Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-08-12

ppecaing the loss the country has sustained in the
deceass of this disiine uis' ed usn. mark Of re-
spec TO his worth. IL ordered that this Court
journ. Extract tom the minutes.
ABM. AsTEN. Clerk.
Health If the Cify-we learn a the Inspectors Office.
thai the number OF deaths i'm this civ during IA. eek
cudng Saturday morning, o'clock IL between 30 and
zoos being greater number than hss occurred la one
week siure 1882
NUMBER iincluirs the many individuals who died
Saturday sni Sunday July 26h AMI 27, from excessive
heat snd drinking cold wner,-whle OF the res. more
than 100 are under two years oil age. lew died OF
mon Cholera Morbns, bui none OF A-ia'c hoera
The sudden death OF VIM. L.wson Inspector Of the Iii
Ward who was attacked at II oclo Sunday forenoon
aud died in hours exli ing some of the yn,ptous o.
A,aiic Cholera, has given rise consider able
ton. aud perhaps nile alarm. The general ieng
ever, among in-ilgcn men, appears To be- that
mi'ing lew cases OF rus ,isesse should occur would
be noing very extraordinary. very alarming. IN al
most all Tue large 'i'es OF Europe, where the Cholera
rage. IN 1881 2, there have since been, at intervals
nnubrr OF scattered caseshut in OF iieu has il
prevailed epilruic There is no reason thst "
know oi, Why New York should be exception to the
general rule.
The Board of Health h.ve mt been in session to day.
there being no occasion for calling them oge,herN
We hold ourselves Indebted To the Traveller whose be
nevoIen' feelings lead h, public the hcric ac
oil gallant officer in The Army, CONNIE ia the
annexed stsiemen':--.r y .4merican
=" y raveiler finds himself very happy i'm relating
noble aud generous ac, of hch he witness OF
Tuesday evening. the 9Th instant at Newport, (Rhode
e Major NJ r. L,msx. Of the United States Artillery
on the beach with a friend. enjoying the cool Of
that delightful cimaie-ihe Tide coming up, with A
very great surf, hen seen he ar the roc k.
10 the w-st~ ard, evidently drownin A number oil
bsh~im.p soon procured boat, but all their cxer-
ions could not Keep her floa ing: the Major ran op.
pose where the pour WAS, aud in his clothes with
watch pockehook and papers In his pocket. swan. got
hod o tie head OF The man. and brought him apparently
liees> 10 the shore. lie Irish laborer of an
stature and recovered by the assistance of his friends hut
was g'ratiy cut ani bru-eh by the rocks; inu
longer in the wafer would have put an eud to his ex
"The Meior, who has bee for sometime in he state
oil hraih was carried home in gig II uner stool
on ednesd~y morning, that he suffering from his
heroic"l exrrion. tni bless him. SAYS the writer and
make him prosperous" .'
Mr. Duraat ascend,d in Balloon from Boston on hur..
day last The Boston Courier says
Public attention has been more keenly excited
Than was TO witness the departure OF Mr. Durau1he
whole population OF the city, and ADJACENT viIase
were ont to witness the spectacle Noi only the
anphhed're, erected Tor tie purpose but the Common
the Malls the Mill dam, the bridges, the tops AZ ho
ses were hlied with Spectators aui presented ost may
Vincent Spectacle The faces were glorious behold
as field Of tulips. The balloon, in mnu,e appeared
hardly larger than orange.
4. y Al sunset last evening, Mr.. Parker teegraphe,
rom his outer s'aon "Mr Dursn's balloon touched the
water about live miles iom NJ -rblehead la, bor" Pas
seng"rs Ia the NsAnt steamboat report that they the
balloon descend towards the water but tia, il rose air
aud stood OIL tow ards Cape Ann No ether norna,or
hdd been received OF the voyager his balloon up 10 the
time our psIer went to press.
IL We now lesrg that he was sayedand il AN inns r.
make snoher ascension.