Lynchburg Virginian. [volume], February 04, 1830, Image 2

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* fcc'MMied. Mf I* << >t H " 1 »h,‘ ","1
been eitaigrd al.rtMi !*•*• «iii ere of the B*nk%
_He contended thai the private trat*»a« tmn*
of person* with them ifM not tube publicly
pspotod, an I that no ni.m had a n*?hf to eu
q lire mto the Hole* which were jffewnted In
Ihe •*»*»k* fni 4 ic Mint
conversation en««*»«t upon a imb "'*•
lion *vhich had ap|»e*r< d in a net* fc«,*lM'r *h'i
morning, upon the r <iconarlancc* unle w u »
the ov um Ml Iron ih- Bank «d the V all* y
beef! pretciiied — I » tile comfe o( t'in» esplana
don, Mr vlcl'hanev, ■ luiiMerf ht*«*Mf to to*
the author oi iui» publication—fating thni ht
ha«l never hc«»d >1 th*- intention to |ne.ent this
memorial, and Mia some other* had not done
t«>, and hence he had mken up the impn ition
that Inti uinnoliel had luen midd- n > got up,
W jilt out *he k ii * W ledge of the tloCkii older* —
Mr via* in nt f stale I, Mill ihe memorial had
he-o predicated upon l re* doiiun adoped liy
fhe meet og of t u* Stockhol lei* in .In v l i*t—
(Hat the Director* of ibe B^nk 'I d« i,,»uini<,d
fu pra«eot a m m > i-tl upon the *trn igth d
(hi* re*oluiimi md llmv had pm m ***•
h inds t<i pfnrnl I i the II m«»* —II'1 had dune
•o. and ie d d h*»t see upon wo.it principle of
courtefy nr eipedie »cy rnhei, I* l,,*‘
Irntn Him i i ihe gentleman • uni I md *o i, ( M*
M llhan* * .) In nifunn him of hi* m ention in
pret« oi ii J
Mr Eppe* an >l» 1/ 1 fur I lirfl* mg linn*Hf,
not up hi Hit p > iM ne*» of the 11 »u*r, (for thni
he had al .vay • ei;» rieoced,) butt hvtr paiieu e
in inaki 'g a lew reuiaik* 11 op osi'in 1 In tin*
pe 1 10 1* of th Bi»kv fi it tie MiOiigtlt In o*elt
bound to f.re*i lit hi* olij ettou* In • l»»* « otmder
hi mu ol th il nine II dcdaied that In* on*
Hot • *' i*ftrd by the ethi "•» ill tile (tank, and
was disnov d to douh* either the ta 1* 1* inch
it iiad ad I 1* ed, or Ihe cone on m« which they
had drawn Ii no iheio Hr then *tai#‘d ’in* po
•itiont which » • c Ha *k ol Vitgiun had nk n
in il in ' ii ) I —and di«i»ul.*d the hi < nr icy '»i
inane »f them, bur nitiaiire, the H*ink*.»il,
that it had f n 2S year* complied will* il* chm
ter, and f 1 il 1 I all i * engagemeni»—dmt he
Hexed Ii >W tin* propovuiou CO d i be main a n
•d, Him i» h id formerly ■impended »p * u»
payment* —lie al’uded o then mirrt i'in, 'hat
they Ii * I contributed *0 iuch to I 'ermit I 1
provem ni, *vheM ib« Stock in whti uur .Sule
b mid I »' Internal I nprovemenl ' a« * ed had
di pr- i mi- I 12 ;*ei Cent, an f » was no v ne«
* try to ke s yen'» uf ila div 1 i» iidj, tu itiaka
gM>id the rani a!
H•• remark** f, 'hat the memorial ,M>* ""'v
cVmtaiurd <* nil false (n< m ha lit • I *• 11 • • • l»**l in,
(hr Hi l nut nenii thai the I brerfora bad sfa **• I
tlii in. knowing them to he false,) (nil it con*
tamed many doubtful pi npmitiom tor instance
t*i« claim they took t • themselves, of support
mg the commerce «i t ».■ Slate, which tie cm
trovei ted—saving that these inatituti ,ti* ha*!
• 'ways aeted, * i upon a scheme nf wheed
ling nr bullying - * K. proceeded to anoitiei (
ola** ot proposemu initial m mortal ; ho*>
winch weir probotlr » y -14' tdmit ed, m
dead, that they had stated *mtie trne prnpni- |
• ions, hi for instance, the a. uu» of boitiii ,
they bad pai l to the (!nmmonwaa)<h, (a li'fte I
ini»re than a million)— and also the amount of
Stork now owned by the Slate —But tie con
lasted the conclusions which had bean dntwn
from iheii statements —lie analysed iha statH
inenfs of the Bank, in respect to the means it
prde%sed to have lor paying its debts—and de
nled, for instance, that of I he more t ban d mil
lions of dollars, which they said was due to
them the wlirde coaid ever be collected lie
Contended, that a large proportion of tlinr
debts must be lost ; and that it was but fair
to calculate, one thud should be considered hi
bad, another thud a* d uiblful, and a thud on
ly as certainly g uni. — He controverted anoth
er part *»f 'heir statenieii' ; 'lie value of mo»e
than $70.'M) with h they had at'at*I»m«J in their
Bank houses - ami mod tto*l judging hv the ,
depreciation ol other property, they ought to
have set d vvit theioKt.it in per cent nl least
instead ol *• ly 25 per c- nt
M I. ilenied that they could restore the
• unmer< e ot the country, a* they professed, and
if Itey could n*»i *lo u, f tr whn«.p benefit is ltis*
Charter to Ik renewed * l or (lie stockholders
hit me 9
He contendf I, that the Stork of the Bunk
W if nol worth KH percent, ami (hot if could
Hoi ful'y make tui Ms deb! from those who mu
indebted to them.
lie ievtewed the subject in relation to the
inlet rst field Itv the Slate in this Institution—
and iske 1 win liter the I luihi* wnoUJ * «t||«en!
to share mi the plundering system ol Hie Bank*
W <t'iid it n it b better in du nwav a' once
with the funds of K uca'ion In einal Improve
rueiil ? And Mi|>|iote. what be did not believe,
that th** * ai would receive KH dollars upon
eVei y shill e she owned, vet could she not veil
them in other productive Kuuds f II** said, i«
it honest f# us to Htaud v and see 'lie proont
that i» gouig on t t-» see the B.mk going
on, wtiib* it r* t i*e« to eipits<* i s true silmmon,
end to t-av * lio are <ls <l< blots, so that a jndg
Uient tony he funne l ot its condition f ||e
never knew a man, whose situation m rotten
like that ol the Bank, w ho did not itlT. ct gn-al
airs of prospernv and vet liny geneially
end in kissing the calfskin, taking the in
solvent oath, a id aburwarils living oil their
Spoilt.
