unI.Ss n.
love Of self and the world has been reuorn,aJ
The Heavenly Doctrines, thus VERY br;os,.
Sketcheh. are nn!o!dcd 1T length in tine wr;,io",
Of Swc,lenborg, and also in III. coII,,ar.i -
lingS o. the New Church. "H'
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I'utTtGhL
TIE 7 FELLOW.

Some have thought that in the dawnlng,
In our beings freshest glow,
God is nearer little children
Than their parents ever know;
And that, if you listen sharply,
Better things than you can teach,
And a sort of mystic wisdom
Tricklos through their careless speech.
How Il is I cannot answer
Bat | know a little child,
Who. among the thyme and clover,
And the bees, was running wild;
And he came, one summer evening,
With his ringlets DER his eyes,
And his hat was torn in pieces,
Chasing bees and butterflies.
Now I'll 60 to bed, dear mother,
For I'm very tired of play
And he said his Now | lay me,
In q kind and careless way,
And he drank the cooling water
From his little silver cup,
And said. cailv, when its morning
VIII the angels wake me up:
Down he sank. with rogulsh laughter,
In his little trundle-bcd,
And the kindly god of slumber
Showered the poppics DER his head.
"What could mean his speaking strangely?
Asked the musing mother then
oh! twas nothing but his p%rattle;
What could he of angels ken"
There he lies-how sweet and placid!
And his breathing comes and goes
N.ike zephyr moving soitly,)
And his check is like 4 rose.
BIZ, she leaned her car to listen,
If his breathings could he heard
.Oh" she murmured, 'lfthe angels
Took my darling at his word!'
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The Union-Let IL be strengthened and
Heightened.

"Inst-a! o. breaking up the Union, We intend to strength
ell and Irnythrn it,. [. BrecEtnr'sge.
Here We have the sentiment OF 4 patriot and
a statesman. The Democracy, from the days
of Jefferson. have strengthened and heightened
the Union. Their opponents have fought them,
step by step, but still the Democracy have
tr,nmpi,cd; and the Union has been strength.
aned and heightened, till it is among the most
powerful nations of the earth, and the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans arc now in part its bounda'
rics. And the grand work shall so on. There
are few nobler sentiments than this one Of
John e. Breckinridse.- Hartford Times.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-09-25

4 LAND PATENT ISSUED TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
: patent of one hundred and twenty acres of
land las Just been issued from the Land office
to Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate
for President, as captain in the Illinois militia
during the Black Hawk war. 1t is stated that
Lincoln. while in Congress, voted against the
y~rantin. of lands to soldiers serving in the
Mexican var, yet he has no objection o taking
enc hundred and twenty acres for himself.
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r. pE GELI.0T DIS MINIERES. IScal.1
THOMAS II. ELLIS. Seal
ALIEN. l.. HULLADAY. ISrai.i
10 wit:

CRY OF RICHMOND, 70 Wit:
I,G. X. Royal, a Notary Public for the city aforesaid In
N. State OF Virginia, do certify that z. de iIrI!O,: des Mini.
errs, acting { = himself and his associates, under The style
OF 'BeNot DIES NIinieres, Freres ct Companie," Tiumas II.
Ellis, President OF the James river and Kana~ha Company,
and Alexander Il. ~Hollahay, rresiden: OF tn Board II Put.
lie Works of Virginia, whose names are signed 10 the wri.
iiag hereto annexed, bearing date the eth day OF July,
1864, have Acknowledged their signatures 10 the said wri.
ting before me, in their several capacities rs aforesaid.
Given under my hand ami official seal this 10th day Of
July, 1850. GEORGE K. R0YALL, y. p.
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FALL OF THE BALLooS.-Professor Wise
landed in Charlss City county on Friday
evening, about forty minutes after he started.
lie was trying to go to Richmond; but his BAL
loon bursted, it having been injured by striking
against the corner of the gas-house while be-
ing inflated. 1t still retained enough gas to
prevent it from descending with very great ra-
pidity, but it being at an altitude Of some
eight hundred feet, it gave the Professor a con-
siderable shock when it reached the ground
1t fell in an open field.
The balloon gained at one time an altitude
Of one mile. Petersburg Bulletin.
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During the week just closed there WIS paid
into the Treasury at Washington the sum of
Sl,171,00b. IL may be mentioned, as an indi-
cation of tie rate at which Uncle Sam is get
ting rich, that this week he received 500, 600
more than was paid during the week ended.
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proIet OF NH Agreement.

