Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-08-27


Extract ojaletfer diied RIO de Jaqei,o, Ell .5I,.
We havcJust had On arriva from ths Cape OF Good
, Hope part Of the cargo is Wheat, which is here
considered the very best that comes TO his market
Some OF 1t will be sent to the United Stale, for tr;-
al. by the ship General Smith.
Our adNlcrs from Bucnos Ay-cs 10 the loth .y.,uc
represent the state Of affairs there be truly tern.
yng. Vast i.bes Of Indians had made descent
Grou and pundcrcd all The country south the Sa-
!aGoI II was thought that this would bring % Il ter
ininaiou The AostiljtIes the concnding chiefs FX-
change oa London vas quoted at per dollar:
Flour, At Sija9o, currency, but such the dii,u
y of getting II on Shore Tor want ofcurts ard ptus
that nothing coaid &c gained by IL
The New York Gazette says:-"N letter from S.
sal dated The 22d OF July TO rcspcc,sbc mercantile
house m this city, states that a was IN confusion
here IN consequence of thc expectation OF a visit
ON the Spanish fleet. of Who's mo,emcns they bad
been advised The troops all under arms and
prcparat ions making 10 give them warm reception
if they should make that place ,ho point OF dcJor-
kation
Riot G.d DeqH---A certain portion e lie poru
ation' OF Cincinnati lately undertook to hasten tls
departure oithc co'orel people from that City agree
ably to law, by storming their dwellings,. In cousr
qucnce of one Of these night attacks ehoi fired
from one of The houses attacked, which accustomed
the death Of young mon named Iicrricks, ,oue of
the assallants) IN aIcw hours e ter.
When the most venal subscryicncy is daily mani
itSltu ny lHt HNoslulA't presses OF INC present uO
minlstraiion IN approving It's measures. 1t may not
be umiss TO publish tic following extract from the
speech Of the Hon. James Hamilton. Jr. late mem.
ben of Congress fOm South Carolina, delivered in
the House of RCprcs natives on the occasion Of hc
debate Gcuca Saunders resolution, calling on
Mr.. Clay for his reasons lot withdrawing the pat
ronagc Of the government from two or three Of the
most abusi"c papers ofthc country. / there were
such danger iu be apprehcndcd by the withdrawal
OF the publication oithe laws fron the few printers
cJectcd by Mr.. Clay, depicted 10y Major Hamilton
IN 1921 how much greater is that danger now, when
every press ~ his nation that could br, has bccu.
bougW tP with the Peoples money as Che wages OF
their inqliiy--somc with e6~es, others with public
work, aud some with both' This question involves
considerations OF serious import and deserves the
most serious Attentions for It ioay be conceded
solemn truth that il the liberties Of our country arc
ever to he coycn down. the first approaches 10 the
citadel VIII be made through the corruption Of tho
press:
"H(says Mr.. llamton,) by the exercise Of an ire
sponsibe discretion, tho patronage of the Govern
mcrt can be applied to noursh the presses Of The
country IN vcnal accord, To praise every thing which
the Administration should do and subject their pro-
pioors the punishment Of the loss Of his patronage
If they dare to its measures this forms dis
/ tinctly government press, which is more alarming
to the liberties of the People than the organization
OF the whole Of Gen. Browns army, of six Thousand
mon, Formed jato n guard Of the place Let more
over say. that control Of this kind over the press
is dangerous 10 as liberty, than most ofthc dog
mas Of tho law oflibc, expoundcdby tho most subscr
Went minou Of power. The liberty Il the pres, Is
label 20 abuse by corruption of Us purity, wlen
bad public men and bad pablo measures arc praised,