The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-05-15

81, .rgnment We hive nftenest heard sus
"a against The nndertnl ing, is its ysstness.
..,.,s1ness nj fine undertaking proves the
49,, necessity Of IFS being attempted.
'rhara !. nothing 50 difficult To our sight,
-, I, may hs practicable in the eye OF Pro-
tl.nra andhv means which seem made
ate us Lend but the wav, direct the
4ablie feeling 10 that point, and we know
at and we cannot toresee, what numerous
81 irresistible motives NAV not be enlisted
,La c,nsp. In our free country, where ev-
.rv man is 1T liberty 10 obey his Htal aud in-
.,.ati,ns. his sense of duty or his sensihiiny,
SADLY any thing can be said to be impossi-
hIa nnon which YOU can concentrate The
,,,i,r fayoilr: and we are convinced, from
,he character Of The American people. and
,t g.nins of nnr institutions, that the scheme
- Africa colonization will be embraced and
',rosecuted with m enthusiasm never witness.
"a IN any other snblect.--One of the most
,,,,,yartd causes 40 noubt, OF its accelerated
r,,ress. viii he found in such charitable
too,ast. as that Of Mr.. Burr, II will become
.,,,e customary 10 follow his example, The
nhao7opher the patriot, and above all, the
christian. being on the threshhold Of another
,,orld. and seeking 10 dispose most beneficial
4, orbis temporal goods, will he reminded OF
African Colonization by the pions hope OF
blessing his race and country AID propltiating
Heaven. Baltimore Gdatte.
Richmond May lo.-A farther deficit Of
3lO0OO has been discovered IN the accounts Of
,hc late Treasurer Baker, in what is called the
cincinnati Funi In the year 1916 Tho Irea
surer of the Cincinnati Society made application
:, the Legislature. that the Treasurer OF The
commonwealth, for the time being, might act
a. their Treasurer. An act was passed aud the
funds Of the Society accordingly transferred in
tho GEAR 1921. This fund was provided by the
heneyolcnce Of the Cincinnati as resource
Tor the widows aud orphan sons of revolutionary
soldiers OF the whole sum Of Sl3.000 and up
wards. $4,000 il Is stated, have gone 10 swell
the defalcation of the late unfortunate Jerman
Bakcr. This money we learn was not audited
hut by some uckless oversight in the act OF As
,embly, was placed under the irresponsible con-
troll Of the Treasurer. II is, therefore, a qnes-
finn. whether Mr.. Bakers securities are answer
able for II.
II is also said, that the Washington monu.
ment Fund (coilected some years since by pri-
vste subscription, for the purpose OF erecting
a monunenI to Gen. Washington, but which
proving insufficient, was put under the manage
ment the Legislature, and by them under
that the Treasurer j US not IN its right place.
This last however, IS only a rumour that has
reached our ears That fund was audited aud
ifitiS lost the securities presume, will be an
swcrablr for IT, Hbg.
A letter from Washington says, Mr. Clay
will return from Philadelphia in or II days
and ofcourse after an ahsence too short to he
materially beneficial to his health. Though he
labours under no specific disease that is DANCE.
rons the general debility Of his system. arising
from intense labor, and that too, Sedeniaryn its
nature and therefore at war with all his former
habits is truly alarming. The plain course Tor
him is to travel about quietly, for months alb
stracting his mind from public affairs, aud his
prison from crowds. BY doing so. he would
recruit his strength, aud return to his office a
new man" 10.