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TEERPAY MOBwinG, FEB. 2, 1830.
MR. WEBSTER. '
Too lute dcbato in the Senate afforded an ov.plc
tiehl for the display of tliis gentleman’s transcendent
powers, and his reply to Gon. Ilayne, seems to ha\^
iinspired oven his enemies with inexpressible sdmira
t*ien, and to have given his friends new conceptions
‘if the fiwee of bis towering intellect. That display,
ill the estimation of discerning sud impartial auditors,
lias left him without a compeer in the National coun
cils. or even in tbo empire, with two exceptions._
What wo value in ®r. Webster’s speech above its
brilliancy, was its healing lendonoy, its moderation
cad justice—its magnanimity in rendering to n quar
ter which has ever pursued biuo with the harshest
th'iiuncialians, its due meed of praise for its patrio
tf.-iui and its genius. This is true greatness, and the
Avorthier of admiration that the man who exhibited
fils magnanimity, ht-e himself, rarely if evor, experi
dneed it. In this very debate, be \yas assailed with
the grossest personality, & his partial participation in
the Hartford Convention, thrown in his teeth by
those who openly contend tor the doctrine of one
Sato’s possessing the right of anuulling tho compact
uf anion, and aro even now threatening to carrv that
tight into practical operation. What the difference
ft, between the conduct of JftaaeaehusoUs in 1812,
tfndof S. Carolina in 1228, except that tho latter
threatened to do the same oulpable act for a leas
sufficient cause, we have never beea able to disco
\»dr. 5lr- Webster’s argument upon this supposed
X?£bt ef cn individual State—for the assumed right
to nullify an *et of Congress, leads directly to this_
ft represented as move masterly.
T-he Alexandria Gazette does no more than to
give expression to the common opinion of the uadi
eace, who were so fortunate as to hear Hr. Web
ster.
Tho Senate was crowded,—its galleries, lobbies,
and even its floor, full to overflowing on Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday. The debate between two
such dietingnised men as Mr. Webster and Mr.
Hayne—the various circamstauces attending the de
hate, and the wide range which it had taken, excited
the attention and interest of ihe people. The sub
Jact actually before the Senate, was a resolution
having for it3 object the snapension ofthe survey ol
(he public lauds, and the abolition of the ofSce ol
Surveyor General. Upon this question Mr. Hayne
had taken occasion to express bis views at large, as
to the policy of the General Government, the dfegree
Of protection the Western •‘settlers had received, and
•Also the policy of the different sections of the U
jlton,—commenting upon the difference of the doc
trines of the North and the South. Mr. Webster, in
reply, contended that the Northern States had al
ways been tho friond*. ofthe West, and incidentally
mentioned the bleassinga that bad resulted from ex
cluding aUvaty from Ohio, Sic. This commenced the
grand contest. On Monday Mr. Hayne concluded
his eloquent spoecli, in reply to the last from Mr.
Webster. He was impassioned and even violent in
Jiis manner He took a rapid view of the history
erf parlies, and denounced in strong terms, the Fed
eralists of 1812. He read extracts, to show that tho
M*ty to which Mr Webster had belonged, had then
^almost dissolved the Union—His attacks upon Mr.
Webster were incessant—He also denounced, in
the most indignant manner, the Tariff,and Internal
Huprovetnents, and contended that the States bad
a right to nullify those acts. I moat do Mr. Hayne
(he justice to repeat, that lie was eloquent, and that
his speech was worthy of bis reputation. Upon the
conclusion of his speech, Mr. Webster rose to speak,
.butgavo way fora motion to adjourn. The next
day the anxious crowd had again assembled, and af
ter a little preliminary business he commenced.
.We do not wish to be extravagant; but we must
^ay, this effort exceeded our highest expectations.—
For two days, Mr. Webster enchained* a numerous
audience: no weariness, no satiety was felt; but ev
ery man drank in with pleasure and delight the deep
clear tones or' hi8 voice, unconscious of the progress
uftime. He was eahn, collected and dignified_
lie showed that the shafts of hfc antagonist had fall
en harmless at his feet- At times he was severe and
sarcastic. His irony, pointed anil delicate, penetra
ted at every thrust. The very weapons that had
been need against him, he seized, and turned into in
Rjrumc*U8 of attack upon his assailant. But the sec
ond day, in his argument upon the constitutional pow
er of a State to nullify an act of Congress, he was
Groinently groat. To use a figure of air. Hayno’s,
lie had farced upon his shonldors the piiiars of the
rumple of ignorance and prejudice, and let tho light
of reason in upon the worshippers there. Tbe pe
roration of bra speech was more than eloquent—It
was sublime. The breathless attention of tho au
ifienco, while rt lasted, end the murmur of npplanse
that involuntarily broke from almost overy specta
tor, bore witness to the orator’s power. His politi
cal opponents ceased for the motn"nt to retain a hard
thought against him, and bowed tc the majesty of
mind.
