Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-12-01
GLMAMENGS.

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Steamers The following short item pre-
sens most important suggestion FOR the consideration
those who watch the welfare of the United States
Navy:
"The (Englisl) Sunday Times says:--I, may not be
generally known that government have built laid Down
80 steamers carrying 10 guos each, and they have
rgate on the stocks to be propelled by Engine 400
horse power This quite correct; and have no doubt
that 50 years hence every will be propelled by
steam"
company has actually been termed to carry mr. Val
'ances plan for travelling by Iue roads, into execution
The st is to be carried between Brighton nd
Shorehan by way Of experiments aud IL successful be
afterwards Immediately extended toulon Passengers
will, by this conveyance, be shot % from Brighton TO Lon
do'i in about half All hou':-l London O6Serrcr.
DE- Francia, Dictator of Paraguay, recently discovered
that plot had been formed against his life by several E
opean agents, and the celebrated naturalist Nj de BON
p!and He had efore reouled his severity a,, pre
caution The principal culprits shot in
the village of Nhenbuco NJ de Bnmpand, WIN had OBJ
tanned his passport Europe has again
unprecedented and como,itted to prison. Paris paper
Ca,"tl I.oan.-The Ohio Gazette. OF the ;2tn ul.
the Commissioners OF the Canal Fund agreeably 10
ie advertisement noticed in our paper received u,on,
sails the ga October, for the loan iinc hundred thou
sand dollars The loan offered by William w
Woosey and accepted by ha Commissioners, the ra te
OF Slu7 g. for hundred dollars six per cent STOCK
they nave thus obtained premium Of upwards $4,000
oil l!e whole loan.
On Wednesday, the lith nit. isdy on her wav from 81
Andrews to Montrea ha wing infant child in her arms
w,ch order TO guard against the inclainencv of the
weather, she wrapped zap closely that respiration
osfucied On aiighiing at Grand G.ule she found her
infant I,i1esS.
On Friday evening, aGt ult a seal SIN, hair f,,,E
contained about l2030 in bank notes, stolen from on
board.ihe Steamboat Constellation of New York A re.
ward of five hundred dollars offered for the recovery Of
the property.
HonGsiy--on Wednesaav week the sum Of fifteen hum
bred dollars lost in the Philadelphia by lad
and the day following advertised, and liberal re-
ward offered of its recovery It, fortuna ey, picked
up by poor but honest poster whose was at the
corner OF Front and Market Streets and promptly
TO the
The Slave Trade is forbidden in Sweden, under the Pc
naliy of death
Union iGater Uoyls.-Thc New River Works at
siington, "tiSchaTgc every twentyfour hours 2f4000
hogsheadS Of siXty ;hoe gallons each" This exceeds the
rate o! 1916 hogsheads every hour, los hogshca
minute
a "sv Soei7g.-A Vermont paper says ga society Of
ladies has been formed in Maine fnr purpose
wing the of the gentiencn.An Iicrctlean Ia *
Truly, says the Minor
Rtmartabf AecidnL-son the 9th ut Mr. Wesley
Johnson, of MaIone franklin county, was on the ton of a
load Of flax piled on AN ordinary gon body, pitch
fork lying beside him. when The uncvenncss of the ground
FIST caused toe pchlork slide OFF, irecpita,cd
him upon the tines small nd sa m nd
ed tie part Of his breast passing quite through the
body, and Of the back! Notwithstanding the severity
Of the wnunds, however the patient coDva esceu and
| his recovery is confidently expected.
To crafty the feelings Of honest old gentleman n,ed-
cina preparations have been applied the ptchfok and
IL has been carefully wrapped and deposited fla
10 aid the healing of the wound This method of cure wa
quite fashionable about two hundred years co. and ned
cal writers say it attended with great advantages for
while the surgeon exhausted his skill the instrument
dame nature, more skiiu!, healed the wound.
Rochester Daiiy .7ID.
Japort0n Cae.-Tbe snit of John Jacob Astor VS. the
State of New York, involving the title Of vast track o
land which the plaintiff he by right purchase from the
heirs Of Roger orris and which the State held by virtue
Of an aander against te said bIois, and the consca
ton OF his property 1870, has occupied FIVE dave N,
Circuit Court of ti,e United States at New York Til,
best legal talents engaged both sides. " ebste
| and Van Burcu for the State, and Ogden Emmett and
Oakly for the plaintiff. The purch money ia id By Mr.
Astor toe heirs OF Norris .2O,O0O sterling TIE
supposed value Of the land is stated The Judpc
charged the Jury in favour Of the plaintiff as to te la q
affecting the case, and verdict for tile plain
tiff; from which, understood there will be an appeal te
the Supreme Court.
.Qnoia1 Lfs.--Al O,gon, in France, toad aud two
muscles have lately been taken OF tue bottom Of
deep well sunk in The rock. and re-opcned after
having been filed mp FOR hundred and fifty wears
One Of tie muscles and the toad are still preserved
alive IN some of the water 10 which they we're found
fqtrodUcton Of FOREIGN plants and see9s.--A circu
lar las been addressed by the Secretary of the Tres
sGTy 10 7 portion OF The american coDeuls ses;di n-
abroad in relation 10 Tie transmission 10 this coantry
Of foreign trees, plants, seeds vegetables recysDl
roots, &C. The latebgoacef says: "Copiss OF Tie cir
cuIar have been placed in the hands of the principal
collectors, Of whom they may be bad b. such masters
Il vf;7ci: az Others go;Hg abroad rs may Re Eahfy