Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-12-14

Harms of III, British brig Hussar, now a, New
ioik, has offered In ROW his boat against any
one mat can be produced. The whitehall
ooa'inen nave accepted the challenge, and
propose 10 run for bet of one Thousand dol
lars.
GREAT BOAT RACE.
:, D'ctmosr y The h'ai race between Can't.
'i"''s no." certain Death and tile Anne, ic.hr
STAR pr'"ngms niiie Whitehall BUYS, ~ N,
lake place this day brtwr.u The hours of 10
a'i l. The boats will start from tl- i'iga.r
r"" r"nod Boat lobe stationed oil the North
battery, thence down to a Boa, Ia be sta-
''oh' I'll thr ilaS stall on the Battery. Ii The
mea'hrr shDniu not prove favourable, the
ita'e w'i lake place ia the fist Favourable.
day previous 10 Sunday, at sam. hour and
place.
II Is particularly requested that all boats
WIZ keep clear oi The race boats in their pro-
Srrss.
Tae Rowrrs Of the American Star.are
Cnr"eiins Cam,n-yer,
Alfred Canmry.r,
Richard Robbins, aud
S,nnoi Beatty.
john MaSnus. Coxswain.
Judges -.Wal"r Howard,
DIR. SadIier, aud
MIR. James K.lso.
The British boat will be rowed by four men
ir"m ti'e iriSate, midshipnian acting AS cox
swain.
Judges-alr. Henry Barclay, and two whose
naines are not rec"rcl"J.
The purse, ) 900 asLc--deposited in Me-
chanicS' Bank. Pat.
NEw YoRK. Dec. 9.--BOAT RACE.-rh.
match foe 8 1000 aside, between. The Eoyiish
boat certain Death, belonsing tn Capt. Har-
RS, nt Tile irigate Hussar, and the American
o"at American Star. belonging To this place,
was decided this day in favor Of The hitter W hich
beat iull q'nrier OF mile, in II row of 4
| miles. The English boat was ruwed by Sc
iect men from the CREW of the frigate, the A.
ln.rican was rowed by fur nf our Whitehall
boalmen, who have well supported their Gre
uit ior bring the best Oaisnrn in the " orId
Al should be noted, that the boat that beat is
beaten boat, having lost IL race some wears
since against the New York
The whole thing was conducted with great
good nature, and The crew Of The Hussar's
launch, which was the goal, chrered the VIC
tors inani"'ly., II should be said, that Capt.
h"riis Consented to this race, for The gratif
Gallon oi his crew and after having been
once Or twice Invited by the W uitehall Boat
men, In do So.
To shew the ease with which the race was
won, The American Star AT about the middle
VI the race, GA passing sail boat, was chez. ed
toy those On board, when the crew of the Star
returned the three cheers, row ng during the
tIine with one hand. The race was run in
about Is minates. A gentleman who timed
HE performances states tina, the whitehall oars
men pulled ON an average 10 strokes in "a mi
nute, the English,nen SO. ~ T. liner.
10 The Editor 81 .he .7n,ora and Frankiin Gazese
In your paper of yesterday you expressed
an opinion that Dir. Clay would not be on the
return To The house of representatives. This
opinion appeared to be founded ON the decIa.
ration of the Orleans papers, that he would
not obtain Louisiana. have in my posses
sion, however, IA letter from very respecta-
BILE gentleman at New o. leans, giving the
names OF 50 members Of The Legislature OF
Louisiana who are known To be the friends of
Mr. Clay. AS the legislature is composed of
only 81 members, So are IA majority The
writer further states, that Mr.. Gays friends
calculate on at least iyo-uhifds OF the irgisla-
ture. Should this infu nation be well found
Ell, and MIR. Clay recriye the votes Of Lou!si-
ana, he will be returned 10 the house of repre-
senlati'es by majority of one vote over MIR.
| Crawford. He has lost vote In Illinois by
the bad management of his friends there, WIN
permitted two tickets favorable To him To- be
| run.