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in mediate and rapid decline in pticef. Ct-pcually
ot lands, commenced. An almost universal state
of peace prevailing about this time, produced a ge
ncral stagnation ol trade. [vi«l Hrp. of Coni, ol F i
nance las' winter] W hil>t ourcauntry wasetrug
gling und* r the embai rus.-ment thus produced, the
•‘American system” seemed to feme In a hex.I,
and in 1821. the second tariff f.lv* waa pa-wrd.—
This foil with peculiar hardships u|>oii the rui'j.
valors of the c&itli: ihe tempting pio^ppct o!
cultural profit, which an improved commerce ha.l
opened, had seduced them from their ancient po
licy of” living within themselves”—to this j>oliry,
however, they would gradually have hern 'aought
back by the same ncce»«ity, which hsd compelled
them to adopt it, and such return would have been
easy and natural; but the process *c-nied too low ,
to our rulers, and stimulated by petitions from the
manufacturers, who saw at otic.-, that thopciiod
was a favorable one, for pushing their fortune—it
was determined to hasten the operation by the ap
plication ol force I he partiality ot government
to this favorite scheme, and the appetite of the
manufacturers for gain, only sharpened by partial
gratification, u'ged them on to another and yet
more oppressive tariif. Thus, an evil, w hich if
let alone, would have found a remedy in that
principle of our nature, w hich impels us to ts*k*
carc of ourselves, was increased hylhe empir\i-:>
of government. 'J’he consequence is, that the po
licy uf “ living within ourselves” which, when
commerce was young and the profits of lalior l.ut
small, was a wise one, and uuder similar circum
stances will always ho wise, is engrafted upon ua,
at a time when by a different course the doors ot
cornmeicial intercourse with foreign nations,
might have hecn thrown open to us, and when
lalior ill the field would be worth more, than at
the loom. The period has not arrived when vve
can speak from experience of the full effects of
this sy-tem—but we are uuahle to account foe the
continued depression upon agriculture, oth rwise,
than by ascribing it in part, to the operation of that
system; fc in this ive are strengthened by nil th« j
views we have taken of its mode of opeia’ion.-_;
The exclusion of foreign manufactures from our•
i ports, it appears to us, must nnccssai ily lie follow
CO uy me vxciumuii ui uur ngncuimral products
from foreign ports. We are flattered with the idea
tliat a home demand for our bread-stuffs will be cre
ated by flic extension of maim factoring establish
ments^ make up th*» loss ol the foreign demand;
this we believe to be fallacious—because that ex
tension is produced, not so much by increasing the j
number ol hands employed, as by the improve
ment of machinery: 2d!y, becaus.*, the supply of'
bread-stuffs must born local causes, increase be
yond comparison taster than the consumption of
them in thi** country can be made by any device (o
increase: ddly, L cause our government cannot
by legislation conlrou! the products of other coun
tries so as to make the supply of foreign manufac
tures exactly equal to the deficiency ofouro*.vn,niid
the foreign demand for bread studs just sufficient
for our surplus—thus, wc shall be left entirely in
the power ol our own manufacturers. In reply to
the remark of en made by the friends of the . Ta
riff, that the prices of mainilactures have not in
creased, and thircfoie we ought not to complain,
it sutfiees to say, they have not ducreascd as
wo had a right to expect they would under the o
peration of protecting duties. Fiom the fact that
the New-England delcga ion voted against the re
cent law cf 1S2S, we have a right to infer that the
principal manufacturers realised fair profits with
out its rid. That the representatives of other man
ufacturing districts voted for it, may be satiriacto
rily accounted for upon the 'supposition that they
v. eieuot so well advanced in the business of man
ufacturing and could not coino into competition
with their New-England brethren without addi
tional protection. lienee may be learned the
instructive lesson that every new competitor will
tequire new aid, and the farmers be called on to
pay for it.
Let us farther test the policy of lire “American
system” by the end proposed to ho accomplished.
That end is, Independence of the w. rld. This
strikes us to be a notion of independance as errone
ous in 'theory as it is impracticable by tbe means
proposed. The. wealth of a nation i-, pioportioned.
to its exports. In a period of peace, if com
merce is lelt free to pursue its track wheresoever
it listeth, and the industry and enterprise of j
man, are untrammelled by artificial systems of
government, a nation, whose products of whatso
ever kind enabled it to command the products of
other nations, is necessarily independent of them.
When war conics,- it is the belter able to meet it
—and then may that labor and capital which arc
thrown out ot agricultural and commercial em
ployment, be advantageously added to the stork
already employed in manufactures—for it must h •
supposed, that without 'lie aid of legislation, self
interest and local advantages will always give due
impulse to manufacturing establishments which
may be extended with facility in time of war. We
do not dissent from the principle, that in peace, a
nation ought to make some prep nation for war—
but we say that it is unwise, it is suicidal, for a
nation whose policy is peace, to impose upon it
self without necessity, the privations of a war
measure in anticipation of the occurrence of war at
some remote period. And, in relation to the en
couragement of manufactures, our principle is—
let natural causes and individual enterprise be
aided, not Jotted l*y legislation.
To sum up tbe errors of the '’protecting sys
tem.”— It require*-* that a people thinly scattered
over an extended and fertile territory, whoso ob
vious interest consists mainly in agriculture, should
become servile imitator.* of a populous nation
crowded within comparatively narrow limits,
whose ti tie interest is found in manufactures—
commerce being a necessary link between them:
11 makes it exp* client lor one half the labourers on
a farm to make bread fur the other half, whilst the
latter are engaged in making clothes for the for
mer, leaving Nothing to sell: It taxes the tivo
leading interests of otsr country for the benefit of
tbe third: Its obvious tendency, and essential
characteristic, is, to diminish revenuo by diminish
ing importation, ami therefore, it is an abuse of
the power o taxation vested in Congress, for rais
ing revenue: by its exorbitant duties, and the ri
gor of Custom House regulations, smuggling
loses much ol its criminality: Finally, we can
find no warrant for it in tlu* Constitution.
whether right or wrong in our opinions upon
public policy, and the causes which have l< d to
the existing pecuniary distresses of (lie country, \
we cannot err in assuming the fact, that our con
dition is one requiring energetic and combined
efforts to ameliorate it. Selling but li't'e, wc
ought to buy but little. Let retrenchment and
economy be our first principle of action—and the
second, encouragement of industry iu our county
and state.
Resolved, therefore. That so far as may be
practicable and consistent with true economy, wc
will raise and make at home or procure in our
several ncighboihoods, every thing designed for
use or consumption in our families or upon our
farms.
Resolved, Idly. That whatever it may become
necessary to buy, we will iu all cases w here there
may he a choice, give the preference to articles of
Virginia growth or manufacture, having regard to
price and quality.
