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RICH}l()M), A UK It, 14. I8JO. FOR TUB BNtJUIKKR. Il being suggested to the 1’resident and Directors of tin; Junits River Company. tlmt a statement of the laets and reasons where oil they ground their belief. I tint I lie Loan solicited tiy litem is one winch it might he.nl ■v inside tor motley holders to emluuic. would bo useful to the public,the President li.ts drawn up the subjoined ixxpMr which lie has Milnuit(rd to llie uudeisiitiieil Directors; and llio con erluru of the facts fherein Mated In v - ing hecn ascertained by a lelereuco to tin; Kooks el flu* Company,and the Report of the Kn;int ci », flic'-uuie is approved, and a»r*>ed U) be published ill the newspape's for the iiitoruiauoii of those wbctn it may concern. Tile following estimate of lire probable tticatis of ihr James River Company ena bling litem to pay interest on bums, and limtlly to redeem the pmuipal, i* be It-veil to lie one wbivh ss :tl not be object* rd in, by those uctjuainte.l vsi:li the sub ject, except ou lito score of moderation. Il ts cohfi/Untfif believed dial Ibr income from loli.r and tents, during a series ol live years next ensuing, will defray the d/dinary expenses ot the company, in. In dug tin- expenses ol annual tepans tin the b'*d ol liter, er—pay to the stockholders their dividend ol 12 percent, and I aw a balance of.£ 6,U00 ltiets will pay the interest on a loan ol.100,000 Tins bcli *t is founded on hii estimate, taken I it) nt the Looks of the company, ol •their average income fur the last 6 yi-Ht*, and assuming, as a reasonable ground lor calculation. Unit it will not be less for the next live years. During rite Dm live the average ol lolls »s... .$29.1 OR 80 Wl the mils,per annum, were..4,4.30 r to ad,..’13,.'»C>G 80 I lie ordinaly expt uses exclusive of repairs, are, sax_S4.66S Ivlpcrcenl oullie stock is IG.hUO J-'or animal repairs say. ...cjyti—27y&56 Leaving to pay interest on loan* SG.Otm From the present state ol the improve men Is, it ij belwvrd that the sunisM apart tor annual repairs, exceeds what will he neces-aiy ; hut it is thought safest to re serve au ample te.ml lor that purpose. The expense <1 impirving the Kauha* va is estimated bv the Engineers at $21) 060 ll any credit is to he given to this csti mate it will be lair to say that the expense will not exceed 860,000;. (specially wln n it is recollected, that so soon a> these ui>» provements arc completed to a certain point, embracing about t-. t\ (ninths of the total expeuce to the falls, the salt dis trict will be iuciuded, and the whole tolls expected from that river, until the con. nevon by tin? contemplated road is made, will be receivable. The amount to be ■ xpected ftom these tolls, from the time the work is thus far completed, was stated in tin* Hous nl Delegates, by- a nn iiilu-r from Kau luuva county, int rested in, and ai> quainted with the sal! trade, at the annu al sum of...$10,000 and tiiat it might soon be expected greatly to exceed that sum. It is understood ihai lit* estimate was founded on the fact, that at present 600,000 bushels of salt arc annually kciii down the river, which at two cents, the toll fixed by tlit* law, would give the a bove miiu ; and that the other tolls will defray all expenses ; bid that so soon as the contract by which the present salt company arc bound not to exp >rl more than (lie above quantity, expires, the ex portation vi ill rapidly increase. Let us tahe it though that the net revenue, and that (or a series of ten years, will not cx e*e(l. S0,(i00 11*is will pay interest on a loan ol.....100,000 The pledge of the statr tor.... 12,000 per annum Irom the fund inr internal improvement, and which is an ample and secure Lind, will pay interest on a loan ol.?00,000 00 *» . ....400,UUO 00 DpiIucI for improvements on Kauhawa.60,000 00 Leaves.360,000 00 'to lie applied lo improvements oh Janie* Biver to I’lr&^ants'Island, which includes ahe coal distrii t. The opei.se of that improvement it *'Stimat»o l»y the Engineejs at 5100,702 oo But my tluil it will cos!.360,ouo Oo We must reject the estimate of the en giti.eers entirely, as entitled to no ktud ol weight, and a* forming no basis whatever lor cab illation, if we are not juslifn d in assuming that sum as the maximum ol expense alteudiug Ibis section. lint if it be said that doubling the csti wale is too small an allowaii.e for mis takes hi calculating the expense of works ho extensive and complicated ; it may lie answered —that so far a* regards the ex pense of plain excavation m the low grounds of James riv. r, that is a subject concern ing which no great rror is io.be appro bended :—so too as ta lockage : the ex pense attending that operation, here and cist v here, is now prelly well understood Tbs < xp. use however of pluin excavation and bridges on this section, taken from the report of the engineers, and . oufiniug 1hc calculation lo parts so plain as to he estimated by the yard, and excluding nil those.estimated by the perch or in round sums, and where dilHcultirs hi the esti mate appear lo present themselves, a mounts to.366,873 00 The lockage lo.60,036 00 *0 8,1 107,608 00 i iiia sum deducted from the whole estimate leaves.53,284 00 as the estimated expense of the difficult and more uncertain parts ofihe work. But if we allow twenty five per cent as u reasonable calculation lor error in file plain work, including lockage, there will lie left, to be applied to flic more dirticult and uncertain parts of the work estimated at 353,284, the sum of $210,016, or more than four lokf theeslimatidsuin’ When this work is completed, which will occupy the apace say of five wars, the coal trade will be introduced. The probable quantity of that article passing annually) down the river, imme ulately on the completion ol tins work, is estimated in the report of the engineers at • wo millions of husl.elx.... But lit n9 say, 1,18« for file »rrt tcrift of/lm years, sbn** .