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Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-12-09

HdsE.
Sell Tavern In the
for cash, between
iRd children, com.
IN excellent black
Ieryants, male and
kouiss MILLER, dec.
TN0mds Miller.
Gt..sotds
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= Copy Tsste-cE co. HEALY. CIR. Dr. G.
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AGAINST
Sarah &er, an absent dejepdant and admin
fSfrdfTfr OF Samuel StaRptr, dec ZdckariahU Grit
tendon and Richard CioyJrOoke haring effects OF
Samnet H111per tn their hands. Dsfts
me biH IN this case being read and IL appearing
10 TIE Satisfaction Of the court that Sdrah Manner
Is NOT resident IF this state the court doth decree
ana order that tie said sarah iI0mper, ddmfnistre
trr Of Sdmnet Samper, do appear here on the frJt
ddg Of N0prnbsr court Hert, md aasner the bW of
Me complainant. and that tie said Zschariah u.
Cyhtenden aud Richard Claybrooke be and are here.
BY restrained from paying Guay delivering OYER or
:" wdg dsposne of TIC effects inthsfr hands beioax
ing 10 the estate Of Samuel Stdmper, until the fur
ther order Of This court and thaf copy of fhisOr
DER he inserted tn some Bewspaper published in
hiehmpnd for irtg days, and posted at The II ont
door The courthouse Of Niddfessr-aHd thai the
said Criftende1 AMI C1dybrOoke be serged Nth g co
Py Of fhe S0nie, and this Cause is continued oH.
r.. Fee 50 90
Nfsi Decree Ia
Final Decree I OF
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600 Acres Of Southwest Mountain Land.
offered for sale..This land lies in the county Of
AibemaIle, and portion II II is tobacco Lasa Of
me quality Those disposed 10 purchase viii apply to
'he subsciiher, near Lindsay Store, Alternate.
september 40. tt....u MANN PAGE.
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V4JANrED 10 PURCHASE OR HIRES earef1
w CARRIAGE DRIVER, who has been accustouea /
attend to horseS.AEnquire AZ this Ofce. S2-<0
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NoUember ~

IN cEiNCEkY..-.6 q co.rk ~ quarfsriy Ses-
sioRs, gan aud heid for Hiddteser county at the
conrfhonse ia the torn OF UrbduHa, on Ifoada5 me
2Sth ddy Of 5ngUStislG-
Hhhdm Kemp, assignee Of Sdmxet Gamper,
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FROM SCOTLAND.

We received Glasgow and Greenock pa
pers to the 18Th Of May, by the arrival yes
terday Of the Harmony, from Greenock.-
They are quite uninteresting. The G'as-
gov bus notices the late United States loan
OF three miilions.-[W. York Com. .adU.
The commercial pressure felt in The Anne
rican cities, and the subsequent diminutlon
which took place last year in the produce ct
the customs nave made it necessary for the
government to borrow two millions OF doll
lars in order to make good sinking fund OF
eight millions. We should not have eX-
pected the American government to go into
such idle policy for it is obvious that to
keep up sinking fund by loans, will not
diminish the debt, but enlarge it, by the
contractors profit on the loans, and hy the
expense Of managing the sinking fund.
Affairs in Spain go ON swilnmingiy. The
king has declared himself The first soldier OF
the nation, with Quirogo and Riego among
others for his adjutant generals; and she
Spanish clergy s 6ud in the Bible excellent
texts for their sermons in favor of the Con.
stitutlonal system" But this is by no means
all. A royal decree mas been issued, com.
handing cheap Stereotype edition OF the
Constitution, TO be printed by the minister;
and the sovereignty OF the people to be
taught to all the rising generation, the bl
shops and curates being enjoined, at the
same time, 10 expound il publicly from their
reading desks, and to answer all acctsa-
tions that may be brought against it. 1t was
always thought that it the Spaniards did any
thing, they would do something very COM
plete and noble. They nave done so, and
set high and stately example to nations
misunderstood by their soVereigas. The
same elevation of spirit which once made
then the most romantic people in Europe,
in the midst OF sassalage and superstition, has
now in consequence of the diffusion OF know
ledge, and the experience of what nations
can do for themselves, rendered them the
most chiyarous aud high minded assertors of
liberty, at once enthusiastic and calm. The
sense which they show OF the utility OF the
press, is admirable and the account to
which they turn it destructible,
The duke d'Angouleme, who left Paris
on the 25th ult. on Journey to the south, in
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49, READING ROOM ~sSt)
M53 MAR me JOUR n A l.. sssasss'
PORT or ALEXANDRIA, July 20
ARRIVED,

