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The Constitutional Wilis-.
,_ - DKMOCKACV-TilE CONSTITUTION-STATE RIGHTS.
By PIAS ANTS, AB BOTT ifc CO._ RICHMOND, yiUGINIA, TUKS1MY MORNING, AUGUST 2<77cm~‘~
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VV L. VI.-—No.
2T!jc Constitutional SSlijiff.
s VTi'itli vv MOltMX;. \ir<;irsT ai*_l82t>.
W‘ V\ o thought tho President hud got well enough
tu stay at home—so said the Telegraph—but it seems
:i d. The Georgetown Columbian of Thursday says:
*Vvc understand that the PiosiJent of the United
C ities, accompanied by the Secretary of War, left
Washington yesterday in the Steamboat l'olomac,
on a visit to Obi Point Comfort.”
i’Voin Ike .Yorfdic Bta<oa of J'rid-ny.
Tuk Pm. .ii-K vi- ox tiis: U.nitei> Sr a its, tbeSK
<'•!> i uiv or \\ ah,and Gun Ghatiot id’ tin- Engi
U"er Corps, cam.* passengers yesterday, inlhe Steam
boat Potomac, from Washington, ami lundc.l at the
ilip Raps.
iVo lea'ti is his(-Ue President’s) intention to re
main at Old Point Coiff’o.t, n:;iil Monday week, the
Ulsi iust. lor'be bi-in lit of his health.—Herald.
N 's:i L: i;ham«, iWij. the newly appointed Navy
Alfiit at this piice, cam : pass -ngor in tin; sleuin
boat JY.ny’utfc, on Weduesday niglit, from Richmond,
tmd entered yesterday on tiie duties ul ins i-lliee.
TUK PRESIDENT.
A Correspondent of the IT. S. Gazette, in a letter
dated Wesiiiugiitii, Aug. St,says—
- "General Jackson had been much indisposed. On
Wednesday night, the physicians were in attene.inoo
almost ill.; whole night, engaged in cupping him. 1
think there is much apprehension among some of the
proiuiiu'iil members of the administration, lest, in one
in'these paroxysms, the disorder should bailie the skill i
»*f the healing physician; and in that case there would
probably be more Nortonizing than we have ever yet !
witnessed.”
We have, of late, opened our Southern Mail, with
trembling apprehension for the health, and even the'
life of Gen- Jackson; and, though the violence of his i
disorder has abated, we still contemplate the probabi- i
l.tv of its renewal. Gen. Jackson, when we last
saw him. was, evidently, very uitirm. Ilis liculih has
lrp.cn declining-very slowly, but manifestly, for thir
teen years. He is now. according to the most credi
ble accounts, sixty four years old. lie lias already
received his “three warnings,”—lameness, blindness
and deafness. Though possessed, by nature, wiili an
iron constitution, he lias been exposed to much hard
ship, privation and anxiety: to the influence of passion:
and to the effect of irregularit y in mode of his life. He
has moreover, changed the nitre air of the West tor |
the oppressive heat of Waslnngto:;; and the pursuits :
iff war and agriculture for Hit* sedentary habits of the
olos.-t. These circumstances, taken in connexion
with liis recent illness, warrant our tears. We make
use of no hyperbole when we say that we should re
giet his dorms.- or the piostration of his In altli at this
juncture, tnore than we did Ins election to the Presi
dency. In either ot these ev.nUs. the country would
have much to fear from the reckless ambition of the
prominent members of the dominant party.
Boston Pul.
i tie i irgmia free tress inirouuRus, ino-i nnppiiy, the tallow
ing quotation from Cowrcn, anti applies the In.. a to the scrant
liiera fur ot.ice at >* ashiogton:
-“Tlte siiwik is there,
And the shaik's piey: the spendthrift, and I'm kech
Tiiat sticks him: them the sycophant and he
Who with bareheaded and obsequious bows,
fleas a warm olficc, doom’d to a cold jail
And groat per diem, if his patron frown.
Ti e levee swart..s, as it in golden pomp
Were character’d on every statesman’s door,
• /A tier'd uitl Ihuikrvpt J’ortiiuis mended hci c.' ’’
From Vie RoMon I'n/riot.
r-’ni Ax 07 Nat- hb.—TheSuehcm, ariived at this port yester
fl.«v, lias on hoard two Siamcm youths, inidos. IT years of ag«\
their bodies connected from their liinli. Titey appear to lie in
{wad health, and apparently contented with tuetr confined sito
ation.