In the course of Mr. Webster’s speech, with a
magnanimity which redounds to his credii, ho eom
pfimented the distinguished «ons of Carolina, and
yielded his tribute of admiration to tho services of
ibat patiiojje Stole. A true American w principle
end feeling, he said he know no sectional feelings
which could induce him to withhold pmise from Ge
nius, xphorevrr it might be found.
That this brilliant effort will have the effect of
produowg a butter state of feeling throughout t he
Country, we have no doubt That it will elevate Mr.
\Vebster still higher in the estimation of the public,
is also equally certaiu; and on all accounts, we aro
glad that an opportunity has been given him for
Spying exactly what he did say.
“THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.”
We find tho following simple of flippant slang in
flip Telegraph of Saturday:
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
Any attentive observer of passing events, canrtol
/nil to be impressed with tho truth, that it is of the
utmost importance that tho Democratic party shuttle
adhere to ill? ancient usages, keep up 9 pea-feet organ
isation, and maintain the spirit with which it achiev
ed, in the election of Thomas Jefferson aad of An
tirow Jackson, its great and glorious victories over iti
adversaries; as well in the iniddlo States, the Sonth
nod the West, as in tho North, where our friends art
manfully contending to support the Adminmtratiot
•>ud the true principles of tho Constitution. VVe art
sappy to find that the democratic editors, the faith
‘•u sentinels of th« people, are not slumbering outhcil
'/ ^*5 h»t Hounding tho alarm, that tho enemy is ir
7 ,p maintaining the odious and exploded doc
l fines of that party, which Mr- Jefferson ualiod tin
'.•“ruiiHiwai* • and wtucu President Morn** deiumTi
•::»itv: tire 'vumarcuad on account of <xmW/
pitnciphw. A ilc»perute struggle will be tunde
by the oppo'.iiivMi, led by d< operate lot J. rs, loj-.x; .in
. their lost power, but i. will be in v.iin, if tho ue<...le
maintain eteruul vigilance, the only ouudi.ion where
by they hold tiieir liberties. Tbe aristocratic party
10 always vigilant and organized, and cotncs upon the
people like n thief iu the night. Lot them find tho
republican party now rallying in all quartern to the
standard of Jackson and democracy, as vigilant and
firm as tho patriots and heroes who were on the side
of Andrew Jnckson on the 8th of Januarv, 1815, de
fending the republic.
If other and mure direct evidence were wanting,
the decline of Green’s consequence, and his rapid
occeleration towards final and obaolate extinction, is
apparent from his furious zeal, so indicative of per
sonal uneasiness, to keep what he is pleased to de
nominate the Democratic party, united. Hi« defini
tion of the Democratic party, is the Jackson party,
and the solo test of orthodoxy to which he resorts, or
\ will by any means acknowledge, ia tbe support of
himself and his personal friends Our party is the fa
miliar appellation by which he describes the Jackson
party, and it is entirely consonant with the personal
ity that pervades all his politics, lie is incapable of
disentangling private from public considerations. No
tnnn cau be a Democratic ftepublican who docs not
think precisely as he thinks; The least departure
from that standard, is fatal to tbe pretensions of tho
o fib ruling wigbt. What renders this test the more
unreasonable and difficult of conformity, is that it is
perpetually fluctuating. He tolerates no free-think
ing in others, yet is himself “every thing by torus,and
nothing long.” One most not only think with him,
but ebunge with him. He is at the present moment,
a State-right man of tho first watet Be declares
himself opposed iu the mass to every thing which
tends, or has ever been supposed to tend, to coaseli
datien; yet in detail, has he never opposed to our
knowledge, oue single of those mcasureo involving
iBe onager, in ttie+r passage through Congress Ho
oonJjh*s himself to generalities, in which perhaps all
men will agree with biro—lm la never found in the
track when specific acts are to he decided. Self is
the Alpha and ©mega of his politics. When Duff
Green is in danger——then tho '‘Kcderal party” (long
ago dead and burled.) ie rallying, and the Democratic
party hi called upon to stand to their arms. Previous
to his election as Pi inter to the House of Represen
tatives, tho Telegraph teemed with alarums to the
Democratic Party. They were called upon (that is
the Jackson members of tho House,) to unite as one
man. They were assured that the *• Coalition’ was
not dead—that the snake was only scotched, oot kill
ed—and nothing could drive Hannibal from the gates,
and keep the party united, but the election of tho
aforesaid Duff, as Pubfir Printer. That was the
hinge Upon which the destinias of the Republican
party turned. Once again, we find the Telegraph
ringing eimilar alarums of danger to the Republican
party. “Endeavors are making to rally th© federal
party under the banner of Hr. Webster”—“Webster
and Clay are endeavoring to unite the disafft-cled of
all parties under the name of Rational Republicans.
in so unholy crusade against the administration”_
these and a thousand anch statements, too tedious to
enumerate, and too preposterous to refute, te«m in
the Telegraph. One might sec with half an eye, that
something was the matter, that Duff hltnself was in
straits—and the proceedings ef the Senate accord*
tngly explain the new and sudden danger which has
oorne upon the Republican party. This is—tremble
Republicans, at tho imminent peril which threatens
your ascendancy—that Hr. Webster under the r*
posted provocation of having bis language misrepre
sented, and bis sentiments perverted, by a paper the
eondnetor of whieb ts an officer of the Senate, and
which for that reason carries with it something of
efficial authority, has Introduced a resolution for pro
ceeding to the election of Printer to the Senate.'
