Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-07-20

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ViRclSIA.-In conversation with Mr.. b., OF
Marion county, Va, last winter, (who IS an eX-
perienced farmer and merchant) said he, were
it not for the dogs, Marion county would tran
sport one hundred thousand dollars worth OF
wool more than she now does
At these rates, might not Western Virginia
grow five millions dollars worth Of wool annu-
allv, by removiug9sthe canine stock? Then let
us first see what can be done TO extirpate the
domestic wolverines. Pass 4 law taxing dogs
so h;rh, that no one will bc disposed to keep
many.
remember to have heard S. L. Mathews
remark once, that Western Virginia, would
become a wool growing country anu That nu-
merous water power wool factories would be
erected in Western Virginia
And thus, the rough valleys, the rugged
Mills, and Handicapped mountains, with the
flowing streams and roaring caMracts, may be-
come = source of wealth and enterprise.
Let the legislature take hold and pass laws,
f~avo:iny tnc rearing Of sheep, and building OF
wa:c: ,,owcr machinery, and Western Virgil
tel, a.i >uvn become an empire OF enterlrlsinS
shepherds and machines. Nr. Henry Moore,
quite AZ enterprising gentleman, purchased
go 600 acres q few years ago, in what is now
Webster county, Virginia, with the intention
Of growing sheep. Hc brought on some OF the
finest stock l ever saw, producing Is pounds
of wool per sheep. | understand he now pro-
poses 10 bring over from Europe, Il pair OF
Shepherd dogs, which will cost him 4 thousand
dollars. 1t is said, that two of these Switzer-
land dogs will herd a thousand sheep, take
them or. and bring them in again at night,
and IT the same time train the young dogs to
herd.
Then let us cxterminatc Tie ours, hounds,
and al other useless species OF the canine
race. aud introduce the Switzerland shepherd
dogs in place thereof Il Methodist Protestant
Sentinel, L.Harj9a Co., Ia)
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IMPORTANT ARREST OF ALLEGED COUNTER
rE1rEEs.-On Saturday afternoon, Chief De-
~tect;ve Wood, and Officer Mcguire, arrested the
notorious Bill Cregar, alias king Of the Con-
hackers" at a tavern near Fourth and Culvcrt
streets. Cregar has long been suspected OF
manufacturing aGd dealing III counterfeit notes,
and, Notwithstanding the most strenuous et-
forts 70 detect him, ne has always heretofore,
evaded the law. Tie has accumulated m I'M
mense fortune By his n~efarious transactions,
and own 4 fine country seat at Hwyned, Mont
gon,ery county, as well as q handsome resi-
darc2 in Fifteenth street, above Jefferson, IN
this city. Crcgar has always had a fancy Tor
the military, and has annually given them
Sump;uouS festivals at his country place. lie
is well known in Montgomery, and has secured
for himself that respect which riches alone too
frequently bring to their posseSsors. lie was
arrested on Saturday, in company with Il we'll
known burglar, called Bob Ridley" just at
Ter attempting to pass Il five dollar counterfeit
bill on the Bank Of Commerce. About $50
were found on the person Of each, principally
in counterfeit bills on the banks of Commerce,
Penn Township, Lambcrtvillc, n. Y, and Gin
ton, Conn. Crcgar and his companion were
committed by Alderman Ogle, in default OF
$4,000 bail, to answer at court Fhaladet'
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