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81 AVERY

When Mr. Jefferson, III his . Notes on Fir'
ainia, - in relation to this dislractne subject
observed that he thought change airr"dy
perceptihle in the condition OF our slaves
" since the origin Of the revolution, (Which
had ihen not long termnatrd) he saw only the
spark Of lha' fire which wefrust IS gradually
increasing IL eAtent and power, and which
we hope IS destined 10 consume tue caak'f
That gna4' At tn roots oil our national haPPi.
ness and ielee. No subject that has ever
risen has gwen rise IN such tearf'l 'on'n'
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LATEST FR0NI EIfnnrr


INV YoHK, Sept. 5.--sfbe packet ship
VIM. Thompson, Capt. Croelrr, arrived
yesterday from Liverpool, bringing regular
adsices 10 the 1st Aug. Thry alofd ~
political mtclligynre NJ importance. A
further decline had TAKEN place In the price
of cotton
L1vrRrooI, August | We inst lcurn
! from London thai oar government have ~
greed 10 suspend The dueual daty AT Is per
lb. on tobacco; II has IN consequence agsln
advanced there Id 10 Cd per H.
ToBAtCO.-J'he sales lhs month
have bain WY extensive, Amounting 10
| zoe hhds., hrsidrs Which 1900 hhd. ylng
here llaer hrcn sold in London by snnplr f.;
i Of these 5000 hhds. 1870 are Virginia leaf
! | 81 steamed, aud 800 Kentucky leaf. and
! 20 stemnpd Of the whole about 100
! have heru taken Tor speculation, chletls lnl
! London account and nearly 1000 binds of
nnr stock are NOW held Ivy purchasers IA
! London tho prices there ara Btill eonslde.
! rahlv above uflrs Cargo al 800 hhds
] Virginia recently arrived WIS sold III I'd,
quality aud condition not good, and Tor for
/ strlnmca led has been realized there. The
! advance Ia price here ii the course of the
/ month has been III per III. generally, and
on / he mrdling qnalillrs III I'D. Oar i'm
! port this month has been 1IJ hhds. and
! there ha,r been taken oat OF the Ware
nonsr SEQ bhds Tor hulur use, 56 for Ire.
. land, Is fat expectation, and 25B SEN out
CoastNays, leaving our stock about 8376
| hhAs.
Letters from Condantinoplr Of the 2sth OF
June i1n9e the following particulars
he oce"aais arrived tbs morning from
,2t '7''a P97'Rt'Y heoonns' 'he aeieW OIL
1'a,'' NJ"
.f,.,,., - -.
GfrqL G,,et and lhat Of fine Canaan pnrha IN.
/ form dat The latter had three sims burnt. one
/ ot witch Wa the friaate which hss his treas.
, IRE on bonrd, ana captured som" transports,
| wh'ei' had mos Of The ammunition aud tbe
! lul '&'eadfd tor siege 81 Alissolonght
ne lp9' m5e General h'erk on Me
~ ,U", u '''' "."o', 'aS'
l,s. a'' .'s'"o''
MANN I,l, n,.cnssioo ne ,.rr
| se,i,ns n,,,,, b.,e t,k,n mac. lat,s,2
,,,i5,,.,,,..,,1 ,l, {r,,i.h ,.n,n. ,,l,,i,,,
., ~. ,,i.,.,f,.., ~, e,tr,i,.. ~.
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e,nnat imasine l',at cur rulrr.. ,ppoiaied
to lesislato for lac genera god, can bef1.
duced 10 barter their power for iaRao,sr.
Fhey viii be actuaicd by higher aud nnbler
feelings in the determination of tn, ,laes-
ton. II that section of country does nut
oItr stronger claims than its talent and
wealth, and the extraneons in1npnre which
lis metropolitan character will give II, il
" Ill not be selected We knuw that il IA
in This section OF the country, feared that
that route will be preferred. Why |, il
from the superior facilities it affords ? Is
1t that the distance between the given
points, If that route be taken, will not he
50 great No. This is not pretended. II
is because it IS thought The government
will be influenced in lis decision hy other
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., too, OF
such Il nature az iee cannot admit viii ha, Z
any weight ia the determination eta qucs-
ton of Il wholly national character; and
in regard 10 which national, 10 say nothing
ofpecuuary considerations, onsbtta haye,S
will have, prepondcrating beafiog, lmas-
much as the Charlottesville aud Lyneh-
burg route is nearer than either ol the OH
ers--as the soil is well adapted to the con-
struciluu of turnpikes, as we'll ensure dura-
biIlty-apd as the means and facilities are
abundant and easy Of access we think we
hazard bat little IN predicting that it will
lac selected for the location of the National
Roaa from H'ashingion CiytoN orleans.
A line drawn diagonally from ON City to
the other, will pass very near Ia Lynch
burg, within about five miles, according 10
Mr.. Jefferson, land il offers bot very few
distractions, aud they are easily avoided,
or can be easily removed. From tue OBJ
servatons of the Engineers, f,,orabIr as vt
are led To hope that III, II r. aoIt will be To
thi, route, il will be Ola more unfayorable
cast than il would have been, if they had
not confined themselve, 10 the bPdtca tracks.
1t is. to BE- sure, generally presumed, not
without reason, that roads which are used
as great thorouGhfarrs, are located aithex-
elusive reference To the sod, 10 nearucss,
aud to mrans--in short, to economy. How
ever true this may br generally, il il not So
always. And as an instance of il, we may
state the fact that the distance between
this place aud Charlottesville, which IS IL
bout eighty miles, may be reduced toahoat
seventy and that in making this reduction,
the further advantages would be- gained of
rem wing the road from rough, mouutaia
Gus country to onr OF comparative smooth
ness. If this be the fact, as it is represcn
ted TO us. land of which tdcrc is no doubt,
Of the small l.ion Of couotry which we
have mentioned. the presumption Is strong
that it is not the only section which may
be open 10 similar improvement In a
word, taking every thing into view, thrrr
cannot, we thiuk, be Il doabt Of the superb
or Claim Of this route to the location OF the
road and sc think, too, that three IS al.
most as little lhat 1t vii be selected.
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cavmrRAE SUMMARY.

