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|»rove the men Roanoke. Pan anti Staunton, so that
steamboats may p ise up ami down them, and^t© make
such term* with the Koannke Navigation l ompany
•« (Pit he juat, for the surrender of their exrlnsivo
right to the navigation ol »ho*e rivers—Hy Mr. Kos
**tson of Richmond, from John A. Lincsster, N.i
ti*4niel Peoby, Kdwin flubioson. art! Hall Net Ison,
Stating that they are owners of alarm, with nil ex
tensive waterpower, well adapted to general and ex*
tensive manufacturing purpose* lor the culture oft he
Mulberry anil the pr. duct ion of Silk, in the county
of Chest rrfretd, near the town of Manchester, ami
praying for an net Incorporating a company f r gene
ral * manufacturing purposes—Ry Mr. Fl.uwr.RS.
from Kiiham* Caiutliets of Il.n risen county praying
fora divorce from her husband, supported l»y the ap
plication of sundry ritiz«n* of tlie county.
On motion of Mi. Tay lor of Loudon, t h© House
siijuurued.
SKNATK.
Thursday, Jan. 10, 18*9.
A resolution was received from the House of
pdcgates, fixing Wednesday the ll’uli iiistant, fut flit
election ot a Judge nf the Court of Appeal*, in the
place of Judge Win. Brock* r-ntgli dcrostsed ;
which was, on in turn of Mt. Me Mim >, laid on
the table.
On motion of Mr. M rriT. ihe Senate adjourn
ml.
Friday, January 11.
A resolution was received horn the IloitM of
Delegatee, fixing tin* day for the election of Piibln
Printer to this Commonwealth, which was, on mo
tion of Mr. $stn tt off’., postponed nil to-moiioiv —
(this day.)
Also, a resolution proposing certain alteration* in
the Capitol. fi»t the acrtmitiMidviinn <1 tin* Cirneral
Assembly, cYc , was, on motion of Mi. Baptist, Did
ou the table.
Mr. Bonmrant ptesented a »» emorial of the
Stockholder* «>| the .1 aim** Rivt r and K u.iw ha ( ’oui
pany, Laid .111 li e table.
On mo«ton ol Mr. McMitlv n. the resolntion f«u
the election of * Judge ol tin- i uurl <»f \ |*|*< I* "a*
taken op, ami Fiid.iy, the In* h u *«., »as fixed (oi the
election.
On motion ol Mr. McMt Ltl v. tho Senate ad
journed.
SKA ATP.
Svti Ri' xv. Jan. 1J 1 J:sri.
The Senate ptucecdrd to (he < i«‘t t ion "I a I’ublir
Printer, and S.imwel Shepherd being alone in imm
(nation, he rcce ved ‘J-l votes, ami lot Tims. Kit
chi*. Ksq., Mr. Buildm,
Joint voir—For Samuel Shrpheid, 1*1 . seal
(•ring. 3,
The resolution proposing rertain al eiatmiu t-»
the Captiol, was taken up, on motion id Mr, Baptist,
•* d was rejected.
On motion of Mr. (’•mpbcll,
The Senate adjourned.
iiousfi of vn;s,
S xturIm v, .Ian. I J, 1^39.
A communication was received from tho Senate,
stating that they have agreed l * the iruulntion lot an
ciectionot a judge ol ti c Court, id \ppe.ils, with an
amend ment.
The Senate proposed to sniltc out W’editesdav
next, and to insert Friday, the Mill m«f. Tin*
House, alter some remaik* by Mr. Crutchfield, n
grreJ to the ■mriidnieirt.
imblic pkintfr.
The Joint oril« r • f the day I'm the elecliuti id a
Public Printer I » one xr.ir, "■'* taken up.
Mr. Kobntflnti imiiuiMted S unui I Shepherd.
No other person bring put in nomination. Mi
Robertson was mpnsled to inform tin* Semite of
the readiness ol tin- lion c to ex mir the joint or
der.
A message w.ia i. reived fmin the Senate, Mr.
Hamr, stating iJiey were reatly to proceed nub the
joint order ol Hie «l.iv, tin* elrrtion id a Public I’m,
ter—ami that no tm ;i i ition h id been made m that '
body.
The roll being called, the vote ol the House was
taken a* follows :
For Samuel Shepherd—Messrs, h.lmtr. (Speak
er.) Bayly <1 A . Crupper, Southall, Holloway,
Wood, Cabell, Stuart. Kinney, Cobh*, Mitchell.
Fryatt* Snndjtrass, Shanks, l arr, Menu, Haskins!
Kyle, Flood, Toler, Fox, Corhin, Wilcox, t ’nrdwcll'.
Cnx, Carson, Brnadus, Wilson, Vaughan, Seivam!
Dormer, Ball, Ii bounds of F., Waite. Ibivnc. Dcs
kinft Hale of F., Wade, Sherrard, Barton, Chap
man. Smith of til., Watkins. Hail of ] »<t,n
gerfield, Tilin'r. Kdmum's tf II., ’ Tax lor
Odell, Park, White. Sryinrur, Flmvcr*. Arm
strong Bott*. Martin, Tyler, Washington, Reynold*.
Smith of K. Wiighf. 'ravine Slnulwick, Con wav!
Richmond, Failev. B ■ ml, Ramey, Taylor of L.,
Anderson, Crgmu, B-.oton, Caldwell, Taylor ol M
Ac M. Smith ot *l.iV .1 . Haymond, Clax'tott, Dun
bp. Barnett. OTciiall. Hodge*. Whitehead, Cun
ningham, Watt* Lnnghorne, Yubv, Alrxandrt,
FitSgeralJ. M’Connell. MTlienon. Cloud, M*<‘,.\
May. Tunstall, Witcher, Cay, Hams. C,n-n.il!
Venable, Roberts, Sh mds, Ratcliff., Stumi, pni
dlevon, Robertson, l.eybttrrY, Dorman, Smith of
Rockingham, Thou.as, Smith of Russell, < ,ulbrns m.
Bare,Conn, Davis, Uirpih ut, Crutchfield. Fitxliiuh!
Prince, Crockett ofT., Stephenson, Doudsun, W.d
ker. Jacl .son, Cun kett of W_1 ■_>
For Jama A. < ’..w.-n— Mr r.-ji,,,, j.
For Hiram II ii .s—VI. Wuotlolk_l.
J.inl vole Willi llio S.'iuie-Fur Samurl Sll.p
hcrtl 14i—scanning .1.
Sti Samuel Shepherd was declaied duly elected
Public Printer for one \ear.
Tt» Speaker laid beh.re ilia I|oui« » conimuni
cation fi on Treasurer ul'il.e Commonwealth, on the
subject of a sitbscriptioiv, lo Ilie stock ol the i.x
change Bank ofVitgina.