lisrwrxy ERNEST DE- BpLunr DIS HiSIsRES. AcTISG FOR
HIMSELF AND THE FIRM OF BALLOT DEs MISIEREs, FREAES
ut Cuyr.SrE, OF rRlSce, OF THE oSg PART, AND INK
JAMS IlvrR ASD kASAWHA COMPANY OF THE OTHER
E PART:
Whereas, 1t Is Il matter OF The highest Importance 10 Tie
State Of Virginia, and OF great Importance TO the Southern
States generally, that the wHter HE between the Chesapeake
bay and the Ohio river shall be completed, and yet more
that II should he completed promptly, opening, as II will Do,
the great Wes; and SOUTHWEST and Its immense trade TO
the markets Of the world by the shortest, cheapest. safest
and most Certain route, leading to An iocalculable Increase
and West Of her and the parties OF the 6rst part, impress.
ell with these views. desire not only 10 secure 10 them.
selves and their associates the profits OF the line when
completed, but to France the primary advantages of the d..
rect trade with her which the line must establish, have pro.
posed TO purchase the line from Richmond to the Ohio river,
With the right and obligation to complete the same; and the
Pres.dent and Directors OF the James river and Kanawhs
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HyOTyCE.-So,lrr J.. hereby given that application" 90
h. dnIy made by The undersigned 10 the Bank OF W.
uni, for In. renewal Of Certificates 40. 1916, dated h.:
1.,l, ~, for Two shares, and No. ll.J5, dated July -
isIi' for len shares. Making twelve shares o. sioek ="
,,iJ Rank. which Certificates hare been lost or mio!sio.
JAIN ""'N' JOS. d. DCSS,
u,.hrr. ,up2;-vcy Ex'or Of Jos. Bragg. decd.
Oyf:lSSEER WANTED.
r WISH 10 employ 4 single man as an o'EisLEh w.
nuoth.r year. To one who understands thofouks4 y.
cultivation and curing VI Tobacco, liberal Wages ~ y
,uIi AJIrgss DR.. EDMCSD CIIItlsTlAH,
p"u ~ iINc,I.,oc,. Charles City Cour. House.
RICHMOND LIVE ZOE
rglsIE undersigned having procured the se'IT S,ocf
II. Crockett, for the purpose OF selling tine b.
In the Richmond market, will, with Lushe' :. ,.x.,ed
In the iirarse m the LIST day OF September ne.n pntrp,,ed
to give I cir undivided attention t. I'LL oussnsJencs, 70
To then, and feel confident, from tariF i''h
BE- able 20 give entire satisfaction. ,,rn.ny
We viii make liberal a~dvsucenentto On J ~ TROI g.
IS LEVINE.
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Death OfJudge Richardson.

ST Lorls, Sept 2lst.-The Hon. John G..
Richardson. an c>-membcr Of the Supreme
Bench Of Missouri, died this morning ut three
r'plnyl.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-09-25

The wife of Bishop Green, Of the diocese Of
Mississippi, died at Jackson, in that State, on
the 9Th inst.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-09-25

Captain Duncan N. Ingraham, celebrated in
the koszta case, has been detached from duty
as Chief Of the Bureau Of Ordnance and Hy-
biography, to take effect on the 23rd instant,
and ordered to the command of the steam.sloop
b Richmond.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-09-25