He touched upon the subject of federal poli
tics—slated that th time must come when we
should lie comp ledloiesisl the usurpation*
of tlie Genera! tfovermnem ; tlmt every thing
satisfies us of the fact , that while f||« r»* win »*
great ( o ntmi* ai p i| ulc pltia dnunbing the
whole nation and wilin’ the distributi.iu of the
public land** wap now in eg latino, was it pi tj
dent upon os to rely lor the meant* of support
on such an engine as tin* rotten Institution >
He expatiated with great wannlli upon the dan
gerotts tandencies ol the !J 8 Bank, and the
duty which was incumbent upon every man,
who valued his country, to fire pare tor the
content with that gigantic Institution He touch
ed w oh great spn it upon t hi* Ai other subjects,
At we regmi. fha tin* w ant of tune and ot Apace
compels us to give not *ie. a skeleton ofja
▼cry long and animated a !■!»-••*;»
After Mr. I*, had closed, the question was
taken by ayes and noes, and tne motion for
indefinite prstpuin*in*ni was lost
AAES— Menri. B ink* (Speaker.) Baylv,
Gilmer, Bunker • f Amelia, Garland of Amherst,
Kinney, Campbell of Bed., Faulkner, Shanks,
Beatly, Irotter, Boeock, Yancey, J vler of
Charle* City, Hieliardton Charlotte, Aleinn
der oft harlmte BmTnot, Bnisseaii, Seoti of
Dio., Wray, Booker of IC. Cpihaw, Chilton,
'V ■ n li, K111 u I. a o' c. Gnerrant.llhil, Tiller, I drop,
William* of Harrison, Armstead. I,eland. D o
Bridge, Hayos, M'llhaney, ,M Calie, li.imel,
Siren, l ink", Hudgins Garnett, B mth ol Mid
dlesei. Watt*. II.mis Cohoon, Welth, Nryil,
Garlan I of Xrl*oi>, Bayie, Harding, Watkins'
D *I« of Change, Word folk, Dili nv, Sliaods
Birnes of Hirhoiood t 'i V White of Koekhridge
M'Mahon, Neuman of Shenandoah,McGiuder,
Goodwin. GrdDo of S , Minor, Hutiio Dillard]
Ep|ies, George, Barnet .if Tarwell (’unis,
Harwood, Keller, W ashington of Weslinore
land, Saunders, Slanger, Shield_75
NOES—.Messrs Wood, Terrill, Dams of
Alleghany, .le'er, M'Cue, Sdlingtoii, Brown,
jr. of Bath, f’ohhs, B«vd, Edgmgion, Hind
man, Spurlock. Brutnog, Hive* nf Campbell
Clay,Uurkne ,jun Samuel,fl, I.Haitinuroiigli]
Fitigerald, Wilson, Baroe* n| Cssea, (jffutt
Sangsier, Payne, Holland, Pow-li Casilemao'
. Mason, of F. Pack, I’eari-, Bryce, Cook of
Grayson. Carey, A1 Irrson. Atkiniun, nl II
Carskadori, Kercheval, Winston W lii'e ol
Haooyer, Seymour, Mullen, William* of Hen
rico, Harrie, Grarely, Cole, Washington ol
Jefferson, Morgan, Dunbar, SmiiIt of kanaw.
wha. Old am, Gregory, Dabney, Hi iskell,
M'Keon, Bland, St oil mgs, Bia», kimhiougli,
M'Fa land ol f,itn. Newman ol Madison,
1 homat, Alexander, Goode Billirtgsly, Caper
fort, Vasj, O'Ferrall, H'lliard, M Langhlm,
Mephenion, Campbell of Nottoway, Pariiolt,]
return, \ I ini, Ilinar, M Cor. IV ..Hop. ( ahell,
f,,,,„a. <1.1, Mnlar, Sh»», Allan, Ihllnn.
Ward II an ol Prmra (•-mje, Booth ol Kail
1ol|iH, Mitchell. Mnnra, ( line, Gray of Hnatell.
M Parian* of do Kilgoro nl 8coit, Cray of
.In Pow'N nf Sjinllaylaama.Cooli of Station!,
Maacarr ..(.In I) lasHinn I. VV. f'«, < no... .
Mnnf rif.ird Pranlia, S|iam ar. Ur.lB .. (Jrlflh/,
R ihrrfson. li'ittserfoord. Mood* — HI
l !,» .) ianl.no was than taken on Ilia llfiolii
' lion), au.l e.triad »i hoot •piioiiUmi.
Th. Im 2S.
i A . .. me. ire.I fiolt the
SaoBia, §| a t. o g thill they had paisa.I the art
" incorporating " company to construct a turn
pike rnid from Ih* Pannay leant* line naar
Smithft'ld. on Ilia 'talional rnad.to Iha innnili
ofKn’iinC Creek, mi tlia Hi"i Rivor ~«ml
' A ' act In anllinriaa tha fining ny was nl
Inilai v a mm nf monay for completing Iha road
i.u n enimt' n to Parkers* off ” And lliat
It,, . . , in pm. I ..•<*»* Ala I"
I “ A' rri|.iif i"if tha rat it n< nf a nf ilia effects
■ in,,, vent n.-bt .ra’ - and %t» ict pmart bi. g
: the duty of Clerks .1 Comity f . ills «"d Ha
f. irni nf a,o l.timl'S for owners nf .laves I" he
ramnae.l to Ihr Stare c f l.oiiisia.u " I bead
, amend nents were ag.ee I '0, with an amend,
ma. i In iha last mm proposed hy ii .srlailil
of Nelson ; »trn,ily changing 'ha 1‘hraae ' lire
siding j istira of the ... Court’ ...to •Ji.at.cn
i nf 1 h*» '
Mi Bn ca, from Iha Commit lea III k in* ire,
mail', the f .Ho« ae ll"l'"'l 'Ol the Slate nf In
... y_,|,n presented a h.l in. .ig tales
for I .e .m.pnrl of govern.■ n ; and a loll '|.prn
I ptiati ig tna (Mitili.van e :
Hr/iarl of ihr Ciimintllt' »/ I timnet.
l l,e i no.nut e ol pliiane , having Im4
,1 i i onsnleral mi In* leviim » an I ... "f
g. ,vit , ul, hata iirepai. d Ih'' I'.illn sing «
,1 tha certain an I |i rh.ihln dialiur w a.
meins and r. r eipi • .... tar Hi- - ■ h*.,
they no a ir»|.eclin!ly snlinlil in Ilia |.ra«
(*ii Ki’pc»rl :
I Mimin'r* l/iwurMf mrin i.
