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AIK. C f,AY—Hie present rietcs of public affairs,
and his probable course in the Senate.
Tho election of Mr. Cloy to tho Senate of tho
V. States, at any time* nn event of interest, is at
this crisis, (for we think it may justly ho soalcnomi
natod) an incident of high and national import.
Closely associated with public affairs for more Ilian
30 years, at the head of tbo ministry for four
years of that period, the acknowledged loader of
a great party in the country and which in the body
of whieh ho has become a member is almost a ma
jority, and giPed with talents which in a Delibera
tive Assembly assure to their possessor, vast influ
ence—Mr. Clay’s election to the Senate, is, we re.
peat, an ovent of no small consequence, who'.lior
viewed in refe.renco to party, or to those monsuros
•f policy which divide tho country.
We aro prone to exaggerate tlio importance of
events in which wo are supposed to have a
■hare, ami hence tho vmnity of the late Mr.
(■ilos, and of the living editor of tho (Inquirer,
was constantly investing every alight political in
nidont with which it had to do, with tho name
•nd dignity of a national crisis. We aro almost
afraid ef the term, and the ridicule which its men.
tion provokes, yot do we foar, that it is toe truly
end strictly applicable to the present condition of
pablic affairs. For some years, a feeling of dissa
tisfaction with its Government has been manifest
ed in tho Southorn States, which fomented bv De
magoguos, and foilod in tho redress it sought for
grievances, real or supposed, lias finally developed
a spirit inimical to the perpetuity of the Union,
Inconsistent with tho equal rights nnd weight of
the niombors of tho Federal Compact, and reso
lute to overthrow a system of lawB coeval with the
Government, and approved by tho American poo
plo, or to secede from the Union. To withhold the
demands of tlio discontented, is accordin^o their
threats, to overthrow tho Union of the States; to
yield at discretion to them, is to place the Govern,
nient of that Union at the mercy of uny State
which has a purpose to accomplish, and may chooso
refcori lo monnre and intimidation, to accomplish
it. To accede or to refuse absolutely, is attended
^ith almost equal danger. It is for the wisdom of
Congress to choose some middle course, which may
reconcile concession to the discontented, to tho
rights and majesty of tho Union, and tho alienated
affections of the South, to their Government.—
This task so full of honor, of peril and of diffi
culty, must be met at the approaching session of
Congress. It cannot bo postponed. It cannot be
• vaded. It must be met, and we trust it will be
mot, with such solemnity, as a question of
life or death ought to inspire. That spirit
which formed the Union can now only save it—
mutual conciliation and concession. The great
duty of conforming the Tariff to the reduced neces
sities of the Treasury, and of reconciling tho eon
Aiding wishes and interests of tho two great divi.
■ions of the Union, so long at war in relation to
its provisions, will of itself render the approaching
eossion of Congress memorable, either for a sue
cess which will entitle it to tho gratitude of gene,
ration* to come, or for a failure which will convert
that gratitude into reproaches. Illustrious will
history and posterity deem that man, whoso wis
dom shall devise, and eloquence enforce, the means
of retrieving tho American confederacy from tho
dangers with which cupidity on the one hand, and
violonro and sactional jealousy on the other, have
environed it. Wo have long preached up the con
ciliation which is indispensable to a fortunate con
clusion of the Tariff question. Wo have depreca
ted Conventions, which incapablo of shedding new
light, have no oilier tondency but to inflame, to
counteract and to harden tho obduracy of opinion
But in despite of the unfriendly influence of the
lato Tariff and Anti-Tariff Conventions, a spirit
has widely gone forth in tho Union among all
•lassos of opinion, which peremptorily demands
that the Tariff should be considered with reference
not so much to the interests of the manufacturer
or tho Treasury, the North or the South, as the
existence and durability of the Union, and from
this spirit, wo hope every thing.
/ It is manifest tliat the subject of Internal Im
pTovomcnt, is closely allied to the Tariff; Congress
would never havo had tho boldness to impose taxes
► fur tho purposo of making improvements, or lay
duties with the single view of creating a surplus ir.
tho Treasury, thus to he applied. Tho necessities
of manufactures, by increasing the Tariff, have
caused an excess in the Treasury, and this excess,
not wanted for other purposes, has been applied
to Roads and Canals. When there ceases to he
an excess therefore, tho exercise of tho disputed
power of improvement will ceaso with it, and the
modification of tho Tariff" to the standard of reve
nue, or in other words to tho necessities of tho
(Jovornment in tho maintenance of the army,
navy and civil list, will foreclose the constitution,
al dispute^ pacify our neighbour’s apprehensions
for state rights, and terminate Mr. 1*. I*. Harbour’s
hair splitting. We repeat, that it has never been
avowed, that no man durst avow, tho propriety of
creating a revenue by direction or indirection, by
taxes or duties, for the purpose of making roads and
canals. When then, as wo most sangnincly be
lieve will be the case at so early a day, the Tariff
is now modelled to tho standard of J81G, not only
will the country he vid of that fruitful and inter
minable theme of constitutional disputation, and
ctatn right disquisition, birt of its equally prolific
associate, Internal Improvement, also. O con
summation devoutly to be wished! O event, al
* most too happy to bo hoped tor!
