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The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-11-07

euu beats sho.id III arYresf'; "a tr
greed III await tine am, l at further =.
s,ruc,IoHs from Mexico al Gen. Yic,,r,.
But uH the 18th, III Hotu, in cunsranrpc.....
III ur,icr of tirH. tictnria, they rilt off H..
communication with the ,.iisll,, aud red,,e..l
liz H. live "n sail provisions. This ar,f.=
sion again alarmed the municipality OF -.
city, and more so, when on the nigh, nj -
18th, they began TO work a, the ha,r,ri...
which are 10 act against us--thp, ther,.G..'
made another representation In Gem
Victoria, ut Jtapa, but in vain. On -.
10th, the commander OF this rastle rece,'
. letter from The municipality of IN. eli.
! which merely requested him IL ran
| quiet, az the works they were making in H..
city were merely for lis defence. Ourc.,,
mander replied, that such procrednr ~.
singular, aud told the m,micinalj,v ~
were not ut liberty, which was the Ec,
Several persons had fled from the tow =.
consequence Of the violence Of In. n,,'.,. -
lace, who cried out, Kill the Enroueans
aud wanted the governor 10 attack IN. rs.
| tie Immediately.
g In the night of the Goth, a 1ag arrived
with "A letter from the municipality. sam,
that their efforts to preserve peac, had mo
succeeded, and another from Villa Urnili,
confussing that he had b+sn pblir.d -
yield 10 the wishes of the people aud III,
| tIseps.
In this situation we have 30 altern,,;y,
but our guns, on which VIZ rely silh conf.
dence. The Mcxicans think, that. in con.
sequence of the sltuation.o Spain, and the
disturbances at Havana, we can derive no
assistance from our government, 4 ar. hen,
| upon putting US down. They do not r.nt,,
on the consequence of contest, which viii
deprive thr1n of their port, ut which th.v
derive revenue of $500 900.
" SFPTE1RER 2s.-This Uornng all the
vessels had orders To leave the harbor, md
to-day flag has come in from the mimic
PATTY "ttt' premise that they will disco,.
t.nue Tie works, and Villa Urnitia, now It
night, who had promised the same thin,
says h. viii go on with them, and ha. de-.
trrniped on an appeal To arms. Upon
them, therefore, must fall the odinm Of II.
evils that are about to come upon Yer,
Cruz.
1t is DOW eleren at night, and onr
troops, owing to fatigue, have not been able
I" complete the works, which vii. be fin
'shed tomorrow morning, when we pro-
mise ourselves success"
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ARRIVAL OF TIE HORNET