K * 1> nset nl the (j'-J’** ill Assetli*
jino.fou
C Ml I i.t, 77,fM>
< oiiinii4»ioiier« ol H"V"Utn •tii'l
( lerk. of Court*, lor examin
ing Co n »insimters'bunks. .10,000
tfriRMusI riiiiiijto, including
gut.Mf.of
linking Fund. | 01,0
( ontingeut expense* of Court., 26,000
lutei •.I on #319 00 t seven per
cool cert III Ml «• l lit. I to rn
$24 o|‘» j 17 loO -* d h i per
lent, held bv the Literary
Kuril. 23.8oo
Pen-u#nei *, 4tOUo ;
< t hi I in g •' h | Fund, lu.iam ;
M o* LsiMtflt.ilinent, 13,001 * j
t - i tiliarv : Mli'.-r.' «*»Inr»• .
i . -.»(), Internal «li*r, • * 4
<v!|iI, CrtnttttaI charge* » tOO, I6,L|U.
I'tilihe iiiiHidm the city ol Rich
mond, J 6 r»0"
t#hH(i| at Lexington, *1,.>00
Adjutant i» itfiol and Rngada
Inspector., 4 00"
F«»r water rent at tl»e Armory, 1.280
Rep»oientMiioii to ( niigr.'», in
State Senate, and llie Slate
I ‘nnventmti, 1 of)l)
Public warehouse., repair., Ac. I ihm»
Civil prosecution., 200
Slavs eiecu ed and transport*
ed, y ooo
Military Contingent Fund, 6'M)
Colli lion and liHiisporlHtmo of
arm-, Ac. flOn
Lunatic Hospital at Williams
burg. 12.000
ho et S aunfon, 6,000
Reports «d rates m the Court of
Aupeala, 4,001)
Transpoi’tMli m an j m inteunnie
of lunatics in county | tils, 2,0(K)
Pensioner, till lliu 1 iitcit.H «tf t i
Fund, 320
Convention, GO.Uikt
I xt»a «*»*.-ir»ii of tlio Cieneral As
sembly, 60,1 MM)
.•3* >12,7 >0
PROR \uu: RECK.IPTS.
From taxes on lands, 149 2'»7 40
Do lot., 20,03 | G7
Do slaves, 97.410 tit)
I In hoi • es, 27 320 00
ho studs, 8.399 6«»
Do coauhes, 0,483 43
I) * Mage* 63 0.)
ho carryalls, I .494 00
: hogiggs. 5,211 48
h i merchants. hr*»keis, and
few«|tpi. and auctioneers, 64,799 HI
I) i p'uflnrs, 2,169 37
|)i vender- of lottery ticket*. 4.620 00
ho ordinal, keepers, 17,287 89
ho keepi-is of homies of pri
vat*- entertainment, 3,148 40
Do exbibiteri ofshows, 793 07
#104,413 23
Deduct 2 per cent, .for in.nl
vt'iM iM, Slc 8.1 IH9 26
I to f.»r prompt pay
ment. 24 per cent. 7,980 90
D-i for she rill's com
initslou. at '» percent 19-310 21
-25,3B5 1(i
;ji>tH>,n27 77
Militia fine, mid ari'rai H.uOo <M>
I til tm law (Mill,., , Mm! M'uls nf
courltl. 20 000 UO
1 On notarial strait, 2 OffO 01*
I Until-,on inlmcro, anil shin, nf
iva-lf lohai-ro, 11,500 00
I Hrgiftti-r's ‘2,000 mi
i-iali * nf iillH|i|irn|,riftl(.(l laiitfs, I.UilO 00
Redrmpoon nf land*.up.I dr
linqiiriit Ini' n ui pii) Hunt of
tii,r*. 2,000 Oil
?nl<-9 of cnnvicti, 3,000 00
Sale nf Ptmitt-iiliarv mamifac
omen, 6,000 00
J Balmier dim tinin Jerninn Bn
ltrr'« srruritip,, .J
■ Micellaueom rrreiptg, 5, HO (ip
$439,007 26
Balance. reported in Treasury on
the 30th Sept, 1829, 86.996 14
626,003 38
Deduct amount of probable dis
bursements, 612,750 00
j Leaving n balance on 30th Sept
*630, of $13,253 38
Note—The debt due from John I’seston s ie
unities, amounting to $4,585.47 100 is not in
eluded in the above statement : A hill re!ea»*
■ng the same being now before the House
Should tliHt bill he rejected, the probable bal
ance will be $17,839 ()5.
It will be observed, that in the foregoing es
tjrnale. no allowance is made in the tevenue of
O.e current year, for the stun of $2,712 23
j 100, which, hy anticipation was paid into the
| treasury, prior to the 30th Sept 1829. and
constitute* u pari of the large balance, report,
ed then to be on hand. The course »»l bii'iiu-ss
lor a number of years past, warrants the pre
sumption that, a similar payment may bp ex
peeled in tuiure. «<» as nut to affect materially
the amount of estimated receipts
l rom a supposition that the citizens of the,
-fate will adopt the amended Constitntion as
"greed upon in Convention, your Committee
have thought it prudent to take notice in their
statement, of the probable expenses of an
extra session of the Legislature.—:!f from any
cause whatsoever, such session shall be dispen.
xed with, the increase in the probable balance
as estimated above will he obvious —There* is
nothing in the condition of our Finances, which
»iil GOftlrol an* policy that it woe and pru*
dent lo be pursued up«.n this subject ; and four
committee have therefore, nut thought il fit for
them lo ew er here, into any discussion of me*,
sores to be Adapted upon so imjioftaiit t»H occa.
%iuit ; »t to indicate any opinion ot the propi le
ly of interfering with the rusting lew I he*
leave thv mallei entirely with th»- w.sdoro of the
| If..use.
i .Should the amended Constitution be ratified
1 f»y tbe ci'lEenf, important i images in our judi.