***,. afior an iiiiovtance fcf; (he lolls at present uxVunl oil that article, it will only amount tootie million. Tins, at two cents, the toll fixed by the act, will yield $ 20.000 00 Which will borrow say.250,000 oo And leave, ptr annum, lor ex pense* ami repairs.5,000 00 riius again leaving an ample sum for I Ik >se i» |< els. H- t we may now (airly suppose flint a gradual im reuse, in piopoitiou to the im piovemenl ol the eoiiutry, has lak« n place | tit the general lolls. 1 find that the ave rage tolls o| the live years, next preceding the la-t live, was.$ 22.770 being less than • tie average ol the latter by...0,330 and that taking the average ol the live years preceding those, the increase m the i latter over tile former was.5 (», l;>2 anti as the annual e\|Riiscs on the river w ill now lie considerably diminished by the im provements supposed t* be made ; and as a kirthei sum ol 5 5000 per annum is also j appropriated to that object, we may now I salelv say, that on an average for the next i series of liv« years, the general increase o| lolls, exclusive oi the toll on coal, will give us a further sum, per aiiitiiut, ol S 0,000 This will pay the mterrst on a (iirther loan of.100,000 Them will dint be to baud the *uni ol.*..150,000 for tin improvement ol the next section, to wit, to the i’lvanua river. The expense ol this is estimated at Si 171,831 l*»t say it will cost double, or.. . .343,002 there is money enough in hand lor ii» completion. ‘ llml loo that the plain excavation and lockage, on this section, bears neatly the sauie proportion to the other woik as that «il the li is t section, to wit, (or plain cxen V'ttiou and lockage, dec.. .SI 10,807 Leaving, lor the moredifficult and mien toiu parts.62,034 So that allowing one fourth, lor error in the tiist, there will he left as probably applicable to the more dithcult part of the work, S 184,163 or nearly fourfold t be es timate lor it. From the tameness of the ground and w rks on the nvt r as far as Lynchburg, 1 j resume the proportions thus far will be neatly the same as in the two seetions above ; and therefore l have not taken the trouble to make Inrtlier p.ilcid^iiniK on this point. I will In* excused for entering so tar in to d tail, my object being to present a correct statement of facts, the accuracy of which has been and can be tested by a rccurrem-e to the documents referred to, in order that every one may judge for -liiiii-u If as t , »lie soundness of my con. i fusions. When lliis section to Rivauna is com pleted, which will occupy say live years mure, tlie expeu-es necessary /or the bed of the river will be grealiy diminished, whilst the general tolls, from fire improve ment cd tin; country, and lire transporta tion of articles not now sent down, may safely be supposed to have increased, at least agreeable to the r.oio above slated. This will add to she annual income, for till- next srries of live years, the miui of S 0,000 Which will authorise a fuither 'oau of...S 100,000 Rut during this series also the coal may i>e estimated at least at two millions— which, alter leaving S 5,000 per nun. lor repairs, will borrow a further sum of S 250,000 In addition to this, the improvements now made will ha\e produced such an cilect hi the price ol transportation as to justify raising tlie present rates of tolls according to the provisions ol the act. Let us suppose that tiie price of trans porting a barrel ol flour shall be 15 cents less than it is at present, this will justify raising Hie present rules mi all articles except coal, one third of this reduced price. Tile present toil is to cents per barrel. Tims will be added to the pres ent rates one halt, or 50 per cent. At the lime now contemplated, though the toils, according to the present rales, are sup posed to produce.#41,127 An addition of 50 percent would yield about.S20.000 to say untiling ol rents ol water works on the impro\fin nts now made. But taking all together, say that the increased income on ins score will not exceed_S 15,(1011 I'l'is will pay interest on a fur t':er sum of.S250,000 Anil thus we hav- ibi further imp rove in cuts.$600,000 whu li is more •‘•ail double the estimate for llie next section to Tye river. As these iinpiovemeuts advance, tlie use ot the river will increase, in propor tion to llie improvement of the country, and the increased facilities ol transport tinu, and consequently the general tolls will augment even beyond the ratio above assumed. I he price of transportation Ion will diminish so as to authorise, from time to lime, a further advance on the general rates of lolls. T he coal trade, and the trade on the Katihawa, may also be expected to have eucrea ed much be yond the interest on the monies appropri ated to the road, so that it is unnecessary to pursue the calculation farther. On the whole if appears to me almost equal to a mathematical demonstration, that if Hi* expenses are not entirely under rated, the profits of these rivers must improve the navigation of both, to the utmost extent that the use of them by tin? public will justify ; and that il the profits ot the road will not pay for that improve ment, it will so materially increase the use of both rivers, as to be, on the