Resolved, 3diy. That we solemnly enjoin upon
ourselves the practice of rigid economy in our
general mode of livu-g and plainness of amwel,
and by wav of earnest of our sincerity, that we
will on the 4th day of March and the 4th of July
next, appear in a suit ot irginia cloth.
Resolved, ilhly. That *ve consider the Tariff
Law unconstitutional, and in practice detrimental
to the interests of agriculture.
Resolved, That the Ldiiots of the Richmond
Lnquircr and the Constitutional Whig, he request- I
ed to publish the above proce .ling*.
IVM ROLLING, Chairman,
Tho. Cvnn, Secretary.
F.LKCTOUS.
The Fleeter? of Vermont voted, of course, for
Adams & Ku*h.
Those of N. Hampshire convened in Concur 1—
gave their 8 votes for Adains (*. Rush—in i ap
pointed Mai Waldron of Ror'.smoutli, their special
Messenger to Washington.
The Flecto s of R. island eonv. ned at Url-tcf,
" east” their 4 votes away upon Messrs. Adams t*
Kush—and selected O. f>. -Cross to carry their dis- j
patches to the Scat of Government.
ITT Aug'Uliai Kraft. Ji.q. will !■» » rinit. lilt to
itm ib* 8ri.«tor.»t D>-tf'Cl,,e<inipi’,*<f of Ibt tooiitir* of Pur.f< '
Vc,. KtuffjM, K n« 6*<Sfi, W«.tiuor»l»»0, NorUi'm.b»rl»uJ, j
Jti'biovud »rd bii,*s»ier.
VIRGINIA LEG I SLAT U RE.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
.Monday, Dec la.—Petition* presented and re
ferred, viz:
Hy Mr. Grigsby, fiom tbit II irbvr-Masters of
Norloik and Portsmouth, praying the Legi-lutut e
i detine wlut is meant hy the ward “packet,” in
'he law, steinihoat* and pnekd* being exempted
llt'iii the payment af their fees—t y Mr. paik.r
of tiroliue, for a separate clec’ion in the wostcru
pait.it that county—by Mr. Hill, from Culpeper, I
to'tin* same <11 ct—by Air. Carson, a *imit.ir pc
ti iwii from Shenandoah —by Air. Vv i to lie r, :i siiiu
iar one trom PuUylvania—by Mr. Aleimi*, irom
1 otetourt and several adjoining (utilities, for the
formation ol a new county, out of par's <.f Itote
tom t, Montgomery and Franklin— by Air. Miller
ol 11. a counter-rcmonstrnnre on ihe same bubject
—by Mr. Fitzhugh of O. from C. P. Weils, for
some change in the dividing line between Ohio
and i ylcr, so as to include all hb laud within the
cottn'y of Ohio—by Air. Anderson of 11. lor ex
tending the limits of tho coiporalion ol Salem—
by Mr. Parriotf, fiom certain citizens in O.'iio
county, for deWa>ing Pi>h Creek a public high
way—by Air. Clarke of A. Irom certain citizens
id Augusta, for a road from Staunton to such point
•ui the I’ototnae, a- to intersect the Cliesapiak and
Ohio Canal,, ct Baltimore and Ohio K ,i| lU.ad—
by Mr. \V iteber, fiom snndiy inhabitants of the
town of Danville and counties of Pittsylvania and
Campbell, to be incorporated into a joint stock
company, for manufacturing cotton and woollen
labrics by Air. Goode, horn the members of the
Methodi t L'piscopa! Church, for the passage of a
law to prevent the di tin banco ot religious assem
blies by persons who vend articles of iraifo, liquor*,
fie.—by Mr. Yancey, from II. Timid! of Buck
ingham, to li* released fiom a tine—by Mi lbokor
of A. Irom John 1'. Aicher, praying a division of
the property ol h.j lather, John k Archer, etc.—
and by Mr. Kiv» of Campbell, from Anthony
..Ives and others, legatees under the will of
^1,11,1 lirct,i“ o* Ain* lt«t, lo tvliom ccrt.'iu real
eo.ate was devi-ed, pr.._\ ing for authority to sell
the *--tate, and the prOee .dj to he so invested, that
the property may be p.i‘ over to the tenant for
Hie, and the principal secured to the remainder
tnen at the termination of the life estate.
1 uia'lay, Dec 16.—A Communication was re
ccivcd from the Senate, that they hud passed the
hill “ Concerning the Administrators and Securi
ties of Jerniaii lJakcr, late Treasurer of the Com
monwealth.”
On the motion of Mr. Mason, of Frederick,
leave was given to bring in a hill to autlio.
rizc the judge ot the 9th Judicial circuit to hold
an intermediate term in the county ot Frede
nck. commencing ou the 2i)ih of Febru >rv next.
On motion of ttio same, the Com. for C. ofJ.
were instructed toinquhe into (he expediency ol
so amending the law providing for the assess
menl and cullrction of the cu ury levies, as to aa
thorize the several county courts, in their disci c
tior,, to place tile lists returned delinquent by the
!?heril}-, in the hands of Constables for collection :
nilli leave to teport by bill or otherwise.
On motion of Mr. Stillman, the Com. of R. &.
I. N. were instructed to inquire into the expedi
ency ol giving to Waller Timberlake ofFluvan
ii.i county the further term of two years lor com
plying his bridge over the Rivanna—with leave
lo report by bill or otiierivi;e.
On motion ot Air. l'owell of Loudoun, the Coin,
for C. of J. were instructed to inquire into the
expediency of vesting the county courts of this
Commonwealth, with the power under certain
resti iciious, ot laying otT their several counties,
(u hen they may deem it necessary) into suitable
Jistiicts, for holding elections.
On motion ot Mr. Alinor, leave was given lo
bung a bill, for disposing of a sum ol money re
maining in ‘ne hands o| the examiners of the
iii .inch pilots on the Rappahannock river.
On motion of Air. Fjt/.hiigh, ol Ohio, Resolved,
hai the Auditor of R. accoutils be and ho is here
>y i equesled to furnish to this house, a tabular
statement, shewing the number of wholesale and
retail ^merchants’ licenses in pach county and
corporation of this Common wealth, during the pre
sent year.
On motion of Mr. Camden, leave was given to
bring in a bill to change the mode of filling vacs, w
r,es. which may hereafter happen, in the Board |
ot i u-lees tor the town of Weston iu the county
ol Lewis, and prescribing their duties.
On motion of Mr. Gaines, the Com. for C. of J.
weie instructed to inquire into the expediency of
»o amending the law relative to deeds of trusts,
mortgages and all other liens lor the secuiity of
debts, and other purposes, as to compel (he debt
ors, so making either of them, to put all their cre
ditors upon equal footing according (o the amount
ol their several claims; and also into the expedien
cy ol closing all such conveyances in like in. -ner j
as mortgages are now closed; with leave to report
ly bill or otherwise.