On motion <J( Mi. Southall. the communication
was laid on ilie table, ami ordered to be |.sOil, il.
lit appears from ibe <!...timcritti, that j;i.*l ,|,arr.
of .lock of the Fxt Itange Hank It tve been subset ibe.l
for. anil paid by individual* ; ami that unJcr the \ct
of Assembly, the Tramrret is bound to subscribe
on behalf ol tlie Stale, for an equal mimher of.ltai, »i
but that the 4lh instalment of'the l .S surplus lev'
ettue, with which tin’ Legislature Cuntcmplaled the
payment of the State's stibsciiption tu the nock of
the I. xthance I lank, not brine paid ami no other l noils
provided, the Treasurer found it out of hi, pawn
in comply with the requisitions of the Ai t. Hr soli
milted the question to the Attorney tjeireial, »|m
advised a refetence of the whole subject to thu (lett
eral Assembly.1
Mr. rendition, from (he Conimiltee of Privileges
end Elections, made a report on the contested elec
lion between Thomas I). Wilcox mid Clayton (i.
Coleman, from the election district composed of the
counties of New Kent and Charles City.
The House took tip the report, which concludes
with the lollumng resolutions :
fcwhtd, therefore, as the opinion oflliis com
niillee, Jhatthe said notice furnished hy the said
Clayton O. Coleman to the said Thomas II. W,|.
cox, ofhts,mention to contest his sent in the pictem
House of Deleeatrs, not having appended to it the
osth or affirmation retailed hy law. was not legal.
mu' al*°\ as the opinion nfthis commiitcr.
Thst tho mt mortal ot the said Ciavtun <1 ( oh
man be rejected, and that the s .id Thou „ |{
COXIO entitled to h„ seat in the present House of
Delegates, as a delegate to represent the election
trict composed ol the counties ot New hem ,, t
Charles City.
Mr. Woolfolk stated that the House hit.I hereto*
fore, In every instance, overruled objections lound
ed on mere legal technicalities. It seemed M,
Coleman was only one day behind the lime with'Ins
affidavit, and his competitor, if he desired to set fair
ly. Could receive no injury from that. Tlirie had
keen ample oppQrtutiity to contest Mr. ('olt-man's
poll. The cfleet of the present movement might he.
to defeat tliechuice of the people of 'lie distrii t. No
.advantage should be taken on the plea of limit tinn.
Mr. W. understood that the contesting candidate
had been willing in submit the matter to arbitrators,
and if Mr. Wilcox were declared by them entitled to
theseal, he (Mr. C.) would give up the contest la
fore the House. II not, he wjis ready In go again
before the people, and let them deeido it. "hlr.
Woolfolk therefore moved to recommit the report,
with instructions to the commute to investigate the
pulls.
Mr. Pendleton made a brief statement of the facts.
11* thought the gentleman from Orange had been
luiainloruied. it was not con eel, (hat the House bad
I
%
I hcretofoic disregarded ihe requisitions of the law.
N© such instance had occurred withm his rrcollec
• non. The committee were compelled to look to the
law afoue—that law required an oath on the part of
the contesting member, that he did not behove the
| votes contested by hnnwere legal—and the first in
quiiv ol the committee necessarily had been, sn
ihere n notice * If appeared no such notice
bad been given. The committee were confin'd to
tins single Mine, ami tins only, 'There was no evi
deuce taken in regard to the votes upon either poll.
Mr. I* would lie glad tf the member from t b inge
would ii form him in whit Case the requirement* ol
I the law had been disregarded.
Mr. Wfudfolk sml |lie»e were several cases. not
now remembered by him, in which the |!nu*e over
• tiled incie legal ter hue alities | | e riled the > a*e ol
l!.ithotir and Diviafrom Orange, when the law was
just as emphatic as it is now . \ r.
Mr. Witcher said that w hen the case from Orange
was Up, tlie Mine law did not exist. The difficulties
growing out ul that cast*. ,i^ to oolite, \r. had pro
duced the (resent law. | n ill it rase, t h<‘ parties had
been sent hat k to the people. le< ruse the f 'onions
, siopeis had exi Ijdcd n potnnu ol tin polls JJu! It
I knew no instill ee in which the reqtnn iiients of tin
( law bat! lie u disregarded
Mi. Wilcox, in ,i \ iy neat speech, stated bis po
sition—the motives by wbu b (mm the first he hid
bet n ^uverned. and the icasons w ltn.li bad impi lied
bun lo his course ofactum. II'* did nut feel limine 11
.it liberty lo consult Ins "Wii feelings, after the elec
Nun—be was the/) ill ihc bands ol bis fitcuds. lie
was now lie i e, not III compliance with bis piivaie
wisne-t—he fi( Hiiiiorit enoogn at uorne ; n wan
not In giahfy h.s ambition ilia' lie tuimlained In*
right lo a st :ii line. lie had Iren anxious lo re
stoic harmony, and to allay the excitement which
(had arisen during the eoiiHtl, and • n tins he had
purity succeeded. !l the House should Miiiaiu hi>
claim, he would feel that )m had nothing to boast of
and 'tl his rotnj '> m would h ue no « m»e n! com
plaint. lie, (,NJi \\ ) h. «1 received At 1 h« poll* U?0 I
votes, his o|i;h , iir ni Jn I Mi. W was an Hue of t he
mu ui v, Mr ( nil iii.m win a iii w nuir i I'll is pro
v« 1 lo w hii < on-ini ruts V»i ir niApnsrd to leceive
kindlv all who hi ir worthy of confidence. All that
M » W. I iiii-« I di '•ued, w as. to pmvc lo I Ilf* people
whom it him line,that in 'lie rour*e he hoi fell
hunscll hound lo i ike, he had uculier sacr diced then
iiidepcndciR* nor In* own.
Mr. May v» as not prepared to trust himself with »
\ ole on the (iiies’mn, uni il In- hid examined the
laws on ti.e subject. I I • would therefore move to
I n tli report on the table, to give tune lui an exam
inutioti.
Ahei sump furthcr H iuaiks by Mi. Woolfolk and
All Peudli ton, that motion pi* tailed, a id the rcpoit
w as laid on t he table.
t in motion o| .'! i. f*py Ion,
HisuUcii, I Inn the < 'oin i.nlee of Schools nnd
Colleges ke uisti lifted ta r f mi tl * rc into (lie expediency
ol apportioning the *c lino! fund lor Jiotctcrnrt bo
iween i he coimiics ol Itoltetourl nmJ Uoalioke.
t hi Ah. II ame\> um! ion, t he follow tin- resolution
w as adopted :
Hi s“( ./, ’1 kit the <'oiniiiil Ice on Komis and In
tcin.il Nuigitiou l>e instructed to imjuire into the
expediency ul so altenng the Kdad I. iwsofilns
t’ominuiiwe.dih. that the public roads may be work
cd by a levy, without giving to the county (Otiilstlie
power lo direct wind roads may be so worked,
ami wdi.it lnails may lint b«'mi wotkud ; that the sai l
road laws mo alined, may be submitted jo fbu voters
ol (lie M-vei il rounttrs of il. s ( amitnonwealfh at ihtt
next r lee ictr to be hidden lor members id the (rene
i a! Assembly . and that III all tile c ouulies in w hich
1 :<• i ay a majority oi voters m favor ol the
i a,mi laws so altered, said road laws so riltcicd may
he legaided as the law ol the In d ; and that
s.ud cutnmitlCf have leave to i< poll by bill or other
n ise.
