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The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-03-11
LEGISLATURES OFLouIsIANA.

The Charleston Mercury of the 19.h
Feb contains tho following article:
The schr .4dreh0 brought a broken file
OF New orleaus papers to the cath uIt.-
We az indebted to frind in this city for
the use Of them. There was some stormy
work in the Senate of Louisiana on the
Goth January occasioned by resolution
offered by NJ. LfBLET, To eject from their
body the members Of some parishes in
Florida, but which parishes had been by
Congress annexed to Louisiana. MIR,
CLARK afterwards moved that the resolu-
ton aud the proceedings ON it, should be
expungcd from the journals Of the house
there was little doubt that this motion
would prevail Some of the New Orleans
,aprrs are very vehement upon the subject,
nd speak of the unhouuded hostility of
oreign Frenchmcn To Americans and their
institutions The legislature of Louisiana
IS very far from being in state Of harmo-
ny and the parties in it are extremely bit
ter against each other. A bin to call
convention 10 remodel the constitution has
been referred to a committee.
900
II is believed thai Gen. Washington was
IL. Mr.. Adams G3. Mr. Jefferson 90, Mr..
Madison 80, and Mr.. Monroe D., when
they scverally were elected to the Prcs-
dcncy of the United States. 1t is now
said that the following are the ages Of the
several gentlemen who have been mention
ed as candidates for that high and honora-
Bile staiioa--Nr. Crawford 80, Ger. Jack
son So, Mr.. Adams So, Mr.. Clinton 53, Mr..
CLAW A. and Mr. Calhoun So
The superfces Of the Russian Empire
cover a space of 298,9 $50 squire miles, con
tanning 40,O67,O00 souls. The number of
manufactures, is 1874 capital employed
in commerce, 5l9,66O,000 roubles.
-."ea. s...-
Quick, the Comedian, one day passing
through Broker-row, AIoorefeids, was
seized upon by barber ola furniture ware
house, who without ceremony, pulled lin
into the shop, aud began putting off his Ia
hles and cha,s. Quick, being old and in
firm, made little resistance bat asked the
man if he was master OF the shop ? No,
Sir said the barber, :" but will fetch him
immediately" The man returned with
his master, TO whom he put the same ques-
ton" Are you master 81 the shop, Sir ?"
"Ycs, Sir, what can do for you ~ Con
ly," replied Duck, 4" Just hold your man
minute, while go ont'
Precision.-Be prompt and explicit in
your Instructions to your agents, and let it
be understood by them, that you expect
they will execute the same in strict confor-
nifty thereto
mcgee
Erample.-Never lose sight of the pow
erful influence of example, and be careful |
in the management ofyour concerns, to re-
by your own personal practice.
uniform habits of active, Interested, and
diligence, to those in yopr en-
ploy J
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-03-11

Sill in union with him. The same preach |
or therefore, the same members, and the |
anne congregation that used to meet toge- |
ther for public worship according 10 tie
custom and forms of the Baptist Churc
row meet together in the same building b.
worship and adore The Lord Jesus Chris
rs the Only Goa ef Hengea and Earth az
eording 10 the Heavenly Doctrines Of tht
stw-J Jerusalem.
Much attention has lately been drawn 10
the subject ~ the states Of New York aud
Ohio. aud several rev societies organized.
The ridieule and opposition Of tie clergy
have had 81 excellent effect, for as they
could give no satisfactory reasons for their
hostility. the people concluded they were
Influenced by improper motives and there
lore resolved TO investigate and Judge for
themselves. In England the spread of
these doctrines has been much more ex-
tensiYe then in America. Nearly one hun.
dred ministers Of various sects, have with
IN few years received them, and to this
number may be added as many more who
never publicly advanced any other doe
trlne. Seven years ago il is believed there
was but one preacher of the New Church
in the United States, but al this time there
are probably more Than thirty.
And now when such man rs the au-
thor of the following address, 80 pious, so
exemplary, so eloquent, and 30 popular,
comes forward and publicly declares bis
change of opinion, no inconsiderablc cf
fects can b. presumed TO follow. The
most considerable amongst his friends and
acquaintance can never be persuaded that
such an important change could have la
ken place without some sufficient reason.
So much agitation amongst the religious
part of the community, in Philadelphia
and New York has not been produced by
any occurrence for many years. And
great aecessions 10 the New Church must
necessarily be the result.
The opposition in Philadelphia have al
ready printed a pamphlet Of similar i'm
port to the one published last summer in
this place. But even the circulation of
such works, tho they may for short time.
IN SOM instances excite prejudice, yet they
must eventually aid The cause Of truth
The public will find thai they have been
shamclnlly imposed upon. They will dis
cover that these publications instead Of gi-
wing a fair statement Of the New Dispen-
salon, are little else but tissue Of mislr-
presentations, misconceptions ard abuse.
Aud II the propagdtors of them suppose
thai the deception viii never be discover
ed, they must indeed nave Il very conlcmp-
tlble opinion Of the public discernmcut.-
But when the truth shall be known and be
known it must the enemies Of the New
Church by reason Of the unfair ground
they have taken, will loose al the influence
that they might otherwise have retained.
But We wish these people no harm, the
greatest injury they do is to themselyrs.--
All we wish therefore IS that their prrju-
dces may bc removed that their eyes
may be opened 10 see the tro'h-lacir
hearts TO embrace ii, aad that they may
enjoy all the happiness and consolation ari-
sing thercfrum
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-03-11
LyNcHGURG, MARCH II, Ia2a,

