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valley ot |!.« M-s-is'lpp'. It I* hapf y Io see thil ihrrt
U nothing •eclatian about it; but that tb« while Chris
tian church unite* In Its ad'aurenit d*. Aod it is no*
less happy to see, that the narrow spirit of poli'ical par
ty. or ot temporal dniui'tiou to the • hurch, has uo con
cern iu this case : that the gr#a, o'jecti in view, are ol
univer*el cone rn, >he tlillusioo ol light atul know
and iha deep and w.tle disseniitiau n of lint pure re
ligioo,without which humau virtue drg ner*'s»in o
nil ernty show, or a hypocriltcal in* rtitn-nt ot auioit'oe
That this truly mb o auJ I etn vclrut plan may be plac
ed u'tiler wise an I judirlnn, direction.'hat it Ut«y b*
crowned with •uc-*es* ty linn, who alone Ini pjwcr
to crown it, and that the kingdom ot lie Redeemer
may come, i« the ler»'eot wish and pr-ver ol
Your ‘•floe-ri iz n, WM. WIRT.
'I be R.-v Mr Rmvckknkidok
ILtOaOStL'JUL
PsrKHiBinu) kail koad kill
I ! e lollow U'g L -tie', intended by the writer to ap
pe r in our la-t piper, cam- to hand loo ’»*e to be pit'
iu typo I; "fiords, we think, a most satisfactory view
ol tVS am -ubscrtpMoi, to ihe Stock ot ihe Petersburg
Kai -Koad Company :
Exit act of a letter from William If. Jllatfarland.
Esq to the Editors—datid
. Richmond, March 24, 1931.
t ho K i.'-Roud 15:11 has dually passed the Setiat*; aud
vo“ ,,lW I‘Kovidso that ti e Hoard ol Publia
subscribe for two li ths ol the Slock
($lt»0,t)0J ) when thier filth* have been subscribed,
»ud ei her paid or serum! io be paid.—And that the
stu acriplon shall le payable, iu instalments of six Ihou
s. nJ ‘-ollars annually, l.oiu and al'er tbe p-rio I wben
n.e ilirec-olil s have becu pud aud expend..!.— Living
mii cp.tun to iiis Hoard to begin ibe payinotil at thesar
n r p iiod. 1 lie act lurther provides, that, in 'he de
cl raton ofdivid lid , bey s'wh be distribuLd between
i i - t,.( k h« Id by ib- S ate a nl uth-ra, so as io do ear
Uti /itsucc to thiffi nn r and tbe latter.
this act would have been altogether acceptah’e, if
Hie Hisla incuts had been iucreas-d loan amount which
w.ulj have betu equal lo Hie probable calls ot the
company. As it is, n is liable to be objection, of pro
' tig tor the p ymrot of tbe subscription in sums
wt icu u.u»l fall below ihe Company’s demaud*. Tbi
Objection it w as not iu the power tl the f iends ol the
bnl to remove.
I tie claims of other joint sleek cornpauit s (an unu*v
. b?r "b'ch la<l been , rev. „,*d.) the
conettton ol ihe fund ol Internal Improvement, ami the
large sum which was a ksd to be invrs’ed in the Rail
Koad Were among the ica-ons which operated in limit
of he suhsrrip ion. This is the larg
anv .nmr^u 7>h',h bH8 b8e" «“*d«by ‘he State to
ih^ohi e i °C.k Crp,aty- a<** notwithstanding
whirhJlb , W,‘Uhl‘ i8 'W’lt.Ircm the mode in
Un one t„ .h ^fP"0,"*'0be *M,d’ f® a most ..„p«,
'i ' IOJbe Co,uPiny. ®od nmst be highly accepta
ble totour 1 o»vti; as it will tCCUre iuc*M'ol anP
dertaking which she ha, much at Iwart.
Ihvie are two | o nts of view in which it mav be
laUon “and the' Ur?U,‘ *huudan‘ cause forcongra'u
lut.ou and he mo=t comfortable assurance. Tl o li-et
SlateVa V"''' ^ “•*!', i.’Lt the
-late has become a partner iu ihe Compony. Sue has
d cute —A. .t lb b,cb 'ound po'fcy would
Ibe abilii, wh o, i t , C""Pa°y a'p manage,) with
•iicauuiij, wd. cl. 1 doubt not inev *, i u., «...
t£rit
M ail
o7r;ido,;ra‘ in<,uceu,eDu«•
«■*> a.. VhfTsz ,i'"r: r..
aa. r •. a;
dotfars—fhit L to^siy Ihe^suh !b,°V® e,y ,h°0«»c«l
siv:s,iais»• °‘ ••’"•*" «h" ?«“
Ue preletr.d lo Wrote, li e subscription would enable
jbe Company to oblam on loan a much larger sum But
Ihe questiou may be asked, whether the State will
«r““ “r'D 10 *»er subsetiptjon, an,] be ,n
.qua tooling with the other subscribers? II so it ”
inamlest, she would acquire a very undue advantage
troin 'he mode lo which her subscription is to b- paid
l answer no. 1 he apparent advantage which the St He
e.joys n paying her sub.crip ion., ,! counterbalance®
by the ruie by which the profits of the con pany is to
bs distributed. Exact justice being the rB^n .hi!
particular, as provided by the »C, the State will be
enti ledI to per tcipate iu .he dividends and no. accoul
ng to the nominal amount ol her subscription, it f„|.
low-, therefore, that the residue „! the subscribe s
w,l, participate in the dividends, to the exclusion o.
he State, un-ll .be price ol Iheic stock is reduced to a
levl with that oi the State. Or, which will be the
came in effect, the Sta*e will draw only on the amount
»he has paid iu. 1 his is justice bet ween her and her
fellow-parttiers—-and the effect of Ihe rule furnishes
auo.fcers r„ng inducement to the increase ol her in
stalments hereafter._[Pctersburs /nt
THE BOUNDARY.
hu*THER Particulars,-We understand that
let era have been received trom Ho land whi.l, state,
hat the heundary, winch the Kingol Holland has pre
teiii c . to establish I or us, after striking the liver St.
J: tin rims up that river to its cot flneuce with the St.
Ftancie, then up the St. Francis taking its south we»t
ern b.ttnch o its source, and thence to the highlands
Such n tho I n? fixed by the aibi er.
We thick there are two grounds on which the Uni
D,. S ates may well rtft.se to carry this decision into
.d e». h irst the arbiter has not decided the question
proposed by ,h3 pwrrie,, hut he has undertake,, to es
tablish a new bou. dary. For this he had no authority
His anthonly simply was to decide what was the line
C!q., ,S ;e< 7 lbe l,ar,ies themselves by the treaty ol
l, 33. 11 under such a reference hi was authotised lo
in. ke entirely new boundary, he might have given
lo (.real Britan, onc-liaj the State of Maine by ifi*
same light that he has g,v-n one-eighth ; he might as
well have taken tl e Penobscot lor our boundary as the
St John It appears to us that the decision is a mete
nu ity, not binding on tither of the par ies. It is a
nullity because it is an assumption of power on the
part ot the arbiter which was not conceded to him by
the parties. ^ •>
It !M" Dir°' bin;,,2f-II” T8 ,hir,k- »no‘her reason,
!! I*1 . of Holland, in which quality he made
the dec,ston, i. not the King of the JVtlherlamh, to
whom the question was referred. In the reference the
public and Official character of the arbiter was regarded
and not 11# private and personal character. It iva. re
ferredfo him a* a sovereign and not as a man. It may
be .aid, that if Ms objection could be made at all, it j*
now too late to make it. The answer is, that the cir
cumstances of the case were such,that our govern
ment could not well make ii befcre. Such wa*the ra
pidity with which political changes were taking place,
that if our government had ordered the reference to be
withdrawn, before the order arrived he might have
been reinstated in his kingdom.