whole, profitable to the company. Indeed if the profits on these works, win u completed, would pay an underta ker interest on the •ionics expended, it seems to follow, that if we now have an income, from the river and fundTor inter nal improvement, which will make im provements yielding profits much bevoml the interest of the money expended on • hem, as is believed to be the case in le latioti to the Kanawha and the coal trade, it must follow that a larger sum, than that originally expended, can be raised for further improvements ; and that they can he carried on, the pi eerdmg improvements paying the in terest on monies borrowed for the succeeding, until the xvorhs become so difficult and expen sire, that the use of :hem by the community, under a reasonable toll, will not pay interest on the expense of their erection. When we arrive at this point, llie scale of improve ment must he changed ; for unless there is an immediate or certain prospective clear gain beyond the interest of the money to be expended, it would be unwise to pro ceed. T here can be no doubt, it is believed, but that the gain from the Kanawha and \ c0,1- HvhIc will greatly exceed flic interest of fLc Capital (o be expended cm tlioic v'Oik : .. rirexecution will give us much useful iiiforinatmii f<>r nor gniile in Inc turtlicr prosecution of improvements. Il it is found lli.it ||ic inusl c\pfn*i»t upr r»tu.us can Ik* pi‘rs> tried in, cnnipeitilde with the above j)i tnvipics, i|io\ may *al> i\ be undertaken : if they cannot, liie *, ide **• improvement, lo in* pun ceded upon, tHVst be t evinced lo t/mt stmul'ird, and (lie gisldltnt have re-civcrl iln* power •*» do si> ; and so long os it 14 /.<»«. snbutdinote to l an simulat'd, it mat/ bi pimnuUd t ith pir feet safety tv uti pm lit s. I her. < an be no daitgci that this prill ciplo will be d< patted lioin. il will be imperatively the duty of tlu* I* fcisldlun*, nun their agent*, .is u will be l!i'* most ess.'iuiai interest ol the stale, id •h«* James liner people, and of ihe coin* pally, *i' short, ol ail pcisoim directly or iildireclly concerned, never to exevett the Simulanlabove propound ; so that the faith i ol llie slate may be considered as iuvolv* i ed mi ujust adherence to it.— Indeed the slate, bv her original subscript ion lo tin* James liner slo-k, be the interest ol i ike Colleges therein, anil by till* purchas es lln n ot made by the Board of i’ubiic Y\ oiks, and (literary I mid, folds five seveullts of the slot k of the James iliver | Company.. .The pledge ol S 12,Odd pi r itniMim, makes her also virtually a lender to the company, without interest, ntilil the improvements reach Ly nebbarg, of S 21)0,000 ; h:h! il is well uudeistmid that the Beard ol i’ublic Woiks and Literary f mid, will, a* far as they have money I'1 invest, seek this stork either in mar ket or by origin*! loan, s<» that the inter est of the stale will thus be coustaiillv increasing. The st-.te is interested, sav in five Inin died tint of seven hundred original sliaies.—Till y arc worth mm to the state S lot) each, which is equal lo S 200,000. 1 hi-, estimate of thrir value arises from the fact, lliaf the original skates of $ 200 rath, have now a dividend, insured l<. tlic-ni by the act, ol 12 percent for 12 years, and 15 per cent forever alter —>o that the slate herself is now embarked sis far as S 400,000 in this undertaking. I lie vital interests of a vast portion of the country hang on its auceesslul pro J sedition.—The whole people lake a deej/ interest in it.— It cannot succeed though I unless prosecuted with the utmost at tention to .Mind faith and .I therefore I consider the loan as well gua ran teed by public interest, and public faith as any tlie state could authorise, and consequently perfectly sale. One advau'agc attending this loan is, that it is irredeemable for tuenti/ years, and the probability is, that it will not be r deemed by compulsion for a much longei time, us the works may not be completed within that time. It is true, if at the end of 2U. years there should be a sum of mo ney, unemployed, belonging to the fund lor Internal Improvement, or the Literary Fund,in which it would be desirable to in vest, and this stock, as is not improbable, should he above par in inaiket, the le gislature would doubtless 01 der a redrmp - lion of given portions »>t the stock, from time to lime, by those bodies; but if the stock should not In1 above par, those bo dies will be left simply to purchase stock in market, alter the 2<J years, as they will do before. But it may possibly be objected by some, that there is no explicit uudertak ing to redeem the loan alter 20 years, and that an irredeemable loan is a novelty in I lie science of finance. If there had been nothing said in the law oil the subject of redemption e.xcept what is contained in the 16tfi section— whereby it is provided that the surplus of tolls, after payment of the interest on the debt, shall be applied by the Board of Public \\orks to 11 »«• purchase of such of the certificates of debt, as can be pro cured, the loan would have stood on tins foundation. The money loaned would be virtually invested, under 1 lie faith of the slate, as above detailed, in real property, to wit ; canals, locks, water rents, rivers,|iScc. im proved mu way to produce,forever, vlrar of all expense, at hast the interest of the mo ney . if those improvements should produce no more, then the stockholder would have a lien forever on improved real property for the interest ot hisdebt; mother words, an annuity to that amount secured to him lint il w ill lie the interest of the Slate, itiidol course the duly of Hit* I. gislature, if it can he done without burtlieuing the use of the river with unreasonable loll.