Ship Buiding-A frIsate u The ItfsesI
class, mresori = dearly 1000 tons, wa
launched on "Wednesday Nrek Last from
the ship yard Of Mt. Henry Eekiord, a.
Nru-Yotk. Th, Yeosr i, said To br bIll
by Mr.. T.. on his Own account to 6e sat
on speculation.
SgdiH-Wr have seen, says l.,c Boslor
DAILY Advertiser, litter fr0.n 1t, merchan
oowia France, siy .og notice Ia his corrr-.
ponleuta otsk9 unsettled state Of aitil.
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q Ill, numbers dfnmn 10 drfymiae The
p,i2es ~ he TDiont anat Lottery, Iaih
ciass, WLich i5oh ptace IN IAdadtiph,a on
Uednt5daB Hr III INST ARE as .Ioiiops, aux .
Q. 20, 70. %, rs, 63, 81, so, 81.
Tte oGcj0i 6st he drdmiog is rc"eibed N
NE Loaotg and Erhonge 0Hiee Qr s. & II
.1LLEN8 %. Lmeh6Wg, ,ehoe all
aumbftS ioW b. crdmHtd gratiS.
.S,Df 10
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''-s r {yrEGTNEAN-
D ,.,,oc SEPTEMBER Is. 1875.
rnR ACCO.

