Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-08-20


most gratifying recollec,ions. MANY other
events have been less trying to the furfitude
of Sdverslty. aud more favoured by the vici.-
STUDIES OF fortune 4: but on no occasion has
tne consciousness Of upright intentions, and u
spift independent alike Of obseguousness 10.
executive Win, and offactioas opposition borne
me WITH more finn and e,en step through the
temporary furnace of aflici0n, aud sustained
sne under che abandonment Of friends. the
alienation ut popular favour at home, and all
the oblpquy that Mr.. Pickering aud his co adj
tutors have from that day t. this besn able tu
+conjure upon my head.
Between the system Of policy, of which the
emnargo Was q prominent measure, and that
of which Mr.. Pickering aud his friend. the
president Ofthe Hartford con, entiop. were the
'ipiilars OF STATE" the final and rrevocable
sentence OF time has now passed. shah NOT
dwell upun il. -; ~ -
II there be lesson of political wisdom.
wnich the people OF THIS union have hau
| cause 10 learn from their own experience. aa
well as from the uniform tenour Of human
history, il is That Of carrying temper of mu-
tual torbearance, through all their divisions
OF making the party feeling which never can
include more than IA portion Of the republic
subordinate to the civic spirit which embraces.
the whole. 10 the collisions of political sys-
TENS, II is the duty of the citizen TO take his
STAND upon deliberate conviction, and 10 pur-
TO himself But when the conflict Is past and
The contest of principle is at AN end, both par
Ties, and above all, the prevailing party, should
! remember, and practice upon the maxim of
the Roman republic, that 10 civil dissensions.
success was but "A lesser evil than de feat, and
That no honours of triumph could ever be,
awarded To victory.
JOHN Q. ADAMS.
Nomination By The Legislatuye.-The royal
American, in denying that Mr.. Craw ford has
a majority in the Legislature, asks pontedly-.
Ii this be 81, Why did not the Legislature con-.
frm the national nomination H. reply w ask
another question Has any Legislature which
chooses the electors nominated President?
we believe not-and this may be quoted us
the cause why strong expression has not
been made on this point. 1t is incompaiib!e
with the character for frankness which thes
Editors OF the royal American claim, for them
to deny any longer that the votes of thus state
will be given for Mr.. Crawford Policy may.
induce them to deny the fict but the result
will prove that the Editors are but poor poi-
| clans.
/ While on the subject, it may be well TO no.
iice the political attacks which the roy al Amer
lean nakes on the Evening Post. Conceding
the charge of federalism, to the Pusi, there is
yet The Nntue Of consistency wtich that pa
per claim! hut the royal American Iii, Thea
fgrnuud Of federalism, aud erected their stand
ard ON democratic gruund-thry struck their
lag, and hpisted again their coc.iouot colors
EUf Federalism. Now, fofsou,h, when the
| Posi- eviDces q determination 10 stand by and
protect tie power and influence OF New York.
the royal American finds uut that il is fede-
deral paper, aud that they themselves are sound
| democrats.
! We have no right to interfere on this point.
but iair play is jewel" ". y. .Mr. -
| From The Providence Or. ~ Americana
There is, in this State, pecua curiosity,
at the Pulling alllls in the TOW of Warwick.
about IL NH. 8 from this place, " hich has been
frequently visited, though not deser, .dly cele-
braied. A minute description of this stone.
accothpaned With acorrect drawing, was pub.
lished in Silin,an's Journal, No 9, vol. 7. fur.
nlshed ny MIR. Sirnben Taylor, Of this town
drawing by Mr.. Partridge. lis form re-
} semoies tfiat oil tortoise, convex at the bot
tom, and somrw hal concave on the ton, pIa-.
| ced in u horizontal position about o ieei in
LENGTH q IN breadth, and 2in thickness. 1t
repOscs on another rock, which rises few
feet above ground, and supports il at two
points, Turning a double fnlcru,n near each
end. Upon these points it is so exactly pois-
I'd, that il moves Iaierally with The grn,est
touch aud although IFS weight is estimated az
TONS yet child years old NAV set il n
, an arch. the chord Of which will he rs inches.
The easiest way of rocking it is by standing.
upon il and lncllniDg the body alternately 10
either side. What renders This rock necuj,ar-
~ remarkable is, that when one side ,irsceu
it gives four distinct pulsations, as if hitting az
many distinct points. The sound produced.
IS much like The beat Of drum, though much
louder, and Tins has gi,eD il The appropriate,
name Of" The Drum Rock" The noise. in !,
still esenng, has been heard six miles.
IL was evidently once united To the rock ON
which II rests, but whether placed in its pres
ent situation by some cOnvulsioD Of nature or
combination Of mechanical skill is uncertain.
1t has been attributed tn the Indians, and for
ought we know, might have sprs ed to lullaby
the royal Pdpooses, and Graded the infant
) genius of Massasoit and Philip; though ID
would seem to- have required tile aid of ma
chi0ery to effect its removal, beyond the mere.
: tiabour OF hands. This rock is fortunately so
situated that neither band of ,,i,nbie sailors.
{ nor 4th Of July biotds, or even the Roxbury
: workmen could -remove il without great Ia
botir, and we may therefore hope it will long
: remain sobIect ofinquiry and place OF re-
sort for the curious.~
The ship John Brown, Capt. Andrews, ar.
!, rived at Providence on Saturday, in log days
from Guayaquil, with cocoa. Left, April &c.
ship Tea Plant, Boyd, 10 sail June 1. for
Gibraltar; brig iersrIia, Sheffield, Of Stoi,ine-
TIM, for Gibraltar 10 10 days. Markets ,ere
T dun and no prospect Of auy immmediate.
3 amendment. Great hopes and anxiety were
entertained from the expedition in Peru, un-
dnr lr.p H.lts. /. a 4.