~
NV lonK, Oct. 2l.--Fhc Z. :. .,pp
u war Hornet, Capt. Smith, arrived at ,his
port on Saturday, frem Vera Cruz, and
last from Havana. Left the foimrr port
September 2ath at " hieh time all the YES
sells there were ordered 10 lrappthe harbur
aud the scltr Camilla, of Baltimore, schr.
Tom, and brig George, Of Phl,drlplia
several English merchant vessels, and the
British sloops df war Tyne and Bcllette,
which had been taking ON board specie and
cochineal, were getting under way the
same evening. llostllities were momently
expected 10 break out between the town
aud the Spanish garrison in the Castle OF
~. Juan, the furts IN the city to commence
the fire, with hope of reducing the castle
I" sahloction All the old Spaniards OF the
city had fled into the castle.
The Hornet touched at Sisal Aug. i4th.
and found that that place aud all the coast
was governrdby the Patriots, aud beard OF
no pirates IN that quarter. On Cape An
tonic, 9TH INST boarded schI. Ida, Saul,
from Philadelphia, for Alvarado, an we'll.
Left at Havana, the L. S. schr. JackniI,
& Greyhound, just arrived freln a cruixe of
Cape Cartouch, all well on board. The
Grampu5, Capt. Gregory, saiIed Ilth inst.
on crulze in the Gulf of Mexico-her
crew all well. The Porpoise, Ill Ramage,
sailed in co. for Key West, and carried DIR.
Williamson, from the Hornet aud refresh
ments for thu; establishment
Bslg Hyperion, and Il schr for this port,
ship for Hamburg, and British brig cam,
out Of Havana under convoy. Havana was
quite healthy.
The Hornet has on board specie for sun
dry merchants oftIHS city and Philadelphia.
Passenger, Mr.. Taylor, L. S. Consul at
Vera Cruz. The following are the officers
of the Hornet LIS. A. Eskridge, J. G.,
Long, and +. Bhrne sailing master Z.
Cunningham; surgeon A B. Cook pur-
ser Vhemas Gardner midshipnen Z.
Taylor, Swartout, Hans lord, Morris, Hunt,
Watson, and Harris masters mate Damn,
hoatswain Welsh guHuer Whltten sail
maker Van FoorhieS, and captains clerk
Swift-ail well.
We are favored with Vera Cruz, and Ha-
vana papers, the former to the esd ult. and
the lattcrto the l2th inst.
a letter received at Havana, dated Sept.
q, ut tie Castle OF st Juan, states as fol-
lows;
" II Is now eight days since hosti.ties has
been "a the point of breaking out. The
MeAlcans as before stated wanted to take
possession of the Island of Sacrincios.-
ihey had sent two gun boats from Al,nra-
90, anu were constructing battery at Ma
camoo, which commands that anchorage
we immediately directed the occupation OF
'he island by 10 men and small cannon,
who got there before the gun boats, and
hoHted our flag At the same time FLAG
was sent to the Governor ofYera Cruz, tn
lutrm hlrr that the Island was occupied BY
our troops, and that any insult offered to
our flag by the gun boats, wa uld be consi
dered an act of hostility. The Governor
wplied, he acted hy orders fom his GOV
ernmtnt, and should proceed in the xccu-
ton of his design but, in consequence OF
lne representations of the people, in the
AFTERNOON he sent fig to state that the
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ave hive tolIrd all night, aud caught
NJ fish, may literally be said of this nal
night mode Of fishing fur president II
il said it Ia tn uRite and concentrate the
republican vote, and pre' ent the tcdrralsts
from interfering in an election which they
have nothing to do aith; it being unorg
,spublicras aad belonging erciusireis to
n'm. IL there ANY pnr weak and credulogs
enough 10 believe md be deceived by such
T'msy assertiens2 II is new pretty well
escertalned that the vote If the hole ppo
PIE of he United States ~ nearly equally
divided between two of the Candidates
Suppose, then, the caucus give il 10 one of
those, by usry small majority, which is
almost Hs certain, Tor surely If this idea
OF anitiss and concentrating be correct,
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-11-07