Other qu. diorrs there artr of great, but subordi
nate interest to these, which contribute to enhance
the importance of the session of Congress at
hand; among which may probably he included that
of rcchartering tho Rank of the V. States. Rut
that which will attract, (from the superior interest
taken in man to principle**-,', the most earnest, at.
tention, will be the movements of parties, the de
velopment of ministerial corruption, attacks and
defences of tiro ad minis'ration, and that train of
subterranean events which vvjM be put in motion
to influence tho election of a President. The
closermss of that event, tho pressoce of tho leaders
on the scene of action, the nearly balanced strength
and inveteracy of pirties, arc too well calculated
to increase, inn&cad of to>diminish, as is so Hesira.
hie, the absorbing and impro|*er interest? C'ith which j
the PresidesrUa.1 struggle is regarded.
Such are ihe Circumstance*, feebly sketched, of
country and party, undvr which Henry (May re
sume* a seat after an interval of twenty years, in
the KcnsAo of tho IT. States. In that body l.o
first acquired » national fame, and in that body we
nothing«d*ubt, he will give himself now claims to
the admiration and applause of hi* country._
Whether viewed itvvefereneo to party,, or to coen
, try, or in a double aspect, his return to Congrc**
at such a time, and hearing such a relation to tho
polities of the day, is an extremely interesting
uvont. His ability to do much good, few will have
the affectation, or the injustice to deny; that there
never was the timo, when tho public tranquillity
more earnestly, more importunately, invoked the
help of tho patriot and tho wise, will bo still more
universally concodod. What then are Mr. Clay’s
views, and wliut stand will hs tako upon the prom,
incut topics which agitato the country?
These questions wo believe ourselves aide to
answer. Wo do not correspond with Mr. Clay, fur
we dotest the miserable vanity which is gratified by
writing to or getting a letter from a great man—liut
from sentiments which \VC havo heard him express
years hack, from circumstances, and from circuit,
one information, of a later dato, wo feel authori
sed to form and express an opinion of the course
lie is prepared to follow in Congress. If wo aro
challenged for moro explicit aalhority, wo shall
refer the catechist to that which will briefly deter
mine our correctness or incorrectness—the history
of the next session of Congress—and that must
suffice Uiin.
^ ° averred during tho last spring, that Mr.
Clay’s disposition with regard to tho Tariff, was
wilfully misunderstood by his enemies, and mali
ciously misrepresented. Those enemies had re
presented him ns disposed to carry tho Tariff vet
higher—ns having staked his political fortunos upon
tho American System, which as it stilted their pur
poses to interpret it, laid tho South at the Tect of
the Tariff Stales, proposed an increase of tho Ta
rifl to the total prohibition of import, and rejected
nil concession to the demands of the enemies of
the System. \\ hero was the evidence of their as
sertions? It did not exist. That spirit of misre
presentation, fear and malignity, which had so long
dogged tho heels of Ilonry Clny, dictated the accu.
Ration, and relied for credibility, upon the prejudi
ces it had already excited against him, not upon
any evidence it was able to exhibit. We knew that
in 1827, Mr. Clay bad privately declared the most
ardent wish to see the Tartff sottlcd upon a basis
which would restore national cordiality; we knew
that in 1829, ho lrid avowed a similar wish at Co
lumbus or Cincinnati: wo knew that if bo was a
Patriot, ho nmiit prefer tlie countinunnce of tlie
Union, to the Tariff, however right in principle,
or to its benefits, however considerable in amount.
Upon these declarations ®f Mr. Clay, made withal,
at a time and place, when he could not be suspect
ed of a design to produce political effect, and
which were therefore obliged to bo received as sin
cere—upon these data, we repelled the charge of
his enemies, and announced him to be animated
with the most conciliatory spirit towards tho South,
and anxiously solicitous to new model the Tariff in
such a way, as while the .principle of protection
should he recognized and preserved, such conces
sions should be made to tho South as their wishes,
interests or prejudices, (or whatsoever prompted
them) required, and which the approaching libera
tion of tho Exchequer from the pressure of the
National Debt, permitted. VVe felt some delicacy
at this step, for we had no authority from Mr. Clay
for it, and knew its hazird to him and to ourselves
—to him as committing him is degree, to senti
ments which might injure him: to oursclvos, as ex
posing us to be rebuked as meddlesomo. Ilow was
this annunciation received by Mr. Clay’s enemies7
Did our venerable neighbor rejoice at the accession
of such help as Mr. Clay’s, to effect his darling
wish of getting rid of the oppression of tho Tariff?
Far from it. He hated the Tariff much, hut Henry
Clay more, and he infinitely preferred, and would
now prefer, to bear tho burthens of tho Tariff,
galling as ho scents to feel them, to the
removal of tho unworthy prejudices enter
tained of Mr. Clay in tho South, which he has
so diligently fostered, and tho removal of which
would be the necessary effect of Mr. Clay’s assist
ance in bringing down the Tariff to the standard
of the popular wish in Virginia.—He did not
deign to notice us directly, to he sure—hut he talk
ed at us as he sometimes condescends when his
dignity is momentarily relaxed or forgotten—and
in that way, ho and his friend the Globe, repre
sented Mr. Clay as offering the Tariff at political
auction. They were eternally reproaching him for
the American System—they wore pouring upon
hint unintermitted torrents of denunciation for
pushing that system to allcdged extremes in fur
therance of his own ambition—they wero com
plaining grievously of the miseries and oppressions
in which that ambition had involved ono portion
of tho country. One would havo imagined, that
so deadly a foe of the Tariff ns our contemporary
ot this city, would hnvo received with especial
satisfaction, the intelligence th?.t Mr. Clay, pow
erful as ho is, was disposed to co-operatc with him,
to reduce the TarifT to a point which would con
tent tho South—that ho had been altogether misap
prehended in rolation to that subject—that he me
ditated none of tho extrom© designs which his
enemies had imputed to him—that there was in
truth, a coincidence of wish between the South
and him, though produced by different causes; on
their part by opposition to the TarifT principle, on
his by irzenlous and patriotic desire to heal the
unhappy distractions of the country. One xrnuld
have thought, we repeat, that tho discovery wc
mode of Mr. Clay’s compromising spirit ought to
have filled our noighbor, expiring as lie appeared
under the oppression of the TarifF, with joy, with
transport. Not so—The politician was too hard
for the patriot. His Jacksonism, upon the ascend,
cncy of which all bin personal hopes and expecta
tion* depended, <6'ok the nlarm. Such a course
would relievo the country it might be, from the
odious TarifF; but perchance it might have another
consequence, namely, the restoration of Henry
Clay, the long slandered, the sorely tried, to the
love and confidence of his native Slate.
