The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-06-20
DOME STTC.
EXPEDI1IOUSl

EXPEDITiOUSi
pfcunoSD, June 1i-The following
&, I, which ne have from undonbed au-
,h1rty, IS worthy Of cemmemoration:
Mr. .1s*ts. a gentleman of this city, vi
cited Lynrhburg last Wednesday with
,irw Of hrng present at the drawing Of
me Gaaulito Canal Lottery. Actuatrd
lv the audahle desire of convey ing 10 his
,riends here as speedy Information as pos
Isle. of the result. he departed immediate
/, after tie completion, changed nurses nj
Tdtrrson's, and after travelling all night,
,earhed Mosrly's, in the morning, from
,,6irh place he despatched his servant -
which his associate in the undertaking had
,,pt him, aud thus had the intelligence com
,eypd IN Richmond about 8 O'Clock ON
Thursday afternoon. As soon "a lniel
pence came to hand, enquiries were made
n the various Lottery Offices with the in-
,rntion, 20 doubt, of apprislng the vendors,
What tickets il would he Ia their disadyan-
tie TO di-pasc Of; but it srleyes lis TO re-
',fe that the good intentions nj the gentle
man were frustrated, as all the fortunate
numbers had already been sold. If We
,.ecollect the fatigue which Mr. l.. must
ave undergone on this journey, indepen-
dent of the expense, ills certainly TO be re-
.r,,ed. that he should not have the pleas
TIRE of serving bis friends, which ne are
=, Hing 70 believe was his sole lnducement
10. performing the journey. Compiler.
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THE ANCIENT DOMINION.
As we long ago predicted the ardent
,piri Of Virginia is up; the impatient non
nnr of that cultivated cOmmunity Is rous-
I'd the cry for convention is loud and
GENERAL even the baud Of the feeholder is
relaxed in its grasp and the sceptre of pow
or drops upon the soil it di,hononred the
uarent Of the Graehi, the mother Of patriots,
heroes, orators aud statesman. The Ran
dophs, the Plra5ants, the Leigts, Jthnsons,
BalaWins, &c. are in vain opposed TO the
so,e eign will OF the people. Tie domln-
ion OF The gentry the assumptions Of the
Leiier sort ofpeopie, in VOID, the English
toafsystem II 5 received its death blow 10
Virginia and TIE STATE WILL HAVE ITS
prGnrs. A man in Virginia worth a hun
bred thousand dollars and engaged in busi
ness the must lucrative t. the community
rs we'll as himself, has now no vote. Such
Il man, his property, feell IS aud rights. are
ut the mercy of voter who has IL freehold,
,hlt j., a treeholder starving upon 25 atr's
If reclaimed, or SO acres OF wild Land =
Til may be the rule of gina, but is this
the constitution of the United St1tes' l.
such system of mu icipai regulation be
founded in right we desire to know what is
10 hioder the Virginia Freehold Lesisld
tufe from ordering coronation At Rich
mond We answer the Republic, the great
charter of which guarantees a Republican
Government 20 every State The NatioaI
ln,elligeHcer is little squeami,h upon this
subject and confounds matters of mere To-
cal interest With objects of great national
bearing. 1t is qaite clear 10 us that the
freehold system Of government cannot be
upheld in Virginia without inlury 10 the o.
,a,r states f,r all are entitled 10 proieC-
ton in their Republican plans of rule under
she constitution Of the United States. All
We admit is, that whilst it is question af-
fcctng Us all, it is best settled amongst
themselves. But TINT state must be lost to
the union which could view such struggle
wlhout expressing IFS dieapproVal-t
man must oe lost 10 the repitbltc WHO could
hesitate to proclaim his fechues-that press
must be IA disgJace 10 The nation which
would refuse 10 record the common sent-
mcats of the Annie III people against the
degratioo Of a mqj0t'ty Of the population
and talcnts and the vealih Of the ancient
dominion. W. haze before lis Mason of
&c" in the National lntcllisrncer. He
marches as leader ofoppo 10 the great
touch stone 81 Frcedom-the right of snf
lrase. We deem ii to be the duty Of every
editor of free press to hold this subject up
10 public view. N /. .idfotdte.
-,.sa~ss.-
MONTE, May 2O.-Gen. Bernard and
Mr. Shr,er, of the Board OF Engineers for
Internal improvements. and their ASST rtants
capt. Poussin, hcut's Dutton AID Trlmble,
arrived in this city on Tuesday.
They are eng sed in the examination OF
The various routes proposed for the esfah-
r,amrnt of a great National Road between
Wa .hiuatou City and New Orleans. They
have taken a view thus far Of What is torn
ID the Metropolitan Route, aud departed
on Wcdar-day, in the achr, Ma'ia, for n.
Orleans; from whence, we understand
fhry propose to examine the remaining
fraction Of the route, through Mississippi,