OF FLAWS

We respectfully intreit, our Eastern RE.
thren u consider the nature Of our popu-
lation, before they give way 10 the harsh
comments which they sometimes indulge.
Had due regard been paid to this circum-
stance, would the respectable Editor Of
the New York Commercial Advertiser
have thrown out the following remarks?
Now, we do not wish to ccosure our
southern friends without cause hut really
cannot they get along safely without
smoothing down women and children. as
"cat the north DO wolves aud wild ducksw
Tins remark is made ut the close of an
account, OF the events which hay. been re-.
Gently published at Charleston. r.snee,ng
the runaway slaves, who have been shot
,or'aPt.,red IN certain parts of South Caro-
una. What are the facts, which have cali
Ell torth this anmadyersion ?-South Ca.
fH'ina was some months past agitated by
the idea of an Instruction. scene ot
horrors was threatened, like those which
were acted at ST. Domingo-Mcn, women
and children r0uid hare been doomed to
the severest extremities. The plot was for
tunateiy discovered. Most of the conspi-
iators were arrested-and punished after
talr trial, according to the laws of the land,
One or two perhaps fled to the covcrts Q,
the country and were Joined BY other
runaway desperadoes. Certain il is, that
such was the character of those who haunt
ed the banks ola river--they lay il ,ait of
the innocent traveller. They infested,
worse than wolves, the neighborhood where
they hid Observation-Disclosures secret
and open thetts, upon property, violence
upon persons, nay murdpr-until, they he
came nuisance and pest TO all the coah'
try round. They exercised an ALARMING
influence over the minds of Other slaves
and formed AN asyinm forthose who chose
TO Absc"nd from their plantations. The
means which had heen taken to arrest
them had iailcd.-They were at length
met-ln small gangs-n their attempt to
resist or lily, they we're shot-and wuma"
or child We're wounded along with tho
Fest--mnst probably acci,itutally-.cer'
ta'nly wltout al. intention 10 XIII the runa-
way wives OF concubines OF the outlawed
men.
Und'" such circumstances, what does
the Editor of the y. Y, Commercial M
'erilser think OF the matter What woIh'
he have done, amid such popu'G''@n. '
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,os( vii icer un ne dit.sie9 - voting
f,r any oil tie rest NIL thai p,o,e "n
" ,aeh side the ,n,j1,i, ii tin. ptoBit az,
the friends Of rarh thinking lh"as''i' - th.
strnnsests Niiithe party decided ag hnsi,
under such belief, tHmely ard quietly
.nhmi; to have then will thus defeated,
and thrir rights srestrd from them, BY u
mrre intris ,iins eirct'anrrriug 9uuto, he
cause the, are membefs al Congress 3
WI mt their resentment and indignation
rather he reused. aud their fxrrttans III
)crra-rd tn defeat and pat da"n, IN turn,
such an usurpat.ou of lhrlr rights And
viii not such ,.-taIe ef tlangs produce the
vcFt c,il il Is pretended such a course ~
to guard against? VII not that party
plo hare nothing 10 do nth The elsetion,
aud VIM ARE attempted la be- digrdhchiscd,
az, what is rather worse, treated aud used
rs the hrfetjhS rote 10 The south, III
the hands ol their lords and masters, The
caucus gynndecs, Ia VOTE for thrn,l rebel,
and, Il "a onlird ~ the republican party
viii be- thus divided, by throwing their
weight between the two ends of that dis
iulnfed party, turn thr scale against the
NIllf NV NiHfllF WIZ lflfiih' ~ - t'''h''N .
And, il not 80 united, by voting for a va
rlety nf candidates will they not produce
the dreadful r,ilnfirdnsf'fuog the election
to The House OF Representatives
\ caucus nomination. may do when The
uhnit of noe party are known 10 have their
eye on the same individual, 10 bring their
VOTES 10 the same centre, and prevent the
other DISTRICT political party from every
possbl" opportunity of defeating that end.
But when onc gTeai p0Stlcal phFy IS div.
Died and split, aud another distinct aud con
siderable polIlicsl party IN thu way, II
would br madness aud folly IN the leaders
10 attempt II; Ia say nothing Of the slan
der on The spirit of fIced"ni, aud the insult
and outrage on the pcaple aud their rights
$40
a. A friend, whose means of acquir-
ing information are good, writes from Ra-
leigh IN. c. To- onc at the editors of the
Virg,nlan thus. "'rho Radical lor Craw-
ford) faction ia daily losing ground IN this
State. How is il with yoa" Bcior par,
and still deprseinfipr.
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FROM GIBRALTAR,

