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LATEST FROM ENGLAND.
By the packet ship Virginian, Capt. Harris,
at New York, regular files of London papers to
the evening of the 10th of October and Liver
pool of the Ilth, have been received. The Vir
ginian was detained from the 8th to Sunday the
12th.
ENGLAND.
A fire broke out on the night of the 10th Oc
tober, in Liverpool, and destroyed 1500 bales of
Cotton, 900 hhds. of Sugar, and other proper
ty in the extensive warehouses of Messrs. Do
/ ‘ & Co. at Launcelofhey—loss estimated at
rin ooo Another fire had also done great da
mage in Jordon street, Park lane
A spirit of speculation, particularly in Span
ish stock, had prevailed in London to an unpre
cedented extent. .. r
There had been considerable amelioration ot
the oressure for capital, among the mercantile
classes in London, although two heavy failures
were announced. The stock-jobbing mama
was deeply reprobated.
The English Court had gone into mourning
for the death of Don Pedro. ,
It is said that the oldest person living had no
recollection of any thing like the heat of the
weather in the month of October w ith w hich it
h»a this year set in.
n«S llll J , ,, _ 1 „ — »I... fi.k n limn
Hear Aumuai ..- —■ -.
in the 57th year of his age. His decease cre
ates a vacancy among the Lords of the Admi
ralty. Gen. Sir Henry Ward, the father of the
Countess of Guilford, also died on the 1st of
October. . , t ,
Janies Patterson, Esq., had been recommend
ed to supply the place of Mr. Raikes, as Govern
or of'the Bank of England. .
The quantity of coals consumed in England
and Wales is calculated as follows:
In the manufactories, 3.300,000 London chal
drons- in household consumption, 5,500,000!
making 9,000,000 London chaldrons, consum
ed from inland colleries. The quantity sent
coastwise on both sides of the island, is 3,000,
000 chaldrons—making 12,000.000 in all.
Adverting to the subject of emigration to the
Canadas a London editor remarks—“ The
nroximitv of the United States influences the
price of "labor in Canada, und no system with
respect to future grants of land can have the ef
fe<'t of keeping labor lower than it is in the Uni
ted States, and the extent of land already
granted in Canada, in an improvident manner,
must also in a great measure determine the
price of future grants.”
It appears from a late semi-annual report,
that there had been an increase on the Man
chester and Liverpool railway during the last
half year, of merchandise seven thousand se
ven hundred and twenty-seven tons, and of
passengers twenty nine thousand two tyindred
and fifty-five persons. A dividend of lour anu
u half per cent for the last six months had been
declared, leaving a surplus of four thousand
pounds to meet contingencies.
American Stocks, Oct. 9th.—U. S. Bank £-3
5 a 10. New York Fives, 105. Do Sixes, 114 a
Pennsylvania Fives 100 a 104. Ohio Six
^LoNDOw/oct. 10th.—Consols, at 3 o’clock this
afternoon, were 90J for the account.
Hops.—The present is said to have been the
most remarkable year for an abundant crop of
hops almost ever known. The quality also was
fine and in the county of Kent, the picking had
been brought to a close. In the early part of
the season, the duty was estimated at £60,000,
whereas the general opinion now is that it will
reach £165.000. r ..
We understand that the liabilities of Mr.
Raikes. the late Governor of the Bank of En
gland, do not exceed £90 000.
The distribution ol the Navarino prize mo
ney has been announced—the highest sum to
be received is £7,4S0, and the lowest thirty shil
'"oovernment have resolved to discontinue the
practice of giving presents to foreign ministers,
and no longer t<> permit British ministers to re
ceive presents from the foreign governments to
which they may be accredited.
The Tea Trade.—The first sale of tea. being
the cargo imported into Lordon from Singa
pore since the opening of the trade by the dis
continuance of the monopoly ol the East India
Company, took place Oct. Sth, at Gurraway’s
Coffee-house, and was numerously aut-nucii.