Hence ar%cs the danger that menace? the Republican
party, and henceforward, until that danger has passed,
the benefits of Union among Republicans that te.
Juekexmirtn»—for none others are, cr by possibility
can bo, Republicans—and alternate bullying and
coaxing, will characterize the Telegraph, ^he arti
cle we quote is a sample. Connected wuh these,
and springing from tho same source, tbe desiro of re
taining the Printing of tire Senate, are continual at
tacks upon Hr. Webster of the ©ost gratuitous and 1
vindictive character.
Vliic >Vrto CeofU-tuttozi-—The indications of a favo
rable reception of the now Constitotion by tho peo
ple are decisive—Tho South side of the River—the
tide water—the middle country—the Valley general
ly—tl>0 South West and the Renawha country seem
either satisfied, or aro willing to acquiesce. Tho
newspapers with very few exceptions—the principal
of Which as far as yet ascertained, are the Winches
ter Virginian, tho Wheeling Compiler and the Lees
burgh Washingtonian—have espoused the same aide.
The North West appears to be tho only section of
Virginia, where the Constitution is likely to iced
j with serious opposition, or to lose a majority of voi
, ccs. Uvcn there, wc hove little doubt, opposition
will cool bef.iro investigation, and disappointment
yield to Ibo plain considerations of advantage and
expediency, tybicb recommend adoption. If the vote
m Apnl is any thing like a Tull one, We believe the
aggrcSatc majority will be CO,000
The following letter is from an intelligent citizen
of Ohio County. It was written before tho work
of the Convention was completed, but may never
theless, bn considered a* a tolerably fair criterion of
popular sentiment in that flourishing county. Tho
people there were in a bad humour, disposed to ex'
poet but little from i he Convention, and predisposed
to give that litilo an ungracious reception. We hope
that tins tempor changed a little for the bettor upon
tfecing that tho Convention, although it did not at
^hicve all, yot introduced apany valuable improve
I invents.
| Jakcaby 22d, 1830.
} Our people are tired and disgusted with the proceeding* o)
1, th© ^Convention. I believe there will be a unanimous vote
i Bgarnst the adoption of the constitution, that will probably be
j submitter*. Had not Gordon taken tho election of Governor
, i frnm the P«ople. and tho projet of the constitution had remain.
Od as it was at that stage of the proceeding. 1 think there
1 j -vould have been a strong partv here in favour of adopting it
1 Hut that stop, together with Cooke’s and others’scheme for
equalizing representation in Congrass, has left this low lard
. j and mid land Kantling without even a friend among us. I dc
i «ot heliovc, that many among u» wished to apportion among
ourselves, representation in Congress, upon anr other principle
but we do not like this eternal distrust of in. this thi,*t fm
i perpetuating vtdiat they waul,-and giving us nothing.
i l'Ui\lUK Cu>*T4ftXIU>AU VNillti,
I ^ COL. THOMAS I£. BHRTOty.
Gentlemen: Th« re is nothing iu this age of vv,»n
j «®rs which has astonished me mure than comp passa
ges which I have lately re id in a Fpecch delivered
■ in the U. 8. Seattle by Colonel llenlon. There is
; perhaps no man on the public theatie of the present
' time who looks with moie hardened roiijpoaure or
j contemptuous indifference upon the criticism or cen
sure of others, than this distinguished gentleman._
After the mcmerahle East room letter, (I beg pardon
of Mr. Ritchie for malting the allusion,)—the affair
of the double mileage—the unexampled desertion of
Mr. Clay—and the ►till more unexampled conversion
from remorseless hate to the most violent affection
for Gen. Jackson, a man ofordinary nerves if he had
not retired far from tho Senate of the United States,
wonld surely never have again opened his lips in
that august assembly. But Col. Bouton is made of
different stuff*. He was cast iu uo ordinary mould,
and nature has stamped upon him an iron hardihood!
which enables him through circumstances that wuuld
have proved fatal to the reputations of others, to
laugh at and defy public opinion. Col. B. in his
speech to which I have referred, takes occof-iou to de
nounce in unmeasured terms tho whole manufactur- I
iug system.