We have seen and examined this strange freak of nature.—
It is one of the greatest living curiosities we oversaw. Thu
two hoys are about 5 feet in height, of well proportioned j
frames, strong and active, good nauircd, and of a pleasant ex- j
pressum of countenance—and withal intelligent and sensible— |
exhibiting the appearance of two well made Siamese youths, j
with the exception that by a substance uppau-ntlv honey oi !
caitiliginious, annul seven inches in circumference and four in
length, proceeding from the umbilical region of oach, they are
firmly united togothcr. They have a good appetite, appear
lively, and run about the deck and calmi of the ship with the
same facility that any two healthy lads would do, with their
arms over each others shoulders, this being the position in which
they move about They will probably be exhibited to the pub
lie, when proper arrangements have been made
They will be objects of great curiosity, particularly to the
medical faculty. Their unnatural union is not mote of a cun
x'.-ity, than the vigorous health they enjoy, ai. 1 their apparent
e:. ue contented ness with their condition. One of t lie boys is
named Chung;—the oilier Eng; together they are called Chung
Eng.
From Vtc Missouri Krpublicnn of August l
THE INDIAN WAR, got up 111 die weskn. part of. this
state, tvitltotii any adequate motive, unless it was to effect a di
version in favor of a few of tlic people’s servants, whose zeal
outruns their discretion, h-js ended, as we anticipated it would,
in smoke Who pays the piper? How are the claims of one
thousand militiamen ordered into service hy the Governor, to
hr adi-isied? Shall tve have another appropriation by (’ong'ess,
f >r property ‘lost, caponed or destroyed’ ;n the lowav war, ai
wa> the case alter the VV'innchngoe disturbances? Or, shall our
citizens suffer, from the fully of their governor, the loss of their
time, nod the inconveniences to which themselves, anti families,
were necessarily subjected? Wo repeat it, all this parapliema
lirt and show of war, was got up without judgment, and with- i
out any knowledge of tlie circumstances, or the nature of tbe
h ivico to he enr.nuntared— without enquiring, indeed, whether
an enemy would be encountered at all.
Gov. Miller may i>e—his friends say that he is—great on great
occasions He is not so in minor things. This is die M*condy>it/r
pus ho has committed in h s cha e after popularity. In tbc first
case—the proposition to invade the territory of a friendly pow
er—his project was treated with silent contempt, only five men
being found willing to engage in the expedition. His apologists,
we know, endeavored t«e break his fall; hut it was the labor of
Sysipaus—and they were laughed at for their pains. It will be
well for tbc Governor.if this second proof of his incompetrncy
din’s not work a more serious revolution in his expectations—
and, instead of the reversion of a seat inWnt: Senate,'to which
he now aspires, the privilege be allowed him of retiring to pri
vate life.
I jf The Post Ofiler? in Essex Fotir.ty Virginia,
kcrotoforq known bv tlio name of Finley’?, hns been
diunged, ami will in future, be called Miller’s Tav
ern. Newspaper Editors, oud others, directing to
’■’nis office, will please notice this change.
GroTosirul Phenomena.—Some, months sin •!•, in the act of
hating f<>r salt nan r, on the land of Mr. I.rnncl Stockton, situ
ate in lira county of i'lnnltctland, Kentucky, a vein ol pure oil
•vis struck, from which it is tUumst incredible what quantities
• f the Substance issued. Tne discharges were by floods, ai
iicivois of from 2 to-, minutes, at each flow vomiting forth
many barrels of pure oil. 1 witnessed myself, on a shaft that
; ton-1 upright by tin? aperture in the rock from which it issued,
marks of tbe oil twenty-five or thirty P-ct perpendicularly aliove
' ic ruck. These floods contiiv '.-il f -r.? or 1 weeks when tbry
- it,sided to a constant stream, affording many thousand gallons
rer day. This well is between a quarter and a half mile from
Vie bank of Gumbyrhtnd river, on a small bill down which it
runs into tbc river It was traced as far down the Cumberland
Gallatin, in Sumner count'.', nearly uOO miles—for many
i’.js it or.vflred the whole surface of ti e river, ami its mmks
rc now found On the rocks on each bank. About two miles
below tbe point at which it lonelier! the riser, it was fired by ,i
.iny—and lit* ctfhot is said to have been grand beyond desenp
i uiii. Ait old gcitlle.inan who witnessed it, says, he Ins sen
r-verat cities mi lire, but ibat he never beheld any thing like the
i.-tine:- which rose from the Imuom of the Cumberland to touch
;* very clouds, (bis own words.) The oil has a very strong
ent, and was, while it issued in great quantities, smelt at the
istance of 5 or fi miles above its entrance into the rivpr. The
dour is disagreeable to all uefrons who have inhaled it, except
two others and inv.-elf.
‘I r.e od is ro verv penetra’ing, that no barrels which could he
fV-.’urui, retained it perfectly. Some ic-.v barrels were f.i.cd
put iii tin; ground. They have caulked the aperture m the
ruck, hi order to procure what remains, hut it is feaied tiie har
vest in over.—[Jvasktille Banner. A Traveller.
