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holders .ithsr lh .n lh* C»mmon«e*llb, by
»eoii-*mi.»l re-oreotloni out of Ihe .nm an
nual divide"* -‘ on ouch shore belonging
In aiuchb-Ider- oilier hontne t " hsoiiwc* ih,
eoinnii n nm 'he- day nl- »hJ > aiid
coni ismng omii die said-' 11 "w
mm of — - anal he paid"—«interring
lh. Ini low _ 11 1 a uiii eq ml l<> -l*r t''" ""
Ihe Wind* a • orb i,l said Beiih. ' rclnsirr
nfth- Co.oni. weallh'a almh iheiem ; aaiil
■inn lo be pai I in mini instalment* com
mencing the ■- ■ — " day <>• “
Thu amendnn ni oa- adopted—and Ihcii die
lull ivas nrderel ions Hind reading
\ resolution was read from ihe < omouliee
or Kntdl iir Cor a ilhnrining a parhel boot to
beculabliahed hr Hand Staples, lor ihe |iur, o.e
cl carrying passenger* brlw*. n t.i iiehliurg and
Hirhnmnd. lo po* through ihe lochs ol the
.lame* Hirer f mipany, free nf lulls for one
v..iii ai least, at all ho tel, mid m pnfertnr• In
nil other hoahnr tin ell —Mr Thompson nh»r
veil, ihat die boot nf Mr Staple* wa* now
ready 10 descend the river ; that it wa* an e«
perimenl which It* thought worthy of enenur
* milt'ii : til I tHat if it answeied the purpose
intended. it would »»e * great ic.nmmo.laiion
to travellers—that It was intended lor pisfen*
gars only, and what \%*t»a*krd, was lo lacili
Mfp ihe run nf the boat.by giving it the privilege
of pasti »g tbe locks m preference lo other
boars Mr. f raroaiked, that il gentlemen ob*
jacted 10 it* passing free of toll, that tealure
might hereafter be struck out of the bill —Mr
t'pshaw supported the resolution on account
of the convenience which it promised to oiler ;
saving, that he neheved it was a privilege al
Ways extended to packvl boat on • anal*.— 1 be
resolution was then agiced to—.li aIso another
resoluti on from the ram* Committee. for re
peahtig the act of the last session nf the L**n*f
laturr '* incorporating a company to construe
ii turnpike road from C\mb burg to the b**»rr
e .d of the James R<vr» Company « canal ,n
Bedford county ; "ami for passing another an.
anth* rifiug « road to be opened from Lynch
burg to the to'I hou-e, through Campbell and
Bedford, lo the mouth of the sug*« it ebianch,
..Alto, a resolution fiom Hie Committee of
Propositions and tiriav inces, t »r amhoiisiug
a separata ele.Jion in Chatlolie county . — Al*
certain re»o nii*ns from the Commit'e« of
Road* and Internal Navigation, founded on
Ihe rs'i'i'iiiiotis u( the Janus River ( o npanv,
relative tut c Kanawha turnpike,4‘C 1' r( uni*
unite report, 1st. hat it is ipedieol iuex* tup
from loll on ht kaniwha t rupiki* **d hinlg**,
ftU persons g*ing to public w*»r» ip on th*
Sabbath, or to or from any nunal , fo or irmn
any election of Members f tlic l». idatuieo.
of ( oilgrest ; all mill in ofli. cm or private*. .
going i • muster, with their hoises ; a*, i «U
grand jui oti or venire*men, with their horses,
going to nr Mourning from any cum ; 21, tha
ii is i< expedient to dr I are hy law t lost part .ft he ,
old b ate road between Callahan's, in 11»*• county \
of Alleghany, and the town of I,-*wisburg. fcc [
te b- vacated and no longer considered a* a
public highway ; 31, that it i* in xpedienf lo j
provide that it ativ road be opmrd by a county I
« curt or individuals, by which tl»e payment nf !
tolls at any g «te or bridge* of the K • Yurupikc
■jiy b« avoided, tt shall be lawlul lor tht rum
pany to eract a gam at sur h place, nod to col j
lect the ustomarv toll ; and 4 h, thut it is inrx '
pcdient to increase Ihe salary of the Agent sii I
perintendiof tha Western improvements to I
Ji 1000 per annum.
\ bill* concerning the 7 p”r card, stock of
the State of Virginia." was called tip by Mr ,
F.ppes. who propoted •••vetal amendments |
to the amendm-nt# of the committee—Mr.
Lppet snppaitad them at Considerable length
—Messrs Bryce and Harvie. wi re opposed to
them. Mr I mil! moved tha indefinite post* (
ponemeiit of the whole subject, who b was lo* .
ihe debate still continued ; win u Mr. Watts
moved to postpone the bill till the 31st of
March.
Hits gave rise to a discussion of a point of or
der, whether the indefinite postponement ami
the mutton to postpone till the 3ls| March ware
not the s.tme motion. IhrChnir decided it
was and Mr. Waifs was about to avail him
s« If of'lie proposition of tha Chair to npp<*nl
to the H oise, when at the suggestion of a mem
ber, Mr. Watts waived the motion nod moved
to postpone the bill till the lUlh March [virtu.
• Ill to reject II ]
Mr II ■) d supported the motion, and Conten
ded 'bst the question reads was, whether
by extinguishing or changing tfie 7 percent,
si >rk which belonged lo the l.i’ar ry Fund,
ttie* Legislature whs to rat down the dividend
of that r und. to such a degree, that n could ad
mit of no annual augmentation ; none that
could go io the establishment of Coll, ges or
Academies ; none that could be distributer!
beyond the present appropriation of ^*1 “x t
to the education of the poor people nf in.
State.
On t»k<ng the question, Mr Watts' mo inn
prevailed—xml the House unmediai* Jy is.tj ,uru
ed.
a>eaj>agaa»
Front the boston Chronicle and Fntriot
BANKING AND t RKDIT-—No I.
