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THE LYNC HBURG VIRGINIAN.
15 V FLETCHEll & TOLER. LYNCHBURG, V A. MONDAY. MARCH 23, 1829. VOL. VII.—NO. 63.
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__ For *< per "• »dvaoe..-*No iiil
1 „ K; for a leal time Ilian aia mouth a
trip»ion will JJ,,nJJ'I|l,eoluhMnMl (but at the diaerutiun
1 :L“fK) Wllilall arm .rug«* «re paid.
‘^L , I iiNuineal* will 1 « 'n«ned at 5fl raltl* per
nr blW'li" t ti,nU| uod .17 1-2 ounta for eai h
t plR»a front if dirlauce must bo pul,I fur
... uiaerliub, or the payment ussuraud by
P»r.ou i.lOnchbu'y
XT l.haneery Order. nutewioediu* two.qu.m.iire in
■ ori''tl^fir »ix
nr til li tters ad.lr.wed to the lid,tor. mu.l be port
. „J. „r H,uv w ill hot be att.-n.le.l ti .
PAIllS Sl LiOADOA
m SUPERB
»Q0X*3*
■ f T S T ‘*l’Cn'"S> R **Per* ossortnipul of
l^ii;y ailicles, BiuongH Ihtoi are the ful
'„u HIP '
Jjeml HitiCnles
Silk Jo
♦ina.l Pul«e«
Silk ll"
>i„ard Chains,great ra
r1c,-v . ..
,Mu»i.nl Work Boxes,
(superb)
|>i>. Sdillf Boxc3 <lo
Alabaster Ornameuis
} to. Ink stand*
Pistols, double barrel
Mir single do
;ij percussion Locks
;„i, r'.'itli li.ivonets
Cologne Wilier, great
vanity
Antique Oil do do
Essences, great variety
Odors J° J°
Scissors (superior )grtat
xnriity
Veil Knives, (Kogei s)
real, gnat variety
Pocket do ilo do do
' liess Men
Ilo. Hoards
Mi aft el" Checker
Hoards
Sugar Boies, great va
nity
Ink Stand do do
Kotos or Keno
Ooiuiiios
Hunter's Hollies, vari
ous silts
Leather do do do
Kiticulc Clasps
H’ur-e do
'.iliniBpoo.it Si l urks
.Mustard Spoons
Mpirit tc Arid Proven
ooiifi'Hnxe- great vti':'
(ly
''lagic I.Hiiierns nsjrir
teil sizes
Ilose, Lavender find O*
range ('lower waters
very silp.
Vegetnl/lelloage
Vinegar of KougC
[Grecian Liquid Rouge
[ Pomatums. gteal vaiie
| Iv, in puls und mill
Razors, old hnglish
Do Pudars
Do O blader to 1 han
dle
i/ew tiler's Brushes
'ail dd
Pearl Counters for
whist, variant kind's
Kngli-.li Dice, lu-auii ill
Ivnry, Inr Miniatures
CITRON sup. qualit y.
very chalip
Cravat 9tiffm-rsor pads
Otto et 6d Hose, gems'
M
Oil Cyniciti
Oil Rliodi
Watch KtWkons
Bell do
t’eren-ston Caps
Plain mill Cut Glass
Smell'nig V^nls, g eat [
variety
Neck I lies
i.adius’ Overshoes,very
a oud
Canes
lisliiug ' 'and
Swotd Canes
Ridieg Whips, variety
pancy slates
pancy Glass Pictures,
small
Cologne lot Ladies 1cm
ieltes, lieaiitilVtl
I olim < o Itoves
powder Puffs, -everal
hinds
[pancy Snaps, great v j
[ t (My
[Oefilleinen'i dressing
[ I’l'Xe. , lieailllltll
Night I'apefS
PnrdJuliicms
Thei mmueters, gren
1 vaiieiy
Dirks, ^-c. ice. cVc Lie
1 ogemer u nit a great variety ot inner union s
n it tlfc'fein mentionei! My stock of Medicine,
be. Iiotv 111, Ini nil, IS I lie largest in the State, t
tlie variety better than any bouse in the Union.
All the arliclos are offered at the very lowest
jiricas l.OVVKL DAVIIIS
Match lf>
■MM. __- —*
20 0 P ACKA GEN
J.ondon, Paris, Huston, iVcw Fori «W
Philadelphia Hoods for sate,
UY WHOLESALE OR RETAIL.
9LW~LDK'INKS, dings, piii ts, o Is, dycdiu(Ts,
!¥■ brnsher. wine-, snuffs patent medicines
surgeon's instrument-, ballet's iriatcrials, dye
nods in sticks ami ground, colors, chemicals ;
the American medical herbs, water colors in
Inner and by ibi/ert of single cake, cnlnurs lur
painting on felvet, clothiers brushes and jacks,
tenter linn>.;, a variety of fn«ry ar'iclcs trnm
I'aris and London, which the Indies and gentle
men ot Lyfifhbuig and its vicinity are veiy re
{•ectfitlly invited touall and examine, fuller’s
materials, Dentist's instruments, n complete as
sortment of gum elastic instruments,' ate. The
subscriber is now opening hi. -ptmg supplies,
consisting in part of the above articles. He ve
IV respectfully invites tlie call id bis friends
customers, physicians, merchants, the citizens
of Lynchburg and the public in general He
id able to supply orders to any extent, ami will
fell goods uii as good terms as any house in Vi#,
giuia. ILs articles ate «II fresh and gamine.
howkl d.wtls.
feb. 2#>.
fc'reab Drop's and Medicines.
^IV'ic subscriber has iiitely received aSMALL
A additional supply of FRESH DRUGS iV
*Kl>?CS.Ni;3, wtifch makes his ASSORT.