What wo allcdgcd last spring in relation to Mr.
Clay’s sentiments on tho subject of the Tariff, we
now reiterate. Wo have not seen his letter to Mr.
Randall, nor any precise description of its con
tents, but wc learn generally, there was such a let
ter, ami that it confirmed the inferences we had
previously drawn and published, from the facts
which we have already put in possess!'*) of the
reader. It is to inf, a matter of much personal oat
iefaclton that without any communication with Mr.
(May, but rensorrinj* from our ideas of his patriot
ism, and his reverence for the Union, we should so
truly have conjectured the state of hi* opinions and
feelings. It somewhat flatters our timnvY prnpre,
and confirms us in tlie correctness of the high es
timate wc had formed of that patriotism. With
out farther preface, wc proceed to state llm nature
of Mr. (May’s sentiments 60 the prominent topics of
thetimesas we understand them, and as we have
no question, a short time will prove to he true; a
task due to him; so systematically and malignantly
misrepresented in Virginia, and to the people of this
ctate, who Insides that they cannot be dev'oid of
—■ J^gaEraaw»TOiarr*r.-j»rsttfc>»r=:»;irgaBzaMa
intercut on tlio subject, have been so long played
upon by Jacksonism, to Mr. Clay’s prejudice.
TUB TARIFF.
On the question of the Tariff, Air. Clay agrees
with Air. Calhoun, that this session of Congress
is a suitable time for such a modification as is
called for by tho near approach of the payment of
the Public debt. Tho modification he conceives,
may he either prospective to take effect when the
debt is discharged, or if there be any particular arti
cle the duty on which is hurt hensome, theremiglitas
to that duty, be an immediate reduction or abolition.
Adequate notice in any proposed change of the Ta.
rid is advantageous to merchunt and consumer!
and it would not be illegitimate lor tho treaty mn
king power to avail itself of any proposed distant
alteration to sccuro in consideration of it, more
tavorahlo terms of commercial intercourse with fo_
reign powers Hence, it would appear wiso to
defer the reduction to the period of the final ox.
tingiiishincnt of the public debt.
As to the amount of reduction, Mr. Clay thinks it
ought to be equal to the annual appropriation of
ten millions to tho payment of the debt, that appro
priatior. being no longer necessary when the debt
shall bo paid. 'I bis great reduction lie is of opini»:iit
ought to bo edected by an abolition or diminution
of duties on articles not coining into competition
with tho produco of our agriculture, or the fa
bric of our manufacturer: in other words; bo thinks
the principle of protection ought to be preserved
unimpaired, in its application to domestic industry;
but at t!io sumo time, that no more revenue should
be collected than is necessary to an economical ad
ministration.
Such is an outline of what wo bcliovo to be,
what we are conGdcut the event will prove to be,
Mr. (’lay’s opinions oi Ibis great, absorbing,
agitating and dangerous question. Such wo per
sonally know them to have been, several yqar«
ago, so far at least as reduction was required for
the restoration of national harmony. Arc these
the opinions which his enemies huve escribed to
him? Arc these they, which have concentrated
upon him, so much ill will in tho South? No—
his enemies had their own purposes to effect. To
put him down, has been tliii leading object of evorv
political machination since February, 1825. No
met boil could be so effectual to atebieve this oh
jeet, as to identify him with Southern prejudice and
hostility to thcTariff; and accordingly the changes
havo been rung upon the American System and
Henry (’lay, with inexhaustible ingenuity and
infinite variation. These are not the opinions
which his enemies hr- e imputed to ATr. Cln}-, and
which thus imputed, and by men who, worthily,
or unworthily, enjoyed public confidence, have
drawn on his head the extremity of public impro
cation. But, these arc his real sentiments; the
others the figments of mendacity or the misrepre
sentations of personal and political hostility. That
there has been a change in .Mr. Clay’s opinions
since 1821, may be allodged, and need not he de
nied; but it is a change of degree, not of princi
ple; a change, which from the altered situation of
the country, and the diminished requisitions of the
Treasury, was inevitable to every man of reflec
tion. To contend for the same amount of re laniio,
the Public Debt being paid, as when ten millions
were annually necessary for that object, would
argue, not consistency, but stupidity'. This change
of degree, lias Mr. Clay undergone, and no other,
lie. yet contends for the principle of protection,
which, an attribute of sovereignty, and certainly
nc t retained by the States, belongs both by' grant
and necessity', to the General Government. He
yet contends for the application of protection to
such articles of agricultural produce and manu
facturing skill, as arc liable to he overwhelmed by
foreign rivalship. Ho has changed no principle,
surrendered nothing for which lie has ever con
tended as such. To conform rules of Government
to the over fluctuating condition of human affairs,
is the great business of the Statesman^ success in
which is the test of capacity, as want of it marks
the pretender.