On motion ot Mr. Anderson, of Ritclourt, the
( oin. ot (_ laiins were instructed to inquire into the
propriety of allowing to the heirs of the late Col.
James lunis iiie commutation pay, being for five
years full pay iu lieu of half pay for life.
Mr. Leland otTered Ihe following resolution :
Resolved, that a select Committee be ap;»ointcd
to inquire into the expediency of reducing the
falarirs of the officers of the state, and that they
havc leave to report by bill or otherwise”_Mr.
L. said, he might, perhaps he called on to specify’
the abuses which existed iu this part of the aif
mmistration ol ihe government : but he thought
tiiis specification would he, more properly, the bu
siness of ihe Committee whom the resolution pro
posed to charge with the enquiry. He propo
sed lo make only a few general remarks. He
hilly concurred in the sentiment expressed by the
framers ot our Dill ot Rights, “ that no free gov
ernment or the blessing of liberty, can be preserv
ed to any people, but by a firm adherence to jus
lice,moderation, temperance, Irugali’y and virtue,
a.nfJ by frequent recurrence to fundamental prin
ciplcs.” He thought it worthy of inquiry .whether
tve have adhered lo these fundamental princi
ples; that it was, at least, the duty of members
to inquire whether they could do any thing to di
minish the burdens ol their constituents. These
burdens, he said, were great, and, in confirmation
mu mci, adverted to the reduced prices of pro
duce, Ur. and to the great amount of taxes which
the people are compelled to pay. lie said it was
the opinion of Mr. Heuton, that the taxes in this
country art as high as in any part of tho Eastern
hemisphere, owing probably to the tact, that the
people are obliged to contribute to the support of
Iti’o governments, one general and the other, lo
ca‘- 11" then, it be true, that the burdens of the
people are so great, is it not limo to enquire, whe*
ther wc can diminish them?
The present salaries oi the officers of this Gov
ernment were fixed in hotter times, and he thought
it reasonable, that they should ho reduced now,
when the pressure of hard times is so severe upon
the people. The people, he said, were obliged to
economise; and should not their seivants do the
same?—He knew,he said,that th< laborer was wor
thy of bis hire; but not of more than his employer
could afford to give.
Mr. L. then adverted to the history of some an
cient and modern nations, to show the evil conse
quence* of a departure from the principle*ao im
pressively recommended in our Hill of High's.
lie admitted, th.i', owing to the commercial hab
its, Ue. of our people, and the consequent regard
for wealth, which w as tho natural result, the a*
gei.<s of the people could not reasonably be ex
pected to serve them, without some compensation.
Still, this was no reason for the allowance ot im
moderate salaries—which were productive of two
serious evils : first, the necessity of imposing high
taxes and secondly, tho raising of individuals too
much aliove tho great body of the people. We
have yet, - aid he, no privileged order among us:
I a»k lor lliir. inquiry, which perhaps may tend in
some degree, (o avert such an evil.
Mr. L. sai I, tlr.it, having inode some compari
sonsand estimates upon the subject, he was of o
pinion, that the taxes in Virginia were higher than
tho-eof ny other State' in the Union.
This*rrsotiitlon, perhaps, myht be opposed,on
the ground, that w; wore about tohavo a Conven
tion, arid (hat, consequently, it would he us-I
now to attempt a reformation, w' irh might more
properly be left to such Convention, Uc. This
reason he thoughto:dy a speclou'on- Ho thought,
we should have nearly the same officer-as at pres
ent—the Council, perhaps, might he dispense,J
with, &c.— Mr. JL. concluded hii speech, (ot
which, comparatively a very brief sketch i- here
. , . »
i given,) oy ooservmg, Ui.tt tna proposed inquiry j
could do no lurui, ami might, possibly, do much
good.
Mr. Mavo proposed Jo substitute the C. of P. &,
G. In * S -loci Committee.*
Mr. Dod-iridge proposed *the Com. of Finance,’
which was agreed to —Mi. Mayo having with
dijwniii? piop.>-itioti,
Mr. May said, he did not yield to sny man on
that iloor. in the de«ire of reducing the burdens ot
the people. Cut, that very consideration made
him opposed to the adoption of the resolution. The
salaries of the officers, lie said, amounted to about
•'510.01)0:—And what proportion of this, does the
Gent lem in propose to strike of! >— one half? or one
lourth* This would be expended by this llou«e,
should it undertake to consider Hie resolution. The
proposed inquiry would inevitably lead to the ern
liat raising >uljcct ol the pay ot the members of
the G. Assembly. We ought to recur to the fun
damental principles, mentioned by the Gentleman
from I,; we are about to doit, lie hoped, that du
ring the present Session, they should avoid, as far
as possible, general legislation and all unnecessary
inquiries—thus, saving to the State, for every day,
thft Session would be curtailed, sSI.OOO, &c.
Mr. Doddridge, thought the Gcuth man from Pe
tersburg was tighten supposing, that the inquiry
would lead to that in relation to Hie pay of luem
bers ot Assembly, a* it did in 1322. A proposition,
similar to the present, wa* then made, and it re
sulted only in a hill, to reduce the pay of members.
It .ook up ai least one month—ami the Assembly
ended where they begun, iic See.
1 lie question, on agiceing to the resolution,wa?
decided in the negative without a division.
On motion of Air. Miller, of Dolotouit, the rc
port and resolutions, relative to the contested elec
tion from Ledford, was taken up; and he then inov
eJ to re-commit the report, with instructions to the
Committe e to report all lha f,irU in 1112 case.—
Messrs Hives, Gaines, Everett, May & Doddridge
opposed the rc-commitment.—Mr. Rives, Chair
m in of the Com. of P. k E. gave a concise history
ol tno case as it appeared to the Committee, from
hxcli he iuferred, that it wouM be perfect* v use
1:110 sidle more oi the fact*, than the Committee
occ! done. lie sail!, that Mr. (Zoggiu would be
entitled to his seat, although all the votes given to
Mr. (». &. objected toby Mr. Noil,should he prov
ed to be illegal—but that Mr. N. had failed to pro
duce any proof whatever, ol the illegality of these
votes. The House refused to re-roiuiuit the rc
povt—and the resolutions of the Committee, that
* Noel is not entitled to a scat in the present
Iiou-eof Delegates,’ and that ‘ P. M. Hoggin is
entitled to a seat therein,' wore then agreed to.
Mr. Kimbrough, for ths C for C. of J. reported
as reasonable, the petition of Ezektel Mound and
John i’a'ton, and that or John and Walter Dalziel:
—Jt greed to by the House.
Mr. Hill, fiotn the C. of P. & G. reported as
reasonable, the petition of the President &. Coin
moil Council of Winchester, for authoi izing them
to borrow money for public pnrjoses —arid also the
petition of sundry ci;izens of King &. Queen Co ;
which petition states, that sundry owners of dogs,
icliicn hove been bitten by mad dogs,refuse to have
them killed; and prays, that ull dogs, bitten by
mad dogs, may be put Upon the same footing as
3" ~P'killing-dogs .-—Agreed to by the House.