-, to make it produce much more. The above calculations go to shew, that the burthens imposed by the act, will proba bly produce more, nltlio' but one third el tlie clear gain to the people is !o be as Scsstd upon flieut as additional tolls ; and allho I fiat cannot be diminished, as il regards the stockholder, it may lie in creased as it regards those using the ri ver. Il will doubtless be so regulated as to produce much more Ilian the interest.— Jins smp!h.k will be the properh/ of the state,(» is, by the art, appropriated to the pur' chase vf the stock. The interest upon which is again in like manner appropriated by the same section; so that when tins principle comes into operation it will acl.hy a regular progression, until by that means, and oth er funds which the legislature may wise ly provide for that purpose, the whole debt will belong to Hie state, and will af ford a most iptcndid revenue for Internal fin prnvtmchts. In the mean time too, as before suggested, all oilier surpluses of Hie fund lur Internal Improvement, and the Literary Fond,* both of them very large and productive, will he invested t;« this stock—nay their present capital, so soon as it can he advantageously chang ed, will doubtless be so invested, as the certainty of the income will enable those bodies to conduct their operations more steadily. Taking the redemption then to stand on lilts clause alone, much of the debt will be acquired, substantially by the slate, (being taken or purchased by the bodies aforesaid) before the 20 years expire, and, il the work shall then be completed, the whole would, in a short time, be purchas* | ed up at tlie market price ;—the right to | compel a redemption tho’ is reserved at | ter 20 years, so as to ensure to the stale I I lie* power of acquiring Ihc whole stock i at par. The best arrangement for the stock bolder would be, that his capital should be vested in this real properly, not imhf imperishable._ but forever increasing in value, yielding to him, without trouble, or risk of reinvestments, an annuity equal to thr interest ; him! whit’ll stoc k he crtttl<f9 •The Report of the Board of Public Work* M.ewH their amount of permanent amt d.-nom j, holds invested in-irnks to be SI.>7*1811 j II—and I believe the Mftrary t'mitl Isa , large I d uot larger. ' * :tl pleasure, rouvet! iiifo money u! or above par. '-' his would be liis situation, if tin state bad iio power to rev..'em except other purchaser*, at the market price: but llii*» power <d the slate to redeem j doe- not place llie slock «>n a worse loot I iiig than "tilt i h'sins rodeo in a hie utter n | given time ; w hi!-t on the other hand, un less the stm k soils fur more than par, this redemption will l»e l>v voluntary -ales ; and thus will he avoided the loss and in convenience, which frequently incurs in loans, by compelling each creditor to re ceive a given per tint, ol his p iuci pal, which he may not be aide conve niently to re-invest. !l is a pity that it luut not been provided by I be terms ol n ia loan, that when redemption should be made, otherwise than by purchas-, hds should lie cast amongst she creditors to see who should receive his whole prin cipal This arrangement might still be made with the assent *d tile creditors, and with • hat ainciiilineid, 1 think this loan would be unexceptionable, and therefore act or ding to the best judgment 1 can form, leel iio hesitation in recommending it. JOHN COALTER. /‘resident. CHARLES COPLAND, f /Jirrc. ED: CUNNINGHAM, J tors. April 8, 1820. Washington, Aprilii. 1820. Messrs. Editors— I enclose you the letter ol the Hon Jonathan Mason, lrotn Massachusetts, and request that you will give it a place :n the ENQIMKKR as soon as possible. It think it may do good. It is consoling to the friends ot the Coii stitetiou to see such sentiments avowed witii so line a spirit and in such hand some lei ms, by a gentleman ot Mr. Ma son’s standing in Massachusetts. On the maintenance and prevalence id such prin ciples -It petal llie perpetuity ol this Union. Nuiik but men ol Ins stamp can effectu ally arre-t the progress of that political •Unis J'ntuus now pervading the Eastern section ol the Union, amt which lea- late ly made such a rlis-pl.iy of its effects to Congress. A Constant Reader. E jrnoM A llOTON pyri n.] II ushinglun, Match 18 Ibi'O. My Dr.Ait Sin : —It i> inij* i—itde tor you to estimate the anxietyaiul di-tren 1 have e\p« rienced, Ironi tlie cniiiuienei-meiit of Hie de bate upon the Mi.-somi restriction tu llie pre Rent moment. Till* question had been argued in Congrens the previous session ; and alter rivillir In llie imiiiet t all niv ..tli.ntmn I could not resist the impression, that it was not within the powers routenrd by the constitu tion, and that Congress did nut possess the authority to itunose the rolriclion. I well knew then, as I have since and a* I now do, lliat this opinion was not in coincidence with the feelings, habits, and sentiments ol tliut district of cotuttiy which I repieseoted, and esteem l valued. In deference to those sen with those ot my fellow-citizen* generally, whose (intents.I madrit my duty toreadevefy paper, pamphlet & essay wiitienupon the sub ject, and to attend to every speech which has been delivered thereon ; bitl it has been my misfoi tune that those efforts made with a de sire to meet the wishes ot my i'tieml* mid com stilueuls, have resulted in continuing my first inipiessions, and biouglit me to the coti