These, in I heir own spheres, me engines as
mighty at sleem is in machinery. They hnvt
effected. and are daily effecting wonderful rev
olutions. Credit is one 01 Ihe proudest In
nmphl of civilisation over barbarism It ena
tiles an iotlividunl or nation, tnrnrnuiand every
thing that gold and tilver can purchase ; —and
to command it, at any an t cvny time ; at any
mid every place ; and in every emctgcncv-—
and to command tint from Ihe mere fact, that I tic
promise it considered os good at the go.'d and sil
ver.
All the great operations of modern times are
performed by the magic wand of credit—anil
this is equally true, whet her the aim tie to
build the New York, or the Ohio, or the Cent!,
sylvanta Canal, or Hie Manchester and l.iver.
pool Ha Irnad—or whether |! tie to build a (lei t
or raise an aimy, and propel into msiatilHne
Oiis action, tlie mighty energies of a mighty
nation.
It the Autocrat, whose eigantic grasp estends
over nearly one hall ot A-ta, and over one half
of Lurope, wishes to put the vast resources of
bis Vast empire in motion—even he first puts
in motion, in Ihe shape of a loan, the credit of
the prince ot Credits, Rothschild.
With equal physical force, genius, talents,
prudence and discretion at its helm , and with
equal materials of w «lth, a nation which had
no credit, fighting against a nation which had
• he best credit would stand no chance of sue
ce«s. The nation that had credit, could create
and pot in motion all Ihe material, uf w„r HII<|
hear down upon its enemy with ati overwhelm
ing force ; while the nation that had no cinlit
would tie casting about for resources, and white
the intelligence at its head, could distinctly pet
ceive beforehand, that even when all its resour
res were collected, they would he totally inad
equate to cope with the mighty lever, with
which Ihe magic w and of credit had armed its
rival. Hence, the power of Creat Britain,
whose little island, with only Id millions of in
habitants, has, by the magic wand of its credit,
been enabled 10 hold in subjection l()tl millions
of Asiatics, and has been able, successfully, tu
eopi with the gigantic powei of Napoleon and
to subsidise by turns almost every uution in
Lurope.
Credit, to be of the greatest valop, mmt ha
pure , so as lo command every tiling, and to
command it on Hie best terms. There are
scarcely any definable limits lo (he power of
ruett credit, ihe purest credit cannot esist,
wiilioti! being founded on the entire conviction
■ i'll he irho promises to perforin, possesses the
ability, and does intend, »« g00d fudh, thus to
perform, at any sacrifice, what he promises, lo
he lull estent of hit promise, regardless of any
<.«ri s of the La iv. Hence, (he habit of good
faith and of coptiJenre, *h'ich di«1inftii«bfs ail
communities that ileal in good treilii—a «
■II £nnd lai'h and of confidence, wlncli nrcesta
ril* arise* from the "try nature "f the ran- ,—
mill which II the ;hild, as well «• the ,.mrnl of
evei e social »irlue Of him, » ho would h ire
the ties ciedlt, it 11111*1 justly be laid III*
iv id n as good ai hit bond"—and either i* ai
, " giant ai gold.
| ,r credit id Bank Note* of the pmesl ciedil
Hands foremost, among tlicie prim I triumph! ol
civilixaiion over beiberiim. It *• ■ in tei-f, a
continual and piar.ln al declaration, t>y the
. ommunil*. that " .1 prom iff to pay gold mid
Silver," t» better, for them ••than lilt actual
payment" J hit preference is iimv so ilia iked
in Knglariil, tiiai Bank of England Noli s are
ai ah,,nt I t per eeni pramiom over gn'd, and
al about fi per cent, piemiom over *il*'T.
|i is an marked in this country , that tile Notes
of the Blink of the t inted Slates command a
premium riser specie, in the Mcstetn part id
the United 'stale*, in many of the place* in
who It that Bank hat no branches. In lai t, this
preference is vety natural H lial can lie more
convenient for a traveller, Ilian *n carry m Ins
pocket gift Note*, of the Bank ol the United
Stales, which he knnws will he redeemed in
gold and silver, at rveiy hiancii—Of laiger lulls
, ol that B ink, which are tecetv.ihle at pat in
every part of the United Stales, for dues to the
I government—and which, whether issued ai
1‘iltibiug nr r'nictnnati if New Orleans in
B istnn, are ai no tun** lower again*' spei ie Ilian
i I I per cell| diicnnii' in any portion of the
I Union, however remn e from the place Irom
whence llirv were issued.
Louis the XIV used to say. »"«», »'» n»«K*
war, lie wanted three things, vif : — I *1, money,
2dly. money, Idly, monev.
And what i« money, m modern tiiH« f f It is
credit, emphatically, oied l. When, in IH1J
and 1.1, we wanted io put in motion the eaer
go* of the nation, we raised, during the two
years of war, I sopp '*>•, ess than 10 million*
by i|iMi“i ami tales, and upwards ol HH) mil ,
linns by credit. We hate been paying off d»e e
loo mil11• *n« ever title ;—ihus, throw ing the J
burthen of 1 4 of iheexpen.es .f tlit* wai, upon
a long inteiv.il of prosperous peace ,— Ims,
hav ing been enati ed to tiling ag ru st tin* enemy 1
four inie« as m ic-i force, ms we C mid have
In on1: i had we been confined ° our 'var
in aos. It is, then *• f evident tha credit is as
essential na engine nj Itar, st g nip w ler—a»
essential ns m Heel—as mi nOal ms an army—«* i
ra*enliM m* i|i** mind loaf m .ves lliem all-— is
eisentHI, indrr d as the wholo of lljeui put In*
ether—f»»r, without credit, you cannot get
maney. exr.pi in dri ilet#, totally inadeipiate to
raise Hfmiet. and ripop fleets, sulfic cntiy pow
eiful i«i cope willi powerful na'ioiis.
The hr*'credit, then, u one of tht powers nr
crssnnhf -iiHt, indispensably incident In the
power o' making w u , t.n . mvesti g a govaru
ineut with the powei ol <iiii mg mi war, would
il not he perfectly ah*-U'd to deprive that go
veniinent of ll.e only means I Init can he mlc
1 'We to enpe with me enemy / More, aimn
ALADIN.
