Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-05-26

requiring i, is believed at no point an incinson es
cecdng 30 feet in the mile Should these expectations
be realized, the barrier which these rugged mountains
wv,pose TO the EXISTING comnlnnieations bctwcen the
west and the Atlantic, will be eiicctuslly overcome
the superior Locomotives upon the Baltimore and Ohio
Kali Road being found capable Of working advantage
upon The highest grade mcntioned-Bah Pat.
PoroMAc AouEDucr.-Leter from the Potomac Aque-
duct, dated OH Saturday morning IG,h:
. On Thursday every thing being in readiness the
Coherdam wa cniptied, inhandsome style. by clock
Found IN complete order, perfectly tight and nothing
at the lower end of the DAM and the Masonry COM
mcnccd at the upper. To-day (Saturday,) both opera
lions arc going on handsomely
Capt Sareere.-This gentleman, who has command of
the boats and men engaged in the removal of the
great raft on Red River writes TO the New Orleans Bull
ei that he hopes to remove the whole Instructions by
the rst oil next june which will open steamboat ma
VACATION one OF the finest cotton regions in the govern
mcnt.
ToucuINc CIRcumsrAScE.-We have rarely read an
incident more thrilling to the feelings of parent than
the following. related in the Ithaca Journal
On the afternoon of last Sabbath accident occurred
to an only son OF Mr. A. c. Marsh merchant of Croton
Iompkins county, which, for its fortunate result is al
most without parallel The circumstances were as fol-
lows MIR Marsh, while passing from his house TO his
barn. distance of eight ten rods noticed his little
about twenty months old near the well! at nj, =. bt
on returning and not seeing the child he supposed
he had gone into the house On making INQUIRY he
found the child had not been in the house for some
Tune, and the painful suspicion occurred to him that
the child might have fallen into the well He has
tened in search, with feelings that but parent
red fhp
dreadful certainly The child had stepped mpon the end
OF loose board and preciptated the bottom of
the well distance of thirty nine feet; there being but
about three feet of water the we'll at the time copId
nave relieved the force of the fall but small degree
Mr.. Marsh, with apresence of mind which too often for
sakcs us in the hour of danger prepared INSTANTLY 10 do
scend but here he was interrupted by the boards over
the mouth OF the well being firmly fastened as TO re-
sst the utmost force OIL hands remove them The
OBJECT was after some minutes delay effected by prvnr
up and splitting off piece time $50 firmly were ibcy
naiied,) until am opening made sufficient TO admi,
him to pass when he hurried down in search of the body
Oh nus son. suPposing that the fall must have produced in
slant death He discovered the child bv its cotbr
near The top OF the water. He seized it and mned
commenced, with an aching heart, ascend with /,
IN his arms; and though in debated state Of health
from frequent attacks of asthma had accomplished
~ hall the distance, when he perceived tho C.ohi. -
OF his child. At this moment he found bimsclf hoP
ning to ia and had nearly lost his hold He called IN
uose at the top OF the WE'LL and informed them that his
SnIu was not dead, and requested help when three
his neghbors descended and passing t.loq oson, one
to the other, restored the still if;,lcss
bodyssr~anxious mother Medicalad was Immediate
called which, together with the assidous care of ito
anxious PARENTS restored the little sufferer TO state
pl consciousness The next morning, traces could
De discovered in the child of accident havnr occnr
reu o@r than Two or three small bruises on the head
Col CRocKET ourDoNE-Mr. John Cheney. of ri.
conderoga, while fishing for on Lake Henderson
III the town OF Newcomb Essex county discovered rn
lanount IN pursuit of two wolves. The intrepid fisher
man immediately started in pursuit accomdan;cd bv b;s
Gog ana no other weapon but hunting pistol ten and
nan inches long The caamount not lkin9 Tho ,d,l
uonal company, boltcd and made for hob ,noun,,;,
Cheney after him in full hunt, while his dog was la mr.
suit OF the wolves and had gone one and 6,lf,;li H.