ARRIVED,
Ship Talbot, Bates, 63 days from LIVER
pool salt, Goals and crates, TO I. b. how
land and Hugh Smith, Sailed May IAN u y
company with ship Grand Turk, OfiaEa, o.
and for New-Y ork. Left there ship New.
Jersey, Eagle, and Fair Trader. discharglns'
ship Potomac, loading; all OF AleSanllIrs'
June 4, the Island of Como bearing ). by -
4 leagues, spoke the ship Emily, OF and iI,"
Baltimore, bound TO Smyrna, 10 days V ~.
Same day, briganline juliet, of and from ! 90
lem, bound TO Gibraltar, 70 days out y wv,
"a, lat. al, Is, Ion. Sd, 80, spoke the W., !,
Cleaner, Of and from New. Bedford bouhu"
Bremen, S days out, all we'll.
CLEARED, ia
Ship Minerva, Amsterdam, by WIN. toS'
4. Co.
Schr Malyina, Curtis, Charleston
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The case Of Mr.. Greene, Cashier of
the Phoenix Bank of ew-York, ex~
cites the establishment of many who
have heard Of it. This man hat hither-
to borne fair character. The breath
of calamny had never dared TO sully it.
And vet for 5aars, there has been a
canker in the bud. eating away the
heart Of it. What must this man have
felt. when he heard Of the curses that
were layished upon other defaaitess;
when his conscience must have wliis-
pered to him; sand l too, am as bad
a. they. Let the veil be undrawn; and
/ shall appear like them. l too am
speculating upon funds which do not
belong to me. too am wasting away
the substance of the widow and the or
phan.'
THIS :. deficiency" is said to amount
70 Sl47, o00--and part of it has been
.. of sevsral gears standing." This ap-
pears to us To be the most sing ular fea-
ture in the whole transaction. We are
not not acquainted with the mysteries
of banking, out it appears impossible
TO continue so long defaulter, if the
directors had not been guilty Of the
grossest ne lect Of duty. Why does
not every Board, at short periods can
yass the situation of the Bank count
the funds on hand, aud pre-, ent by an
unsleeping vigilance the opportunity Of
a large or continued fraud on the
part of the cf6cersl Had David j.
Greene been regularly brought to &C.
count, it seems impossible that his de-
ficiency, should not have been known,
aud therefore prevented from swelling
To such an enormous amount; We
could here utter great many commoi,-
place truths, as that man is liable to en-
ror; and public offices exposed to cor
ruption and more particularly Offices
where money is intrustcd; that guards
ought to be invented forthe management
of such. and that they opght to be ri.
gorously carried into effect without re
spect of persons and hundred such
tuisms, but the events of the day ought
to teach more affecting lessons than
host of such speculative notions. Let
these events warn us and awaken US.
We have passed through tao erass very
differently marked. One is the era Of
superiority the other Of pressure.
Some three or four y ,ars ago, paper
money was so abundant, that mas of
those who had access to the Banks,
drew upon them for large sums they
rushed into extravaganza and specuia-
ftion; and debt was generally the conse-
qasnce. Some it appears, who could
use the funds at their Conn aad, drew
freely upon them--not meanirg proba-
bly, at first to deiraud; but calculating
that it would be long tune before they
would be called upon for the money
they used, and that they would have it
forthcoming whenever the necessity ap-
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ATTENTION.

rTHERE will be Legionary Court or s,
quiry held at the Court House, On or n
turday the 9slh inst TO commence al ~
clock A NJ. - e,ss in.
This court will hear excuses Tor hne sJ i
Cured the present and past year, by .S J
;uIv 2I dt29 G. Bh0NAUGH, Ae
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For Freight.

sK, The substantial and fast sailing SOL
assSGTALBOT, Jos. Bates, master, d"
then 34OO ibis. or $50 hhds. is coppered a ~
copper fastened, and may be ready ,of - "
re ception OF cargo in s days. Apply ~ y
r. H. HOWLAND'
Who has for sale on board said SHIP
1000 bushels Liverpool coarse sail
600 sacks OF fine ditto o,
30 tons of Goals l2t mo -
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p1RAoIEs AND KIDNAPPING.