RANK I Vi AND CKKDIT* —No l
Mm d.v iveryo the art of pi mlmg has open
ed 30 tithIIy new sources of tmprnvemeiit, in
every science, that if the most I nmed (iieek,
nr tin* most eitli^ht-ii'd lio an, of tlm best
day * ol eiihe* Kepnhlii*, wore to CO til •• to life
again, he* w tild he b d to ciclaim, *' Indeed !
fliis is an en truly new world—where mind ha*
taken the mastery of master !"
In their days, material force fought against
material fori e. In our days, r the mind iliwi
makes the plan, and (Iihi ring ext. aoid mity ac«
ctdetits) derides be forehand, the fair oj the bat
tie , and in one battle, dtetdrs the fah of I fit
campaign.—any of an Umpire, la l line days,
the material* of war were moved by tin law of
force mul by hard money, to which, of coi rse,
tliete were narrow limits In our daps, Uvy air
moved by gentle and mvmble credit, embra
ring, witttin its grasp, the resources of the pa-i,
• if ihe present, of tlm future ; the t * snu.ee* ol
all countries, even of the enemy hituscH*.
When, during the lute wai vvitn (treat I»rit
aiil, the enemy wanted to pay for the supplies
of his fleets hoveiing on our coasts, or lor bis
troop* in ( anada—all lot had to tin, whs to
send to the L1. Slate*, briti-h (io vermin* o' bills
on Loudon and take oltr specie, for the purpose
tsifighting us ;—m»r woul.i it have done any
good I i lorhid il ; lor credi' >s tHi nutly pow, i
ei ful n i's own it eugtli, t.» ill ive in ihTmnce
ul all In'gid itmu Ilian be met in i umhat on
t'jtinl terms, only by * raid of tyunl goodness.
I. i us then lo'ik into tin history «* I nio.lern
nations Lei us M*e when and where the host 1
credit ims been enjoyed and what course is
molt likely to place that best CM* It wt Inn till*
reach of the (iovernment and ••( the people ul
tut? U States, on the suiesi aud most pet tnanenf
fuundnt'an.
The fain y and fashion of the world desire I
hi rude times, an actual ex hang* of “coin
m*'dity1 against “ com nnditv ” One move
further,—and com modify was e «• liange I against
a *• ('miventinna Representative," at first,
c •nsistmg of shells of small value—then of
Iron —then of brass- l tic n of silver and gold —
tn» re pres* uia'ive of va o \ advancing a« ovili
r at.m pi.iduced gee* ei a1, t glen . i masses ol
pioperty lo he exchanged
Stiver and gul l is Ike remitl to which the aim I
of nil iii.inkiiuj ik now ih ei !»mI, because ad j
mankind know iha< ii will buy every thing,
every where —And w l.eueti r credit is iutrudu
c d, its efficiency depends on the !«- t Unit Ut
u ho gives the credit, shall btlitvt that the gold \
and silver are lotitt ounn, at the timeand placi
of promise Ji is thu belief which 'is*antially
con-mute* true ciedit — Ii is this btltef which ,
gives credit all it power.—It is this lxlief which
makes credit heller than gold Hii 1 silver, h>
saving the expense and trouble of its trnii;por
tat suss- But silver and gold must I'nriti i » basi*.
I hey must lie at the absolute command ut the j
huhler of the promise, because silver and gold
are what the seller of the property intend* lu
have at hi* command when he make* the valo
It is this belief which induces him cliecifully to
exchange his liouie, Ins lands, his »h -ps, his car
goes, for a mere piece ol p iper.
Mow is this belief to he acquired 3 I low is it
to tie preserved, when once a quirt'd .3
Common sense, as well as experience, re
plies : " By basing the promise to pay, upon
“ an ample capital, which the community can
“ see and feel to be leadily commanded :—and
" also, by a long course of experience, in the
“ ability and readiness to pay, of the Prouii
u §er
A great advance was made towards this oh
jer.t, in the drawing "f Bills of exchange, bv
private Bankets, and by Merchant*, and by
t heir issuing Promissory Notes—both to beare
and to orer.
But the credit of either class was liable to
the llnctuations ot many transactions, other
than Banking; and to the uncertainty of the
amount ot their capital being almost always uu
known to the public.
Hence arose the establishment of (ncorpo
rated Banks; entitled to dealing tu gold and
silver and niauied securities, with capitals of
known amounts so large, and with conduct so
steady and so sore, as absolutely to command
public confidence—and to retain it through* ut
*»vety fluctuation of trade and traffic and cir
cunistancet.
Whereversur.il Banks were first esiahlislied,
as in treueva, Amsterdam and Hamburg, they
fixed such a powerful centre of pure and unva
ryingly steady credit, as to attract the confidence
of the whole world, not only to the Banks them
selves, hut, in n great measure, to the whole
community around them.
Hence, large masses of money accumulated
in those places bv the deposits w hich necessari
ly result from public confidence. They accu
mulated in those places, from the wealth which
pure credit always fends to produce, by the iur
penis it gives to industry.
Hence, laige loans could lie had in those
places, when they could he had no where else ,
It will f>e recollettvd that (nftei the cash fur.
niftlied through Beaumarchais h? Fraflff, aft
interested f»*• rfy) the first money with which
the t’. Slete* loughf for their independence, w*«
ubtaiued by n loan in Amsterdam*— mi Amstrr*
dnm, having long bed * Bnuk of long settled
pure credit.
Wherever inch Bunks Imre ensted, *tn Eu
rope, the benefits ot n steady ere'if •>( fcieat
stupe, Imre been so thoroughly nppretia'fd ms
to lend irivai inbly to a lenewsl ol the charters ;
_4 renew ni, granted not to nccouitnod «te the
Stuckliol'lets of the Banks buf to act
ilnte tie nntion wit steady and pure credit*
ot sufficient power to Answer nil 'he purposes ol
Ihe linn action* of every <|a>—all Hie purposes
of every effteigenc.) —1% ^ redit Already e*lab!iab
tdby the oLl» Hank, being always surtr and bet
ter ismnrn, thin a credit to be uinbtashed by a
Ni.w Hank. AEADI.V
THE IIEBUE IN llli: C S SEN VIE.