“He inveighed," says the report of his speech in
the Nationariutelligenccr, “against :he horrid policy
of making paupers by law—against the cruel legisla
tion which wonld confine poor people in the north
east to work as journeymen in the manufactories, in
stead of letting them go off to new countries, ac
3uire land, become independent freeholders, and lay
le foundation of comfort aud independence for their'
children. Manufactories are now realizing what was
said by Dr. Franklin forty five years agS, that they
need gieat numbers of poor people to do the work for
small wages, that those poor are easily got in Eu- |
rope, where there was do lund for them, but that j
they could not be got io America till the lands were
taken up. Theso are the words of that wise man
near half a century ago The experience of the present
i ^ u verjfljbig them. The manufactories want poor
j people to do the work for small wages; those poor peo
ple wish to go to the west and got land; to have flocks
and herds—to have their own fields, orchards, gar
dnus and meadows—-their own cribs—barns aud dai
ries, and to start their children on a theatro where
they can contend with equal chances with other peo
ples’ children, for the honors and dignities of the
country. This is what the pour people wish to do.
How to prcYept it—how to prevent them from stray
ing off in this manner, is tho qu. atlou. Tho late
Secretary of the Treasury cpuld djpeovor no bettor
tuedc than the idea of a bounty upon non-emigration,
iu tho shupo of protection to domestic manufactures! j
A must complex scImxh* of injustice which taxes the |
South, to injure the IFetJ, io pat per he the pour of the I
jYurthl'*
ftov? X would txsA if ih*re is any mail on
earth, liooost or dishonest, geutlu or simple, who !
»oul<t not uaiuralijr snppuMj alter reading the above extract
that Col Kentou^had always been a Ibciough-goiug opponent
of the tariff and domestic manufactures,! Hut whan it the fact?
Throughout all the di«cnssions qq the tariff ol 1024, Col Ben
ton uniformly voted for tbe highest imposts,in direct opposition
to the routhern and ami tariff ^my. On the question* «o strike
ont tbe duties on irtm, on Russia, Hollands aud Ravens duck,
tho nuithnam on cotton cloths, tb» duty of 15 per cent on for
eign distilled spirits, tbe du^ of 25 per coat ad valorem on
wool, to exempt <on Mr. Haynes’ niotiou' all flaxen and hem
pen goods from the duly of 25 pM cent, to'strike out the duly of
44 cents per yaid on cottou bagging, to reduce the duty ou blan
kets from BO to 25 per cent, to nuke out ilia 90 cents duty
on iron in bolts or bars not mannfactured, .Mr. Benton voted in
the negative. Qn the motion to increase ihe duty on hemp
from 30 to 35 dollars per tcm% Col. B voted io the atrtrmatrvo
Ue voted fftr the engrossment and passage of that hili so ofauox- I
reus io the South- Col. Benton's name is also found recorded
tn the affirmative on ihe passage of the tariff bill of 1823_I
And now in January, 1830, this cotuisient gentleman has made i
Ibe discovery that tho whole tariff system is an iniquitous '
scheme to tax the south for the purpose of injuring the west
and pauperizing tbeuouh. Whin must Col. ii’s constituents
think of their representative, whooy his shew ing, was one of
the leading accomplices in 1021 and 1828, in a plan
for injuring the western country? The whole drift of the ora
tor in the speech from which 1 have taken the extract, is to
prove that site north eastern and middle States had combined
tu nvet the manufacturing system upon the country—whereas I
nothing U niore notorious thaa tliai New England almost unan
imously united with the south in resisting the tariff of 1824,
and that it was not until after manufactures were forced upon
the eastern States, not until after they had invested their capi
tal in them, and realised their benefits, that the people of that
section of the Union became friends of the policy.
AS OfJSEBVEB
Colonel Benton, io a late speech in the Senate, at
Washington, emphatically said—“J take my staud
upon a great moral principle that it is never right to
enquire into the expediency ofdoing wrong." if this
principle ehoul4,be generally adopted, as the stand,
how considerably would the business of debate and
deliberaiion bo narrowed! And how much more, af
ter tho adopiioti of an equally sound principle—viz:_
that it Is never erpedivut to do wrong.'—{.JVcit. Jour*
It will be seen by the remarks of General Smith, on
the resolution of Mr. Foot, that he exonerate*Mr Adams from
the imputation wbioh had been cast upon him by the Jark
ron press** pending the late contest, and subsequently by oth
ers equally notorious for the roundness of tb»ir assertions, in
relation to his glviog up a part of Ihe territory of Florida.’ h
appears now that Mr. Adams adhered to the Colorado as the
boundary, and that in the arrangement, he was the last of tlm
members of Mr. {Donroc's cabinet who agreed to reeede to the
SaCitie. This put* the assumption of Col- Benton at rest fore
ver- It is surprising rttai men appointed to the highest rep re
stmtive trusts in tbe world, should foqpu that until Is tbe basis
or every oilier virtue.—JJatt. C.'irov.
, The Alexandria Gazette gives os the following: A Home
Timtvr—Mr tlayiie, hi hi* speech, was verv violent upon tbe
Federalists*—In reply—“Sir,” said Mr. Welislcr, “if nuy man
feols the guilt of Federalism lying very heavy upon his con
science, be knows where ho can get absolution for his sin, and
la hall an hour come ont ao original democrat, dyrd iu Uce
woo!." The Jadkson men all looked askance.
