Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-08-26
To INC Editors Dj' he Enquirer.

/ SAS FRAxcisco, July l5 1888
To ane confined busy dusty and di-ag'crah" rty
tr,rnhru: the week p.asirc Zip IL always agreeable,
II il presents auy PROSPECT OF making its character accord
win ts name I'M, any where almost - PLEASANT and
if So how much cn,pvrd must be 10 lar.
away From the sigh ui land Ia see tile rugged noun
ais and green hills fade away The distance and 20 onk
above around and hcnca;h and perceive nothing hui SKY
aud feel the nvg Iatlng sra brrrZc, and the
gentle rocina ana roag of The vesst !uv, mp 10 +'
must pleasant affair! With feelings al satisfaction,
therefore humble servant read the announce eh from
morning paper iha The good steamer Senate! would make
pleasure The Fartaones on The fourth of July.
With hundred III the mind therefore,
appointed hour stepped on board The steamer with
hopes raised I" the highest pitch Tor good time" and soon
~, were pliinr sw v past III, shippin whayes slnis
irl.yra rs light houses, and Ti md iiily ant Ia seal
%, enjoyed lie sIun, cold az II was and how
enjoyed r hearing ." vessel even II II did make rs
sick. We short distance y thu by the wreck al the
Tennessee then headed Straight for ir farranmcs h,
!riarlirL rocks in The about thirty miles
rom heads, southwest. lhcy the most ir"ary csua
places ever viewed Inhabited by Countless millions ri
birds ducks guils and nnhr and seals and sea "r. These
birds numbers than y"u can form
ceptlun OIL AMI present strange sight covering, as they do
every hill rack Tie Island itw months since fish
crman possession "I The island, under sc"n warrant,
for The purpose Of gathering eggs lie has couple 81 "a.
c.mrn protect him IN his rights for - services "t
which the city lie has already gaherri onc hun.
tired thousand which he has brrn selling at and
seventy per So yUu he will make
handsome SUN by his shrcwdncss. Tie Government
erecting lighthouse the principal island when will be-
rompycd in few months When The contractors rst
The hrnan refused Ia al"w them To land, and would
only when detachment "l i'nllce sent. ANA then
stipulated they interfere with him in his
business operations
headed for home Passed under full sll with every rag she
had board The wind, the clipper ). :. E,"p
hiIiiri hiI. What n beautiful sight shn presented There
was s"nc!n" tn!cscri!ihy grand, almost sublime in
n0. steamer gliding swiftly aud almost nu,cessy through
The water with clippers SNOWY nOUtan Of canvass
spread before eyes siraring every beat
us-whI III" steamer, without rtfrt, apparently Shot past
her and lei, her far in the distance 1t the triumph
| Of genius snC We gave her three hearty good
| from
our baa passed steamed swiftly home (ssirg
raj Whale s;uEnHD and arrived III the wharf 4!
o'clock, h,in. iml r,r iur the grand display al
.rs lrufr which mcrtiun,d in my last approrrla.
lion had made by City Council. IL grand
failure. G..
THE LEGISLATURE : Although We have not vel
learI ll !" al the members elected the I.csl-l,
tn' liz. p"!iica ro'aplcNion Of ali Tie 'rrrr
mir ed
In r >c.;v ~. democrats have gained fur aud .st
none. ry havc, therefore, Irecn Senators, aud
Wh.S twelve.
The House anpnr,ions! by The last Legislature 10
contain uirc Wing majority On tins appnrrIonmcn HE
Democrats gain five AMI lose giving Wings eleven
| majority. - Nashville Union.
FROM THE FlSHiNG GROUNDS
RosroS Aug 22.-Advices from The fishing ground. stale
that The u. Sloop of tyane of iInncs Hole
Thursday in fog. The steamer Fulton left Portsmouth
on Friday for Halifax.
The British steamer Devastation last week passed By
fleet of Ia American vessels without noticing them and
lying bccamci The officers OF the Devastation
took possession Of the Starlight but suffered the other one
10 CO. The person who brought This information does moi
know what done with The captured vessel Iii
told Gul of Canso that armed vessels had passed
through, but he nothing Of them
BnsroS, Aug 22-The Starlight captured by the
Devastation In Magialcn Bay and taken Gaspe. The
schooner Highlander also seized by the steamer.
but subsequently, released. The schooners Mary Niles
and Ellen Proctor had been chased OUT OF lie bay by cut
Much excitement prevailed al Gloucester The subject