But we have seen it remarked that (he decision may
be founded on a defect in Ihe treaty description. Hut
i( such be the fact, if the description is so vague and
uncertain that Ihe line cannot be triced, what is the '
co. ■equence? Why surely that no line was establi-h- i
V V'11' Wftr8 ,h8 ,he |
must l>e supplied by ihe parlies, by a new ireaiy. He
had no author, y t0 do it. Further, if from .he imner
ec ions of the evidence he eould net determine the
line, and this is the most that he could p.etend to, hi
lu,y """ Cl!*f 8n'' * n* “ to call for fur her ev
. enre, to ord. r a survey by h,s own engineer; not fo
decide without evidence, much less to undertake to
mak* a corn. act for the parlies.
We presume 'hat the government of this Sta’e will
proie«t against the deri<ion being carried in-o m.r„
I, n. Beside* the objections which we have suggeeied !
ihey tmv nrge> n hers of paramount force, ll und.r
the treaty r.f t7sS our territory exterds to the St
.! ?' \ 8* 8n,,‘ b^on,,i ••»*« i' “ '»oe* so, the
butted H ates b«ve no constitutional right to cede H to
any forego power under any pretest of convenience i
We do not deny ,h„ (;ni,f(i H vie d a I
portion of the territory of the St.,* ,0 overwhJ mini j
force. They a-e not bound to defend what ike. ’
»ot deferd but before they can «o..etltuilnn«Vy|.?d
eue pari ,,» the territory of a H ate, the whole pbyVir,*
energies of the country must bs brought out in i;s de I
fence I I,is nee—arily results from the cons.ilu' I
tional compact, from the obligation of the na-lon to de
feud the integrity of cech Slat •-Portland Argu,.
_ PWLTOSOiUL*
' th* TAHirr Aa it is.”
The New York Enquirer publishes a letter from
l oneord, New Han <pshlre, giving m account of the
U e el ctioueeiing campaign, which say*—“We wir
tnuodit <1 wi'h pamphlets and hat<d.bl|!«, crying out
‘ Ameiicau System”—• The Ttrifl Jack-on will
crush our iiiauu'ae'orlee, and ruin the coun'ry.”—We
did no' know 11 before—bul Ihe election h»« developed
th • farttba- New Hampshire is decidedly an .Inti
f nr\tf Mate, in t titer words, o >po-ed to the *y*t.-ui o'
Mallary, and o her*, who would keep (he tar-ff as it is ”
We are not rttrpt i<ed that the people o( New Hatup
»hire have proved th-ir hostility to Mr. Maltar)’*, or
rail cr Mr. Clay’s system. When that portion ol the
people o' tlii* Sta'e, who still adit *re to the party whirh
s'tppori Mr. Clay, h-c»use they have proj dices against
<Jeu Jackson, shall hnve thrown aside these prejudic
e*. aud lo-ked to ii.e'sures only, Mary land too will
take a stand ag'iust an ediott* system, which nppres-e*
farmers, mechanic*, and merchants, and enriches only
a few overgrown capi'aliat*. Since Mr. C ay’s speech
at Ctuciut.it i, whereiu he protested against the reduc
tion ol the duty upon salt aud molas.es; and since the
report ol Mr. Si ^ 11 ^ ry at the late ses-ion of Cougress,
whirh declares that the committee on m nufacture* ar
satisfied with the provisions of the existing Tariff,
ami that ‘-no comforts of life are taxed nuaecessartly
high"—the eyes of the people a-e opened and they tin
dersland th- 'rue character of wbat is called "The
Jlmeriean Ssytem.”
How ecu 'hose who concurred wi'h M*. Adams,
•uppott Mr. (-lay, the avowed onetny of a revision ol
'he Faritf? In Ins last annual message lo Congress,
Mr Adams said,
[£j ‘'lit- Par.if of the la*t *>-**!ou was. In its detail),
n,d acceptable to the great interests of the Union,
not even to the interests which it teas specially in
tended to subserve ” “It any ot the duties imposed by
lie act, only relieve the main f,irlurer. by aggrara'ing
the burdens of lie planter, let a careful rcvisal ol i:#
provision*, enlightened by th- practical experience ot
"setl.-ct8.be directed, to retain tho*e which impart
prolec'lou to native in lus'ry, and r-move or supply
he p'ar»» of iho«i» "huh only elev le one national iu
t rest by tLe depression if another ”
Such Wero the opinions ol Mr Adams in the las
vear.t Ins P.o-ddenry. Such a*o also the opinion* ot
(*rn. .1 ckson, as expressed in hi* messages. Hut Mr
Clay stands opposed to both of them, and insists on ad
h-reing fo the 1 ar.fT as it is, (»r as it was before the
late reduction of the taxes on salt, molasses, coffee, tea,
fee.) without revision or amendmen*. He is for turn
ing a deaf ear to th« complaints of a larg-» portion ot
the republican family. Can it be po*s ble, that such
Farmers, Planter*, and Mechanic* a* approved Mr.
A-lam*’ fair nnd prudent didrioes with regatd to the
taritf, "ill abandon their principles, aid oppose "a care
ful revision,” merely because (Jen. Jackson is the
Preside,r? Surely not Such conduct would evince
n tictious ndherer.ee to men, a-u a censurable di re
g»r<! cf measures. But we lock lor better things in ihe
sincere ami magoxt lino is portion of our opponents
and we He'i ve they will not len<l them.elves to opro'e’
wise aud wholesome measure*, through personal ore
jmlice to Ihe ChiH Magistral. 1
On this subject we shell, as heretofore, lay before
our leaders, from 'ime to lime, such documents a* will
aid in a clear understanding thereof. The recent dis
rn**ion in Congress, relative to -lie tax upon import
ed Iron, has brought forth a mass ot facts aud argu
men'*, which will stirtle eveu ihe moat thorough go
ing high -tariff-man, and lead him to pause, and ponder
ev r ih-*^ exorbitance am) oppressiveness of the sys
tnu. We shall avri; ourselves of an early opportunity
to lay some of them before our readers.—Frederick
toicn (Md ) Citizen.
From tho Huston Guzutto.
" 8 r O'iced that the leading fdmtin-tration pipers ol
different sections t>( th- cotin'ry are beginning to as'iiuie
a conciliatory and whol. some tot.e It is certainly
the Hue policy ot the friend* tf the administration,—
whether they he iu ftvour ot Mr. C.t hotm or Mr. V,n
lltireit as the -uccessor of President Jackson,—to p-e
vent further divisions in the party, and to heal those
which exist, and which were caused by the publica
tion tf the corre prudence between the'President and
Vice President. We rtpy the fo lowlug article front
tiie 1’. Hand Argus of Tuesday: —
THE CORRESPONDENCE.
