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of contents, to appoint valuer* of mnerisls nr
ctstary for tha works of the company, upon the
payment of which valuation, tha company Shalt
hr emit led'to thoir use ; and riempts th*
rim pa ny from tha requisition In make the
channel oftha rtvar mors than foeroen faet
wida and two deep, until tha navigation of
James river shall be improved
7g An act concerning Hugh Smith.
79. An net to amend ihe sevaral acts run
earning slaves, free negroes and molattovs;
makes it a misdemeanor to girt a slavn any
letter* permit pass or other writing, or aid in
his escape from hit owner, with intent to de
prive soeti owner of the use and hensfii of such
slave, and punishes the offender hy eunfine
ment in the county or corporation jail, not
less than three nor mure Ilian 'welvc months,
to be fined at Ihe discretion of a jury ann made
liable to the action of the party aggrieved
U-ipitres the copy of the legisttr of any free
negro or mulatto to have the county seal an
n-'Sf.l without tha payment of 'a* thereon.
Slid makes it the duty of the jailor to ascertain
from any runaway »Uve the name and rest
■toncc of his owner, and inform linn of the Con
fcnementof such slave, by letter. The act In
take effect from the 1st of April.
tiO. An act to reduce the damages on foreign
bills of eschange, and for other purposes ;
fises the damages on such bills protaatrd for
uon acceptance or non payment, ut tei, per
oenf. and provides that thr protest by a Notary'
Public, of any bill, draft, note or check, for
non-acceptance or non-payment properly ver
tied may be read, ns evidence in uny suit, un
let. tfie court be satisfied that the preseuce
of such Notary be nec ssary to a Just tlec’iiou
of the i'au*e
91. An act to authorise a lottery for the
benefit of I tie M mongalia Acadeoi) , to fane
the min of twenty ihnu-and dollars
92. An act appointing trustees of (lie town
#r Port Roval. in the nnifv of Ciirolina, with
tggriani powers, to lay tales not eicoeding
twenty cents per tithe, appoint nffirer* pre
vant and suppress tippling hosisas, and riots,
routs and unlawful atsambHet of slaves, fren
negroes and mulalto«s.
P3. An art toaulhorise thr erection of a
dam across Queen's creek, Inr the purpose
of a mill to be eroded hy Itohert Saundirs,
juts.
fH An art to authorise the common conn
cil of tha I'v of Richmond, to causa <uid city
r,» f>e tnppll 'd with w ater in certain esses,
and to impose taxes to defray Ilia eipensa
theraof.
An act in authoiive the anneratinn of
ear'am lots an I iiudtjings to Shock no ware
house, in the city of Richmond
(Mt An act adding the county of Matnn In
\he Clarksburg ( hanrerv distrirt ; authnrims
,mi*ei instituted ill ihe C-eenbrinr ( hanrerv
Court, when the said c iunty was attachad in
IbaCraahbrier district, to lie removed to 'In
( Inrkshurg Chancery rourt, and ti e records
and papers to lm traii«ini'tcd hv one clerk lo
ihe ntlier 1 tie act to take affect from the 1st
of April
87. An art in establish a tow n «t tits Great
(i'ldge, in the tvo* Norfolk, liy ilia name
of Grani Bridge.
88. .An irel concerning the A mory,and for
•Iher pnrpnili prescribes (It* term* upon
which the Ksecutivn mav accept a surren
Her of tho lease of the boring mill attached
thereto
89. An act to authorise the raising, by way
of lottery, a sum ol money for improving the
I'anqinet and Aleiandria 1 itrnpike road, Hit
mm nl J3P W>.
9t> An ar t concerning Thomas flutherfoord,
*equires the fame* River Onoipany to redo, i
•he itnt paid hv him for the use nl water lor
ns mill, to a .mm not eseceding tho average
price paid hy other persons for the use of -aid
u Bier,
91. An act providing for the estnnsinn of the
\yaniiwhn turnpike road , , ft'g Sandy river i
authorises Ilia (’resident and Directors r.f the
.Tames River Company to borrow a run not
ate. el ding fi ’V thousand dollars, for defraying
he espetise tli ruof, requires tilt principal
engineer to lav out and locate, the said ( f ittn.
Sion , empower* the company to appoint a
'upetintendanl, and allow him a wtlary not es
eeeding seven hundred and fifty dollars per
annum and prescribes his duties , declares
is hen tolls shall lie received, and in ikes it the
du' v of (erry owners In graduate the hanks of
the eater courses lo Ihe angle presetihed liy
this s t, and |iave or gravel the same.
92. An act to add a part of the enmity ol
Monroe to the county o( Giles ; adds thnt par1
included within the lines beginning at ihe
mouth ol the Cord ||ii|i,,w Bianeh, thence to
(tich creek, up the creek to ihe moti li , |
Scott’. branch, above Peter .tow n. and thence
to the top of IVers’ mountain
93. An act concerning the proceisiouing ol
land* in the county of I of vVight ; authorises
the county co irt to appoint processioners lo
procession »uch lands as were not procession,
ad according to law in 1828.
94 An act concerning ferrymen; repeals
so much of tho general law as asampts them
from Ihe assessment and payment of county
levies.
95 An act appointing trustees for the town
of StBfiardsville in the county ofOrange, and
or other purposes.
9ft. An act concerning the trustees of the
town of Weston, in the county of Lewis ;
authorises the frech djera and h'wuie-keepgtrs
annually, to appoint three trustees ol taid
town.
97 An act establishing the town of Triadel.
phia, ill III** county of Ohio,on tbn lands of Jo.
sias Thompson
98 An act lo cltangi the place of holding a
separate election in th« enufliy ol Harrison,In
ihe house of Nathan Itavis, noar Lewisport in
said county.