Arcmduig to ill a* count* this rum bf«n one
uf il»e most remarkable debate* which ever
to .k place in th's counfrv. It is known that
ihe subject is the policy of the l' S. in rela
tion to the public land*. We weie informed
many months ago by a gen leman then just
f,oin the Wivtflhat the Jacksonian plan ot a
political campaign embraced these ihiee greet
points
1 I tie giving up all the puhlii lands to the
^fiite* in which they lie. This whs to secure
to iha nu u now m power, the II tit. A uingui !
firent hi itre !
2 Hie expulsion of the Indian.* and the di*
tribution ol their t riitones among the status hi
which they lia. Tills was to propitiate Georgia
and the extrema Soudi.
dd. 1 he abolition ot the whole protect! ig
ijsi iff. or of so much a* was practicable, ihis
was to b'iImIv South f'arolitiA
These three meatmen, were to bind the
d tli-*icut sections to which they r* late hi an
indissoluble bond uf friendship and alliance
\t the time wo received this ioloiinaiion
which w as hi toon as the Cabinet wa* l • rated
ami fad lima to luuk about nsalf, we b< Ii ved
•I on account uf the high character and intel
ligence of the gentleman from whom it cam
W e did not doubt that the present Hdmmonia
turn w <111(1 lisa the*e means, if they rmjbl,fo
perpetuate their power, sun « they had tls tl
similar, (bough lum ed 010*'. to obtain it. Inis
predisposition and arrangement will Account
I illy lor this debate which has shaken the Se
nate, and amazed the very faculties of eyes and
• an. [Must Journal.
M r Van Huren whs la at week actively en
gaged m the -Supreme Court of the United
states, being associate t’oiiusi I with Mr. Web
tier, 111 the great A tor case, which has o< ru
pied tin aHeiitioii ol that august tribunal for
several days lie has, of course, incurred I
some obloquy for thus lemming as il wr«r*
Ins practice. The New V01 k Com. Advents 1
deleudi him on ihe ground, tnat being retaiur d
by t »e state of New York, h<ug before he be
came Secretary of Stuff!, the impoiian e ol
t ie «■ ise and 1I1 peculiar eti emus'ancef o it,
required that he should not »i hho!d Ins
professional services. [Tulilual Arena
(Initial Jackson and the Tariff. — In the 1
speech delivered bv sir U.ild • III, at he public i
dm.»er given to him in 4• mciiiiiHlti, Ohio, he
eipreslly declared that Ii*- suppo ied General
Jackson lor I tie 1’iesidettcy, because disre
garding all cumndfration* ot local popularity
linjhii I taken ins stand in fav <■ ot the Ament an
System —It appears by ih • fol owing extract |
ir 1 <111 a South.toil oliiiii pa e«, that the a tempi
made in his M usage at the ope.ting ot Con
gress.to cufl* ilia1 e both panic*, bv nippies
mg hi* real sentiments, will not attiwm in
that • |u inei :
" It We h'ld not known by the VoP’8 of Gen
eral I ickvcm in the United > air m 11 ate — by
In* letiei in the spring 01 2 1 m Ur. Uoleinaii,
and the repeated exptesHiin. td Ins opinion*
a various limes siilis^que n, what hi* notions
were, w 11 ti regard lo 111«- on*ulntioi.a hy ol
the I anil, we ulniuld need no turtiierpro.il
than tin* Me*-age, that h«* go s to the full
extent with fin majority 0/ t oegiea lie is
o .1 only not lor us, but unequivocally ag.uuat
tis.,>
The extract read by M Clay ton, a few days
ago, from the Memoirs of .1 #• IV«-»•-** 11, iccently
published, (hi nnmes a » ricking evideuce o' the
facility wiili which even the mo-d caution-,
luiinfs mav be led into error. Il the prevent
eieculivt* were to note down evei) thing which
lias been communicated to hunt and wli eh
from Ihe course lie has pursued, it may be in
terred that lie believed, Ins memoranda w old
prete nt a singular picture. Il Gneral Ja«U
sou's Biogi aj.lier sin old, ben alter, publish
Ins memoirs, and give in jtir-iili all n of ms
coodoi t iu removing so many Worth) men
from office, the gro-s bil-ehoods and misie*
presentations which were < uinmiinicaiiid t-»
In o,tfiH catalogue would be biil'little creditable
fo himself or In his prompters That this may
not fie a posthumous work should be an of),
ject of interest to bis coutemp TRiie-q a d r-pe
cially fo Ihe friends «*f those who have been
openly .is well as clandeslinely a-sdled
[.Vutional Journal.
From the. Ilultiniure Patriot of Ft b |0.
An old Democ i at w ho has b< • n *• t ehniii'd"
oat of office, and whose p ace has been tilled by
a federalist, asked one off he parly how lit*
liked tin* denunciation* of Ihe I derail*'* in
Dull's l ebegrapt). lie quickly replied—“O !
d—n DuflTarei >i,who cares for what lit* says,so
lung as we get the offices.
The letter writer ol tin* N Y. Journal of Com.
m» r* e, who, a* we have h tore had occasion to
ob«p< ve, is a Jai Kvinist, t ; us writes under dates
of the 8th nisi f otn W.ishmgi >n :
“ file dillereuces which had for sometime
«ubsi ted among the members of the cabinet,
which with said lobe mv serious as to ttu.aieu
a di-inemhernient, have been adjusted for the
im-senf. All the gentlemen will atti nd to their
duties, and the ladies, as t'.ey l ave a right to
do, will be at liberty to do j st ms they please.