n severd robbories have been commit
4ed in this place within few weeks past
On Thursday night last, the cellar Of Messrs.
Holmes A. Brewster was entered by false
key. Luckily, the midnight providers we're
overheard. and ii their hurry 10 escape, took
OF but little plumber. We mention this cir
eumstance, for The purpose Of suggesting the
propreiy and importance OF organizing per
manent nisbt watch. We will venture the
assertion, that no othertown on the continent
possessing 50 large a population, has suffered
aiggardly policy 10 deprive il OF this es-
genital mean Of security The frequent rob
berries committed lately. however, are strong
ar arguments than any which can be odaueed
hy Us 10 awaken the attention Of the citizens
Of Lyncbburg 10 this subject II a sense OF
their own interest be not strong enough, we
despair Of eiieeling our object by any other
means.
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-03-11

d We lately had occasion 10 mention the
death, by suicide, Of resident Of this county.
we regret IN say that new case has occur
red. The wife Of Or, William slaughter as
IS supposed in fl Of insanity, few daHs
ago, shot herself through the head and IN
stnnlly eApired
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n The semi-weekly Pnper, n 81, aud The
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from distance must be paid To- previous 10
their insertion, OF Tie payment assumed by
sep,s resnon ible person in Lynchbarg.
We al letters addressed 70 the Editors musi
BE- rasr ram. or they will not be attended 10.
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but that Immediately after we die we shall
arise in a spiritual body, which will be IN
very respect in appearance Ike that we
10w have.
D. That after death man goes to a state
suitable To his condition. and either enjoys
eternal pleasure, or suffers eternal pain, as
MS life has been good or evil.
@. That The Lord is willing TO save all,
4nd never Of himself condemns any one 10
hell, but that they who are lost, perish by
their own rejection of the Lord.
Z. That no forms and ceremonies are
prescribed in the Gospel and that men may
worship God aeceptably, with or without
\ set form, though liturgy appears most
consistent with order, and that used by
the Episcopal Church would be high
ly proper, if some Slight alterations were
made.
g. That this world shall not be destroyed
| by fire, but shall coutinse to exist forever,
and that what is intended By those passa-
ges which seem to declare such destruction,
| 10 an universal spread of the Divine Love,
whereby error shall be consumed.
These, brethren and friends, are some of
those leading truths, which believe To be
contained ia the Word of God You can
easily perceive that they are not in confor-
NIFTY 10 the articles Of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church. To those articles | adher-
ed, so long as thought they were eonsis-
tent with the Word Of God. Having been
convinced thai 1hey are false, must in
conscience withdraw from the Church
which teaches them, aud heiBg no longer a
minister ofthe Episcopal Church, cannot
be your pastor under your PRESENT CIR
lCUMsrANcEs. Painful il is for me thus to
speak. Painful, not to leave Il corrupt
Church, bal To leave yoa, To whom have
been, and still am, united ia the most sin
cere affection. Never may say. did feel
deeper sorrow than feel this day. Ne
yer did come to make greater sacrifice
All my former body Of mind were nothing
To this Butt Is unavoidable. cannot
preach contrary TO my conscience go,
then, and know not where | go to On
dure the ironns of men, and perhaps po-
verify and distress. go, bat trust, yea,
/ know, Jesus will 20 with me, and Will o
pen 10 me- some door of useful labour for
though am 40 longer minister of the E.
plscopaI Church, still feel myself an am
bas5adOr If lie Cross. jesus bids me go
preach MS GOSPEL and His sweet cons0-
latery promise thrills through my breast,
and bears np my spirit. Hecommands me
To so t0rtn Ia lis name to call sidner5 10
Iepe ntapes and he says, Lo am with
thee always, be- not afraid. May | hope,
therefore, to bear your prayers with me
for, | say il without presumption, that, tho
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The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-03-11

Perhaps it may seem inconsistent, that /
should have continued in the Episcopal
Church, while departing from her in so i'm
portan an article OF her Greed bat, for a
long time | thought that ! might conscien-
tiousIy 50 do since but few Of her CLERGY A.
greed in sentiment and almost all declared,
that her articles were capable of various ex.
plantations. Bat | bless the Lord, that His
Holy spirit opened my understanding ; and
impcriously called upon mrto separate myself
from body in which there was no unity.
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-03-11