There were declared for sale 400 ^ chests of Bo
hea 381chestsand loquarter-chestsofyoung Hy
son 79 chests of Hyson, 114 chests of Congou,
48 chests of Orange Pekoe, and 6 chests of Gun
powder. When the sale began, great competi
tion was evinced to purchase the first chest of
tea nut up under the new plan. The Congou
first offered realized 2s 5^d per lb. and the
other portion of the tea went off at 2s to 2s 5d
per lb in bond. Padre tea in small parcels re
alized from 3s 3d to 3s 6^d per lb. The next
lot occasioned some discussion. It was ac
knowledged by the selling broker to be a spuri
ous imitation, containing not one particle of tea
and was ultimately withdrawn. The sale was
then continued. The tea put up sold from lslOd
to 2s Id per lb. for Congous, and Padre from
2s 3d to 2s 5d per lb. The result of the sale is,
that, allowing for the quality of the tea sold,
prices were realized on the average from bd
to 9d per lb in advance of those obtained at
the quarterly sale of the East India Company.
Ireland and the United States.—So great
has become the communication between this
country and Ireland, that it was ascertain
ed by a clerk in the Post Office at Dublin, that
the Postage received upon the letters in an
American post-bag, in one day, was upwards of
* Mir. O’Connell is employing himself in pre
paration for a strenuous effort to procure the
abolition of the tithes in Ireland. He intends,
says the Dublin Register, to give notice of a bill,
lor next session—
ii That the payment of tithes, and all composi
tion rent, modus, or other satisfaction thereof,
or substitution thereof shall totally and forever
cease.” He would extinguish tithes, and com
pel the landlords to contribute to make good to
the public a reasonable share of the property
which the exoneration of these lands from titles I
would confer on them. He wouldcompensate the
Jay impropriators and th* bcnificed clergymen.
We see no possible objection to hfci proposition,
rithes cannot last. They will not last through
the next session; and if O’Connell is the instru
ment of abolishing them, his would be the proud
est boast any patriot could ever make,—that he
obtained Catholic emancipation and that he a
bolished tithes!
FRANCE.
Our French news principally relates to Spanish
affairs, which we shall transfer to its more ap
propriate head.—The intelligence peculiar to
that kingdom is scanty.
A report prevailed, says the Courner Fran
cais, that Marshall Gerard, who is the only min
ister that accompanied the King to Fontaine
bleau, has determined to make an amnesty for
political offenders a cabinet question, as it re
gards the other ministers,and has declared to his
friends that he would return from Fontaineblau
with an act of amnesty, or without a ministerial
port folio. . , .
The late Mademoiselle Bourgom, the celebrat
ed actress, has left a million of francs to her na
tural son, whose father was Marshal Oudinot.—
Count Toreno, in his exile, was relieved by Ma
dame B., and has recovered his estate in Spain,
amounting to* 7 or 8 millions, which it is suppos
ed will also be left to the son of the above nam
actress.
In the Parisian political and commercial cir
cles, nothing is now talked of but Spain—her
wars, debts, deputies, and dishonesty. The im
pression is now becoming general, that no con-,
fidence can be placed in pledges given by any !
party in Spain. The consequences of this state
of public opinion, for which Spain may thank
herself, will soon be found to operate ruinously
on the commerce of that country.
SPAIN.
The war, or rather the butchery, between the
government and Carlist parties, continues to be
carried on with no definitive results in the
northern parts of Spain. It is evident that both
parties are feeble in force, but mutually excited
by a spirit of exasperated vengeance. In their
frequent conflicts, no quarter is given on either
side. The weaker party is massacred by the
stronger, and neither age nor sex is spred. It
assumes every feature of civil war in its most
ferocious aspect, and is immeasurably worse
than the sanguinary contest that was so long
carried on in Portugal. We cannot but hope
that measures will be resorted to by the neigh
| boring powers to put an end to this bloody war
Illl c.