NAvAl.-A Board of Officers will meet in
Portsmouth, Va, in n few days to cyaInin the
following vessels, with a view to their CONVEX,
sion into steamers:
Frigates-Unitcd States, Constitution, and
Raritan.
Lincrs-Pennsylvania, Delaware, Columbia,
New York, and the corvette Germantown.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-09-25

THE DEATH or jim Crow RrcE."-It was
announced last week that T. D. Rice, known
as slim Crow Rice" died in New York on
Wednesday, in the SD year of his age. The
deceased was well known to the public rs the
founder OF Ethiopian Minstrelsy. In former
days, when "Boatrnen Row" Dandy Jim"
"Old Jim Crow" &C. were the popular songs,
Rice was in all his glory. In later years he BE-
came a comedian always preserving the burnt
cork, and seldom, if ever, appearing on the
stage except in a negro character.
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Thc P~resIdenr. Priyntc yecre,ary

James Buchanan, Esq Private Secretary to
the President, will soon resume his residence
in Philadelphia. 1, is understood that the place
thus to be vacated has been rendered to Adam
j. Grosbrenner, late Sergeant-at.Arms of the
House Of Representatives.
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The following resume furnishes, we arc told,
a reliable expose Of the leading religious tencts
maintained by the followers Of Emanuel Swc-
dcnborg. 1t was prepared by n distinguished
Virginian Of that persuasion:
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IN GcIltTal, CUT pOldllUlS luS q ttfo VII
rey their lands and other property in the samc
"the transfer of property being equally appli'
cable to both" Angel IL Amcs, P. l2i, SIS. 10.
\ corporation aggregate, is in law u person.
Parsons on Contracts, chap. 10, p. III, 90
Somerrille and Charleston Rail Road Company
VS.. LetSon, . How, I9T.
| might pile up authorities on this point
until | made Il book Of them, but should not
establish the proposition more firmly and
clearly, which | affirm as the answer to the
first question, viz: That in general (.e {. where
there is no disabling clause or S,atntc) Il cor
p~oration possesses all the power over its pro
perry that an Individual does.
The daily experience Of every man Of bust
ness, furnishes conclusive evidence that such
is the case.
Do any of the Banks or other Joint Stock
Companies require special laws to enable them
to sell or mortgage their property Or are all
the sales which they have made, void for the
want Of such law?
Does not every Joint Stock Company bor-
row money whenever it p~leaseS, and execute
mortgages or deeds Of trust upon its property
to secure the payment Of the debts? And
does not every lawyer and man of business
know that such q mortgage or deed of trust is
in law a sale Of the property, and the mort
gagee OF trustee is u purchaser for value?
was once a stakeholder in u manufacturing
company, ten shares of which cost NE $500 per
share, and ten more $3.50 each, and by q vote
Of the company against my vote, and that Of a
large minority of the stockholders, the concern
was sold out for q price which produced S75
per share. Was that sale void, and am now
to reclaim the property: 1t cannot
necessary to discuss the question further
1t would be monstrous and absurd to deny the
power; for if the corporation cannot sell its
real estate, neither can it sell its personal
estate, for a corporation has no more power over
its personal than it has over its real estate; and
if it cannot sell one without q special act OF As-
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DIED.

