Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-04-27
Tur NEW CON- OF VIRGINIA.

committee have, besides, been employed al n'sn'
n their rooms.
The revisors have been laboring TO compete
no residue OF the work and were just consfa'u'd'-
mo themselves that the last sheets Of Inc o'i's "
iorm The Civil Code would be written ms "se"'
when casually occurred, calculated, ior ''nie'
,,,oeuhat TO disheauen them. Mr.. Robinson hau
|auerly determined 10 decline or postpone o'"e'
professional business until The completion Oh 'ne
revisal, and, leaving his Office Tor '''ne' '""
concentrated in one OF The parors OF his dwelling
b,,se all the books much used about Inc worn,
ami in this room were many manuscript olils'
some Of which having been prepared oy WI.
D ohnsnn had been sent 10 MIR. Patton iof MS
examination aud returned by Mr.. P. win memo
r,ota ot amendments proposed or OF sus2es'io"s
far consideration. There were other ohls pfoPoSeu
~ Mr.. P. and sent 10 Mr.. r Tor e1am'nal'on'
and several others nearly completed by WI. IT,
and about 10 be sent by him TO Mr., T. on '"e
r;on, Of the 22od FIRE occurred, which destroyed
ali the manuscript bills in The room seScep' '"o
short billsl and destroyed other papers an" sou'e
very valuable books Of these The greatest 'oss
is The copy OF The code which Mr.. H. was ~ 'ue
habit Of using, containing on The margin OIL y "'s
references 10 all his subsequent statutes on edc"
sabiect. We sincerely sympah'ze win MI II
in ,h,s destruction of an important fru'l oil ms
labors for The past ID years.
The hiss which has occurred Is one greatly 10
be- heplored-yel il is mol regarded as ifreparao'e'
The committee OF revisors are going on WIN
wba has been reported 10 lhem, and The reviso''
have already sci 10 work 10 prepare again me
hills which have been destroyed. To do this now
bv The Time The Legislature is 10 meet, seems al
most loo much 10 expecI. But no effort VIII Dc
spared 10 accomplish II.
The bills already reported by The revisors, and
printed, occupy $50 pages, and they, win the
amendments thereto proposed BY The join, COM
mute on revison (many OF which were sug'
oes,ed BY The rev;sors and many other concuir-
ed in by them, as Improvements OF their rePor',)
will give employment 10 The Legislature, even II
me reyisors should be unable 10 supply me loss
which has been sustained, in time Tor the whole
code 10 be acted on al The extra session, "hich
commences on The 28th May.
On Sunday last great crowd assembled 10
witness the conservation Of The new and oeauii'
tuI Episcopal Church in Fredericksburg. Bishop
Meade oficialed, assisted by Rev. DR.. Sparrow,
Mr.. Friend, Mr.. Cole, and other clergymen.-
The Church Isl. George's) is in the Gothic style
and is under the re.torship Of Rev. Mr.. Maguile
On Monday, says he News 81 pews were sold
far S2l GOO. leaving Is instead OF 20 free Ones
The deb, is S2I ,OO,.
Last week in Fori1a considerable snow fell,
and in many places The ground was frozen an
incn in depth. The tr1st appeared 10 prevail IN
streaks; portion Of IN. crops in the fields being
cut of, while in oherportions OF The same held
| il suffered litle 1I no injury.
In some counties inGeoreia The wheat, much
Of which was headed the cotton and sweet ana
Irish potatoes, were amosi entirely destroyed.
A, The recent ssssio OF the Grand Lodge |. 0
O. F. of Virginia, We learn that Edward S
Houeb. Of AleYantfi, was elected Grand Mas
Ter for the ensuing var; E. Filzhugh OF Wheel
inc D. G. NJ and JanlF. Smith oil Jefferson, 6
W: r, 81. Reid, Seetary, and George w. To.
l.r Treasurer: Mess Philips Of Fauquier, 3 nd
Crump Of Richmod, representatives 10 The
Grand Lodge OF the lnired States.
AMERICANS q THE lSTHMUS.-
| ho Ddth Marph in fp.
,cribioa The recent ctlees wrought on The lslh-
mus by The Amrrca, thus speaks oi the town
OF Panama:
Lei any one walkaround Panama, and he
cannot TAIL 10 nolicehe marks Of The Anglo
Saxon. American sn-bnards, in the ocular
cachlne style-"Chep Goods" Brokers o.
tice," "Licensed Aoclneef," &C., meet The eye
here ard there aGihg going, gone!" in a
style that would do edit 10 Peer Funk in his
pa miest days, eches ON different places along
inc streets; The hor'e Jckey and The Peddler are
NOT behind the ohds; nd yesterday we heard
uttered with an aInsiness that would have
honored Sam Slck;-Wou don't want to buy no
dried apples, nor abnt all boiled ham, already
cooked nor lille sss nor half barrel Of
pckled pork, real s'mine Boston tarbor, nor
nothing, 10 you7" Zen Cave Johnson, Ihe
Immoual Cave, void here mud some one VI h
whom 10 divide his bnors AMI shdrc his m>iui-
tunes. Tne buiIeis bead OF Messrs Leelch
| & Co. now bears The familiar W0r.s OF
'.Mail ia lie. io-iay,'an then adds "Nuthine
from beyond G ,rgon" Tarors and rum-sel.
iers have become shrowners and shIp-hrokersi
and .hus has me On. dun aud qule own ol
| Panama, under The i6uence 81 American enef-
| ~ and industry, beOme The scene ui activity
/ and business.
| Several parties aruow in the vicinity, max
| ing geological and me illogical EXAMINATIONS
| They are highly pIesed wnh ,neir success thus
| lar ard lnerr is no lauWiug but that tney may
| discover d. posi.es OF ala as rich as hose ii Ca
| iiuiuia We have san ST me ~ The ore WASHED
| ~ of The b. Is OF rivas and taken out oi quarz
and We look wih a Cd dral 81 interest lor Their
future examinations.
The survey for a railDad under tic conrac; oil
Ne.srs Aspinwall & &c, is going On with much
I,trY; IL rYaminali,n 81 he engineers ale
Pr wing tIolr f.. lrriLs ian they had anucipa'cd
rhe building al ibis fuaj will give sui u'lher
impulse 10 business anl make Panama, aside
from all Diner Considerations An important poIu'
tor business, and incTeae the value Of properly
The climate mere is peasanl a could ue de,it-
cd, ihr nights cool aud comfortable and The days
warm and agreeable, lhelhefmomeler ranging al
pleasant temperature al lhr time, wnil, The r.
lreshing breezes Of The Pacific keep up fiur
and CONTINUOUS circulation OF pure air. The
health Of Panama II as good as any mi On he
Pacific OF Atlantic oceans Is il not foriunar
mat our country menare has blessed while wait
ing Tor Iranspoi,aionto our destination.
The advicrs from The South by the English
steamer, however, ih,rm Us that We will shortly
re supplied with extensive and commoilous
means, a large numba Of fine vessels having al
ready sailed Tor this Innr
For HE Enquirer
RICHMOND SENATORIAL DiSTRin T-"WELL
WHAT WILL COME NEXT?"
Dr. Sheppard said Il the European Hotel, that
he prefprred Mr. Rolls for Cnnprrss IN any other