Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-05-15

bat little, fany, insurance onall this property-Eaycite
rifle O6Scirer.
THE RAcIs.-Thc Spring Races over the Union
Course commenced Tuesday last The weather was
favourable the course in good order ard LARGE
number OF persons present The first contest as We
earh from the n y Courier and Enquirer a match
race between Capt. Stocktons Morris and MIR Stevens
Tom Moore two mile heats, 81 GOO side. 1t was won
with great case by the former
he sweepstakes, mile heats, of eleven subscribers
then came oH-S3O0 entrance, halfiorfeit The follow
ing horses appeared
AIr. Bolts CHI c. full brother to Tvrant
H. Wilkes full sister TO Mcdoc,
Stocktons Nlddescx, by Sir Charles
Gibbons Felix, by Sir Hal,
Craigs sorrel FLY.
They Were placed follows
MIR. H eSiis oh, o e full brothes TO Tyrant,
wilkes iun sister to Mcdoc, = )
Mr.. Stockton's Middlescx, 3 2
Craig's sorrel FLY, distd
Gibson s Felix dsoncpd
gether and for the first three quarters of a mile ban
kct would have covered them. Mr. Bolts CHI c. then
took The lead, and kept it, though hard pushed by Mr.
Wilkes sister to N1edoc. Time of the LIST heat III sos
On the second heat, it was. a-haEd.cal.-iilsu The
winner ana iddics, tor the first three quarters of
nc, but on the last turn the winner shot ahead and
came out four lengths ahead; time In 52s
Inc betting at starting Middlesex against the
held but more generally Mddlcsex and another horse
against three. ~'
On the Centreve Trolting Course, the proprietor's
purse OF $500 three miles and repeat the saddle
commended for by Mr.. Wheeands Columbus and MIR
Jones Rolla, was taken with ease by Columbus
me uottlng match for $4,000 between Awful and
iNouu;
won win otct"t ease by the former. Time Pm dos
Ral-Roa6 distanced.
The Senate of the United States, at its last session
passed resolution requesting the President consider
South American States, for the PURPOSE OF sceurn sr
our commerce and people safe passage across the 18TH
mus, from the Atlantic TO the Pacific Ocean In com
Phance WIN TINS recommendation of the Senate we I'M
derstand the President has appointed Colonel Charlrs
,u2e, % tennessee to conduct the negotiation, and
hat nc Is about to visit the Southern Continent in pro-
secuon OF the objects in view PonnSiraataa
JAMES RIVER lMPRovEMENT.-On the lst inst accord
ing TO notice gwen an, examination made into
e number OF shares subscribed to the capital stock of
the James and Kanawha Company and rendered valid
by the payment of one dollar per share 1t appearing
INA. te requisite amount OF subscriptions thus ratified
nao Deen made to vest the charter, meeting of the
Stockholders is called for the 18th inst for the purpose
OF eiecting Il President and Board of Directors
we presume there will be but little diversity of opi.
mon as to the Individual to be called the Presidency
of the Company. The universal public sentiment noris
TO Joseph u Cabcll MS that man. If long and untiring
devotion to the scheme; energy which no difficulties
or discouragements could reprcss; and an in
the cause, which seemed rather belong to the pursuit
oil some hayward fancy than of great national rood
present claims to the gratitude of the Stockholders-
so do integrity of character, business habits and IA
milaTiy "th the whole subject OF Improvement sur
passing that OF any other individual save one i'm the
state present claims equally strong their confidence
Mr. Cabe has literally Plucked up the drowned no.
nor OF tins schemeit but meet he should s.vithout
corrval wear all its digniles Eredericks Jurg rna
BAILooS AscENsIoN-Mr. Mills and Miss Phi,ns
who assembled from Fair Mount Garden ON Monday aG
terhoon proct cded IN northwest direction
me, aite which change OF current carried them near
~ over the Chesapeake Bay. second current of air
changed their direction more and waited the Bal
loon northward, up the Susquehannl. and finally landed
e Hronauis ON the farm of Mr.. Miller near the liver
IN Peachbottom township York county Pa about forty.