The publication of the private difference between
the President and V ce President has thus fir had t re
<*|*tly the eff-cl which we anticipated from tho he
ginning. It has done no good, and it ha* cerain'y not
done a great deal of mischief. S'.i'l it has done sotr.e
harm and it will continue to have, to a ce-tatn extent
an it jurious it fluence upon the harmony and strength
of the Republican Party. Among our friewit il h .e
produced some little jarring, awoke some persona'jeal
ousies, and called premature'y in’o action conflicting
attachments toward distinguished members of the par
ly. It has led to an indirect and unfortunate forecast on
the p rt of a few with regard to events which do not
btlony tn r*’* —* L*»* —•••'••Is ••••(uiaiiy HO idf
alinaii, and who9* decision «ho|il<| be left quiet and uo
disturbed (ill, in the course of time, they come along to
demand the determination of the Republican Party.
This is no lime to talk of a successor to <J-n. Jack*on
and every thing which ha* a tendency to involve the
coun'ry in a discussion ol that qtie»'iJn should be frown
ed U| on as improper, it judicious, and impolitic.
It is the opposition who relish this open rupture, be
tween the two highe-t officers in the gove-nment, with
the most heartine-s ami gusir. To them il is delicious.
No public benefit, no great national blessing, could
have inspired them with half the delight. That witch
should b* deplored by all men who have the honor
and wel'are of the country at bear*, furnishes them
with a theme for exultation and triumph. Their pal
try and vindie ive joy remind* us of their more crimi
nal conduct in former days. They have received this
matter in the same rpiril in which they used lo welcome
he news of their country’s disasters during the last
war. We see upon Federal countenances the same ex
ulting sneers, we hear from tl eir lips the same insult
ing taunts, and we observe in them the saute fiendish
a’aerily to exaggerate anti spread the story of what
they think a very sad event to the cause of Republican
ism. Let them indulge themselves as much as they
please in this way. It i* w. Il that an occasion, of
which so little advantage can he taken tn our inju-y,
has furnished a vent to the accumulated spleen of dis
appointed ambition, and the pent-up bile of envious ha
’red The discharge may he di<gu*ting to those wlo
witness il. but it is thore who thus disgorge themselves
who are th. real sufferer*. Republicans should regard
them with no o'her feelings than these of pity and con
tempt. Our opponents may make the most of i<: they
can do but little hurl. There is no division in the Re
publican Party on the score of measures.— Individuals,
we grant, have hruken off personal in'ercourse, un
der circumstances which r.nder il highly probable
that it will be a long time, il ever, before they a-'
gam unite iu friendship; but politica’ly there is no di,
agreement. There is not a shadow of proof that the
most entire unanimity of sentiment doe* not exist be
tween the President aud Vice-President upon the poli
cy o( the country. '
The course for the Republican Parly i. a plain one.
ard 'I will be adopted ami persevered in, despite of nil
the efforts of our crafty opponent. The P„riy will ral •
ly ro o.l Oeneral Jackson. We are safe so long a* we
aland L_- the Admini* ration of the Old Hero The R
publican* know too well the .treng h of their position
to desert it. I he re-election of Jackson will set every
thing right, ant! his re election cannot be prevented bv
human means. 3
TO THK FRKEMKN OF THE
12th CONGRK9SIONAL DISTRICT
. . °F 1WORTH CAROLINA.
Fellrtio- Citizen* :—I had intended addressing a C*r
cttlar to you. giving my views upon the state and «om!i
tion of our common country ; and although, at no pc
rlod of our history, ha« the watchful v.g.Unce of pa
triotism been more eminently demanded than a* pre
sent, and al hough it would have afforded me much
pleasure to have given you, in detail, the cause» which
render th.s vigilance ne.essary, yeti am compelled,
rom th-press of bu-ine s, and the constant attention
1 must necessarily g.ve to subjects of great Importance
now before us, to coot nl myself with giving yeti a
>tt«f but comprehensive statement of our fiscal con
ferns, for the two years of General Jackson’s admin
istration ; ami which. I am plea-ed to say hav« beer,
managed hy faithful and compel nt agents,and are in
/ X-r ""l "0,"ub'"K «nd continue to
eannlry. fq * ,neel 8,1 ,ha detnande »P°n Ibe
tlona'of^lle'^T1* tt^ftib * a fit I statement of theopera
lt' . ‘h*, J>easury, during the year 1829, being the
fi sf year of fhe present Administration. During that
827*27 aR®"*''pi* |o»o «h« Treasury amounted to $24,
Seel: * Wh' ' Wa* dtriTf'1 Uom th« following
Duties on merchandix- and ton
$22 681 985 91
Sales of public lauds, 1,517,175 13
■ '•ternal dut os of 1814, 14,502 74
Direct taaee el 1814, 11,335 05
Surplus compensation of
etis om-bouse officers, 40 752 53
Dividend on atork ot Hank
.. Lt V- s- 490.000 00
ror paten's granted, 12 99O00
Korn the Mint, 11,*60 00
r rom valous o.her sour
c*". 47,356 02
24.827,627 88 *
And the balance In the
■ vu iue l m
Jan 1829. wu 5,972.435 91
Making altogether appl •
cable to the service of
the year 1829, $30 800,064 19
And, during the year 1829, the expeudilure* were
as follows:
For the support of Ihe civil list, $1,327,069 36
For expenses ot a miscell n*ou* na
ture, including internal improve
ment. 1,566,679 66
For foreign iu'ercourse, 207,765 85
For principle and iutereitof Ihe pub
lic debt, 12.333 867 78
For tl e military establishment, in
cluding fortifications, ordnance,
Indian aff ir<, pens'ous arming the
militia, and various objects ol in
ternal improvements, 6 250,230 28
For the naval e*t'•bll8hmen,, 3,308,745 47
Making together, 25.044,358 40
Leaving a balance in the Trea ury,
on the 1st Jan , 1830, of 5,755.704 79
$30,800 063 19
For the year 1830, the accounts of svi irh not being
complete')’ closed, Ihe fell', wing statement exhibits a
tolerably correct statement :
lidance in the Treasury on 1st Jau ,
as above stated, 5 755,704 79
The recrlpts into the Treasury up to Ihe 30th Sept.,
were :
From customs, 17.268 122 74
From pul lie lands, | 293 719 27
D videlnl slock B. U.
