The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-10-18
RALTIMoRE ELECTloN.

I Nlf. IIttle are re-elegfeu.-1he Aotes IA
! Baltimore were, Smith 555a, Little ala
John Patterson Edward Johnson /
elected Mayor by majority of 0 sotcs,
over John Montgomery, the present in
crmbent. Al the previous election, NJ
prevailed o,erJ. by a majority of TO-.
Enquirer.
On Monday last, the day of Albermarle
Court, Thomas Jefferson, james MADISON,
and flames Monroe, with several other dis
! ungul>hed citizens, attracted by various
engagements, attended AT Charlottesville.
( 1t Is an agreeable spectacle IN see such men
meeting together, aud minsilag without
any parade with the mass of their country
/ None of that absurd pomp which
accompanies roge! trip In Dublin or In
Edinburgh No political purpose drew
these gentlemen together--hnt the holy
casue of Education. The two Ex-presi
dents and the PRESIDENT are visitors of the
University of V'rgnia-for whose interests
they were collected. Ii.
Montgomery, Cg. ia. enh Sept. 1822.
FRESllET.--'fhe natives on The North
y South Forks of Stanton river, have wit
messed the greatest flood of wathcrs, thai
ever was known by the eldest livers.
The ram commenced on the evening Of
the eth from easterly clouds, with high
winds, aud continued until the 18th, about
l9"'clock A. NJ. when Heaven was pleased
to grant as "A serene sky, aad shining sun.
During the time OF rain, II seemed without
lniermsion like one united body of waters,
descending from the heavens, seeming To
bear comparison with nothing, bnt the
flood of old, when God designed the de-
struction of man The view of women
and children, and men, shrieking and cry
my leaving their houses and property To
the reslstless torrent, aud seeking refuge on
some cmlnencc IN the mountains, Was cal
COATED 10 produce the mosi painful sensa
tons No pen can describe it The tide,
however, began 10 ahate about 3 O'Clock
i. NJ. the 28th, and by the morning of the
present day the farmer had presented 10 his
view, his fields of corn, hemp and gram OF
every kind, one general waste unprotected
by fenccsl with IA heart truly oi sadness
and despair one ncishhor, too seriously
affected (aimost)o tell his fellow neighbour
his situation-The consequences are scri.
Gus, aud aN tul--mlls, mildams, and dwell
llno houses have shared the common loss.
ID.
EmIgrdit0n.--- venerable old clergy
man IN Connecticut lately wrote his son,
that since he settled in the place where he
now dictates, two thousand eight hundred
and thirt, seven persons had emigrated
about 1--WE hundred had died, and the pre-
sent population is nine hundred. Al that
were members Of the church IT the time
he was ordained, had been dead several
years; bat one that was then al the head
of a family, was in church, and hut five
living, one Of whom is since dead. So
that he had lived 10 bury his first Giurch,
and all bat four of his first congregation.
Com. .3ir.
firing and .Naty.-BonaParte, we be
lleNc, is universally admitted To be good
authority IN military matters. During a
conversation which he held with DR.. O.
Neara, on the subject of the British army
and navy, he remarked" That IN order 10
hare good soiders a mutton must be ot,eays
ut Wdr." This sentence contains useful
lesson for our government. Ii shows the
extreme folly Of peace; or the folly Of large
rdcot AMI dmy Establishments, It's text
from which every republican in the nation
ought ia preach aud more especially
while We nre loading the people with tdAes,
aud running the nation in debt Ia support Il
numerous tram of officers IN idlenpss, II no
laing worse. " J. RP. SEN.
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! A writer in the Massachusetts Spy, pub
Iishrd at Worcester, Mass.) treating OF the
election of a representative 10 the Eigh-
teenth Congress, for that district, which
Mr. Russell now represents, makes the fol
lowing statement. alt is well understood
that a new candidate is 10 hc selected for
this important and responsible station. The
sentiment is certainly very generat if not
unirersa', among both the pollticsl parties