Duff Green, (says tire Pheoix Gasetto, Is endeavoring to de
tract from the merits of Mr. Webster’s speech— Ira says
General Hayno came off r.onqtierer. There was not an
intelligent candid man in the Senate, who will not say tlrat
Mr. Webster’s speech was tuc most triumphant piece of oratory
almost over listened to. The arguments of the able and rlo
quent gentleman from South Carolina, melted llku frostwork
before the beams of the sun. Mr. Webster came off more than
conquorer. It was evident from the remarks of Mr. Hayne in
conclusion. No one could help remarking how changed and
j altered was his tone.
GiyVEUA L ASS EM JB LY.
aOXTSE OP JfRLEGATEry.
Saturday, Jan. GO, IGof).
A communication »va« received from the Senate, stating ihat
they had passed tbe bills—“To provide for opening and impro
ving a road from the Pennsylvania linC, by wny of Elizabeth
town in Ohio county, to the Ohio rivet”—“To cstab.fsh the
town of Ncwhavcii in tire county of Nicholas”—“Authorizing
certain commissioners to raise a sum of money by lottery for
the purpose* therein «:rentioncdh—and “An act to authorize
the Common Counbil of Lynchburg to raise a sum of money by
I. lottery,“—Also that they had agreed witn amendments to the
| bills—'“Aotboiizing a change in the location of the Kanawha
j turnpike road,”—and “To authorize a lottery for the benefit of
I tire Petersburg Benevolent Mechanic Association:”—Abo that
! they had disagreed to the amendment proposed by the House to
i their amendments to tbe bill “Ir. aid of a statute of Louisiana
| in relation to the introduction of slaves into that Stare.” [The
i Uouse agreed to the amendments of tho Senate; and receded
! from their own amendment to (he last namesl bill.]
Mr. Rutherfoord, from the Committee on the subject of re-1
! chartering the Bank, reported a bill “To extend the charier of
the Bank of ihe Valley in Virginia, and for other purposes”— i
: which was committed to the Committee of tbo Whole, and:
made the order of the day for Wednesday next.
I An engrossed hill, “To incorporate the Petersburg rail read j
Company”—was taken up and passed without any opposition.
The joint order of the day, for proceeding to the election of
- a general agent or stora-keeper, and a superintendent of the
Penitentiary Institution, was taken up—when Mr Rutherfoord
nominated Samuel P. Parsons as tliej Superintendent. Tbe re^
«nlt of the ballot was Parson* 123, scattering 8.
Mr Rutherfoord tlren nominated Tho Nelsan. as general
agent or store keeper The result u as for Nelson 123, scatter
mg 11.
Mr. Cootie reported a bill “remodelling the Board of Public
' Work* "—It abolishes the present Board, and transfer* all du
ties heretofore devolving on the Board, to the Ex Officio mem
bers thereof, with certain exceptions.
Engrossed bill*—“concerning Ocorge Hudson”—“To esiab
: l' h the town of Blaitksville in the county of Monongalia**—
| “To amend tire act entitled an act to authorise the county
j court of Fauquier t<> appoint commissioners to select a site fur
’ a in-iikpt butjyQ on the public s^uattf in the town of NVairthfloii,
-U(I 40/ olncr purp**5*’,-^‘‘#utliu/ui„g Jui,n Hodges and ^.,i„
nL iT*J l° 1,rcct • ,,J1 br,rt&* across die Western branch n
tv- ' Ver —w,,b * ri,,er* proposed by Mr Aikinson ol !
•Rhi, exempting lioni lull die |ici>oiik and nmpertv in ih;
: *®™«« ol die State «u 0/ tin: U. buttes, which Mr. A.‘suit! in
! , ,ladl"|1b* “ U‘:»er.d regulation in the erection ol bridges: -
I a, **vesV,1K «**‘Run lands In the overseets of die uoor
"* “ e ,ow®r P«r«b of the county of 3ianse.no.id, for thepurpo
passed1*210 ,,M:m'oned'”- Were severally read a t&.rd tune and
i„,Re^uUo,,< were rea(i fto,n the Committee of Roads, *c.—
tthoi.m,.!!!!!1"18 Uw P«,i“°" of "undry citizens of Botetourt,
tuinnlJr, v company may he incorporated to construct a
tuIUf-L f \ '"c“s,lei to intersect the Ly nchburg and Salmi
adviwMeaiStl'CH P°"Ua*,nay h® examination, most
Mu o fei RIJ.*iC,,."g 80 uu’?h„*' ,he Pel,tiou of sundry citi
conm^nv n?tv’h^-egUa,*y a,,d *Iouroe« us P«*y* «•»»» anew
J y ua> b® incorporated, under certain circumstances, to
' new ,L,.,,"ke,0ad ',on' CovlnS<°i> to intersect die proposed
Mounudo bC,WC*n ,,MS ““trios', and Morns’
a lurnnika Ifor utcuiporating a company to construct
trenter’s m IE l/T" vf *?,k ut U,e ,wad West 01 William Car
of oilier u.the i°,k WaJot Abram Bradley’s lane on the terms
ol otbpr turnpike companies; were agreed to.