< hi motion ol M i South all,
/icsuitcil, That thet oinmtlleo for Cottils of Jur
tn u lie instructed In impure into the expedier ey of
s i amending the ad rumlcd “ an act in reduce into
one ad the sevn il ar Is concerning executions. and
loi die relic t ol iiiso'vent diditoi as to authorize the
philtitd) in action «»l detinue, after judg nent to sur
it 1 i or bii execution for the specific pro
petty, it to he found, or in y olhci execution necessa
l y In recover l.he dictuativc value now anthuti/.cd bv
law upon other judgments.
Mr. lIohcriHon ell red the following resolution and
pointed out the otiluy and convenient e which would
result lo memliris from us aduption :
/*’ '< /. I hat the Si r * not at \ims employ a
boy. at l lie i ompriis.ii jon of one dollar per diem, (il
to he had,) to w ail on ineiuin m vvithll) the flail du
ring the session of the lloit*o.
Nil. Stephenson moved lo amend, by adding the
follow 1114 words :
“ Nnd that in making the selection ol such bnv,
the Sergeant *e!o( t the boh ol a poor widow 1:1 this
city.” Negatived.
Alt. Witcher thought the resolution unnecessary,
and oppo ed us adoption.
Mr. McCoy sud he wished lo l«naw who desired
ahoy to wait on them, nnd therefore asked tire ayes
and tines.
The «pi Mini was then taken, ami dec ided in the
negative—ayes .Ml, son f*0.
Petitions weir presented : Ily Mr f'rutchfielJ,
j from cui/.eimol SporisyIvania, praying the form
ation of a new county, out of a pint id said conn
! tv.
Ily Mr. '1 ivloe, from citizen* ofSpottayIvnnia,
. piny mg that the memoi nr I lor the division of said
I enunfv may lie on the (aide until they obtain 1 cony
I ol said memorial, and « in reply to the same. Which
i was agreed to.
Mr. Southall presented the petition of Nancy
Hacker, asking lor 1 change nl hei name.
Jly A*/. Shanks, from citizens ol Uotetourt, for m
amendment fo I he law regulating the width of the
< timberl.u d (lap IVrnpiko.
I*y A!i Mef’oy, from citizens of Pendleton coun
ty, for the repeal of the vdtl) section ol an act eon
ceming Western Hand 'Pules, so far as the same re
latex to the county of lYud'emu.
KyMr. Cobbs, from James Ilairtsof ilcdlunl
; count); pia\mg'if,at hjs daughter Martha ['. Hum
iniugs be divorced from hei husband John ligm
! mings.
Alt. \\ itchei said he hid a novel ami interesting i
momerial, whu h he had been mpiested to piesetit to
tins I louse . Ax the papeis were not long, he hoped
they might lie lead . and thus the time ol the House
might he ultimately saved. The following petition
1 wj* then 1 rail :
/ the (1nctii/ . I ff'iihli/ of I ii’giniii ;
Motris Pollok, at (lovan Kaetory near (ilascow.
in the Kingdom of tiie.it Kiitaui, laspeetlully re
piesents—that many years two brothers of
Nour petilioiu i emigrated to the State of Virginia,
: became citizens thereof, mid by their industry and
economy accuinulated cuioiderable estates; that bv
tile last will .mil testament ol Ins said brothers, lie
(your petitiouei) became .1 principal devisee, that a
huge portion ol the s ud b< cpiest to him is invested in
American stocks, mid uow held by lum m his own
1 ight.
petitioner further represents, that he is n
Silk I'hlowster bv prolehSiMii, ami is now the owner i
“Ji'l I'ropi leior, in Ins cmi right, ol ilin aforesaid
Uuvan Silk Uacinry in Semi,mil ; that his annual
outlay in carrying on the said establishment, now mi
MiLC balul o|,ei.Mion, IS Iiul less Ilian mio hundred
and fitly lliousaud dott-ns per annum ; that these
privileges have been conferred by Ins native cotin
iiy, and Ins establishment noiv limlrr the protection
ol Ins native l’rince; that your petitioner, regarding
the genial chin.ilo id Vitgmia, as well suited, in Ins
judgment, 10 the growth anil manufacture of silk, and
leelmg an ardent desire, on the pari nl your pelnion
ct. to make some tetiitn to Virginia for the protec
tion and indulgences extended to Ins brothers in
ihrii jiie-iitne, wiio were enabled to u ake their own
birtiioesand lav the louiidalion of Ins own—now pro
puses, it he can obiain permission so to do, to es
tablish in I lie county of I’utsylvania and Slate ol
itgitiiii, a Sin, I'aeiory, In be worked bv ilie best
i-oi.io and oilo r arn/.ans, and likew ise lo ruliiinle, I
10 «°1»'«lcrabie exieni, the Mulberry tier, so nulls- I
i pens able lo the growth ol'silk.
Vour Memorialists will cheerfully lake the oath of j
I allegiance lo lne Stale ol Virginia and the United I
■ I |l'i ,l" could not, without abandoning his ex
i n- nl* '**"1 b*nd,rer ounce Ins allegiance lo Ins
I e*. ,Su 11 H would he forbidden try
I l e i-uumicoi jo„r peniinner lor steady protection,
and by a proper rega.U ,o his o« .. ,meres!.
Vour pen.,oner sines, ,hat such an es.ablishmenl
as he conn niplalcs, would cause the expenditure of1
a very large sum ol inoiicy in V.rginia, making per- ■
mauent tixiures, and aherwasds a very | „ce ,m,„al ‘
sun, (or Us support. 1 hese, in the csiminiun ofvou.
petitioner, would reward the agriculture of the coun
try, and en; hie your petitioner to aell the m-mutnc
lured article free nfduty.
Yottt petitioner therefore prays,that upon the c on
dition he establishes, in the county ol Fitlaylvama,
Silk Work* I r the n .unit cctuie c»l Silli, lie be i r»
milled to bold real I %tate HI ihe said county in Ic e,
without reuounc i g ho* allegiance to his native Prince,
and your petitioner will j i V, Ac.
MORRIS FOLLOK
F.* tract of u Letter fiom Morris Foil. L F*q . dated
(•lasgniv, J/Odi l> c . 1 “J7f to Heorge Towlien, Lsq.
