Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-08-31

decd, DC nighttime To abandon nnv canso 4, 80, so
Po,ters generally were no better than Mr. Tanner
anu those oy whom he has recently beon controlled
"Whcn Mr. Tanners statement frs, ,o.nLoJ -
we pronounced it untrue; and, in so doing We o.J
as the friend ofAIaj. Barry and MI Van Duren.-
The statement was vile eloct,oneering artifco
which convinced US that the Harrodsburp unto were
Wiling to sacrifice the regulations OF Mai Barry and
MI an Buren,, IN order to promote the election of
Mr. Booker"
The Northern papers are teemng with extracts
from Capt. Halls travels. The Captain is very
roughly handled by some of them. Whatever sins
he may have committed against our northern
neIshbors in the way of msreprosentng the following
extracts by which he intends to compliment GER
tain class among us, unfortunately too true. We
could not but smile when we heard from tho wor,bv
tourist that fcndness for the law of primoocpure
still lurked among us, and that Virginia had moo
correct notion of the value of the unequal division
ofproperty" than any of her sister states. ycri,v
his glass reflects but too truly.
81 believe Virginia is the only State IN the r,nior
where freehold qualification is required in tic vo
tcrs' anu was glad TO hear many gentlemen OF that
'tae not only express their pride in this circumstance
but declare, that the effect was 10 send lber .n
more useful class OF men into public life.
Just al the period of my visit however a Conyen-
ZION was proposed, and has since met the object OF
WINCH understood II correctly. was not 20 much
TO extend the night OF suffrage as to euuaz the dis
tribution OF the freehold votes But | observed in
many parts OF That state so strong tendency 10 cx
tehd Tue rght'Uf voting, that suspect in sDite OF
the sincere wishes OF the weather class of anhabi-
'dhts'Who are generally aud wisely very averse to
any such Change, the numerical popular voice will
Oe an o'"raich even for the Yi'ginian aristocracy
ana that universal suffrage will soon be established
there' as 1t has been every where else in America
-, ht me DIS ance OF about 30 or 80 miles from
itchnoni VIC came abreast of James Town tee rs,
p@oc settled by the English in that part Of America
Wiich now forms the United States. This was IN
l1o8; TWO hundred and twenty one years aro !,
mas long since btcn abandoned. in con.aruercc IS
INC HAet.lilincss ofthe situation and nothing i now
iel' rit 'l" remains o! an old church. There was
'1''"9 quite strange 10 our eyes in The sight ofan
american rum! was still more struck b. The an
pearance OF many fine looking mansions formerly tho
country houses of the great landed propret0rs Tho
"" "f's'ocrocy OF Virginia. bat now the residence
Oh sinai farmers or planters. bv whom tho rron,r,
has been bought, from time TO lime AZ u co.ie ;o
meal INTO the market, since the law Of prinooeniure
anu ue practice OF entails, were swept away By the
'i"e OF iodern Improvement il is called FT, n,
these anu other causes, the aiiuu NJ lnrre
properties has been entirely prevented oven IN tin,
state where the value OF these UNEQUAL divisinos
OF property is certiny better known than any where
eISe ~ me country. Unfortunately, tins conviction
Is cohhncd 10 the minority in numbcrs SD that If ami
altogether"
u The Editor Of the American Farmer Of Bal.i-
more. proposes Publishing a Sporting Magazine,
monthly p'ice .. The first number is ready Tor de-
livery This work viii be valuable acquisition TO
gentlemen ofthc Turf in this safe.
j. We committed slight error in Satrsda,'s "a
per- There are 81 removed and II new appoint
ments--l 10 others who had been removed were re-.
- were appointed.