cliision, that the power to impose this re striction was not to he found either in the letter orspiiit ot the national compact; and that if I pursued the dictates of my consci ence, or the obligations of my oath to sup port that compact, 1 could not give my vote in its favor. \ on well know, nty dear sir, that I have no ambition to pnrstte.no office to ob tain, or tavois to ask of any person 1 came here to support the constitution and peace of my country, and its prosperity; to manifest an uprightness and interiitv ot conduct, and to aid, not contravene the interests of those who had honored me with their suffrage*. However unsuccessful I may have been in lid* particular, those consolations are remaining i«* me, which arise from the purity of my mo lives; and I CHiiiiot*hut be persuaded, tiiat lor this action of my life, I do not deserve eith • r their ceu'itie, nor that of Him who gave me life. Yon are no,stranger to inv ideas of slaveiy in any shape i think it is at war w ith every principle of our lice government", and the traffic i« slaves as the. most detestable • it in its nature and one of the severest judgments that the Deity ha* p< rmitted in his gracious providence to lie inflicted on our land, lint this 1 did not consutei a question ot slavery, lliat evi) already exist* in our countiy. It was not either for the making n slave or the extension ol slavery, but solely confined to the right ot a citizen to travel with his slave from one portion of the country to another, tltei eby lessening the evils of their condition and giving them more comfort and health. 1 lie impel tatiou of slaves has been discoum ' tenant-* d by every citizen of the United States, | and the slave hiddiri1' states have been the | iiiosi active to MipprcsM if, and have always I discovered .1 si more desire to co*»npirate in it. perfect prohibition. 1 cannot hut hope, that tl.it odious teHlHie, this stain upon our country, will he ternowt: and with ihe laws n is here in force, and the aid of all the pow ers in Europe, who have agreed in its aboli tion it will finally be effected. 'J’o you 1 may say also, that 1 have great doubt* about the ex pediency ot this measure Evil* of the greatest poraible magnitude to oiu country appealed to attend it ; and there never was to much lia« tied am? animosity, so much public excite ment, threatening t fie most fatal consequences in any deliberate bony that ever preceded the one in which this question was discussed. One half the union iu complete array against the other, by u geographical line, and the dis solution of the union threatened in every shape and form. Besides, Hie object in the minds ot the sobci and reflecting man, was not attaina ble. The Senate had a majoiity decidedly hostile to tlie measure, anil there was no probability ot a change for tonr year* to come. Main* and Missoni i. during this time, were lo he kept out ot the Union, the struggle and excitement was to be maintained and cherished, without the possibility ot an harmonious result, or any person’s being able to say where or when it would end. The law, if imposed, wav to he enforced at a great’di*lancp. and in a country surrounded by neighboring States unanimous Iv hostile to its ex ecu I ion, which would render it wholly impossible to execute it, either with, nr without force Missouri herself was hostile to the lernis.aud lind she been disposed oihrrwise, it had become «n much a sectional question, that her neighboring Stales would have controlled her will, and resistance re sorted to, would have served only lo make manifest the ineflieaev of tue law, and bring the government into disgrace. Pei mil me lo say, also, the measure had some hardship with it : There was no existing difference be tween this territory and that of Louisiana, which we had already admitted. For seven teen years past We had governed Missouri as a territory, during all which time we ha ’ per mitted slaves to be purchased, sold and brought into the territory, and never, until the moment of her admission, did we suggest to her the idea of such restriction. Her case was not an ordinary one ; rhe had the treaty, a compact already made with her, to enforce her claim, and warrant her admission upon an equal fooling with the others. Under these « iicninvtances, all other ron siderations out of the question, it did appear to me unjust to tie thus rigorous, and to per sist in our refusal unless she would subscribe to a new contract. Thu*, my friend. 1 hr.ve gjvan yon hastily, some of the reasons for my vote as it w.r*; and I must repeat it, if I have erred. I have erred ill judgment. I have . ndeavored to discharge my conscience, and adhere to my moral obli gations ; and when I found that slavery conhl be ptohibitrd iu all the adjoining territories with perleet justice. I thought I was, try *c doing, promoting the substantial happiness ol my country, the duration of its union, and tin welfare ot the people cover ned try it. I li.ivt stood in fear o| no otic, uor have I a favor li ask ofonypne. My interest i* the same wt’l yours and that of m\ constituents, and I 1 v* | rnv fe'/li .-s toi lln- i'unify that, gave im birth, and iti which 1 hope to lire. Trite it iv in tin* last resort, upon th« final question, 1 oou U1 have deserted my post; hut it would * >\e disgraced rue in my own estimation, uitd I am eoufidentit would have heen more ail in't rent io the feelings of every honorable, !i gli inuiiled man in my town. W ith great dUeotiyn, JONA. MASON. io David Sturt, l ay. Hot. to ft, Lxlract of a letter l>> a oeullrman io this city, tfotcii t niitoo, Ur1'/tuber hi, IMII#. i l)i* (JiMigreas IrlgHle is liere, her ar rival t;a. excited I he tear of ihe Chine.