On the whole, the Queen’s party seems to
have the advantage. On the 28th September,
whilst El Pastor and Cordova were driving the
Car lists out of the bastan, Zumalacarreguy,
with his four battalions, was engaged with the
division of Oran and part of the column of Lo
renzo. The action commenced at 9 o’clock in
the morning, and continued until four in the af
ternoon. It took place at Sulinas de Ora. with
in five leagues of Pampeluna. The troops of
the Queen attacked the Carlists, and blood flow
ed during seven hours without interruption.—
The latter at last gave way, leaving 400 killed
and wounded on the field.
Accounts from Bayonne state that the health
of Gen. Mina was but slowly improving so as
to make it a matter of some doubt whether he
would be able to assume the command of the
army in Navarre before it becomes too late in
the season for active operations. Rodil was at
Zabiri on the 30th, preparing to return to Pam
peluna. He did not intend to withdraw from
the army until the at rival ol Gen. Mina.
PORTUGAL.
This kingdom is no longer the theatre of stir
ring events. All is calm and tranquil. 1 he
following remarks by a London editor give we
think a very just picture of the present posture
of its affairs:—
The death of Don Pedro will have little effecL
on the course of Portuguese affairs. The young*
Queen will get married with all convenient
speed, and the son of Eugene Beauharnois,
when seated with her on the throne of Portu
gal, is likely to be—at the very least—quite as
efficient a protector of the young liberties of
Portugal as Don Pedro was or would have been.
Perhaps, on the whole, it may be just as well
for Portugal that, at this time, Don Pedro should
have died. Ambition is a catching disorder—
the very epidemic of royalty—and it is proba
ble enough that had health and strength pemit
ted, Don Pedro might have made an attempt to
appropriate to himself the diadem which he re
covered for his daughter. This might have
caused a civil war. The crisis is now over,
and Portugal has a breathing time. Very much
is to be done—for the condition of the people
is lamentable. They are poverty-stricken—they
are “out of heart,”—they are burthened with
excessive taxation—and the strictest economy
must be used in the expenditure of the public
-revenues. Indeed, to effect permanent good in
Portugal, the whole system of finance should be
remodelled, and this w ithout delay.
GREECE.
A letter from Nauplia, dated September 3d,
says—“'it is all over with the rebels; a single
battalion has entirely destroyed their whole ar
my, It is true that this battalion made use of
their bayonets and swords, w hich is an unusual
mode of lighting in Greece. The Roumeliote
policari attacked the Moreots, killed 80, w’ound
ed 70, and took 50 prisoners, with three stand
ards, and we have just received positive intelli
gence that one of the Chiefs of these armed
bands has been arrested.”
Important from France.—The following, pub
lished in the Albany Daily Advertiser of Satur
day last, as an extract from the Paris Corres
pondent of that Journal, contains information
of great moment, in a form entitling it to more
credit than is usually given to common report:
Paris, Sept. 29, 1834.
“ Dear Sir: 1 presume you get all the news of
interest through the English and French papers,
and therefore, of the movements of the Spanish
and Portuguese I need say nothing. But per
haps it may be new to you, that there is an
ewieute talked of in this country, which may
yet reduce Louis Philippe to the ranks.
“ It is well known that this personage has
adopted a very different course from what was
anticipated at the outset of his career. Liberal
principles are at a discount with him, and much
inquietude has existed in the saloons, on the
subject of his future intentions.
“Anew movement appears to be projected,
and if it takes place, the consequences will be
momentous.
“ It is proposed to form a Grand Convention of
the National Guards of France, to consist of De
puties chosen by them from each department, and
they will require from the- King some further
concession to liberty, under the penalty of
the consequences!
“ The plan is no secret. I will give you fur
ther information as soon as I can get it. While
in your country you appear to be tending to a
concentration of power in your President, which I
time will show to be dangerous, here as well as
in England, the people are trying to restrain -
hat very tendency. Yours.”
FREDERICKSBURG TOWN MEETING.
At a meeting of the citizens of Fredericksburg,
Falmouth and their vicinities, convened, pursu
ant to notice, to take into consideration the ex
pediency of petitioning the next Legislature ol
Virginia, fora charter incorporating a compa
ny for the purpose of constructing a Rail Road,
from Fredericksburg to the Virginia Springs, or
to some point on the Western waters:
John H. Wallace, Esq. was called to the
chair, and John Terrrier appointed secretary.