The following engrossed bills were read a third
time & passed,viz:—‘Toauthorise the erection of a
dam across Powell’s river’—• Concerning Survey
ors of Highways’—* Establishing the town of Fay
ette in the county of Montgomery’—* Divorcing
Sar ah Ann Lees from her husband Jas. M. Lees’
authorize two separate elections in tire coun
ty K®nawha —* Concerning Chailes Clements’
—To authorize a separate election at the house of
1 nomas C. Nutter, in the county of Harrison"—
4 lytncerriing John Sorrel’—• Concerning Isaac
I iiinmer ami 4 Fo authorize a separate election
at the towu ot New Castle, iu the county of Bote
tourt.’
The following bills were ordered to lie engross
ed and read a f»d time—To authorize the inhabi
tants ot Wellsburg, in the county of Brooke, to
raise a suinof money by lottery, &c —To author
ize the county comts of Harrison and Augusta, to
lay taxes lor making roads and hri iges—Concern
lug Massenburg and Wray—Changing the time of
holding the Spring Term of Randolph Superior
Court. 1
A bill * Concerning the Overseers of the Poor," •
reported by Mr. Carter, from the Select Commit- j
♦pc appointed for the purpose, was read a 1st Sc 2d !
time, and re-committed.
Petitions were presented, and referred :
By Mr Sheild, from Robert Saunders, Jr. for !
permission to erect a tide-mill at the Capitol Land
ing on Queen’s Creek in Voik county:—By Mr.
1 i zhugli ol F., from sundry citizens of Fair
lax and Loudoun counties, for authorizing the Lit
tle River Turnpike Company, according to the
provisions of tire General turnpike law, to charge
ball toll, and no more, on all return wjggons, Fee.
— By Mr. Bryce,from the colliers using the James
River canal, praying that Bo-her’s dam in James
Kiiermay be repaired, so as to raise the water in i
the Canal; that the lower locks of the James River |
Company may also ho repaired; and the Dock
Company, required lo permit the passage of coal
boat# rhio" the Dock toll-free, &.c.—By Mr. Nel
son, (rom certain citizens01 Albemarle, Fluvanna,
Louisa and Orange, tor the incorporation of a turn
pike Company from Merriwether’s Bridge to Evc
rettsville :—By Mr. Minor, from Lieut. Jos. Saun
ders, for a commutation of pay :—By Mr. White
oi R. from Epley &. Morrison, praying additional
compensation for work done on the Kanawha road
and navigation :—By Mr. Miller of C., from the
Securities of Matthew II. Rice,to be allowed cer
tain deductions born the balance due on judgments
obtained against him by the Commonwealth :—By
Mr. Stratton, from B. Smith, fcc. for the remission
ot fines : By Mr. F.ll/ey, fur a separate election
lor Loudoun—and by Mr. Hill, a similar petition
from Culpeper :—And by Mr. McMillan from F.
Seals, for permission to retail goods at his own
house, without obtaining a merchant’s license.
i ksterpay—1 he bill to prescribe the mode
of paying public money into and out of the Trea
sury, which had been committed to a Committee
of the whole House, and made the order of the
•lay for yesterday, was postponed to this day.
On Mr. Carter’s motion, the resolution adopted
on the 9lh Inst, relative to the Committee on the
subject of the Banks, was ordered to be sent to the
Senate for concurrence.
The Speaker laid before the House a communi
cation from the Auditor ot P. Accounts, contain
ing tlie statistical information, r illed Par by a reso
lution of the 9t!i inst.; which was referred to the
C ommittec on the suhj-ct of a Convention, and 500
copies ordered to be piintcd.
Mr. Pitt* offered a resolution, that the C. of P.
& G. he instructed to inquire into the expediency
ol so amending the law, regulating elections, as
to permit the freeholders of this Commonwealth,
when ver the duty may devolve upon them, to ex
f ici«c the right of suffrage, by voting for a Candi
da'e for the Presidency or Vice Presidency of the
U. i>., a candidate for Congress or for the Stale
8 nate, to repair to that Courthouse, which may
be most convenient for them to attend, whether
said C ourthouse bo in their own or any adjoining
county ami that they have leave to report hy bill
or otherwise : Disagreed to.
On motion of Mr. Bryce,the C. for C. of J. were
instructed to inquire into the expediency of soa
mending the laws relative to proceedings in Civil
suiu, js to piovido against the abatement of a suit,
instituted hy a feme sole, by her marriage.
On motion of Mi. Brown of If , tho Committee
for C. of J. were instructed to inquire into the ex
pediency of providing adequate means for the
more speedy and equitable adjustment of the titles
to lands on the western waters.
fin motion of Mr. Minor, the Committee for C.
of .1. were instructed to inquire into the expedi
ency ol amending the law of the hd session, en
titled an art. to reform the proceeding* in the Infc
rior Courts ot Chancery ol this Commonwealth.
The following engrossed bills were read a third
time U passed: E,r ,v,wertng ilie Courts or Harrison
ft Augusta to proviJc a mode of opening ft repair
ing roads and hridgea— loamend an act concerning
Mamenburg ft Wray—I o change the time of hold
ing the Spring Trim of Randolph S. Court—And
to authori/ - the inhabitants of Wcllshurg, lit tho
county of Brooke,to rais* a sum ol money f$5u,00tij
by lottery. Upon the lift bill, Mr. Doddridge
spoke at considerable length. ffe ,he object
I ot the hill, a .d the circumstances which had in-1
i duccd tlie in'i ildtants of Wellsburg to petition *he j
I Assembly, for authority to rais0 * „im „f mousy I
I by Jottary. A large por;;.,», he said, ot t! •» most
valuable part of the town,had been alruady w-i.-h
ed away by the waters of the Ohio, and the river
was daily making farther encroachments, which
the inhabitants were uuthle to arrest, without the
means, intended to bo afforded by the bill under
consideration. Mr. L>. having stated the various
difficulties under which the town had labored, and
the • (torts which had been nude, from lime to
time, to remove then,, p. oceeded to mentiou the
general views which he entertained with regard
to the policy of authorizing the diawmgof lotteries, i
He concurred, he said, with the petitioners, who i
state, that they approve in general, the policy of !
discouraging lotteries, except thoie which are au
thorized tor very important St necessary piirporos.
He thougnt, however, (let the true [xjlicy be
what it might) that, it waa impossible to prevent
the people of this state from speculating in lottc
rie*. or to enforce the laws which have beon naide '
for the put pose of discouraging such speculation;;
and that all laws which could siol he enforced were
worse than usoles.-;us they tended to produce in the -
public mind a disregard lor the obligations of all
other laws,fitc. — il ,vc could restrain lotteries in
all other States, he 6uid, it might perhaps be well
lor us to attempt the entire prohibition ol them; but
that we could not coD'rul our neighbors, &.c.— .\Ir.