MEN 7 very comflele. nTe receives SMALL
supplies almost every week, hy which mentis,
Ms slock, though not the L ARGEST,is always
f RKSH him) sufficient to inner uuy orders
•hat he limy he favored with.
THOMAS DUVAL.
N. U. Prescrip'ions faithfully attended to
■>y Virginia Bred VOUNG GENTtEVlEN.
Jan. _ i
FOK SALE,
f\ VERY handsome little Farm, upon the
■iSsiheail waters ot Asipomattn*, in Ricking
^ani. This land is in the neighborhood of Clo
ser Hill, lies remarkably vvel I. produces to
kttceo of the finest quality, and hns upon it a
♦ery large orchard ol well selected fruit ; the j
’rtscl contains 310acres—Persons disposed to
*.ry, wilt apply to the subscriber or Col. Sami.
A. Patfesoa, who ii*es adjoining the premises.
SAME. P. CHRISTIAN.
March 2. • ts
Wi.bavu'tttRbiJhy received' a case ot
highly finished' Leghorns, much1 low
« Bia.n any imported this sensoir.
NhlsKE, ROBINSON «*■€(>'.
esn.6.
Coriimission Business.
HE subscriber having entered into tbu
M Cota mission business, offers bis jervi
L-e. (u the merchants and pinnt.-rs trading to
this place. Tobacco, Flour, and oilier pro
duce, confided to his caie i(. sell or ship, will
l,e strictly attended to. He is provided with
Storage in a fire proof house on main street,
•or the reception of Flour, Whiskey and puck
ages ol Goods. SAME. HANNAH
•fan. I. 12m
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Spt. Turpentine and Linseed Oil.
[flfSr received a full supply ofSpi. i urpen
line am) Liiiketd Oil.
hovVbl daVies.
March 2.
S N li F F
■ I i-reiv-d mnl fnr jlp, hi very rcrlnceil
■ijynetr. h »cry lar«H iis*ihtun m ol'Simir*n i
lloilln, Cdnislefs, J»r>, BI.i IiIit* mnl Bi-him
IIOWEl, DAVIES.
E.'b, 2.1
oo w •* xssion ausumaa.
^ | 111 K -ubseriber idfurnis hit liittid* and the
V public that be continue ' to do business
un Commission, and pruinec that no pitins
Shall be snared to gJve entire setisfeclinh to
hi! Planters and r«irii»ei“ who may confiifo to
:iih management the •'tile oI lnhuceJ; Elmir,
r other pro lin e. Hi-, of lien will bd kept At
(be Store of Messrs I S. HalSey; next door
below tin? J'aruiar a Bark
i). SAUNDEKA Jr.
Jitn. H- K*.m
AT II \ SS HA KI h<
*.? B. subscriber, at the lower end ol main
street, in addition tuhi* liopr and l wine mak*
ing business; make* and lepairs Curl’d Hail
Matrasses Also make* Shuck Matrasses, a
cheap and comfortable article for siiiiinn i —and
would be thankful lor ;t 11 y job in that way,
which shall be <1 me w ith neatness and despatch,
and on very reasonable ternies.
I. II. ECHOLS.
May 1 tsfip.
ama a a-itrjts3 T
HrK have a few handsome Kiw*ipo;>l Di
ning Setts complefe, w hich we are of
fering very Itft* Vl*o, u splendid ns<ui imejit
l ea Chhfbt, embraeiug every quality and price.
VVe invite 1 lie attention ofour friends and the
public to the above.
McKEE, KOBINSON cj Co.
Jan Ti.
POTTKltN
vegetable cm rnnuco.x
ONLY $2 PER. BOTTLE!.
f milv unpai*nlifted reputation of this med
cure is sdtk, and its preeminent virtued
4ie so well established, and so fa*ly uCEnov/.
edged by an hrfelijgfni public, that it is
scarcely necefisaty to say any tiling further
tliifn that it is
A SOVEREIGN REMEDY.
In Diseases of the Liver : Debility resulting
fioin intemperance and dissipation : Old and in
veterate Dicers: Pains in the Bones, attended
with swelling* of the joints : Indegcstimi
Blotches on the Face, Pimples, ^c. Svpi*it»s
('iitaueou* diseases generally, and Tetter in pur
ticular : Mercurial and Scriitulous complaints.
Tlie certificates of wondei fill cu/es perform
ed by the Calholicon, have become $6 numer
ous, as tu j»r» clc?4e fheif hifieftiou in any news
paper, mid hasmvde it necessary fur the pro
prietor fo print flieni in a pamphlet of about
100 pages. This will be forwarded ug soon as
possible to the sevcial Agents for gratuitous dis
tribution, and must, on perusal, strengthen the
good opinion now entertained by the It lends of
this mcdiceue, and disarm, as it is hoped, the
prejudices of those w ho view with distmsl any
medicine not known in what ig called “regu
lar practice*” Facts arc stubboii things, and*
oam.ot be gainsaid.
At the earnest solicitations of members of the
medical faculty, and others who have witnessed1
the astonishing cures effected hy the use of the
Vegetable Catliolumn. ami w ho are anxious that
ts benefits to mankind may be more widely dif
used, the proprietor ***** consented to reduce
the retail price to TWO DOLLARS
per bottle ; and this well be clone wiilumt in any
way deteriorating the quality of the medicine,
or reducing the size rtf the bottle, as has been
materially done in the case oi Swaiiu’s Pan
acea.
flit &vT» genuine Medicine for ‘ah* by
W. I. HOLCOMBE CO.
* Agent for Lynchbtng.
Great Bargains in Cloths
rflHOSE who want Cloths, would find it to
B their interest • « call on the subscriber.
Me has mixtures, olive,s claret, super Sc mid
dling blue and black Cloths, and 1 piece su
per Ermine blue, and one do. do. Electoral
black, which be is determined to sell very
cheap. II. ALLISON.