99. An act to enlarge the town of Salem, in
the county ol Botetourt.
(Otf. An act concerning the town tf Liberty
in Bedford county , discontinues one alley anil
opens another.
101 An nc! Rllnu'inf HtCtltrd <»r«»rnu;,y
a free man •»( color,to rnmaimu this Coinmoo.
wealth.
102 An act to establish an inspection o1
ftout « mt Indian meal at the tow n ol Layette
in the county of Montgomery.
103 A'i act to authorize separate election*
In certain counties amt (nr other purposes ; in
the town of Lynchburg at the courthouse, at
plunket's store h iusc near the Spout Spring, at
the house of Uritfin I e»j,, near falling river,
ao<l at Harden s grocery near Otter river, all in
the enntity of Campbell: at f oblcr's store lion e,
at the store house of Hichaid Davis and (to , at
the store bouse of Bowles and James, and at the
place called Chec-e creek Church, in Bedford
coun'y; a* Nathaniel B. Thompson's Tavern ;
at the place called Negro foot, in Haunter, and
at the residence of John Hiper, in the town of
Springfield, in Hampshire county . and allow,
mg justices of the peace for Campbell enmi
ty to serve in the Common Council of Lynch
burg.
104 An act aulhoriaing Win. Weaver to com
•Irucl a turnpike road from Bath Iron V\ nrksto
Strickler's Spnngr io the county of Bock
bridge- ,
105 An act to incorporate tha Lynchburg
Manufac'uring Company ; gites, the company
the usual corporate poweis, w ith the privilege
of holding real estate nut exceeding two hun
dred acres, not less than ten,nor more than $50
000
106 At> act to incorporate the Herkely Man
ufacturing Conpnny ; gi,<‘* the company simi
lar powers, with thecapaciy to hold real estate
Bot exceeding filly acres, wilh a capital not
More than twenty, ftor lew than five thousand
dollars
107 k^ act to laCdtporgie tu« Berkely Man
ufacturing Company, »'th l«ha power*, and
with # capital not let* than twenty nor reoie
i *anont hund<<d thotnaad do late,and rapaci
ty in hoi I re «| . state not esc* cling five hundred
acre* Th s company and the two preceding are
incorporated for thr purpose of manufacturing
co’ton, wool, flat, kt
1(18 An act to amend the several acts concer
ning the Bank of the Valley in Virginia ; subtil
tutes (or the oath heretofore required of persons
voting for directors, an oath, that the shares in
r»ght of svh.ch the) vole are bona lide their own
1 pro|H»rty, or that they are hold in a fiduciary
' character, and au'horises the Esecntive to ap
| point dire, tors on the part of the State, within
twenty days after the annual meeting of the
\ Stockholdci• when they sh-tll have failed to
make the appointment ; and if the Executive fail
1 anv four of th duectois may make such ap
pointment within not let* than five, oor more
than ten days thereafter.
100 An act declaring Fish creek a public
highway
110. An art changing the time of holding the
Fall term of Prince William Superior Court ;
I to thn second Monday in November in ev**ry
1 year
111 An ac' to incorporate the Danville Man*
ufactui mg Comps y . invests them with the u
tua! powers of corporate bodies ; hII-w* th- in
•hr privif* gr of holding real estate, not exceed- ,
iogfcfive hu -dr d arr*s, with a Capital Mock,
notegrgeding liftv thousand dollars, for the pur
po # of manufacturing cotton, wool. Ilui and
Hemp,
112, An acf providing further lor the security
of public debts ; give* the same icmedv against
the heirs, devisees,ei.’cutors or administrators
ef public debtors, as is now provided against
the debtor himself, and su1 |i • s their Inndg,
«V< to b»* sold by virtu- of sin a\Jici i [arias
111 An acf^ro organize it < onvmitimi , p»o
vides, that tin- free ladders in the several S.-na
to ml district. as now e tahlizhed, shall vote lor
lour p< i sons in earh district, on their »rv-ial
comi days in in.' month of May, to represent
them in Convention ; ie<ptirri the proper offi
cers 'o take the (mil*, anil provides f•»i their t.n
l»Mre ; prescribes the first Monday in October,
1879. lot I Is*- nr rung ot the Convention hi tin* I
Capitol in the city of liirhinond. A soon h%
(be Crmren'i-.N adjourn-, flu* Cieitilive hip to
pub i9(• the new. or aimi-ded Constitution, and
at the nest elrctiou f-.i !S|* min * of the Cegisht
lure, th same is to lie submitird to th.* Iciiol
ders (or i ejection »>i i ..tdicalum—llie p<- Is to he
open tfiiee silt:- risivi days. It u majority are
in favor of the new, or amended ConMitu-1
'ion the timei al ^ic rnhly are to In* conve
ned • > put the in v C ons’itution into opcia
ii-»n.
[to m f ’NTisiiin.]
D JMES JIC I.iX'EuciUJD UCTl
l fom the National Intelligent’ r March I
C0NGRKS5.
Tliesernnd Session of I lie Twentieth Con
gress closed s < sierdny; the House ol itcpiescu
latives adjourning at three, mid iIn- Semite hi i
lour o'clock,
I t the House of Rcpresmta ivrs a vote of
(hanks :sst passed to tl„- ->p aker : tvhicli
wits the mo-t nil orlan, liusiues transacted. I
VV .at 44 iis omil tad of most importance 4v,ts tin*
decent respect due to a Me sage fiom the Pre
sidenl of the United States, of winch a notice
4Vill be Inund below , and which the House, by
a -mall majority, i eluted to bo ordered tube
printed
In the Senate, besides oilier business, the
'ollowW message 4411s received from the I’re
gidiint of Ihe United Slates
Ihj'hiagton, March 3d, lSJ!).