ErGmple.-Never lose sight of the pow
erful influence of example, and be careful
in the management ofyour concerns, to re-
commend by your own personal practice
uniform habits of active, Interested, and
perseyering diligence, to those in Your en-
ploy.
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-03-11

A letter from Havana received IN Charles
ton says" A new penal code has been re-
eeived and is about to be promulgated',
The trialby J,ny is introduced by this coua r.
Something good, AT least, has grown out u
little reflection, The late measures res d
dopted by the Congress of the u s cd
for the suppression of piracy, have iniu sad
confidence in our desponding hearts, Ia. a""
given new stir to business and enterPf'I''
The income of the Marquis OF StanOl%
IS said to be nearly one thousand Ponae"s
per day; much of it arises from the Pfon,
of The canals projected by the late pukeV'
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-03-11

KINosroN, JAM } n. 4.-We unde =
stand that twenty-three of the crew OF the
schooner Gen. MontiIla. who were brought
into Port Royal few weeks ago BY me
Hyperion frigate of 42 guns, Captain l.! LII,
licrap, has been committed to the lali Oh
Kingston, on charge of piracy, and tha'
seventeen of the crews of the pirates
schooners, which we lately noticed to have
been captured by the Tyne, of 26 guns
Capt. Godfrey, have also been committee,
making altogether 40 persons, to be tTie"
at the ensuing Asszes, for the crime.
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Precision.-Be prompt and explicit in
your instructions to your agents, and let it
be understood by them, that you expect
they will execute the same in strict cunfor-
nifty thereto
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1823-04-02
From the Boston Gazette.l
abuse OF THE STgTE

The Democratick writer's IN favour of Dr.
Eustis, have at length come to the point to
which we have long wished to bring Them
They began by throwing out intimations th.t
the Convention at Hartford was called with
sinister intentions. 1t has been stigmatized az
unconstitutional, seditous, secret These
dark insinuations have been dealt out until
their own adherents reject them with disgust.
1t has now become necessary to get up some
thing little more pungent and relishing 10
dress the fulsome dish with an extra spice, or
drop it altogether. Accordingly, writer in
the Boston Patriot, who has taken the sigma
ture of " George Washington" charges this
Commonwealth openly with treason, and says
that Hartford was chosen as the place OF meet
ing on account of the peculiar facilities it Of.
tered for cooperation with the British. We
are glad, as we before observed, to meet this
writer az this point. He asserts that the Coy
ernour, Council, Senate and House OF Rep
resentatives OF this State, sent Delegates to
Hartford, with the intention Of cooperating
ruth The enemy in his designs against this
country. This is either true, or ii is false
II it is true, let this writer shew tit false,
what are we to think OF him If the inten-
lions of the Legislature who called the body
together, were such as are imputed TO it by
this writer, then every individual who sup
ported the measure, knowing this object, uaS
traitor! Every individual VINO went to
that assembly, 1pas haltor. These patriots,
who are SO fond Of general imputationS, COM
plain that the FederaliSts reproach them with
the deialcations Of Skinner and Bidwell.--
We, on the other hand, challenge them to
name the man in the General Court, OF the
Convention, whom they charge with the in
tentlon to communicate with the enemy
Let this writer designate him, if he can
The miserable hireling, who brands a State
with treason, would he dare TO meet a single
indaeidttat with even the suspicion of such a
design The reptile would shrink before the
look oil one of those men of virtue His
tongue would cleave to his mouth. He iares
not utter such charge, even though shielded
under the sacred name he has assumed. But,
fellow citizens, we will ask ourselves the
question. cenjure you TO 60 over the list OF
Governour, lieutenant GOVERNOR, Council.
Senate and House, who advised and projected
the Convention, and the men who composed
that body, and with your hands upon your
hearts, say which OF them you pronounce a
traitor. ask with perfect confidence, which
OF the members OF the Hartford Convention
would you not have preferred, at any time,
before or since that assembly was convened,
10 the candidate whose success is now to de-
pend on blackening them with treason -
When we remind our opponents of their pro-
scrlptlon OF every man they found in Office,
we are naeTcendry-when we talk of the Ger
rymander, we are shockingly rulgar-when
we expose their defacations, fhfy diselaans
them. We, on the contrary, glory in such
traitors as composed the Hartford Convention.
NO TRAITOR
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be in the army, because there he found
more practice in his profession. But
where are the proofs of lis patriotism
Has he shown any since the Declaration
of independence Was it patriotism 10
oppose WASHINGTON and ADAMS, and that
system of measures which contributed
to raise this country in few years to
an unparalleled height Of prosperity?
Was it patriotism to approve Of all the
prosecuting measures of Gov. GERRY
and his Council, in 1911? Will it be pat
riotism if he should obtain the office of
Governour) TO excite and stir up all the
virulence and maleyolence of party spir-
it, by turning out able and faithful off,
GERS, and filling their places by men of
his own party? Think of these things,
Fellow Citizens, and then decide which
of the two candidates has the best claims
to the office of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
how much the harmony and prosperity
OF ola Massachusetts may depend upon
judicious and faithful exercise of your
right OF suffrage on the first Monday of
April, and how important it is that every
man should do his duty.
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1823-04-02
From the Boston Centinel.l
THE .NEWBURG PLOT.

