The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-10-26

! a view Ia the Presidential election. When
: eser this question il brought fairly before
the people they will go Nth eur present
enlightened administration, there being
no reason why Maryland should array her
self in opposition"
Judge Rochester has resigned the Sc
cretaryship Of tho Panama Mission, and
accepts the nomination made al Herkimer,
of Governor OF New York.
Flour and Whent The New York
Commercial of Saturday aiternoon says
-" Since the arrival Of The Cnrtes, with
the intelligence of the partial openIrg Of
The English ports, -four has advanced ia
this market from 25 to 574 CENTS. per bar
rel-Saes Of New York City, and Canal
/ flour, have been made to so,ne extent at
IS IS. Holders are NOW asking So 51b.
Canal nour comes in slowly, and there is
but little Southern in the market. Sales
of North River and Virginia wheat have
been made this week AT 81. Tie last
sales Of Genessee brought lob cents, and
an advance on the latter IS nov required"
"The London Tines declares the
foreigo crops TO be as short in many corn
districts as in England. Those about
| Hamburg are unpromlsing IN the neigh
/ bourhood of Dantzic the potatoes are
! likely to fail from drought, add the popu-
laton is on the eve Of absolute want.
The wheat and rye of the same district,
though generally good, are not above An
. average, aud an advance OF price WAS con-
! fidently anticipated in rye, barley, oats !
and peas. Hence the Times doubts the
probability Of an extensive importation,
or of a very sensible fall 10 price. In
England oats had advanced within the
last month from 90 to 60 dollars the last.
Vandeilyn, the celebrated painter, is !
now engaged in taking the sketches ne
cessary fora panoramic view of the falls /
OF Niagara, on a scale corresponding with /
the magnitude Of the subject.
The Slaop Of War Lexington, Captain
SnGBRfck sailed from New York on FRI /
cay last, for Trinidad. for the purpose of
conveying home the remains Of Commo-
dore PERRY.
The new sloop of war now building at
the Navy Yard, near New York, is to be
called the Fairfield" after the town of
that name IN Connecticut.
900
The following notes are copied from N.
York papers--the first from the CONNER
ciai Advertiser, the second from the En-.
quirer. As they relate to statements which
have been widely circulated, we publish
them in justice to theparties.
II having been published in several Of
the journals of this city, that a sum of
El2 900 has bren allowed To General LaI-
demand by the Greek Committee, General
Lallemand takes this opportunity to de-
clare that the said statement is false.
General Laeman W i'll not answer the
personal reflections and injurious remarks
which in some journals. have accompanied
the statement. He owes it to the d"licar,
OF his situation, and to his character, to
wait for the publications. on the subject
vi the Greek ships, winch have been
promised Ito the American Republic
He will then make such remarks AS may
be requisite; and the truth which the
different documents shall disclose, viii be-
IA full answer To all calumnles.
CHS. LALLEMAND.
New York, 18th Oct. 1896.
General Lallemand's note refers TO a
statement copied from English papers into
the prints OF this country.
The Commercial Advertiser, of Thurs
day.n an article on the subjects of the
al LII E. 81, q
has the following sentence:
How would they have Missed, if they
had heard that the pdiriots of New York /
had charged 500 EACH for the rent Of
the LOTS on which the frigates were built |
thus realizing for one years rent $40 600 |
more than the fee Of the lots were worth"
The undersigned having built one Of the |
ships IN question, have only TO say, that |
both the assertions contained in the above |
extract are direct talsehoods.
C BERGH s Co.
The Commercial Advertiser replies to
the above that its statement was made on !
the authority of common report; and adds, |
that " notwithstanding The above denial, !
we now state the fact, uneqayocally, and
after investigating the subject this morn
| ING, that the sum of fifty thousand dollars
per annum was charged for the use of the
yards on which the ships were built, to-
5eiher with the personal attendance of one
! man in each"
The following is published in the Phila-
delphla papers as an advertisement.
AMERICANS !,ATTENTION!
THE GREEK C.iTSE,
Young gentlemen, friendly to the Greek
Cause, who are desirous of rendering as
siftanee by embarking for that county