The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-10-13
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. !.

winch iose pieseni pledge themselves moi n
purchase an ariie . Of American manufacture
when tley obiain goods Of the knd Of 70
reign construction. There Is such run mad sp
ri exhibiird ~ ihsse resolutions thar We have
nn thought they viii be copied in'o other papers
but wherever will be reptobaied by all
! That any yirginian should desire The sacrifice
OF h. country insi another msy flourish is mos
ntraaRe tom
Drrrs ieried on goods imported into hs o.
oidIes.
Not one article is prohibited from any part oi
The world
Cotton Laces. Bebbinets, Gold and Silver
goods. jewels SIC. duty ~ l-2pr CT.
borsted staff goods IN great variety. and silks,
duty - pr c.
Bombazines, woolcns in great variety,
d ~ - ~ 10 IL pr CT.
Copper Brass Tin. Antimony Nc duty free.
DUrigs aud y uiations IN Il Briiain as applied
10 dmeriea
All manufactures Of Cotton, Hardware &c &c.
prohibited.
Timber IN all lis varieties, virtually prohibited
Tobacco and Nhlskey admItfcd on paying
duty Of from 1900 10 1900 pr. CT.
Wheat. Rye, Corn and Provisions prohibited.
Great Britain has prohibited every attlcr
from these states that could be raised in her do
minious aud shall we aid her policy which is 10
supercede orr raw produce in her market, as
fast as circumstances will permit One fourth
Of her supply OF eolion is now received from
South America and The East Indies. Our 1our
aud wheat IL nos excluded, and It has been con
lenplared f'r years filal our ehltnn can also be-
eN lIded by encouraging Tie growth elsewhere.
Hurea,oH Fauqraer) Gasete.
dntnrtie Expedition On visiting the Navy
Yard, Brooklvu, few DAYS siicc We WPIc much
gratthed with an examination ~ q uobls ship On
the stocks, nearly ready 10 launch, which We
found 10 ~ the one intended. by the Secretary
OF the Navy, Tor the eXpio ipg ekprdl ion 10 the
South Seas aud Paclf OCEAN. ohr hears the
name of ihe old Peacock, repaired, bu. l.. III re
ainy, IN every ,especi, new ship, prepared e.
prfs,y To- the Intended esp, dition. Il"r length
Is one hundred aud eighteen feet; breadth
ihu'y tao feet six inches, with spar deck of
seven leef, aud measuring about five hundred aud
twelve lons The iiame is very strong, and
oi The brst seasoned live OAK. Iltr unbets
are entirely SOLID, bDliel one into the other, aud
rau'lcd, rs high a, = birth deck, before plank
ing, 50 thai she migh bWye bren lannche 4, and
crossed the Atlantic, without planking on s1tat-
ing INSIDE ~ out.
IL addition 10 what is common in soops Of
war, she - provided Win "a spar deck, which
viii afford Shelter aud comfort TO the men ~ bad
"rathrr. Her lnlwarks above the spar deck
arr the same rs in merchant vessels. The ma
val Arcbtec., NJ, Samuel Hart, ma suprlln.
tended the construction OF TIE vessel under
Commodore Chauncy. ~ accordance with the
model seot lrom the Navy Department, aud the
manner Ia which lac has executed his task,
teiiects the highest credit his professional
skill.
The vessel will be lightly armed with twelve
instead ol twcuty two guns her spals aud rig
enig viii no be 50 heavy in common sloops
II war, 50 that She may De snied with sinai
Ter compliment OF men, a. object of primary i'm.
pori ancr on voyage ot such Duration
We have been highly gfalifed to fnd that the
memb rs OF the Lyceum OF Natural History IN
this city. nave taken upthe subject with great
spirit they nave long since Communicated IL
thr Secretary Of the Navy the dep interest the
society felt III the enterprise to be senI ont un.
drl his special care and direction, and thei, zeal
and Willingness TO cooperate with him IN na-
turing aud arranging all the scient IL dr,a,is
Of the expedition ~ y Statesman
Feiraci afa letter from respectable Planter IN
Nh neig6b0nbod II idiatiHse, (Fioriaa, ) da.
ted iagVd NH, 1929.
=" The city IL rapidly improving Fxceent
houses are now going up in every direction aud
the building nl The Capitol is going on in elt-
CANT style We shall make larr crops of Sugar
and Sea Island aad Mexican Cotton here neNt
year. | expect 10 plant tins fail l00 acres il
C1ne, aud lao IN Mexican or Sea Island orton.
The crops are very abundant. The sugar
Cane looks as well as it did IN NJ, emher las.
We are exempt from disease. There i. moi, be
lrye, rs healthy country under The sun
The Capdoi-A writer in the Washington
Chronicle gives the following as the dimensions
Of The Capitol, homa statement furnished by the
Architect himself:
Ieet h.
length ri Front 3d. 4
Depth Of Wings. III d
last H. o,eciun and Steps, 10
West dn dn NJ