MONDAY MORNING, AI.CirsT t>!~ IHTS). ~
- . ~.t . 7-:—- —_ „• ■■ ■
Off*The Enquirer says that it shall seek the good
opinion ot honorable and impartial Editors, but not
ol" such an Editor as Mr. King of the Now York Ame
rican. If the Enquirer u*as distinguished for half the
good sense, talent and dignity which are to be found
m the columns of the American, it would become a
very respectable paper. At present it can certainly
possess few or mi claims to that character. Its co
lumn''., instead of being uev'otcd to something (hat
would benefit the country, by improving it - t: ami
purifying its morals, are perpetually Jil.cd with those
loathsome and contaminating 1 tcubr.ttioiis, that pass
under the 11.11110 ot ll> trospecls, Comjtilntio' v, Cyv. and ,
are well understood to be the citu.-tn productions of
our Chief Magistrate. That Mr. lll'chlc should
charge a brother Editor with a want of impartiality,'
is eminent ly ludicrous. A more striking example of
the old amigo, .Satan reproving sm, never came under
out notice. If be reu'hj and truly believes the En
quirer to be an impartial paper, then we are free to
confess that the blindness of human vanity and ego
tism is altogether incurable. We shall despair of
ever seeing human nature more perfect than it is.
The truth is that our worthy contemporary is of- ’
fended with the N. Y. American—the two Nationals
—our humble selves, and unity others, because, one)
and all, we have tracked him too successfully in his 1
devious courses, and ever and anon exposed his hol
low pretensions to political rectitiule. There is not
an atom of consistency or impartiality in the Enqui
rer. Timid and irresolute at the onset, when it is
once fairly seated on the saddle, and the majority is
clearly ascertained, it dashes away Jehu like, an^ ■
beemaes equally remarkable lbr its violence and
We shall always expect to sec tin* same thing i
until its Editor shall dismiss the ridiculous idea of
his own infallibility—an idea that has become so
completely naturalised in his mind, yon might just as :
Well persuade liijn to doubt his own identity.
That our readers may know the cause of Mr. Rit
chie’s wrath against the N. Y. American, we* i use it
the following from that paper; and tliat wo may not be
charged with want of modesty in thus aiding to
sound our own praises, we, the junior Editors, in the
absence of Lite Senior, attribute all that is compli
mentary to him, as it was undoubtedly intended.
“The Virginia invention w,ll moat in Octobrr next, wi ll a
view to consider < f (he expediency of remodeling tl.e < .'(institu
tion ol the Old Dominion. Mnnv of the most eminent n.enul ii.e
ibdion—name* that already an; historical—the Marshalls and
the Madisons, are members of that hotlv, and its debates and
proceedings will doubt-less he a matter of deep interest toolbar
States, as well as to \ itginia. It is therefore with pleasure wv
see-r notification in the Richmond Whig, one of the irot-t ably
conducted papers in this Union, immeasurably more »t» in m y*
judgment, Ilian the anti cut organ of Virginia, the iiicluiioriM
Knipiiivr, that it has engaged competent Stenographers to report
their debates, which will be published in the Whig- The K-li
imrs will receive subscriptions for their paper for the period that
may be necessary to complete the debates.”
The Postmaster General.—Our reader.-? will re
member a late charge by the Commentator, published
at Frankfurt Kentucky, that i\Ir. Barry is a ,defaulter
to the P. O. Department for ^lO.Otn), and that tin-re
cords of the Federal Court at that place would prove
the fact, and the positive denialof the U. S. Telegraph
of the charge in toto. From a recent notice of the
charge in another Frankfort paper, (we h iievc the
Spirit of’76, though the paper is mislaid) wo expect, it
will turn out that I here is such a judgment against
Mr. Barry, but as a security for n former Postmas
ter who was a defaulter.—We will at present refrain
from any fin thcr notice of the unqualified denial nt"
the Telegraph, as our surmise may b t mtfo.tr I V
yet judging from the. recent instance of lying in spirit
while the Idler was preserved, of that paper, in the
care of Major Lewis’ appointment, while a defaulter,
wo eitould probably risk little in saying Gen. Duff
has in the present instance endeavored to deceive'its
readers into the belief that no judgment existed a
gainst Mr. Barry, and that in fact lie is not indebted
to the United States. We shall soon know more
of this.
Bj 'The Lynchburg Republican says, “we have nev
er known the Telegraph (o make a si a lenient upon
its own knowledge, which did not turn out to be
substantially tine.” What does it think of the alle
gation, “Major Lewis i* not a defaulter, and dors not
owe the Government one cent?” Was that substan
tially true, when the intern in the declaration was to
induce ihc belief, that Major Lewis was not in debt
to the United Stairs, when he rvas appointed to office
by Gen. Jackson; which was substantially the . barge
made,and when in truth, lie had been a debtor up to
a few days of the lime when this denial was made,
and sometime after his appointment?