L). thou gave ,i very full and luminous his'ory of
the legislation of this Sta’e in relation to lotteiies;
commencing with the Colonial Government, and
continuing it down to the last acts ol the Ge
neral Assembly upon the subject. He men
tioned, particularly, a largo number of lotteries
which had been authorized, and the aperitic ob
jects to which the money raised was intended to
be applied; St insisted that no loth ry had ever been
authorized by the state, the object ol vvliich w js
more important, than that to which tin- inhabitants
of W ell-burg intended to apply the money which
•lie loll would authorize them to raise, h.c.
Mr. Gains was opposed to the passage of the '
bill. He considered lotteries as a -peoies of ga:n
bling, the moat dangerous aud pernicious, and he
believed it was the general opinion, tli.it the As
sembly, by grants of lotteries, had cncourag- d n
spirit ol speculation and gambling. He behoved,
however, the time would sou . cuinc, when the
piactice ol making such grants would entirely
c- as.-; when no man would dars in that House to
vote for such a bill, fecc. lie hoped the House
would reject that bill and thus make a decision
which would be a guide to that House m rel.i.tou
to other bills of the same character then iu pro
gross, —
Mr. Miller ot F. replied to Mr. G. and declared
his intention to vote lor that bill* although in gen
eral opposed to granting lotteries—He thought
that case the strongest one ev» r presented to the
consideration of the G. Assembly, tic.
The bill pased without a divi.-iou.
A variety of bills were ordered to be engrossed
and read a third time.
On motion of Mr. Wilson, theCom.'of R. and I.
N. were instructed to inquire into the expediency
of so amending an act entitled, an “ act t > autho
rize the courts of certain counties, to provide a
mode of opening and repairing the roads within the
same passed 1* eh. 2d,132 I, as to require the She
riffs of llus several counties therein named, tocer
lily to the Auditor of Public accounts a list of de
linquent land taxes, arising from the assessments,
by said act authorized; aud that tbs Auditor be re
quired to receive the same, and pay over annually
to the order ot the several couniy courts the u
mount so received: with leave to report by bill or
otherwise.
Several Bills were read the first time—and sun
dry petitions presented and referred—aud the
liousc adjourned.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
We lay before our readers the following inter
esting View of the con litiou of the Uuivor-iy of
Virginia, submitted to the Legislature on Monday
last:
Richmond, 1:1th December, 1S2S.
S*r:—1 the honor to lay before the Gene
ral Assembly, the report adopted by the Rector
and \ Mtoriol the University ot* Virginia, at their
meeting in July last, and received by me as
President of the Literary Fund,
i am, Sir,
With great respect,
Your umstob't serv’t,
. VV'M. B. GILES.
Tie Honorable theSpeakf.ii
oj the House of Delegates.
To the President and JJh eelors
of the Id ter ary Fund:—
In obedience to the law, requiting that the
Rector and V isitors ol the University ot Virginia
should make a Report, annually, to the President
and Directors of the Literary Fund, (to be laid
be/orc the Legislature at their next succeeding
meeting,) embracing a full account of the di-”
buri'rincnts, the funds on hand, anil a general
statement ot the condition of the said University,
the Rector aud Visitors mxke the following
REPORT:
The provision, which requires that the Rector
and Vi-itors should aunt! illy visit University,
for the pdrpo-e ot enquiring into the proceedings
and practices thereat, and ol examining into the
progress ot the Students, was complied with by
the stated yearly meeting, commencing on tin
I°th of July, the jieriod of the Summer public
examination. The Board continued their sc--ion
until (lie 21th of the same month; a por’ion of
their time being employed in attending, as had
been desired by many ol their fellow-citizens, the
Convention at that time held in Charlottesville, to
t ike into consideration the Internal Improvement
ot the State. The demand oh them, as mcmh-is
of this body, was incompatible with the degree ol
attention which would otherwise have been be
s owed on the examination of the students, then
going on. So far, however, as this could be ('one,
it served to confirm the high estimation in w hich
the attainments and talents of the Professors have
ever been held by them. 'They take pleasure in
tepeafing the observations made in their Report
of last year, concerning the improvement in the
economy ol the Institution, and the habit* of the
Students: points, in relation to which, they be- |
lieve the University would not sutler from ruin- |
pari-son with any similar establishment in the
country. The anticipations e apt eased in the some
Report, have been agreeably realized, by there
being this year, in a portion ol the school*, seve
ral successful aspirants, to the special certificates
of pioficiency which have been substituted for the
‘Do giees” usually conferred: in the Department
of medicine, where particular reasons caused (he
title of Doctor to he retained, that degree has been
acquired by several young gentlemen.
The Hoard have to regret this year, again, the
Ins* of one of tbc very able Professors, lor the
happy “election of whom, the University was in
debted to (he late Mr. Gilmer. Mr Long, Pro
fessor of Antient Languages, while p i forming
the duties ot his sta'ion here, received the flatter
ing testimonials of the reputatbn he had left be
hind him, in a call to the Chair of Greek Litera
ture, in the University of London. Under the
contract subsisting between him and the Univer
sity, ho might have been retained one session Ion
ger. hut, independently of the courtesy due to a
kindred Institution, which promises no ordinary
usefulness in the great work of instructing the
rising generation, and extending the limits ol hu
man knowledge, Mr. Long had, by the very aide
and exemplary discharge of his duties, as well a*
by tho perlcct candor and propriety of his con
duct, on the occasion, established claims, which,
however aver-e the Hoard might he to sacrifice
the interests of the University, would not allow
them to insist rigorously on the contract with him.
To lill the vacated Chair, during the approaching
session, the Hoard have atithoi Led the appointment,
by the Hector, of Doctor UVsne.r Harrison, dislin •
guislied a* a pupil ol Mr. Long ami a graduate in
■ li: Medical School.
Another duty, the discharge of which had been
unavoidably delayed (id the* me ling, w *s to pro
vide for the Lh *ir of Natural Philosophy, vacated
by the translation of Professor lioonyr i-ile to tho
School of Mathematics. The Ho lfd feel much
gratification in having it in .their power to state,
tnat they have secured tho services of Dr. Ro
bert M. PattersmiT late Professor of Natural
Philo-mphy in the University of P nnsylvani i. -
Mis very high standing, where he was b.-*-t
known, both as a Professor and an accomplished
member of society, lo ives no doubt tint he will
prove, in every respect, a vain iblo acqu*ttion to
the Univerdty. In a Idiiion to (he immediate du
nes of this sellout, those specially pertaining to the”
ob/*-evslorv, bjv; b •» assigned y Doctor Patter
SOU, Will! i COlOpdUSaUOQ of U • C UdJuiti'U JOiiaM
per annum.