To the Senate, and
House of Repi eseiitniives of the U. States :
I haraivith transmit a copy 01 the instruc
tions prepared in thi Sinet.il v Ilf Stale, and
furnished to tiie Miiusieis of lii • l.'uiled Slates
appointed lo attend at the osscinldy id I In A.
merit un Pleniplolix, ies, list Indtl at Taiiama,
and then transferred tn laiubnya. The urea
sen upon which they were given lias passed
away, and titere is no present prubnbility of
the revival ,,t ihese negoiiatmus ; bid ihe pur
poses for which they intended m„ mill id ihu
deepest intnres! lo iu eomi iy to. to ihe in»i Id.
and inoy heteafter eail again fur the active ef
forts and bench.‘eat energie- of ibe Govern
ment Ilf the United Stales I lie motive, fur
holding them from general publication having
ceased, justice to the Rover.. from w ,ieh
they emanated, audio 1 , IV pie for whose
benefit it was nisiumed, requir- that they
should lie made kilow>n.—With this view, and
from ihe consideration that the subjects em
bra, ed by these nisi iirtinns will in.isi prulmhly
eng igc. hereafter, the delibeia ions of our sue
ccssois. 1 deem il prop, r to make ttiis commu
nica toil to faith Houses of Congress One
copy only ol t lie inst run ion1 hi'ing preparnl
I send M to tie Senate, requesting that it may
bo transmitted nl-n tn Hie Home of Represen
tativei JOHN tfUINt'Y ADAMS
On tbis Me«-agebeing read, a inn ion was
made, of course, to piint it, 4V11I1 Ibe duct,
tile its ; and. alter a lung debate, the muliu
seas negafU’erf. 24 votes to 18 I After w hich
by n vet v jimdi ntial innvemeni ol Mr l arewi ll
the document was liansferied from the t.i gis
lative t„ the Executive record, so a- 10 con. r
its contents from (lie public, as it 1 lie Spider ,
well could exclude the light of the aim
The public ought to hay 1* thesi document
concerning the Panama Mix,,011, and th-y
shall, too, if 44c can get 111 them tV'e have n'„
idea that those genlletueii, who have 1 ode into
popularity ami power upon tins hobby, shall
now be allowed 10 disown and repudiate 11.
they wanted Ihe information, when it iv >uld
have been injurious to the p.ibliqjAiiierusI to
receive it ; end, now that it is no longer so,
thuy refuse lo receive 11 *
From the Notional Intelligencer. March ,Y
I HE IN AU»;i KA I ION.
John C. Calhoun, Vice President elect ol
lie Hil led Stale*., took the Chair .if the Sen
ale nt 11 u'i lot k, and the Senate was called to
order.
The oath to support the Constitution ol the
United Stales was udm uisler il to the Fict: Fit
siHcnt by Mr. Smith, of Mary laud.
The oath to-option ttie Constitution ofthe
United States «u- luen administered to Die t’,,1 .
lowing new Senators, by ihe Vice President
viz.
Mcs-rs. Branch, Clayton. Bibb, Hayne, King
Knight, Mcl.cnI, Ol Ohm, Tasuctll, Bhite',
Xihbee, Bell. Fretinghuysen, Sprague, and l.io
ingston; and they took their seats.
Oil motion ol Mr. Smith, of Maryland It
was ordered that, when ihe Sen ile ad|mn
• hey will udjouru to meet lo morrow, at 12 o'
clock.
At half |iast eleven o'clock, Andrew Jackson
the President elect, entered Ihe Senate ; |,aill.
her. attended by Ihe Marshal ol the l)i*tMci,
and the Committee of ..it*, and took
hi- seal immediately in front ofthe Secretary’, I
d',k. * I
The Chief Justice of ihe United Slates and |
Tstoctnfe Judges, entered soon otter, and occu
pied the seats assigned for them on the nrht of
the President's < i»»ir.
The Foreign Jhohlers and their mites, ln
their splrndid cosluincf, occupied seats
on the left of flit chair.
A large number of Ladies were present, and
occupied the seals in the rear of ihn Senators,
mid me lohliv Under the Eatteru gallery. The
Western gallery was reserved for members of
the House of H* prcjn ntalives
At twelve o clock the Senate adjourned and
a process,on was formed to the Eastern porno,
of the Capita^ where, in presence of an mi
mense concourse of spectators, filling the portj
co, Ihe steps, and the enclosure, the President of
the United'Statw delivered hi, f,„„fUri«l Ad
dr#i*, ami, having concluded it, the oat'n <0 Hip
port the Constttuti n was administered to Inm
by Chief Justice Mai shall.
Salute* were fired by two companies of a*ii|*
lery, stationed n the vigmity ofth* Capitol,
which were repealed at the forts, an I by de
tachment* of art liter % on the plains- When the
President retired the procession was re formed
and be was conducted to the Presidential Man*
si on.
Me here received the salutations of a vast
number of persons, who came t-. congratulate
him upon hi# induction to the Presidency.
The d ry was serene and mild, and every way
favorable to the wishes of those who had c.»me
from a distance to witness the ceremony of th*
Inauguration The number of persons pre-ent
at the Capitol, within, around, end in front of
it, have been variously estimated We sup
pose that it did not fall short of ten thousand
Washington, March 6 —The Senate of the U- ,
nifed Mates met yesterday at |‘2 o'clock ; and,
after appointing n Committee to watt upon fin*
Vretulent of the United States, and receive a*
iiy ronimunicKtion that he might have to make,
closed it« doors, on motion ot \1r. liinton, in
order to proceed to tin consideration of execu
tive hii)im-*<.