Yesterday morning. quarter to 3 o'clock, after a
pairta illness Of eleven days, CLARENCEM Mill
FORD, only son OF Bette r. ard John K vii
kinson, aged years months and rs days.
He was sweet as the roses that bloom,
ana perfume the breath Of NAV;
but, alas to our sorrow, tco soon,
lie faded AID withered away
= HIS soul hike the lily, was pure;
IKE the lessamine fair to the eye
secure,
Twas decreed he should scken and DIE.
And now in the cold, cold grave he lies:
10 more ne giads our hearts or cheers our eyes.
u'e az hngels from this world he fed,
10 ynnder realms so exquisitely fair.
He steeps,the cherub sleeps he is not dead:
he ls awake to JOYS eternal there"
The funeral will take place to day, at half past
- CLOCK, from the residence of nj r. Jno W. Camr,
on rankin, between I'D and 231 streets. The
friends OF the family and those of MIR. Camp, are
respectfully invited TO attend.
On Thursday. July 18th, at half past o'clock A.
M, at the residence of her husband, of hemor-
rbage of the lungs, SARAH M, wife of A. Is.
Vanoo rson. IN the 3 ct year of her age.
The funeral will take place from his residence.
a. o'cloyk, 1 he body will be conveyed thence to
the family burllns ground, In Charles City conn-
ty. The friends and acquaintances of the family
are requested to attend the funeral.
On Thursday, 26th instant, Mrs. MARIANNE
MAYO wife Of Joseph Mayo. ESQ.
Her funeral will take place this friday after
noon at o'clock. from the Second Presby terrain
Church, Or. Hoge's.l The friends and ac~ uant
ances OF the family are requested to attend with
out further notice.
On the Gath instant, CELESTIA BLANCHE
younges, dsush tet of Philip and Catherine Top
anew York Herald and Philadelphia Ledger
| please COPY,
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xan,,arx tora,,,.r 81 Nsw York.

From a late report of the CITY lnspec'o. =.
New York, It appears that there has oeen
gradual dimiuution Of the per centage Q, nv -,
tality In that city since 1855, tne h0a ~. ,ns
deaths remaining nearly the same, while 'ne
ropu,at,on ha. largely increased. The cause
Of the improvement is attributed to increased
attention TO cleanliness, ventilation ana o'ner
mean. OF health. The Inspector is OF opinion
that the sanitary condition of New York is
much better than is usually supposed. He at
tributes the large mortuary reports to the
great eompaetness of the population, some
soc, 600 being compressed into an area of thirty.
five square miles, and $1,000 of them living
below the pavements, underground, whilst
more than two millions and a half of emf.
grants have landed at the wharves of New
York, and lived in that city for one or more
months since 1856. The mortality among This
class helps great thy to increase the per cen tags
of deaths in New York
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The -Four Georges.

The August number of Harper's Magaz inc
contains the first of Mr.. THACKERAY's iec-
lures on the four Georges. 1t presents a fine
picture Of the race, and of royalty in general
in Europe in former days. The kings and
courts wailowing in all manner of pleas ure,
lawful and unlawful and the poor peasants
gathering in fear and trembling their scanty
haryests, or driven across the country at the
bayonets point to fill up the ranks of some
regiment, which the king, If he did not need
them himself, would sell to somebody in need
of soldiers, or gamble them off at the card ia
BILE The peer lording it over the many, and
large standing armies to enable the few 10 do
it, that is what Europe has long suffered, and
what America has to come to, when we be-
gin to divide and sub divide The Republic.
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REPORTED TROUBLES AT OCCoQUAN-A pri-
yate letter received in Alexandria, on Wed
nesday, from Occoquan, Prince William CO.,
Va, says that much excitement exists in that
place owing to rumors that a body of 300
armed men from the uppe~ part of the county
had made arrangements to march to Deco
guam, on Friday, and pull down the " Lincoln
and Hamlin =" flag pole, recently erected there.
1t was, the letter said, also reported that u
telegraphis dispatch had been sent to Gov.
Letcher, stating the cause of alarm, and that
Gov Letcher had responded to the dispatch
by saying that Gen. Eppa Hunton had re-
ceived orders to preserve the peace OF the
country.
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Noble Blood.

An interesting article in late foreign re-
view shows that good deal of the once royal
and noble blood of Europe is now trckling
through humble channels. In 1857, the great
great grandson of MARGARET PLANTAGENET,
daughter and heiress of GEORGE, Duke of Cla-
renee, was found exercising the cobblers
craft at Newport, in Shropshire. Amongst
the descendants of THOMAS PLANTAGENET.
Duke of Gloucester, fifth son of EDWARD Ill,
was Mr. STEPHEN JAMES PENNY, the late SEX
ton at St. Georges, Hanover Square, who
christened his eldest son (belieyed 10 be still
living PLANTAGENkT. Whata combination,
pIANTAGENET Peaag'
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A Venerable Clergyma N.