On motion of Dr. E. H. Carmichael, it was
Resolved, That a committee of 10 be appoint
ed to draft resolutions, &c.
Whereupon the chair appointed Edward H.
Carmichael, John S. Wellford, John 1. Lo
max, Thos. B. Barton, Rev. R. Wellford R. B.
Semple, Robert Ellis, W. M. Jackson, Wm. M.
Blackford, and Fayette Johnston Esqr. for that
purpose.
The committee having retired, returned in a
few moments and reported the following reso
lutions, which, after some discussion, were a
dopted. ,
1st. Resolved, That the scheme of a Rail Road
from Fredericksburg to Guyandotte, or some
other point on the western waters, is feasible
and may be carried into effect, advantageously
to the stockholders and the community.
2d. Resoloed, That a committee of three be
appointed, to draft a memorial to the next Le
gislature, for an act of incorporation.
3d. Resolved, That the Delegate from this
county, and the Senator from this district, be re
quested to use their exertions to obtain the said
a<4th. Resolved, That a committee of 10 be ap
pointed to correspond with influential indivi
duals in other counties, to obtain their co-ope
ration, and that of their fellow countymen.
In pursuance of 2d resolution the chair ap
pointed the Hon. John Coalter, Thomas B. Bar
ton, and John S. Wellford Esqrs. a committee
to draft the memorial.
In pursuance of the 4th resolution E. H. Car
michael, Robert B. Semple, George Cox, Fa
yette Johnston, Wm. M. Blackford, Bev. R.
Wr el I ford, Robert Dickey, Stephen J. Blaydes,
Samuel Philips, W'm. Jackson, and A. W. Mor
ton, Esqrs. were appointed a corresponding
committee.
On motion of Fayette Johnston, it was,
Resolved, That these proceedings be published
in the papers of Fredericksburg and Richmond.
And then the meeting adjourned.
JOHN H. WALLACE, Chairman.
John Terhier, Secretary.
DR A IPS THIS DA \
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Class No, 46 for 1834,
To be drawn at Wilmington, Del. on Thursday,
November 13
HIGHEST PRIZE $7,000.
Tickets $2 25; halves 1 12; quarters 56 cents.
To be had in a variety of numbers of
J. CORSE,
Lottery f Exchange Broker, Alexandria.
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To be drawn at Wilmington, Del. on Thursday,
November 13
HIGHEST PRIZE $7,000'
Tickets £2 25; halves l 12; quarters 50 cents.
To be had in a variety of numbers of
J. W. YIOLETTv
Lotteint and Exchange Broker,
Near the corner of King and Fayette Streets,
Alexandria, D. C.
53* Lost, on Wednesday last, between Fay
ette and Washington streets, a lted Morocco
HPocket Book, containing 832 in notes, and 50
cents silver. The finder will be suitably reward
ed by leaving it at Violett’s Lottery Office._
DR A WS THIS DA Y
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Class No. 46 for 1834,
To be drawn in Wilmington, Del. on Thursday,
INovember 13
HIGHEST PRIZE $7,000.
Tickets 82 25; halves 1 12; quarters 56 cents
On sale in great variety by
JAS. RIORDAN.
53“ Uncurrent Notes and Foreign Gold pur
chased.
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Class No. 46 for 1834,
To be drawn in Wilmington, Del. on Thursday
November 13
CAPITAL PRIZE 7,000 DOLLARS!!
Tickets ."9*2 25; halves 1 12; quarters 56 cents.
For sale, as usual, in great variety, by
JOS. Iff. CLAItKE,
(Signof the Flag of Scarlet and Gold,) King st.
Alexandria, D. C.
NEW & INTERESTING PUBLICATIONS.