The ship Seine, Capt. Williams, arrived
ut New York on Saturday, from Gibraltar,
whence she sailed on the 18th ult.-Pa.
pers of the 10th, 18th & l2ti., are received
by her, which, with TIE exception ef the
article below, announcing the capture of
Malaga, contain soothing on the subject of
Spanish affairs. Captain Williams Informs
that the communication between Gibraltar
and Gadlz, was kept open the same as at
former dates-that intelligence was receiy-
ed dahy from the latter place, and that no
thing had occurred ofimportRnce since the
French took the Tracadero yet it was the
general opinion at Gibraltar that the place
would not long hold out. A letter, dated
on the 18th, says, our dates from Cadlz
20 the 9th, gives us toexpect that the affairs
of Spain will soon be compromised, pro-
bably through the mediation of England"
The Constitution, CHm. Jones, aud On
tario, Captain Chauncey, sailed from Gil
braltar on the 9th, aud the Nonsuch on
the It'll, for Mahen. Th- American Nj
ulster to Spaia, remained on board the
squadron.
There appears to have been no Interrupt
tion to our trade with Malaga in conse.
quence of rs capture by the French.
lier AIR.
GIBRALrAR, Sept. 1.-The Tribune irig.
has gust arrived from Malaga. A French
division entered and took possession of that
place yesterday morning without the beast
resistance, and Wire joy f'illy received by
the inhabitants. Gen, Riego fled The g,re.
cedins night about hail past II O'Clock, at
which time his flotila sailed from the. har-
Dor with some soldiers of different corps.
Late on the evening Of the Sd, sono ca
ysIry aud infantry retired by thc ruad to
Nrlez Ma'aSa aud yesterday inernng the
French ca'a'ry pursued the rear guard, aud
tosk the whole of the regiment Gel Rey
prisoners.
Ii. known that Ricgo embarked il large
sum of mouey, aud church plate melted
down.
General 8rdoncz, with part of the
garrison of Tariff, IS stated To be in the
urlshborheod Of Alscslrts, aud about to
enter it.
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THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.

.Ncp York, Oct. 29,-By the British
Packet Lady Louisa, which arrived last
evening from Falmouth, VIA Halifax, the
Editors of the Commercial Advertiser have
received their regular files Of various Lon
don papers to the 9th of September inclu-
sive, being three days later from Paris, and
seven days latel from the Head Quarters Of
she Duke d'Angoulcne.
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pItAS MIN TT TgsfsFs . ~.
p.fptIsuFEs pF ths LAWS ~ tHE UNION.
HAD 81. % yes,ts .aessfs hei3sa1S NiaF'ofs.
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TIE SllAIVl, s.

Thc tenets Of 9hls loso.,tcd society are
so little known, that our readers aill he
gratlfed by the pcrusal OF the following
letter received short time since by gen
tleman Of Amherst county, and by him
politely communicate Tor publication in
the NIrginrn;
The Wilmingtonian., 1823-11-27
ENNION WILLIAMS'S
YN1lGHLY IMPROVED COMMERCIAL I,

1
IGl BLES of Interest and Commissions, Cublt
Measurement, Tables of Weights, Measures ane
Coins, foreign and domestic, containing more
than two millions and six hundred thousand com
|putatons; Just published in neat volume, BY
IRichard Johnson, Bookseller and stationer, II
lPbiladelphia, The interest is at S, E, and pei
cent, on to 1000 dollars, for one year to thre'
wears, and for one day to twenty-nine days; also
for the convenience of Bank computation, TO
"a, 81. "a, and 1874 days. The Subscription prics
lis three dollars per copy. This work is consid
eIed of superior merit, and rs such is recon
mended by very respectable persons, who arr
lcompetent Judges of the performance; to wit'-
Presidents and Cashiers OF Banks, Merchants
Brokers and attornies. Copies of the work arr
subscribed for by all the Presidents Of the Bank
lin Philadelphia, Camden and Germantown, als'
for banks in New York, Baltimqre, Washington
Alexandria, Annapolis, Norfolk and Richmond
which are all the banks to which application has
vet been made for subscriptions.
/ This work contains sixteen Tables with exPla'
|natory directions for the application OF them
among them is new condensed and useful Table
Iof Squares and Cubes, for ascertaining the Con-
tents of Packages, IIogsheads and other Cubes,
from three Cubic Inches to one hundred and
thirty one Cubic Feet. One OF the tables shows
1.-The interest on one to one hundred Cents, and
another contains Compound Interest from one 70
fifty Years 1lth mo. 18TH is@'--~s'
The Wilmingtonian., 1823-11-27
Interesting GAeanings.
A potatoe weighing seven pounds and
eight ounces, has been produced in the
garden of gentleman of Fayetteville.