! cal pobtv, the espente» ol <«.i«> ? •, and t‘ e oalure
i of ieme li*s, may be reasonably • M'**r *■*! ; some
• d the e changes, will be likely to afl r* r**tr rf*
venue law in many wav* ; and in miicipalion
id these occurrences, your « ooniitlt»e refrain
from sugg- *11011* wfik ti are n-d ol pressing n«
mult, and w, ii ll, M acted upon might n d be
' adapted o a new order of arrangement* In*
dee.f,frequent altera'ion* in fficKevaue System
areat ail times at tended with inconvenience,
and often tail to accomplish the purpose for
win h they *re designed \n I und.-r eliding
cireinistance*, with our unusual practices so lit
tle burdeiii’tme I * • the community . our revenues
are in so prosperous a condm m, that it »s
Itnoiglit not 'o lie a<C isable to propose nny
unpo i ini t hang.* in ilaw* relating lo them.
1 #» margi * <»f itie Convention, and *h<.*e
• ti oa ed for die eiira session of the Legisla*
ore. t» i»it» l't ad i ion lo the ordinal v expenses
I g tveiiHiiPtil, amt uni lik»*|y »o hi 'o occur a
gn 10, ought to ((mu no inducement, ••* tn* mi
positt ii "I tales f«»r another veer,either loci
lend n continue the present latex, ho ms to
produce a r< Milt equal to the whole eipi ndi
i ni ' o( tlie pre-**iit year If the new form of
government 'tumid go into operation, public
opinion i-hIIh.? (nr #•• oninv, and met by •o-n*.
-.1 i s pr »vi»n»ns, will limit, and probably cur
ail the i eg !«• < liaigei upon the ordinary r«*
venue. A nd although it m fair to presume that,
p itting new regu aumis id'o practice, w ill tiring
wi'h I he m additional rust-, Ibe ♦•Ilent oi which
( Hiiiiol he lo ex en , yet no reaionaule calcula
t i in i an < (»inpi elo ud dem ohIh cn ee line in a
mount, those who Ii might be anticiiMt d iliid'-r
I be cxuPi <g f'nn iiulion 1 debts do*
(to n t o* afi?, are in o sid* table : cotiMiiitig
in i e old six per cent, ccrtifn ales; a lew ol
w hi Ii .re elieved lo lie soil nfl • t. nod oc.ca
man il y presented f r redemption. \ our com
mi **e have no me in- * I areriaioing tlieir .»
in (i'll ; nit a e at s'i-d mat « ».• above appor*
piiatiKii to the Sinking fun.I is an(liri* 11 lo
eitiugmsti I tie I. ii ns upon them <«H they arc
nil re<l. I ue loans effected lor Public Works
am lint in 1 2 (.» <MII air* not vet i rd'-cttiablu,
and ih mieit si ..a Hi -in is charged upon lire
t mil (m | liter r» a I |nipr oveineiif, and the rev«t
ri n sot the Janie River ('». l’ha debt 'Ilia lo
I he Lit# i i y I* mid, amounting to $343,03!) 17
11Hi i • now redeemable* I he policy ol (be
Slat** bus heretofore considered that (mid as sa
crerl, and its p ir p *sex ought stil I t«i continue
it- consecration Under this view, and the hi
convenience attending a re-in vestment by that
luiMl.it the debt were paid, it does nut seem
advisable to do much more lean to make at
iHiigi iPs lor Ibe payment of uiler M. Voor
committee would, bow ver. suggest that a
> eileitiplidii ol tin* seven pe cent, certliicateh *• t
tbat debt—by an m* o* ol *lbeis bearing nly
ail iutereil of six e 1 till!, would piobatdv lie
every way advisable. Up m the whole, antici
paling no . x'laordmary d inatidi Upon toe
I rea uiy.it h thought prudeil to submit t »
I t'e i onsideralimt <>( »ha Legislature, whether
• here ought not tube made a moderate rethu
Hon i-i some o( • h* taxes. It is believed that
fid liiconvenieucc will be ex e iei o il Iroill ,\
slight moditi• afion on mine subjects of taxation;
%—and a wUe policy rcqines that the lieas ry
should not be etiriclied .it the expense ol i t*
people, to limit an obvious tie rs-o'
Hraolicd, As the npi.iiou ol tins ( mum ttee,
that it i» exp' dient to make a moderate tedne
nun in th** luxes .( the pren nt y. ar.
On VIr Bryce's motion, tin* almveRejioi'l and
tlie two bills until tin c.» n niitee ol l-'niniict*,
were ( oininitie lo the t 'omniic of ibe Whole,
ordered to be punted, m ule the order I the
day I'm Monday next.
Mr Hoberisoii culled up the Petersburg Rail
R »ad bill and parti uhitlv directed tin* »» ten
inm ol the || use io px piincipal provisions, in
wlii' h ii wa- dt ling'll lied Irom 'ht* Munches
ter Rail Road Rill.
Alter considerable lebnle, the question was
taken on a mu'inn whi. ti had hevii made to
hi i ik'* out the 6th sect urn [pi o v id mg tor J# ItV-t,.
(HM) subsci ipt ion from the *5ta e, ] and earned
by a decided majority.
>ii. lion* i Ison I iirii *ai<l, hr priva'e subscri
bers Would have lo raise (ho w ole inu-.H-y ir
nioiig ih' niselves, il would he nece-sary lo en*
Ht.’g" I lie capital—ami mi bis moti -n, the bill
was so amended as l<» increase 11»•* shares fur
pitvat'* suhsciip'ion from 2100 to 4'MiO. Anil
then on Mr. Robertson s 11101a<in, \he bill w*m
laid upon the table.
I he engrossed hill, Releasing certain suretie^
• *l lohn Preston, late Treasurer of the Com
moo wealth, frotn the but her operation ol a
judgment rendered against them/’ was taken
up ami read.
I he hill w,i« supported by Mr. Williams of
Menrie *, npou time distinct gtouods «»I equity
and juslice.
Me wag followed on tlie same side by Mr.
j \nd i son ol liofetmii t.
Mr. Woolfoik vsa.s for giving relief to the
I petitioners—hot for tilt* purpose of ?a'isfying
■*oniM members upon the floor, he hoped Hie
) <ng oss o| lob would ba recommitted, for the
pose of changing t h" ground on whie.h re
dei was lo be n* anted ; and Hie ground on which
'hev wished n to tie expivs-ed whs to giant
n In f Ini ihe time, when the Commonwealth
"ok out ho injunction against the sectireiiet,
bv which they were prevented ftom selling the
property and paying the debt ; for, during that
suspension, the crust-property ol John Preston
h d deprcci dec! materially in va'oe, and great
I loss sustained hy the inability to bring il into
i mm k< t.
