Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-12-12

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al ne s Convention met Yesterday ut the usual hon,
ana after having resolved changing its nl,co ~;
sitting tor the future to the Old BAPTIST cbur,t
VEN INTO committee of The whole, Mr. Gordon ;n
sae c'i'r me report of the committee on the ind;
Giary was taken under consideration and tb,, @
in'ions Were discussed scriatm. Some anends,
W"re of'red which were rejected and some were M
cepted, as VIII be seen by reference to the conJen
eu report we publish of the PROCEEDINGS FLns H.
Legislative, executive and judicial reports have h
lar disposed of Nothing now remains for cons;inr,'
tion put the report of the committee on the bill ~
a. ''s' Tue discussion OF which,, it is expected will
ho' De much proirnctcd-exccpt the ali ahscirhinr
question OF the basis of representation Until tht
question shall have been settled any thuo sa;d nc g.,
!e termination OF the proceedings of the Convention
IS mere speculation.
we resume this day. after suspension of nearly ,he,
soi Representation Mr. Johnsou's speech will he corc5.% ~
soon " as possible and followed by Mr. stanards and Mr. Ran
they delivered vs. e 'o' !" Vficn
-, "a '@''ei ieccNeu In thus town Yesterday.
Lieut. JohN WHITE, at the Charlcstown Navy
1ard, contains the following gratifying intelligence
Il hasten to inform you, that ha, lust received
newspaper and slip from MIR. Green editor of tfa
New London Gazette, in which he saws he has ms,
received letter from his son Charles, a nidsh,pnan
on board the Peacock at Pensacola which saw.
ne reaGock is gong Immediately to Tamppico,
90 'eteoe me Hornet dismaSted. Ball. Rep.
Not outstanding the above information ue ,,oca,
rear the Hornet and her gallant crew have been los,
o.; ne last information from her, accordng To orr 70
collection informed of her being dismasted in pai
OF wind, while lying off the bar of Tamn;co md IS
her having been seen afterwards i'm Tampico bav
erecting jury masts, and declining assistance She
haq specie ON board, and was expected TO proceed
10 PENSACOLA or Norfolk. On her passage there She
NEST probably foundered. Up to the 5th Nov tLn
date OF the latest advices from Vera Cruz, no tei
hgence had been received from her.
The packet ship Manchester arrived NJ Neu, vi,
on Sunday from Liverpool, whence she sailed on tho
% OF me so ult bringing Liverpool papers of
!he "a, aud London of the 1st.-only a few hours-
4ater than previously received. They conto;n mn
news nor any later intelligence from the Continent
The sales OF Cotton at Liverpool continued to he
urge ana the imports small, and some advance la1t
taken place on the Corn Exchange
:, RtcnGFd Harrison, the patriarch of the New
1ork Bar died on Monday morning at his resideocs,
near Greenwich
- Ihe Kentucky Gazette announces that the Hon
THOMAS 3. REED, Senator from the State of MI
s,ssippl' died In Lexington on the morning of the
Itoo hundred and tcenty stice Moxsnz,d dollars in
specie, were received the 9th inst at the r. s.
Bank IN Philadelphia from New York.
The .0iail-Phe transportation of tLe NT,;I -
coaches as this time, amounts to 6,5o7.8i8 miles
IN one year and on the LIST of January next it viii
be increased to 6785, $40 miles. Yhe whole YEARLY
Transportation OF the mail, in coaches sulkles mil
on horseback amounts TO about 10 700 900 miles.
| PenStons.-A statement from the Pension Offir.
| presents the number of 2,2oI Revolutionary Pen
sioners, and 3,194 invalid Pensioners. Of the
former 40l and Of the latter al, have died durn1,
the year.--.Hut. Jour.
| PENSACOLA, Nov. 81
Yhe u. S. Sloop Florida arrived in this mort I'm
Wednesday afternoon. The Florida is employed
under The command of Lit. Tattnall in surveying Tho
Tortugas Islands. The Florida has been driven by
Eress of weather among the Chandelier Islpnds AK
has been ashore four different times The officers
and crew have all been sick.
.ArrirGi IF The tShark.-The u. S. Scboonr-
Shark, 1t Cominandant Thomas p. Webb; arrived
al this port yesterday FROM cruIze on the Sou,j,
side of Cuba. The Shark sailed hence on the 93d
of August and has been engaged in giving convey
between Cape Cruz and Cape Antonio. They have
heard of no Piracies. The Officers AM crew are all
vel.
BALTIMORE, Dire o.
The Presidents Message reached ibis CITY veser-
day. by express, in much shorter Time Than e,rr
the route between the two cities has been travelled
The express rider of our enterprisna Mail Contrsc
tors, MessrS Stockton and Stokes, despat ched with
the roples of the Message transmitted by the Post
Master General, left Washington precisely at twen.
ty-five minutes before o'clock T. III. Yesterday
and at five minutes after two O'Clock The same rider
was before the City Hotel in Baltimore, having tt-
formed he distance heavy road, in he u
credlbly short period Of only ONE HOUR AND A
HALF or at the rate Of tventy four mites nm hoy,t
In order to accomplish his most Extraordinary speed
J eight horses were stationed at intervals along TIN,
rad, and successfully uscda the rider came 70
them.
ANOTHER MAIL ROBBERY.
! baltimore, Dec. 8.--Thc Cumberland Advocate
states that the stage containing the u s mail was at
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