Dec. 26
dji, ■ REWARD.—Rnrmw.iy lioin my
I- plantation, in Botetourt county, on
rT 12th of the present monfh, a mulatto man,
N.it, he is about 21 yearrof age and utn oininltn-'
ly likely, lie is. I expect, in the neighborhood
of Lynchburg, or perhaps in the neighborhood1
of Bethel in Atnhtrst. He had a variety of
clothing which he look off with him, among the
rest a fine hat, bluehroad cloth coat, JS.C. The
above reward will be given for the apprehen
sion ant* delivery of the itbnve slave to me
near Bedford Court House.
JNO. N. ANDERSON.
Feb. 2d. tfBG
vVJOTICE.—By viriueofa deed of trust,
JiJ executed to the subscriber by Joseph Dil
lard, bearing date theStliof October, IB24, |
shall, on Monday the 20lli day of April next
at Amherst C. fl prhceed to sell, to the high
el ludder, for ready money, 5 negro slaves,
lo wit: one mHn Billy, one woman Charlolti
and her three voongvst children, or so much
ol said properly »s may he sufficient lo an
twer fbe purpoieiof the trust deed aforesaid
Acting is trustee. I shall convey such title on
i is vested in me, bn1 have no doubt of its
being good. itOBLRT IINSLEY.
March If). w td?C3
POTTER’S
Vegetable Catbolicon.
ONLY *2 PER BOTTLE ,
fllHK unparalleled reputation of this medi
JL clue ik such, And ill pie eminent Mimes
aiefso well established, mid so fully ncknowl
i edged by nn mtrllig. ui public. flint it In acarce
j 11 nfcccs.u} to any titty (Mug fcither than that
it is
A SOVEREIGN REJWE BY
>n diseases of the f tver ) Debility restMting
from iutemper him r ft fid fliir.ipau'n OM m.a in
veterate riceis ? I'dms in ltie bones, ntieujed
uni swell, i s ul »l»e jointi. ; Iudige: tiou, Hlotcli*
i on tin- I- ace, I'lingles, &c. itypbili*, Guinn
• on disea generally, mid letter in particu
lar; MiTi uual.mil hciolulout r nipluinu.
i tie tvrliiicities of wonderful cures performed
1 ‘V i tic Cat I id I icon, have become m> numerous
as to preclude their insertion in any newspaper,
awl link mnde it necessai y for the proprietor to
print them in a pamphlet of nbmii 100 pages
inis w ill Ue forward* d as soon as possible to
thf'gcveial agents for gratuitous dull illation,find
muit, on pnusal. strengthen the good opinion
now entertained by the friends of this medi*
cine, and disarm, as it i* hoped, the prejudices
ol those who view w ifh distrust nny medicine
loot kftowu in what is called * regular practice.”
j I acts are uhln i n things and cannot bc£tiiit
said.
At theeuinrst solicit tdinimd- member* ol the
iuedic.it faculty, and others who have witnessed
the astonishing cures effected by the Vegelabl
G-alhollcui', and who ate anxious that its lien.
«*?i> to inankimf May be more widely diffused,
the proprietor has ronsented to redm e the* re
tail price to Tyro Tjojul*aks per bot
tle ; and IJits Will be done without rn nny way
tetcrioiating the quality ol tlie medicine, or
rtriurimi llii .'iae of Ihe bvilh, nn has heen ma
eiinlly done in the case ol SwHiin*s Putin*
ceil.
TbO subscriber, agent for Potter’s bumitic
, t ;.fbolicou, bus just received t?NS HOT”
TI.EH. winch are for sale at y oladelpbia pi i
cvs. HOW 11. DAVIF3.
Fib. ~ tf49
I\ Vi) I OH ' ILE —I '-'ll .• il ;i I ha i
A gain ma ti act of Laud,* lying in tin* low
er end ol Patiicii County, on Mill ( reek, mid \
Maho lltver adjo ning the lauds of Harden
! Hairston, Greenville Peiui, Charles Foster,
Jns. Kentierly, Fsqrs and o»I~m, . minining
seven hundred act. * I here ia a sufficient quan
tity ol cleared Iffiid to work ten .*r twelve
! l ands, and a icrlfcfable good dwelling house,
kitchen, weaving house, nnoke house, barn,
tobacco houses, a large quantity of ai plc trees.
A huge proport ion of the land tnni is to dear
is gotnt tobacco land /V further descrip'
tiou is deemed unnecesny, as any peison wish
ing t pin chase, would first view the premises.
The above laud is well calculated to divide
Ito two tracts. JOHN fOlNDEX l ER
Mai h 9 w$wAD
SWAIN'S PANACEA.
* | VII. iollov.ni” is a t in no I hI iof i of a IcMer
P from tin* uriginfil Spanish, dnt- d 2'id ol
September, lfi2S, lorwimbdto W illiam Sv*Jtim
l»y J (j \. Williamson. K*ij. American Cm
I
jHflid’scInrjf evidence* of the respectability ol
i .Vfr Rodrigues, luu been laid beiore tin* *■'<Iitoi
Sol (In* National liaietle.
Cakalcas, Republic o( Ccdu'iiibiu.
§ept. 2$,
7b llm Swui/n, Philntlrlphia,
Sir : I lie marvellous and beneficial effects
of your f’auacea in a tiiim'ter ol in.Manxes in
winch it has been hied in flun city, and >f which
1 am a witness and admirer, and the ne^esmyof
i a supply without the risk of adulteration of
some bottles lor my own house and for conn?
| particular friends of mine, induce me fo take
i the liberty ol addressing you, a--d to supplb ate
J von to have the goodue.r.*» to tend me .'Id bottler,
’ directed to the on*ul res Mont at this capital,
I (vi/,. .1. 1* \ Williamson, ) for which 1 will
pay the said Consul, oi suCb person as you may
direct, according to the invoice , but t truM you
j wif! put it at the- ino-l ecfuilahle pne ,. I have the*
' satisfaction to intorm voutliat I am an ocular
witness nt nixtu a n*tu of the great***! impoi
lance atfected by yom Runnera, of jpkihii ,
Chronic J mein at*, and uh.crmts Hum -—also
! of L cr tamyliwils so common in thi*» country.