Mr. (inode requested Mr. Woolfoik to with
draw Ins proposition ; because there were
other grounds on which relief ought to he
granted. Mr Woolfoik yielded. When Mr.
Cary stated, that since he had examined this
suhjei t. his opinions had undergone a change*
and he was now prepared to assign Ins reasons
for granting relief
The argument wag continued hy Mr. Bryce
in favor oi the hill, ami Mr Fink* against it —
when Mr. Woollulk renewed his proposition,
wbich was In*
I tie Isill was then supported in animated
i speeches from Messrs Marvie and Mason
i of K.
Afiei a reply to Mr. Mason bv Mr. Finks, the
question was taken, and the bill whs passed,
ayes 92, hops bS.
Ihe trill reads as follows;
. d enacted by the General Assembly, that
j tire sureties of John Preston, late treasurer of
tins l otntnon wealth, in his o flic till bond nf the
! 18th of January, 1819, be and they are hereby
I ielea*ed and discharged from all further IihIhI
i ’*> or Hccountabiify to the Conimonwi alfh,under
| the judgment rendered against them, together
I w itli ihe said John Preston in the General Court
I the 1 lib day ot Dec. 1821, under the bond
aforesaid 1 bis act shall be in force from its
passage.
,On Mr. Rutherfoord’s motion, the committee
to whom wa.s committed the subject of chaiter
mg die Banks, was authorized lo send lor per.
sous a ii J papers.
Friday, Jan. 29.
A communication w-hs received from the
Senate, smting they had paued (be bill—“ To
amend the act preset ihing certain general re
golation* for the incorporation ot turnpike com
panies.”
A variety of bill? and resolutions were report
od from the committees.
On Mr Rutherfoords motion, the following
Report was taken op ;
1 be Committee appointed to examine info
(he state el Ihe Pinilentigry institution, and
who by A fMnbitlon of Ihc Houle cf Oelegatei,
were nutrueled ■<> inquire i»'o H>® OlbtMtl
conduct 111 Sami. P Parion*. th • prerent Su
iirrintenden', from the cun uirnc® mint of I '»
term of service, »llh aullioi tly to »end f>r pvt
mni and [tapers, have performed ttie duly m
•igneil itpem, and beg leave to submit the fol
lowing itf| or! :
The Committee summoned before them all
the officer* of the ln«<itttti*»«§, who being duly
RM'itrn, were minutely examined ie*pecling
several transactions «appo*ed to implicate the
integiity ol the Superintendent. Alter a ^abu
rious invetttgNtHifT^vhirh related piiaripally
If* a ‘inall error in the Superintendent's private
Account with the Institution.) the C ouimitlee
are ol •pinion, that there i« no f ound tu be
Ii#*vh 'tint Ite was actuated in any instance by
unworthy motive* The esplanaiiun given,
SHtished 'he Committee, that the error, (a
mounting if* uvr.n dollars and nn el if tie (Vat a
half tents ) was cnuiiniMed without the know,
ledge of |he Superintendent, and without any
improper intention on hi* nail. The testimony
rlearly pruvtd, that no similar ei ror hail evei
batore been committed in hi* account u i’h any
'•f the wants, and ttifit be tins been umfmmU
charged bv tbe Inat11r*li«»t> for article* furnished
him, <>i wf*ik done on his individual account,
the same price* paid by other* for articles or
work ol the like kmd ami value. Independent
of the very satisfactory explanation* which
Were given, it nopt-ar* to tin* Committee, that
the high character which the Superintendent
hat heretofore home as an honest man and
faithful officer, ought to exonerate him from
the imputation of any fraudulent intent in re
, I a i ir»ri to this isolated and “inall transaction.
ft it easy to conceive, t at the authority vn ith
I which tile ^np*Tintendciit is t»ece**ar ly mves
i ed, to enable him to maintain such a police in
I t tie Iiiatii«iiion, ms is essential to its safety and
1 good management, wi I often ei< ite discontent
mil 11(• vs ill among those who may feel ihe ex*
• rciHt* of that authority : — And it is well known,
I that the Superintendent, though calm, equa
h e and uniform in hi* teuipet, is firm, decided
and mllexihle as a disciplinarian—cjiiriliti**»
which, m the opinion of the C ommittee, emi* j
, ih ot y lit him lor the arduous station to which
1 he has been assigned. Subordinate officers of
the I istiloti hi, who may consider that the Su
perinteiidenf requires of them too rigid a
, performance of their duty,—discharged con
victs, who may have felt the lush of a w hnlecome
discipline, wlmdi they hm loo well deserved,—
and persons refused admittance mt# the Insti
tuiiini, when calling to vmii it at lion s prohibi
ted by the rules of the prison,—may often he
,i )o much disposed te give uferance to unrea
sonable enmph infs, and to excite unfa volatile
prejudice* again?! any Superintendent who
I will discharge Ins duly. The Commit ee Hie
* wi ll aware, that the operation of these causes,
| ha* had its full effect in relation to the present
j S iperinienderit,—and are of opinion,!hat much
j allowance should be made, while lifeiintg to |
' charge*, a hich, for the reasons just mentioned,
| m iy fiequently originate in malice or disap*
1 pul'll (licit ■—Ltie Committee feel justified in
,the •• remark*, by circiiinKlanees which have
j come to their knowledge, during ilie iuvestiga
j i on hi which they have pi-t been engaged, and I
wlncli they deem it unnecessary here to re- i
peat.
I ne comini'tee are of opinion, that the en.
qni'y dii'•< ed to b** iilMih into Ihe official con.
; duct ofill ■ Superintendent, from the coin
mencemenf of his ter m vl service," was not in*
tended by 'lie House of Delegat. s to relate
tmi- ei hack than to the period when he first
< one into office after the conflagration of the
Penitential v As is well know n, that a most
searching in▼*• «*11 fat ion wag instituted into
the conduct nt the present Supei nit intent, au
lerior t'* the period at which he was removed
from office in the year 1822, and that the smut)
mait'-m were a second t me must thoroughly in.
\ • stigMfed, when lie was again brought for
ward in the year 182 1, a* a candidate lor the
office he now holds Ihe subjects ot these
I ciuptii.es wen* then fiv h in the »ecollectioii of
I ill*1 I»pg is! a lure, and of coin se were more likely
in b undeistood and correctly adjudged tfwn
Ilian iliey can possibly be at this distant day.