We arc about to make a statement which no
doubt will create surprise, hut which we believe to
he absolutely and unqualifiedly, true—It is, that
between Mr. Clay’s wishes in respect to the TarilT,
and those of its moderate opponents in the South,
there is a perfect and entire agreement. We ask
no man *o believe this statement from rospecl to
us—unless the future now at hand, confirm it, let
it be considered as worthless. It is however,
strictly, and literally so. Mr. Clay wishes to
modify tho Tariff to tlio standard of the actual
warts of the Treasury, meaning those expenses
which cannot he dispensed with. Even the
Nullifyers ask no greater reduction than this,
for even they, strait forward and direct as they
affect to go to their object, have not yet un
dertaken to show the superior expediency of dis
pensing with imposts altogether, and resorting to
direct taxation to defray tho unavoidable expenses
of Government. Mr. Clay only desires that tho
duties may be so arranged, as to afford incidental
protection; thus yielding tho point of a protecting
Tariff as such, while he claims the recognition and
preservation of tho princijilc of protection itself.
Do^s any man in the South, set himself up as more
orthodox, or more literal, on tho subject of the
Tariff, than Mr. Calhoun? No one of the school of
strict construction, will answer in the affirmative
Yet it is certain, that in his late celebrated expo
«»tion, Mr. Calhetrn, after profcss'mg his gcr>d
wishes to manufactures, conceded the constitution
ality and fitness also, of incidental protection; in
other words, that in a Tariff, tho true and ho.
nest object of which, ns weTT as the professed, was
for rerennralone, it might, he right and lawful to
afford protection to articles of primary, national
importance. We refer the reader to the concluding
part of that masterly paper for t ho truth of what
we Say'.
It is thus manifest, that the progress of events,
and the changed condition of tho exchequer, have
produced a striking coincidence of thought and
view between tnen of sirpposed different schools,
and a near approach to conformity ovon between
extremes. We predicted that the liquidation of
the public debt, worth! produce this most happy con
sequence; we prt&eled that the force of events, if
loft to their own operation, would modify the Tariff
io the satisfaction of all parties; and hence wo in.
treated the people <4 Virginia to have nothing tn
do with the Convention at Philadelphia, which al
though it might, would and trill claim all the merit
of modification, was yd, in the language of Mr.
Randolph, potent for mischief, ifnaolcnt for good.
If our affection for Concent ions ever rcVires, it must
bo from some good we shall see come, of thorn here,
after, from none we have ever yet seen. We stake the
last chance of a revival upon that at Baltimore—
failing in that wc war.li our bands of them. If the
Tariff shall not be modified—if tho friends of tbr
Tariff shall league their forcer *r» prevent it—tc
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wliat will it he owing hut the Convention at I’hila.
dolpbia, and the counteracting Convention at Now
^ ork, the exaitoment ami the exasperation, which
the 1 hilndelphia Convention produced?
To return to Mr. Clay. If we have faithfully
stated his opinions of the Tariff, as modified hy the
circumstances o! the country, we mnv mid do, con
fidently calculate upon his co-operation with Vir.
giniii, to procure a reduction of its burthens. Ho.
tween the wishes ot \ irginia and his, wo are appri
sed of no disagreement, even in degree. She, in.
l.uenccd hy a heliet ot its oppressiveness, and he bv
a patriotic wish to re-establish the lost harmony
of the Union, l ave, though from opposite direc
tions, met at the point of conjunction. That this
will beneficially atloct Mr. Clay’s presidential plus,
poets m his n.’.tivo state, wo do not believe, nor is
it tho purpose of these remarks, to claim such a
consequence for his expected exertions in that
cause, which Virginia basso much at heart. Our
influential politicians, and puissant contemporary,
have so long reviled .Mr. Clay, that (it is not lo
lit. denied,) they have excited against him in the bo
soms of tho Jackson portion of the population of
Virginia, prejudices which it might cvn pass their
ability to eradicate. Defamation soars on the
wings of the Eagle, but truth and justice aro of a
more slothful- nature. Mr. Clay is undoubtedly
viewed hy many honest, people in Virginia, under
tho praiseworthy representations* ami commenda
ble industry of the Editor of the Enquirer, his quon
dam friend—as a Catnlinc, an Arnold, or a Ilurr—
a political incendiary’—a scheming mountebank—a
Ccesar in ambition, who provided ho may bestride
the Empire, is reckless of the means or the sacri
fice. Prejudices thus artfully created, thus long
cherished, thus steadily fed with nutritious aliment)
thus sustained by supposed interest, will yield lo
nothing but time. Even that approximation in sen
timent which circumstances have produced, and of
which Virginia will derive the benefit in the acces
sion of Mr. Clay’s influence to her favorite measure,
will lie wrested to his injury, and made the occasion
of fresh slander and insinuation. Not choosing
to sco that as a question of profit and loss, Mr
Clay will lose more in a friendly quarter than lie
can hope lo gain among his enemies, by his deter
initiation to aid in modification of t lie Tariff, mis.
construction will set to work to arraign his motives
and impeach his disinterestedness. Nay it has al
ready commenced operations. l»o it so. Mr. Clay
must depend upon the consciousness or upright
motivls for reward, and upon future times to ren
der bin that justice, which is denied him in these.