J) .nvtlle ;
•• I hate been pimcipally instrumental in introdu
cing the ail id throwing Silk utlo Sioliaitd , winch
lias her i ptocluu »•* «*t 4gi» al and profitable exttn
si ,n o| the Scotch manufacturers of silk and sill.
iniMUie*. I have lung conieniplaird a correspond
mg benefit for \ 114:1011 ; and as 1 think the climate
•unable, ! conic plate- j roduemg nik lioin tin worm
— I shall give full itMiiM lions f.»r planting the: Mu!
berry tr* rs. winch will requite time \* ars to com* to
pit.p* t he aring l- r the ivmnii—and in the 11 c; ninni
1 it 11 % find it advisable to visit Italy, before r»*v nut
mg Y.tginta. My si'k-woirns L*mran to establish,
did alter receiving a little instructional the woiks,
th* progress ol lending the worms r an be carried on
hi (l,i! houses ol the !aimers, and thus yield >< lie illhv
and profitable eurploy ment 10 kui h inmates as air now
a dead weight upon the tanner by being too young to
t ike .my pan in the fo ld labor.
“ Wli-rt ah mil'i\ of money this must occasion tn
your di-Ul.c', it. iV b«- judged ol by the lacl, IL:• *
my ctiublodirtiont h if, «d w hicll 1 • lichee .1 vignette,
w ill alone I ui until a certain demand to the amount
ul in .1 r 1 > one hundred tliou<*.inil dtdlars pe r annum
now |mmj by me to Italian and oilier silk inn
c hauls.
*• I wish also, d ii c.m be got at small exj ense. to
got an act ol \nv inbly, entitling me to hold land* in
Virginia, in cuiftidi ration ol laiubliahmg '-ilk "onus
iijMin ihem ; w iihont reooum mg my allegmm e to my
uuiivc I'h of, or living n certain number of years in
llii* country undn a dn laialiouth.il il Is my mli ntioii
to icmaiii; which aie the conditions under which
ihe i ight ol cilr/.niship may be acquired at present.
A ou obveivr my dependent ics here make such re
nuncinfmn and d« ci nation impossible i will c heer
lully •wear allegiance to the I in ted Si ales, whist I
have ! indc under I heir protection, but without re
in uncing my allegiance to my native I *i lin e, because
I i live l.oids likewise umlei Ins piotection.
*• Thin, whit h I now wish lor, I consider I amen
titled to under one of the fundamental law# of your
llrpuldic, whic h, inline iiatcly after having conqm r
edyoui mdepei deuce, declaiod that whatever privi
leges should be i outcried by any fuieign powers* on
your cili/. Tis, the same privilege-' should he confer
re Inn then subjects by yuli. Now, I am a naliv
lun ri Scotchman, and by an ac t of the Scotch Par
liaiuent never rescinded, sav 1st (’hailes, *.’d ch ip,
luih, it is enacted lor the e ncouragement id unnu
factories—‘ I f nny stranger shall enme, 01 I e brought
into tin* Kingdom hy natives, to set up wmk, and ,
teac h Ins art in making cloth, stuffs, stockings, soap.
or any other kind of manufactory, he shall enjoy tin*
In nc lit ol the law, and all other jnn dd rs that a na
tile doth enjoy.' It you think it advisable, 1 bliall
send you a copy by a Notary Public ol the act at lull
length.
“ It gives me gie.it plr .Hurc to think that I liny
tli us bn the instrument id conlci ring t»u great a benefit
upon your gn at ami growing country—a country to
which two n( my brutheis owed their fortunes, and ,
mv share ol w hose loitui.es now forms a largo poiliun
ol my own.
** I will be always happy to hear of any project'd
improveme nt in y our disiriet; ami is 1 hold a i oimd
c table amount <d New York slocks, I nny pnhaps
be induced to transfer a moderate amount fiom the
one investment to the other."
Extract of a letter fnan Morris Polluk, /.' // , (Has
tf d I St >'Pl, 1 ' / • V9 man
HUuart, JHc.hnwnd, f a.
“I have been so much occupied with other mat
ters, that I have not been able to get to Italy, as I
intended, and I should like to go then* for a short
limo belore r' turniug to Yugiuia. Hut I have got a
great many Mulberry Plants hum thence and Spain,
gn »ing hi my gulden here beautifully ; also a large |
assoi tiiicnt ol vine plants. Will yoUtcll Al r. Townes
that I expe c ted to have heard from him m reference
to my proposed silk worms, and to my light ol hoi
cling lands in my own name, without it uounciug my
allegiance to my native Prince, or establishing silk
w»nn s upon them, and .swearing allegiance to the
I lined States?"
The above petition was r> lent d to the ('ouuiiittce
in t 'ouris ol .1 list ice.
Mr. Kdmondsot i falifax ottered the follow mg res
ol ii t ion:
liesolved, l hat a select committee he appointed
to report to this House the amount el loans incurred
by the* State lor all purposes, and the period at
which Cell loan will be i edeemdilc—the sum ol
money necessary tube laised under existing laws,
and the estimated sum requited lor the completion
ol the vuitous wniks ol Internal Improvement now
in progress—the amount id slocks held by the State
in ditlerenl corporations, and as near as may be, the
market value ol such stocks, toget her with the State
loan# to such corporations—the aggregate revenue
ol the State—from w hat source*) (Jetiveil—-the prob
able deficiency during the current y ear nnd progres
sively and the best means ol supplying aucll defi
ciency.
Mr. Toler moved to insert, " and the probable val
uo when the wmks shall he completed." Agreed
to.
Somedebate occured between Messrs. I.dmouds
ol II., Peyton, \c il.y, Watkins, Havlv ol A., |)or
UMii, Venable, Witcher, Slum I and Imiiiicy — and
the qtie.siion being taken,the resolution, as amended,
w as adopted.
* hi motion ol .Mi. Hall,
The I louse adjoin m d.
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i.oa i r.icii s:
to hi: ntc.iuw Tins iv'i:i:t*:;
Talbot's Lottery and Lxthange Office, /
Lynchburg, Jan. 14th Indri. y
! CrniuU npital I'riic nl'tilitCMMIO
I do do “ lo.coo
.10 do I*» iac« “ 1,000
I'oii/i/i.c Slate tjollerif,
For ihn liem-tii ol'the i’risrsbiirg item volcnl Me
. lianical Asgoei itioi).
«'!. \SS, Na, 1, FOR l@3f.
Tube drawn at Alexandria (•>. IS.iiurv'V January
10th. 1839. 0Pit Irawing uii
ni tins (Ijji c on Tins I ni the inst. at *i u'.-/.,
r. m.
(O'.'ind
a a i i/r 01 iji.’io.uoo
1 ilo of 10,000
1 <lt> of 4.000
i On of a ooo
1 Oil of ‘.',500
1 do of 1,?07
oO Vrt-Avs of $1,000
50 do ol* 400 I
50 do of 000
i:;o do of 2oo
Go do of 100
In sides many ol $80, $50, Arc. A c.
\\ hole lickets$lO— Halves $.'>—(.Quarters $0 50.
I or sale in a meat variety ol choice numbers at
TALBOT S LI t kV OI’I’ICK.