impulse has been given 10 'o,' az,
" nv rbs euopeaa accounts to The 1'' q
= .dll more datterIng- lopaeco
'a' ,.,..ed since tbe last accounts from ID
a ''a s','.. had sold as high as III. This
- .Si,5 arrived here by express 'ro"
- nlI,.t sunday morning. has ifodn
~ ....aonIing improvement IN rriees
- rz.,t 6.de has been sold tbs week
-. at an alyaaee Of IRON ! 10 D. Oh
9ss. .;s... A hhd Of common refused To
'.l,' 5.,sst scented @a' sold On last Mon
~ = - per hundred. 9cVef'' o'ner
4' AZ ,gha.tare brought upwards OF 81 per
-, ybslrners from England assign as
f,r the a Vance thrre, that the adaI-
''' ~, ,,tq ef Is. per n. Imposed several
W., ~, On tobacco expired on the 9th July,
nc, renewed before Parliament adj
sel THIS circumstance was mol general
...,a fl! about the 9Th Jol5. It then
tan i,npicdiate advance The former
... ,,taeeo was Is per lb. Il isno" S.
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n 9pnIc. af bad gwen up lis mercantile
cstablishnenl m nne of The srapufts uf ia 4
country. After speaking ol the hopes Ia
Ind ehtetfdinrd af better state pf things.
H. pfocseds llowty,f am sorry Ia ~,
that the political STATE Of SPAIN iaslrad Of
impfnslng. begins IL laoteVrrl day wofse.
md II really lghttns any sensible nan Ia
sre prosecutions continued, merchants put
nto Dungeons ON mere suspittnas, aaI con.
fdcncr and rcpnsr lied from that miserable
laad fsr IN tuy Watts
Taking The Tel-Wc have already sta
ted that Mis- Jones. daughter # Captain
jacob jones, had taken Tie rel AT Il nunne-
~, AT Georgetown, u. l. An ocrarfpnce
of This kind says the fleeman's Journal Is
rather uncommon IN This country, and il J..
well il IL So. II is mol IN accordance with
the habits of our people, that hou.es 0l
perpetual retirement should exist, neither
il il in censnuancr with the SOCIAL plmci-
pies which cement aud bind society togo
tier. No objections can he made IL lnsti-
tuiipns 10 which Younger females retire for
an education, To fit hem properly ~ Gil Il
respectable station in society. There are
many such and they have proven or all
vaniagr. But HAT those VIM have capa-
city and ability Ia aid thtlr fellow crea-
lures, by mixing with them in life, 10 ad-
vance their welfare aud their general inter
cats should draw between themselves aud
The busy world, an impossible barrier, iiv-
lng for self and self alone, can be- justified,
il AN erroneous idea. 1t cannot be- for thr
cause of religion. The silent aud secret de
yniinn of the heart Ia the Supreme Beng,
which consists not in lrc participation ot
! mind Il body With works, il spectacle 81
purity 10 he norshipp.d, but there Is no sta
tion. no measure IN Witch man, conloied
with sincerity Of feeling Renders ~ aeeep-
table an Offering of his worth, M when hc is
| dVieg good ia his felow-mcu.
l. Siaics Bank-At the last trienninl
meeting oflhe Stockholders oil the Bank
OF the L. States IN Philadelphia on the lst
| inst. the President rendered u lucid and
| highly satisfactory statement If the Affairs
of the buul slncr rs former meeting, BY
which II appears that thry had been con-
Quoted lth Increased profit 10 the Beuk
aNd advantage 10 the uatien. A vote al
th,uks was thcn unanimously rre-enicd Ia
! thr p,asidcnt and Directors fqr thus ably
diseharging thcir duty.
Colon We set IL stated in the Hunts
viii. Ala, Democrat, thai IN consequence
Of Il drouEhl, many otthc planters N Ma=
olson and the adImniaE counties, vii not
gather more than half Ur t"o thirds of Il
crop of Cotton.
Tobacco We iallr pleasure in stating
says the kashashia Dlhaoisl Reppbitcaa.
! that a few iudiIiduals,tit leG near tbis place,
have this year appropriated . teW acres 10
! the culture Of Tobacco, and have aneceed-
ed even beyond THIN most sauauae cxpte.
! tatoos, Notwithstanding tnc orouge,
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~S.S'SSaelNssa>a. .l@>s,.if ), = nSae
-1Lr. ~.