Ennahuf?! ,U>“ fto" , Committee of Claims declaring reb
Tr i llth* petition of bamuel Uyer and others, of the county
01 Albemarle, oraymg that the recognizance of Ahraham Price
on accouut of l.ewis Price be cancelled, and the penalty rem.t
< was taken up and agieeil to; alisr an unavailing attempt
on the part of Mr Aikmsuu of Isle ol Wight, to reverse the
tesolutiou of tlio committee, Messrs. Wood, fta.land of Kelson,
ana Otlmer opposing the amendnicn’
A resolution of the Committee of Propositions, die. ricclariue
reasonable, the petitions for Rose and llaas to establish a new
A,?*i<!iwar‘ih“» ® *hT town of f jnchbtirg, was agreed to.
And then the House adjourned.
Ik Senate, January GO.
rbe Senate have passed the bills—1, Establishing
inspections of tobacco and flour at Scottsvillc in AB
bemarle; ?, Incorporating tbo Virginia aud North
Carolina Transportation Company.
House os Delegates, Monday, Fk.b. !.
The Speaker presented a petition frotu the Countv
Court of Madison, and Hr. Crimes a petition, for a
separate election district, in the west part of Poca
hontas county.
Engrossed Bills-*-!, To amend an act malv»ngpro
vision for opening a road from Bote tourt Court-house
to the Sweet Springs; 2, To amend the act entitled j
ag act to raise by Lottery, a sum of money, for the;
purpose of opening a road from Middleburn in Tyler !
county to the Pennsylvania line; 3, Changing the I
name of David Shepherd to David Patterson—wen* ^
read the third lime and passed.
The House then proceeded to cousidcr tho appro
priation and rev enue bills in coiun.iUee of the whole,
31 r. Yancey in the Chair.
On the appropriation of $12,000 to the Williams
burg, aiid $G,0t)Q to the Staunton Lunatic Hospitals, a
discussion ensued in which Messrs. Miller of Powha
tan, Bryce, Minor, JtfcCae, YcrrilJ, and Carey took
part.—Complaints were made at tho want of detail in
the accounts of tho tw*o institutions, and a motion
was made by Hr. JHeCue, hut again withdrawn for
the p’eseut, to iacrease the appropriation to the
Staunton Hospital from six to niue thousand dollars.
We wore happy to perceive too, some indications of
a conviction of the necessity of making an appropri
ation for tho enlargement of tho Hospital at Stuun
j ton. It is c melancholy fjet, and ooo which strongly
} addresses itself to humanity, that there is at this
j time, an insufficiency of accommodation for this
most unfortunate class of sufferers; tho cousvououce
of whit )i, is, that some 60 or CO lunatics are confined
in the jails of the Commonwealth, among convicts
; and felons—deprived of the comforts which their
j melancholy condition so peculiarly demands, and of
! the medical treatment which alone offers a slender
j chance ot final recovery.. The Commonwealth now
advances $2000 per annum, for the support of those
lunatics, who being unable from repletion, to get ad
mission inly the Hospitals, and having no means cf
their own, the public is oblighd to provide for.
This annual appropriation Would amount in a few
years, to a snm sufficient to make the requisite ad
ditions to the Hospital at Staunton, or to build a now
one, and economy as woll as humani’y, woulJ be
consulted, by providing accommodation for iheso
unfortunates. Circumstances have induced us to
look into this matter with some particularity, and no
man can do so, without fueling the deepest commis*
seration, nnd oil earnest hope that the General As
sembly will provide an asylum for those upon whom
Heaven has visited so awful a calamity.
These bills were read through, the blanks fhled,
and ordered to be engrospe'd for a third reading.
The Speuker laid before the House a communica
tion from the President of the Board of Public i
Works, exculpatory of the public conduct of Haj.1
James C. Warren, Commissioner of the Kanawha
Road, against which some complaints had boon
made.
On motion of Hr. Minor, the House adjourned.
DIED—On Sunday night, Mr* Srs.is PAnYi.Y.liTthe C9:’.»
year of her age. The friends and acquaintance* ol the family
are requested to attend her funeral this day at 3 o’clock, from
tho residence of C. W. McOinness, on F. street, near the
Court House Tavern, without further invitation
MABiKfb
SAILED,
Schr Amanda, Lerraond, for Charleston, withcua).
Schr. Dandy, Cowles, for New York, coal.
Schr Emily Davis, Crowell, for Philadelphia, with
tobacco, cotton, &c.
Sloop Jane, Drone!. for Norfolk.
Beacon Office A’cws Boom, i
Norjolk, Jan. 30—2 P. Jl. J
Arrived, schr Dove, Frbbie, from Richmond.
| In Hampton Roads, brig Powhatan, Smith, from up Jatrc*
River, bound to Cowes, and a market.
Ship Anacreon, Lenox, bound to Liverpool, went to sea tc.
day.