0 F* Orders horn the country, aceompatlied with
tliet ash, or Biiz.c l icUets, tor Tickets in any Yn
M••*!*» Scheme drawn by |). S.tiii ^oi v A’ Lo. Malta
Kwrs,» will be promptly supplied ; and Kxchangc on
the nuts! liberal tcmis elli-ciptl, on addressing letters
(post paid) to MKLVILLL TALBOT,
Lynchburg, Va.
I.otlcr, Draws 'I'ovtloiTon.
I’lio I>r;i\\lnK m eivi il on TliuiMtlu) ! I
1 Capital 1'i'ize of $10,000
«lo tin or ,-fOO
II 'hole Tickets only $•!!!!
XVCLI.SRI I.OTTKitV,
!■ \ l'K \ Cl.ASS, No. 1, ri»u 1839.
Jo lie drawn at KicJioiond on Tuesday. 15t1l
1839. 2 ' Tile drawing will be received at t}it^
oliice no Thursday llte 17tlt iust. al 5 o'clock,
J*. M.
• i‘ lli‘illi:int Sclicmc.
«■**«* oi $10,000 I 30 of $300
«■« •>•' 3,000 I 10 Prizes of 200 ,
1 <*<> ol' 1.500 I 20 do of loo
l do of 1,030 I
Tngeihct with a great number of$40, $30, Ac. Ac.
Whole tickets only $1 —||.,|ves $2—IJnttricrs 81.
For sale al
TACHOT’S OFFICII.
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I'NlTKl) STATUS SKNATK—J*n. 9.
An unimportant but **cilioi{<letiilr»prung upio-ilaj
upon a motion to 1""J| ccruin reiolunun* ad picil b\
tho l.egiilaiutc of Vermont, touching the • iihjcri of
almt-ry, and tlie abolition of eUcery. Ml. I’KKN
I'lS'.oi Ve i ntsnt. | reocnttd Ire rimol tit ions. They
I mbodinl Miiiimerit* wrongly lioanln th" syoieui |
ol nt.vety, mill l.ivnur.ible to the abolition ol slavery
in ih*. fJ.oriei "i Columbia.
Mi I’la.N I'lSS, hi presenting them, made the
pusfum. rv mot n l<> prml.
\|r FOS'ITII? of Trim, objected.
.Mr. <’ALIinUN spoke in a very excited manner
|(, |( ml ro tli<* r* solutions frmn Vermont. I F* was
n*.f fri.lv nppo'ed t«) piinfiti.:, but considered tin* Re
md niton* as dangerous and destructive to the I nmn
ol the State*. The course of ihn Abuliiiomii* he
considered destructive ol the best n»le»i«l» ol tbe
S?-»t« and if persisted m would forthwith lead to
lli« dissolution i f the I niofi.
^| r. h I N1 *. • t AI sj»ol»e in :i manner ‘‘till more e\
r tf il, and * ml il the matter embodied in the re*o
lution* was discussed and considered, he and his
Irirmi i would forthwith leave the IIill, ami the I nion
would he dissolved.
Mr. LUMPKIN, of l»eo. was surprised that the
motion to print should he pm luted m. and moved
tljii the mutmtj to print be la.il on llic table.
Ml 1*1% ICNTISS said that he asked for punting
,.s in art of coni' i> to the State, that he represen
tr i, and h» w..s *urpi.'cd that the motion should In*
objected to.
I lie \eas aud i. s“ wcie demauded, anil the mo
I ton to pi ml wasrej cled— ay»s ~7, rims U.
The Senate proceeded t the oideiS i f the day,
aficr the Cli, .idri.i.iou of some iiiueellmenus busi
ness.
'Flu bill for (lie i film linn of ihe puce of Public
hands came up, ?*rrd Mr M KRR of Aid. spoke
at some length upon the bill, ami hi opposition to it.
Ills specell iinbia.is a miss ol valuable statistical
inf ormal ion.
HOUSE OF KKPKESENTATl VES.
REPORTS.
W'f »«• re< ejvril ftom T.ieseveial (’omtnitlcesof tin
ijo11se, but none ol (lieiu ol public importance.
.Si v era I Executive t ommunicnt ions were laid on
the table hum the Pirsident nml He,ids ol Depart
ments, m lelalion to various object* of public impor
tance,— some ol them giving further information it)
lelation to the Swarlwnut defalcation— the Deposite
Hanks, and other important matters. All i>l them
were onleretl to be printed and laid upon the table..
Air. POPE endeavored to obtain the consent of
the House to bring for aid a bill in regaid to Pen
sions— not granted*
ORDERS OF THE DAY.
Air. HO.NI) took tlm lloor in continuation and
conclusion of his speech begun yesterday. The
Swaitvvnut defalcation was the suhjei t of his speech.
Air. Hood went into a lull examination ol the subject
—especially ol tlm offo-ial conduct ol the Secret ry
of the 'Treasury, and ol the late Nav <I <)dicer of New
A oik. now Chaigcdcs Affaires of the I luted States
at the ( 'milt of Naples. Mr. Rond spoke nearly an
hour and was followed !>v
Mr. LOOMIS, of N. A . who spoke at some length
against the appointment of a committee by ballot.
Air. Loomis said he should b ave the appointment ol
committers in the Speaker until the Speaker shrunk
from the performance of appointing com tint tee*.
A11. Tl It )AI AS spoke next, and was in favor of a
committer hy the Speaker. 'The Administration,
he said, was responsible, and ihercfoie the Adminis
tiati u should have the (’oinmittcc.
Ali. AlENEFKEol Ivy. commented with great .se
venty upon this remark of Air. Thomas. 11 is speech
Was made under some feeling, and was one of the
finest specim*vl manner aud matter l have ever
hrnrd in Congress. Ho was very severe upon Mr.
Thomas in Ins lejniuder*
I NITED STATES SENATE.—Jan. 10.
Mi ( I * \ A . of Kent tick y.has bi ought forward a* a
substitute loi the hill lor reducing the piiccol Pub
ho Lands, a bill similar to Ins old Land Hill. 1 Ins
bill, which has been brought forward as an amend
ment to the other, was sustained this tnurnning by
Mr. (’lay in one of Ins ablest speech?*. 'The recent
rule of the Senate, excluding the repoiters for dis
tant papers, except those who wine huth lor city
and distant papers. makes it impossible lor me to
give you a report ol t he speech. Air. (lay sustain
ed his bill oa i he gtumid ol its advantages to the ppo
pie ol the whole country, lie considered it liberal
towards the new States, nod just towards all the
States of the I nion*
lie was in favor of postponing the whole subject
until another Congress, when there should bo a new
census, and a fairer bill could be proposed for cun
sideiation. Mr. Clay also considered (he effects of
the loll upon the new States, and look occasion in
discussing this branch of the subject, to give his o
piniciti that gtos* Injustice had been done him in
leg ml to expressing opinions as to the settlers up
<ui I uLIic Lands. He had not uttered epithets a
gainst them, lie had called those who had settled
upon Public Lands, in violation of the laws of the F
nited Slates, tresspassers. Air. Van Ruren. in his
message, had also called them by as harsh a name.