Wo shall advert in our next, to Mr. Clay’s senti
ment! on other great national questions.
UJ* Tho rejection of tlie Reform Bill by'the
House of Lords, is the unexpected intelligence of
the last arrival. London was in an uproar. The
direction which events would assume, was in
serutablc. The immediate prorogation of the Par
liament, and the creation of new Peers enough to
weigli down the hostile majority, appeared tho fa
vorito speculation. Olliers anticipated a change
c.f Ministry, and the introduction of a more moder
ate Bill. This course, if tho King daro to tread il,
is we do not doubt, most agreeable to his inclina
tions, and we predict will be pursued, unless popu
lar demonstrations demand, as we trust they will,
“the Bill, tho whole Bill, and nothing but tho Bill.”
O* The Missouri Times of the 5th, thinks Gen.
Ashley elected to Congress l»y a decided majority.
Ashley was opposed by Benton, and the thorongh
Jacksonites, and although a moderate Jacksonian,
is acceptab’o to tho opponents of tlie Adminis
tration. i
iLT A m«eting of tho friends of Mr. Clay at Al
exandria, Louisiana, have appointed Mr. Johnson,
a Senator from that State, and their Representative
in Congress, Mr. Bullard, Delegates to the Balti
more Convention. The meeting adopted tho fol
lowing, among other Resolutions:
Resolved, That this meeting highly approves of
the Virtue, Patriotism, Learning, and long tried
Public Services of William Wirt of Maryland, and
would be pleased to have him nominated for the
Vice Presidency, by the Convention.
Resolved, That this meeting will approve the
nomination by the Convention of any other Indi
viduals, for President and Vice President, in die
event that Mr. Clay and Mr. Wirt, do not in tho
opinion of the Convention, combine sufficient
strength to insure their election.
Mr. Berrien'.—This gentleman has relumed to
Georgia, ami was an invited guest to the dinner
given l»y the Troup party at Milledgeville, to Ex
Governor Gilmer. “Judge Berrien, (says the
Charleston Courier,) in acknowledging the con
gratulations upon bis return home, nindo in a set
toast, addressed the company in his most happy
manner. The iinprcsssion which he produced,
was powerful, and was fully felt by a delighted and
approving audience.” Retract of a lotlor from
M illcdgevillc.
ETC: an our friend* of tho Petersburg Tnlclligcn- j
cor, or the author himself, furnish u* with tho three
first Nos. of “Ashtmin?”
Tho following paragraph is from the Trenton
Union of Saturday last:
“UsKxrncTRD Arrival.—Wm. N..IeiTers, Charge
des Affaires to Guatemala, arrived in this city on
Saturday last, and, it is said has gone fin In Wash
ington, to oxplnin away the charge of forgery
, brought against him.”
We understand that the functionary named above,
was in this City last week, and left ii '<n Saturday. I
Nat.
Washington, Nov. 21.
The following members of tho next Congress
are now in this city:'
Messrs. Poindexter. Jlllis and Hill, of the Senate.
• Mr. Adams, of Mass., Mr. Augustine If. Shepherd,
of North Carolina, and Mr. Wayne, of Georgia.
Major Ifnrtlymalii.—A Polish Patriot arrived at
Poston last week and is lodging at flic ( •unmcrcial
Coffee House, lfc belonged tothc army of Git hu.
ania who sought refuge in Prussia, tie was impris
oned, escaped, was again taken and again impris
oned at Pillau. He then escaped on board of an
American vessel, fie intends to return, if he can
to the service of Ins country, lfc has declined
pecuniary assistance.—Manx. .Jour.
The following account of t.ffe Joss of the steam
boat Cumberland is communicated to tJio editor ol
the Cincinnati Daily Advertiser by a gentleman of
that rifv who Imd just arrived from New Orleans;
About t he beginning of this month, precise day
not know’n, the steamboat Cumberland, bound up
tlie Mississippi, with between three and four hun
dred emigrants, ran into the bnnk ri a fog, when
she let go lureanchor; wl»ieh not holding, she drift
ed on a reef of rocks,where she broke in two, and
tier boilers slipped out of ihcir beds overboard; at
the sainetimct.be steninpipe bursting, the Captain’s
wife and daughter were scalded, but not fatally.
| Before the boat sunk, she drifted six or eight miles
j down the river, which affored an opportunity to
I the passengers to save themselves, with the exe.cp.
I t.ipn of "(torn f.rr to e/ne” who were drowned.
| Accounts varied as to the exact number.
i
uj.-w-z-Atrs Av.-eac_ ,-c._-jtr.'-x_* \r.a
IN TilK Corill’ OF A1TFALS.
Monday, Xovemiikr Idth, 1831.
hincoln vs. hincnln’a cx'or—Upon nil appeal
from a dnervo pronounced by tlus Superior Court
of Chancery liehl iH Staunton.— Argued by B*
W. Leigh for appellant, C. Johnson for appal lee.
iXurell vs. Mnyhcrry.— Upon nn appeal front
a judgment of the Sperior Court of Law of Bot
etourt county.—Argod by L5. \V. Leigh for appel
lant, and C. Johnson for uppelluo.