I This bad the just and minted piaite?; which
1 i hnv* bestowed upon the iii'diriiic have
broil) t t n into great estimation, and with
i mil doit!•( t will deserve inula from day to day,
for a c i.i.bd-iable number uI pciNm arc* ta
king it with profit
I have the honor to be, A*
(Signed) i MHiL. RODRR.IT S.
ft is to be greatly regretted, that iu comi’*
vyuenoe of (lie unparalbded success ol this tnedi
cme: sir rrtmiy inert imitations of it mu dai
ly foist cue'll- on the public aid that a remedy
«f sTich invahiahle powci'* &hm*ld tuns be falsi
fied.
O* The price being now re<*\ieert to TWO
DOLLARS pei bottle, places it m the power of
all classes to avail tbcillielve* of its use.
WM. SW AIM.
SWAZM’S PANACEA
|' Reduced to only 2 didlurs the bottle.
I * 11IIEsubscriber, hj;.mi1 for S\VAIM si g.'im
1 in.-PAN ACLA, bus jusl received JJSS
bottles which he offers at Rhiladel
I |ihia prices. HOWEL DAVIES.
I -Feb'. 3.____ _____
I y>»OTICK.—All persons indebted to Samuel
I A J I* l)avi», dec are rc<|*iir.'d to make pay
merit immediately,-Hnd Ihoae liuving cliiims
gain.! the aame are teriue.led to present iKem
to me for payment. O. ci. CLAY, admr. of
S. b DAVIES, dec
March 2. _ dw
The Noted Stird Horse
SNOW in full
perfection, nml
I w is)> lo decline
that business ; like
wise, I <*idi 'o sell
or fnrm liim form
ensuing season. I will sell « cheap hargai
in him, lake horses nr good paper For ter in-,
apply to the subscriber at Amhrrst roor1 lions* .
I FOWBATAN D FRANKLIN.
[ March 19> "ft
rOKTRV.
INVOCATION TO THE SPHINU
BY CAHhlBOtON.
“ O welcome spring ' whose still small voir#
is heard
Even by the mighty lemiesi of the North—
Who stiays amnl thy rmp re, and f"els not
Divine sensations f—feels not life renew it
At alt its thousand fountains 1 Who can tiathe
Hi* hjow in thy young hreere*, and mil bleu
The nasr-born impulse which gives wings to
thought.
Ami pulse lo in non. Uni lor mi. the gala
1 hui waiitrur wnh the flower nnd fans tin
bud
Into the living leaf, amt WulH arounil
Viagrainc and liindlh hiealhes nut 't liebird
vi Inch sings
His touching I v el liberie and lovK
To !hnu«nti(1j, sings not lo my year the
by mil
I Of earth midslyy—the breese the flower, the
tu n. !• -
All iiglns ami rnunds delicious- cheering •till
Fiominmii to I ve, the bln,bin- vernal hour—
Aio for the j*>youv ninny who run siiav
Al will, tin - hui Uli il liy I lie -idling Chain,
t hat I.dc Inn fmgi d fm I ihour s countless
amis :
A chain unbroken mid unloosed oft
l’ » uin Youth to foilin ' age# shvt juft to tasty
How b\\ cci a tiling ts liberty . — to mark.
How gum f.ie » a»th—If.nv bo tutiful flip *ky
How 4?tl iPe- uiOci iif the yeU'-.Mifl wear
1 Thu hated builds Hgfliil. Oil me the sun
II.is seldom slionf—a freeman ;—free to rove
At til or'ii, and hear the feathery nutioiH |ioui
Tilcif s'i 'ii.fi (till trenrted, ttb the r ty hat
drunk
Tint dew dt up of the v.dn «to hear fhC rill a
In joyful iiiiinilt Mi' ll adov\ n l*y slopes,
Dcvoiiia ; and with lightsome step to settle
Thy lulls *• r* i i;-• n ested, and delfghfrd view
The infinite of prospect ; — ft«e fit ihmiii,
By fringed biooks, in meditative m nod.
To u*st while nothing breaks tin* Infllowed
pame
lint laps of living watersrt t at eve,
'l o tread some m illumin'd ridge and gaze
I'.uiaptureil un till.* cloud that nails lie wist
Willi biiei ceb rfml tinged, and hear the sung
That bid* tin* dn\ farewell *—how seldom free
1 h?oiigb I lie’s dull, dreary, hfttirtless round, a
night
I)enr eight!—to draw my curtain on the
v. (ii Id,
Invoke the Mu'c, commune sfrhli ages pant,
And feast on nil the Injur y of hooks."
WOKKING OXEN.