**** — they keep rt ined vessels constantly watching her, an.I liavj more Ilian once ordered Capt. Henley to tlepart. lie Itowevcr lialli nut thought propet lo obey, nod I bey do not possess force sulHeieut, to enforce liicir mandate. All intercourse with tile natives is prohibited: and tlie 'idy (Method of obtaining pioviaiou is oioiigit the agency ol the American (’on* >til, Mr. Wilcox.—Alter purchasing, lie n obliged to have it conveyed in Anteri i an vessels a distance ol seventy miles •rou: Canton down to where the frigate anchored." The flruigetourn Me.wuger has ejlleil our at tention to a subject ol some delivnt > and im p.oi ialien ; the ai>poiiilim*nt ol members of l.oiigii'AS to nthcea ot honor and prolit in the gilt of ilie President and held during hi* plea Kiue- \\ e had cceai>lou|io find fault wiIli tins meant re, dn ring the minimi-ti.mun ot M r. Mad i*on ; and. we see mi reasons toetiangoourcon victions. This Executive interference with the people’* representatives, it it become familiar, **iii-1 eventually coutrilnile lo *ip*“ the inde pendence ot Congiess.” Cases may lie stated in which it were desirable to have the ranee of selection as widens piisilile—'lie Heads of Depai tin* nls, the (duet Justire,” some ot the most impoi taut « nitiassies at foreign coin Is — hot even in these eases it is douhitul wheiher ** die Utmost benefit which would hi* ileiived trout having thu legislative body la select I rum, is not interim to the good which will result I mm the Mipt rim independence of that hoity amt Irotu the higher ctuifulence reposed mil l»y the uaiion.it us members wore excluded trom being the objects of such a choice." . . the caucus. I he pistol it *< enis, missed fire at Washing ton—the gun powder being partially damped by a veiy bcavv lain which poured on Satur da\ night. A Washinglou Caucus is at first a machinery so objectionable, that nothing but a strong sense ot expediency has been sup. posed to excuse it—it was at this time so ms necessity, that the failure is » subject of al most universal congratulation.—Wliat ! can the people at no time whatever, not even at a moment when all mciicn is lulled, till opposi tion is put to sleep, In: permitted to give their vote- xvitlionr the nomination of u Caucus at " dMiiiifrion r \\ hi» it io heronieju necciiiary ami constant |iart ot the machinery of out go vt*tmiK-iit ? Was this nominating Diet lo lie eternally kept op, with a standing 1'it-sidei.t at its In-ad f —• I lie effort lias tailed ami vie it joiccatit. Very few membersattended ; and they name to the re-ohitiou that it was-inex pedient to make any nomination. 1 he Norfolk Herald states “ from a source ol the fii si respectability” that “about the tune ot Gen. Vires' departure (from Madrid) Mr. I'orsyth r tailed the Court for the .first time aincedune lust ; I hat (juiroga. with his army, computed at 12 000 men. still held his gumnd at Is|a; an assault was made upon hi* ad vancc battei y, on the 1ftIt I i-li, by the gaiiison of ( adiz arid Coi taduro combined, saiil to con sist ot -ICOO men 'I hey were received at short gun shot, ami dispersed with the loss of one tliou suiut men, while u t e^Uneut dest rier! to the Con stitutionalists. The ie.«t returned lo the Corla ilura. i be Herald aecotuiisfor Quiroga’s not following up his victory and seizing tout im portaut post, fun.i Ins indisposition to make any attack upon liix countiy men and to shed their blood,-—** lo Madrid the girdles! con tusion is said to have possessed ihe cabinet since the revolution broke out F.vcry thing is ahsorded in the pcrtui baliou and alarm of tin- government on the occasion. On the 2d ot b et>. three ot the old discarded ministers vveicsent into banishment, ami some of the new ones were expected soon to follow." 1 lie Spanish Minister arrived at New York mi the evening of the 5lli. and at Washington . on Sunday theOtli—a rapidity of movement so unlike Ihe usual snail paced diplomacy of ’ipaiu, that it indicates no small disposition lo Wiing matters at once to a terminal ion.--The minister may wish to make up for lost tune-or lie may be spurred on by the resolution* of Mr. Clay.— Hut hy whatever motives he is ac tinted, lie surely cannot hesitate one nu nieiil in ratifying the treaty according to our ow n interpretation of the «jih art. It he does not give ns so much, lie may yet lose more.— Let him lead Mr. Clay’s bold anti vigorous speech against the transfer of Texas.—That gentle man is for setting aside this treaty altogether He contends that” for Klorda, chaired and encumbered as it is” we have given hy this treaty. “ 1*|. Unincumbered Texas ; 2d. Five on,lions of dollars; :td A surrender ot all our claims upon .Spain‘not included in the 5 mil lions (variously estimated at from 15 to 20.000 ooo ol dollars !)aud 4th"(if the internre fiftllOV) lint immi if I**, tl..._ ...i .. • iiiillioii acre* between the Misaiaaippi and the Annie in the present *tate ot Louisiana, lie coi reef,) ‘ abou t a million of acre* of the best unseated laud in the state of Louisiana, worth perhaps lii.nitlliom, ol dollars.