The law ON the above crimes, which
passed at the last session of Congress.
entitled can act 10 protect the COM
merce of the U. States, and punish the
crime of Piracy" is now before us,
from which we make the following alb.
stract: Savannah hepu0.
{" Robbery on board vessel, or upon
ships company, on the high seas, or
on tide water, declared piracy, and
punishable with death. Lar ding from
a piratical vessel and committing rob-
berry. declared piracy, and punishable
with death. Citizens seizing negroes
on foreign shores, for the slave trade,
&c. adjudged pirates, and to suffer death.
Citizens on board foreign vessels con-
cerned in OBTAINING negroes. &c. not
held to labor, or transferring them from
vessel to vessel, in the slave trade, de.
clared pirates, and to suffer death.
We publish the above Information
for those who may not have seen the
law.
Richmond, July 1s.
The inhabitants of Springfield, Ha-
milton county, state of Ohio, have held
meeting at which they charge the
non specie paying banks with design
So depreciate their own paper, for the
purpose of buying it up at very reduced
rates--they declare that an improper
forbearance has been exercised towards
these banks aud that the people ought
to have rejected every note as COM
tanning falsehood on its face, so long
as those WAC issued it refuse to dis
sharge It's obligation" They come
to the pesolationy 81 to desist from the
use of any paper of banks that refuse
to discharge promptly. the obligations
specified ON the face OF the note" land
they invite all the good people of the
Miami country to adopt similar resolu-
tions. There is an energy in this con-
duet which commands respect.
compiler.
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succeeded by one of great pressure.
The banks called IN their paper; a ge-
neral embarrassment came On; funds
that had been employed could not be
replaced; enquiry was awakened; and
DEFICIENCIES began to be unmasked to the
light.
We should deyoutly hope, that the
catalogue could end with DID,. Greene.
We have no guarantee to this effect 3
we know not what the next day may
bring forth. But this we know (and it
is one of those common place truths that
may be ridiculed, but is not OH that &C
count the less worthy of respect); that
Investigations ought to be made in eve
ry bank, in every institution, in every
shape, where money has been entrusted.
No pains ought to be spared to ascer.
tain in what manner they have passed
thro' The two periods we have sketched.
the best way to prevent frauds. is never
to shut your eyes. We should purge
the Augean stable. There are some
heaven tempered spirits, whom nothing
can seduce from the paths of integrity /;
some men, whose honesty is like Mount
Atlas unmovet, these men will defy in.
yestigation and they will be proud OF
it. 1t is the bird of the night alone
that shuns the day. Ibid.
GEOLOGY.
Extract of letter from Caleb .atwa-
ter, ESQ. to the Editors. dated Circle.
vile. (Ohio.) June l0...." have six
teen drawings of impressions of tropi.
cal and other plants, found at lanes
vile, in digging the canal. Among
these may be seen the leaf of the Cocoa
nut; bearing palm leaf. twenty inches
in length; the roots. trunk, limbs, and
leaves Of the bamboo; the trunks. limbs,
leaves, and even blossoms of the, cassa.
The leaves Of the blosson}s are fresa,
uninjured, and entire, shelving very
conclusively that they grew near the
spot where they are now found. But
what changes must have taken place in
our climate, since the cassia fourished
here! Has the earth changed It's axis
and its poles2 or has an accumulation
of ice within the polar Circles produced
a cnange in our once mild Climate ?.,..
With Newton | agree il is unphllosoph'-
Cal to account for any phenomenon in
nature. and produce the effect. f,this
climate has been growing colder during
three Centuries in the same ratio that
it has within the last thirty years, we
need not look further tor a cause than
the greater prevalence of that current
Of air rushing across our inland seas,
Erie, Michigan. Huron, Superior, &c.
from the regions Of perennial frost....
Ny drawings we're done by Mr.. VIM.
A. Adams. young man of much pro
mise, OF GAINESVILLE, and they were ac-
companied by detailed account oil
them, by Ebenezer Granger. Esq"
[Heekly Recorder.
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passing thyoigh cne Of the principal cities,
was exposed to insults from the populace.
which even the presence fine military, who
were drawn out to receive him, was INSULT
Gent to restrain. 1t is even added that
conflict took place between the populace and
the soldiery, which did not terminate with
out considerable difficulty in their dispersion.
When King, George Nv. was Prince Of
Wales, the Duke of Orleans, father to the
present Duke, in one of the visits be paid to
London before the Revelation, had lent to
Z the heir apparent Of the throne OF Great Bri-
tain considerable sums of money. amounting
to several millions (francs). The present
Duke of Orleans knew nothing of these
transactions, and was first appraised OF them,
we understand. by the repayment made to
him by the King Of England. who has made
haste to liquidate the debts of the Prince Of
Wales. A part OF these funds has been einl-
ployed in the payment of-the woods and TO.
rests, which the Duke has purchased for FIVE
millions.
Lord Norbury recently visited the new post
office, Dublin. and complimened some of
the inmates upon the style of their apart
ments. He was told that the situation would
be comfortable enough were il not for the
noise ola $ certain description Of females, !"
who made the most hideous uproar all night
To which his lordship replied. This is not
at all to be wondered at, or prevented. as
they are only waiting for the Malta"
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EXTRAORDINARY EXPEDITION.
The distance from Quebec to Newly orls
is SO miles, which Was recently travelled,
in the regular mode OF conveyance, in 81
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-03-21