Much link been stud and « i ittcn a^mind the
common mode of working oxen With h yoke,
i'll if) in.inner of attaching them totlii'h* loud
i said lo be the prim ipal chihj of tin ir mar*
I mg with a -low pm r \\ hen or»n are hi (ached
i to a curl, with i. o i -V, heavy tot>j_' re, according
! 'ii the V;\v England mode, it i ; ollcit the i h»h
ihe load in so d kpokcd tn (ho <:rt Ilia*
that it b<ms heavily ■ n tiioir lift k*, and
I- vuiy oppressive, especially in going down !
| loll. And sometin.#•» in gofng up hi'f the j
i tongue of the cart lou a temlenry to nr, m j
I ruristnpieiice ol the preponderance of (lit* part |
I of the load whirl i> behind Hie w lit* id*, him! j
I the oxen are uearlv choked by the bows of!
their yoke* being dt uvu agairV»t their throats
In France, w o hi rig oxen arc IntmU'ied by (lie
heads hi su- h a manner a.s to cull *iito action
the join: power of the neck and the base of
thejhorti. Tin- imMhod was mnfe years since,
introduced Milo Ifeland with complete suc
cess ; two oxen thus harnessed, according to
English accounts were able lodravv Wi’h ease,
tin tt tons w right
Mr. tamper (Young's I'ustciu Tour) li
kes collar.** on oxen as oil hot-et, except
I that they are buckled cm wish the nar
row end open dowtitv aid, I he c I. Hi ns are fasten
ed to them in the KHlIie diieelion as on a
horfu* liarin'kf', the diauglil is therefore more
inclined than with homes. the line of the
1 chains lining alitmd apto tii««ii|hackl , which
is iirce-oar) from the •1il!cri*nt shapes of tior*
sp<* and mi * ili» ) diaw m harness ablVasl
hi pairs XIi 'ie m m « line ; und walk as
fast as htf ‘ s M Uordlev says lie 11 saw a
wagon hi lVrm*yIvania, drawn by two bull)
i :.nd Uvo vf> ii, bridled and geared in Ihiiiim^s
uod colters."
hi Vlyml'y • Sum o of Shropshire, it i» Minted
j that “ idle ox teams of this crfniity used lo
j consist ol ten oxen yoked '. now tlmsi who
. use them generally plough Witn five olun
single in peering, or girth fc*ur oxen and n‘
horse lo lend them A few pi tsoru "have
used I he hi m wagons.’' And the same wmk
mentions u team, ill which ” one ox shafted
the wagon, and k believe tins team either in
! ploughing, or upon the road, was an abieaf any
1 horse team m the neighborhood."
i urns
TV art of uixprin mg tht (litclity of I'm, \ 1
is said i » have origi nUed in Belgium , and !
while tin* \cadrmyof Munich were dooblingthe
possibility ol thi* description of intprovcuieht
and even giving a prize to uo essay wiuen
maintained the negative side of the question,
the art had aiiendy made an iiumens** nrogre»s
in the Me l ei lands.—|i is not meant that new
fruits wcie never rai»ed from seed befoii, but
that the business of raising uevr sorts of ftuils
from seeds was never I fibre undertaken on
scientific pi inciplcs. Chance ha*, at all times
and in ell coun ries, discovered new sort* of
fruits fiomseeds which ha#e sprung up acci
dentally bo: n wa- only in Belgium, towards
, the laltef tut) of the eighteenth century, that
seedlings were raised in huge <{'iaiititie* with
retci cnee to tins objeef. 'fhe (ity of Mons
made the first attempt, and obtained lour ei
j.quisite new peats, via. the i'a%s<* Colmar, the
! Beurree Ranee, the Beurree Spence (in honor
| of the celebrated enioiuologi-t.) the Beurree
il’Hivei, and Les Del ices d’ll.fdmlpoht —
Curse weP rai ed in the garden of Codfi&llbr
liar lenpont- Other amateurs have deVoted
hcmsclresto the same subject, and obtained
Several pearl of etcelleiit q. ality ; the Bonne'
de Mon* the Doyenne de Moan end many
ittore 4>art procured La Napoleon; and
that learned pomologist, the Abbe Duqnetne. j
tailed noiQiig other!, the earelleni Main
Louise. W. Petit pursued those reseatrhes
winch M. Doqitelne w«s obliged to abandon
Irom ill health and other cau e» In I landerfc j
they discovered the iufcwnparaiiln Foudante
de* Bui« (Hosthter;) the Capuchin# of Louvaine
obtained their Pastorale ; and the Comte de
Colomutn of Maluics, l/l)d>ani»te.—-Duriug
' flte«e times thousand* of pi an I* were originated
annuallv at Brussels, with a view of studying i
the quality of their fruits The result o! the
whole ha* been published by Professor \ an
Motts, In a catalogue dated Louvaine, IlfilH
Mi ua^er lies Science* i t ties Art*. Itvres I ef
Hid, p 77.
CONVENTION.
S/ieerh n/ Mr J. ( ', CA BELL in the Senate, on
the motion to grnihiate. the Hepneentation t'n
Convention, hi/ Senatorial Dietrich.
Mi ( AUKMi iM llm1 'lie rlilij.i t had in
d.(gone an aiiipl. diSt'ii-xidll, anil h. did nol
tuppds. that 'l '♦«» in Ini power in infl'icor. the
dlvi.intl ul Hit S.ualr Hul Ii. I II il due Hi
himself .ml In Ins t:o,ulilu«nl», in .xplnin 1 In"
grounds ul il l1 »nl. Ii. was nil "II Hi give. Til*
il,•Imi,■ h.ul s.suiiiid 11 Mil. nml ililrilisir rt dm
huh r, nml various questions serm.d in iispru
gu-n, lu .licit strong r mol lull* nml 10 p.rple*
I In- mind, ul 111 misers. But It 1 rqutrrd no tin
11.mil discern in.lit 10 perc.ivr llm mailer qurs
turn, tluil linn th« real soiiico nl diHi.iilty, mul
i-iflu.nreil every other qur-'ion. It was nut
Iho mu;;, uf (election, important ns ilint object
m m in the dmrei lei "l llm ('miv.iitiun ll was
lint III. rs'.iisinft ollli. t lu lit nl suH'mga, gloat
ns t Ii ii I subject was iu nil II. fi.al mgs. llm
(mini nl ■ tml .Itllmri iiMin.iif wal Hie aiiinel
ni.nl nf the iniiti nl 1 .pr- s.ntntiou In CbltSAn
'ii'it, and'll. ewfif nl'ill ,1 raliu upon llm III
in.jimlilii «l pmitei nf the .ntf.i n and wasiein
... inis nl the Cuuim "iiw.ii'th
I lie dnitjiidnient |U'd|fb»«d by ill. member
1.. 'In «!• rfl.ld Iiml for iu principal object, <»
sulisiiintc ul III. (ilac. nf I hi 1. y ali-ui ul gradii
11t.1l cuiiiiiy rtiii.■eniiitum piu|in*.d iu tin* 011
i;.il In I tlial ni ftrpuil 11 |»i. Ontnlion from tnc
(nei.Mi s.uiit'iriitl (fisincii of 1I1. Him. The
iin.nrlml nl lo tin uiii.niliir.nl migg.st.il by th.