The fortnight’s recess fur all the school*, provid
ed tor the Chris'mas holyday*, having proved in—
l i ou» in practice, has been discontinued, and the
annual vacation fixed from the 2th h of July to the
10th ot Scpiemhei; the tune lor the puhlic exami
nation, required to precede the winter recess, be
ing relcrred to the Faculty, with a direction that
it be as near the middle of the session as comctti
ency will permit.
With a view to a farther reduction cf the cs
pences ot the Students, the price paid-ltf. the Hotel
Keepers lor board, and all the supplies and servi
ces now rendered by th in, except fuel and can
dles, lias been fixed at one hundred dollars for the
session of upwards of ten months: and provision
lias bqpn made for supplying the two excepted-or*
tides on the most economical term.* possible.
I he number of Stud-nts uiatiirul.tie.l during
the session is one hundred and thirty our: the
state of the schools being as (allow.:
Antient Languages 4X
Modern Languages 4ij
Mathematics tj;{
Natural Philosophy 3t»
Chemistry and MJteria Medic a 4.J
Medicine 24
Anatomy and Surgery 22
Moral Philosophy 25
Law 24
l he accounts ior the roccipt*. disbursements,
aud fund* on hand, as rendered - > the Bursar and
Proctor, are given with this report, as requiredby
law- JAMES MADISON', Hector.
July 24, 182S.
HORRIBLE SCENE!
Robert Mendum, the subject of the following
Communication, was convicted at the Superior
Court ol Ctiestcriielii, for tiie murder of Elbert
Mosby ot Powhatan county. It appeared from
the evidence, (near !M) witnesses were examined
Ion tiie trial) that he had previously had an inter
course wih MosSy’s wife—that, to allow his pas
<i.ns fuller scope, he had ccmbiued with M.’s
slave, to make way with him—had decoyed him
to a secret spot—where the slave and himself had
‘•‘Hen upon and murdered Mosby- not without a
I struggle; lor tiie slave received several wounds
m the rencontre. These wounds excited suspi
cion, and led to a confession on I he put of the
slave. The last was sentenced to death in Pow
h .tan—but Metidum appealed to the lost C-vueral
Court for a Writ of Error and a new trial'. The
Court refused the application, and the sentence cf
d. ath w as to be carried into effect ou Friday next
i he ToJlowing gives the catastrophe of Mendum :
FOR TIIE EJVOUUi ER.
AN AWFUL AND HORRID AFFAIR!
Ou Monday, the liltecutl. instant, a most awlul
and lion id allair happened iu the jail of Chester
held: two pi isongrs, Joseph Whitetord and Robert
Mendum, who were contiued in jail under a se
I,fc,lc*2 o! death tor murder, which sentence was to
I have Leeu cariied into execution on Friday ncx*,
| determined to put an end to their existence by
| committing suicide. The jailor, as is the usual
j custom, gave them iu razors to shave, and after
shaving themselves, the said White lord renin Wed
Co die £uaril and his tollow prisoners*, chat lie ne
vor would be carried to the gallows to he made a
spectacle ol for thousands ot people, and then de
liberately drew the razor across his tlnual several
tunes, and gave to himself a severe wound, hut of
which wound he still survives, and the same is not
considered fatal by the physician, who was >peedi
ly called to his assistance, and he may vet l»ve to
pay the penalty of the violated laws o'. I.L> c«..u;.-y
lor which he i*. sentenced to die.
The case ol Meruluin was far more unfortunate,
or rather Jurtunate; lie accomplished bis designs
with coolness and firmness—even with that sort
ot firmness that would iu ancient times have done
honor to a Roman patriot.-—he, with the utmost
deliberation, took a kn fe that had been clandes
tinely conveyed into the jail to another prisoner,
and, placing the handle thereof again-t the wall,
lorced himself w ith violence against the point, and
gave :o himself a wound iu the lower part ol the
breast, about lour inches deep; but believing this
not to be sufficient to cud his miserable Iff,., |le
took the razor he had loshave with, and present
an lace to tin* to fee with mote ceit.iinty
where to give the fa-a! str Ice, lie drew it dclib
erateiy a:;., ca»dully iu the sam? place seveial
um. s, and, with the left hand, drew the- flesh
down to give greater effect to * .ch stoke «ud in
l y';z -Sef 011,1 s fel! and evvired without a groan.—
I AU. ,lH3 liaPl,‘:V'>d in space of a few seconds,
! and before the keys of the inner apartments of the
jail could be procured; hut in the vit-w of lin
gual d and several other persons. who had tolled
I at t«itf j til, there were two other prisoner** in
the apa.tuu-nt with Whitefbrd and Mendum, bui
neither ol them could be prevailed on u> prevent
th.-m from carrying their designs into execution:—
one of them however, at the earnest request of
some of the by slanders, at one tune advawe. d to
wards Mendum lor the purpose of getting the ra
zor, or loro he commenced using ,t oi, his tin out:
out YY i.iteloi J. notwithstanding bis ow n .situation,
v.oc n - had then cut his owu throat) took t.p a
small s ick and gave him a blow, and told him to
- am! off. and not *o go near—Mendum also ordered
hem not to come near him—Mendum has Lnv.t
-m ’ly denied being guilty of the murder ol which
he was convicted, notwithstanding the numerous,
clear, and indubitable circumstances given in evi
dence against him—such circumstances as could
not have lei; a shadow of doubt upon the mind ol
any one who has heard them: hr has confessed
*,,al ’* pislol found « , the ground
wlteto the murder Was committed, ami a d ik
found near the same place, were l»F, but refused
YVin r r.-f’ ‘“‘c ^ent out hi* posses..ion.
Wl.tt f. . j still u.M-tH that lie killed Anderson in
(It-delence—\ Coroner’s Inquest has been held
ovoi he body of Mendum, at the request of the
J^imdthejury.m their report, say, that the
sa.d Mi ndu-n v, luntariiy and feloniously killed and
infinierod hims< ll.
December IGtfo, 1828.
_,7 l»e O-T.ce of Professor of *' yigns of the
limes ,s vacant at Washington-The late mcnm
l»ents havc.abdicated ,ho Chair-declaring that
they Jiave hitherto *• laboured under great delu
sion, and hallucination—They spout learned
i.atm and vulgar English on this alTccting occasion
exclaiming with honest Partridge, .Vim,urn ne
rrcle Color,-J\uUa fidti front,; or as honest
jmcho inighf have moruli/.ed: All u not KoU
that ttj'ttet *—thc, c * many a slip tween the cup
(nul the lip, $'c.— I hey most pathetically conclude
>y saying. a snail not, a- long as tho memo
ry of the ate defeat remain.*, ever more venture
o,.on a pic diction of the result of any pending e„n
troveisy, —We recommend Air.'Julia Hum, to
lie vacant appointment—whose qualilications are
hilly attested by his singular accuracy in todinial
N^iwi—*«« «-»«
MR. HANDOI.plI
Mr. Randolph woa the tirst to raise tho banner
o Jackson, in opposition to the Coalition—the ii;,t
roffiwa tone to public sentiment.—The energy
7 ‘"H “.oral courage was felt at every stage of the
struggle lit, countrymen are so deeply im-iree
B,! ""h,,hc *«•».« his service,, ,h.,t L Kf.
gra tu le is man.lusting itself in u vanftfy of iorins.