Thu subscriber wishes to- charter tin
American Ship or Brig of 3 or 4000
barrels for Oo\ycs and orders. The car
_igo being ready, despatch will bo given.
i fib* 2t ' D TIMBBRLAKE.
| VIRGINIA CkAB fy NEWARK CIDER.
Q|j > Bbls. of fine Virginia Crab Cider suitable
OU for bottling.
10 bbls. of New- Ark do
10 do of strong vinegar
10 do of red apples, for sale.
fob 2_ JAS. WINSTON.
At Private Sale:
20 Bbls Fidler and Taylor’s beer
10 do N E. rurn
50 bales cotton yarns, No. 5 to f t
30 bags of old white coffee
20 do good green do
Mes3 and prime pork
feb 2 _ DAVENPORT, ALLEN & Co.
Foolscap and Printing Paper.
AN assortment of Foolscap oml fine Medium and
Royal Printing Paper, on consignment, for sale.
' fed 2_ JAS. WINfeTON
SMYRNA FIGS.
f Hrums of fresh Smyrna fig?, just received,
*- and for sale.
fob 2_JAS. WINSTON.
mr At two o'clock TO-T)AY, the drawing oi
the Maine State Lottery, Class No. I, for 1830, wij]
be received by BIGGER
S 10.000 CA.FXTAZ. PRIZE.
Tickets $ l, halves 2. quarters 1
Delaware and South Carolina Lottery. 18 Extra—
£5,000 Highest Prize.
Tickets #3, halves 1 50, quarters 75 cents.
The cash as n«#al with BIGGER, caw be had foi
all prizes, tJie moment the drawings are rcce»vrd.
,' fob 2
!i_s»wcff©« saalrsJ"
O' a\"1> t^TCtikINTO Uni'liTTAK
* W ^N+INDAY. 3rd Fortuny,at Vi fSPcV
will be sold at the r si.b-uce of Mr. Thomas if
^oudm, on Shockoo Hill, all, and Consisting of a
| large quantity of g« od and nearly new Furnil!rc j
every desrnptioi!; also, three first rate shot aim—
and abosld not previous sales be made, there will be
i““ 1•<»». « U» ««• place, U.;.o"°,v" .‘p
< pur of strong bay horses, barouche and harness, on.*
Ha&Vn , ““'“es-s nearly now, one riding horse and
jSHddJe, &e. die. AsAtr Goddin intends leaving thp
j otatc ot yirgmta, the uhove mentioned property wjjl
be sold without any kind of reserve whatever.
7 crrns vf sale —Ail sums under fifty dollars, ctCsh
sums pfiilty dollars and ov. r, ninety days credit, far
negotiable notes, with approved endorsers.
«**_,* 1- * A. HUBHABD.
-.---Auctioneers.
BX wavenportTauenTch ^
STOCK OF OROCKJl/FS ^
On MONDAY uext, the 1st February at li
o dock, we shall sell at tbo store of Mrs Jiiizabeth
Jones, II Street, a stock of Groceries, Shop Fixtures
&c. Also, some Furniture. H vi*iaTes,
TC/Uu3J9t *“le' D‘ A- & CO. Auc^
jrrheab0vesa!c u postponed to WflDWB8DA7
me ,»u mst. -
^ „.T„. AUCTlOJsr.
loe 4th ^Ilsla,>t» M half pm* 10
o clock, at our Auction Store, *
13 Ilhds sugar
30 do prime molasses
100 boxes mould candles
100 do brown soap
10 casks cheese
.r»0 boxes glass
Wrapping and writing paper
30 baos coffee
30 bbls whiskey
3 birds Antigua rum
30 boxes bunch raiseiTs
2 ceroonsindigo
Hats, shoes, glassware
T< as, &c. &c.
J*!L?_D A. & GO. Aoiu's.
1 HIRTY TO JyOKTY Nb€UROE£.
Wednesday, the 3d Feb. I shall proceed &
Vj#’ tell, in front ol the Boll Tavern, at II o’cluck.
A- HI. from 3D to -10 likely Negroes, a part of irbCli
are first rate tobacco factory hands.*
Sdlfl to be conducted by J. Si S Cosm* Si Co.
PEJTER LYONS, 42x’ar of
J\Ui _John Lyons, dec’d.
9 N virtue oftwo Deeds ut Trust,“executed tu John M aV'iuis
J teac and VVdliain Dandiidge, by William f Morris, and
Marcella nib wile, the one on the eighth day of January ijfoyv
aiui UieoUuur on the cigiue^uth clay of February, 1828—af/d
another Deed of Tutsi, executed tu 'Herbert A. Claiborne and
diaries b l.ay, by the said Y\ jllinin 1. Morris, an the lenib dflC
al July, 18.21—a J ol which deeds are recorded in Die Hustirt»3
t ourt ofu.ecuyof Richmond; we shall proceed to sell on ft?w
premises, on the llith day of February next, fi.r ready money
Wt Hie purposes tl.eiein mentioned, two I ots, pieces or naffitii
ot Land,, in the city of Richmond, known and disjinsuisiiediil
the plan of the raid city, by No. (347) thice hundred and forty.