1 Mi-pec.l Gen Jack-on I,mod it easier to deb at
Packeuham and hi* l< gmns, than he will now
iu tin t :« a b'w ladies "
Colonial Trade.—The Si. John (N. B.) Ci
ty Gazette oi January 27th coni dins the lollow
mg
POSTSCRIPT :
As this paper was going to press, we were
favored with Journals of the House of Assem
bly of 19th, 21st, and 22d in*!, from which
we hastily extract the following Message :—
“ The President takes this cat ly opportuuit
to acquaint the House of Assembly that by the
last Mail he received undoubted information,
that the American Minister in Loudon is using
every possible effort to prevail on HiS Majes.
(y’i Government to re-adiiiit the vessels of the
United Stales into the British Colonies in the
West Indies, from which they were prohibited
by the wise policy ol H s Majesty's older in
Council of 1820.
He is most happy (o add that our zealous
and indefatigable Lt. Governor, (wbo fortu
nately had nol left London,) is making bis
most strenuous exertions tor defeating that
measure, which, il carried, would so fatally af
fect the vital interests of tins and the neighbor*
iug provinces.
The President therefore submits lo the wis
dom and deliberation of the Honse, the pro
priety of a joint representation on the part of
the Council and Assembly to His Majesty *
Government, expressive of their sentiments
on this highly important subject, which il a
dopted, be will feel happy to transmit, with
any other remark* which he uiay consider
likely to have the desired effect.” W. B
Upon which Message, ihe House, in com
tnitttee of the whole, resolved to address
His Majesty on the subject, and that His Ma
jesty’s Council be requested 10 ja*a ,n ^
dU’S8.
[ Rusuh i/i>, (Sla) Jan 12 —On Sunday last
j about 12 o'clock, whilst tbe inhabitants ol Iti**’
' velville wvif listening to an eloquent and h*r
j vent discourse on the attributes of the Deity,
from tbe lips of the Hev. Silas H. Morrison,
they w«*re suddenly alarmed at a report as ol a
large cannon in the vicinity. 1 his wa* install,
laneousljr followed by a IntV, hollow, rumbling
noise. which appeared to approach in a south -
ern direction, and tiecame more and more dit*
tincf. The heavens, already dark and cloudy,
suddenly assumed u still deep* r hue, until it be
came so daik that it was difficult to discern ob
jects in thecomt house, wheie tlie congrega
tion were assembled. AM at no**e, the darkness
gave pin re to an almost painful brightness ; a
body of fire apparent!) 2 * fret in diameter, was
seen to advance with amazing rapid tv, from
the same direction in which the sound had pro
ceeded. It passed tight ovei the town, with a *
loud wh i/zing noise, and left behind a strong
sulphurous smell In a few seconds, we heard ,
another loud esplosian. I he same darkness j
succeeded, but, a« Milton says, " not so palpa- ■
Wy obscure.*' (Courtland (Ala.) Iltraid.
.hmlher rih thirl ion.—Oil Saturday a lady of
respectable appeai airce, named Mr*. J ——ap
plied to the magistrates tor their assistance in
Searching fora young lady aged aneul -even
teen who had disappeared in a mysterious
manner Irom her house. I lie holy stated that
she had taken this young female when only
live years old under her protection ami had
her educated, ami hi ail respect* brought up as
her own child.
On ThmtJav evening the young lady di,.
appeared, and Mr*. 1-suspected a gentle
man who hold* a respectable office in the city,
and who I a I been in the habit of visiting al
her house dm mg the la*t twelve month*, to b<- j
the person who had taken her away. A war
ihnt whs imiiiediaiely issued against this per
son, he was arrested, the chaige was stated to
him, A i lie inn gi-t rates told him that he should
be commuted to prison until the matter was
inv e-'igaled. lie replied that he should not be
impMftu ed until foine proof could he exhibited
against him ; the magistrate, however, tuld him
that the circumstances related ami sworn to
bv the old lady were sullicie-r Id wmant hn
ue entiou 1 e piHonei lieu stated that tie
ha 1 nut earned the y* ung lady way, hut HC
kuowledged that he knew wdio d.d, but \va>
hound by his promise to that pel son. neither to
reveal his name, nor tin? place ••• which the
female wm, he further mentioned that she is
tnctenle. The magistrate said he could pay
i»o regard to any promise so given on the, mb
jer.t and that he should detain him until the
matter shall be further investigated, 'l ho per
sun (whom we have In aid is a married man)
was accordingly committed to prison.
We refrain from giving the name* of the
parties until !he muter is entirely searcu*
ed into by judicial investigation.
[iV. Y Enquirer.
Masquerade*.— We had supposed that the
New V oi k pub'ic had, and saw, enough ot Mas
querades, during the la»f winter But it ap
ptas that another ha* been advertised, tube
given at the I*.irk t heatre, on (lie 17(h ol tins
tiiuiith, t he law ol last year to suppress lhe*e
haiio ail spectacles, imposes a line of 1000
dollars for each olfen« e. But (he managers
e ilcuhne that the gay licentious crowd will
enable ti cm to pay tin peiial'y and yet make
a hamliotne profi The Legislature ought
• iistni.ily to pats an net, imposing a penalty
ol at ien-t fire thousand dollars, lor a mnsquei —
ade in Hi s city . Ten thousand lor lire second
off*, mce
N. ti It will lir s1 on that Mr. Bryson last
night called the attention of tba Common
ouocil to this subject. But Irom (be course
taken, the lost masquerade will be allowed to
go ff’, before the Cuininon Council w ill act—
unless the Leg s a me will move in the business
-poutaucoiisiy. In Philadelphia, last year, the
attempt to g t up a masquerade was arrested
in short order. As soon as it was advertised
a gentleman proceeded (o Hatliaburg, where
the Legislature was in session, and leturn
ed with a law in ht* pocket, which Hires
li d an put an end to the concern.
-[JY* V Cum.
V. S ship Hornet —She was Iniilt at Balti
more, and was the oldest vessel of her
cla-s in he Navy* T here were but live older
ol xi»v description, viz : the United Slate*, 44,
Constitution, 11, Constellation, IJti, all built in
171)7, and the Congress, 3<i, and Juhu Adams
2T. i.u t in 17bD She was rated at IH gum*.