inCnib.i Irmu Ibi ns nq iv.nl In gradun . lit.
i.pres.nlalion Ii "in these disli u l.', nil the basis
nl the while |iopiilalioil ut III. Bint., a , (li.wn
by lb. federal r.nsusnl Ibg'i l lm nni.ndni.iil
«i Hi. member from Hamsun, Mr C ibougbl,
all.r giving !• the subject m ich r.fl.i lion,
ought not lu (if vail —Whatever may have been
Ills opposition to II Convention, now I at a 11m
j uly ul his 1 iMKliliienl., ami 1 majority of thi>
p,i p|,. ni ibi 'bate, tailed Im th. measure, hr
h ul Kofffelo (I. seal ul guv. lOUl.Hl firmly dr
l, ,nn 11.il tn i>mlril. it. ' v ly Hun:: 111 hi. (Hia■
.1 In chi ry l hrir wish 1- into .flit.l, lie luid
for.Seen thi conflict ul Ult.l.-dt an I III. angry
feelings that would or . from th. iI scushoii of
til. Mibf.ct now under ill. nusiil.ration of III.
Senate, and h. bad never known au octaduit
on which llm1. whs greater necessity Im th. .*•
efin. ol a s|'if'i o' mutual tl.f.li'tVe, and 1111.
dessioll l'i 111flpt.1l by III. t|iiill of Concilia
(mu. be bad, until v.i y 1 • c.ntly. Icll ill |in-.d lu
wave all • lij.clioni cimimctfld with the p.i uliar
si uatinn of lb. ea-i, and In vole fm urgnms.ing
the CniiveiiHnn on III. solo basis of il|. W ild,
p qiulalion of th,': Slat, llm llieipir slur, tiuwas |
lined ,1 ii.wf-ispni t I I" single sl.nd idol III. 1
whit. p,,| in billon w 11 - no iv brought lo w si 1 -I to. ni
g d with sell.in.nl zeal, as .1 110 ,1.10. a Inch the
w t bail a rigid to 1I.111.1 an I the .11 I Coulil
not wub juslu:. 1 .fuse Upan I "Is grain I. Mr. j
C WAs imi pr.per.dto make Ih. l ouc.ssion re
quired. On the cwutiary, viewing I h. silbjec’
in ibu light in which it presented iis.lt In Ins
iiiiml, Ii. was compelled lo say, that it involved
a mod dolicatv qii.sffim mi which he fg1t il Ins
duly lu avoid if possible, any |n.niafiir. cum
milnl.iit, and to l"«vi for iidj'istimmt in a more
appro|iri»to plat., i" (lie Convention almut to
tie fonii.d, Where idon. In- was very sure that
his cnnifhu.nfa wished and cxpftci.il il lo he
In ought into discus-mu
In order lo inft.it,un with precitrinn Ih. hear
ing of th* various schemes of 1.presentation
presented by the 01 iginnl hill, and (lie two a
mriidiiie ils umlvr consideration, it would he.x
li.dieiit In f'> rfpnn a ciiniiiiun maximum 10 Hid
Hinminl ol representation in Convention, ami lo
r.t.i" all I he pilots to it, as a Ktiuidaril ol com
parift'in. Th. Ol iginal hill proposed a Conv.ii
1 in,, ul |-17 111.ltd. is Th. aimimlio.nl reduced
fh. iniinb.i to |M Andtl1.Hin.11l111.nl loth,
amendment called fora liady of 10(1. For h?»
own part. Ii. pr.frrnrd til. Kiiialf.st ourrrbi r
la.iilioued , /lid lu- would select that ns llr.
measure of comparison- To ascertain Ibu np
portimiuu id of rftpr.xentalion in 11 ("iiiv.iiijon
of JM) 111.111h.rr, licsed on wnitn piipubiliiin, as
(ir.s.iil.d bv the (l iteral < .iisus ol IH20, M (,'.
said Ii. had availed himself of a ' alio alion
mad. by n ni.tuber id th. other hous» of A.
semblt. who r.tir.s.iii.d 11 county situated be
yond Hi- Blue Hidge ol iiiounlalnf. III. sla'e
m. iii appeared Hi be ibawu 11 • with great care,
and a ; far ns h. could (i.rceive, ivei' entirely
actum'. Whatever objection iniglil be made
to :bis icliem., on th. gunnid nl a iiausfer by
Iruixlidion, ol fun ions limn disnirt I" district,
in order Ii effect a r.pi'e.eutalinn of I lie whole,
people, its. ui.d lu do juslu ., upon ihenssiun '
cd t-HS':, tu .very puitiim of tlm >(< 1. In like I
manner, In order 10 ascertain die proper ap-j
portion men! on a combio* d basis ul taxation ;
mid population, lie would refer t" a slal.nl.ill I
Iliad. Ly another in.iiil 1 ul the lions. Of Dele- j
. Hi s, mpr.scfiling a county on (1 . i sriefu idc .
of III. Kill!,.