PASTOR’S Testimony; Preble’s Christian
Year; TheNun, by Mrs. Sherwood; Mrs
Sherwood’s Complete Works, (uniform edition);
Helen, by Miss »* dgeworth; Mrs. Sigourney’s
Sketches; Barnes’Notes on Acts; Portable Cy
clopedia; Father’s Book; Knapp’s Tales; Todd’s
Lectures; Delingcourt on Death; The Connec
tion of the Physical Sciences, by Mrs. Somer
ville; Necessity of Popular Education as a Na
tional object, with Hints on the Treatment of
Criminals, and Observations on Homicidal In
sanity, by James Simpson. The above just re
ceived on sale by
nov 6 WM. M. MORRISON.
RUNAWAY CATTLE.
LEFT Alexandria on Saturday, 1st instant,
THREE LARGE STEERS, viz:—one a
very dark or black; another a red; and the other
a lead colored pied. They were seen in the
neighborhood of the Factory that afternoon.—
The black one had, when he went away, a short
rope tied on his horns. They were brought
from the farm of Mr. N. Grigsby, in Fauquier.
To secure them in a pasture, and give me infor
mation, or deliver them at my pasture, near
Town, 1 will give a suitable reward.
n0v 6—tf WM. D. NUTT.
THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE,
THAT the subscriber, of Alexandria Coun
ty in the District of Columbia, hath obtain
ed from the Orphans’ Court of said County let
ters of administration, with the will annexed,
on the personal estate of Joshua Yeaton, late of
the county aforesaid, deceased. All persons
having claims against the said decedent are
hereby warned to exhibit the same to the sub
scriber, passed by the Orphans’ Court, on or be
fore the 14th day of October, 1835, or they may,
3y law, be excluded from all benefit to said es
:ate; and those indebted thereto are required to
nake immediate payment. Given under my
land, this 14th October, 1834
WM. D. NUTT,
Administrator, with the will annexed, of Joshua
oct 14—eo4w Yeaton.
ALEXANDRIA^
THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 13, 1834.
NEW YORK ELECTION.
The following table is believed to be correct.
Five counties remain to be heard from, viz, Al
leghany, Cattaraugus, Chautauque, Franklin
and St. Lawrence. These, says the Argus, will
give an aggregate Whig majority of from 1800
to 2000. The same paper claims a majority in
the state of 12,000 for Marcy.
Majorites for Governor.
Marcy. Seward.
Albany 100 Broome 250
Cayuga 754 Courtland 150
Chenango 050 Erie 2791
Clinton 360 Essex 650
Columbia 287 Genesee 1738
Delaware 1800 Livingston 1200
Dutchess 1011 Monroe 1011
Greene 801 Niagara 505
Jefferson 127 Ontario 1200
Herkimer 1600 Richmond 63
Kings 555 Washington 1550
Lewis 500
Madison 475
Montgomery 886
New York 2337
Oneida 700
Onondaga 955
Orange 800
Orleans 119
Oswego 500
Otspgo 1450
Putnam 456
Queens 139
Rockland 812
Saratoga 300
Schenectady 50
Schoharie 800
Suffolk 1129
Steuben 1000
Sullivan 363
Seneca 242
Tioga 1030
Tompkins 446
Ulster 1900
Warren 540
Westchester 800
Wayne 179
Yates 147
Livingston County.— A gentleman from Ge
nesee reports 840 Whig majority in 8 towns—
York Lima, Springwater and Caledonia not
known.
Chateauque County.— We have the returns
from four towns in this county wfcich gives a
Whig majority of <370.
The Legislature will be divided about as at
present, i. e. there will be an overwhelming ma
jority of Jackson men.
Members of Congress Elected.
We have returns from all the Congressional
Districts in the State except the 14th. The re
sult is. 9 Whigs elected, and 30 Jackson men.—
This is a Whig gain of one member as compar
ed with the results of the election in 1S32.
1st District—Abel Huntington.
2nd Samuel Barton.
f C. C. Cambreleng.
3rd j Campbell P. White.
] John M’Keon.
(.Eli Moore.
4th Aaron Ward.
5th, Abraham Bukee,
6th, John W. Brown.
7th, Nicholas Sickles.