five miles from Baltimore They made GOOD their
ut 10 minutes past siX-having performed that distance
from FAR Mount In one hour and thirty eight minutes
r Mills and ms fair companion reached yester.
day aternoon I'm safety and good spirits The ady we
learn, is well pleased with her aerial voyage and qua
wiilngto take another trip of the same k;Dd-BaLimore
BALLooS8ao.-Nir CLAYTON. of Cincinnati; the chief
OF ule @ronauts, who lately made the remarkable voyage
oil 500 miles, in balloon-Proposes shortly to make
another attempt to reach the Atlantic by The same mode
OF conveyance He gives notice in the Cincinnati papers
that his Gral ship, the ar of the Wcst'-havjnG un
dergone several Improvements and alterations uated
to allow him TO remain longer in the upper air than
on the previous occasion-will take her departure
from that City about the middle May and will proceed
If the wind permit, to the Atlantic Ocean He also
mentions that lie will be supplied with Mail Bag CON
tanning the Newspapers of the day, and a number of
letters Tor the East We may therefore look for the
arrival OF " Fast Mail" about that period We give
our vote for the Balloon Line-wetler of the regular
Corps or of the Opposition. and think il win boar
palm, even without extra aowanccs.-U
Towns and cities rise up the rich plains Of the
great West almost with the suddenness of exhalatons
Take the following instance furnished by the Wheeling
Gazette:
"MADrsoS, JcGerson county, IndiaRa.-1his town the
county seat OF Jefferson, is pleasantly situated mmcd
Sey on the bank OF the Ohio river one hundred miles
below Cincinnati, and fifty above Louisville. 1t con-
tains 1900 inhabitants. The public buildings are
Court house, built in the modern style of architcc-
ture, jail, larkethousc, and five Churches viz:
two Preshytcran, one Episcopal Methodist one Pro-
teSiant Methodist and one Baptist There are thirty
wholesale and retail dry good stores, extensive book
store, paper warehouse, weekly newspaper a hOur-
mill propelled by steam running four pair of sey foot
bnrrs cotton spinning mill brewery steam
sawmill, oil MILL Es.ssCiic factory stone cutting
yard df An engineer is engaged in locating site
tcr a rail road from Madison, through Indianapolis TO
Lafayette, on the Wabash, 1870 miles"
this is the creation Of the last FIVE six years for
although a Tho
years ago, It's real start the time me ntioned above
National htcLigcncor.
ALBANY, April 30--Eaiargcment of The Erie CanaI-
bill providing for doubling the locks and charging the
Ere canal throughout the entire route such time as
IN the opinion OF the canal commissioners the public in
tces may require it, passed the Assembly Yesterday by
vote of So to lG.--.qr.uS.
dabolical attempt was made between ten and eleven
clock on Saturday morning. to set fire TO the Baltimore
Exchange The presence Of smoke in the upper rooms
Of Pages Hotel induced Of the servants TO endea-
yor To discover the cause; and at length, on ASCENDING
to the upper landing of the stairway leading TO the dome
they found that lighted candle had been placed i'm such
manner as to communicate to the short flight of steps
by which The dome is entered. The fire. however had
happily made but little progress, and few buckets Of
water served to cxtinguish it, The commission of .hs
attempt IN the open days closely resembles others that
have been heretofore made, that VIC cannot but believe
the pcfperaor perpetrators persons whose D.
pcarancc Is not calculated to excite suspicion As late as
ten o'clock Saturday morning the marine news col.
lector and merchant in the DOME looking through
thc telescope at vessels below and when the fire
was discovered perhaps not more than hour had caps
ed. What motive can prompt these fiends i'm human
supc TO destroy the finest and most costly public sruc-