Stales, 490,000 00
From m'sccllaneous
sources, 84 176 7S
Making, to- the three first ^quailera
of the year, * 19.136,018 79
file receipts for Ihe fourth quarter
ot the year, ate es (mated at 5,025,000 00
Making altogether, including the bal
ance ou the 1st Jan., 1830, $29 916,723 58
The expenditures, during the three first quarters ot
the year, a e estimated to amount to Ihe following
sums, viz ;
Civil list, including foreign inter
course and mi sellanorus, 2,460 872 48
Military service, including fortifica
tions, ar,(nance, Indian affairs, arm
ing the tnili ia, and various inter
nal improvements, 5 72q 976 52
Naval establishment, 2,651457 75
rhe expenditures of the fourth quar
ter if 1830, are estimated to a
mount to 2 901,001 93
I be public debt paid during the
year, including intereai, is 11 354 630 09
Making the total estimated expendi
(Mures of the year 1830, including
payments on account ot the prin
cipal and interest of Ihe public
, , , , 25,096.911 82
" h'cli left an estimated balance in
the Treasury, on the 1st Jan., 1831, 4 819,731 76
$29,916,723 58
The whole amount of the pub'ic
deb’, on the l<t ot Jan. of :he pre
sent year, amounted to 39,123,191 68
In this, however, is included seven
milium of dollars to th» Bank of
the United States, for which 'lie
Government pays interest at the
rate of 5 per e*nt., which,'the di
vidends paid Ihe Governinrut hy
the Bank, ia at the rate of seven
per crn'., so that this sum is not
really a d-bt due from the Gov
er ment—and is, there'ore, to be
deducted, 7 000,000 00
.* ,,,w MIC 43 IO.)l,
only amounted to $32,132,191 63
1 hu» we see (bat twenty-three millions seven hrn
dred and thirty-eight thousand four hundred and nine,
ly seven dollars and eighty-s ven cents of the public
debt has been paid since the commencement of the pre
sent adminis'ra'ion; and I am assured by the Presi
dent that he will move on to its final extinguishment,
suffering no circumstance to divert him irorn 'he com
pletion of that important object. That great and good
man is again belore the Arn-rican people for re-elec,
tion—a circumstance I am proud to have it in my pow
er to anronnre to niv constituent®, because I feel con
fident it will be hailed by th*m as another evidence
^*“ *V4o pa'itu'tai,, j jcuiiuii io tn* inter
est of his country, in whose service he has dune so
much. If he were to consult his own wishes, I am
well assured he would retire at the end of his term to
the peaceful shades of the Hermitage; but the public
voice again calls him, and he obeys.—He lives lor his
country, and hiacount-y will sustain him.
Wi'-h the 3d of March will end the period for which
you elected me 'o serve you in the councils of the n»
lion. If, in the discharge of the high trust confi led to
m-, my course lias met ihe approbatron of mv cons |tu
enis, the object of my highest ambition will have been
attained.
I hat I have, in all cases, arte I correc ly, I do not
pretend; but I may, with coidi lence, say that my best
efforts have been exerted in the discharge of the va
rir.ua duties which hava devolved upon me, s'nc- my
hrst election, to alvancs the interest of my country
and more particularly the interests of these who I am
proud lo rail my consti'uents. I am again a candida e
lor Congress, and will try and visit the various coun
ties of my district duiing the ensuing summer, when
no doubt, frequeut occasions will afford me an opportu
nity of addressing you pu' licly, and, what is more
pleasing, to once more shake the hands of many valued
friends SAMUEL P. CARSON.
latest from Europe.
Roston March, 26—By ,he ship Clematis, which
arrived at tin- port yesterday, from Havrs. we have re
ceived our files of Paris papers to Feb. 6 and Havre pa.
per® to the 9 h. We have also seen letters from an ia
teltgenI source at Paris, which speak of Ihe state oj
public affairs. All apprehensions Iro.n the popular fer
ments in 1 aris had subsiJed, but new apprehensions
had arisen from the opposition of ths peaee and was
par'ies, and from the peculiar slate of Belgium.
The Duke de xMemours, second son ol the King of
French, was chosen Kine of Blgium, by the National
Congress, on Ihe 3d of February. After a loDg dis
cussion, on the 1st, 2d and 3d, which turned chiefly
on the comparative pretentions of the D ,ke de L-ueh.
temberg, and the Duke de Nemour ; it was final s vo
•ed to clous the discussion and to proceed to the vole
I he prosreding was conducted with solemnity and in
pro'ound silence. A committee of eight members to
count the votes was appointed by lot. They were
seated round a table, within the stmi-circle io front of
the tribune. After the votes were received the urn
was emptied upon the table, and one ol the members
of the committee counted the votes aloud. They were
found to he 1J)1 in number, which corresponded with
the number of members present—two being sbsent
from si<kn»s>.* The committee then proceeded lo read
the name of each vo'e-, and ol the candidate voted tor
and to make a list of each. It was found that there
wore for
Ins D-.ke de Nera?tirf, ft9 voles.
The Duke ol L •uchtenherg, 67 *•
I he A'chduke Charles of Austria, 35 •<
No one having a majority of votes, the Congress pro
ceeded to vote again, in conform! y with aregulatim
previously adop'od.
On the second ballot there were 192 votes, viz: for
lie Duke de Nemours 97, tor the Duke de 1, iich
Rentier* 71 and for the Archduke Charier of Austria,
21. The President then proclaimed the Duke de Ne
mours King of Ue'gium.
A. soon a* this daclsi.n was pronounced, the cry of
long live the Duke de Nemours was uttered Irom eve
ry quarter of the hnus*, from members snd from spec
tators, and the same cry was soon rep-a ed without,
and resounded throughout the city, ft was soon fd ’
lowed by discharges of cannon, and a spontaneous il
lumination in fhe streefa. A troop of young lads pro
menated the streets with tri-colored cap*, and cry.
ing long live fhe Duke de Nemours, long live the
King of the H-l* ana.
The Duke de Nemours wss horn on the 25 h of Or
tol-er, 1814, snd is of course in the 17th yesr of his
B*e—The Journal des Debats of Feb. 8, niscus*e. the
question whether the King of the French on the part
of his son, ought to accept of this dignity thus conferred
up n him by a majority of two votes after a long snd
angry debate in the Naiional Congress. It states some
ol the obstacles which the young k ng, at sixteen years
of age, would have to encounter, among a divided peo
P>. who have tbetr Constitution yet to e-tabll.h and
none hides with the declaration that reason forbids ex
poring the young prince, France, and ev*n Belgium
to the dangers which would be ineurre I by so a ccep
fanes of tli* appointment.
The Journal dr* Debt's announces in a postscript,
**. 6 this evening (Feb 5,) in a certain manner,
thal the King ha* not aeeepted the throne of Belgium
(Of the Duke de Nemours."
«rwi nu asen ro'eiveu irom Warsaw to Jan. Id.—
Tbe Diet in the session of the 25tb dec I red unanimous
•y. that the throne ol Polaod woe vacant. Hostilities
had not commenced, but tbe Polish army liad advanc
ed Irom Praga to Bros* and Rtvso. Every thing was
tranquil at Warsaw. Tbs tri-coloured cockade had
taken the place of the while.
News from London of Feb. 3. is contained in the Pa
ris papers. The question ol Reform was to be brouglr
forward in Parliament ou the 3 I of March. There
was a now conference ou the affairs of Belgium iu Lm
Jon on th« 2d:
The Paris C mstitutionnel of Feb. 8 says, that in
regard to the great question of the refusal accrp anrs
of ths Bo’gisn throne, nothing official has been de
cided, at least such wa« believed to be the fart. Tur
D< puliea of the Belgian Congress h id arrived in P iria,
and were provided with lodgings iu (he street de Va<
rennet, at the pub'V expense. Tney bail been visited
by tbe Minister ol Foreign AfTiirs, and Marshall Girard.