From what wa can laurn.no nominations wen
ye-* erday madr to the Senate t eitainly , tmnr
w**ie i or firmed- [ Sat. Int
I fie gteai com otirse of strangers in thu f ity
ha* already subside 1 ; and the steady ram of
yesterday kept within doors most of l' use who
miiar . lht* busy throng fins pj-tgd awa\
without any or.cni ieiir* seriously » < inar the .
ileaftiiit ol its assembly What pai tu nlarly
gratifies us, and does credit to ibe ehara fer of
u r people, is, f hat, amidst all ‘In* excitement
and tin-tie ol the •» c«tsi »n, t e whole d y and
night of the Inamruialion passed off with u the
• ighl’-st inlei ioption ol the public peace and <0
der thin we have heard of. At the mansioii of
the l*i evident, t Its* Sovereign People were a |||- i
tie uproaron*, hide. <1, but it was in an\ tlm jj
hut a malicious spirit f If, j
Juinta .1 Hamilton of N w York, has been
charged temp nanly, with the dunes of "Vrre
taiy of Msi , un il n permanent appointment
shall have been made to that office. Certain
dutie* have to he perfot u»ed, in tfiat «tepa< Imerit
nnmcduifrly on the acci ssinu of a new l*ie*i
dent, winch mak- such an appointment, ml in
terim, mdiHper sahly necessary. [lb.
V\ e inadvertently omitted, the other day to
mention that he several (leads of D artun-ntt,
Mr < t, \y. Mr Ki'tu li I'orti k mid Mr
Southaiio and aUo tie* Attorney General of
the I'uil d Stall *, resigned their riiitiinn uuis
on the third day of t1 is moi th, to t!•« then Pre
vi ‘etit of tfie tim ed State*. ( If,
ft iahniptun, March 7.—The following urnn
mat ions were yesterday made hv the President
of the United Shite*, ami promptly .oefnm-d In
t tie Snirt'f, v / ;
Mnrtin Van Huren, of New York, to he Sc
« retan of State.
Samuel b Ingham, of Pen»y Ivania. to he Se
cretaiy ofihe 1-nsurv. (Nat. lut.
Ihe follow mg iionntiations are also vault
1 "•v• * been made by the President, hut not to have
he n acted upon by the Senate, via :
J“hn itf Lean, of Ohio, to In* an Asmriit
•fudge ml the Supreme Court of the Un ted
'Jite-*.
John tV. Campbell, of Ohio, to be District !
Judge for the Didnci of Ohio.
In- ariangeinent of the Cabinet Minister*,
some day a ago to am horatively announced, it
appears, lias been changed, so far as concerns
tin General Post Office, which, to the timvei
s.il regret, We are sure, of all parties and class
• s ol men, Mr. M Lem., is iriviied to retire
•rom, by the offer of a geat on the bench ol the
Supieme C-ourt. As the fuithei arrangements
me not yet known, we foi hear, for the present
from the general reflections which are rigpes
leil by tin* unexpected occurrence, and th. cii
cunislmces which have attended it [ It,
We If*in that a resolution wn*; yesterday a*
doplt-d in the San a.*, diret tin* the pub it utiou
•d the f.necntive Jouu.al.il the last session
I hr proceeding* of that body, Ibrcfore «iut •
mg its sittings with closed doors, will b made
public. [Nat Jnui
We hag** re tAon to brhtv« that *.nce the ofFl
cial annuucinttmi of the new ( ahinet in the
l» egraphol tfie litith ult. a change hm, been
made tor the purpo e ol effecting that, by a
removal, which was to have be. n managed by
arrangement.” 1fie People are to loose the
valuable services ol an able and independent
officer, who m tfu* discharge ol Ins niiportaut
d ties, has given universal satisfaction, lor the
purpose of increasing the poo er and patron
age of the Pi cm id,n t Which of the M powers
hehiiul tue throne ’ h«* accomplished this
• iiange of purpo e in one who, it is .aid, never
Changes ? [/fc.
H 7* A number of the friend, ol Mi Clay at
ibe Seat of Government, both residents ami vis.
• -is, desiring to t **iii v their esteem for hi.
pu lie and private character, have requested
him to give them an upportiiiikly of bidding hmi
a . - fl, i donate adieu in* lore In a d. pa. line ; for
'Inch puip se they will assemble at a Dinner
at tfie .Mansion Hotel, (Barnard s,) This Kven
ii ., at tuill past 5 o’clock. Ah t .eie i« o ItltIt*
time oi oppur unify lot peisonal CXiiuiii i cation
us been thought pioper to address on mvi
tat ion hi ms mode lu such gentlemen m the di*
net as might have legietted lire want of an
opportunity to unite hi the social pleasuie ol
• i.e occasion. [ tb
The following Address was presented to Mi.
Jackson, on 'In* day ot Ins inauguration n Pie
-id* nt oi tlieU. stales, by the (evolutionary ol
tic- is now ni Washington ;
(Jen .Indrew Jackwii—
Bn—We a tew ot the survivmg officers mid
soldier* ot (he \imy ot the Kt-volution, now
convened at tins (dace, inos respectfully solicit
tlie honor of to uiing your eiCort to the Coppoi
where y ou ale annul to be ntaugoi atwd as pie
sidtmt ol the U hintes
former events, and our advanced ages, pie
clmle the idea that this is designed to <• a mill -
tarv pageant no, -ir, it is far otherwise ; hat
ing lought in the deiencc ol the tan ed i ig tits ot
mao, anti tor the tiliei ty, sovereigntyt iiml in te
pemU- ce of these I'tiitcd States, now iiapptv
hound logcinei.as ttc fondly hope, by an iiulis
soluble chain, * <* I I desirous to avail mu
selves ol the opportunity ol ring pn-seoi tvhen
tin gu. id an* ip of these invaluable beueii s
shall be deposit dm y* or hands.
