The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-08-19
From the New York Statesman.


Times.
From the New York Statesman.
United States Rercaue.--lt appears from
| the hoolls of the custom house, in ". York,
hat during the half year from the first OF
January, 1898, to the }0ih OF Jpne, 1898,
the amount oil the revenue has been as fol
| lows
Bonds taken, $4,000, 900
Gosh dues, 5000
Amount TO be bonded, GOO 900
Total, s5.5Oo,oo0
The secretary of the treasury, IN his last
annual report, estimates the amount of the
customs for the year 1929, ut $4,000, 900.
By the foregoing statement, it appears that
at the port of New York alone, within the
| last hall year, more than one fourth of The
whole estimate Of revenue arising from this
source has already accrued aud thai if
The receipts for the remaining half year
shall he equally favorable, the commrfe of
tins great aud flUurlsling city willsnpplye z
ieren nlnctrenhS, or considerably moreMdn
onf ho!fof the treasury estimate. Should
the amount Of duties AT other ports bear
any proportion to that of New York, there
! IS rrasopto hope the estimates for the year
will be lnerf than realized, and the next
annual report present a favorable state of
| tue national finances. Much allowance
must however be made for dcbcnturcs and
draw backs; aud our calculations should
not be too sgugune. Al all events, the
statement from the custom house furnishes
additional evidence Of the immense trade
of the great commercial emporium of the
| 1r H. fha iftt1. Il
grandeur Of this proud city in Il striking
point Of view. Think you that the voice
of state with such an extent of territory
with million and half of freemen, with
such vast internal resources, and with n
foreign commerce equal To nearly all the
rest Of the United States, ought not To be
heard and respected in the national coun
ellis, aud IN deciding the question Of The
presidency When will this political
Samson awake from an ignoble slumber,
and snap the fiaxen cords with which the
giant has too long been bound, through the
little articles of aFarice aud ambition
."sSs"
Sr. Lot, llIo.) Jolly ia report
was il town yesterday, that party of the
Missouri Fur Company, returning from
their winters hunt, near the mountains,
was attacked about 10 miles from the
Crow Village, by a body Of Black feet H.
dams. They were passinga narrow deGle
in the mountains, small party attacked
them in front and rear, while the rest threw
down stones from the mountains the two
; leaders, Messrs. Robert Joaes aud Immell,
were shot down first: the men finding
, themselves without II commander, took tu
flight, ard were cut TO pieces by the In
didns The company had about % packs
of beaver. horses, mules, traps, Sc : the
loss Of the Company, mot mentioning I'm
mel and Jones, two Of the best traders OF
the Missouri is very great. Mr.. William
Gordon, who was also of the party, had
been sent ON before 10 hunt and the In
dams let him pass thcm--hc travelled a.
bout coo miles alone, through tracklese
|. desert, aud arrived in safety at Fort Man
dan.
. This statement depends on the asser
| ton Of man, lately arrived from Ashlr,
; and lIenry's expedition, aud lis acclmac
e is doubted by those best acquainted witt
: the subject
1 by letter received in town from Que q
I Gen. Ashley'5 expedition, we ART inform
$ ed, that man by the name Of nike Fink
g well known in This quarter AS grea
I marksman with The rife, and is the sam,
who, some time since, in this place sho
!. of "A negroes heel, 10 enable him, as be said
i to "wcar n grntacl boot" was engaged il
: his taVorite antn#emen of shooting "A til
cup from oil the head of another man
when, a'miag too low, or from some othc
2 cause, shot his companion in the forehead