They were nine in number, and at the head of whom
was M. Flix de Morode.
It appears that the French government has di«sen‘ed
from the protocols of the conferences of ihs Ainbas<a.
dors of the five powers in Lmdin, in two or three in
stances, viz: one which defines ths boundary line be
tween Holland aud Belgium, and one which relates to
the proportion4 of the pull.cdebt to be borne by the
two s'atea. The French government disseused from
those dispositions, on the ground that the allied pow
ers interpoaed only as raedit'ors, aud (hat the makers
to wh ch these two protocols related ought to be a 'juri
ed by the two States, by mutual consent. It ie sad
tbkt there is a third protocol to which the French go
vernment has not a^en'e-l, the object of which is >o
exclude from ths throne of Belgium the chiefs of thi*
five allied powers, and the princes of their respectiv
families.
In the course of a debate in the French Chamber of
Deputies oo the 5th of February, on the subjest of the
regulations of the prisons, aud the employment of cou
victs, the Keeper of the Ssals raid in reply in some re
marks of M. de Tracy, that the government for the
purposes of effecting the establishment of the best peni
tentiary system possible, had oraittoJ no kind of re
search, and that, at this moment, two magi-tra'fet'had
received an appointment to make a voyage to America,
so at to ascertain the best organization which has been
in operation in that country on the penitentiary system.
Gen. Bernard had arrived in Frauce from the United
States.
Freneh Funds,—P iris, Fab. 8 —5 per cen'4 93, 15 a
93, 30, 3 per cents, 60, 20 a 60, 15. Bank Shares, 15
35.
Markets at Havre Feb 6. —Rice continues in fair de
man f. Most articles ot import and export are dull al
though tbe supplies are small.
SALES AT HAVRE. Feb. 8.
Cotton—13 hales Louisiana. duly paid, IV. l-2e ; 62
bales do. 99c.; 81 bales do. 92 1-2-.; 122 bales Geor
gia, 87c.; 16 ba'es do 87 1-4$.; 51 ba'es do. 84'.; 30
bales Tennessee, 77o. Sugar.—10 hbla. browu 66fr
6S do do 63 64fr ; 35 bbl«. do. 70fr. 50c ; 38 bhls. di
63 25 C'ffee in Entrepot -117 bags Hayti, 45; 116
bags do. 41 l-4c.; 120 bags do 44 l-2c ; 310 bags Rio
Indigo.—13 chests Beng .1, 5,15 a 7,15; 2 chests do.
6,95.
Extract of a letter *o a gentleman in th'a city, dated
Havre, Feb. 6.—Wo have nothing new as regards
Po’and. The Ru««ians are advancing in a very pow
erful success. This was probably s*en by the Dicta
tor, when he resigned h s place. Another Dictator
has been chosen.
^As to Belgm n, it remains in ihe same condi ion,
News was received on the 4 h ln«t. at Paris, by Tele
graph, of tho election of the Duke de Nemours, as
sovereign of that coun'ry. We learn Irom our corres
pondent at Paris, ihat the King of France refus;s his
consent te hie acceptance.
A letter from London, ot Jan. 29, published in the
Montreal Gazette, men i.<ns that it Is generally under
stood the fellowing a’terations in the inter-eolonial
trade will be suba.i ted by the new Ministry in Par
liament.
“Tbe duties finally arranged on the trade between
Canada and the United States are 25 per cent. Irss than
those prop sed by the late Ministry, and all ditties to
cease in five years afterwards. Wheat and fl mr from
the United S'ales to rone through Canada to the West
Indies dnty free. A hint is given that eventually ho’h
wheat and flour w.ll come to this coun'ry Irom the
Slates through Canada duty free.—-AT. F. Mtr. Adv.
The West India Trade.—In the New Yrrk Ga
zette received this morning, we find the annexed ex
tract from a Bermuda paper of the 8tli instant. 1«
seems to be worth reading. We especially commend
It to the perusal ol those prophets who would urge the
opinion that there is no value In our commercial inter
course with the West todies. — Between the 1 t ami
I5lh of Februaiy, seventeen vessels (rom the United
States ariived at Barbodoes, with cargoes; of this Dum
ber, fourteen were Arne ican vessels, and >he remain
der British. The greater number came to an eutry,
the others went on.—Phil. Gaz.
INDIANA—Thomas H. B.alw and Ratliff Brone
are again candidates to represent the Third Congres
sional Di-trict of this Sia o, in the next Congress. Mr.
Boone is the Jarkson candidate. This is the fifth time
that ih se gentlemen have taken the field against each
other, and tha race has always been neck and neck. On
the first trial in 1822, Mr. Boone succeeded by a ma
jority of II. In 1824, he was re-elected by a majority
of 4. In 1^2(5 Mr. Blaks was elected by a majority ol
21. In 1828 there were 14,599 votes given in the
Distrie', ol which Mr I!ion* trad a majority cf 91.
Ex-President Monroe.—From the JVcw Or
leans Courier, ol the 5ih inst. we learn that a meeting
had b* en held at Mobile, on (he subject ol the claims
of this venerable individual, where a conclusion was
come lo, that it was the duty of the people to pay bis
claims themselves. In lurtheranre of which, a com
mittee was appointed, who had divided ths ci y into dis
tricts, and had gone about making collections, die con
tributions of each individual being limited to one dol
lar. The result was. as s'atrd in the language ol one
of the committee, that the oi ly difficulty they had,
“was to convince the ci'izens of the propriety of so
smtll a lim t: live, ten, twenty, and fifty dollars were
frequently offered; but we invariably declined it, as
we tt ought it the privilege 0f every man in the na
tion to participate in so patriotic an object.” At New
O leans a meeting was to be held the following day at
•he Exchange, for the same purpose, and a hope was
expressed that he impulse thus given, would run on
ward until it overspread the whole country.
JVational Bank —The books of subscription to the
JYational Bank, were re-open-d on Thursday last.
About 230,000 dollars of the capital (which is 750,000
dollars) had not previously been filled up; when the
books dosed, it was found that about 4,000,000 of doll »rs
had been subscribed.
We sta'eil, two or three days ago, that the Hon.
Albert Gallatin was appointed President of this Bank,
and that it will go into operation about the first of May.
-_\JY V. Mtr. Mo.
—m—'inisii imri usiuwran—
manufactories-very valuable and
most ADVANTAGEOUSLY SITUATED.
»El Nil de-Lous to cur'ail our business, weshxL
<ffer fsr sale on Monday, the 2 I of May next, on
the premisos, at 10 e’cloik, the following described
property, at public auction to the highest bidder:
Terms, will be one third cash—oue ihird 6 months,
acd one third 12 months credi'; purchases* giving ap
proved negotiable no’es, with approved endorser! and
deeds of tiust, or the lilies retained uruR the notes are
paid.
