Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-11-17

habits OF society in this improved age me 49,
are gone BY when man would b. eoateos sr, ~
drink, sleep and die. The wants Of the sav.re -
ieeds on acorns, and is clad in the spois of th,r
chsse are few and simple-but those Of civilxtsa
man are multiplied as he advances in refnemeut
His capacity for self government can be inferred
only from his ability to comprehend the rights and
duties which belong to him in socie,y-the public
mind must therefore be instructed and the erest.
mass OF the people fitted to WELD the power which
.hey Claim under our institutions. With all the IL
perai endowments of ample literary fund ana
numerous public schools the means of common
eu"eauon are yet wanting to that class of society
wn'eh needs them most, and large portion Of uur
mizens'are In the gross ignorance of nature.---
ms IS an evil which time must aggravate, and
"hch time alone can never cure-one which dr..
mnishes the common stock of happiness among us.
nifty.
commerce is the lever which sustains AMI
propeis all the complicated machinery of modern
governments 1t is the fertile source of individual
prosperity, OF national power and fame Its trea.
sures are diHused over the earth, and bountifuiIy
bestowed on all who will seek them with perseyer-
Ing enterprise. A number of causes, some naiu-
raj, others accidental and political have hitherto
contributed to retard the commercial prosperity OF
our state. The species Of labour which is chiefly
employed by our productive classes, serves srea,l,r
10 weaken the available force of our country in
IN
the gains OF private industry. 1t Is the remote bu,
certain cause Of many evils, which have been al
ways plainly perceived in the moral characteristc
and palsied energies of Virginia. Il il compe,ent
Tor government, TO mitigate the rgour of all these
evils to considerable degree, and efectusllv a.
remove the greater part of them. BY judicioux
and active employment of the means wffh which
nature has 80 muniirently endowed us, the re-
sources OF our state may be enlarged, and new.
impulse given 10 industry in all the various de-.
parlments of labour / will not tire your patience
by particular recital of the numerous suggestion.
winch arise. as one contemplates the present anu
past CONDITION oil our country IN agricultural COM
merciai and manufacturing points of view With
all The zeal anc patriotism which has ever distjn
sulshed our people, we are yet far behind the inn.
Provemehts OF the present day in these seve,sf
respects. laudabie spirit of enterprise ha. been
at length excited among us. and we seem deter.
mined 10 future to rely more exclusively and con-
oehy on our own intrinsic resources, to fulfil the
high de.tinies of our state. There is no time to be
lost. Every day witnesses the advance of OUR ~;
walls In this work ofimprOvement, while il adds tn
our humiliation and impoverishment. The barren
helds OF their nativity, forsaken by the s,urt,y,'
the young and enterpri-ing, who are gone 20 seek
new nome and country in the fertile regions OF
the west. Our is broken and dispersed like III.
tribes OF Israel, over the wide yyorld-tbe scsns
OF our infancy, are solitary and desolate-rbe,
stranger rests under the vine which our fathers
planted. Where is the man, however old or Young
whose bosom has not felt at some hour of his lie
the keen agony of despair, he beheld the total
wreck oil his own fortunes, or the ruiz ola friend
- The melancholy picture is realized TO ,h.
experience OF us all--lel US all. then, unite To ov
brighter tinse OF hope to the future prospect.-'
The causes OF commercial diseess among us. are
not to be found entirely in the administration OF
aiislrs-but Tor the mot part, they are within the,
reach OF legislative correction. The evil is suai-
GENTLY ielt-tbe remedy must follow soon or late
virginia must put her shoulder to the wheel ami
there will be no need 10 pray to Hercules et IN
cherish the important objects of public education
OF internal mPoveht, OF private industry and pub.
lie economy-iet every citizen stand firm at bis
post Ind the old dominion has nothing 10 fear.v
We omitted ronradiciins, at the proper time. cer,
tam reports ot murder said TO have been commit =
ted on the Blue Ridge mountain near the Snirk s;,,
Gap turnpike. The circumstance which Gave r;..
10 the su>picions was this A horse wa. found
dead al the loot OF precipice, with every mark or
his having been pushed over. 1t of course reouled
no very great stretch OF the imagination 10 suppose
'ba' some y weary-worn traveller had been MUIR
dered, and his body concealed in some deep recess
OF the mountain. The fact however, turns out In
be simple Alter all further inquiry had ceased to
be made, and detection given up "a hopeless. ~
negro man appeared, who recognized the horse
IRON his shoeing, to be that had either strsyei
VI oeeh stoIen from camp meeting III LoudVun
county, the last summer. Winchester Gax.
ELEcTIoy.-At an election for officers of the
Gath Regiment, Z. NJ. held on Monday last, caus-s
by the disgrace and dismissal of Col PLUCK, ETC
the following gentlemen elected. For Coio-.
mel, David Wilson; for ii. Colonel, James Be,y-
iey--the Majors name have not heard.
Remains. The bones OF large animals com,
pietely petrlfied. have been found near HARRISBURG
IN quarrying stone for the Pennsy lvania Canal
works, 20 feet below the surface They appsr-
entity belong TO the Buffalo and Panther tribe.
Phil +. Journal.
The whole number of Cadets in Capt Par.
trdge's Academy, is 295; of whom So are from
New England, 20, from the Southern, VI from the
Middle, Dpd "a from the Western States, s from
the West Indies, from Canada, from England.
and from Greece. SO universal a patronage ia
bestowed upon other Seminary in this county,.
lNiddletmy CO. Gas.
We perceive that the biogrs Thy, and poIi,ics1
writings and correspondence Of Samuel Adams. ara
IN state OF foTwardness for publication in Bos,op
Inc immediate connection tf Mr. Adams with ina
incep'ive stages of our revolution, the important
part which he bore in the proceedings by which il
was effected, together with bis subsequent political
Relationship give great interest to the volume.
dnother abduction A York ~. C.) papers
mentions that the editor has Just been INFORMED, by>
Major Frz Gerald, Of King township, in the Horn.s
district, that in his absence from home for a few
days, his daughter, youhg lady under seventeen
years Of age, was msrred to b'acksmiih's apprer-