At he public dinner, given j„ honor of Mr.
hrcleng, hya i.uinhcrof the litend* of (ion J ,ek
-on in Baltimore on the 2S*lh uit., tho following
toast was given: * '*»
•* fty Jieiini.,. /. Smith -J-rn.v R Asmoi.rri, of
lion no ke I he gurdian renCinel of the (;„„sn
*Uf!ph! ani W Of,ue,,(defender o, tho rigl.ts of the
At another dinner given on Uie5il, |„.f n .. .
-more, to tho live Jack m, Mech.rs ofl Maryland
the loltowiog IVas given by Mr M innd, (a gm-d ’>
Jsssssarcy?’
miftz'ziTzT",**?■"*■ " i
i 4 par y -his :•<! nim (ration w ill
Hir e t P'r"7P,, S hy ''.1" *'V 'bout him I
the best men of the nation.*7 *
I.Mt7(,r.)M, K , Per. fi. —When our r •[» r
went In press an ha I received no new. f.om
r r ink tort, in relation to the proceeding* of the l e.
gislafnr*.
We hear tbarJmlcesOwsley and Mill* retired
from their offices ft-Judges.of :Lu Court. (,f a,.
-teals on yesterday 'Uz. -i * *
1»IL BA I. r 1MORE M A ItkM.
I'altimoiu:, Ihc. 15.—'there has been f.r*.
httlo variation in prices since our last weekly re
|K>*t. The article** of FLOUR and <»RAIN.
our great staples, have »dvar<*«d hut a u»c*e
tiille—I* lour not tnote titan twelve and a lull
cents per barrel. On inquiry on Saturday ever .
ing, we learnt that the inspectious ft r the weef*
exceeded a fraction Iti.rtOO barrels, but ib.it tl >•
sales had been less than those of the precedin';
week——and that the stock on hand hod not acet*
mutate,I. More of tlie article came in on lh, i
day. however, than probably on any previous
01 the week, but no saK;« of con-equenee ere**
made, the possessors being determineJ to hold on*
with tirtnriess, expecting belter pthe*. A lot of
10y barrels Susquehanna was mild at §7 W7 J*g,.
w.th jiw per cent, oil L’r cash, which was the nm*
ly tiau-artion Unit came to onr knowledge—I\ »
quote §7.75 to 7.S7 1-2. CORN-MEAL; tiln
diied, is perhaps a shade lower; the price per bat
rel a-ked is §.! to 3.26. anti per puncheon $15.
URaIN.— It heat, but little of any kind m mar
ket a tad the prices have not advanced more Ut-ui
2 or 3 cents per bushel; they range Irom §1.40 ••*
l.t»3 lor red, as ill quality.—Corn, white and yel
low, uninixed, 43 to 45 cts— Rye and Oats remaha
without any uiateii.il change. [Chroiiult.
MARRIED]- In Co!uml u*,Stnte of l>-.io, on Toe d •> 2- it
•n-Uiat, by the Iter. Jauir* H* ;e, ./ A.» O'mrttm Pun,' But.
fu marly nf tbi* city, to Met Ann, daushlvi ut the Irla H ni.
A- McIMwrll, ht»lh u( stmt place.
*Tbundav, the Ittb n,<l«ut, bv (hr R. ». JTf .
Srsrkf*, Ml. Jo Ait //. Jvnbtrlako. to Mitt Elsabtlk tVUAtl.
i.unu, rldc.t dau.btr, ol me K>». JUt. Wat. 1 noon la**— «.;
of lb* county of Kiurai.ua.
United uiay they Head the pith of life,
Wbil* ahe a J, f u* that bertot name*, t. wife,
Hay he uiu.t ui hij ait the buibauu'a «.*u
r5 iil dr* lb «Lall uiri Uiiii «vigtkai«l Lt«;.<r
O .V ‘7 lt* P,,uc* auuuty, V. , on the 1 ttb
at . u clock ,o the uotCLif, Ml,. JuUiili T.nutr. irkiotol Wu .
Ituii k, (who died August »80», 18to. l iuil,c uiit, ,<4, „l u..
*-*’ tlle ****** °* “**» valuable and Uiueulct wuuisti Cr.
reaiiljr and luendi hive ru.lamed uu uid n«: y Iota lu all me
ielai.ou.ol lita, lift Wwftu war ackliuWle.ig. d. lu bei yentta
.he entered ml-. couvruant with her hold aud Baeiour jt.i-t
C brut, suit ruunectrd hei.eif cub the Traibutenao Chun h.
the.piril cf her prulertiun perwUd ail her uiliet. lust,
her relation, lu ,1tr family, and fueou., and neiibbaur., ant
bretbreu ut the Lord, dm puiifyiug »u-l emicued power vf
the dtv.oe O.acawa. apparent, tout .domed the ductnue of
Uod her baeiour in al. her wa,,. H«t t;h.ld..u will bn,
remember the fidelity with which .he iu,Uncled them,.*.'
the l-rvuur^wiin wb.cb ,b. p,ay,d |u, the a. And in her no
u.rrou. p ..urn, m,y be toui“t cia, y proola ol the blen.u,
r.7 *"*“«?!» " . e Church,un the mitruction A prayer*
of tbu devul.d D*u<hUr ul Chn.t. lu the lour Gen*,alum.,
a mounting tv about 400 in uuiuber wb.cb .lie l.-|t on-eatlii ,
j h^'1* ‘,V*C ,*“u,b*ro1 a,e prof*«»or» i-l lb*
K.liyiuu ol Chrut. Duiing b.r la.t ii.kar.i, I, n« and cult,...
a. It wss, lhe wa. firmly anppoited by her Faith, and 6ct
b pe m h.r Jietn* Lord, ton, .Haggled with her .ufl.riug,.e
le n v5T“ tT'' I*‘,d P'*-y*u *“J «■*•"«'*«<» •“ bi. Jr*.
reign Will amid tier duiiea,. lu youth, aud.u hrallll .he w»,
enable J to lay up a guud luuadoliuu a,«;r..-t the t.uir to come
and ON tbu ihe happily nl.ctd her .y*,»ud .lulled la view n»
tternity. Fiuin oar life, hum her irnyim lo„ |:wlu b.r r,
.auceon unu.et.ted giace, we collected . or iio-halao bMef
that tor ber to die w.» gam-md au.id.t .he weeping (a,e
:fb,‘btb *wUI.*,,y rtU,Jui'* f*'J <'*•»•'» ha,a been called ,o
take of ibi: Mother, a. ,he m.je her tail hum ea.ih, tin y
hare aim oat beard, m anticipation the about, ol Angel, a, tb« *>
welcomed their ...hr I . ue, ,„d her Uu.ea a. at, ,u.e ,.f
iiuijou with then., to the Krdr.ii.er who brought her ther,
The L Itol. jf aewip.pet, ,u tbe Slate, of tlb.u, henturkv
Teou„*„.aud Alahaiu., ai e i^uuai.d to give .he abui^
| b' “ UL‘4,“;'U *u ic.pechvr end confer
a great favour oa a large number ul the .elativ, ol the de
. . ICummuniVn/rcf-.