Mr.. EDrToR-The American people know
that the most detestable plot ever eneendered
IN the United States, or any other country, was
that of .Ne,Oburg, in N. Y. in 1893; and which
FIRST Showed itself in the {. .4rcnyn,ous Letters
10 The american .4rmy,n which were circuIat-
ed at that time, and which now make part
Of the American annals. This plot filed the
great Commander in Chief Of the Army with
SO much horror and alarm, that he immedi-
ately summoned meeting of all the Officers
Of the Army to deliberate on it, and such was
its turpitude, that lis authorship was at first
attributed, by wise and great men, to 6 some
secret ancendiary from .NcU- York; Those
letters, it is well remembered, contained "A
bold and eloquent invitation to the Officers
of the American Army, (ichile the enemy stir
remained an New- YORK; 10 turn their backs on
their country; TO saceGT nsper 10 gige up their
arms but Uith death to never disband Them
Selces Gtnfl Congress (who were destitute of
means) had complied roith their demands; and
to riew acih suspicion the man (WASHING-
TOM for recommending 10 them moderation,
and longer forbedraace /; and for assuring them
that their country, when it was able, would
do them ample justice.
1t is also known, that before the Officers
convened on the summons of their Chief. al
the Temple Of Parfue, great inquiry was made
as to the writers and advisers Of the Anony-
nous Letters; and that it was the general
sentiment and suspicion, that they were the
production of secret Junto, of which Major
JOHN ARMSTRONG was one, a Surgeon
from Massachusetts, another and that this
Junto consisted Of three others. That this
was the general suspicion in the Army, the
writer believes can be substantiated by Gov.
Brooks, and many other officers of the Army.
When, however, it was found, that the Army
reprobated this daring attempt to seduce
them, and denounced the Authors of the Let
tiers, tlA suspicious were pronounced by those
implicated, to be unfounded, and the origin
and authorship Of the Letters were covered
with an impenetrable secrecy.--But the sus.
picions continued fixed Oh the parties, and
were never diverted from them to any Others,
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1823-04-02
THE EXAMINER.
[CoMMuNIcArroN.I

Mr. EDIroRlh noicedin all
n
mfnthere Of
that thing will quietly
tribute which
fort uture
government has
Professions IKE these coming
ed to all ought
wherever found 1 2" una et@ ~" De
In Pnyyan and Delaware where there have violent contests m
Democracy the full tide any @ o
upnhtnes OF CONDUCT
States without making m hatick Of the me aii Of
harood to act from other principle supporting leaders n their
reformation whether Pahs
The
Republican believe @ ,in our
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1823-04-02
[Commssnicatioa.1

The question is not whether Otis or Eustis
shall Gil the Executive Chair: it is one of far
greater Importance. You are called upon.
ieiiow-cltizens, by your votes on the first Mon
| day in april, to determine whether you prefer
the continuance of the tranquility, and order,
| and good government, which, by the blessing
OF Providence, we have enjoyed during the
administrations Of Strong and Brooks; or the
confusion, and folly, and disgrace of thai
which preceded them. You are called upon
by the adheren.s OF, Mr.. Eustis, to say, thai
the measures, which have been adopted by
your State Government. from the period of
l3tz to the present time, 10 promote the hap
piness OF this people, were iniqutous in their
| conception, and disastrous in their conse-
quences. You are called upon TO retrace the
! steps you have taken, back to the time when
you indignantly hurled from office, as betray-
/ ers OF their trust, the men, who are now soic-
ting your sufirages, and again to commit the
I Commonwealth 70 their disposal. Especially
are you urge TO condemn the assembling of
your Delegates at Hartford, g to consult upon
! the common good at time when you we're
left to rely upon your own resources. with a
powerful enemy lowering on your shroes.--
! You we'll recoliect the gloom and despondency
which pervadcd the Union at that period
the suherings which already pressed upon this
people, and the doubt in which their future
destiny was enveloped. The clouds which
hung over the land, were indeed dispelled by
I the unexpected return Of peace and the
adoption OF FEDERAL measures, by the General
government, has restored to our country much