Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-10-21

excuse TO Ian Orey. treaty returned TO them from
such respectable authority as their own Commits
| soners, or TO withhold from Georsia anv longer
what she was justly entitled 20. On these argu-
ments the treaty was ratified in the Senate If
this Senator was really mislet by the Commissio-
ners, he owes it TO himself and his state 10 make
the commissioners account Tor heir share in this
! business. Now we dsapprove OF the conduct of
me President and Sena e.: they either discrediied
Their own agent, or they signed and ratified trea-
ty believing 1t to be illegal one If they dis, re-
dlted their agent, why did they not dismiss him /;
In either case we are compelled 10 think lie Pre-
sldent very censurable. Had he either refuse j 10
approve the treaty, OF have dismissed he agent we
have no doubt that all these unpleasant difficulties
would have been avoided
The high ground which Mr. Johnson has here
toiore occupied in opposi;ior to The call of Con
veation, Is well calculated 10 attach considerable
interest TO whatever he might say or do, at this
crisis, in relation to that measure. The peculiar
agency ascribed TO him in the late defeat of law
Tor taking the sense OF the people j. of itself su-
clent To ensure the jealous waichfuine-s OF the
| friends OF reform. We are not surprsaI there
tore, that the circumstance OF his having deliv
an address 10 the citizens OF this county las at
tracied the uotice OF people abroad, and PRODUCED
corfespondng Anxiety TO learn rs contenis-
Friends and opponents alike desIrous for lis
publication. The former, from Tue known talents
OF MIR. johnson, doubtless expect much-while
| the latter, viewing him he man, whose foil
they have felt, when they scarcely percey ed the
hahu 'tat oiTec'edlt, are anxious 10 him, un-
masked, In the Of q GtZeite, and measure
! weapons But, from present appearances, it is
more than probable, both will be dseppointed Mr.
johnson has now left Us, and we understand he
does not intend TO publish his address. As a
IieEd OF reform, we can but Join in the general re
! gret which the crcums' ance must inspire; and al
though we have borne testimony to the .plendor o.
\ his eloqueNce, we deem II bu proper 10 say, that
\ after hearing the address. we did nor eXpect its
publication. Mr.. }. aimed At more than it was
possible 10 sustain conviction that the Com
s,iiution had no detects; and that he failed the me-
MORALS now in circulation among u bear ample
| proof. The one in favour of Convention. we
J are well informed, has nearly $500 signatures:
" hile ITS counter, rom the best information we
ca obtain, has not, at the greatest extent, two
| hundred.
| That the intenrerate might find fault with the
courtesy we hive extended TO A.r J., on this oc-
casion, was eXpec ed. But, we can assure them.
| (and with pleasure too, as it comports so well
| lth our own taste,} that, however pala;nble the
| elegantly turl ed cGHts of hsh narket NAV be
elsewhere, there is no call for them ia Angus a.
| stanton Spectator.
We have card, from most respectable source,
| Engineers 10 make a reconnosar ce this autumn, Of
The upper o. western route OF the proposed ratlcn,l
/ road from Washington TO New Orleans Ii i. said
that they " I'll pass through this place in pirs, O.
ne most direct practical rou'e from Washington to
Rock Fish q p, 10 Lexing on, Abingdon, aid so
on to New Orleans, till they intersect the trace al
| ready sur eyed for the middle route 1t is known
that the middle and metropolitan routes have a.
| ready beer. CRITICAL, examined his year. by Il bril-
gade OF ensi GERS of which General Bernard was
The chief Thus, during the ensuing session OF Con-
Sress, the Interesting question TO the direction OF
| the road, will, In all probability, be settled In
tracing the map, ii is pretty obvious that whether
| the western or middle be adopted, The di-
rect line will pass near ChsrIoitesvlle that il is
highly pr bable from the weighty considerations
which might be urged in its favor that the road
will pass through this place
Charlottesville Gaz.
The effect Of the recoil Of the tremendous spe-
culations in Cotton during the last summer, has
been very sensibly felt in the Southern cities, as
well as among tie importing merchants and their
dlscou1ters and endorsers in the great shipping
port Of New York. Ii is believed, however thai
more alarm has been manifested than there wa.
just cause for. The acluaI loss which the CITY of
New York alone would sustain from Ibis cause
mas been computed at five millions Of dollars
one VIII, doubtless, experience considerable loss
but this amount must be greatly exaggerated
The Savannah Georgian says that the reports in
circulation OF the losses in that city by European
failures, Teacting there, greatly exceed the real
loss The same paper very justly deprecates the
leVlty with which mercantile credit is sometimes
sported with, by the expression of vague sur
misses, and the insinuation of suspicious, which,
however uniounded, have all the effect OF ascer-
tained fact, by producing the very state of things
they affect to deprecale The paper gen
erously and wisely incucates in this emergency
mutual forbearance among mercantile men, and
lberality on the part OF the Bank towards their
debtors.
Whatever may have been the predicted extent
OF the EVIL above referred 10, the reality is by this
ume, ascertaIned. The period OF suspense has
passed. The bolt has fallen, and it's effects are
known in the sphere in which they are felt. /,
cannot be doubted that many individuals will
nave suffered, from their own mprudence, or the
knaVery OF European consignees. The CONNER
cial community, generally, however, will have
suffered i.te, except by temporary want oil
confidence In one another, generated by the fail
ures which have taken place. This the merchants
themselves have it partly in their power TO rene
~, anu we are sure the Bank Of the United |
states will see its interest in cooperating, by
means OF its Branches, with the local Banks, to |
restore business to It's Wonted course and current
Internal vNdUigofioH--Th following in(or |
NATION respecting the route for the great Canal, |
winch has been recently surveyed, under the au-
ihonty OF the government Of the state Of Penn
yIvania, within its limits, is copied from the |
Beaver Argus, Oct 8, and we have no doubt may be |
relied upon:
1T Is now ascertainel, by information from /
General Lacock, that the waters of the Juniata
and Conemaugh cannot be connected by Canal
with less than four miles Of a tunnel through the
mountain. This project being rather a hazard
Gus one and such the state would not be like