Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-06-30


| In the absenee OF foreign news,-at time when
The heart is sick and the panied with every day
report OF reform aud prescription. we have thought
that some amusement might be afforded our leaders
pypreseniing them specimen OF aprospectye news
paper We 10 not, ofcourse, mean 10 say that il is
intended TO enbody in every respect our conceptions
OF the Improvement OF our country within the next
ccn'ury-nor are our views entirely visionary. The
iacccicrated momentum of improvement may and will
bring within the sphere of possibility things which
are seemingly Improbable Had any one, twenty FIVE
years ago predicted that every navigablc river of
tho United States would be- Ia tic year 1920 visit
BY steamboats,, aud that the rapid current of the
mighty Mississippi would be assembled by immense
Heating Castles at The rate of eight or ten miles per
hour, he would have been considered as much of n
madman as he who believes that all which we shall
anticipate will be realized
Some thirty years since, DR.. Darwin told the
world, IN verse
. soon shal!hy arm, uneonqurrcd sea.n aflt
"Drive the slow barge, or move the rapid car"
The world, for a long time, needed the y;.icina
lions OF the Doctor little it win ours; yet steam
crs and railroad show that he was a prophet
indeed.
| Bat TO our prospective newspaper. We C;,ncv
ourselves habned IN silk morning. GOWN lo!lino ia
Injurious writing chair, with all editorial app-
ances and means To boot, penin hand and scisso rs
reany proceeding to examine the mornings mail the
e2d June, 1898. The FIRST article selected is The
iolOwng:-
Frpr' The Semi National IafsYgencey
WAsBINGToN 6, T.. NJ. June ed 1929.
This day at ~ o'clock, His Excellency Clifford
Iabot 6renvlle the fist Minister plenipotentiary
ana Ambassador Extraordinary from the Republic of
Great Britain. presented TO the President of the
u ~ by the Secretary Of State for Foreign Affairs
The Ceremony took place at the new Executive Pal.
nee and was unconmonly interesting and imposing
Among other distinguished personagcs present, we
observed the Hon Secretaries OF State for Home and
Colonial affairs; the Don. the Secretaries Of War and
tile Navy together with the under Secretaries of the
same Departments the Ministers Resident of the Re-
nl Ayr il,...,,.
patagonia, Chill Brazil, Guatemala the Netherlands
Greece, France, Switzerland Sweden and Denmu rk
the Ambassadors Of Russia, Prussia Austria Naples
Spain, China, Portuga; the Charge des Afiaires of
Egypt, Palestine &c. together with many officers of
hgh rank OF the Army ond Navy, and a considerable
number Of foreigners OF distinction, at present ma
! king the grand tour.
After Mr. Grenvle had been presented he del;.o--
cd ms credentials, together with splenddly cmbro-
dcred flag OF the Republic, aud addressed the
PRESIDENT IN style OF ma-ly eoGucnce he felcitated
himself upon the honor which bad devolyed upon
him, or rendering to the Chief Magistrate of the
Oldest and most powerful Republic in the world the
assurances of the high respect and o!lniration in
which the American nation was held by the people OF
whom he was the unworthy representative. THAT
people said Mr. Grcnvle "have ever regarded YOUR
Republic with profound interest. They could never
! forget, even in those unhappy moments when
The peaceful relations which should exist between the
two cou0trcs interrupted that YOU were of the
same finally though planted different continent
Bri;O1 sir, has 6chc!1 your onward march TO great
ness, with some jealousy perhaps but with more
admiration She has not closed her eyes TO the real
causes o. your unprecedented national prosperity.
She has prnhted by your example, and rs you arc al
ready appriscd, assliiated heI institutions ia form
as we'll as spirit, TO yours, by dispensing with the
cumerous aosurduies of an antiquated monarchy.
repugnant 10 the gcnills of the age aud unworthy Of
the good sense Of the people"
! His ENcellency the President replied in the most
animated manner, rcciprocated the expressions OF
good vii! and respect, and hoped that the Re
Pub!ics would again be found hostile collision
Born. sir in q land of li5erty-(sai bel and repre
seniing one hundred millions OF frecinen, | canno;
sufficiently express my JOY at at the change il
the form OF your government, and The triumph OIL
republican principles, among people, from whom
we originally derived most cherished notions oil
freedom. II SIT, the event Itself fills ,ne with de-
light, cqXa!!y lost in ndmi ati.n at the peacrfu
and boodless means by which it was brought about.
= revolution so npmcntous effected without violence
Is unprecedented N the annals OF the world Sir !.
speaks loudly in favor of the rpeness of your peopc
Tor sc!i-%"yeInmont. May you long enjoy is inest
inahle blessings, and may the only rivalry between
England and America henccioJt be, which shal
most et!cctualy advance the interests CT civil loerLy
oil ovor the world"
The ceremony being ended Mr.. Grenvilie was ire
sented by the premier to the representatives of er
ci%n nations present, by whom he cordially re-
ccIvcd. rs we have already stated MIR. C.. IS tin
nephew of the Lord High President of Great Britain,
and III sending minister uf such Acknowledged tnsr,
and unGuestiorahlc rrpublicanisn. the new rcpuS Il,
husmanlisiod becoming sense of the respect due Il
the American Nation.
Mr. Grenville, understand, has taken the ma q
nificent mansion, Massachusetts Avenue, latel,
occupied by the Post Master General for the Yves
tern Department.
f.! Mr.. .Nt,Wy.-Wc have this morning seen 4 pri
voc letter ro;n the venerable and csirnabla Many
. long the American Consul Mt Liverpool. lie write,
IN GNccInt spirits. and hs health is SUCH that not
wthstandng his advanced age. he fails not 10 take
his daily plvnge into the Merscy, Mt sunrise every
morning. inrogqrd to tho late political contest in