1 in* valor, the judgment, the independence ol;
nunJ, the pi ui.e.Kt*. t • lit um a* and the true
patriotism o! out great ( OUimHit ei. l\a*hi g
ton,led us I mini pi.an i ly uuotigh the Ucvolutiuu
ary V\.u, .nd the natio.. iluough the hut pe.i
ods nt the f edet aI Constitution ; and v*c *>ave
entire confident c tnai the exercise of the same
tr«ui*ceiiil. nt ni. r .vdl .nder Go., [in-.s.n.
iuviolaie oui liheiucs, independ* ocean i union
doling .our uliiiiiiuiratKm i ami ills nor most
ai d. nt prayer ttiat hey may bepepetua . May
your days be long and happy ^may increasing
honO'S multiply „>u your head —amt, like your
first piedecesfOis, may youadda civic Ulonu
meut to your mnrtialgloiy ; and like lift, may
they be imperishable t
We have *Im honor to be,
With the highest reap cl,
Your most ob’l servants,
William Polk, Chairman
John Nicholas
Aaron Ogden
Abraham Broom
Hubert Bolling
Elnathan Hoars
Hubert krene
I. Wood sides
Philip Stewart
Arnn lead Long
John Brown Cutting
Caleb Starke
Wui. Gambel
Jacob Gideon, sr.
Jehtr M. Tap tor.
To this address, the President tfte 104
tow ing reply ;
Hnpectcd P/tends—Your affectionate address
• wakens sentiments and recollections winch I
feel with sincerity, and tberi‘h with pride To
have around my person el the moment of un
dertaking *h - most solemn of all duties o my
country the companions of the immortal Wash
ington, will afford me *a«isfacHou and grateful
encouragenrnnl. That by my best exertions, X
shall be able to exh'hd more than an nmla'ion
of hi* patriotic labors, a sente of my own iinper.
fections, and the reverence I en'eriain for his
v ir tires forbid tne to bop*.
To you, respected friends, the survivors of
that heroic band, who followed him *o long and
so valiantly in the path of glory, I offer my
sincere thanks, and to heav n my prayers, that
your remaining years may In* as happy as your
toils ami your lives have b* en illustrious.
AMlKMV JACKSON.
From the correspondent oj the Baltimore Ameri
can.
'* Washingion, 27'b February, \879
1 h* authorized publicalimi in the Telegraph
yesterday morning has had u wonderful • ffVrt
upon this community Ail speculation on the
views of the Pi t vident are over for the time ;
.uni candidates for place and tavor will now
addre * themselves to the .*J»:c»elarie* and Head*
of I tepm intents. I *e«* already, some of them
pushed into the corners. 01 held by n button
while the importunate and needy plead their
cause, nud shew their i ightx t » icwhi d.
1 he President's bouse will be given upon
Monday by iU present tenant*. 1 Iiimi sucres \
•or- will require some time to ninka their ar
raiigeiiicntH t(»r its possession. Tha household
oi tlie mansion, is generally replenished at flic
beginning of the Pi evident ini term ; and 1 sup
poses %v»|| be so on the present oct Anion.
If is reported in «ome of the north ei n paper
I perreive, that the famous cm i cxporide nts u
the Lulled .Stales Telegraph, t.ave made ai
rnngemenfs lu wind up the affair by a duel. I
believe thi - report i* wilnont authority. I hav*
learned nothing '<• that etb-ct . and very little
interest is excited in their cjum rel, ns it was gen
ernlly considered a case of loctd puiuy.to be
settled by the coti-iituenis cf'he gentlemen, who
seem to have fallen nut. ’ because one of
them claimed fur hut people, all the bonnlv
solicited by i t lines e of th* Liian*tul Ciorern
men.t
From the Political Arena.
.MJDfiES IN V.M CONVENTION.
Mr. Km rdt:
I he mini!* of the people cannot be too in*
tent • ly bent upon the pre-it wot k, of which f h ♦
ensuing ap ing and nut nmi an to \vitnr>M tin*
doing. None can niistiil a inv meaning. | al
lode to (lie seltciiMti we 110 to tmJ.e, n| fii per
son* In amend our frnvne ol go>» iiiment ; and
the assemblage of those per-.- lit in eonventiou
to execute tin* high nod solemn trust confuted
to them.
It would be id c and ftipet lln«n« to desean
upon the qualifications, which should disiiu*
cuish the depositoi ie% of thi* uionieutous trust
On eiiiy in <1 hate—camion and »o itteness in
deliberation‘.enlarged pnlhiptl views ^soundness
of repmdiran piim.i|de—and pre-eminently h
'•me nil, es«*- p ion from any bias, or tidhility
to bias, by personal interest .i„ain»t who! *.»in»
reformation—are too obviously the requisite*
which should guide our choice, to need enforce
ment or iliummtion.
The legislature have made nil men eligible
I hey cnuid not in fact, rightfully reslii* i the
choice of the people. But it behoves us to im
pose restrictions upon ourselves. It behoves
u», if we desire that proper reforms shall lake
place to elect none who have not all the essen
tia qualifications that I have mentioned, and to
i old those requisites indispensable, inpio
portion to the viml degree of (heir impor
tance.
fhe nboiitioii of tlie executive council—that
mi imihei ing fifth wheel t » nr waggon <»f s !.*!«•
— is so irrevocably dcieiinni upon, that 'he
personages w tin Compote it, (it any of them
should b* thought worth electing', could Imtdly
he di tided »»* opponents lojhu i.Juiny expui
jfwiem. Yei. since Wiry arc interested to op
pose a, (imputent as th« ii opposition mint he,)
prin# iple should he adhered t<>, and no Ctmn
cilloi chosen t • the Convention. But to the
eligibility of our Slate Judge, aocordi «* to the
test under consideration, tlie objection is no
such mallei of imljffi rence, nor one to he thus
faintly urged. It is powerful in proportion to
their t lenfs : and as these rise in the estimate,
that becomes iiresistible. They hav-a palpa
l»h interest against one of ihe chief measures
• *f reformation. For many sabalteru, yet vex
minus, and (where nlteu repeated) flagrant of.