BX The Kentucky papers friendly to Mr. Ciny, de
clare in the most positive terms, that there is no in
tention to nominate him as a candidate for the Presi
dency, inthe Legislature this coming winter. And
Mr. J. J. Crittenden, in h speech of his during the
recent election, said, lie for one, should oppose such a
nomination ns premature.
Bj' When the Editor of the N. V. Courier and En
quirer next notices us, we would "wish him to do so
in good English rather than in bud Latin. We con
gratulate the aforesaid worthy, upon his reconcilia
tion to Duff Green. The first proof of which is, ins
endorsement of oneof DuJTs lato attacks upon Mr.
Clay. Similis siinili gaudet.
| .Mom reform!—We understand that the report of
j the removal of Henry Wilson, Esq., from the Office
! of Marshal at Key West, is confirmed, and dint. Mr.
i John Dean, late of Sparta. Ala., has been appointed
to succeed him.—I’cn. Gaz.
From Tennr?.>(’'•, v.c loam that John B’air ha® hero re-elec.
»od a representative to Consross. and that James S»anflifer has
been chosen to «•>rerv I J. C. Mitchell, who Heclrne<l a re-elec
tion. Mr. Le», ii appear®, was closely rein, bis opponent, Mr.
Arnold, having received IT’J vote.* to his vote,.
LYaf. Ini
Acnluvky Politics.—The Argus admits that there
will be uu Anti-Jackson majority in the next Kentuc
ky Legislature. The llarrodsburg “Central YYatch
I owor, u go-the whole (Combination print, publish—
eo hi the District irom which Mr. Kincaid lias late
ly been elected to Cungn-ss,states, “that out of elev
‘vn rej >resen tati ves, to both branches of the State
“Legislature lor the District, last year, nine were
li uc li lends ot Lcii. Jackson ami Jus principles;”
and a<lds, “tiic result o! tins election gives seven
“friends of Mr. Clay, and but four friends of Cent
J.i p son, in tuis district. I lie Lditor laments tfia.
“a distrii t so lately the strong, si in the State in fa- j
\o* ot ticneial J a*'k--oil, slmuiil so soon r'.*tr<,,rra,le *
“in Principle.” If we mistake not, ♦bv'Kditor’ will
from time to time have cause to dep!.,ro ’many more!
such intr,»gre-,sions in Principle.—.Y.U. Jour/
u'-: n,',, 1 “loinolv sorry to learn that the President'
continues in a bad state cl' health. Cessation from '
the dmies ot'iiisodicc. pure air, and moderate exer- '
cise, have been rocotnmen.b d ns most likely to j
strengthen hisconstitution. Di>r tins purpose, and
in ouj.yr to secure privacy ns much as possible, dn- i
ring iiis nbseiiee.fr, ni tiioscat oi tiovcrurncut, lie will '
rte-rtie ou the Kip Kays, which i?, we are told, n do-!
hghlfui situation. There, it is to bo hoped, he will t
have some rest from the importunate and clamorous *
crowd of office seekers, which fills i:is rooms in j
Y\ ashington, and hangs upon his skirts wherever he j
goes.—[vl Icatnilriu A*he nix.
e have ot ten heard it asked, whether the Den- *
■iio win co; • firm at the next session of Congress, uii the J
appointments that have been made. It is best, at ail ;
events, where dissatisfaction is felt,to get up a strong j
remonstrance perhaps true “llefoiiu” may come
round yet.—|g&.
I' roin the I.yoehbnri; Virginian of Aug. 2.1.
Cvngressiotrtl l.kction.—*i tie following is the >iate of the
poiL in the ailjOiiiina district of Amherst, &c. so far as beard
lion,, for a member til Congress, to supply the vacancy occa
sioned by li:e resignation ol Win. C. Ko.es, Etq.
tio;i!M>\. Nusm. Khvii:.
Albemarle, 2UI l(|2 7
Amherst, 121 31
Fluvanna, Goochland and Kelson, yet to be beard from._
Den. Guidon, it is supposed, will In: elec tub
I'hii.ip S. Mahki.kv, Hsq. of Pennsylvania, is ap
pointed Attorney Clederal in the place of Amos Eil
maktr, Estj. resigned.
Fi»:n the Norfolk liMitn.
.if tit illy mi hoard t/ic ship Constitution of this Pori.
Kxtract of a loiter from Capt. O’Grady, to his
owners, duted Rio .1 a.iiero, July 5li>.
D:ir crew inntined on the linen I was knocked
<Kt\vn by tlemt twice, and leeeived inanv blows, but
\v is not seriously injured, although a pistol was fired
by one t/1 them within u few inches of t.»v ear, which
<• ii me m» damage, but d privod the fecund mate Mr.