c. Gfv. IAfAsrrre embarked for
his native ltnd 90 ,he 9th i1sf. IN how'd the
frigatc Brandy"inc. Prosneron. gales At
feud lin aud happy meeting with III,
friends Of his youth md his age
-tts.2ss--
a. Llrut. RAsAGE's trial IS overland
though the sentence Is mol officially pro
malgaicd, it IS believed he IL acquitted
rho Court Martial has ajJonr-ed sine dic
no othtr officer being afraignea.
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IN ONE D.Aw.
800, 600 saIcBns1 pa1zn.
4o,o00 TICKETS
N'OT Owe BL.4.N,k 70 n PRIZE.
2o,Jao rniZrs. G2Sa,ogo

y 4
MODE OF DRAWING The Nos viii bs
pat into one heel rs usuai-a and in tie 9th.
er nhe,I " III i. Pot the prizes dtope The de
nomination Of 81, nli the drawing prueress
ia the isuai manner. The 20,t 90 pizes Of
81 Nil he am arded 10 odd aud even nun iefs
IN The lottery (as the case may he) deppn enc
on the dfawing 81 the capital prize Of q 600
dollars--ilat i'to say, IL the S3o,00o ,.lize
should come ont sn odi number, then tifrY
odd Number in the mhe1tt will he entitled 10 I.
s. prize. Ii the 830,oG0 prize SHOULD come
oni 10 an tren unubtr, then al tie erca A.
IN Ht schemt will be each entitled 10 prize
OF 81
Adventures, Wy purchasing two ticket n
the above scheme, are certain OF obtaining :
least 50, aud in tie same proportion for any
greaier number Price OF liekels So, and
sinres In proportion.
The drawing will he received at The truly lut,-
Ky Lritery n Exchange Office of e.. &. 1sg.
GzsX I'm d. CO. Lynchhurg, nicre adj
vrniurers should call aud al ttrkesss Viii he
examined gratis, and adj information given
with pleasure, mad the cash paid for all prize
obtained Of either OF their Offices
Sept. Il.
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500 ETIUsy. q RID.

~ uNAWNI ftpn1 the plaat dton al lie
snbsorbcr, IN lfedtatd county, IN Mht
lnsL, tperp ni'h by filn name Of S1tLEA
HERD, eaed about ~ Sear- fie Wes
rnlsed ~ Amheth county, h} Mr. John lIana,
neal tlie lattnloe Springs, ard Inns vile ~
Mr. Hnehafiah Druulnond's, near Which
place he has been seen lie bus also been
seen near the Long Mountain, ~ Amherst
county, IN the neighberhood Of ms fpfmer
misress's, wher" Ire has som, conucrtionse--
liz isR very back, Stout aUd likely hegro,--.
viii give tho above sun, ter his drlivrry Nv
me IN Bedford gunnly, the sum- sun il lnd.
ged IN The Lynchburg jul, on fifteen del6ir,ik
lodged IN nny other jail
WM. RAlronrf.
Sept 10. wauo. /.
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MARRIED. on Wednesday the 7rh inst by
lie Rev Nm s. Raid, Mr. RICHARD G.
MORmSS, of Gloucester, 10 Ms ELIZA
BEIn r. WILLIAMS, daughter OF Mr. Chs.
fanecy, of Buckingham.
-, on Thur. las tie 9th ln,fapt, by the
Rev. Nm. 5. Reid, Mr.. WI COUGH, Ia
Miss SARAH, daughter OF the Int John llol.
cnmhe, all of Campbell county.
----, by the Rev. RIO, GlenH, IN lharsdoy
the Il tugnsi, Mr. ON5LOW 6. MuElJ.LL.
merchant Of Athens, (Ienursser,) 10 slps r.
LIZAEErn EMERSON, daughter OF the
Hon Thomas Bum. r,oU, 81 Washington CO.
Tennessee.
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80 sEsAIs.I IA giTa9.