He could not approve of the conduct of men who
had settled upon unstirveyed lands—lands « wned by
Indians—which were to be ceded to the United
Slates. For opposing the tresspassers, a waihlnd
unjustly been made upon him instead of them.
Air. ( lay then contiasled minutely the two bills
belorethe Senate. IPs Hill acted upon about tliir
ty >ix m .lions acres oi land— that of his namesake
hum Albania, o.i seveiiiy-utie mill to us. 11 • s lull
U-ive peeuli n advantage to the New Slates, allowing
them ten per cent, of the sales of the proceeds, and
then art equal disttihution of the Miles of tin in is
to file ( Mil States. He was willing that the Hill
should be founded upon a new census of the Slates
as *' on as a new census was made, and proposed that
the hill should not go into opeiation untd July ol
1HIO.
Air. Flay then considered the revenue objections
to his lull, and closed wiih some genet a I rental ks.
Before the Land Hill was up, Air. Rives’ lesolu
lion calling for information from the Secretary of
W ar, was adopted w ithout d: bale.
H’ lore the adoption ol this resolution. Air. R( )R
BINS, ol R. I. made an elegant ami classic speech,—
one which excited great public intcicst,—in refe
rence to the Smithsonian bequest.
Air. PR I S T(>N rnntplim-tiled him highly. The
subject came up in the lonii of a joint resolution lor
,ljoint ( omimttec.
11(»FSH OF REPRESENTATIVES.
After rCpi.’ts were received from the standing
commuters of the Ileus , the subject ol Air. Wise’s
motion lor printing tvv*ntV thousand copies of the
document No. 207, relating to the defalcations,
came up. A vote was taken upon a inn*iun to sir ike
out a pjiition of the document and lost by a mujoiitv
ol about tw enty votes. 'The whole subject w ?U ctP 1
short hy the I
SPECIAL OKDKKS OF THE DAY,
Inch orders wom the consideration of certain
l>i!U cofiticcteil with the N-it.iI Service.
1 lie In >t lull considered was the bill tor building a
dry dork at Brooklyn.
Mr. Sk IK 1 k \ NT, of Pa., proposed to add to this
as an amendment the election of a dry dock at the
N <vy Yai I ot Philadelphia.
Mi. | 11< )M P8( >N, of S. was for :i dry dock
at I’ensacoi.i.
1 he sf'vcial propositions weie advocated by Mr.
1 Mill \M, of Conn. Chairman of the committee
on Naval a flairs, by Mr. KLLMOU K. of S. C.; by
Ml. DAWSON, of lico. ; Mr. Ill >KPM AN, oi N.
A ; Mi. WISP, of Va. ami other members.
( ( INUI!KSSIONAL SU M M Ali A .
In the Senate, Thursday, the (iraduation Bill
"as under discussion, Mr. ( lav, in a masterly
speech, supported an amendment winch he had of
1 ■ It'd, to neutralise the baneful provisions oftlie bill.
Tile amendment was defeated, and die Ulobe tlieie- i
on pours liulli its wonted abuse upon die dis- !
lii euislicd .Senator from Keutiickv, (in his gallant
defence oi the “ (l|,| ] liiitcen,” and his untiring ef
forts in wie.st tile national domain limn die depreila- I
ling bands of die Administration. Mr. Benton ot
tered mi amendment, which was adopted.
(in tile next day, (I inlay.) ilie consideration ofi
lie same bill was resumed. Mr. Benton's amend- 1
iiientwns rejected. Mi. Kives tlieu moved dint die
lull tie postponed imhTuiitelv, but before any vote
n.is lakfii. the 'ecatc adjourned over to Momlav. )
The bill h*i been «o shingled over with amend-]
went*, that we cannot state us present charac ter.
We learn from the Globe that Mr. Preston made j
a regular spaecli against the whole plundering sys
tem. The speech is tepreaented by the official organ
as a very weak affair—but these are the terms it ein- j
ploys in regard to every gentleman "ho denounces
the rapant) androgMFryoftlieofllci.il horde. We
learn from the same source that there wa* a pa stage
o| arms between Mr. W alker and Mr. Hives, on the ,
motion ol the latter to postpone. Mr, H., says the
Globe, *' tame out against the m< asure m e very |
pliasis; pronounced the di*rriminatinn n( the lull m
regard to settlers a violation of all equality, an I m
qjitous aud injurious to \ irgmia. Mr. Walker ,
took Mr. H. up and charged him with iiiconsistru
c v. with having advocated that in 18ii7 which he now
denounced. “ On this, (quoth the Globe,) Mr. ■
Hives made a vehement rejoinder.
It is gratifying to see our Senators renting the j
corrupt and plundering schemes of the Executive
upon the public lands. We say Senators, for so
grossly unjust uud iuiqui'tus are the objects nf the
movers of the graduation bill, that even Mi. Roane
is forced to vote agaiust it.
Ifouse of lit'prfscntuUccs— lhuTtdtiy*
“The House was engaged on unimportant business
The muming hour was occupied upon the proposi
tion of Mr. W’isk to reprint 2 ),000 copies o( the doc
uments report* d to Congress at the l ist session iti re
lation to defalcations. The remainder ol the day
w in ocxnj i» d in discussing, in Committee ol the
Whole, the hill for the erection of a diy dock at
Rio >klyn, New York; ami before coming to any
action upon said bill, t!ie ilouai* adjourned—
Cl b
i'nd7i/,—The constderation uf Me. W isc s propo
sition to print «J0.000 copies of document* telattug to
del,ih alions, was r» stimed. Alter various iuellectuaI
efforts by the Van lluren party to defeat it, it was a
dnptcd hy a vote of 100 Io 80 Ranks, Beirne,
( \>l< s, ("i aig, Hromgoole and Dtinean. are a spec's*
m- n nl those who voted in the i.egativt—all gtmd
and true subservient*, and anxious to conceal limn
the people the (acts which exhibit the corruption ol
our rulers.
The House went Into the Committee of the W hole,
Mr. B ulks in the Chair, an I took up various lulls.
[ ll'kig.
vstiv i.v
M LAW ARK LEG I SL ATURE.
The Delaware Gaz-lie says the House of Repre
sentatives ha**, bv a voteol 11 to 9, IN DEE INI IK
| J N' POSTPONED the resolution Imm the? Se
nate. fixing on Thursday, the 17th in*f. I r a joint
meeting of both I louses to go into an election for U
nited States* Senator. Thus ends the contest—at
least fur the present.
Illinois Lkuislatcrk.—On the 19.h ultimo,
there was a pitched battle in the Illinois Senate be
tween the Wings and Loco Encms, upon a question
as to the election of Public Printer. The victory
ol the Whig* was complete.
[Louisville Journal.
NORTH CAROLINA.