fcucs, these gentleman enj »\ a t> tnl impunity
Impeachm.n), the only remedy avaunt them,
is in practice, a mcie mime. The u> ghty mu«x
that must move 1». tore the p* Dividing can tie
begun, the difficult* (e*cn before an i i pditinl
tribunal) ol cunvu inn- a wealthy, tabnled, and
powerful transmi t mu—and tin* likelihood, ver
ging upon eeiiaun’v. that hisy»re«hren. who try
him. similar in -dtilion, in icsponsibility, mid
perhaps in deliuqueuces, v- 1 so deeply sympa
thige with him as to ho* virtually• t t'l.ii
oun cine—aic so many unfailing guarantee.'1,
that impeachment, as a restraint upon these
high functionaries, is futile as the dictates of
justice before the *.w «rd of a usurping conquer- 1
ei ; or as a *vi itten Constitution, under the con- !
stiuctionof a thoioii*>h paced hititudiuaiian !
Ii is not a wild belief, that to correct this * vil—
to rentier these officers responsible for misde-t
incauoi and for incapacity, by tmaie practicable t
mode of prosecution—w ill he a leading object
with the sages ol the Convention. And it a
judge he am >ng them, will In* not resist this
change 7 Will he not resist an “ innovation,"
(as he will call it) by which lie mid his brethren |
shall he deprived of their I ng possessed pi ivi-j
lege, ol negh-ciing duty or ol being mcapacita •
t d tor it, yet of still enjoy.ng the dignity and ,
wage- given ns the con ideration uf its dis-!
# haig • ? Whoever thinks he will not resist .
Knows nothing of the human hear , and must
deny f as a foul calumny, the liilheifo unqiies-1
tioued axiom, ilmi “ Interest is <he main spring 1
of human action." Even n previous charact* i i
for integrity is here hut a slight ground of;
confidence. No one s\ ill rely upon it, uhoj
knows the inability o! pour frail man, to with- ,
si and the powoi ful impulse of self interest when *
seconded by tin* coincidence of templing oppor
tunity .
I warn the file d> of re.orm—and man*, op
posed to a ruiiv* ntioji, are still the ! iendsof ra
ti. mat letorm t» hewaie, and trust not then
c mstilofiouul maladies, with physicians impel,
led by ihe strongest of all human motives, to
obstruct the cute.
A BUCKSKIN.
Saturday, when Ihe Correspondence arrived,
end one «■! ihe bonk shops was lull of custo
mer. waiting lor it, a purchaser lurried over
the lent ei amt rend aloud from Adam's let
ter. the phrase “ Laharuin iif political religi
on"
" Latiarum"! exclaimed a bystander, what’s
" labarum" i
A Jack tar spoke up Hint said lie supposed it
u as sooip newly discovered shoal, like enough
on the Labrador coast.
A merchant (bought it must tie some new
article of merchandize.
A physician thought it mutt be some new
simple ill the Muterie Mf dica, that would be |
ol service in the Doctor's Trade.
A lawyer guarsed it was the law Latin or
Noruiau I rench name for some outlandish pro
cess. '
Various and unsatisfactory were the con
eclures sported by 'he throng.
A schoolmaster slily turned to Noah Web
ber's book of 80,000 words ; but to ! it was not
here.
He then called fora Dead Language Die
donarv, and ntsdc known to <h« cuotpar.
that H • ». 5;t%dard, • as **»
u,ed by tha Honun Fmperors, before Cotv
tlNotinr used the Cnrs* in iti
[ Sifem Cm.
MISCELLAKI.
The Mystery of Number*.— IVthagorat held
numher* to he the principle of al! things ; end
perhaps fhev are, when frequently added tngr.
ther with $ prefixed The two gieat principle
of the sage w**re innuad an ! diiad, in other
words, unity and duality A modern philoso
pher has c*»nie out in the Ontario Messenger in
favor of the numher three. He has roamed h
bout in the store-house of his memory, and pull
ed down from the shelves every thing young
and old, good, h id ami indifferent, that benrs «
trinnt character or aspect.
Thrte was the numher of the Graces, the
Fates, the Furies, the Syrens, the Gorgon* and
the Grace—those infernal hag«, who had hut
one eye and one tooth among them, which they
used 10 borrow by turns, n- they were to
company or to chew |h*-ir cud.
Gryon had three bodies ; Cerberus heads e
nmigh for all, and Solomon as many options.
T tv^re vs ere three 11 iiimvirafes: C;r*ar. Poinpav,
an<i Crassus ; Augustus, Anthony and Sepsiiius;
and Andrews, Hcville and Cutrrwc. This hi .t
is formed l»y one IVigtiph-fAn
Apollo has hi* Tripod, and Neptune his Tri
dent One, two three and iway, was the word
for starting at the Olympic ref*. And the an
cient* used to call thrice upon every corpse, to
Un .w if it could sta»t any objection* to its bein'*
intern’d. Which naturally lea !s me to Hades
m A les, the old fashion region of distribution
according to our good orfhad lined*. It con
sisted of three piovinces, Krebu-, Tartarus and
J.lysium. Heaven Hell and Purgators - u had
its three judge,s too ; Minns, Mam* and Kliada
inAiittius It* three livers too. Phlege*h.»t<. Co
cytti* and Acheron, with many other Triads too
nuimroui and incotifiderable to mention.
