Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-06-17
VfRIETIES.

DoMEsTIc--A motion was made in the Massa-
chusetts Legislature the 18th inst. by Mr. Whea-
ton, TO call up the bill fixing the legal rate of in
terest at per cent and repeating all existing lars
relating to usnry. The bill was taken up and
the usury question discussed. motion for in
definite PostPonement was made, bu, only sustained
by two or three votes; and motion TO postpone
the bill to another session was also regatived II
| was referred 10 a committee of five, and subse-
quently passed 10 a third reading p p F
Degrand, has proposed scheme for Guarantee
Company; and application has been made TO
the Massachusetts LegisIat Ire for charter, with
capital OF 100000. The object is to guarantee
the f1lhlment of monied engagements, for prerni-
UNI, on the principle of Insurance Companies The
scheme is not popular among the merchants of
Boston.-The Mayor OF New Orleans, in an adj
dress to the Council of that City, adverts to the
efforts making by Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylya-
MA and Ohio, and the success OF ". York on the
subject OF internal improvement. He thinks ~.
Orleans IS in danger of losing part her commerce,
and calls on the Council TO secure forever 10 that
City, "the immense benefit and the incaIculable
advantages which she can reap from her CONNER
cial situations, by making certain &c local improve
ments," which he partly enumerates-One of the
trunks lost by Gen. Lafayette in tire Steamboat
Mechanic, has been reclaimed, and is on its ,y5y
TO Boston.-Mr Monroe visited Albenarlc during
the last week. He was invited to attend public
dinner at Charlottesville but declned the i'll health
OF his family and urgent private business calling him
to Loudoun. The sloop Jay, which was stranded
near Smiths Island in February, had on board n
quantity ofpig copper, and virgin silver. On the
assurance OF Capt. Young, her commander, that
these articles could be recovered, he was employed
to make the attempt, and has succeeded in getting
the entire contents OF two boxes Of the silver and
20 slabs Of copper. The Captain is confident of
recovering the whoe.-The stock books of the
New Commercial Bank at Albany were opened
three days, and s 500 900 were subscribedcapi-
tai only $500, 000.-The town Of Gibson, N H.
at their annual meeting, voted sum of money to
build town tomb large enough TO contain the bo-
dies OF the usual number of persons who die in a
year. After remaining IL months they are to be
removed to the grave. The object is TO secure
them from the depredations Of medical Students
Great preparations has been made for the celebra-
tion at Bunker Hill, and laying the corner stone of
the monument. The Boston Gazette says, that
Mr. Smith has engaged TO furnish dinner for 1000
persons; and that the quantity of for COW
ering the tent will be equal to the square sails OF
nifty shiPs.-Three OF the white men, John Bridge,
John i. Bridge and Andrew Sawyer, who murder
ed Logan, an Indian Chief, and several other In
dams, have been tried and convicted in Indiana,
and were TO be executed on the Sd inst. A fourth
had been previously executed. These punishments
will quiet the jealousy of the Indians OR that from
"e' anu asSuI ueDl OF protection from the whites.
public dinner has. been givenby the citizens OF
st. Mary's (Geo.) and its vicinity, to i. f. TAFT
nall Esq. their Representative in Congress, as a
mark OF respect for his public and private character
The Dtce PresideRt.--On the arrival of Mr..
Calhoun, IN his native district Of Abbevie, S. G
his old friends and constituents gave him public
dinner, a, which he delivered Speech He ex-
planned :" the principles which bad invariably
governed him in his public life Commencing
with the late war, and terminating with the pres.
dental election (These proceedings in our next.
Another dinner was given to him at Augusta il
Georgia.
FoREIGN-At a late sale Of Pictures in Paris
fine painting BY Andrea Del ssrto, was knocLe G,