Imt mount, d 20. T hough a small ship, she
was hnn -iably distinguished in the last war,
having captured or sunk, in different engage
ment', the Bi iush hi igs ol war, Peacock and
Penguin, ol ahouf equal vize with herself, and
aunt er ln u of ten guns, having on board up
wards of $20,000 in specie. Her great ag.’,
notwithstanding repair*', must have rendeied
her unfit to encounter a heavy gale, mid lea l
j ol all such a gale as that which was experieu
ced on tiie loth of September. The loss of the
I snip, however, is not w orthy to be named in j
comparison with the" hearts of oak" that per*
ished with her. l or these, though their grave 1
is the ocean, a monument will be raised more
j durable than marble in the heaits cil their cuuu*
try men. [-V. York paper
I South Carolina Methodist Conference—It
is gait), that the session of this body, just over,
I has been in many respects, the must interesting
i ever held, but the cii cumstance wlii.h most
lemaikuhlv di»litii£%iisli«t» it is the division ol
! the Conteiem e District into two separate Coil
lerences 1 tie South f'aioliuu Conference will
: hereafter be bounded by the Suvannah river
I oil tlie west. 1 bo Conference which lias been
treated west ol ilmt boundary, will be demgiia
jten the Georgia i'uiifen.nc«. 1 he Georgia
Conferenc e w ill meet at Macon, Geo. on the 5th
| January, 1831 ; and (lie South Carolina Con
f leretito in Fayetteville on the ‘26lh January
1831. lUaJttgh Register.
The Courier hrancuis remarks, that, in
France, at ibis moment, there are all the ele
ments ol revolution, except one, and that is
the desire to make a revolution ;—truly a tua
| terial obstacle. In no populous country would
the elnients be wanting, if die desire pre
1 vailed ; licit even in the Lnited States.
[A'at. Gaz.
I” :y piana#.
LATKST I HUM KNULANI).
rhrfMl .ailing ship Herald, «apt. Graham,
amv.nl in Annapolis roads 01, Friday ’as« iroin
Liverpool. To the attention ol Capt. O. the
I editors ot the Amer ican arc m.lehte.l lor tiles ol
London papers to the till., and L.verpo.l (o the
| 8th nil. both inclusive
The President’s Message was published at
length at Liverpool on the 7th.
The sales of cotton at Liverpool during the
week ending on Ihe 7lli. were 7000 hags- Ihe
Mercury of the 8lh slates that prices bad de
clined l-8d per lb. _ . . ,
The last ipiarlerly returns of the British rev
enue had jusl been made up, and exhibited a
deficiency of £332,786—making Ihe decrease
nn Ihe whole year 1S2U, of £1.165,4-10. 1 his
deficiency is nor more than was expected under
all the circumstances ol the country .^ 1 lie cus
toms show an improvement ot £62,654 ; on
every other item there is a decrease.^ In Ihe
Kseise iliere is a deficiency ol £154,306 ; on
Stamps £60.057 i Post Olfice £'30.000, laics
£0 320 i Miscellaneous £151,757.
A slop canal is projected between Paris and
Kotieii- .
Russia.—'The Russian General Kisnelel has
issued an address to the Divan of ^ alUchiu,
upon his taking the office of president ot the
Tut kith principalities on the Danube, in which
lie promises an honest administration ot the
public utfalia iutiuikted to him, an indulgent
m l hind treatment, in order la ii»re the
miseries inflicted on the provinces by war. It
declare* that ibf intention of the KoiiiSfor
.Nichole* mi i»s commencement we* fo render
the pectination °i the j rinripalilies as little op*
pressive a* possible, tmt that the functionaries
employed in 'hat quarter bad been guilty of
great extortions I he sy*lem ot forced gilt
was re* ifted to, dc ihe pieience of h laige body
of strangers, instead of being a blessing, by sup
plying a market for t be productions of the prov
ifice*. had been a cuts*. All these evils, he
a* -ires the Turkish authorities, shall be amend
eil.
the last St. Petersburg papers make no
mention of the In alth ol the Kmperoi Nicholas;
so thm we may consider the leport ot hi* relapse
as a mere fiction gut up (or stock jobbing pur
pose*.
It i« said that great discontent still prevail®
in Kustia, in consequence ot the peace, ami a
correspondent in ihe Messager de» Chainhipg
even says lhal «i eieat coolness prevails between
the Kinperor ami Ins two brother®, the 1*iand
Duke* (Joiistaniiue and Michael.
COLOMBIA.
To the Editor of the .Yew York Daily Advertiser
8ir : I have lately received from Bogota
the follow ing letter, the translation of which
you will please invert in your paper, to give
an idea of the deplorable situation ol Colom
bia.
4* Zipaqlirx, Dice. 20. 182t .
•4 My Dear Friend ; I have confined ..my.
self to (his village of Z'paquira, (20 miles
from Bogota,) bicathing the pur * air of a fma
country, amt dying horn iny beloved Bogota,
where calumny and flattery, falsehood and
intrigue, have erected their throne No on*
can live there without leading an existence al
wax s doubllul, and never tranquil We
fear every day, every hour, every rrruute
either prison or exile. Our coimin i i e i< des
troyed, our agriculture prostrated—public
morals are lost, and vxe have am mg us such
hii abundance of sycophants and prostituted
flatterers, that reason ix neither capable of »e
sisting (lie effect ol sad retlec'ioux, nor of mo
dera'ing the desire ol banishing (In pi i verse
race ol inlamoiis and insolent assassins This
is, my dear friend, the cruel situation to which
we are reduced by ilia government ol our
in xv 1 ii>eiiu», xvlio i» (he soul of the feeble
council ol slate, and the source ol all our mis
fries and misfortunes—wliose services lo bis
country can never be compared to the great
number of re volution-’, deaths and exile.**, ol
xv 11 m • 1» he alone is the author, ami who has
lately caused a medal to fie struck, which will
forever record the lameniuhle event of the
uight of the 25th of September. The Gazette
ol thetioveninieut “ Some fin mis of the
Liheiiiinr, instigated thereto by Doctor Eloy
\ alen/.uela, have bad a medal engraved, to
perpetuate the mein -i v ol the happy salvation
of Ins Excellency General Bohvar, on the tiigh|
of the guilt September, 1828, in which she as
sassin pninards utleinpted to cut short fhe
thread ol his days. The said medal was pub.