J o this he might have added tha? the three 1
wise men of Gotham wnt to sea in a bowl— 1
that n -entry say* “ t% h * comes there ?** three I
tune- before he tends n bullet after n man —
• hat a note ot hand has three days grace—and
tlmt «t paper of tobacco coil* three cents.
f iV Y Courier.
PAT KM DEFINITION.
DcbfTtts.— An useless wagging of tongtiK*
where the nose* have been already counted.
Ditch.—\ place in which those who have
taken ton much w me are apt to take a little
wafer.
Doze.—A short nap enjnveij by many p«»u -
P“ att**?‘dinner on a wm-k day, and after th»*
\>'M on a SjiuIpv.
Jfyatiam—hitWvrwp the private I to he much
in the public eye,
Embalming-— perpetuating the perishable i
With more pains than wt* take to save that
which is immortal
Felicity —I he horizon (or rainbow) of the
heart, w be h i* always receding as wt* ailv • nee
loo aids it
Jealousy.—Tormetiling yourself for fear you
should be tormented by another.
Marring?.*—Taking a yoke-fellow,u bo may
lighten tin. borth-,n ofesi tenca if von pull
t'*"ether, o, ten h r it insupportable it vottdrag
ditr ■•rent ways.
THE 1EA PLANT.
If has been doubtful whethc there is more
than one variety of the lea plant. Dr. Ahel is
inclined t-o believe fli ie«r two, but that ei
•her will yield both the black and the green teas,
according to the inode of preparation. Dal
i ympie thinks the pi incipal ditleieiice •■etween
the lil.i U and gr* eu is ti»**agc of the leal—'he
latter being prepared when I hi* leaf is in n less
mature state, and while it contain? a quantity
ol vLcid, an I t» a certain degree, narcotic juice,
which gtvrg flie prcu'i.ti churactei of the hyson
teas Abel ifinaltc*». that leaves slowly dried
wid mtnin more of the gieen colour ihao those
tnat are rapidly dried, file green tea is care
fully dried by exposure to the open air ill the
shade, the black by artificial heat, in shallow
pans, over a charcoal fin*, The difference of
latitude in which the?' f• os are cultivated will
show the difference, w o think, of species. The
green ten district lies between the 29th and 31st
I degrees north latitude, and the black tea dll
frier beta cen the 27th and 28th de grees north
latitude 1 be green tea met with mi India ai e
thr^gunpowder, with a leaf rolled quite round,
and the hyson, the leaf ol which is small, closely
curled, and of a bluish green. Of the black
t**HS, the three following ure '!**• best : 1st, the
Bauchov^ ol a pe* ub.u delicate flavor, not of
ten met with out of India or ( hum 2d. the
common Souchong; and 3d, the Bohta tea,
called in Chinn woot-efut Tea is a pn duct of
*L»pan i lie ('liiiiesa use only the black teas,
and prepare tin* minus for exportation. It was i
til'i introduced into J'.ugl nd during the Com i
monweatb, and now about 22,009."00of pounds
ate annually consumed t‘ ere ; in Ore rest of
Lump,* more lb mi five mil ions, and abut as
much mi America. Dr. Clarke says, in his
I ravels, speaking of the viitues of fins plant.
that flirt * lust'd traveller, reduced by con
timmd fever, and worn by incessant toil, expe
rience? in this infusi m the most coo ing ami hrti
samic virtues ; tl e In at ol his blood ibates, l»i>
sf*ii ifn revive, Ins p.orbed skin relaxes, and Ins
so englli is renovated
f ll’nxfiijtglon Chronicle.
Tic Etnpres Josephine and her Jtweh.
We one day the empress to xlmw os all
lie diamonds. \\ it li ilie utmost complaisance,
she ordered them to he brought and arranged
on a large table. When flu* various boxes were
opened, we were dazzled by the brilliancy of
their content*.—It most, | fancy, have been a
collection uniq it* in Europe ; ft it .t was compo
seil ot all the most precious stones belonging to
the vai iotiA towns and ci'icg conquered by the
1 re ic aiiniei.—• Her M<*j> s*y was exceedingly
amused by our mute ast ni-ment. After hav
mg' allowed us to examine them leisurely, ‘ it
is to cme you of an excessive fondness for jew
els, said she to us in a kind lone, • that I have
shown you mine Alter having seen giu h ex*
ftaordiiiury ones, you m ill have i)o wisli j0|. 0
liters; especially when you recollect, splendid
ax they are, how unhappy I have been, although
possessed ol iheiit * In the earlier periods of
uiy astonishing career I entci laiied uiyselfwith
these baubles ; but by degrees I be« ame dis
gusted with them, and 1 now veer them only
\* him my new lank compels rue to do so. Be
sides, a thousand events may deprive me of:
these stiperb but useless things Havel not the
biignul'tlfs that belonged to the queen. Marie
Antoinette ? Let me advise you, young ladies,
not to envy n magnificence which in no way
contributes to happiness. You will be eery
mtitli tfurpij>rd when 1 tell you that I have re
ceived more pleasure from the present of a pair
ul old shoes, than I ev w did from the gift of a
ny of tne diamonds spread before you/
[Memoirs of the Empress Josephine.
ML. \\ M. HARMAN lakes this method of
informing the public, that he will resume
his duties ax instructor of Music on the Piano
r orfe, C larionet, Violin Flute in this place, in
the course of two or three tnooihs. Reference
as to qualifications, ferftis.lfcc. Mr.jWm iVV. Mor
rell,Capr. Sami. 1 VViatt, Mr. |r F. Bowen or
Lapt. J E. Morrell. ts
Feb. 23
Lottery cyid Exchange Office.
