Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-05-25


the Wheeling lines Of Tuesday, that the corporate
lhn!cs Of that city compiled Saturday ast with the
provisions of the late law Of Virginia, concerning the
Baltimore and Ohm Railroad, hy subscribing one mil
lion of dollars towards It's COMPLETION The subscription
IL said to be in accordance with the stIpuatons pre-
yousy agreed on by the Board of Directors of the r"ad
and elegaon from The City Council OF wheeling -
The Times states that the act q" subscription was sane.
toned by The citizens in t"wn meeting assembled Tor That
purpose Saturday afternoon, and now only wants the
ratification Of the Stockholders of the Company, 10 close
entirely The negoaiion-and thence enable the Compa.
ny to avail ls'f Of all the means appropriated BY Inc
S ales OF Virginia and Mary land md Tie cy oil BaIiI-
more, which exhibit aggregate large enough 70 con.
slrucl that work 10 the proposed termination the ONO
Baltimore Patriot.
The Richmond and Petersburg Ra;lroad s now in
In few weeks, the noble bridge James River will
be finished, when the formal opening OF the road Will be
celebrated. There Is now continuous Ra'Iroad, IRON
Frederick surg the RuanOke-a distance OF about llo
miles In North Carolina. there are two Railroad lines
dvergng from the Roanoke-nne 10 Wilmington, dis
lance of about leo mlies-the other to Raleigh, about
90 miles in length. OF the first some forty miles are
now in use; Of the latter fifty miles will be used by the
9TH JULY Both works are prosecuted with great en-.
ergy A passenger, leaving this ace al D A NJ finds
himself on The banks Of The Roanoke al half past three,
7. NJ and, when the road to Wilmington is completed,
he may reach Charleston in twenty SIX hours more
making trty sir houTS and h0if from Fredericksburg
This calculation made upon the moderate speed o ht
teen mics Oh the Railroad, and liberal allowance for
delays Fredericksburg .7r.na
Extract from letter recrirtd al The Department Of State
from The Consui Of The United Stoies at Lima.
CoSsULArE THE UNITED STATES,
Lima JaaHarH -, ISIS.
Sir-The painful duty devolves upon the of commu.
nicaling you the death Of james B. Thornton United
States Charge flares 10 Peru He arrived at Callao
from Valparaiso, in the United States ship Falmouth,
Capt AcKeever the Cpd instant, and expired on the
25rh His remains inferred on the Goth instant,
in the British cemetery at Bella Vista with ali the honOs
due 10 his rank, being accompanied 10 the grave By n
detachment of United States British, and French ma.
and sailors by the officers of all the foreign ress OF
war in Ca,lao; by the members of the Diplomatic Corps;
by officers delegated for that purpose BY the Supreme
! Government which he accredited, and by nu
rncnus cf his frlowci;izens and foreigners
resident in Ibis capila and Cailao. Minute guns were
fired from the Falmouth during the procession, and all
the vessels in Calao had their flags al half mast during
! the day Of the funeral GiOGc.
(From the Charleston Courier
"The Mayor Of Charleston acknou Lodges the receipt
Of 500 900 from Mr. Bddle donation from the Penn
sylvan Bank Of the United States for the relief OF The
! Charleston sufferers by fire
BAsK U. s, May 5.
! Hon Henry l.. PiNcKSEY,
Mayor Of the City of Charleston, S. C.
Sir: ] am instructed by the Board ni Directors OF
the Bank Of the u States, TO express to the citizens OF
Charleston their very sincere sympathy under the Gala
NIFTY which has recently befaen that city, and their
anxiety 10 do every thing in their power TO mitigate It,
Such misfortune. which strangers must drpore,
cannot fail to awaken The veest interest in every part
of our common country. But this Institution has dur
ing long series of years, been intimately connect
ed in all the relations Of business, with the commu-
nifty Of Charleston and has many ties of friendly
intercourse and personal regard with iis members,
that, having witnessed and shared its prosperity, we
are proportIonaby afflicted by this sudden reverse
of It's fortunes. The dsns-r, melancholy as il row
seems will doubtless be surmountrd and repaired
10y The energy and the resources Of your fellow citzens
but in the meantime, there might be much individual
suffering and much personal privation, which may be
aeviated by immediate assistance For this purpose,
the Board of Directors place the enclosed contribution
the disposal Of the City Authorities, who will have
the goodness 10 employ 1t they may deem most eff
GENTLY for the relief of the sufferers
With great respect, yours,
N. 'BlDDLE, President.
New York, May l5.--The mission Of Lord Durham
TO Canada is TO be altogether the most magnificent that
ever appeared in this country His suite, it is said con-
sists of 500 persons His plate is estimated at
nous value Very '.!he Hastings" with him on
board, will be in Quebec for that three ships of
war with part of The Guards, have already arrived