lislied on the 28th of October, Ins huih day
On llic face, it has, upon a pttfrsal, the bust
of ilie Liberator, and on the reverse, in the
superior | art, an eye, with a radiant triangle,
and iintier. tins nisei iption : *' l,. D P. salvo
la vida Del Liberlador, Simon Hoi war, /«
tmche del 25 dc Seltmbrtdt 1828 — Divine Pro.
valence ..lived the life oftlie Liberator, Simon
Bolivar, on the night of the 25 h oi S pftuiorr,
1828 ”
The inscription of such a medal, although it
does not deserv** our attention, is laughable,
and worthy of being criticised ; but I will make
you some remarks •»! the most inn resting
point. Ii seems that Bolivar has not yet lost
the mania for btriking undals, as be did in
Peru, and thinks that he can deceive us—Boli
var has placed his friends in the foreground
(as people say.) only to hide his own shame
till vu xv*, his low and contemptible aspirations
Bui. WHO are B itivai's friends 711s slaves, his
military men, his friar.*, his pureha-ed Hat |
t tiers. and devoled folio wets ; and a few
foi eigmrx, without country, without family,
and without character—in short, all those,
who raised from the dust.wLh to domineer over
their own couu lyineu, and oxer the ruin* oi
re*pectab e families, and good patriots. How
ever, I do not believe (hat they spontaneously
devised xue-h a medal Bolivar is the author
of it, and tins tyrant has obliged them to do
what it was impossible f r tin-in lo refuse do
ing, if they did not fe»d inclined to he behead
ed or exiled. Indeed my dear friend, I per
ceive some reasons to he pie ued at this event
because now it xviil be sufficient to undeceive
some of our fellow citizens, and shew to en
lightened nations who is this harlequin of the
great and valiant Napoleon—this second Wa>h
ingion—whose gallant feats have iinniortaliz
ed his name. Gen. Bolivar, in ordering this
medal, seems to say : let us perpetuate the
memory of my tancotir and revenge—let fu
ture generations know, that although some
pigmi' S ol my unhappy country have given me
the cognomen of*4 the great,' I have not had
even generosity enough to forget H private
offence, and that pioduced only by myself, by
mv unmeasured ambition, and my direct at
tacks on the laws and the constitution. To
emit that medal is equivalent to engraving
deeply on tne minds of ihe relations and
ft iend* of tlnse xvho rose against him, the
remembrance of their act ; and this is noi
only contrary t«» a generous and prudent poll
cy, hut it will nourish in the sensible bosoms
oftlie lovers of liberty, the just idea that Gen.
Bolivar, acting in defiance ol (lie laws, destroy
ing the nation, and tearing the sacred lights
and privileges of the citizens, was (lie cause
of that event, which cairied to Ihe grave men
who deserved the nation's esteem To strike
a medal i* lo perpetuate forever the epocu
of infamous proscriptions, unheard of arbilary
acts, and horrible crimes ; it n lo perpetuate
the cowardice of Gen. Bolivar, u ho instead of
putting himself in a posture of defence coward,
ly lied away, and concealed Ins body where ttie
diit and sweeping of the houses are thrown
offering himself to the eyes of present and fu
ture nations as a man without valor : it is to
say to the whole world, that he whom some
have called a hero, will be in future called the
opprobrium of Colom ia, the shame of Ameri
ca, and discredit of mankind—and still this
hero is going to insult the free North Americans
the respected country ,f Washington, and the
cradle ol Liberty ! I • He is eomg to .end Hint
medal to Genet al Jackson—dial evidence of
death and destruction. He dare, st,il to insult
Hie sons of freedom. In fact, my friend, I
believe that Bolivar lias iosl bis common se, se
""d ho is a maniac. If I were nm a Colom
bian. I would willingly laugh at Bolivar, pride
and folly ; bui as I am, they make my heart
bleed lor my country', deplorable situation.”
/.on er Canadti —The provincial parliament
of Lower (_ amnia assembled hi Quebec oil the
22d ol .latntary. We have received the Can
adian (our.1,11 Kxtia, of Ihe 25lh, containing
the speech ul the (iuvernor General |i relates
entirely to ihe inlet nal aIVairs of the Colony,
ihe number of their elementary Schools is
increasing, and their condition flourishing.
Among the subject,, f0 which the attention ol
the Legislature is invited, is that of the proviu
ctal currency. They wish lond themselves
of ptslareens, and other ..nail ,,|ver coin,
circulating at a nominal value much too high,
and tn to.luce Uri.i.h silver, winch has been
received tor that purpose.
„ . y> Commercial.
Uobeit Christte, tvb0 was expelled the Hons
of Assembly last year, has bee., again expelled
irom the same. The follow,,,g proceed,, ,
occurred, °
ru *,le ™rti?caTe the return of Robert
Christie, Lsq. lor Ihe county of Gaspe, having
been read.
" Ott motion of Mr. Bourdages, seconded by
Mr. Sampson, theeui.ie* m the Journals of
lait ses..on relative to the ttpuls’ion of,!
Ruber, Cliri.lie. were read, and It
tor.- Rero ved, (ye*, |8> nil>, 3 » Th f '•"•te
Roller, Cbristle, having i„ hi, qllH| J“ **‘4
pemliary Chin man of the Quarter <s **
tor the l)i»t.in of q.iehee, counselled t^Vn"*
Administration, to rail in question u,
dnin of debate in this House, is if,!]
muleser.mg the confidence of the Ooverl*f°,e
and unworthy |f, be a Member of t|,j,
ami ought not to sit, and cannot sit as a n,
thereof. ™*nibej
“ A new writ was afterwards ordered f„ l
county of Uaspe. ,or the
‘‘It was hen moved bv Mr Bnurda fiP,
“ lh«» "«> humble Address be present*!