Hibimp. of iiaitiniore, partially of J lit*’ use of his leil
eye. We had some considerable diBiculty in silenc
ing them by foree of arms, Om: ofilm principal of
tuem died several days u'*t.*-r from wounds which 1
"*'ve him with a s.ibrc. J'iio niHtmv loo!; nlace on
t li-’ I Ot it .1 une, and trout that time until 1st julv, [I in*
(Itv on which we arr ved here) our lives were com
pletely in jeopardy, .is 1 whs alraid to go on deck,
without a pair of loaded pistols about my person. 1
am thankful to the Hold for having preserved us
Irom such dangerous, treacherous enemies.
[Another letter received here, date4 on board the
S. ship Hudson, 3d July, states tffat 0 of the^nu
vutsjers wore in irons on board that ship.] •
—
Tbo Rev. Dr. Meade, elected Assistant Bishop of the Protcs
taut Episcopal Church in Virginia, was consecrated yesterday
innruiiig in St. James’s Church.—FhiluJ. -y yWa-fs;?.
FLOl R.—-The N. Y. Price Current of Wednes
day, says:— Fresh Flour continues scarce and in de
mand. A further advice of 12 1 2 cents per barrel
has been realized. \\ e notice sales of New York
city, fresh ground, at 5 10 a 6 23; Troy at 3 37 J-2;
best brands of Western Cabal at 5 62 1-2; Peters
burg and Richmond country, both from new wheat, I
at 3 13 a 3 37 1-3.
N'mvVokk, Aug. 20 —l.’siinvl .Statrs’flank Stock, 1231-8 a j
123.1; Exchange on Loudon, lult a lull 1-2.
From the Firginirt I At* ran/ Jlluwum. !
TIIE POLICY OF ENCOURAGING MANU
FACTURES.— No. G.
Wo must no\y |>>aco the Mane:act ;»»*.• Gy the side of the
A«; i**1. liunsl —'s/f
We have now examined the principal object ions
to the pol.cy of encouraging manufactures ill Virgi
nia. not perhaps with iho oopiousness that the sub J
joct required, but as fuiiy as accorded with tiie nar
row limits of this journal: and we think we have
said enough to satisfy any mind which imd not prejudg
ed the question, that those object ions are all invalid;
that human labour is ns cheap or cheaper than it. is in
the countries which now supply ns with manufac
tures; that if some parts of the requisite capital are
dearer with us than u i! !if hem. others a re yet. cheaper; i
, t litit tjie moral and political evils apprehended by!
some from the e.-mb’islimrnl of manufactures. arc ei- I
1 ther visionary i r arc inevitable, in any state of things, |
i and would >e lessened rather than aggravated 'ey such j
establishments; and lastly, that the labour and c»;v.-:
tal of a country do not, qt all times, and under all |
circumstances, spontaneously take the most profita- |
bin direction, but that, when it first Becomes advan
1 lageous for a nation to manufacture for itself, the
agency of the government may be beneficially exnrt
; ed in inducing individuals to acquire the requisite
skill and knowledge, m changing the habits, and
overcoming prejudices of the consumers, and in pro
tecting tiie first undertakers against tho hostility of
; foreign rivals, and raioons fluctuation* of trade.
Torse difficulties which meet us in the ilncshold,
ami which have been so forcibly urged by the oppn
omits of the manufacturing policy, being removed, it
requires little argument to prove the benefits that
. would nri.-o from the introduction of manufactures
, among us. T-very one knows that a country must
; have clothes, furniture, tools and utensils, as well as j
i provisions, and that its wealth consists in tho abun
! dance of tho first species of commodities, os well as
; the last, ft is evident that there arc hut two ways
' of procuring the manufactured articles, one, by giv
1 ing raw produce in exchange for them, and the other,
by fabricating them at home. Ti;e first made de
pends on the concurrence of foreign nations; wc
j cannot purchase of them, if they will not buy ofus.
I If they refuse to purchase our flour and other bread
stnlFs, the states which have little else to export, j
must, of necessity, supply themselves witli manufac
tures, or do without them. This has been the situs- 1
tinn of the middle slates, and a part of this state, for I
the last ten or twelve years. Being thus deprived.of i
the market they formerly had in Great Britain for'!
; tlic r principal staple, wheat, and not finding it easy !
: to tutu their industry into the unaccustomed channo j
of manufactures, the consequence has been that their
lands have fallen in price, with their products, wages
have also fallen, and the incomes of all classes have i
been proportionally diminished, and thus, with all the !
constituents of national wealth, except manufacturing
skill, we have, for want of that, been continually j
growing poorer and poorer.
Let ns suppose it. practicable to acquire manufac-1
tnring skill in Virginia, it seems reasonable to sup- I
! pose that, wo roulu profitably engage in tho following
i manufa .turex.