On Sunday next. Rev. DIR. SPRING, of New
York, breaches sermon on the fifteth ami
versary Of his ministry, and of his services in
the church of which he is pastor, and which
is the only one in which he has ever ofiiciated
Such an instance of stability, however COM
mon in old countries, is rare enough in the
United States, where there are constant min
isteral changes. 1t speaks well for both the
clergyman and his charge, when their mutual
relations of esteem and confidence are so long
preserved 1t is needless TO say that DR..
SPRING is pure and high minded gen tleman,
and it is most honorable to him that he has
never courted popularity by trucking to any
OF the iSnlS of the day.
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Sale of the James River IN"
S"'e ~ WV canal,

,,ro,nixea Yesterday, an accurate
,ha facts connected with this
Transaction As yet we have nor received II
I'm, when we shall have done 50, the public
,,.v relv npon 1t that 1t shall Immediately be
laid before it, Suffice it to say for the pre-
sent, that SO far as we can learn, there re-
mains no doubt that the Canal will be car
ried through in eight years.
tits impossible 10 over-esumate The impor-
lance of this intelligence, which, upon inqui-
~, we find to be true in all respects. The ar
rangement will secure. beyond all question,
the completion of the Canal, which we hold to
be an object so far transcending in Importance
to the interests of the State, that of any other
on foot or in contemplation, that we feel no
hesitation in expressing the opinion that il is
worth them all put together. The james
River and kanawhaCanal is great State work,
and IL is almost the only one in the whole State,
which deserves that distinctive appellation.-
Had il been completed at the beginning of the
present century, Richmond would have been,
at the present moment, city of 100000 iuhab
itants, while Norfolk, with her unrivaIled
harbor, would have been the rival of New
York The improvement presents advantages
enjoyed by noEe other that is likely to come in
competition with it, The Erie canal is frozen
up, npoa an average, five months in the year,
and the lakes fully as long. 1t is the same
with all the water improvements of the North
west But The Jane. River and Kanawha
Canal will never be frozen so as % arrest
navigation more than a fortnight in the hard
est winter One season will be favorable
10 the navigation of it as another. 1t is SUPERB
rogatory 10 point out the immensely of the
advantages which this single circums lance
gives our water line over all competition. But
these things have been so often poin ted out
ready familiar with them.
The present. canal is upon scale too con-
tracted 10 answer the purposes of 4 commerce
50 extended as this will certainly be. 1t must
be- widened and deepened. 1t must have a
much greater flow of water. The old locks
must be taken away, and rev ones Of double
their width substituted. Il must, in word,
be rendered capable of accommodating the
vast commerce destined 10 be borne upon Its
bosom. The contract with the French COM
pany secures this very important object to the
fullest extent that may be deemed necessary
The private stockholders hold meeting on
the Goth August, and will then take into con-
sideration that portion of the contract which
affects their own interests. There will be lit
tie hesitation, we fancy, among them. AT
present their stock is entirely unproductlve.-
They Will be very glad 10 take half the nomi-
nal sum in bonds paying five per cent inter
est. 1t is a better bargain than most OF them
could ever have expected.
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OFFICE OF THE JAS. RIVER & KANAwHA Coz
Richmond. July Goth, 1860.
49, A CAL LIZ ID MEEllNG Of the
81 Stockholders of the JAM Els RIVER
AND kANAWHA COMPANY will be held IN
this city, pursuant to the following order. VIZ;
AT meeting Of the Board OF fhbilc Works, on
the 18th July. 1850, it was ordered that meeting
of the Stockho ders OF the James River and Ra-
nawha Company be held at the office OF said Com
pany,. on TU rSDAY, the 25th August next.
"A true copy. THos. IL: DE WITT, -
''Sec'y b. p. Works"
By order of the President.
jy 27-3tawtd WM. 7. NJ FORD, Sec'y.