Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-01-21

10 enquire into the expediency oil granting more
lotteries on any of the petitions presen-
ted Tor that purpose.
CoNNEcrIcur.-Two suits having been insti-
tutcd against the Eagle Bank in the City Court OF
New Haven, by persons who held quantity Of
its worthless paper; there some difficulty in
organizing the court. The mayor and the two
senior aldermen were stockholders, and therefore
supposed to be disqualified. A fee had been offer
ed of the junior aldermen in order TO retain
him counsel; but he rejected it. The counsel tor
the bank commended, that suit should have been |
brought each separate note, instead OF uniting |
them into to give the City curt jurisdic-
ton. This overued; and at last judgment was |
rendei ed for the plaintiffs The directors to
take The up by writ of error to the higher
courts.
New YoRK-It is said that 52s human beings !
have been immured in the n Y Jail for debt during
the last year, without any allowance from the Gre
ditor, for food, fire or bed! w hat Is the law OF
N. Y. this subject? Can debtor be confined af
ter fair render Of all his property! If moi have
| these men given up theirs? '' You cannot ask Of
than its skin" You should not exact of a
debtor more than his properly; confinement, beyond
this. is unmitisated cruelty: 1t is placing the IN
happy debtor the footing of the vilest crimlnal
the laws ought to redress i,.-Mr. Vanderiyn, the
distinguished painter, has pr oceeded ashinston
! to make effort towards the establishment of a
national gallery.-A Mr.. Day, an interesting young
| man, Whle working III cooper snOp In Monroe,
n. Y. was instantly crushed to death by the falling
of chimney upon him; aud Mr.. Paterson OF the
same village, after taking dram in grocery store
/ fell down suddenly on the floor and expired. The
phy sicians pronounced the cause of his death be
Apopexy.-iw o gentlemen IN N. Y. in making
New We RS C lis, having previously provided them
selves with the means of carrying a large number
collected during the day, nearly two bushels Of
j cakes, which they causesi be and distributed
among the inmates of the Orphans Asylum
The Chancellor has refused injunction to prohi-
bit the bank of Chenanso from proceeding in husi-
ness. The bank is said 10 have exhibited the
cleares. evidences of its solvency. 1t is said that
both Houses ofthe Legislature have determined to
instruct their Senator's, Sc 10 for the passage
oil bankrupt lava petition is before The Lee
Ss!atHe, for the purpose OF forming canal OH the
South side of Long Island from Gravesend Bay 10
Jamaica Bay, and then Rockaway and
Great South Bay 10 Southampton, distance OF
about no miles. II is represented, that nature
herselfhas nearly forme'I 100 miles of the proposed
canal, without the necessity OF a single lock and
that Only about IL miles will require particular at
tention: the capital required is estimated at $780,
0o0--The Utica Observer states, that Messrs.
Jason Parker s. Co. have lost within about fort
night from 30 10 35 stage horses, on the route be-
tween Maulus village and Utica. Their death
has evidently been caused b. poison administered
by some base scoundrel: for which wanton destruc-
ton OF lie and property state prison would be
too lenien' puDishment.-On the 18th after much
discussion between the two Houses as 10 the mode
OF Electlon,) the Senate passed the bill from the
House providing for the choice OF u. S. Senator
by nomination in each House, fixing on Sa,ur-
day as the day of eiecion.-A bill has been twice
read changing tie name of the Dutchess and Orange
steam Boat Company 10 that of the N. Y Tow
Boat Company and increasing the capital to $780,
QUA Caucus Of the Republican Members of
the Legislature was held on Friday, TO nominate
tOr tlta II OI
the Senate and ~ of the Assembly attended, the
vote was for Nathan Sanford 81, scattering 26.
Mr.. Sanford has accepted the nomination and i'm
medately resigned his Office of Chancellor The
sieam-boa Linneus left N. Y. on Saturday with
nearly 200 passengers and the Saratoga with about
SO' They would proceed as high up as the ice
would permit; and might possibly reach Albany.
From 80 to 40 passengers summoned as wit
nesses in the case OF Gen. ard of the Senate
NEW JERsEY.-A memorial is in circulation
in this state, praying Congress lay an additional
DUTY on imported spirits, brandy and gin, and
proportionate excise all domestic spirits Ii
enumerates the deadly evils flowing Fl ON the in
temperate use OF ardent spirits
PENNsYLvANIA. The Select Council of Phi
ladeiphia has received report from the Watering
Committee; from which it appears that The whole
extent OF iron pipes laid down is more than Is
miles; laid down last year 394 feet; the agere
gate OF water rents Ss27 292 25; the expense of
raising the water into the reservoir at Fair Mount
is less than 81 day; the rents after defraynp all
expenses, except laying down new pipes. yield an
annual surplus 10 tie sinking fund of SI4 900.
lie committee propose to authorize loan
OF Soo,OoO Tor The purchase of more pipes On
Inc iOlh, MIR. Sutherland presented to the Senate a
petition from the Citizens of Philadelphia prayine
Jor charters OF incorporation to all coal companies
tha' may ask Tor them also remoustrance
against granting them.-The Infirmary bill for
the diseases OF the eye and has been approved
! oy The CONGRATULATIONS have been received
IRON the citizens OF Westmoreland and Somerset
counties, praying for the incorporation of the
! Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. reso-
luton has been submitted for taxing oterybrok ers.
In considering the articles of impeachment n
gainst Judge Chapman, Mr. Petrikcr moved, in
place OF an Impeachment, to address the Governor
requesting him to remove the judge. This oppo-
sltion was debated, but not decided on the i2,b
RESOLUTIONS were before the House relative to ced-
ing 10 the U. States, certain lands, sc. necessary
Tor the establishment OF a National Armory on the
Western waters of Pennsylvania.
I MARYLAND Extensive beds of Magne,ia and
others OF fine marble, have been recently discovered
IN Hartford county.-The following Report has
been submitted to the II. Of d. " The Committee
OF grievances and courts Of justice of the House of
Delegates OF Maryland, 20 whom was referred the
memorial and documents of John Archer Robert
son, have made the following report: That the
rules 81 Baltimore county court, by the operation
oil which Mr.. Robertson thinks himself sgerieved
DO not appear to your committee TO Justify the COM
plant that his constitutional rights have been in
iflnged. That IL is right and proper, that the adj
mission OF members Of the bar should be regulated
! ana guarded, as IN the most effectual manner to
suoserye and secure the objects for which courts Of
ia" are established and maintained among US and