THE subscriber has removed his Lofterv
ftnd Exchange Ollier to the house latelv
occupied by Mr. M. White, nearly opposite
Mej*rs John, William ibi Caswell Poe.
B W. H GW SON
Successor to ? M. lb Co
THE VIRGINIA*.
LYNCHBURG. MARCH 12, |h2,,
THE INAUGURAL SPEECH
We promised, inour last, to advert more f,
ticularly to the inaugural Speech ol Gen. Jutk
•on than we had then time to do ; and weprn
ceed to comply with that promise, h, ,ht
first place, we are struck with its ambiguity, f„
different, in that respect, from those ol lm
decessois, and so incompatible with the trank
ness and fearlessness ol chaiacler which hat
heen uniformly ascribed to him. and,
teems to US, likewise, that the necessity fore
ciplicit avowal ol the President's opinions on
'he great subjects of domestic policy whir
have heen so freely and warmly discussed du
ring the administration of Mr. Adwns.&t which
will lose limiting ol their absorbing intere.i in
the next four years, was more desirable nui,
than at any former period. Anil yet, l,e U.
managed very skilfully to throw around his rf.
ulsentiments the same impenetrable veil by
which they Were shrouded during the late con
test, whetebv his li mits iu the Otulli brought
tue Ami-tarifffeeling in that section ofcountry t
bcarin Ins favor,while,tu the same time the North
and H/tst were supporting him as Hie champion
of the American sysem. It does not seem to
ns even to be gooff policy in the President to
pursue this indecisive course—lor, by so iloine
he cteales hopes which subsequent cvi ,ts ^,|[
compel him iw destiny. lie must he aware
mat he will be called on, in Ins otiicml capau
ty to disclose his real sentiment*, both a, to th .
policy of the Tnuffaml as to the extent of tie
Constitutional powei# of the general govern
raenl with regard to that and other great ones
tiuiis. By concealing his opinions now, is it
not certain that he will be claimed by both pai
tics? And if this lie the case, will not iliai
party which he may disappoint, be inveterate
in its hostility ami unsparing in ds denuiiciu
lions in proportion to the gruames* i l'ihe
cepiiun which it will suppose to have been d>
libeiately practised upon it ? This, we think,
will oe the inevitable tendency of the course
which the President ha- thought (it to pursue
We expect it w ill he said that we have been in.
lliiencijil in tue luiiuution of our opinion by
me same feelings of hostility to Gen. Jackson
which induced u» to oppose hi. elevation to the
Presidency. But, if wo know ourselves, such
is not the fact. Llrcied by a laurt* maiorirvnf
the people, we hope, he ran) r nlize (he toralest
j cxpectaltotis of his friends and cisappoinui iluj
j worst anticipations of his opponents, it Is one
j ,htng lo oppose a mnti’s elee'ion lo an office u,
wliiell he aspires, anil it is another to throw oh
Stacies in (he way of the proper discharge of
his duties after he shall have ticeu elected.—
VVc were loo often compelled, during the adm
nis'ralion of Mr Adams, lo denounce the ha,e
ness of (he latter course in many of his oppi
nents, to pursue a similar one towards his stir
cessnr. Our opinion has hcen formed in tie
absence of every thing like prejudice—and ue
speak the delihenue conviction of anr judgment
when we say lhal the equivne.nl character of
the Speech is discreditable to the author, and
totally contradictory lo the whole character of
the man. The object and design of no loan
(jurat Speech, we presume is to furnish the
public with an outline of the principles by which
an Hdiniiiislialionjnst coming into power, vsi'l
he guided. Dues the speech of President lack
sun do this ? He are certainly as much in the dark
as it no Speech had been delivered, and if there
beany individual among his trient's or foes
whose keener perception lias enabled hint to
discover whether or not lie believes in the cun
stitiuio'ial powet of the general government lo
impose duties on foreign imposts with express
reference to the protection t»f American maun
factuics ; or whethet, if tin? gosernmenment do
possess this power, it is expedient to exci
cise it ; or whether the constitution grants i;
power to construct roads and canals in (he se
erul States ;—we say, if any person has been
enabled to discover which side of these ques.
'bins, the President may he expected lo es
pouse, we shall he deeply indebted to him fc
sucti information us will relieve us from tloul'
II, however, the Speech he objectionable let
its ambiguity, it is much morcsufnr the spirit
of hostility displayed towards the late admin:,
tratinn in pie subjoined extract :
file recent demonstration of public sen:
nieut inscribes, on the list ot executive dutie:
in characters too legible to tie overlooked, the.
task of rejurtii; which will require particularly
the collection of those abuses that have brought
the patronage of the Federal Government inti
conflict with the freedom of election, ami tin
counteraction of those causes which have d>
turbed the rightful course of appointment. nnJ
have placed, or continued in power, unfailhli
or incompetent hands."
II President Jackson verily believes (bat tber
arr any abuses to 44 rcjorm" in the adininistr .
tion of the government, we hope he will go :
work zealoasly in effecting the iieeessir.
changes. No one will be more teadily disp>
ed than ourselves to give him due credit fcx
every abuse which he may lop off, or tor tvty
valuable rule which he may engraft into <u:»
system. He should beware, however, in hi
Eeal on this head, that he dopa not interfere
with settled arrangements, the value of which,
though cJ-arly perceptible to those acquainted
with the operations of the intricate machine *
government, may appear to a superflc al o'
server to be wholly unnecessary—But, we ob
ject to this passage cl the Speech for another
reason. 1* orgettiug the dignity of his static;*
and the moral sublimity of the occasion, the
President condescended to adopt the miserable
party slang of the day, and to charge the late
administration with having 44 brought the pat
ronuge of the firdtraI government into conflict
with the freedom of elections”—w ith having
drlturbed the^rightful course of appointment!