1 In* committee are of opinion, that the election
. of die present Super mtendent, under the pecu*
I liar ci .ciinistatic.es in which he was then brought
I to the notice of the l.cgi-lalm e, should be re
gai ded as a triumphant acquittal ol all the
charges whi< h at that time were so persevering
tirged against him. The committee think
pi opt r, ; owrver. in rt-miiiK, mat me rnipeim
tendont aolieited [provided mijj member of the
cuiirnittee should desire it. J a tree, full and
reitern'ed investigation into the whole or any
part of liis oflicial conduct, since the fust day
lie became an dicer ol the lust itution,
I’poria rai d'd ivview oftbe genernl conduct
of ill* Sii| erinJendeiit, so far as-this commit
tee hive had any npportunitv of judging, they
t.iU pleasure i saving, that they regard him
as a faithful zealous, and highly talented olJi*
r, and peculiarly lilted for the station which
lie holds. They have, therefore, adopted the
f j lowing res dm ion :
litsolctd, an the opinion of this Committee,
i iial the official conduct ol Samuel I*, Poisons,
the present Superintendent of the Penitentiary
Institution. justly entitles him to the utidimin.
nhed c *nfidenc« of tin* Legislature
I his resoluti mi was agreed to w ithout oppo
sition
l lie repoitofthe .Joint Committee upon the
1‘eoiien lary Insfiimion was taken up, and the
following resolutions appended to it were a
greed to.
In solved, as the opinion oj this Committee,
l hut h sufficient number of iron pipes (such as
ore now need in the lower cells of the building)
should bp procured and fixed in the hospital,
and in the two upper rows of cells, him) that
provision should be made more effectually to
warm and ventilatethe hospital.
'* litsoived, That the law prescribing the
inode ol keeping the Recounts of the. institution
should he so amended, as to render the game
more simple mid intelligible, and to require the
superintendent, with the advice ol the Hoard of
Director*, to . au*e separate and distinct ac
counts to he kept uf the manufacturing opera
tions in the several wards, in the tnannei heieia
before mentioned "
On Mr. Bryce’s motion, a lull “ Concerning
lands returned d linqneul and forfeited for non
payment of taxes" Wns taken up, amended, and
ordered to its • ugrossineiit
M Robertson called up the reiernburg Raill
Road lull, which was also ordered to be en
grossed
.Mr Ruiherfoord, from the Committee upon
that subject, reported the bill *' Further to ex*
| tend the charter ol the Hank of Vuginia, and
| tor other purposes ” Mr. Goode presented
i also certain amendments to the bill—All of
which weie ordered tobepiinted, committed
to tlie (. oiniint'ee «>i the Whole, and made the
older of the day lor Wednesday next.
The hill extends the charter of the Bank of
Virginia, from the 1st of May, 1833, for the
term of years thence ensuing-—It em
powers the Bank to establish in the course of
• he current year, an office of discount and de
posit at Danville, upon the same terms with
the oilier branches, the minimum capital of
which shall be $150,000 It stipulates a
Boium to the Commonwealth for granting this
renewed charter—provides that 7 directors
shall he hereafter sufficient to constitute a
board—that the Bank at Richmond shall here
niter be allow* d to discount bills and notes that
have not more than tour months to run—pro
hibits the President or Cashier of the Bank
bom baying or selling any of tt»e public stocks
under the penalty of$10.000—or either of
them voting hs prosy at any meeting of the
stockholders—amt also provides that the notes
of the Bank ol Virginia, originally made paya
ble, or which shall have become payable on
demand in gold or silver, shall he receivable m
f»H payments to the State—but the right i»
hereby reserved to the Legislature to provide
by law, that no fetich note shall he receivable in
any such payment to the State Provided, (ha
no law pMff J fm* fl ;it object shall Ixk# effect
frt n shorter period loan one ff*i Iron* I tic dale
cj| kb enactment.
Mr Goode's amendment provide* in the first
place, that it may he lawful for the 'lr**asurer
ia make drpo»its in the Bank of V irginiA. or
not, hb the piitdic interest may teem to him to
require, subject only to Ihe control and three
lions of the Legislature , Hint in the second
place, that no bill ni Eschmige drawn on any
citizen of the L'ommoiittenltli resident therein,
shad tie purchased by the Bank, or by any of
its officers, or by nnv oti er per*on lor the hen.
♦ lit of ihe B»nik, unless such hid shall have been
previously submitted to the miwdei anon o! the
Board of Directors, and ordained a sanction of
h majority of the Boatd
I he engrossed trill further to amend an ar t
entitled “ Jin act to organist a Convention,
was received, and on the motion of members
from the different Senatorial Districts, the
House filled the blanks with lh« names of the |
('null Houses mi each, at which the sheriff*
were to meet m compare the polls as follows :
viz: District of ('liariotte, at Prince Edward
('nort Hono ; 1> ol Albemarle, at Nelson C. '
II , D of Augusta, at Augusta C. H ; D of
Bedford, at Bedfoid C. H : L). of Buckingham,
hi Buckingham (*. II , D of Patrick, at Henry
II ; I). of Halifax, at Halifax C. If. ; Ate.
Uc. Ate.
J he oth'T blanks in the Bill were filled on
motion—and tin* MU was passed, without oppo
sition or division.—On motion of Mr Mason
of F. who sthfed that the subject was then un
der the consideration of the co-ordinate branch
of tfie Legislature, the loll was corn tuu tin. A ted
forthwi'h to the Senate.
* dim to prevent improper returns ol l/ele
gatesto ilie General Assembly," was read «
second time, and on the motion of Mr. U i ■
Hams of Henrico, was ind finitely postponed.
I lie resolution from the Committee for Co •rt*
of Justice iej**ctii»Q «Im* petition of the ierniit »es
of Matthew U Itice, was taken up, with the
amendment subsequently proposed by Ibe ?am
com mil t ee—and the amendment declaring
•bp petition r'-usonable was adopted by the
I louse.
A variety of hills had their first and second
readings.
TWENTi FIRST CONGRESS.