Lot No 1.—A A'ail Factory anil Rolling and Slit
ting Mill, built of stone and brick, two stories high,
and 120 feet in length; consisting of 2 water-wheels,
14 machines for euttirg sheathing nail# of all size* at
same operation; 1 spike ditto, for cutting spikes Irom 6
:o 8 inrhes; 1 cylinder dit'o, for cutting sprigs and
brads of every description; 1 sett Roller, and Slitters,
•omp^ete, attached to a water-wheel, 13 by 18 feet;
Air Furnaces, fir heat ng iror; Smith’s Shop in the
ha-einent story, and a Lithe for turning rollers. The
whole is upon a large scale, and well calculated (or
an extensive hu-inco, with an ample supply of waOr
Lot No. 2—A Atill for grinding Plaster oj Paris,
built witli wood, and a pair of 4 lent stones, with a
crusher and tih-wh eler. Can recdily grind from 12 to
15 bushels per hour
Lot No 3.—A Sato At ill, with 2 sawr, well con
structed. It is a frame building, and is upon lease at
$500 per annum.
Lot No. 4.—A Trimming onil Blacksmith's Shop,
2 stories high, built ol stone and brick, 60 by 25 lent
with I ovt r.hot wheel, entitled to 20 itches ol water,
and is now upon lee»e a: $200 per annum.
Lot No. &.—A Corn and Grist At ill, built of stone
and t rick, 2 furies high, aboui 36 by 25 Icef, 2 pair
of 5 feet stones, an oversho'-wheel, double geared,
elevators, &c. all complete lor grinding corn, with very
tittle manual labour.
The ab-.ve property Is situated in the City of Rich
mond, on James river, and opposite to the Capitol. The
Nail Factory, Plaster Mill,and Haw Mill, have a h*ad
and fall of 14 feet water, which is susceptible of tggsing
improved fo 18 feel at a small expense; the Corn Mill
and Trimming Shop, have a head and fall of 24 feel
Further ai d more minute pnr'ieulars, as to the rights
and privileges which purchss«rs will he entitled to,
will be made known at the lime of sale
Passsssion will b* given of each establishment on Ike
Is! July nett, nr at such other period aa may be bar
gained for at the sale.
PHILIP HAXAI.L It CO.
Virginia, City of Richmond.
Mar. 11. 101—tde.
RICH.MOMD, THURSDAY. MARCH *»
nen will me L,r£isi<itu» e rtstf
Such i« the question which the lost Pocta d Argos
put* to Itself about the L gislature of Mai e. Tbe
arew r is iu “ten or twe've days.” The >a ne ques
tion gather* upon ns as to <urown Legislature; but we
eannot give exactly the same response. We would ra
ther say. in 15 or 20 days.
Tin table ol lh* Ho. so ol Delegate* i» almost etnp'i
ed of all its important Hill*. Yesterday, tor iusauee, a
variety ol 'hem was a<‘ed tip «; «nd it may be safely
••id t i«t tve House bas not now, per se, more than 6
or 6 days business before i*.
The bij^lor ordering a new survey of he James Ri
ver, was ordered to its engrossment. A tnoliou lor
it* indefinite postponement wa* rejected, by a vote ol
80 to 34 The bill wa* so moditied in Its provisions,
a* to strike out the Cotnini stoners, and to atuh trize
the G iverno' and Council to employ another Engineer
to assi t the Civil Engnerr ol this State, to survey the
River in tbe ciurse ot tbe y-er. and report “to tbe nex'
Legisla ure the various plana tor improvement *nd es
timates ot eipence.
A survey has been also directed, by a previous bill,
to be made of the Shenandoah. And thus the facts and
materials for forming a deliberate opinion will be sub
mitted to the next Legislature—measures may then be
adopted of great interest to the Commonwealth, and
the resources of the State and of her citizens may be
turther called into action. May do we say? Might we
rather not say, will bt? For, the spirit ol the age is
onwards. I ho inarch of Internal Improvement may
bo delayed, but it cannot be arrested. Means to a
considerable amount will be contributed by our own
enterprizing citizens—and foreign capitalists aro al
ready looking out lor profitable investments of their
abundant funds. It was but on Thursday last, that an
insti.ution chartered by the Legislature of New York,
under the name of the JYational Bank, opened its
hooks for a subscription of $750,000; and about four
millions were actually subscribed. \Vc understand,
that a subscription has been offered from Philadelphia
lor the whole res duary stock of the Petersburg Rail
Road Company.—Let us but throw open our Internal
Improvements upon liberal terms, and place their ad
vantages in such a light as may strike the attention ol
distant capitalists; and there is every prospect of funds
pouring in from other quarters.
There wer j several hills passed yes er lay, connected
wi h internal improvement. Among these, wer : 1st,
the bill establishing a Company to erect a Rad.Bond
from Winchester to a point at or near Harper’s Ferry
with a capital of $300,000 —2 lly, a bill establishing ihe
Liudoun Rail-Road, (ion the Po'omae river, r»t Ihe
mouth of Ihe Ketocton creek, to Ashby's Gq> Turn
pike. (about thirty-one miles,) with a capital ol
$400 000; all cf which, we understand, will unques
tionably bs raided by private subscription; an) 3 I, es
tablishing a turnpike road Irom Danville, in Pittsylva
nia, t> Evanshain, with a capital of'$100,000. Wa ark
Mr. Niles, whe'her ih-se thing* do no look like doing
something besides talking?
In the Senate, on Tuesday, the bill to fo m a new
county out of parts ol Rockingham and Shenandoah,
was pass'd, with certain amendments, (which have
been since agreed *o by the House ol D-legates)
The Judiciary Bill was also lor some tune under dis
cm i"ii. Mr Morgan conclc led hi* speech in support
of his substitute. Hn went m.o an extrusive exam -
nation of the proposed fjrtnsol practice coif.pared with
the present, 8lc.
Yesterday, th* substitute was again discussed at
*ntn* length—and on liking Ihe question, it wa* rtjeel
ed by a majority of one vote. The bill wa* then re
committed, with inatmrti ns to the committee to re
port a bill with only 16 Judges (mstea I ol 21, a< p o
vide I by the Hou*o ol Delegates.) The bill n:ay tra
vel back to the House iu the course ol the week; bu
the ultimate issue ol this buin-ss, balllie all calcula
tion.
t'UL.lTlCAL. CHARI'.
I giver us pleasure to see that the Chari we have
'»<d down lor ourselves ia the one which has heen a.
d ipted ty so many o>h*r of ihe Republican E titors,
We lay belore our readers ex'racw, to ihe same eff ct
Irom the Portland Argus and tbe Vredericklown
Citizen. We have similar expressions ol eeuiimeul
from other paper'.
Tbe Baltimore Bepublican, which has jml been
tran.lerred lo Mertr*. R. Hines aud S. F. Wilson (the
last gentleman, who was the able and efficient Ejitor
of tl e same pa, er during the last year,) comes forward
with the following annunciation ol its political cour-e:
‘ Established originally 10 aid in tbe Election of Gen.
Jackson, and haviug since approved of bis administration
and advocated the pnnc plea which he brought into
power, it will adhere steadily to the same faith, and
with what ahilifiy and energy it can, contribute lo the
permageut triumph ot the principles ol that faith, by
urging his re-election to the Presidency.. No other
change will lake place, than that produced by an in
creased conviction ari-ing Irom late indication*, ol Ihe
paramount importance of the re-electiou of Gen. Js k
sou, loth) harmony ol the parly ol whose principle
he is the representative, to ihe consolidation ol ihe U
nion, in the preservation ol the land marks ol the Con
stitution, and to the general welfare ol ihe country.