'I he Legislature of North Carolina adjourned sine
die, on Tuesday, alter a session of 51 days, and the
passage of 107 acts, and 46 resolutions. The at ti
cipaiions ol (ho friends ol Internal improvement in
the oi l North Stale, have not been realized by the
action ol the Legislature.
Another new Hank.—The New York American
announces that the articles of association for the es
tablishment <d a New Bank in that city, have been
completed and signed. The editor says—
1 lie institution bears the significant and compre
hensive tide of the “ Hank of Commerce in A err
Yorkbeing intended I * * promote the commercial
interests til oin city and State, in their broadest ac
ceptation, by facilitating the opeiations of trade, not
only bet ween the metropolis and the inlet ior, but be
ta ecu the several Stales id the Union. Provision
lias b- cm made lor the eventual employment ol the
ItiNiitntioi) as a fiscal agent ol the General Govern
ment, and such of the Stale (iovei nments as may see
lit to avail themselves of its means ol being useful.
The present capital ol the Bank is fixed at five
millions ol dollars to Lie paid in cash% in convenient
instalments—icseiving the privilege of increasing it
to twenty umlions (iirespective of subscriptions hv
the Geneial and State Governments) alter the pre
sent ye 11.—giving Vo existing Shareholdc s the pre
emptive tight of subscribing raieably to such increas
ed amount. The J>irectors, who arc Id in number,
have given a substantial proof of their belief in the
sal civ and val.,0 of the investment, bv subscribing
Upward* of a million and a halfoi' dollar* to (hemlock
—and die residue amounting neatly to three and a
hall millions, will be offered at par to the public.
The Bank ol the United States has dec hired a ii.df
yeailv dividend of four percent, payable on and after
the 1 Hdi instant.
BRITISH UROPS AND CORN TRADE.
The following information, received by the last
arrivals, respecting the amount and quality of the
litt* crops in Gieal Britain, will be read with interest
by all wbo are concerned in bread-stulfs in this eoun
fiy :
Lon don, Nov. J1.
THE CORN TRADE.
\t harvest time it was estimated that the crop of
wheat to tins neighborhood, and in Essex, Kent,
Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, and some other early
district*, was a lull avei.ige m quantity an I qua ify.
ami soon* partial thrashings were then (and still)
rept-iied to be very great ; the quantities per a re
are Imin I, however, to vaiy much even in the same
immediate neighborhood. (>1 late, there have been
many complaints of the y ield in tbe.su parts, and
putting all our iuformaiiuQ together, we feel per
suaded. that even in these favored distiicts, the crop
is eonsuiciably short of the average pioduce of the |
last six or seven years, ami it is probable it will show |
like a deficient crop, on account of the absence of
the usual slock of old wheat : the quality is m gene- i
mI fun* and Im xy, and the condition very suiisfacln ;
IV. tin the west coast ol England, and north ol the!
I lumber, in Scotland, and particularly in Ireland,
the wheat crop is universally admitted to no very tie '
feciive ia quaniiliiy or quality ; in many districts a '
large portion of llieciop is represented to be light,
shrivelled, and ill-< onditioned. It is stated, hum
several parts of Behind, that rlie new wheat is so in
ferior that they cannot use it without an equal por
tion ofohl, and diet e being no stocks of old wheat in
ihe country, the Irish feel themselves necessilatcui
io impoit ii from tin? English m nkets, at great pri
ces.and to great disadvantages. But the most sink
ing ft u^n e of the trade this season, is the now clear
ly ascertained fact of the exhaustion of all stocks ol
old lUitisli wheat throughout England, Scotland,
and Ireland at tins harvest ; a fact as important and
u nit; tunM'iH.111"ii in importers. ^anu more ca
pable Id* complete proof,) than even a deficient crop
and so comp.i1'- • li;*t the introduction of the hirgi
quantity of upwjraa id i m llion and a half of fo
reign w heat and (lour in iSe,:ten.''*r hub been (burn
no counterpoise to the deficiency ot the usual stock!
ot our own growth, with which we have usually
met harvest ; the de.c and has been so pressing and
great, that this immense quantity, never, for an in
siant, oppressed or glutted the’ market, hut price?
I,!,ve constantly and steadily advanced in lace of if,
•«;nl it is calculated that full haTuf it has already
been disposed of. We think the exhaustion of our
stock of old home grown wheats dates back to the
cropol 1*36 : the summer weather tint year closed
mi vr > uci and eariv, ami Hie crops in tin* hue <11s
tncis proved a failure, but in the sou'll, and in Es
sex,Kent, Suffolk, and oihcrearly districts, the bulk
oi l bo wheat crop w as secured in Rood order before
tlip bad w oatln i set in, ami proved most productive
in the yield ; further, (here were then on hand m
those disriK is iniinense stocks of.dd English wlieat.
the sui plus ol many preceediriR years ; in fact these
districts hive had six or seven most productive
crops m succession, by which, up to the present Irar
vest, they were enabled with limited importations of
foreign wheal, to supply the several failures of u heat
in lieliml, Scotland, and the late districts of Eng
land, flic last two or three yeais and in a great mea
sure to disguise from us our real poverty of stocks,
iiutat harvest, this year, the slocks of wheat nol on
ly in other parts id the country, but even in these
r,d> productive districs, v ere completely exhaust
ed : "’c touch question if three or ..four productive
crops of tveat would leave us with such large sui
plus stock again—Tt it suspected that o«r c#i»
sumption is greatly increasing—in a far greatsv
ratio than our power of production.—Under the
circumstances of almost unprecedented exhaustion
ot the storks of old wheat in this country, this har
vest. even a full average crop ol wheat throughout
the empire would not have staved off the necessity
of a foreign nd. It may. therefore, be confidently
assumed that, with such .< deficient crop as the pre
sent, and no stocks of old Bntsh wheat, we shall
need vety great supplies of foreign on to next har
vest, ami perhaps afterwards. 'Plus conviction is so
general, and has risen so early, and prices have set in
*m» high immediately alter harvest, that no doubt it
wi1! cause much economy in wheat and the use of
substitutes, and also iuducesupphea from all parts
of the world; the question is, whether demand or
supply will exceed ; it is n delicate question, be
< ause i: lias been held hat a sin dl excess gives low
puces, and a small deficiency high prices.—Many
very intelligent people in the corn trade are nan
gutnr, that our wants are so great from the joint
causes oi deficient stork atul crop, anti the stockiof
wheat m the foreign markets arc known lobe so un
usually low, th.it our markets will bear up against
any importations that can be brought up against
them, and tu aiutaiu high prices. The countriss
from whence we usually derive the bulk ofuur sup
plies of‘corn iu the North of Europe, are almost on
nrely drained of old wheat, and as yet hatdly any
deliveries of the new crop have been brought to
market, we can derive no supplies of any moment
from thetnre fur the next five months. The new
( iop ahmad is considered a loir produce in quantity
and quality, but not superabundant or generally ve
rs fine, though exua qualities may no doubt be seA
levied; the Polish crops are reported to be very de0r*
lective, but high prices will diaw supplies from
mote districts ; it is piobtible wh shall derive some
consider,.ble supplies from the Mediterranean and
Black Setrthis autumn and winter.— Crum the Circu
lar oj titles, Son Sf Co.