Ins Eicellency the Administrator of lh ”
er uiiei,. re|irrs tiling I tint R.,t,erl tlni V'
E-qmr... having, wIdle he was Chairman A*’
• fuarter >es»ious for the Histnct rd Q,,,,. e
anyone of the mein hers of th is House m *C’
la,ion of its privileges, of the inJrpe„jen
its members, an J of Ihe liberty of debate
this House, abused his situation, |,» im|ur m
ili« Lai I ii f Dalliousie, then governor in c/n£
to dismiss Irom the office ol justice of the D.»'
sevetal members of this House, on sc[, Ct
of their votes and proceedings therein, lur in"'!
conduct unanimously declared hy this R(, '*
»n the Hth Feb. 1820, anil aga n ihi,’?*’
d dared unworthy of the confidence, ol j?A
Majesty’s government, and unworthy of ,n "
mg or sitting in this House, ami praying jj, '
lore, that his Etcellency will l e pleaspa ,,
refuse to Ihe said Robert Christie. E'qtitrp
marks of e nfidence 011 Ihe part ..I In ,
govcrnmenl hv dismissing him front any .*
uf honor -r profit he may holtl dining jdeasuie
under His Maj sty 's government.
ih" Cniisnleialiun thereof was postponed till
Monday afl> ruat ds.
FAMILY FLOUR,
f g HK subscriber has on hnnil, for sale ,
-M. few barrels of first ra'e Family Flour'
FIKLUIMO L. \\ ILLIAMS
Feb. 22 o,
RAISINS, ORAN«KS,$o.
JI'ST received and for sale by the subset!
b-r.
Hunch Raisins, of sup. quality
Sweet Oranges
Lemons, A linouds,
Figs, Prunes,
Malaga Grapes,
Cheese, Cocoanuts, iVc.
S.AML. AYRF.S.
F«fc-82 ___ ifs
Bagwell, Smith and Hannah
Commission Merchants,
RICHMOND.
Ylf>AVING taken Samiml Hannah as a part
Jli ner in our concern in Richmond, the bu
siness in future will be conducted under the
firm ot Bagwell, Smith and Hannah, and under
the super intendance and management of Mr.
Hannah, in person.
We shall continue our business here, and will
in future transact a Commission Business, and
respectfully lender our set vices to the public in
tlint capacity. Advances will be made nn pro
duce when placed in our hands, if required.
SMITH, BAGWELL&Co.
Feb. 1 6tnil49
GHEAT INTELL1GENG E
FROM
“ FORTUNE’S COTTAGE !”
The drawing of tin* splendid New Yolk Con
solidated Lottery. Class No. 1 takes place in the
City of New York
C \SH LIST !
1 prize of $30,00(1
I 5,000
1 3,000
10 1,000
10 400
40 100
I piize of £10.000
| 1 **1,000
| 1 2,452
10 5(0
20 200
■16 bl>
UI Whi'h $]<*UU IS pH\Hl)le in Band.
Besides 00, 60, 40, 30, 20, &,e. &lc.
Amounting, in all, 11> $ IPS 432.
Tickets $10, Halves $5. Quarter* $2 50.
For sale at HEW SUN’S Office.
Feb. 18
LAND FOR SALE.
PURSUANT ro a decree of ihe Cotiniv
Court of Amherst, at Febtuarv Comm
18®*, we, Ihe iiudeisigneri Comm'issiurei
will ptoeeed to Mil, to Ihe highest holder, on
Friday llie2Gih March next, if fair, if nut, ihe
next fair day thereafter, a Iracl of Laud, lung
in the county of Amherst, abut three miles
from Lynchburg, adjoinining Ihe Laud of
Janies Lee, Amos Thacker, and others, lie
longing to the estate of Jemima Jenkins, dee
1 be sate will be made lor rash, and possession
given immediately. JAMES LEE.
JAS L LAMKIN.
PRUSSEll POWER!.
Pcb. 22 ids
O l ICE.—Will be sold, to the highest, bin
i w tier, for cash, at Amherst court house, an
Monday the IQth day of March next, that be
ing court day,the following slaves.belonging to
Ihe estate of John McBride, dec. viz : Ueorge
a man, and Darcas, a woman, foe the purpose
of settling all legal claims against raid estate.
And I hereby notify all persons having claims
against said eslale, to present them lo me le
gally authenticated, on or before the 4ib ftlmr
day m April next, as I intend to settle and dis
burse whatever may mi^iiii in my hands ol
said date, and this notice will be pleaded in
bar against all claims appearing thereafter.
JAMES S. DILLARD, Adm'r.
of John McBude, dec.
Feb. 22. wld*58
FOR HIRE.
1 the balance of the year, a Ictnale house
Us servant.—Enquire at this Office
Feb 22. 2t
PUT UP YOUR MONEY!!
1? u.bt! t» L» DLlLATtS I
AND
10,000 DOLL ASIS I
UNION CANAL LOTTERY,
(j'lass No. 3, for 1830.
To be drawn in the Ciiy of Philadelphia, on
Saturday the 20th day of Feb. 1830.
->4 Numbers—8 Drawn Ballots!
SPLEi,DID LIST OF CASH I
I |>nze of #30,000
1 5,000
1 3,000
5 1000
10 600
10 300
40 100 I
1 prize olcSlO'Hiir
I 40U0
1 :24o2
5 <>
JO 4oo
10 200
40 tO
Besides f>0—50—40—30—iVc. &tr.
'tickets 510, llalycs $5. Or.-. $>2 i>0.
Foi sale at HEtV SOS'S OtHce
Feb. 22.
Cold Cream and Wash Halts.
/] |1H l -- d*v opening h few dozen Cold Creanv
i'-hbrnl A for curing chops, Lc. and also
4tuz.cn Chemical Co»metic Wash Bit Is* a
•lew nud beautiful article. —
HOW EL DAVIES.
_t>b.
BLANKS
FOR Sale a 1 Lilts OFFICE#