Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1827-09-01

seeks no disguise or mystery. We repeat the Lam
s"age Of the Journal-iet tie line be d, aton fair
| ", distinctly drawn-and il will but confirm both
pennsylvania and Virgins i'm .heir antipathy to Mr.
| Adams, and preference Of Cen Jackson Tho
friends OF Gen Jackson are not to be inveigied bv
the bold and desperate stroke Of policy which is de.
signed to 'etthe two states each other
This stratagcm failed at the Eiarri~b burg Conyen.
t'on--h wiiIever fail. Neither Virginia nor Penn.
sy'vania has been induced to prefer Gen. Jackson
by any sudden caprice, without due regard to
] inc ci''' which mpends the affairs of our federal
government is in vain that the friends OF Mr..
| Adams attempt to produce a schsm among tho SUP.
porters OF Gen Jackson in these two states by REF
erence TO questions which altogether foreign to
nat on which they are, and viii remain united Is
there union Of discordant and a;.,;ns
opinions on the part of the adminisra,ion-bas
Alassachusetts or Connecticut made no sac,;fc. oe
principle in behalf OF Mr. Adams Let Mr. Web
ster, Mr. Everett, and others of the "wisc men of
the East'' answer
IL Gen. Jackson's opinions on the subjects OF the
American Sy.tem aud Internal Improvement. were
less reeoncieabe with either the doc trines of Penn
'y'vania or Virginia. than they are, there would
sun remain sufficient grounds cton between
nm and Mr. Adams. But how does Gen Jackson
stand upon these two questions to which it i, at.
10 be
tended on any hand that he i, more absolutely IN.
vorable to the indefinite extension of these
than Mr.. Adams-so that, according to the adn;s
sions OF has there least an equality
IN this respect between them, and neither Penn.yI.
vania or Virginia can haza,d muc!, in prefcrrine
him But this equality does not exist Gen jack
son is favorable TO tariff national PRINCIPLES
which may promote the interests of manufacturers
without destroying those of Commerce and Apri-
culture Does Ponn'yvania ask more than this
policy would secure to herr She does not-and
the insinualion that Mr.. Adams prepared to 90 a
step farther, Ii ar;ifce designed to entrap Gu
Pility at the sacrifice of every patriotic feeiinga
trick which will succeed with none who are no,
prepared to pass the Ruhicon once and blot out
every vestige ofthe constitution in blood We do
not deny that Mr.. Adams may be ripe even for TIL,
sad emergeney-ifhis friends insist on il, we viii
concede that he is but Penns ania /, no.
disposed 10 reinquish her attachment to principle
and friends. and seize bait which scarce con.
ceas the barbed nook Tn at turks beneath it.
80
The London Times of the 18th July, con-
'aIns the list OF Professors appointed in the
new University of London Amons these
Two of the Professors are taken from Amer
'can Institutions, viz DIR. Fattison. lately
of the Maryland University, aud Mr.. LING.
at the Virginia University. Nat. Int.
The time ct which the London Institution
will go into operation is uncertain, and per.
maps remote. Mr.. Longs services therefore
will not be required for some time Editors.
iscsTaeTdinuTs issstarce of satkasias.i,
feeling for the grand effects of Nafure.--In
| he year 1920, Captain Hastings, then on a
voyage between the island of Madagascar
ard the Cape Of Good Hope, was overtakcn
ny violent storm. The furions turn of the
ocean-the Oigbtiness of the surgiug waves
the hiaekness of the water. and the vivid
effects OF the lightning coming atiiwart the
dark curtains of the Heavens, he behejd
with an intensity of feeling that almost alb.
snrbed every feeling Of personaI safety.
Having taken the necessary means for The
| security OF bis vessel, and anxious to con-
template the grandeur of the scene, he or
dered himself to be dashed to an elevated
part oil the ship. that, during the raging of
The tempest, he might not only study, but
actually sketch the terrific appearances a.
round him. Collected amidst the uproar Of
the elements, and regardless of danger, he
produced faithful and spirited drawing of
a storm At sea, full of The fury and sublimi
OF ms SUBJECT. The drawing he sent to
the Royal Academy, where it was exhibited
| yN"' obu pecuIar
attention.
This is the same Captain Hastings W no
was subsequently, cashiered for challenging
superior officer. aud who is now in the
1 Greek service under Lord Coehraue.l
| a Comet.-M. Gambart. discovered at Mar.
settles, on the night of the 2Ist June. and Mr.
Nicollet, on the night of the ODD of June. a.
Paris, discovofed a new and small Comet in
visible to the naked eye. In the night of the
list 1T was near the star Epsilon of the con-
steiiatlon OF Cassiopea, by two houls and two
minutes right ascension, and by IS I-2 degrees
OF north dcchnation, as well as could be JUDGED
| IN the cloudy state of the atmosphere.-I'be
Comet appeared to increase rapidly as it de-
clined.
| A letter from williamsburg, TO a oentls-
man 10 this place says, that Mr., Mead de.
clines accepting the presidency Of William
and Mary college. Por,smouthPaL.
Difference Jctween Gen. Jacks6n and .Eo1,,
Quincy Adams
| When Zen. Jackson was fined one HouSnud
dollars by Judge Hall, shortly after the battle
OF New Orleans, for resisting writ of Habcos
Corpus, after he had declared the CITY under
martial law, lin order to prevent traitors from
communicating with the enemy,) he immedi-
/ ately paid the fine The ci,i1one &c No., n.