Fsf.lE Subscribers wili give Cash, Sole
4 Leather, or Tanners Oil, FOR Leather il
HE ronsi at The following pfiee5
Heafg Tiger Lea'hsr from 3 70 "a per Hids
Bpt Lfaihc7 f.om 70 IS pr do,
shifting LraA.er, go pr 100 lbs. or more, !,
araiy fr'afed.
They will order Spanish hides for those
tia, viii give timely notice. 'the presrn'
price, Ia Richmond are fnm l5 10 90 cent.
per 10 John d. CAS3ELL POE.
Sept s. w4w5
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Po1,r,fv AMI Uralib,

We are not about to indtc a laborrd es-
say about the advantages Of wealth and the
Disadvantages Of poveIty--these have beru
treated Of from time &" whereof the memo
~ of man rnnneth not tn the contrary
We shall simply quote aa instance tn ereps-
piifg what macy have said in cf'ect, but
none with more elegance and force thao
the great Poet of Mature:
---------" Plate sou will gold,
The spear OF justice harmless breaks,
Arm it in fags, pgmy straw doth pierce it
A man IN Philadelphia, enc JOINS BRoN-
SOW. whose name at least shall be hand
ed down To tiffany, 50 Ear as our columns
can contribute TO it, otter having Ia few
months contracted debts to the amount Of
nearly SIS, 900, in vulgar psrIanrej brote ;
ard was afterwards convicted, under the
laws of that state, Of fraudulent itSolcency.
By the laws, An offender may be imprlson-
ed for a lpus or short iimc--at hard Labor
OF not, according to the magnitude of the
ofencr. What should bayc been done With
VT. Jbllu DltASblit w ~ uah 'lh9 III - )
swiudrd the people Of Philadephia a.
mong his victims possibly some poor indus
triou, laaorer, whose daily toll purchased
his daily bread Il Vas decided that he
should be imprisoned one gear, wdhom la =
bor It IS IA oil saying, tl,at man. If he
intend IA be villain, aud wish to escape
punishment, should he ST. IN large scaIr.
Why should mao stead 50 or 100 dollars,
for which he would be incarceraled in Ia"
Peniteutiary for eight ar ten yeas, With all
the consequences of hard Labor, solitary
confinement, aud bread and water, wErn
by being splendid villain, aud swndlin.
the community of 20 Or 80, 900 dollars, he
may not only escape punishment, bit abb
solu'ely obtain applause for his ambition
and dalin5 Let a man do this. and, after
wards, lIr can strut with lordly importance
among honest men, and even ride IN his
coach--0 lille those whom he has detraud
ed arr starving AT home, or plnlns IA jan
for want Of the pittance he has robbed
them of! We may repeat with justice TIT
melancholy and exclamation of q celebrut-
ed Romau--O Temporal Om0res
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NATlONAL ROAD.