due proportion fwater TO make strong
I've, after they ave stood together all
night, which m St be poured OFF when
quite clear. iie handtuls OF flax at
both ends, to p event its entangling, but
let the middle + each be spread open,
and put it in kettle, on the bottom OF
which has first leen placed little straw,
with a cloth over it, then put another
cloth over the flax, and SO continue
covering each layer of fax with a cloth,
till the kettle is nearly full. Pour over
the whole the clear lie, and after boiling
it for some hours, take it out, and throw
it in cold water, this boiling, &c. may be
repeated, if requisite. The flax must
be each time dried, hacked, beaten, and
rubbed fine; and, at last, dressed through
large comb, and through a very
fine one. BY this process the fax &C
quires bright and soft thread. The
tow which is off, when papered up and
combed like cotton, is not only used for
many Of the same purposes, but makes
lint for veterinary surgeons, sc.
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heard in heaven. was born in Naples,
but what country have +? Nobody assists
me; l am forgotten by all. Twas noble,
rich, and illustrious in the place of my
birth see how wretchedness and slavery
can change the face of man. 1t is now
eleven years since my suferings began,
during which time have in vain solicit
ed the assistance of relatives and fellow
creatures, but all to no purpose; there
being no longer any one on whom can
place hope or reliance. To whom, there
fore, can l turn my eyes for support
What have l done to deserve SO much
oppression and sufferings -
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10 j2uke dozen tte n.i2&les, but it left the
surface SO rough that took out the three
fukes and put in seven square teeth ia
ken out of the falow harrow, witirWhich
we narrowed down the middles length
wise twice in row.
The 26th Of July we had another light
shower in the afternoon; on the 9th and
28th, suckered and cross-harrowed with
the seven toothed harrow, two strokes IN
a row, and so laid it by the ground quite
smooth and level, except small rise at
each hill, left by the harrow passing on
the different sides at about six inches dis
tant from the stocks; and my corn, |
think | can say with truth, has suffered
very little from the drought--whcn that
of my neighbors was of bad color, and
shrivelled and twisted, as though scorch-
ed with fire, mine was smooth, glossy,
and preserved Its deep green color
through the driest and hottest weather,
and | think is full as good crop as |
had last year.
now return to some observations on
fall ploughing, and the advantages have
experienced from winter fallow in rails
ing a corn crop. LIST. 1t turns up the
grass roots, SC. to perish and commence
decomposition at an earlier period than
if left in state of vegetable life for
spring ploughing to Destroyed. 1t ex
poses the sward to the frost, which will,
in the course of the winter, pulverize
my stiffest ground, and render it tit for
the plough and harrow to work in earlier
in the spring than the unplonghed ground
will be, and thus give mellow mould
to plant and work the corn in. Sd. The
corn will require less work in the busy
season--a fall ploughingI consider equal
to two summer dressings of any kind,
on the score of keeping the ground clean
and mellow. 4th. | consider clods the
greatest enemy corn can have, either on
the surface of the ground or below it.
Those below the surface oppose resist
ance to the tender corn roots which they
cannot overcome, and are obliged to
make their way through the interstices or
openings which continually existbetween
them, in which if they do not perish, at
least they cannot thrive. Those clods
on the surface absorb the dews and light
showers, and give them again to the
winds, thus depriving the earth of its
natural supply of moisture, the effects
of which upon young corn must be evil
dent to first view. 5th. Last but not
least. Ground well ploughed in Novem-
Der, in our soil, will absorb and let down
into the loan below, all the rains and
melted SHOWS during the winter and first
spring months (none run off my fields
last winter nor spring. thus providing a
reservoir of moisture Immediately under
the roots of the corn,which will rise to the
surface through mellow soil Land supply
them regularly with moisture during
such a drought as we have experienced
this season, if it be not dissipated nor
destroyed by injudicious and unnecessa-
ry working the corn i'll hot, dry weather
am, respectfully, yours, sc.
THOS. MENDENIIALL.
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F0nElG%,
FROM TIE QUEBEC GAZETTE.
N c..
Tiezys Of the Unitcd States in the Mort

