Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-11-24

The storm will last the night through, and the deao Oh
fire is an addition to the horrors of the scene hot
One sloop in attempting to enter the hafoot
| O clock run on shore and sunk. her Gre" "eie '
bv the rxprtions of the eyewitness on ta'o
loss has occurred to the owners OF iumoef anu
cordwood which floating around over tract u a"a
Thc amount of individual suffering cannot be com
,.% Hundreds of heads which slept in their own beds
he night before now destitute or dependent on Tue
h,r;ty of their more otunute fellow-cItlzens.
The steam. boat United States came into port about
nine o'clock running foul of the pier, and also some
what damaging the Commodore Perry. Other vessels
came i'll with little or no injury.
TIE REGArrA-The scene upon the Schuylklli was
one of the most picturesque and animaiing we ever De-
held The banks rising both sides of the rVer were
alive with the tens of thousands OF our cl''ze"' VINO
hocked the Of contest; while great nuorls
boats filed with ladies and gentlemen win le no".s VI
the amateur clubs gave iekc aspect to the river as
we'll its banks
At abou, half past ~ o'clock the signal gun was fred
and the boats darcd forward almost with the switness OF
the Dolphin All eyes were bent upon them with eager
curiosity and every individual seemed 10 catch the spirit
ofaniua,ion and emulation which nerved every bonlnn
arm Soon they passed the point in the river, onward
they dashed the foremost STRIVING oncrease ser ADVANCE
and the others resolved overhaul and pass her They
round the buoyte Cleopatra ahead-theY pull! Tor very
ie-increasng in energy apparently as they appFnach
the pou-he CLEOPATRA reaches it and her crew shont
for vtctory-c Falcon Tut few SECONDS asern, the
Sylph follows hard OH, and the others are soon out.
The boats of the first class were as follows namely;
the Ceopa,rn Falcon, Sylph, Wave alias, Blue Devil d
New York Boat-Meatnosa: Aurora, and Imp: and they
came on, in the order here named II must be remarked
that the Cleopatra being nearest the western shore was
urolec ted agaDs, tic strong wind which very much im-
peded the beats that not thus protected
The boats were stationed by lot, as follows from the
Western Shore LIST Cleopatra, ID Imp, Sd Syph, 4th
Falcon, 9Th Metancra 9TH Aurora Tin Blue Devil, or
Wave.
The boats of the I'd class the following: Ariel,
Nymph, Dolphin Neptune; and they came out in the
order Eanlcd
The distance rowed was three miles. Time Of the
Cleopatra, Ism. 5Ss. Falcon, l9ln 22s Syph, 19ni.
35s.
We understand race is to take place on Saturday,
ptwccn the Falcon and The Blue Devil Clubs boat the
Wave-bnt in New York ard never before beaten
New ORLEANS ASH NASHVILLE RAIL.RoAp.-The
sill fer the extension CT this great undertaking into our
State passed the third reading in the Senate, yesterday
afternoon originally reported by vote of ~
2 1t will BE- perceived by erterrnce to our Legislative
proceedings, that il had previously passed third reading
taxed e. fast as was finished We trust that the House
may Se induced recec from their position and receive
the bill as it passed by the Senate.
[.lsshruts Republican, Noe. Z.
BANK OF CHAIR sToS.-Jomes Hamilton, former Co
Of South Carolina has been elected President OF
the new Bank at Charleston, and Ker Boyce, II. w.
r. Y. Hayne. Jos. Leland John Fraser John Lewis.
Thaddeus Street. S. L. Pegan,, j. W. CheeSborough,
Directors.
UNIVERSITY o. PEsSsYLvASIA.-Dr Hugh l.. Hodge,
was Saturday last, elected Professor of Obstetrics,
and of diseases Of and children, in this institu-
ton in place Of Dr. Devices who resigned account OF
i'll health.