Holding this opinion, and believing that nothing wi h
iu the compass ol reasonable calculations can prevent
Ibe re-election i f the President, il no division on cpies
tions merely personal, lakes place, among the friend
ol hi* administration, the Republican will hold itself en*
ti. tly a'col from all discus ions or pledge*, in reta :or.
to any future candidates lor the olfire, as allogeth-r
premature and mischievous. When the question comes
f it y up, some four or five ye*r- lienee, a wider range
fer choice, and eulatged means of deliberate judgment,
will be before the people, and public sentiment
will form itself, as It did in the case ol Gen. Jackson,
without the dictation of politicians, and uninfluenced
by selfishness, intrigue or patronage. The leaders will
again follow what Ihey would vainly direct,the cu rent
of po| ular preference. In the mean lime, it i« the •<?*.
vious duty of all, to be for no man, except as identified
wi>h principle*, and lobe again*! every man, who for
selfish ends is willing to petil the harmony of the party,
and endanger the predominane- ot those cardinal tenets’
that distinguish the party which supports t ie adminis
tration ol 0*u. J«ck*nn.”
From tho Milleilgcvillo Federal Union.
"Wc drink wtlh the Richmond Enquirer, thaf if will
be lime enough when Jackson declines, to look for
a successor. Wc are pleased wilh (he following views
from the Richmond Enquirer—" \s ho will bin.1 himself
at Ibis moment to thu car of Mr. Van Buren, or John
C. Calhoun, or any other man? Who will now say
what he will do in (his matter, some four years hence,
when circumstances may be materially altered, and the’
characters of men arc perfectly developed.”
"Our object in so doing (publishing Ihe Calhoun Cor
respondence) is (o place before tho public ait early view
ol the advantage which the Clay parly are busily en
gaged in endeavoring to reap from the discord In our
ranks. The full evidence of (heir hopes and anlicipj.
lions may be found in Ihe official manifesto "to the
people ol the United States” on our first page, extract
ed from the National Journal.”
"Attached, as we are, both to Jackson and Calhoun,
it'lias given us pain and mortification to ace this most
unhappy difference between them. Having long sup
ported (Jen. Jackson, we deprecate the possibility of
discord and division in the Jackson ranks. We desire
his honor, and the success of his administration. We
differ with him, indeed, as do most of the people of this
State, upon certain points, but we know that they cor
dially approve the general principles and policy of his
administration, and that they owe him a large debtor
gratitude for the patriotic etlorts he has made to arrest
Ihe progress of Federal usurpation. Let this contro
versy, therefore, he buried in oldivion. Let all crimi
nation and recrimination cease, at least until the ques
tion of succrsaorship shall arise.”
From tho Oxford, N. C. Examiner.
"In an erent which is to occur some years hence,
we feel not so nearly interested as some others seem to
he—nor do we intend to pledge ourselves to the sup
port of any man so lar in advance. The Manifesto of
the opposition, published at lha close of the session of
Congress, is an ingenious production, ami well calculat
ed to foment divisions in the Jackson party—Indeed the
whole aim of the opponents of tho present administra
tion, seems to he to split up the party into factions —
"Divide and conquer” is (heir motto!”
Mr. Clay is the Man of tho opposition; whatever
lullabies some of his partizan* may sing in our ears.
What say the Clay paper* of Nashville, Kuotville,
and Lexington?
Tbn JVaihoille Herald, of tbs 1 Oth M irth, dec'are*
frankly, that "Harry is not dropped. That he stands
hefo eths people a» a candidate for their Mithsges it
fully and completely, as if he were nominated by a le
giilative causes, drilled for the purpose, or by a nation
al convention; and ihe movements making in hi* favor
in almost every part of the Union, proclaim lo language
not to he underatoo I, that be I« not "dropped”—that
his broad banner is unfurled and the people are rang*
iog around it, and If his friends and the friends of lbs
"American System,” are true to themselvea, when the
day of struggle arrives, ‘Metct*/” will set upon our,
helms.” r
| The New York Courier la mistaken when it charges
upon Messrs. Tazewell and Tyler that (hey were for
merly Federalists. This is an act of great injustice.
No such Imputation lays at either of their doors.
The Courier renews the attack upon these Senators}
for voting against the appointment of Editors—and it
criticises with much asperity, their Speeches on the
Turkish Mission. ^
» ut their votes upon the former, find an echo in the
hearts ot most of the citizens ol Virginia, and of many
ot the Republican* ol the land. There is no measure
of this administration which so little tlrscrves our
support, as the appointment of so many Editors to of
fice. It trenches upon the liberty of the Press—and in
the hands ot a vicious President, such a practice would
become a dangerous source ol gross abuse. We found
lault with it in the la*t administration—and why should
we respect it in the adniinistiation of Andrew Jack
son’ 1'lie appointment of MiWtauiliaiigh a* Sub-Agent
oftho Indians, alter l e was rejected as Agent by the
Senate, is a tribute of respect tor his services and quali
fications, great as they may be, which, we think, tho
President’s better judgment ought to have withheld.
The Speeches on the Turkish Mission present differ
ent considerations. Wo think them right in principle,
but unfortunate in manner. Some of our Republican
Iricnds approve both. The N. York Courier anproves
of neither But the manner of the N. Y. Courier is it
scll liable to gresy exceptions, and leads to great inis
constructtious.
22 Representatives of Virginia, who have seceded
from it e Administrator! two only firm, ard they false
ly said to be aei«a‘ed bv *. Hi li ron-hlera io.i» ?! The
whole story t- stuff We know, ibat this recount of
our R*prea n'a'ivea ia grossly (alls—and let the strug
gle cans when It may. that our fsliow-silizrns will
show their unshaken . nd warm attachment to the in*
teres1* of A. J«. k on.
The Louisville Advertiser disposes ot Mr. Webster’#
pretensions by a coup de grace, aud th.n turn* m Mr.
Clay aa its *• lodiog star
* At the very moment that the present administration,
through intrigue, bribery end cunning, came into po w
er, ihe eyes oi 'he people were turned upon Henry
Clay »s the inan to sueee d Ihe present incumbent, sod
root out the cancerous inoculations, which non* who
looked with uoprej''diced*eyes ton'd but foresee would
be the consequence. There has not been the elightest
waveMrg in public opinion. Thu friend* ol order and
'he Union, have all epeken as with rne voice. The
very inference which the J*ck ooites would have
drawn from “ A ‘erond Daniel has come lo judg
ment,” ia refuted i-i every nr e-inenl ot the dialing' j»h
ed pers nage to whom they allude. The Sta‘e ol Mar
aacbusett* and the Ir ends ol this individual there bare
p'edg«d ihemselvea'o support Mr. Clay for th* next
Presidency, and »li-ir pledge* will be rede, tned at such
pledges, from such a quarter, are always redeem d.
New-Hitni shire, Maiue, Rh xle Island, Vermont, ard
Connecticut bav* all spoken in the same voice, and in
he year 1833, the noxious root* ol Jackronim will find
no place lor existence in the soil ol New-Engbind.”