Coarse cotton fabric*. The circumstances in favor
of Ins manufact ure, are that the raw material is one
o. the staple products oft he country, and can of course
bo had somewhat cheaper here than in the northern
f.,l ‘ „ . tlUS manufacture, too, machinery is pecul
iar.y elncient, and water power is no where cheaper
tnan m Virginia. In the only three e.Nnoriinonts
Known to us, the undertakers have met win. success;
one at i etersburg, one in Flavanna, and one at Rich
inoio • lu the last, Cunuinghatn &. Anderson’s mnn
utafttory, a thick coarse cotton fabric is made at fm—
teen cents the yard, which is at once better and cliea
|.or than German ozuaburgs Ibr slayes, a,„l „„,al We
t.unk, supersede the use of t!mt article altoo-ether.
oon fabrics. Whenever the eKpei.-c of
transportation adds materia;’.) to rim cost oi tneu. i
,V,!,r.1 "r ‘ ^ but a to.erable iifgroe of manual
s.n.. is rcq-nrcJ.the manufacture may be curried cm in
those places, where iron can Le obtained mi rea.=ona
n c terms, Nails, ploughs, spades, hoes, a - *s, sevthe
. * lades, saws, auge-s ami similar tools are of this de
scription, nearly all of which are now procured abroad
or in oilier states, f’oiiii! of those articles are now
manufactured near Richmond, of a superior • ••v.iitv.
m a manufactory owned by General liar vie, ,t .
deserves to be men'ioned, in confirmation of some of!
our previous speculations, that the labour isjierc car- !
nctl on almost entirely by slaves.
Goorsc woollens. \\ henever our citi:’.cn$shall turn
their attention to the raising of shec:p, sous to furnish
an adequate supply of wool on reasonable terms, fa-'
ones 01 this material may b< made in anv vilianv !
possessing water power, un.l sufficiently largo to a!- |
accominodations for the requisite workmen.—
1 ho supply ol tiio raw matc iial atnl its manufacture '
\\ nl go liand in Land. As soon ns .a ready market is
furnished at horn * for wool, it wtli probably be afihrd
, as chuajdy in the western parts of this state as in
almost any part of the Union.
Supposing it practicable, (ns we really believe ii to
be,) to manufacture those articles lbr ourselves, in
no long time, what, must be' the effect on the wealth
and prosperity of the state? Without-indulging in
Fitly golden visions of the utmost possible opulence,
we may confidently say that the prosperity of tin:
state would bo greater, and would rest upon a more
sO;id foundation, than at any former period. We will
briefly notice the consequences that mav rutiouallv he
expected.
*• 1 lauor \\ iiiidra\vn troiu rgriculttiro* to nnu
ufactnrcs, would lessen tin* present redundancy ofV.nr
staple products, and adapt the supply to tl>«> demand,
■*vr which the p'ico would necessarily ho improved —
e know the efiect ol a sho.t ciup of tobacco en
tlio price of that commodity, and a withdrawal oT
a part of the labour expended in its culture would
have the same effect on ilia price. We might then
not make more Indian corn than wc could find a good
market lor in such of the West Indies, as wilT re
ceive it, and in Madeira; and perhaps, not more dour
than would supply, without glutting, the markets ot
(Tub:*., Spanish America, and the W est Indies._
Should the states south ot us bo abb; to engage in
manufactures to the* limited extent wc have been con
sidering, then the sumo salutary * heel/would take
place in the cultivation of cotton;''and the same hono
iuial result in the advancement ol* its price: some
persons, looking only to the number of operatives em
ployed in the manufactories, cannot conceive that
the amount of agricultural products could bo matin
al diminished by the inunufacluring policy. lu>t
those who ure immediately employed in the faliricn
lion of the commodity constitute but a small part o
the number to whom manufactures give employment.
It comprehends also those who erect the buddings
who make the machinery and tools; who transport,
first the raw material to the nnmifnctory, and tiiet
11U0 sumn^MMsii -e*»amo*i_rr: 1 o tftc e.-n inn : points o
destination; and lastly, fliose who furnish t hose sever
al classes with provisions. In this way a commodity
employing a hundred persons in a iininuiactorv»mta\
employ five hundred, or even a thousand, out of it. "
I\or can we estimate the amount of labour with
drawn fioin the cultivation of our staple products, bv
merely reckoning the number of labourers transien t <;
to inanufactiiringoccnpations. since these former!v fur
nished themselves with provisions, -nd they must now
hr furnish* d by the remainder of thcngriculttiral class.
Thus, suppose the number transferred to lie ton
Thousand, and that, besides raising their own prov i
sions, they produced for market five thousand hogs
heads of tobacco: so these ten thousand labourers,
must now lie supplied with provisions bv other*,
there must he a yet farther withdrawal of tile labour
previously assigned to the cultivation of fobr.cco, in
addition to that employed in producing the five thous
and hogsheads.
iH-ffiut'.-. me uiuercnce net ween llie quant it v o! an
article which is sufficient to glut a market, and that
which will afford it an adequate supply, is far less
than might at first be supposed. A reduction or the
supply by one tenth, would sometimes he sufficient
for that purpose. A reduction, by one fifth, would
commonly, be so; ami we have seen that any given
reduction in the supply of our staple products, re
quires a yet smaller reduction in the number oflu
bimrers transferred from agriculture to other em
ployments.