..e\eu, and No (3a2) three hundred and fifty.two, which vtfeVe
conveyed to the said William I. Morris, by Thomas llutherfunnl
.md Sarah Ins wife, by their deed, bearing date the 13ih .lay Af
7,l,c’ ”rf’ d,.,d admitted to lecoid in tl.e clnrk’s office of tfie
| Co“rl ol Hustings for said city,-and on which are now oretrd
otcasjve bnck buildings, u=ed as a warehouse, and for otKcv
purposes: also, three other Lots, p.eces or parcels of Laud.
r*t»V!ta»d| d,sVn$.u,lil''"t ln the plan of said city, by mitn&i'
(.542) i*ii.o hundred und forty-two, number three hundred finil
"i r’ .?"d m;u‘ber three hundred and foity-fon,
(244) wuh the buildings commonly called Miockoe WareliouSr,
and all other buddings und improvements thereon; which nro.
peny was conveyed to the said William I. Mortis, hy uvo
severa deeds for undivided mojet.es therenf-ono marie mi ffie
tenUi day of June, 132b, hy Richard Gregory and Eh zh belli hi*
wife, and . olin I Cgram, and Wilson Gregory; the other mgrfe
on the same day, hy Joseph Dudley of Chesterfield conoty, aljtl
both admitted to record in the clerk’s office of the Husthfcs
Court of said citjr: also, one other Lot, piece or parcel of Land,
knoun and distinguished m the plan of said city, by qumbet;
three huiHljod and fortes,x (346), which w as conveyed to sSaf
X ’“t" !' P°rris* by X\ illiam A. Smith and Sarah Smith, by
tLeu deed, hearing date the Loth day of September, 1826, £„j
Tho Trustees Save neve, known (lie ,ilre to the funr-Ma.
‘azss?'lm ,h'! *“ o,".v “"«»««w
JOHN M. A Rill STEAD, \
W DANDKIDUE, f
HERBERT A. CLAIBORNE
r1. J , CHARLES S. GAY. S
i Hicbiaond, Dec. Ilth, 1829. 7
MAN AG Elks’ OFFICE;—M—
DRi^W,oNG nf.the De,aware nnd S. Carolina,
No. 18, will be received THIS DAY
Capital Prizo 6000 Dollars.
I..c!icts £3, Halves 1 50, Quarters 75c.
RICHMOND DOCK, No. 2,
por the benefit of the citizens of Richmond,
io bo drawn Day after TO-MORROW, at the
Eagle Hotel,
i of sio,ooo i of $?.caa
Of 4,000 1 of 1,669
1 of 2,500 5 of 1,000
^ &-C &C &c
T^'kets .$5, halves 2 50, Quarters 1 25.
UNION CANAL, No. 2,
To be drawn on Saturday in Philadelphia, and th
drawing will be received on Tuesday.
30,000 Dollars!
I of $30,000 £30,000
l 10,000 10,000
1 5,000 5,000
1 4,000 4,000
1 3.000 3,000
* 1 2,152 2,452
5 1.000 5,000
5 600 4,000
5d0«, 400s, 300s, 200s, 100a, <ke &c.
Whole tickets $10, halves 5, quarters 2 50.
For tickets cull at Head Quarters.
fcb 2_ YATES & M’lNTYKU.
$10,000 !
MAINE STATE LOTTERY,
FOH the benefit of the Cumberland St Oxford Canal—Clala
No 1, for 1330, drawing to be ri-ceiv«*l THIS IMF
SCHEME.
1 prize of $10 000 I 5 prizes of $1,000
1 do 2,000 I 1 do 9Q0
1 do 1,762 I 1 do ftQO
1 do 1,200 J I do 600
&-c. &c. &c.
i lekets $4, quarters 1, for sale in a variety of numbers, at
___P. CHUBB’S Prize Selling Office.
THIS DAY,
Delaware and South Carolina Lottery, drnwinr*
’ will be received TO-DAY °
PRIZES.
1 of $0000 1 4 of $1000
1 of 1,659 1 5 of 400
5 of 300 I 10 of 200
30 of i00j &c. &c.
Tickets $3, hnlvea 1 50, quarters 75.
UIUHJilOAD DOCK LOTTERY.
Will be drawn at the Eagle Hotel day after To
Morrow, at 2 o’clock.
Tfll/.ES.
1 of g 10.000 ft of g 1,000
1 of 4,000 ft of eoo
1 of 2/>00 ft of /,00
1 of 2.000 ft of 400
1 of 1.«00 10 of 200
i of r.ooB 20 of mo
! t &c. &c. &.r.
j Tickets fft, Halves 2 60, Quarters I 35—for vale at
E- MICKBtt/S,
Next below the door of the Et<do Hotel.
feb 2
RfcsiniOPtS.—' J ust received, a supply of fir^
sort h for sale at retail, by
| jaO 20 T. II. DRE W,