fore he returned To hn1hcy followed the cainrnonn
another mile TO prccipce where Cheney had 10 NO
about hundred rods around before he could gan the
summit; While going that distance he was closely
watched by his adversary from above AS soon ne az
dog reached the top the precpice the caamonnt tool
to tree and Cheney found himself directly under H.;
ierocious enemy, before he was of his new posi-
on lie retrcaied about three rods, took off bs Sow,
SHOES cut CLUB, irod down the and PREPARED for
Daue-he hired as the catanount lay apparently aslecp
on limb The ball struck his shoulder witboy, d;s,r
ping him. Il he sprang about the tree makng bideous
yels, but returning again the same limb Ixinr him
sen IN an attitude for sprnging his tail lasn his sides
ms eyes flashing fire, and intenty fxedon Cheney ybo
in the mean time reloaded and fred the second time
winch struck The catomount ut the point of his breast
and passed through his heart. He gave spring ON ti
n'b' and The next moment he plunged hundred feet
down the prceipicc, which him like Sam Potcbs
last leap Afterwards Cheney drew his fallen foe in
triumph to the settlement He weighed 10 pounds and
measured nine feet and nine inches in length and stood
Sce 'eeI III helght lie was taken about the Goth of
March--kccscoue Heyald
BALLooNIwc.-A MIR. Lewis A. Iauriot announce
ms intention of making balloon ascension from Bos.
ION OH the afternoon OF the first of June ensuing His
balloon, IT said differs shape and material from onv
one ever exhibited in this country. Mr. Wise of Ills
city, Intends making another ascension on tie 18Th inst
Clayton the Napoleon of the art as some Of Tho We
efn papers describe him. will make n rrrnd ,onr
through The AIR, i'll the course OF few wecks.nnd
New fo1k paper states, that Mr. Henry Price is Irepar
ing paiioon AT Brooklyn, in which he PROMISES 10
go mp with lady, in the course of few DAYS His hal
loon is Of muslin, covered with India rubber He in
ap
the balloon after nlgall The fate of Madame Bancb.
ard should not be forgotten by those who venture ON tcse
mTal excursions lii true that many have escancd I'm,
we fear we shall soon be compelled TO record rpIan
choly termination TO of these voyagcs in the unncr
air We consider the remuneration by no means n,c
quate to the risk.-Pha Inquirer
WfSDFALL.-A short time since an advertisements
appeared in the Philadelphia Gazette cnouiring for
man by the name of Woods and nentioniu1 bo y Inrc
amount OF money had been bcqucathcd him by an n1i.
vIdua who mad recently died in Europe. The person
auded TO- called at our Office yesterday make enquiry
Tor gentleman who is supposed TO reside i'm this civ
ana VINO II was stated, was acquainted with the partici-
lars of the lie had the appearances of bcnr In
boring mau or farmer The whole amount 10 which ne
has thus fallen heir by of the sudden whims of the
hcke goddess Fortune is twenty thousand mounds
sterling Baltimore RepuJiic0n.
The Philadelphia Inquirer says" IL is understood
that benjamin Watkins Leigh will resign his scat in the
u. S SeDate."-D. ~
It's due to those who have taken public notice of the
failure of the New York and Eastern Mail ON fl,e 15,
inst to state that tile matter promptly inquired into
anu the ault found to have been with some persons e
ployed IN IT'S transmission between New York and Phil
adelphia and that the punishment due such offences
has bcen aPpied--Giobc
RCfFIN's Essay oS CALcAHEors M.gURys-Tbe
present number contains advertisement by its auto-
of RgD'Hs ESsdy CaicarccuS naHurcs-a work of
genuine merit which should be in the hands of every
aDdhoder, and especially of such live i'm the rI n;
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ton 10 those departments of science that belono TO the
walks OF busbondry Gentlemen owning estates on n.
vcrs where beds of this valuable manure are likely to
exist, should not be without it, as from the lrlf which
1T sheds on the subject Of jndcd0HS and the application