‘2. After the attention oi our people was or.ee i’.iir
ly turned to manufactures, our skill in the mcchani
cal arts would ho progressive, and would be extend
ed to many other operations which are now little
thought of. or arc regarded as beyond our reach.—
There arc parts oft he United Slates in which super
fnm broadcloth is now made, in which, twenty years
ago, the various processes by which that beautiful
fabric is perfected, were considered almost ns imprac
ticable to us os conjuration. It is impossible to fore*
see what degree of skill, what extent of improvement,
what useful discovery, what activity and enterprise,
the introduction of manufactures among in mav
evolve; but be they what they may, every addition
to any one of these is so muen added to our weal'll
find resources. Without referring to the invention-'
of Whitney ami Fulton, the effects of which on the
wealth oflhe nation are beyond all calculation, wo
may venture ro assert that a hundred skilful wnrkm ui
in Sheffield or Birmingham, or even ui Manchester
or Leeds, earn for their country more than many
thousand of our labourers employed in tilling the
earth, and that we pay every yeai to Great "Brit
ain more for the one, than wo can obtain for the
other.
3. As soon ns we have ascertained by actual ex
periment what manufactures wo can carry on to ad
vantage. competition at home will produce the nat
ural effect of reducing the price, by which the con
sumers, that is, the whole coimnuni'v. will eventual
ly be benefited. Who can doubt that ronrse cot
tons are now selling cheaper, in consequence of do
mostic competition being superadded to the foreign*
4. Manufactures are peculiarlv filled to furnish
employment lo some of the idle classes in the slave
holding states. In such conntrics personal labour is
apt to be regarded as degrading, and it is seldom ex
erted except by those whom necessity impel-* to it_
Even those who may not yield to this prejudice, from
being less inured to labor, are le-s capable of endu
ring a continuance of it. Our citizens will then feel
less repugnance to be employed in manufactories,
partly because the labour in them is light, and part
ly because they will assimilate it to that exercised tn
mechanical trade, which is far more respectable in
their ryes than agricultural labour. Perhaps, too.
wo might arid, that the superintendence of niiuinfac
turing establishments would afford lucrative and re«
ncctab’cciiipio* jot *t foriroTEj of*uoso w£bj; h o**ef.
| stock the professions of law nnd phy* ic, nt home, i ;
are roaming in quest of better situations in the wes
, tern country.
■ 5. \> e may nod to this list of benefits, from man:i
, acturcs, sereral of a more genera1 nature; as that
they secure a nation against cue inconvenience of de
pending for its essentiul comforts on foreign com
merce, which, is liable to be suspended iu°war abd
s lackbd by the regulations of other nations in pence.
• I lev provide a borne market, which is bovoud the
reach of the hostility, or rivalry, or caprice of foreign
policy. * °
''* Am hist. 7.T; mifueturea ar” inilispeiisahle *• >
. '« c u iuu'.;, improvement oi n tint mu in wen It 2.
’ •eiie.fi rni respectabiiiiyv W hem a country is ■
'■ ; hi-./;; t;» agriculture, if St iu f. tile, a lar-».
i: f ion of the I’.vnf iuue he einolu-’ed ei:.h *r in m’
• Itti I latr r,*t« y ••. :: be com
paratively poor,ignorant and unc:. ilu. d'. Blit l<* at
tain tin* former character, every way ..u much mor.;
dCeirablo, they had better acquire the requisite hnh ts
o) s^*il arid industry, which - an only be graduallv s
p rinduced. before they are impulM bv want' and
a r*«uty. If they wait for these to make them me .
mifiiou.rers, they may never become such. Sici'r
and Egypt produce as much as will supumt au im*'
iricpsc population b*yond th isc wJio are curd ,yed ;u
l.ushiiinlry', and the excess are indolent and poor.
Mad they once been fatr.ihari/.cd to industrious Jia
lu!s, they w.mid. in all probability, have persevered iu
them, and been proportional gainers in wealth
strength aial numbers.