Adjourned till to-morrow, 12 o’clock.
Tuesday, Nov. 15th, 1831.
Williams vs. Alexander.— Application for a su- i
porsedons—rejected.
Paris vs. Sylresler, tj-r.—Application for a su.
porsedcas—rejected.
Mutual Assurance Society vs. Vautrhdn, «J-c,—
Decree reversed.
Auditor vs. Pursuer.—Upon an appeal from a
decree pronounced by the Superior Cnu. t of Chan
cery held in Richmond.—Argued by the Attorney
Coneral for the Commonwealth, W.u. 11. McFar
land for nppclleu.
Adjourned till to-morrow, 12 o’clock.
Wednesday, Nov. ltitli.
Hrent vs. Preen.—Supersedeas awarded.
Itincoln vs. hincolu's c.c'or.— Decree affirmed.
M. A. Society vs. IIrooks—Decroe reversed.
Cocke as. Clary's comm'r.—Upon nn appeal from
a dccrco pronounced !>v the Superior Court of
Chancery held in Williamsburg.— Argued by !L
W. Leigh for appellant, and C Johnson fo»‘ ap
pellee.
Adjourned till to-morrow 12 o’clock.
TiimsPAY, Nov. 17th.
Auditor vs. Dagger.*—Decree reversed.
JXncell vs. M-njbvrru.—Judgment reversed.
l> allure vs. Hold.— Upon an appeal from a de
orco pronpnneed hv tlie Superior Court of Chan
cery held in Staunton.—Argued by C. Johnson
for appellant—No counsel appeared on behalf
of the appellee.
Adjourned til! to-morrow 12 o’clock.
Friday, Nov. 18th.
Faulk :ncr vs. Faulkner.— Upon an apnea! fioin i
a judgment of the Superior Court of Law of
Halifax county.—Argued by B. W. Lei-dj for am
pcllant, ami C. Johnson for appellee.
Adjourned till to-morrow 12 o’clock.
Saturday, Nov. IDth.
Faulkner vs. Faulkner’s cx'or.—Judg nent af
firmed.
Cocke vs. flarey'a coiiiin'r.— Decree reversed.
Adjourned till Monday next 12 o’clock.
At a meeting of the Board of Managers of the
American Colonization Society, Nov. 1 I. l-ltl,
The Committee, to whom was referred nil enqui
ry into tho expediency of causing a vigorous ami
general subscription, in the larger towns of tho
United States, to he forthwith made !>v a personal
e.ii't rei a!i their citizens-, report the following reso
lutions: ,
Resolved, Thnt a vigorous general subscription
in aid of the colonization of the free people of color
in Africa, he attempted in the hu ger towns of the
United States, hy a personal call on all their citi
zens, in circumstances justifying their contribution.
Unsolved, That the Auxiliary Societies in the
Cjticsof Boston, New York, Albany, Philadelphia,
Baltimore and Richmond, lie requested to carry this
measure into effect in their respective cities.
That to this end they cause the aimoxod Address
to the public, to bo published in the newspapers and
otherwise, if necessary, at tho lime tiio citizens
may he called upon.
That they be requested to make such cull as gen*
orai as practicable, and with the least delay.
That they be desired to div ide their cities into
convenient wards, to appoint suitable committees
to wait on the citizens, and to allow n proper com
pensntion, reimbursable if required, by the Parent
Society, to one or more persons, who shall devote
their entire time to the object; it being recommend
ed that such persons, cither in connection with the
committees appointed, or alone, make such call.
That the zealous friends of the cause, ha invited
to pinco their names at the heads of the list [ire.
sented generally to tho citizens for subscription:
That the President or Secretary of the said
Auxiliary Societies, bo requested to conveno them
without delay, and to advise the Parent Society of
tho stops taken by them.
ADDRESS.
American Colonization Society, \
Washington, 17th Nov. 1831. t,
Fellow’ Citizens—Wc have reached a crisis deep
ly momentous to the colonization of free nooplo of
color in Africa. Hitherto owing to the supine*
ness of the whites, tho importance of this object
lias not been aoequately’ appreciated by them,
while the people of color have too generally con
sidered the scheme as of equivocal benefit to them
Recent events have presented these points in their
true lights, and an almost universal conviction now
prevails, that without the most strenuous efforts,
the l.tto afflicting scenes, flagrant and calamitous
ns they are, will he followed by evils still more ap
palling. The free people of color have awakenTuI
from their slumber, to a keen sense of their •itefi
tion, and aro ready in large numbers, to emigrate
to the Colony of Liberia. Applications to this
end, arc made to tho Hoard of Managers from va
rious parts »f the Union, it is the desire of the
Board to seize this propitious moment. So far as
their means admit, they have arranged the fitting
out of expeditions, one from New York, one from
Baltimore, two from Norfolk, and one from New
Orleans. These will more than absorb all their
funds. Vvith sufficient means, they could now
transport more than one thousand emigrants, who
have announced their readiness to depart.
On you, fellow citizens, it rests to decide wheth
er these favorable circumstances shall he rendered
subservient to the holy cause in which wo arc en
gaged. Tho interesting statistical information
just received from our agents, demonstrates the
general health of the Colony, and lint all it needs
lo attain dignity and enlarged utility, is an access
ioo of number.!.