I„ ——. °n Tbund-cyM'Ding the 4ih in,taut, al L»ur«V
• Hrook, Dinwiddle Uuunly, tbe .-eat of he, uncle Mr. t-wai.t
O. Uiancb, M-ri Surah .inn ll'ard, <u the Hub vetrul her
I deaths—4U"fU "‘d *a *“*> gctdic aud XtuHm'V ;>
oThe lovely find a p.ac; ful grav.;
a f*r Vi; g u* nit with ruleu,u blow draw m ue.
And deck Ihe .acieed .pot with beauty’, ttai.*'
J ** hi»ie.iJen>» in Counlv ol Hauav.r, on the .V“i
d„y or .4.1 inonin, Jonn in.,,,, .a.,*. (u ,b« c-i.u year of bw,
.aiuw ai .iw.r_L- ^ ^
general, that he I,., titled up that o- w, large ail^mn .udt T.
building, on tue corner cl l At. and ei air.’c, amt ne.rl.l
Po.iiethe Mrrch.nl.- U. :r.- 11,,,,,, .r J m f
fimeln"'- Xhr »*” newly and .l.’crmiiT
iurui.hcJ, .paciou. aud toou-y. Hu table wit, be da.:/,.o.
plied wnb all the del.ctc.e. r .he ,„J ,),e cbcKe., tf
uid ii^uc^s. Tue Hestomfin wiii lie i!(9kv« 0.,rr _
f»re#e.il n bill >,( (*re surfit .cut (o p;*.MC ipi mJmt J ,?/!? *
petite. Wild Ibucka, Oy.ter. ic all other materia . for Th ^
t te, will he abundantly provided. ^
tioirf he supplicti IrciH Op ,►». afft. «». i * * }
i “?»*•’ hi* AablMara filled e.th .fe t^ fr‘la at.‘7T?n7
I of elew Hiljn Ue lalitiU (tut pi'ipo'tifm of tHiblir narvL
j wiuch hifttfcrtliii'y deserve, lie is Itkrvrue uLi.j^'
. accda».i.j«Uu .2 15 lot:dtxsby Ihe >tar.
! _D., ti^mas^’atx.
-f•" J-tactur M'crrtftrrir. '
! f\ °^!ITI'PWN ol cu.iert habit., wl,o ,, tt,l! u.,al,C
1 Me if Ihi b 7* “urf t»nr-urri tnJ xr a ti ler*."!
i b!e ilf.tbruiatici.n, uiav ret run , voi.i.i hJ “ 1
I 1;>r.orhy ..uarduaut^u^c^vem,^^
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there ,,e hetwreo 1-JO aud l«> acre, h.w
Tut ,atc- miproem.eut. oc lb. Swauiu have ..
the flat land,-Tn, u.gh .. d- are wT.1 o ^1, h‘7'
"ig. ate eileiuivr, coiouiudiout aud .0 ,d wder
CU4,„. are l.,ge conUinmg between a *.“,d ^ °
client fruit,. The health of the .oh,c,7b«,W' 7 v
re.„ience until,, e,lair, allow, him ,u a„*,t tb.f 7 ? b "
can br more deruabie ,u rt.i ,llW[ 2*,t,h*t ’tv "lu'U.tu.
orttred lor ..1. tb„ ,e. t,.,„ „f I'l‘“r
poMtwiiig ai uuiuei.-u. advantage,-. J W1j l4 3r" '*
( jr thr pioducti a at cm. cut.on, Ju ^. ye ., J er
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At tl.t ,vr»* time b< will ,e|| 10 vp «f- likely Nov.,, i'
5jonP"r*kr1 COIlil.ling ol about /aHJ hat I. >» -'br W.tn • ’ Ic
M»of Wlurl, are Im.o.uy com, ladder, .bur k, hi.! ,w ,
lior.e., tnulr. and colt,: i. win i I * *'•*■»•« hi.
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J.T foe ah ve >a|e I. p-.(p„Df J™*} \!
when wnl l.kr pla,e S^Z.'y .
lor Ihe p.antallou will „„ llu.d cll-tl J u.,.
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in tie* (.'!«, k’e „#« of for *r«or« . ** "fo,d' *•
c«l, will he mid (.. the /!,d,},7 ■
for ready money, at the irn In, . of , J ., (il'''1,c1
uiver end of Howb.l. . ,iv „„ a K Mnm/aid, in ibr.
• ill of Jarinary neat, ibt tfacC.I I-n i*** i*'".* ,<,vrr’ u" 'hr
render, containing 473 ngrr. ,i)0r» ", "I" wb‘£b ”1’* tenfold
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butiiehuld ami kitchen. Urn.hire «nil,oulibl0t,,*'t‘* * h,>
H every de,tr ,ri,oo} nr i,.,„ i, f’1"“*• »•'» ulencil.uf
rane the amount due upon (J,, * ! ' ,*'1' b* ner.„*,y
—I- end nece.ia.y Tue inVj
brie mil he Conveyed lu Hit ,.u,. I,,,,,, ,b« Wbttfie
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dre„, Who live at Mr . In,me, I „.f„„ood*.( he „
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forged a and ve.ll j,, .hahlv ’'/
eiiiel.le., rbilly dollar, will he paid i„r him «.•>
for Marie, nr Ally if taken together a,„| delivered-u. the *
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the faveio of fchih. lerke.m, n,e i, V«r , *
(lonulv.iiu Ibr VU day i.ft.. v ... r, , o( ?
I r hr nr if fair i|iv, 8iin<lt%t #«, #ui * I 1 ' * r> ^ f** ' th* h f»n
uveoUia, in the ,£, &*rVX wkXV, "w ’V' T* '
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tltKKiit .. A V VLfl(71 ?I';NilaTf—^"' ~
l 44 ,1,11..! ' “,' ,u lor hau li. »e. „ni,r»rn
with me by .lodge Carr, lo ... ... '
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