*(ln conclusion, we would remark tint tie -.' is no
doubt tint the public encouragement for which, wish
a .-ingle view to the interests of Virginia, we have
been pleading, may be carried too fn>-; and that it is
bc'ter for governments to do nothing than to do too
r.m.'h; but it will be time enough to press this
view of the subject, when such a "'disposition shall
mamiest itself m this state; a* present the current,
ects strongly the other way, from the adveni.itiou.-f
circumstances before referred to, m.d we were desi
rous oi present imr the difficult nnd important subject
III an a pout .:i which, seen by itself, it was inure
hkcly to iie judged without bins or prejudice, if
the public should eventually decide with us in favor
• d tin* eiicuuraging policy, it will he for tin* legisl i
tun-ot \ irgiiiia to savin what inode n:ui to what
extent that encouragement -hall he given, lor \vc me
nersuded that it is m the power of the *tu .* 1 -gisla.
t51r«* U* do more, under exist i lg circumstances, to ml
vauce umnulaiturcs in tins commonwealth in one
11 [»:>;. J a rill ot the tidier;;! (loveriimciit
. could do in five, or perhaps ten years; nnd such a
inodect en<;our:i<r.*ni'nt is recotmiicnded no h-s by
. its justice than its efficiency.// V
fajj*-*-1 —-A petition will !>c presented to
I X the Virginia Legislature, at. (lie ensuing ses
sion, praying j Andrew Hroaddus may bo divorced
iium his wife Jane Uruaddus, tor reasons which will
therein ho stated. aiI,,
•! TO THIS PUBLIC.’
.Moil Coach. /hue from Gitymnlytle tv Studu
tirrty lithe inner a tVrelc,
. | fjpUE subscribers have established a Line of Paul
! i *■ f:,m* from Cuyaeduitc to Staunton, which, in
i'' stead of running a week only, as stated in a for
; tuer notice, w iii, for t ie greater acconniiodation of thu
traveler, and to prevent uuavoidublo delay on tfjo
road,performthe route Huts times a week.
Tin; Line will pans through Charleston, mid fnm;
thence, hv the //>■ hs and the State Turnpike, to
Lev.i. lyirir and the principal Medicinal Sprin*1?, tr>
Wit: the Vlute Sulphur, the Hot., the Warm, £c. to
j Staunton. __
It will leave Guyamlotto everv Turmhu/, Titters
dun and Sfi/urdar/, i;». •. o'clock, ,\. i\'., and on it
return, will leave Staunton every Wednesday, Fri
' day and Sunday, at the same iit'tir.
.At Staunton the June meets the Charlottesville
Richmond, and Fredericksburg .Lines, aj>o .uturn'll
three times a week. J
Faro from Richmond to fttiynndotte, SO.
'1 he route, from (iuvan lotteto Staunton will bo
performed in live travelling days, (the 7th day in each
l 'vc, k bempr neec-oanly u retting day,) and from Stnun
ten to Richmond, or Fredericksburg, in two days
and from Richmond to the City of^Washiiigton/m
2t; hours, and from Fredericksburg to the City,'in
. eight hours.
There will be no night travelling thruimhout tlm
route. ~ ° ' M
it'rsotis. ascent mi jr trie Ohio tn their v.-«v to tlm
North, v..!! liutl tlii.-. route a very p«'asan( anti cheap
on ■. And those v/lio nny \vi h"to visit the Sprmirs r
nro informed, that, exclusive of this l.iiic, tlmv cs ji
vcn.-rall, btj. accommodated, on short notice,’ tyilh
^noi! cj'tru ( • me lies to those, wait rnsrj places.
And tin* public arc assured, that in’attention to t.he
nc'ornm Mlationnml comfort of the passengers. „o far
a? Total Douches and Team,-, and skilful, attentive and
so’ner Drivers can aftbvd them, the line shall net be
j inferior tunny other in the Slate.
POUTER & 1IEf/DENT.
I • "prictors fumi Gt13-.n1d.jilc, to the \t»rn. Springs
JOHN WISE,
f I . 'p'irt'ir bom the arm Springs tn Siuunfdn.
j Richmond, \ n. June 1-2, |:»2.'*. c ^,n
■yiflGlMA: Alasupc '0(1,11,1,0 cl.anrcry Isolde*1 at
.lie <:••;.itol in the (if/ of Rirlinrom!, „„ Wednesday
. March 2jth, lh'29: Richard l.igon, pltf, a^awnt Rohe:
l’>. f . lilt.
...... oi.cl the defei' I n t. by conn'd, and it
1 "> ‘he 1'*• orrtinn of the curl, that security given ‘>y
'he I"' lint.if fin pro,renting the i..i•. 1.r-1 • o,,, a wauled hint
in 1 hi, cater, 13 in nflirient tn *eime the payment nf 1ir/i
money ,<>u^l>t te be injoined. the court doth oidnr, that
nnlrss the plaintiff give other «<-r,ir ry .incxceptiunub|>,,
j within thirty days after he snail have been serve.! with a
1 ropy of this order for prosecuting the said injunction, thru
it Maud dissolved as an art ot the# day,
A Copy. Teste, u m. G. TFftm.ETorr, c. c.
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or-lrr ol cmt. of vh.rh I lake thi, mode of a, j'„c ,
non.., agreeably to the act m the General Assembly of
I '.h'* commonwealth in such rase made, you being et li.it
I lime resident without the said cnnnunnwealtb.
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