, $ Aaron Vanderpool.
yth’ f Valentine EfTuer.
9th, Hiram P. Hunt.*
10th, Gerrit Y. Lansing.J
11th, John Cramer.
12th, Darid /tassel.
13th, Dudley Farlin.**
15th, Mathias J. Bovee.
16th, Ahijah Mann, jr,
. $ Samuel Beardsley.
l7th> j Joel Turrill.
18th, Daniel Ward well.§
19th, Sherman Page.
20th, William Seymour.
21st, William Mason.
. $ Joseph Reynolds.
f Stephen D. Leonard.
, \ William Taylor.
23rd, j William K. Fuller.
24th, Ulysses F. Doubleday.
25th, Graham H. Chapin.
26th, Francis Granger.
27th, Joshua Lee.
28th, Timothy Childs.
29th, George H\ Lay.
30th, Philo C. Fuller.
31st, Abner Hazelline..
32nd, Thomas C. Love.
33rd, Gideon Hard.
* By about 20 majority.
\ By 72 majority.
9 ny vines.
** By 50 to 100 majority.
Those printed in italics are Whigs.
In reference to the result of the election, we
find the following spirited remarks in the New'
York American—remarks which, doubtless,
speak the sentiments of the great body of the
Whigs, not only in New York, but throughout
the country:—
The result of the Election in this State may
well excite surprise We were, as we have al
ready said, unprepared for it, and we believe it
transcends the hopes of our adversaries almost
as much as it disappoints our own.
The causes that have had any agency in pro
ducing this result are various, and not, perhaps,
yet all fully known and appreciated. They are
such as afford much ground, however, for se
rious apprehension for the safety of the Consti
tution and Libei ty of the country. Such a
blind devotion to one man’s will, such a ready
surrender of all constitutional restraints upon
[executive power, may well alarm those who
have reposed, as we have done, upon the faith
that the people can wisely govern themselves.
Postponing, however, for the present, the in
quiry into the causes of our defeat, a more ur
gent question is to be answered—“What are
W’E NOW TO DO?”
Short as is the question, we give it the an
swer, still shorter, which we believe every true
Whig finds already on his tongue, and we say
“ Persevere.”
It is true we have lost one battle, and that a
great battle; but we had gained many, and
others remain to be fought, and must have been
fought, even if we had been victorious in this.
The result of the New York election does not
change the nature of the controversy, nor cir
cumscribe its limits. It is still a struggle for li
berty against arbitrary power. It is still a con
test for the Constitution and the Lows- a„j
is still waging and to be waged in every SiJ
of the Union. J iate
It does not, then, settle the cont^versy r.
may make the issue more doubtful—it may nJ1
ly excite our fears and diminish our hopes
the end is not yet. If the claim to power shin
be so far acquiesced in, as that the President
shall either cause himself to be elected for ‘
third term, or appoint a successor of his own
nomination, then, indeed, the object now So
ambitiously, and hitherto so successfully pu,
sued, will be attained. Two years, ho’we\>r
lie between us and the consummation of these
projects: they cannot be years of inactivity ar.d
must not be of despair. There are one hundr^l
and seventy thousand free born American Whig,
in this Slate, who will never quail betore uncon
stitutional power, nor strike their flag to decnot
ism. Many other States are with us by stVon*
majorities. Nearly the whole West is on nu‘
side, a great part of the South and of the East
together with a respectable poition of the Cen
tre.
Eminent success has attended the causea|.
most every where throughout the country. |t jj
not, then, for the Wines OF New York to think
either of surrendering or disbanding. Surely.,
surely not. By those principles to which they
have pledged themselves, and for which they
have just made so gallant a struggle—by a;i
they owe to the true Sons of Liberty in other
States—by their sacred obligations to the Con
stitution, they are bound to stand firmly toge
ther, to shew themselves equal to the crisis and
meet new dangers with new spirit, and a more
determined and ardent resolution. This.
think, is their duty, and this, w e doubt not, u
their purpose. We hear on all sides the avow
al of a fixed and determined intention, and ««
most earnestly approve and commend if.