To obtain the mo ms of realizing tlieso objects,
you will he waited upon by authorized agents of
the Beard of Managers, whan every one, is”*res
pectfully requested to contribute according to his
means. Many from the abundance of their re.
sources, will, if is net doubted, signalize their zeal,
hy liberal and munificent aids; but it is from the
aggregate amount composed of the moderate con.
tributions of those in the middle walks of life, tint
the most decided re. nits may be expected. If every
man in the United States contribute, however
small the sum, according to his means, our l est
hopes will he fulfilled.
* >u behalf of the American (hiletnYaLon .Society. ,
JL R t.I RLU.Y, Sec'ry. .
Coi.onv ok I,irkri>.— To the to.vn of Monrovia,
new wood and stone houses were < reeled; Cald
well anil .Millshnrg, and some towns for recaptured
negroes, share in the general prosperity. Franc:?
Dcvanny, an emancipated slave, has accumulated
a property worth §20,000 Mr. Warring, another
.colonist, sold goods to tiie amount of §70,000;
two of the colonists own vessels, and would trade
with the 1 niled States, had they a national flag.
Net profits on ivory and dye woods, passing
through the hands of the settlers in one year,
was §.‘10,780; eight vessels traded to the Colony
last year, from Philadelphia.
In agriculture, every thing grows spontaneous,
ly; there is no winter; one coiuinnnl spring bloom
ing. There are nt schools in sucre sfiil opera
lion. It is calculated that every child i'lllmco.
tony drill he educated; Did from the neighboring
clans now attend the schools in Liberia. Divine
service and Sunday reiiools are regularly nH« rul
ed. The- arc three religious sooietios, Biplist,
Methodist, and Presbyterian. Meetings on the
•Sabbath and week d ty eve-,ting*. Three Sw iss
Missionaries reside there. The Christian religion
appears to have some influence on flic surround
ing tribes. The population is il.Of'f)—they have
, 6 mihlia i mpanics, a fort, T> pieces of cannon
; and arms enough to arm 1,000 men.
N. V. firmtgcl $t.
Boston, 17tii Xov.
The following is written by a respect -ble colored
| man, horn and cducjitrd in this oily,
i TO Tin; !'l Bf.TC.— R« presentations having
been tu-T through t!i" p\,'"l m a \ ?p r* r_. ti,,
city ami elsewhere, that the bettor classes of tho
e<> m red population of Host on, are in favor of exei*
ling revolt, revolution mid bloodshed in tho South
ern Stati » o| this l it ion, by assembling in publio
meetings hereto countenance illegal acts in tlioso
Southern Stater, <m the part of its colored popula,
Con, it has become duo to ourselves as citizens of
Heston, to contradict emphatically any and all such
statements as entirely destitute of truth. Thoy
aie as equally injurious to the public asto ourselves,
•toil deserve notice and denial. The respoctablo
part ol our colored population, while they lament
• lie evils of slavery, do not, have not, and will not,
by any act, whether public or private, sanction or
promote any acts of unhappy but misguided men,
which may tend to tho horrible consequences so
inueli feared, not only by tho white but respectable
colored classes of this community. In justico to
ourselves, we doom it proper to state these facts,
and the author of this communication leaves his
noiuc with tho publisher, and pledges himself to
prove to any one interested in tho enquiry, tho
truth ot these several assertions.
<)Nr- nF MANY.
The New York Journal ofConiincrce states that
the arrivals ol' Flour, this year, at tlr.it port, aro
ldO,yi)!> barrels fr.sw from tho western parts of tho
state, than last iear. The arrivals from tho South,
'■rn cities are said to bo also 11)0,009 barrels less.
The receipts of Wheat nro said to !:o 700,000 bush,
pis lass ilinn 1 ist year.
NCW YORK MARKETS.
.Saturday, Nov. If*—1 o’clock, P. 2VI.
Western Flour (owing to short receipts and tha
lateness of the season) has advanced; common
brands to J£oJ> 2 to J '.li, and .aney brands to JjjtG.iy,
and Southern Flour lta3 also rather ini.
proved; 5s.>- gmierall> asked for ordinary qualities,
and i for the better kinds, live Flour tins boon
s- :d at the very high pi ice of ?3 l.GB to §1.75.—
t'oin !Wsal is lower, b it i's valuj is unsettled. A
very small stork ( I all kinds of Flour in this markat.
drain—llecfipt* continue small, particularly of
Wheat; the arrivals of Southern arc deficient this
season a bout -It >•),'! );) bushels, niot7!)0,(lU0, as stated
by a cotemporary —1 ist’silcs of Southern Wheat
ill to HH eon's for Richmond, arid 95 certs
for poor North Uiroliaa. Ilirloy has sold this
work 'o a considerable extent a* 1 Jo to 130. Ilya
and Corn declined—the t’ortner to about U0 cents
for Northern, and the latter to C.”> for the old crop,
and to 5.‘> to .’>(i for Southern. Of Colton, prices
are with difi :u!ty sustained. The sales ot’tlio week
amount to a*ami SuT) hales. In Colonial Produce
or other articles no vt.rintion has occurred, or
any tiling worth snecial notion, since the publica.
lion ol'our 1. st Price Current.— four. J'.nq.
T,'*vi' \ [ \(I m* the: 1'uicii Canal I*ottery, Vo.
, Id, 31, 2, -10, 21. 45, 57.
l< j: — l’!i«r sub-erd r begs leuve to in
1 *1 IV r n the . ;• >v<*r- nnr! the j uidie general
ly tin t In: has misled thin : convenient and 1 «ng
os’nb! .'lied hog per-!?, ru xt the Oi l Market, for
the ptipose of carry ngon the hog business; and
as he is determined to devote strict attention,
hopes to receive a share of patronage.
no 23—or 5t JO!If,I WYSE.