FIRST SKSSins.
ruesday, Jan 2ft.—In fhe Sena'e, the l>*ll
making appropriations for tho pay n**nl of
Revolutionary mikI Invalid Pensioners, was
ortii red to a third reading. Mr. Round offer
el a i > i 11 to authorise a subscription for one
thousand shares ofSto k, on the part ul H e
United States, in the Louisville end Portlam1
Canal Company, which was pass' d to a <ecoti
leading. M1 . barton reported without miipiii
merit the hill to eontmtie in force an act antM
rising certain soldiers in the la e war to su
render the bounty lands <11 awn hy them, an
to locate others in lieu thereof The Smiat
then resumed the consideration of Mr Fool,
resolution, when Mr Wehsr r took the fl.ioi
in reply to Mr. Hayne ot S Camlina, an
spoke fui three hours, dining the w'ol
of which lime he c rnmaiided th»- undivide
aitentiun of the Senate, and of every one o( H.
numeions concourse which crowd#d both tl
galleries and every pari of the Chamber no!
occupied by the seats of the Senators. Be
lore Mr. Webster conclude ), the Senat ail
journed.
In the House of Representatives a Bill
v»as reported by R. (\1. Johnson from the
Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads,
authorising the Post Mas er General to employ
additional Clerks fhe Clerk thus authorised
etclosive of a third Assistant Postmaster Gen
era!, are ten, two to receive 'salaries of 1600
two ot 1400, an.t six ol 12tK) dot art er annum
.A number of resolutions weie in' rod' end. and
the House then resolved itself into Committ* e
of the Whole on the report ol the Committee
on Llections, ott >he petition o'. R< tie) Wash
limn contesting the light of James \\ Biplev,
ol Maine, flip fitting member, to hn seat m the
House. W it flout <'>ining to any iPsiilt, the
Commit*?.* rove, reported progress, mid obtain
ed leti»e to sit ag in
Wednesday, Jan. 27 —In the Senate, the
whole of die day was occupied in the debate
on the Public Lauds -Mr Webster having con
cluded hts speech, and Mr. f lay tie having spo
ken in rep y. Tin Senate did not ndjo rn nil
had past font n’clock.
1 he Moose «h« chi fly occupier! in the a
dnptiun ot Re lution f hud on the Maine Klee
•ion, on which the II"U*o . ame to no derision
— A message whs rec-ivol from the Pie^id i t
on the subject of the condition , f the Patent
Otfice ; and a .other recommending a leviml ol
the laws .m the subject of the expenditures in
i he depart ment of our I >r« ign iotercoutse._Mi.
Mallary tiom the Cominii'ee of Vlanufac ores
reported n Bill making vohip rim in the
1 hi iff—Mi Storrs linin the ('ommiiii'e o t'
Census, reported a lull t., d**H-r/. me him! fix
the ratio of R presentation after me twen y s» -
cend CougresL—Mr. Thomp-on ol G* mgia.
also reported, fium the Committee on the
Militia, a Bill o establish a uniform MJiiia
System —Mr Utay ton utVeted g.mdry ilet lai
.itory resoiu inn* on the subject o( the far iff
on Woo , w hie It were referred to the Com
miite of the Whole House on the Stale of the
U uioii.
Thursday. Jan. 2S—When the Senate was
('all. d t«« .-ruer, Mr. Wi nter rose and addres
Ifid the (’hair as lollows :_
Mr /’resident •' A newspaper Ims been put
into mv bands ibis morning, purporting t0 |,e
puldlulled by Unit Green, wlm is printer to the
benale. In ibis paper I find an mticlp refer
nng In the debate ol yesterday, and in that ar
ticle I find it said, am- ng oilier things equally
lalse, that “Mi- W “lister contended that the
National Government was established bv the
'' u:llu had imparted la it unlimited ' pow
ers over the States and the Constitution/’ | am
ol opinion, Sir, that we ought either to leave
uur seals here altogether, or to protect our
selves while in them I rum such willul ami atro
cious calumnies by those who are admitted on
our lloor, and who receive (tiroissl) uur bauds
large disbursements of (lie public money ll
becomes us. Sir, either tn go home, and yield
up our places lo men ol better spin! Uian our
selv, s or else In - how that we will not hr eith
er bullied ,.r s.audered by persons circ.mslan
| cerMiko tins publisher, out of the free exercise
; ol the light of discussion. I ,iSCi ihetefute
I blt- '"*'»• notice, dial o„ the next ,i„iil»r oc
currence of a similar incident, which, judging
rout lire past, may be ex peered dailv, J shall
j ""krl“ ,l,r •'"'J'tct ol a specific mot,on to the
benale I should do so now, in , it | followed
he I tic I irint ton oT my own judgment; but it is
'bought by Olliers, ,o Whom I defer, that the
course which I have,hu, adopted, nmy, oll „,e
whole, b« more advisable
f mm!m,ss^rr ,iv:!’vo,?i,''rToi ,hfl
as modified hy him „„ lhp kh Vnst' hi^.'.'latmn
Mr. Benton being enlilledlo the floor
Mi. Clayton said, that he desired thener
jl.ivmgs oii oI Louisiana, (0 » passage in a
took which had been died in this debate bv
1 e S"ml?r ,ru"> South Carolina, (Mr. Ha'vne)
»?? rSSsa,
-’em had escaped unscathed be".? r,,,,re
.. TI_ I \ “ ,J",lrt”‘cd by the contover
.< Though favorable to the resolution, ax* a I
mere proposition to inquire h» V, i
inferos! ,„rl, content,l*.|w»,. s
ami South, and his only desire " v
that subject was, that the warm'h 'i
cession might have no tendency , '"'!
•me portion of our country fr„jn ""te
Hut his at tent ion had been called tn *' ",lwr
of member* of this House to a p„, * ,,u'"Yr
same bonk ; another part tit which
inferred to by the Senator from bf*'i
*1"". 1 h«t pRssage charged an ill''"'
Statesman, w ho formerly on upied """'■'■s
a Senator here, and w lio-e memo, , ,'i'
were dear to himself and lo the pe0|,u
presented, with atrocious corruption uf ”
he was convinced that great and good*'
eoitlil never have been guilty, and as ,i ""
n*ll'se8 »lern-d lo in flu* t>m»k iu<-)f *
«u-nt, hhiI ready to giv* test ivnony f,, ^ ! r*
charge at rvsi, he hoped lie should be '
lur referring to ihe objectionable ,,, I
their presence. 4 5' ■
lie then tend, from the f. urlh y0|, „
Jefferson's Mi moirs, page 610, (tj,, '
volume which had b en broughi i.n’o i|„ - * “ '
by Gen. Hayne.) ihe loll-,wing ph|,n,^ " i't
“t'tbuary the lillh, 18o 1 _fcduard |
ton lell me Ihat bayard applied to-day , p!'!'
niglil, to fiene i at San lie I Smith, and re,!! '“,f
ted to him the expedience o! ins coining "fn
to the Slates Who vole lor Hurr, that <’"r
nothing in the way of appoinim- nt yy|,, -*1*
might not coininand. and pari itularly m ”
tinned the Secretary ship ufthe^aty. s "
asked him if he was authorised to
offer. He said he was auilioi ized. Smiih
thus lo Living-ton mid lo YV. C. lYicliolas u!