*' •• L*t uh put aside ibe treaty; (*a)s M r. ('.) toll her to giant us our rights, to their iitmoNt extent. And if she still putters let o* t.snort those right* by whatever measures if i* for (lie interest ot our country to adopt”—Mr. C. lias backed these opinions by such powerful arguments h* makes it exlrmnely dotiliilnl whether we ought not ourselves to si t this Irmly aside—note, with out waiting in get Texas ir/ien we want it _ And will Don Vives hesitate ? Will lie he*i late to rede Florida uniuriniiheied by tin grants of PniionKostroamJAUguri.nl of the cUiniants between the Mi-aisajppj and the Amite ? - It there be any hesitation on either side, it ought to be on ours. -ri , , ... froMstuMCATm. I lie lull drawn by Getr.S.'s,,, ,|„. Republican and oilier mem be i * o t (’o"g re**” see in* to lia v o been dishonoured. The North stale, the Roanoke Mate, ttic Anti Yazoo stale an’d the old dominion (with the exception of two mom hris,) the state ot Louisiana, and Maryland were not a “ coming, sir !” I can call spirits hoHi the vasty deep. lint none did come v> hen you did rail for them. VIRGIN! \ ELECTION?. t) RLECiJTES TO ‘THE A ESI' LRU 1st. ITU RE l.ouisti David Watson,* Peter Winston. Ling tieorge. Jn* G. Taliaferro, John Hone*. Frederick. Archibald Magill, Joseph Sexton Caroline, Mlaflord II. Paiker,* W.l). Dick insou. NoHwcnu James N. Fletcher, faathan Ward.I Musses', Richard Lpe*,” John J-i uson. • Not of the ta\t Legislature. For tlieSenate, in Caroline county, Mr. .1 M. Garnett had about |f» nmjoiity over Mr Hill, the next highest candidate. Wears requested to Male that Mr. Id chard O. Henderson, a candidate for Chesterfield County, at the last election of delegate* to the General Assembly, retired from the bench a* bout halt past three o’clock, tor reasons not necessary here to be stated. A '/'earlier Wanted. A GP.NT1.RMAN nnliilriltii like charge ot a school • A ot small hoys, would hear of an advantageous si tuation, by making hnuierliaie application at tbisoltlc*, or lo tbe subscriber residintf in Post bit an GP.OKGK llARblvr:, April H._tub..if. Fifty Dollars Reward. RAM AWAY from the subscriber on the »lb of April, in Hip coniiiy of Alhri^mlr, a negro man named JOHN,but soinsiiines calls himself John star kes — be is a bla- k fellow, about 19 or an years of age, live feet, 9 or 10 inches high, reniarkahlenn account of having large n Utte if elh. He was pnrcha*ed of a *lr. Ilooes, livmj near Hone's Fctrfjn King George county, where leg. pevi he is notv lurking. I will give the above reward, together arlih all reasonable egpenc.es, to any person cho will deliver him to me on my farm In the above mentioned r.iunty, near Aeotlsvllle, or secure him in any Jail to I get in u aga tl. ROBERT LRu is. ‘ id.. twSTsCrRvfT. CoNtJUKSS.—'I’nrsiltijf, April if. Senate.— Mj. I’orroil'* amendment • ♦*> . llic Navigation /tilt, to exlrliil i'n provi* “duns to the Bntisli ports in l.«»uer Cana* (ta, was agreed in—Mint the biff was or dered to a,3 I reading.—Ayes -111, :.aj J-r viz. Mr. \\ ilmiii «>| N J. Mr. Sanford tioui the corf, mill, e of j conference on the military appropriation i bill, reported that the eoiuujtltcea ol it'd two Houses were unable lo eoiiie lo any ^agreement—(t iz. on the $ 60,000, toward* carrying the Missouri Kxpediiion to tlie Mandan villages.;—Hi port (aid uu tha table. Tlie hill to increase the compensation of certain district Jatlgijr was lost mi the mo tion lo read it a 3d time—y*as 21, nays 21...'I’lie house was equally divided, atol • he hill was of course rejected.—(We’ should think instead ol raising salaries, all those ought to be n(itreed which wevo taised during 1 lie paper limes—I ccause money is worth mote than it was then ; the circulation being reduced, according I to Mr. Craw lord, fiom lit) down to 16 millions r,| dollars.) II of H.—Rlr. Smyth fin in tlie military committee,who were instructed loenquire into the expediency ot providuig a more effectual remedy against duelling in the at my and navy tlinl District of Columbia, reported “ that they consider tlid zistiiig* law as amply sufficient, if nentted to re press duelling in the army.” They there lore ask tube disc barged from lurtluc enquiry —which was granted. The Washington City Gazette in noticin'* the arrival tlieie ot Geueinl Vivts sa\> *“ it is reported thnt he is Hie In urcr of the ratifica tion ol llie .Spanish Treaty, reding the Flori da'to us—and the explanations requited aie very tiniuiptn ibui.” Staples of ihe liichfniimt Jl.irlrt. Tobacco old $ 5 a 10—Corn 5,-j r,0_ Flour, S 4 J it S A j — Meal 07 u 73 cl j.— Whett 02eta.—Hemp *J 110 a 15i> per lou-Oats ;; j ;o ct ii(b. tirvenies.—Sugar* 8 a 12J—Coffee 23 a 2d cts. per lb. Molaases33 a JO.els. per -a!U,u —Cut Herrings S3 j a S J per hbl. —Paeon ,i) all cents, per II*.—Hum, tVdt 111 < 11: t qy , 100 Cts.—Whiskey :u a XT ,ls. fu.r ^llce rlticKoj srot ks. Hank ot \ irginia. Farmers’ Hank.i..bd !’• s.- b»>'k.W) a U'J Mai ine Stock.pur. * --- an*v A • Alb Mr. CHAIU.fc ... 1 appall!, nuuck, In the aininbh ami vetjr accomplished MiasSlSAN CKuXION all.f ttseqpnjuhly, Va. * *' • |>M Tuesday evening, the «ltb ultimo, at Page Brook H<ma .vaek.COo,">> ,Uv* Mr• JO.IN HOI MNS jr. to MisSABBVB N. Pac t, dauvt, er oi John Page, Esq ail t.| i redrilck. S «'o l l.iiisdny evening, ibr 3uili ultimo, |,y i>,e «ev rTvi' uSh!\\ JO,,N CU0K> 10 *"«• MAItY 1 ,N , .ill of <»louCi'Mrr tou 1st \ . O11 Tuesday I lie* ] Ills nut. at Mount P»o« pt t ;, New Kent, tin 1 csuleiiee ot Col. VV M Macon, lay lli« lit. Key./,*. C. Moure Dr’ a.KW,i.'V (" HA >1 BEK LA YM ol this City, U Miss MaHTHa B. I)aiim y. i-JVi^’ihrV! i11 Si“u,<,*>. ilie sill mat. Mils i rtANits (.. 