\\ Uli the (injfi rtwriPd nmi in-- rri.iirrisii* utt l
the table of tlta Senate, Mr. C was enabled lu I
stall* the •■|Fect» of the ililii rent plan* of repre ;
m illation on the political Miuation of the rasltrti
and western parts ol the State
In a Convention of ini members, the country
east of tile Blue Hoke would have a majority os
follows :
On the scale of graduated county rep
reinitiation us presented in the bill from
the House of IJelegatys, M
flu the proportion tiled i". the amend
inent 10 tlic ainenilioviit, of lepreseuta
lion by Sanatoria! districts, on lue bai.s
of while population, IS
Oil the plan of equal representation
from the Senatorial districts as suggest
ed by the amendment of the Senator
from Chesterfield, 24
On the scheme of equal county repre
sentation. 35
On the combined bn-its of iHxalioc and repre.
sentation.
This table of results, shews conclusively that
the Whole amount of the difference, between
the two proposed (Maui of representation by
Senatorial districts, is only eight members, the
eastern majsiiil)', being i.i tbe one case, (Went) •
four, in tfie oilier siiteen So far as numbers
entered into the quantum, an increase • r dimin
ution of eigfit members,constituted (lie whole
t round ol sepai abon An eastern majority e»
isnng in either case, the diflVieu r, Mi C. had
hoped wou'd tie surrendered by the w-stem del
egation. If this should be in-ist-d--It, he would
respectfully ask the representatives ol the west.
| wdicthcr they tvi'l have yielded an/ thing to tha
rail 7 Tlie principle of et{u*l county rerffeie
';"d turrendeiod in Ihe olfcw branc'«
i.l 'lie LejWnfnre —The .ci tin* „f coul„v
rrtenlalioii would now h- alt„g„h„ relinm.Ji
'■'11,1 'i,c ii' nmr, III hmn Of the diMri^t
tem l et the dutncl .y.lem be |„.,ed „„ ,| *
tho.uedl 1820; and whet mint wou.,1,, ‘ U'e*.
hat. to detni.od, or tho K«»t lo cooredc 7 l#
w«!"i cute calling lor mutual lurb. «.*„rr
t oncee.ion, nod eeeiy intrifice nf on. ,e,i
leeling »*« not to be expected |rmn on* nf ttl.
purtte* engaged tn tfie controversy.
Uni an appeal it mad. to the principle of o,
“'“' I ' «<"*l'ty of men, mtd to the right of thr
majority tn govern the cm.mity, jUcu|, ,
ted in the bill nf rlrlii« 7 'OCU,tH
•»lr. » «nid that,hi. appeal would be
appropi itl „ If tin*-e,e ll.r proper place ,
V "'•* fundamental ptmctpl*. of fi„v
In advocating ■„ e*»al.|tol.ed tyetem eleco
r“ divm.,,1 , In, mm wy* to avoid a p „r,
cnuimilnirni onagtral ipieetimi. ami toadioun
Ilk dec,end, Io n more appro,,, iat* tr.U,..
I lio ol.jecr ot he adver** patty, ,f
jmlc», evidently war ,o h»*lri, ,|,„ ,
10 eiilutt the name f the I.-neral Are ml,I,
tl»n itd** ol i loiriiculnr itit^r« M.
Me fell Hie "Imn.r ♦euoralloh for (he !>■ >| o'
riuhls and He illueiriuue author, Ihc pr„„,i,
7 i fr. ci,riIng lo fundamental principle' h<
wee not i.nliiosvii lo controvert. Iloi ahalrar
principle* were danger,tun weapon., and .houl.i
be Wielded only l,y vkilful ,,ru.«. e,t he,air
A. ,a mechanic, politic, practice ehould
keep a Minnil llieory ever in view. U,.l l,c imil,
' ",r ‘•»«'"li-. Ihat any prop,,,,
.'"ucbiMji ihr form ol our govnmnent, wn
tine or lal.c, merely be,:,,, «„ conformity
7 rrl'"S.‘Ah 'u the lull of right. |
day. ol Solon, every wiee Legielalor had „
liapled the Innilamrntal law. to ilia cxUlim
Mala and con,Jiiion of eociefy, A depart,,,
run,, iln* piinciple, had overthrown the hk, ,ur
7 fiaoir, and „|| |,e, dependent Ihpoblir*
I he t iin.'ituiio,, „( Viigmia wive mir,*,,,., i(
alHitre of ,i„|,efi tUflf. lred by (h,. „„
linn ot Iff, • njtn. /tafetAanaif i||„,
"' A*ai,,,)|e (lamped (Villi the real of revolo
..v aufhnriiy. The hill „| ...
""“I* foiuied „ culubiutal in.t,uoteiti ,|„
';,r.. '«*' : 'be latter till, Cmomenta,,
the one a coda „( abdrari pi Inciplee ; thn ,
lhai. a modified npplicniiou
pie, to fhe eeieting M»,r,,„d c.'„U,i,n„ of soei
An infpnrfdut clrctfnftafice, hnfvftr an
peered 10 he ove,looked and forgone,, 'open
the pr.tr,,t T|,e provnue
v .. *" “ "lopt. hut ine.aly
a cmdilulion. I lie , itiumem would have
validity, unlit it elmuld he ratihed hy rue vote
Of'he people | ,hi. roper., the prop,.