Confirm it In me.' Ac. '*“•
II-thru railed upon the Senators ftorn
Maryland and Louisiana, referred to l0
puvsnge to disprove the statement
Mr.Simlli. of Man land, rose and «' *i
I that he had read llie paragiaph betun- 1
j came here to day . at d w as, therefore, !
j of its import lie hail om the m si dislatli r,(0’'
I lenioii that .Ml Bayard had ever tirade 'i •
a proposition to him. Mi. Bayard, sad h
and nivsc'l, though politic-ally opposed,
inlimau personal Iriends, and hr w as |, e
oralde umii. Of all men. Mr. Bayai! *„„!>
Iiave been die last to make such a propn„llul ;
to any mao ; and I am confident tliai he n,i
lr-o much lespert for me to have made il
drr any rirciimstances I nev er received Iron
hi v mhii any (urh pro: o.Miion. j
>ir Livingston, ol L man a, said dial,in i9
ttie preci-e question which liau b en pul t'„ Ul<
by dieSenaioi from Delaware, lie must ,„v ib;,(
liavitig tased his recollection as tai a ,( "couiti
go, on so remote a transai finn, he had nu rr
in mbram e of it.
Mr Clayton said his purpose had lie a
• « * oiMiiigmgneu men ot wits rnunii v, equallv
*nfoijutl< <J, (sitti qututly, opoii situiti remark'
°f Mr. Benton. lie said, h wished it to be di -
tIv under*'cod, that 11 was no part of I is
I purpose to tar ish the fame of Mr. Jtflergui
Hi « liject was n>• t aicusanve, but euiire.y
exculpatory.)
Mr B' liton entered his protest against 11 ,^
mode o> inti ndocing exuaneous questiot.s
here, an regre ltd that he had giveu way to
Mr. ClHiton, (or a purpose to which, he stud
he would not hate been instrumental,could ir
'have anticipated it Mr B I hen proceeded iu
! his readiimiii^ and eii'aigmg upon hi* former
arguments ami repellii g and replying tolhoie
I Mi Webster. In the course ol Ins areu
meiii. lie ayam warmly condemn* d lhe irregu
lai pioceeding By which, to day, the venwt'y
*»f Mr JeflV, -on had hee/i bmught in question
on this floor.
Before Mi B. concluded, lie was u Mured to
give way tor a motion tor adjoinnim i; And
j the 9enn,p adjourned
In the H iu.se of Hepte-enlatives, M Hoff
man, from the Core mu .p on Naval Alums,
repotted a hill toptovide lor the more » ffectu
al xei u'inn of the minis'eriol du.n-s ol the
| Navy Depaitini nt. and a hid t » pi vide for
: comp let ng ti, • Mas y Hospital ul Nm folk, at d
the As> him n I'hiiadelphia, and to hirni-i
Mhem in part. Mr. Ir in ot Ol io, from the
(. oiiiinit'ee of Public Lands, lepoited a hi |
| granting to the S ate ol Ohio, on ivtiain cun
j ditions. nil tit lands of the United Si. ten, with
1" '1 t Siat . \! Drayton, from the Fon
mi' ee on M'litiai Atfaiis, reported a lull
u,,|h ' iz ng Payinasiei s <o employ eUzens i»
aid, t tin m di-chargn o their um s in certain
case*, w liich was read nmv, and otdeied lo
In* engr .--t ,| mid read a th it *1 t iitie to moirou .
Some discussion took place on a resolution of
fere.i gome days u c Mi Df Wilt of New
\«uk,pi v di g for file disrootmuB' ie ol the
“Bice ol diall>inaii. to lhe House, which was
finally postp on'd for two weeks lie House
j then resinned the consideration of the rei«if
of die t uij. in it tee on Lbctious, on the subject
ol the Maine K'eclion, when Mr Ev mis contin
ued to address the Coinmittet aigiuai Icugil
Friday, Jan 29. —In (lie Senate Mr. \VA
efer snbmitt* d the follow mg ,*•$ • ulioii :
Resolved, I ha, the Senate w ill, mi lhe fourtn
day »f tehnary t pit, proceed lo I> e ci oice ot
a printer to the Senate.
The debate on Mr. Font's resolution
in relation to the public lands was in t
resumed, in consequence of tin* Sen . * ha*
ing been occupied for nearly the who t
Bay, on the discussion of the re*, luliou
authorizing a subscription to a certain number
ol copies of a coQipilation of the public d<»cu
m**ufs proposed to be published by Mess bales
^ Seaton, lhe resolution afier various motions
to amend am) re commit had been rejected,
finally passed by n vote of yeas 21, nays IB.
Mr. Grundy then submitted a i evolution indrm
ling the Secretary no' to ciihsctihe to lhe work,
nniil an appropriation be made by Congress
f roviding the necessary funds to covet the et
pens*. lhe Senate then adjourned over to
Monday next.
In the House of Rrpreseniatives, after fbc
presentation of a more than usuai number of
i^solutions, the contested Maine Election cave
was thken up. Upon this subject a disc tiibion
ensued until the close of the sitting. Mr. Smyth,
ot Virginia, Mr. Howard, and. Mr. Suthei*
land, severally, spoke in favor ol the report <>t
the Committee and lhe right of the silting
. member to retain his seat ; and Mr. Bonkin'
in opposition, 'lhe House, however, before the
i 9UP#lioi, was decided, adjoin nod until Monday
next.
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S ^ RONOL^GKI) 11v good judges to be
™- superior lo any in ihis place ; f°r
• . SAM UEL AYRES.
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•IS REWARD. "
]| l.uANKI) Illy Mare lo a young man nv
tlie name of TOWNLEV on Sunday last.
*nrf 8,1B has not been returned, I have gou,!
reason 'o believe that he has g..ne to the west
w"h her, as a youth of his discretion was seen
'"pass through New Loud in, on Tuesday
I he mare is a sorrel mare, vrith her hind feet
white, is five years old nest spring, has a long
'ad, trots and gallops well, and is well formed,
•will give the re«ard to any one who will
deliver her to me,twenty mi!.s from Lynchburg,
°'i Wards Load, or will thankfully receive ary
information ot her. OWiiN I NORTH
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