Col Campbell, U. S. Commissioner, and Col
Wellbone, late Commissioner to treat with the
Cherokee Indians, returned to Washington, Geo
about the 1st instant. They have been COM
pletely unsuccessful, the Indians having peremp
oriy refused either to sell any part of their lands
or to admit the claims that some of the icitizens
of the state have upon them.
We learn by the Georgianna, which left
Gibraltar on the 9TH ult. that about 30
members of the Spanish Cortes had ar
rived there from Cadiz.
1t is said the Russian Trade is to be placed
under new regulations. The Emperor has for.
bid the Jews taking Christians as servants.
The London Times asserts that since
the late counter revolution, the Portuguese
government has wished that Constitu.
tional Charter might be established--but
that the French Ambassador is instructed
to oppose it.
One ounce of fine Flanders thread has been
sold in London for CA such an ounce made into
lace may be sold for Gao, which is ten times the
price OF standard gold, weight for weight.
The new Pope, Leo XII. has appointed
Cardinal Della Somagliar, Secretary Of
State, in the place Of Cardinal Gonsalvi.
This choice is considered another proof
that the moderate party has been success
full in the Conclave.
The Wilmingtonian., 1823-11-27

No sportsman takes the field better provided
with ammunition than the Lord Chancellor
The suffers of his court are all required to pay
down their shot.
In the year 1922. the produce of the
mines in Siberia was. gold "a pood 81
pounds in coin a sum of 4,35,532 rubles
in gold; silver 1895 pood, or 4,7o2,000
silver rubles.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Louisa of
Prussia is destined in marriage to the young Duke
of Brunswick. The Princess is Is years Of age
her future consort IL.
Counterfeit half dollars of the date of
800, have lately been put in circulation
at Charleston, s. G. They are roughly
executed.
A large cast iron statue Of man has been
landed at Waterford, from Dublin, and has been
sent TO be placed upon the middle tower OF three
overs lately built at Newton Head, the WESTERN
point Of Tramore Bay, in that county, with the
left hand akimbo, and the right extended out, as
IA warning to vessels to keep off from that dan.
|gerous shore.
The Golden Cross. Charing-cross, and
the adjoining buildings, are to come down
and splendid building is to be erected
on its scite like the Pantheon of Rome.
1t is proposed in the Legislature of New Jer-
sey, to invest the School fund of that state in the
contemplated canal through the state, from the
delaware to the Rsriton, aud of undertaking this
enterprise Ut the risk of the state.
Sir William Lumley, whose administra-
ltion was so boisterous in Bermuda, and
who was last year ordered home to an.
lIswer certain charges Of political mal-con.
duct, has been renvested with the gov
ernment of the Island. and arrived there
ION the l5th ult. in the Glasgow frigate
The inhabitants, we suspect, were rather
lin surly mood on this occasion, as Hi
il Excellency was received without any de
nonstrations ofjoy.
il Don Augustin de Letamenti, for East Florida
to reside at st Augustine, and Don Francisco
Martinez Pizarro, for West Florida, to reside a
Pensacola, have been appointed Consuls by Hi
e eICatholc Majesty, and recognised as such by III
e President Of the United States.
: In digging well in this city few day
e since (says the Troy Sentinel) the limb o
a tree, four inches in diameter at the larg
end, and feet long, was found % fee
n below the surface the first l2 feet wer
D gravel, and the lower 10, solid yellow ant
blue clay. The wood is apparently hem
lock, in good preservation, and from it
e esituation when found was undoubtedl,
e connected with the tree on which it grew
= An Irishman was once brought up before
magistrate, charged with marrying six wives
n the magistrate asked him how he could be 8
r hardened yillait-Please your worship, (ss}
i Paddy was trying to get good one.
The Wilmingtonian., 1823-11-27