NATIONAL ROAD.
- f,onoSsibie, FROM the Fapidity with
.@.5 fac Engineers who surveyed the
-. rom Washington City to New Or
-, travelled, and from The want OF faci-
a.. - a,rertaining 10 What extent the ac-
5;loces between certain places might
:, le,seued, to form al tall times, correct
40, Whenever, therefore, it is in the
..,aer Of the press TO afford Information,
a.tolbrow light ON subject Of so much
;,,.ort,oce, it ought TO do so, even at III"
t,1,rd of mourning the charge OF prcsamp-
non.
The Engineers, when they passed thro'
.,is Mace, expressed much surprise To see
. towp. which, in extent, population aud
,,,le 80 f,rexceeded their estanate of its
fnnortauce. Lynchburs has been and is
ava little known abroad. BY those who
have never seen it, s. who, have only casu-
,,ly heard oft, it is regarded as Il small and
pnmportant riiiage, boasting neither An ex-
,,nsi,e trade, nor individual wealth. On
,he eontrary,i is second only to Richmond,
PIE capital Of the State, in the amount of its
~xnort. aud is almost, If notquitr, equal to
Yny other town ia the state, IN point of po-
rJIation.-Oar exports, during the prt sent
year. in the single article OF Tobacco, a.
mounts to nearly fire millions Of dollars.
But Ne are not heard Of, at a distance, be-
cause oortobaceo passes through the hands
0ftie sfccuitar5 ia Richmond, and, in the
general estimate afterwards made, the "a
mount is always placed to the credit Of
tml city. LYuchtmrg is completely merg
81. su far asls trade is concerned, in Rich
nood. They are SO knit together, that We
Gan scarcely attach an idea Of individuality
y cilhtf, Olrpnpaltinn, AM ourrxpoIts,
however, do not furnish the only clain
Whio! We can adducr, to better and more
favorable acquaintance with distant pub.
H.. Lynchhnrg has an extensive and veal
thy country surrounding il, which it serves
as the deposit Of merchandise. Aud, TOO,
facility of communication, and the cheap
ness of carriage between Lynchburg anA
Richmond we remark, by way of parenthr-
s'sl enable our meechants to sell Their goods
al a rate, which, if al all, is not perceptibIy
greater thau they comBand in the latter
mt. 10 IA
right To BIZ heard and frlt abroad, upon all
questions in which We have a common in
serest with other towns and othpf srcti-
ans of country and, ifthcy were general
y Known, we have no doubt they wneli
d. justly appreciated, and have il dnr inila-
ence. so much for Lynchburg itsrlf.
If the Engineers had have enjoyed ,ocl,
opportunities as tuenablc them to acqul.s,
correct knowledge, not only Of the locall#'
and Importance Of towns and cities; %
distances between them on the routes -
orally travelled, aad Of the means in reacl
ID complete Il National turnpike on that
'Sact line ; hut also, hoa these towns and
'a'es were already situated with rrstfd 10
good roado-uow. an to what extent, the
distances between them might be lessrned
D! deviation from the established line
anu whether or not The means Of making
b'ou rnad were not abundant aud excel
'e"' upon The points suggested as proper
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GRAND eTAgH IsoaTIaT
VI Mar land--to be drawn By the improved
mode todd ond ersn system! secured by let
ter, patent from the Uuls Siat.., and tind.r
The supctintcndcnco II the Commissioners
appointed ~ the Governor and Council, ~
mo Whole obe Completed
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-07-08
FOURTH OLE LILLY

The 18th of July celebrated in this CITY with
every manifestation of patriotic delight and public en-
thusiasm. The dawn of the day greeted by a
simultaneous discharge of four guns from detachment
OF the Richmond Fayete Light Artillery, detailed for
that purpose The Band then stationed on the Capt..
toi square, immediately struck up, ''Ha Columbia >
and escorted by the detachment marched TO the Co
VeFhment House, where they performed in mastery
manner, all OF our favorite National Airs The detach
nen having returned to its place rendezvous announ
ccd by National Salute to citizens the rising of the
sun. Al an early hour the troop of Cavalry CAPTAIN
Neison-the Fayette Artillery, Captain Rutherford
WIN It's Tour pieces of ordnance each drawn BY two
horses-ie Light Infantry Blues, Captain Johnston
Tie lille Rangers, Captain Ritchie,-and the Juniors
captain Brown, paraded near the Square and
having formed the line, about 2 O'clock on II Street
grand National Salute of 81 guns was fired by the
Artillery accompanied by thirteen voics of small arms
from the Infantry Rifle and Cavalry Corps. The COM
panIes were then dismissed order that those no felt
disposed, might attend at the Theatre where the Deca
ration OF independence read BY Captain George
T. Richardson, and an Grafton delivered by W. c.
Kidd, Esq.
rs soon as the Grafton concluded the companies
again formed on III Street. and after having been re-
yeweo by Governor Peasants, they with their respec-
tive guests marched to the different places at which
they usually dine.
Governor Peasants, Adjutant General Peyton, and
several other gentlemen among the invited CHESTS
OF the Artillery Company; and after dinner they visited
the other companies, by whom they were received with
hattering respect and every mark of the kndest hos
ptality This circumstance viii readily account for
what otherwise, would be difficult to explain that is
That the Governor gave sentiment at each of the
places where the different Corps comncmoraed the day.
short time after sunset, the Companies marched into
the city, and the festive closed by another
Federal Salute, from the Artillery.