tefJS u the Cn1tc0 SfateS IN the .E0rth
Hest.
Early in the present session of con-
gress, call upon the executive was
made by the house Of representatives for
a statement Of the expenditure which
had been incurred BY the military expc-
dition up the Missouri.
On the Sd Of January the committee on
military affairs laid before the house a
variety OF papers, which had been in con-
sequence obtained from the different de-
partments.
BY these papers it appears that the
expenditure has been sixty -four thousand
two hundred and twenty six dollars more
than the troops would have cost in the
stations from which they were removed.
The whole force Of the Missouri and
Mississippi expeditions is given, and the
objects in view fully developed.
These appear to be the extension Of
the influence of the United States over
the Northwestern Indians, and the de-
struction of the Canada and Hudson Bay
Fur trades.
The contemplated means are the cs-
Enlistment OF strong military posts on
the head waters Of the Mississippi and
Missouri, distributing presents to the
Indians, encouraging and protecting
American trading companies and, with
a view of cutting off the communication
in case Of war between the Indians and
Canada, the erection of strong fort at
the Sault Ste. Marie, in position to
command The water communication be-
tween lake Huron and lake Superior.
No one has right to complain that
others make legitimate use CT any ad-
vantages which they possess. The ope-
rations of the United States are confined
within their own boundaries. We may
however be permitted to regret these
advantages, and that corresponding excr-
tons are not always made on our side to
prevent any injurious consequences
which might be obviated.
The United States have been singu-
larly fortunate in aggrandizing them
selves at the expense OF Canada. A few
prosecuted enthusiasts and convicts were
thrown on the comparatively barren
shores of the Atlantic, long after the FIRST
settlements were made in this country !;
they have risen to nation OF ten millions
Of souls, two millions and half of which
inhabit the pich and fertile countries on
the lakes, the Ohio, the Mississippi, and
Missouri, all of which were explored,
and long Possessed by the governments
of Canada. Having secured these, they
are now endeayoring to Shut US out from
all communication beyond lake Huron.
I The British Hudson Bay and North
West Companies are quarrclling about
the Fur Trade. The Americans, as is
usually the case on such occasions, arc
going to take it for themselves, and kind
~, no doubt, terminate their quarrels,
and relieve this province from branch
of trade forming one Of its chief exports,
which many of US have long believed to
be disadvansageous. The United States,