50 i,hds cheap O sng-.fq
10 do prim • Sr. Croix <i>
200 bags Kin pro n coffee ,
3) no old Java ‘'u
40 birds W 1. end N. O. molasses
1000 tacks U;v rpo.d tisltd ?a!t
. 50 do ground alum do
150 casks cut nails
oUJU ibs con: try iron and plough jlnfes
:>0 chosts i,ii• >• • rin 1 am! gtropuwdvr teas
2o boxes and !•* b’>U Ih i> id'-lpl it starch
40 i» ds loaf arid lump <i g.-us
I‘i boxes do double relined do
10 k«vfj salt pet re
In1.) O' |s Stark A rmisfeniks pin
75 do mackerel. No. I to 3
50 casks g- nmne Malaga wir«
10 rlo S Madeira do
50 boxes bunch raisins
2 bales h >ft shell almonds
50 boxes prime cheese
20 boxes seap
40 kegs Dili’s crackers
50 nests wood hexes
75 doz leading !in*s and bed cords
100 reams writing ami wrapping paper
40 boxes v. imiow glars
35 do tnliovv niuj sp'.m enridlcs
500 lb* country tanned seal leather
1500 lbs Vrrg.f: a X tton yr<rns.
Al.-o—Sperm n:.d tanm r’s *il, indigo, mad
dor, c'Operas, tdnm, allspice, pepger, ground
i race ginger, with i vnrn tv of other good**
< hem; ry «" rchnnts and d tilers will please
call atid examine for ihenise'ves.
JOSHUA J. FRY,
Next door to Oti3, Dunlop &. Co.
or' 4 — tf>
Twenty Five dollars Reward*
btrnyed or siolrn Ire tu Henrico
^ Com ty Co:ir»-'.otjse on Monday thO
7'!> O''-- n .'m:i!l Grey liorSc, end
g ->'f '* c !J,U* bridle and blanket: the said
8S?*bid5l// "*J non e is about I 5 or 1 f> years old, with
a switch tail and long tl.iri mane, he works nnd
rides well, wns shod in fiont. I will give tho
above reward of ”5 cld.nrs I r tlie recovery of
the horse and conviction c l the thief, or five dol
lars fer the recovery of the h irso,saddle and bri
ll: ■ end b!a; U whenever delivered to m**, or to
Mr.S'. i'sonW :i smt, n at tin- obi Market. Rich
mond. JKSSE F. KEESEE.
Mrnrien. Nov. 15. 18 51. eo3i*
M'llK OAKKIHGK I'EMALE KCHC70G
will be continued the rustling year, under
the instruction oi Miss E. Junes, whose system
of Ioachin" is highly approved cf The School'
wii a. in mi the I5;h January next, and closer
on the 15th Uef"iTil>«r following, allowing ono
mot. ii's vncelion during summer. In this
School, the u-or.i course of instruc tion is pipr—
■ ur.i. far i ffi-rding the be.-t Female English
Ldnett'ion, u.el ding the Ruclin.enls o? Chcrnis
iry. Natural I’:, 'osej }.y nml Rtiet'erio. Mis*
.1. will :• i-o tTiirli plain Needle Work. Ton or
<«clv h< arclc r wii betaken at Oak ridge, for
wlios • hoard, toi’ion. &r- ffd.'O will he charged—
payable half yearly, li i- desirable, that some
of the boarde rs furnish il.r-.r own bed orid heel
ing— in siidi rust s. *sv wii] lie drclncted.
WILSON ALim
Rowing n*cen. Nov. 1831, no 7-8tc
l i»e I ict.rt icks-liiill KemaFe Seminary
Q h'Micni !> l-y MISS IJOGGF, will be con
s*--/ united 'lie er .-•.iog year. |; w jll he opened
on ihe I5'h January, and will close on the 15tl*
'•(’ Herein l e .-. w it li :• \ c: I ion of one mnnl h from
ill" t •' 1 * c!' 1 .on to : lie 15'Ji of July. The pupils
will tv ms; ructor n < > tl»o"taphy, Reading, Wri
ting. Ariifnn fm. Logo i, Grammar, Geogra
phy, with the os.- o;' the Globes, nnd the rudi-»
me ft A.-i ret < my. '\ 1m price » f hoard nm*
tuition w • b ' ‘.-’I -’'h one In- If payable in ndvnnco
nnd 11 e l»dni? ■ at the cm! of the year, without
any deduct r.n ( ii acre i:r:t of absence liom sc hook.
M idi ro '1 will brie* w *h her n pair of blanv
i;r i;. a p .:r . f li. . a colored co ton countcr
pan , nr ! four towels, all m.vk’d, or if it i»
preferred, they \c i i be furnished by me for an
r'du iK ii'rl d '-rre .-I s j. Hncli yooKg Indies, n»
I rmi.iiii in my I n )y during vacation, will bo
I charged t l be r.op of jSin p~r month. Thero
I are a Vacancies yt : to he liiicd. Letter*
1 ;»«!■ re. f> ri to mo s icu.i.l he directed to Lon*
f’rci V Rest Office, L'liiisn.
FKF.n K. HARRIS,
• 1 reuQii k*> Nov. r5i<pr ^