There can be no doubt about 'he ma ter. Clay is the
champion ot the opposition. The M.uifesto issued <n
tie a.tjvurr merit «t Congress p>ove* i». The Balti
more Convention of December rex', w II sound it o i tl e
high-st note upon th- gamut. And in the mean time,
will his opponents suffer themselves to be gullrd—to
be juggled by (alee hopes, or insidious overtures?_
Will they suffer them-elves to be rent in twain by dis
putes abmr the succession, which will not tnke place
before 1837—(six years hence!)—This conduct would
be unworthy ot pa riots and o' po i i Han*_Th -ir being
I'ughed a< as fence-men, tempi rizers, gic. is a
trick wor hy of ihe whipster* ol the opposit o l_bul to
wl.ich no man, with ten graiosol sen e, will listen,
without contemp'.
A HAIRBREADTH BlSTI NCTICIX !
“The Richmond Enquirer, ol Tuo day last says:—
“We r j ice that the Supreme Court has decided to
fartnlavorof Georgia.” Tne Conn has d-chled no
thing in favor of Geo gia;—it has acknowledged uo
right in that State as :o the Cnerokee-; it has merely
determined that it canm t grant the ii juncthn which
was demanded, because it cannot view the Indians as
within Hie description ol parlies entitled to its inlerfer
en™ , . , , . , [A*at. Gaz.
I his Is indeed a nice distinction!—Mr. Walsh ar
serts that the Court has decided nothing in favor of
Georgia—al hou<h it ha. refused the injunction
wt.tcti the Chernkees expected to obtain against Gaor
R11*- That is ts to say—A sues out an injunction to stay
a very i iporhnt -pr< ceeding on the part ol B—(he
Court refuses ihe Injunction—and yet the Court de
cides notbmg m favor ot B.-Par ies in Chancery
would not think so lightly ol this advantage, as Mr W
seems to do.
.Tu ru’ n-.hes « Idter from Havre
of the Jth Feb. (last date) 8'ates, that “ The n-we
f om Par.., by EsGfette, s, -hai the final ansxcer of
, R “K of F rat ce to ihe Brlgie Depu ation. has cot
ye been g.ven ,o that th- Due de Nerrour. may
yet be King of Be glum ! I«*i„ conjectured that .ho
EngUud ”ernrne,>t *r° W#il,n* ,or di»P*‘<*bes (ton
BOUNDARY DECISION.
7 , B<,r*Iar>‘l Advertiser siys, a letter was lately re
e.ive.l hy Goyernor Smith of Maine,fr?m the President
of he United S at>s, communicating the fact, that he
had not rec ived at y official information of ihe decision
of the Umpire in regard to the Boundary Line.
FOR THE <EJVQUIIlER
RICHMOND—HER TRUK INTERESTS- ‘
In a Letter addressed to the Mayor of Richmond.
Tertaisda VIA KST.
i'tn: Perceiving in the Richmond Enquirer a sort of
recommendation to the Legislature of Virginia, to per
sNtm the scheme of rendering the James River navi
gable above Richmond; and to refet that honorable bo
dy to the opinion of Messrs. Wright, &c. &c. I could
not avoid referring to the labours of the learned, to as
certain what were their opinions on the subject of River
Improvement.
1 had but recently read the address of the citizens,
interested in the navigation of it; and attentively stu
died tlie result of the dibi ts of the Proprietors and the
Government, lor nearly a half century. I recollected
the vain efforts, to improve the streams in the Caroli
nas and Georgia; and not only their vain efforts, but the
enormously expensive, and in some instances, injurious
consequences attendant on them. My surprize at see
ing this pertinacious attachment to spending public mo
ney on rivers was increased, when I-recollected the
efforts making by Petersburg, and the glorious prospects
she has in view. When 1 beheld the probable termi
nation of her Railway on the frontier of N. Carolina
arid, considered the positive certainty, that, no sooner
would it be completed, than a continuation of it (o Ra
leigh, to Fayetteville, and eventually to the S. E. boun
dary of S. C. would ho made by N. C.—When I beheld
•he one and reflected on the oilier, and when, to these
considerations, was added the conviction that Railways
bad succeeded in Europe and might succeed in the U.
N. and that, compared with Canals, and the improve
ment of rivers, thoy encounter no difficulties, involve
no speculative theory, and have nothing problematical
in their character-when I fully regarded the subject, I
could not hul be struck with astonishment at the proposi
tion still to call the attention of the State ol Virginia to
(lip iiniirnvomoiii of il.A 1..._ °
If, in 1818, Without the aid of Rail Roads, I could not
hu perceive I he importance of the porta, at the head
or the James; how will that conviction he strenglhen
cd, when I behold the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road
stretching its first section in the direction of Harper’s
berry; and, when I perceive, that although its present
course would only indicate its arrival at the Ohio, its
ultimate object will be the rich prize of the commerce
of the hpaufiful valley of the Shenandoah and its ap
pendant territory, as far as Abingdon in Virginia, and
Knoxville in Tennessee—when, I say, I perceive these
(lung*. I cannot but bo astonished at the inertness of
Richmond—of Richmond, where reside so much of the
wisdom, worth and wealth of Virginia.
Surely it would he wiser to abandon a plan, that, as I
have said before, atter the attempts ot a half century
and two generations, has wholly failed, except in pro
ducing expense and disappointment I presume princi
pal and interest, the charge ol the James mav be rated
a, $300,000 if, ,o t).i«s, K,he los.es occasEJJd to ,he
tom mere* and Agriculture of the country were added,
a tenfold siiii. would not he excessive in its due Assess
ment.
, wou'd not policy pain* nut the abend mment
o, tins pi hi of liver improvement and the adoption of a
rml-'oad to ih» points designated by the commerce and
agriculture of lbs S a’e? That ol the first importance
is (rom Kichmoid to Lynchburg, and thence across the
nionn'ains to Abingdon. Fiom Lynchburg, a branch
•hon'd he made'o Dwcille, so as eventually to secure
'he coinmerea of Sa'em and Salisbury, N. C. The
adoption of (hi« plan will make about one Quarter of the
Valley rall-ro.d. The W. and S. W. branches ram
pleied, Iben will be Ibe lime lo earry it m the Poto
mac. The previous e*!abli.|.ment ol Richmond, he
kr. a* commercial depots, will furnish the orly and
mod efficacious as well as effectual means of compe
•itinn vsiib B l irnore. That will he faellilated, and the
tr»-'e of lb* upper parts of 8. C. will find it. w ay lo
he port, of Virginia, by the way of Salem, Salisbury,
and Ch*rotte. '
The P tsrshurg rail-road will receive its duo direc
Ron^fowardc Fayetlevlllc, and the more central parts
I h» Norfolk ral'-road will purue a eourse from that
< ify to Halifax, and tlitoce proceed to Kafaigh.
I hus, may Virginia no' orly mak- h*rrelf the great
State of the South; but her ports will become Ibe seal
of all its trade and*eoimmeree.
Charg* n.e no’, *r,’with en'hn*ia*m. It |« wiihin
her reach, and more especially, aided as she wll .nd
must be by the capital of (hr Njribsra aod Middle