Let us assure our friends every where that,
with our whole strength, and our latest breath!
we will struggle for the Liberty and Constitution
of the Country—that no defeat can discourage
us—no danger daunt, no power corrupt, us.
With them we will continue to act, to suffer,
and to dure, till the fullness of time shall come
for the restoration of the Government of thr
laws. We are not horn to be slaves. We are not
born to be manworshippers—we are not born
to the disgrace of voluntarily surrendering our
country to the misrule of a violent and selfish
cabal, or to the usurpations of Executive pre
rogative. Let the contest, then, he renewed; or,
rather, let it still go on in every county, town
ship, village, and hamlet of the State; and while
Liberty ot Speech, and of the Press, and the
right of Suffrage yet prevail, let is never lit
DOWN THE ARMS WE HAVE TAKEN IT IN THEUl'it
of Constitutional Liberty.
Extra Allowances.—In a speech made last
week to his constituents by Samuel McD. Moore,
the representative in Congress from the Rock
bridge district, he developed many of the abuses
of the Post Office Department, and compared
its present dilapidated state to the prosperou*
condition in which Judge McLean hud left it—
and stated that the extra allowances made to
many of the contractors reminded him of an
anecdote told of a certain tailor, whomadea
coat for one of his customers of two yards of
cloth, and remarked that this was a sufficient
quantity, for he made his son Billy a waistcoat
out of it also; hut when the customer came the
second time with the same quantity of cloth, the
tailor observed it was not enough. “ WhyP
asked the customer—“ when I brought you two
yards for my last coat, you said you had enough
for my coat, and that you made a waistcoastout
of it also for your son Billy. Pm sure I haven't
grown larger.” “Ah.” replied the tailor, “ it’s
true you haven’t grown larger, nor your cloth
1 ess— but it would astonish you to see how much
my son Hilly has grown.”
The “Hives Family.”—We learn from lh<
Fredericksburg Arena, that on Monday )»**,
being Albemarle Court day, Gen. Gordon ad
dressed his constituents in his usual happy and
effective style of popular eloquence,' and pro
claimed himself again a candidate for meir *ui
frages. His review of the administration *3*
very forcible. He was followed by Mr. Alex
| ander Hives, delegate elect, who, as many
| thought, unnecessarily thrust himself into the
contest. Housed by this interference, Gen. Got- ,
don indulged in a species of argument, which,
under other circumstances, he would have avoid
ed. He alluded to the claims which Gen. Jack
son had upon ‘the family.’ and thought Mr.
Alexander Rives would be a monster of ingra
titude, if he did not, on all occasions, stand up
in his defence. He then proceeded to show ihat
the present administration had conferred a fo
reign mission upon one brother—a post in
army on another—a foreign mission, <>f the se
cond grade, upon a brother-in-law—and a ca
det’s appointment on a nephew. These,Cm*
G. thought, were marks of favor calculated to
i bind every member of the family to theca##
! of the administration. There was no resisting
; such an argument, and its effect was prodig‘0*
Oct at last.—The Globe has, after a vtr5
serious time, been delivered of the result of ^®
Ohio Election for members of the Legislature*
The child is horn, and “been christened“—n(f
Anthony—but “ Amalgamation!” There* l°r
you! There is, says the Globe, in the Gfuo
Legislature, “an Amalgamation majority. (
12.” “Amalgamation quotha! “A ro^c ty
any other name would smell as sw eet.”
Virginia Temperance Convention.—M e
from the Charlottesville Advocate, that the
ginia Temperance Convention, lately conven
at that place, adjourned on Saturday, the W
The Advocate further informs us, that more
than twenty resolutions were adopted, asserting
principles more or loss important, and more
less connected with the Temperance reform*
tion, besides others of a detached character
Among the former is one which, after a co0
densed and vivid enumeration of the misch#
resulting from ardent spirit, concludes by
daring the making and vending of it to be mo
rally wrong. To silence the objection# 0
which this resolution, taken alone, might affor
a pretext, another was adopted, recogniz^
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