1IAMEL, datigeiei ol Ur. Jolm Muiicure Daiuel, late of stallnid loimi). a most i„„retSlve cxamrU of the fallacy of human t alculaitoti is ... f* b> ,h* dc-'b °* ‘"is >oui.R lad). She I,ad mu,,bed to 'v :rr:rh *r’In p'"*^ «> beam, and mo,,,,, w .11I1 had known rearcely a m.iiueui’s tuiei 1 uuiitm t wlicu, with ihis liallrriug earnest of the future,she i.aj ' by a disease whose vriy comm,mm.Mil seeitird ti,* | oner prostration of strength andeveiiut lifeustll been simMciiI) anuitlted (rum tbit* world. I Ihr qualities v%l«ic!i have bouud its lo tffpaftecT friends aie tore to be enshrined tit the memory ol everv wile who 1 tally mourns Ibeir loss : to recoaut those •liialilics lo a bury or a becdlrst woild, can ac best be Inn un idle other ; it is indeed In Hie eye of sincere soilow, a species ot profanation, consented 1.. wi-h itlucuiiee. 1 belt is a loved privacy claimed by atr.r. inm as her sacred pm.le-c. it ,, ,|ue however w jusitce lo say ol the deceased. that she p,.»seasrd ; good undemanding, a culm, tbeerlul and ailecli. ": ,e temper ; Rival loluluve piopriely and delicacy of feeling,wblvb directed by sound leligious pumii.iet wet* cotisisMly expressed »i,d perceived through linin’ ucia which were bland, open and luaililicial. Il.ed.on Saturday, Bib tnat. alle^a s'lml't* buVse'vere ami painful illuess, wist Ihancss <;. i)Alt|ri j„ t uitce 10 Peitr V. Hamel, Emj.— ’ She’s ginic, and i.evrr has a soul. Less swerv’d by fashion's bare eonlroui Ol nature’s feelings 11101 e posses’! * Past’d J.. a stale of linal rest. ’ A heart more kind did never heal Nor e’er was wanned with vital beat one ol a mind more pure ; Could there, could meekness sel f assua-* And calm the terrors of that c-age • Her death uvreeaiy—sure. ’ Yet those her friend, to whom Were known The virtues, genius, that la. sown. I’.ent a h tuat Snllespicssio.'; MTU sometimes thins on Frances’* close Aird while with a ili?m feeling g!ows.i li will not 1 t ..pp|ireisi..n ACCOMMODATION STAGES ~ .ro ,UT"IU»* •* Uoniv MOt'Ri. 1 Hi- Mail Loach leaves I'xtrrshuig every day, at r, A o clock r. m. and arrives at llubinond nt 11 o b?-U1,V'1" B,*b,r‘0"d *« 3u’clu*k, ». u.anrl nr. rt.e U,!!0rr'VU hr*‘,erlch,b“U *‘ld Wasbinglvn, the tie at day to dine. ’ liy..tlil* alraiig*u,eni, passengers are expedited nearly l».JrfVtr ",r ,i"« tbtwi.|.l* I. less mail m,VV’*r 1 be M'Ofrnetvtrs pledge then,selves that every annul.hall t,e paid ty passengers, rh,l!rl hr reijulVr i*"1* 'H accommodation,) that cu.i Returning, the post coaches leave Baltimore nt S a M. eveiy day,arrive at Washington to lire .Steam |sUi at l-i, and arrive at Kifhiinmd at half pastd g M the next day. and lodge in feirtsl.org. |o oiiln to edict *, • •‘iiangeineiil, the prnpririois from Kiihrniind te I eirrtburg ha,* provided gm.d mail coaches (cr the express purpose < f cxirytng those passengvit that ate under the necessity of hurrying on. and pieveru tb« delay m Kicumonit, so uiiiclr con,plained «»r. | t,at pa eenseis shall not he detained in Kichuiond. that are <n the Itffular line, and who apply in season lor seat ea/ro ( arriagrs shall be always In re,-diners. \ bJ* F l«»l tea v »l l« Loach lea res ItictiHiocd on Inertia vs and Fridays, at 6 o'clock, « at. Lynchburg Stage leaves Hicbniund cn Tuesday* anti Fridays, at •• o’clock, *. si. \VilltarnsbarR Stage leaves Itirlimpird on Mondays Wednesday* any Friday*. at 3 o'clock, a m. 1 lie I r tri '.tying and litrlirooi.d Coaches (on tyt in *. leave Iheir respective places every morning as usic. ,, , ,, THR I’Roi'in I IOKS I n’on lloiej, April 14. 't'Hi s in*, nbers have ncitv d per rbe Astir* and A ginia, (roin New York, and Itolien Burns (rno, I hlladelpiiia, an additional supply of DREGS AND MEDICINES, Which, with their former stork, render* their asset menl very complete,and In nliirb they tftvile the Jtuu lion of their friends. They al'o offer for sale, as the sole agents of A learnt drr Bell <V Co the following BNUHti.vir.: Macranha .Strati,nrg, Itxidhan,’* No. ir I’rlfite’s mixture, fiille prr's Frill,bore, Blar k Brown, nndSwret Uappccs, ant Hrnteh Sniffs, whtrli they flatter Iheinrelves will it found superior to any ever r.listed in llriv p,ufket. KESfacf. At ku-VFM-ylU. N. B. A constant snpply of Soda and Saratoga v. let*. > t._ |(V)..K;t I REVU ES' HAlTfT *~ By vlrine of * deed of trust executed th rhd snhs hers by James Burnett, dated the |Mh day of \n veinher, laid, and rfnly recorded in the county eetrrt ,-f Chesterfield, lor the purpose of sernring Ibe payir , of a rrrlain snm of money therein mentioned, we w if; proceed to sell fot ready money, at ihe said James Hi,, nett's house, 6ti Hie Manchester turnpike toad, abo,, revrn mile* fnon Manchester, on Tbur<itny, thr 4'. •f»V of w« r nut, one tract or patrrl of I.,‘sir, tattling two acres, being II,e same on which the xair Burnett w«w reside*.—Also, one negro woman and child, and one waggon and four horses afld gear fot n hors**. On this land there are h'lllrtt 4* lutfuieu; ft,, the acconilfibdatlon 01 a email family. JKS«« MIN, > . , THOSsVafUBN.I "Uf,rft fl frri 1 If. ______ I on.. Ida lo toUrphtm bln Is, rarmor if Joint but, anti Sit ry hr it t>w4$. CIR—As yon are a r«u resident of Vlrglnix. von » O be pleased lo fake notice, that onSatiriS,. 1 ,e v ci day of Jttne nexi, at (he hortxe of nr. Join’ It. yy,.,. drir k, In the rjounry of Hanover, vre shall prorred t,> take tire affidavits of John Cross. .Shelton RaGand James Lank for I, anil others, to he te.,d a* evidence 1,,' a soil in chan, try now depending ,n the r -.runty c>, if Hanover, wherejii we are plamtHls, and vou at l-, f, ndant. FBMlr A L ft Ar.l.xMli ABSALOM K ,UL - Nf> »„d t NAIHANHf htrlvp,' * to ivht/1, tostthir tilth lint. Hnti-r, non .UctutKl, thr rtf a’, of />/„, tltr. v"turn,nut! rr t by John fUltflami rr'or of thr Mf.,1 hat hr, a r,~, r • <ttrn fora '■>* • rntt.tith ‘hrbut noy-eif-jf r 1 A :iivl t'' r#% v 8)y