Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-10-28


rent Tor life AT the same term, Horace Carter
brother oil the above,) was sentenced TO be exc
ruted for rape committed upo" the body OF
woman 40 years old!--On the I5th inst =, - Lock
captain of the Rife Rangers and j. Bridge, both
respectable young men, OF Lexington, were hring
At a mark wi Il rifles. After several rounds. Lock
ran behind the target to how truly he had slot,
" hen Bulge suspecing him TO have sonc else
where, di,clarged his piece; when wha' was his
horror 10 hear his companion exclaim lam u dead
man. and see him fall bleeding the ground. The
ball had passed through his breast, and after linger
Ing in agony about two hours, lie exp. ed.
AT the grand dinner recently given at Salem by
the East India Marine Society, the following regular
toas,s drank--rhe President of the u. Sites.
Immediately on giving his the Presiden, rose, and
in few but very appropriate words expressed hrs
gratitude 10 the inhabitants of Salem, for the tokens
oil their favor on former occasions, well as LOT
their invitation to the prese;.t entertainment, aAd
begged leave TO express his thanks by proposing
toast
The Mariners of Esser, and their tribute
both IN peace and in irdr to the glory 81 the"
country
The .,ierehants ofthe u. States May they
inheri, the spirit of Cosmo de Medicis, and learn
ing and the arts bear testimony TO their muniicence
Vqsco la GQnla-the first bold nav gator who
doubled the Cape of Storms.
The Fair IF Aaerica, and The rea'h Of India
In pursuit of each Good Hope is half the
voyage.
President Adams also gave; The Cape Of
Storms.--To the Naviga,ors and Merchants OF
Salem, may it prove the Cape Of GoOd Hope
After he had retired the President OF the Society
gave; Our iius,rious guest J ohm Quincy Adams,
{" President of the United States, the second Pres-
dealt oi his iamily-he owes not his walton TO
hereditary rank but hereditary talents and virtues
SIR. Timoh, Pickering gave {" Harmony amoog
the various professions of society Important TO tie
prosperity OF aIl.''--On the l7ih Mr.. Adams ar
rived at Providence, Rhode Island; next NOM
ing, he visited the mansion vi Governor Fen
ger, and afterwards receive ed the visits Of has
fellow citizens in Franklin Hall, where many
hundreds were introduced to HIM: At II a national
salute fired by the artillery company, and when
lie emba led for n. York, another salute was fired
by The citizens Jefferson Plain Professor
licknor of Cambridge has published his Remarks oa
The late fundamental changes IntI oduCed Into Ijar-
ward Unive.sit BY this SYSTEM a. IS said, the
vacations are shortened and better arranged, the
long train OF petty fines abolished, and in lieu of
it the parent Is furnished quarterly with statement
OF the conduct and proficiency OF the pupil; tie Ill
visions OF the classes 10 be made, not alphabe-
ticalIy but according merit; Instructions TO be
given by Departments, and subjects are 10 be sud-
ed & not books alone; the College Is now " thrown
open 10 all who wish to obtain any of the in
"
scademick degree not" and we infer, thougi.
we believe II is not distinctly stated, that degree
is hereafter be Obtained only by certain degree
of proficiency, aud will not depend upon the fact
that the students name has been borne upon the
College hooks gir en- period oil tme--Fhe Spring
field Bank has declared divIdead OF per CT. IL
mad : 10 900 in Eagle Bank bills for which it had
security.-On the 9Th the citizens OF Haverhili
met for tie purpose of expressing their opinions
AIN In tl.ah laf,,
Massachusetts and n. Hampshire; resolutions ere
adopted in It's favour, and convention proposed
from the 5.tow1s nor,h of the MeTimack to CON
slider about pelitionng The two States 10 that effec
The citizens OF Haverhl are almost unanimous in
favor of N. Hampshire, thinking il will add 10 their
ade, the value OF their real estate, and their poll
ical Influence.
VERMONT Legislature convened at Mont
pelier the l3,h.--Remarks Governor Van
Ness's Message, under our Editorial Head.-The
mildness of the weather has helped the late crops,
particularly potatoes. Indian cora looks well, aud
pumpkins are abundant-On he night of the l2!h,
the distillery, barn, SC. of Il. Goodhue s Sons al
Bratleboro, consumed by fire: the loss estima-
ted at $4,000. Mr.. Sergeant the los' about
500 in money and notes. An eagle measuring
with outstretched wings about feer, was latel;
taken IN steel trap Cornish: the trap baitcd
with the remains of lamb found ia the field partly
devoured, no doubt by this voracioIs bIrd.--A re-
markedly large wolf of the cams lupus species vas
killed in July near Lunenburg, having been sur
rounded liz wood b. the spirited yeomanry OF that
tows.-A large she-woi OF the same species (sup-
posed TO be the mate OF the Lunenburg wolf as one
escaped from the ring at that tme,) was lately
making raYages IN Stralford, having in two nights
killed 20 sheep This species is much larger and
more rave1ous than the CAMS ruipis, the more
common kind.--Air Temple oi Rutland has raised
a potaoe 10 l-2 inches III circumference, and
weighing lbs.
RHODE Isr.AND.-The General Assembly con-
Yenes al South KihgstoHn on the 3Isi when the
votes will be counted for members Of the next
Congress; and only oae has been chosen, a new
election will be ordered ill ti> vacancy. Ii is
reported, that MIR. James D'Wolfe will at this
session resign his seat in the Senate of the l.. y
and that some or 10 candidates have already put
IN their preiensions TO the Office The Blackstone
anal Commissioners are pushing the work with
great vigor, particularly at the entrance of the
Moshaccuc into Providence cove. They have Sc
vera attachments of hands at different sections
and about mile north OF SCOTS pond IN Smith
held, they have betw cen 20 and 80 abourfrs en-
ployedin excavations and embankmen;s-- The boa
with BabcOck's steam engine is making daily ard
rapid trips between Providence and Newport, con-
Stunning only ttCO feet of pine iUOOd in 30 mile
trip. Encouraged by its success, the gentleman
under hose pati onage il has been constructed is
building another 10 be applied on a larger scale 10
manufacturing purposes. The cost of one of those
engines, adapted to all the purposes of large fac
tory, is estimated at only SIO00-The barn of
President Me,er in the Of the College buildings
at Prov idenCe, has been consumed "A person /
Eamed Hines has been sentenced 10 pay a fine
$1,000, to be imprisoned years, placed in the pil
Tory, and pay of prosecution, for setting fire
10 : bqrn.--A son OF Oliver Bebee of WindhalI.
ooIy years old, seized the cub of Bear While
up tree, descended with IL, and bore oil the prize
~ MS arms, though pursued by the old bear. A
latnlui lizzie dog assist ed him ,neetin,r ,,,.s