0«".«n.,;,,, diffe'ed eeeenfa.Hy I, on,
. ”1V" 17, I fa ,H7 It ihecon*iit„»i„„ itionh'
... " would not nine v.nh.he appro
Imiioo ol ihe ..pie. l, an, |„. ',Ul,
e ‘ ‘Inn ll,e convention would aiiempl or coul,’
."cce, d „ an effort to impoee „ „|
in, i,‘. in oppoeiiion to the ganeial ,, ,,*, ,,1 th>
C'»rtrm'Hilly.
fl w ,* very appnr.nl that the f„ runtrt
v,'i(y, derived it. prlncip l mie.c.l „.m
.."live nUmheie ui <|,„<s Ion, h„l I,
pi n, tplc involved A rut. nl ...
waee beeeuhh.hed m,
d,„l a'Oid' d on the (her. ... ll.i. ,„|,,, c
M, ( . did me Ariel, in afliun, o, diaaffu m
app. jve any heed principle w ve, ||,
mould llffe, | lelc.i,, add,,' e ... , lll„„|l.1
tmm lo.l.ew that II,« .pi,.„.„tal„,„
An*«r„hh .hould bf (Billed w|)h , Cu-'
tioti
I he eiluulion nl the Stale „ alfo?Bll„ r pec,
In,, A chain of,,.. diviifea ii „,lo
d,.Mi, i region., ,1,tic,ing very wr,|e|y ,n f
circutiitlancen. On l e one I,, , 0 ,.hu,,
l'„u" counlry, „ve, which the p|„„e|, lllnv , ,
d,,ven Iron, the Maryland in the .North (Jain
lina line, ami Iron, the mountain to the ocen,
011 the nth, t tde I'el,on i* heaped upon Oml,
and U«m, upon Olympui. |„ ,|„. eaeiern tin,,,
n torn I poll In Upon llm parched „l„,m
1 ..t Wee,, ... of .. ,ta |(,
lo the mild, f I,,,,, of .uiuiiiri, lit fhr.e ■
div,„l „„r Stare, the dim,.. ,|„. “ ,.
congenial lu the in, >Cue of the black p„p„l„.
<>' I lie ol her, au.plc.ou. a, to,
mu rmheailbnof the whhee. U„ have lt«|.
*'•*' * ... It.ylvania, hronght
into < lo,e joxiii|uiaiiioi), only |,y „
it,(iron ftdge ofiitoonfitflu Ktont the dienita
line around lo'tlmfuf Tcitnee.ee our hor
tlc ecltlen/enie, It,no the I'oltCy of tteighhortttv
.(ale* a It inf or elpec'ed, vee,A l/n^i ien,||y
etpiat'le dtffttfion of Ilia .lavd p,„,,e,ty
I hut surli ir the actual ten1.ini y of i»o,,ul«
lion in III- ns'tiern ami western „.cri„n,
slate seems cleaily pros,,, by il. history fo, ibr
Ins. f-rly year.. Mr C. invited Hie attention
o! Hie Semite to a tubular statement,* furnished
II III. n q ie«t by iln second auditor, and which
**'. , ,H »'••• telalire march of the white anrf
hill k population III Ihe four grand divisions of
l’_e Siaie irt the perimf or3<>y„a,fwWeh flap,
ed between the yo u 1790and the ycaf 1*20
In the cnunlibir beyond the Alleffboiiy /he ar
in,out «l in, re.re of ||,e .lave, Mood ,n regard
ft, ll.al ofll> Whiter, a. 1 In tf. In the valley
I fie prop,,.■‘"no was a. J t„ 2 Whilst in the
middle end caster,, .ecru.,,., ,|,e proportions
were in the Convene order : Ihe Hinuinit of in
crea.e ol the »lav » bearing lo iha| of Ihe
wliilea in boil, of these leclinus, ns.ily „* I to
4. I lie condoned result in the Whole west whs
one black lo 4j whites ; in ihe whole east t
white lo ah out 4 I, ?t,cks. In the year 1820'
nil J half ace,duiy Iron, the l)e, lerulion of
i"le|ieiidef,ce—oui of a,. agg.egaie population
"I the whole Stale, of I "60,194, th. re was in'
the rad 718,442. anil in Ihe west 301,702' leas
vi"K " majority in fevorofih# ,-asi of 446,790
bin of the legale population in the east, ol
713,492 Ihe (ree while, amounted lu 341,168
an Hie colored (mpulatiniqto 497 334. Whittlin'
the wed ...It Of II " t,l mass 01301,702, the free
white, rwach-d ihe height „f 264,80®, and the
coloied mats sunk to t. e- mm of 47 49-1 j. roa,
this tendency oflhe black population lo accu
n.idaie in the east, and oflhe white 1,, accumu
lale ... the we,. ,1 , *. .died of f.ecerbly, Dial «hi
day war Iasi appi oncliing when the majority of
lb ■ while population possessing hut Irw slaves
will appear III ihe «ti', and tht mincrily nos'
tcumg neatly all ll,e slave. ■„dfo,i„i.^. with
them, by tar the gronlei pm of aggregate
mass of the whole population, would actually
mhabil the eastern panel ihe Hate. Here
then would be a fixed, gey,-rap Idea I majority
Oil one side oflhe 3lale having a distinct inter
esi wielding all the powers of government over
a minority in another part of the State p0|
•easing a different interest, i»e ,,tuaiion of
Virginia 111 t Introspect differed Csseulially from
llml ul every oilier slave-holding Stale 11, (hf
Union Maryland, North Carolina and South
| Carolina, po.sesse I comparatively hide or „c
nioiintnin country. If the settlement of the'
weUcin lands in Ihe Slate of Uv .re,,, |,„d „0
been obstructed by Ihe claim, of Indian tribet
,.nd the lederal gdyernapcnl, si,II f,„0i Ihe let
sei Varieiie* m the surfate of her Com liy, and
Il.r universal i.illuvnce ofasoulliem clim.ite, th<
spread of slavery w,iaid have kepi pauf with
jllie march of her'whife inhabitants. In ell th
! ,;h°r slave Stales, the (fee white and rolnure/
| 'Opulation were every where mu d up in'neC*^
(1/ unilorin proportion hi the mulct cl If;- f