Two or three weeks ago, says the New
York Commercial Advertises, we reciev-
HE following communication from TREND
kho siunes hYsnself' Anti-Turk.'
"Suppose, Gentlemen, a collection tori
be Greeks was to be made throughout the
United States, and let every man, woman
nd child be subscriber, and let the sub
tripton be only one cent, the rich giving
10 more, and the poor no less.
"Rich men may, indeed assist many
oor families herein, or those Gf any there
e) who have no souls in their bodies, or,
hat is tantamount, have no feelings for
{ be miseries of their fellow men--thus a
um of about one hundred and twenty
housand dollars would be raised for these
eople, who are struggling for liberty and
fe, and every person breathing in the U.
tates have their feelings interested in
heir behalf-the person who commences
bis work of Christian benevolence, will
4 eserye we'll of his country--of the world"
N We are free to confess that the propo.
A tion of our correspondent struck US fa-
purabIy at the first, and our opinion has
zen strengthened by the perusal of an
Pile and eloquent article in late num-
Pr Of the London Morning Herald, in
hlch similar project is recommended.
he writer proposes that collections shall
taken up, or contributions made, much
the same way that money is raised by
hrlstlans for missionary purposes. The
ppeal is just. We raise money to make
Dnverts to Christianity amidst the burn
pg sands of India. and the far distant ISL
nds of the Pacific; and shall we look
uletly on, and suffer a nation of Chris
4 ans to be slaughtered like sheep in the
hambles, when we have the power of res
4 ping them from the scymetar! The wrl-
r in the Morning Herald says, the Qua.
/ Frs, the mild, the unpretending Quakers
i've long been employed in this charita-
1 e work, SO far as contributing to the
{ ANTS and necessities of the Greeks-and
I'VE raised and expended larger sum
their relief, than has been furnished
ON the rest of the Christian world in the
nited Kingdoms.-On the Continent
here we suppose nothing to exist but
aves and bigots. and nothing remain but
rs and ruins, they put the contributions
i England to the blush.-In Germany, in
wltzerland, the Greeks have found sym.
fthy; and their committees are in active
deportation with our own. with large,
cans and more enlightened policy. And
pw, he asks, is all this: Have you reat
ereports which have been published by
ose lately returned from Greece? Dc
Pu know that they have regular and q
r,,uous Government? That they want
% solicit your schools, your teachers
at the territories which they have re-ccn-
lered they hold sacred that no division
IS taken place; that the conquerers, who
'shtlay claim to what they have won by
sword, hold it for the settlement of 4
TIER day. and for just distribution un.
q more settled Government-or ra
er under one longer established; the in
S'aual acts of heroisln and selt-devotior
like romances. and the cross blazrs
The Wilmingtonian., 1823-11-27

like q constellation amidst the smoke of
the Turkish cannon and whilst one-thirtl
of what you have collected in one year to
be expended in other projects, would place
an ancient nation Of Christians beyond all
danger-you sit idly by, till their last
shrek is heard, till Christianity is drown
ed in the blood of Greece
The Wilmingtonian., 1823-11-27
EVENING SCHOOL.
WILLIAM 3. MARTIN,

WILLIAM d,
UNIFORMS bis friends and the citizens of Will
i mington and its vicinity, that he intends open.
ling an Evening School on the first OF November,
at his School Room; where will be taught Eng
ish Grammar, Spelling, Reading, Writing and
Arithmetic, and hopes to gain the appreciation
of all those who may call on him for instruction.
NIB. Young men who wish to obtain know
ledge Of Navigation, will be taught at the reduced
price of Eight dollars per quarters ifrequired,
they may obtain Lectures on the Lunars.
Wilmington, Oct. Is, 1928. 5-8t