N. YotiK., Jan. 10.
COHN TRADE.
1 Ii stock ol Hum iu tins market at (lie preieol
moment is nl' such a multitude, that oiie nuailt
ul the quantity could be easily spared lor expor/
and without giving any must/ liir an advance —
Hhotild an active demand spring up on the strength
of that late European news, as sxcitemeiu ini»ht be
' rented which would most assuredly cause prTces te
be somewhat enhanced. By the Royal William
Simmer several large orders came out fur the put
chase of hreadstull's for Engli-h market. Yo«tP|I
d.iv and lo day these oideis have been thrown into
N .11Uwt, Mild about four thousand Hive hundred bar
rels wnc sold. Three thousand five hundred barrels
" cie ul we- tei n descriptions, and the balance of
soul hero kinds. Perhaps the stiles for a shipment
would be more extensive if there were vessels »
uou-li tuforw.nl the Hour ill. The Western brands
sold at 8:1-00 a barrel, and the Southern, consisting
ol Howard street an I Georgetown, at 81.73 a*
Wo understand that it is impossible to obtain
Ireighs tin a immlli to come, and rnnscquentlv tile
export demand lias ceased. S, veral large orders are
now In the city fiotn Englai d winch will probably
he I'm wauled lo the south for fiilfilnteoi, as tesselscan
there ho nlnaiiied with mote rase. Our advices par
ticnhuly from Mr. Bennett's letters from Baltimore,
iotoiin us that a shiping demand has existed pretty
extensively in iliat mart,
I liese movemeuis have phiead this country in a ve
IV emialil- position with England, and iu fact witlt
l.mope. The opciations ill Great Bri'am. relative
In ihe Corn Haws end their abiogaiion willtiuiloui
r ill hi!V ■ a v, iv singular elli ot upon the Grain trade
ul tile l nited States. .Shinnhl they lie abolished,
as a large numlier wish, wo shall lie placed iu tlm
same position will) ihe Baltic ports in suplying Eng
I md w it Ii I,| earls: utls. Next week, u e shaft go tin, is
into details. [llcmld,
MEXICO AND FRANCK.
IX'l'E/iT.sTIMtf l'HUM VERA CRUZ.
A slip from ihe office of the New Orleans lies
cont 'ii.s the follow ilig important intelligence :
ihe Img Kanawha, winch arrived last evening
limn Haguiia, which she le't on the Kith December,
brings interesting ii.p l gene derived from ihe British
barque Hr in, from H. crificios, then at Laguna_
Fiom lies source we it am that the town of Vera
Cruz lias been taken by the French, alter bombard■
nu'tit. 'I lie M ■■xic-iii General Ai sia was taken pris
r*ner by the I rtmeli, and General Santa Anna was.
so giieveusly w uonded as to render necessary the am
putation nl a leg.
The Maxi, an government, not willirtg to terng
n zo the In .uy entered into bntwtu’ii Admiral Baudtn
and General Hiuorin, an I having declared war upon
the I rene gov,nun m, t i-neral Santa Anna placed
lion i" I at ilu: lie ul ot nl)!}:) men, and entered Vera
Cruz m spile uf tile treaty. Admiral fi.iudui having
learned that .Santo Anna was advancing towaids
the city, sent a numlier of lioais filled with troops,
wit 'I iu ills to - pike ihe r an non oft Ire baiiei ies at Vera
Cruz While they were engaged in ibis labor, the
,Mexit a is came upon them, and slaughtered a consid
erable numlier ul , fii < is and soldiers. The French
were nompel e I to reti eat towards I lie squadion,which
opened a heavy fire upon (he town, dislodged the
Mexicans, and look possession uf Vein (Jiu/.. We
have been unable lo ast main tile exact loss nil either
side. We subjoin an extract fmni a letter which *
commercial house has had fUt- kindness lu place iu
our hands.
I t -'a ll.c CinriniiuHi Daily Sun.
Sti7 .h'.’/oVii, —\ esierday lureiiiion, Messrs. Clin
tiiugham and He alt. nl Biinrhnti eouniv, (Ky.) arri
ved on the ( ovangton side ol the rtver with a drove
ol 50 line chile, destined tor ouiimokel. The riv
er.0 til- tour ol M ai n - si reel being patliallv dearths
parties tinlurminately attempred to swim the cattle
across, when the lorce ol the current carried 23 of
iliem maler the ice liidow where lliev were drowned.
I he loss is something over 81.0(10. A number of
persons w ere employed during the afternoon in break
mg I be ice and dragging out the carcases; at 4 o'
clock lour had been secured.
Mr. Leggett, of New Ymk. lately one of the Dd
Ituisoi ibi Nevv York. Evening Post, Ins been apv
pointed, it is said, Chief CIciUol the Mavy Depart
metit.
(irrat Fruioiit.—The freight list of the Okt
rirk arrived yesterday fiom Liverpool, amounts-lot
J.3,1.1.0, or about Sir,.000, She has probably the lar
gest and must valuable eargo of British manufactuies.
' ver brought to tins eounlry. Her invoices are es
iiiiiated at more than a million m dollars.
Our Gusto"1 House is overwhelmed with business,
and L licit- Ham's poeketsaie filling up, and will soon,
nvcillow It IS not a year yet, since we first cried,
La,,d llo‘ ’ [.V. Y. Com.
We have lo rccorrl the sirlh fatal afTrav in our
>ia|o for llic year 183*. On Saturday In,t29lbult.
a Idoody row commenced in a Grocery in the town
ol Sparta, in which a number of persons were more
or ess concerned, and which we regret to learn en
i ucu in the almost immediate death of a young man
i by the name ol Prown from a stall inflicted with X
, knife by one of the parties.—NsahvilU Whig.
A libel case in N. Yoik, attracts much attention
A soidisantvdiXar ol'thesbeet called the Polyanthus,
supported by a worn.in of the worst character, has
been arrested for three libels, and, with great color
of truth, is charged with being the cause of three
deaths, (Miss Missouri, Mrs. Hamblin, and Mr
M inlurn.) I his woman has come forward and bail
ed him. Her aim is thought to be, through this
sheet, the extortion of money from persons of credit
ami stain ling in society. Much of the street-hawk
ed press in New \ ork lives on the piquant slander
it creates.
f old \\ katiikr.— At Keene N. FI. on the lst
mst the mercury stood at 22 to 26 degrees below ze
ro.
At Claremont N. FI. on the last night of 1838, the
mercury ranged from 20 lo 22 below zero.
At Norridgewnck, Me., on the 28th ult., the mer
cury stood at 25. on the 3lst at 32 degrees below.
t ui'di eurcnlrd willi neatness and