The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-11-09
EMIGRATION TO HAYTI.

Letters were received yesterday from
Port au Prince announcing the arrival al
The brig, De Win Clinton, the FIRST vessel
despatched fren this port by the Emi'
grafton Socirty-The passengers were ~
good health, and 50 much satisfied viii
the car. aud attention shown them by
Capt. Bafston, that they returned Inn
then thanks in the nenspapers-Ihey
we're received with every expression oil
cordially aud Joy aud public dinner was
given To- Capt. Bsr-tow aud DIR. ID. a ca
bin passenger, by the Soeieie Philnuiro.
piqus,' at which a great number of uit
principal citizens were present.
" Y T.. Post
The (oHoming IS an erfrrct Of II feHd from
The Captain 10 The .fgtat oCHe Sociefy ;
Pot ~ PriDce, Oct. y 1874.
DEAR SIN With pleasure | infbrm you
of my sal. arrival ON The evening OF The
25tb, after = passage Of eB days. The
passengers | found 10 be generally very
decent people. There is not one but
what is pleased with the treatment aud
provisions. | ailuwanced them on nothing
not even winter each had as much as he
wanted TO eat or drink nor did we have
but one sick, dangerously. Thu pasSen
gers have returned NE thanks publicly for
my attentions TO them. | have likewise
been received here with the greatest at
tcntion- the Philantropic Society CAV.
tlc a dinner, &c. have likewise lived
during my stay here, with m of the Com.
rnittec, who treats me with the utmost nj
%lcntion. The President Of the Society,
Gen. I%nginac, says ! must immediately 90
and bring another cargo of emigrants.
Extract eC a ftiir from DR.. u.
=" never was more agrrcabiy disap-
mrnt. | find them kind, generous, ard
humane. This is the place for our black
population"
".o9e.-
FRANCE AND HAYTI
The Fr.nch brig Cusmopull,c arrived al
Port AL Prince on the 9th %ul,ir'o, with the
Commissioners On their return
from an unsuccessful mission Ia France
The failure Of their attempt at negoclation
produced II deep sensation NJ Port au
aud a general spirit of luminosity
The French residents. who, it was
would be Obliged 10 Nee from the
place.
This Information comes by an arrival at
New York from Port su-Priuce.
-FeUNN~
Greek Furd.--Th. committee have re-
mitted the balance remaining in their hands
amounting To S6i69, Go, making at the
exchange Of II per cent. Gi3tl IS 8d.
The whole sun RENTED Ivy the New-York
Committee will then amount To sS8, iOl.
%. ~. \. I'm.
Louisiana ionn.-Many inquiries having
been msd,. IA Ia the term of, and parties
10, tits loan of which we yesterday motto
ed the sale, we have hecn enabled To furnish
the following authentic statement con
corning it
Benjamin Story, Esq. President of the
Bank of Louisiana, has sold tn Mrssrs.
Prime, Ward aud Sand, of Nrw-YoIk,
2,400, 900 Of Louisiana State 5 per cent.
bonds at 90 per cent. The purchase has
been for account of capitalists IN London,
New York aud Boston These bonds are
guaranteed by the Bank of Louisiana,
which will have n specie capital of $4,000,
600. Interest on the bonds is made paya
Bile nj the coAn,ins house of Messrs. Thos
Wilson & Co. London, nj par.
From this latter condition, that the in
tercst is not To he paid in London at all
times NJ Dar, We should think this stock
would command II very considerable ad
vance IN that market. The last quotation
If ) per cent corsels was %, and the new
four per cent iO0, The price Of II 5 per
cent. stock, therefore, so we'll secured as
this in question, s. of which the interest is
payable without drluctiun in London,
viii probably be very high. IL.
GEOLOGICAL CURIOSITY.
From The ClarkSbnrg inteHigencer.
IIARRIsoN County, Va. Octnber l.
Within two hundred yards rom the road
leading from tlarksburg up Elk Creek to
Booths Ferry, and within 81 miles f"m
III. latter place, on the premises of David