Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-03-18

EXTRACT qfa letter from Raleigh. March a. 1ses
Mcssrs Editors The Raleigh lN.C Star the is.h inst
ton uhoese ~ C., for $1,000 the 9Th Of April next
For the credit Of State, believe s this the FIRST in
been osd the Of this aboinnSe
amd OF sport Northampton went nearly thc whole hog" Sr
we do you of course have better opportunity KNOWN.
wSsshsr the Introduction Of fighting to be
PROMISED great "reforn expect under dy
nasty Please to favor with your opinion subject
Your Obt. serv't CAROEUs.
Here follows the advertisement from the Star:
SPORTS OF THE PITT.
Main Of Cocks will be fought at NorIamptoo Court.
House c. for Sooo-'o commence Wednesday, the s,h
March, 1929. II 4p
A Mr.. Smith. in pursuit of Stephenson the default
ter has arrived at New York in the ship 1'homss
Robinson, from London.
FRANcE.-We have to hope much Improvement in
the state ofthe people of this kingdom from the an
crease u newspapers. II appears that i'm the DEPART
hent du Nord no less than fourteen have been re-
Gently established.
The st. Thomas Times, Of the 18th ult. contains
an account of the execution on the previous dav or
the four remaining pirates belonging to Las Damas
Argentinas.
Sound Potcy.-Notes of the Bank of the Common
wealth to the amount of Taree hundred thousand
Donors, were burnt, at the Bank OH Friday last in
obedience to u resolution of the last session of the
General Assembly, Kentucky Reporter.
The poor have suffered exceedingly i'm the cities d.
ring the late winter. A New York paper the Journal
OF Commerce lately observed that $500 persons are
now IN the aims house of that city, and 5000 have been
relieved out of by the commissioners; still there are
muittudes, foreigners and others, whom the public
bounty has not reached
The city ofNew York, however has an over propor.
ton ofpoor persons-becase Off great surplssage Of
destitute foreignersthcy amount to nearly two tfths
OF all who seek relief from public charities and in
that proportion I'LL up the poor houses and the prisons
the pa upper criminal establishments.
Oak wood was at ten dollars q cord i'm PHILADELPHIA
and the Aurora said--At the meeting on Saturday
afternoon (2ist Feb. the following interesting cases
were most respectfully vouchcd
A woman OF very tender frame, and whose mo-
dest countenance wore the mark of extreme suffer,
ing, was seen TO steal II moment, when she supposed
the of her Creator alone her. TO pick up
and grcedily devOur some boiled potatoes which Lad
been thrown into the street, with the slops Of kch
en- Her feelings would not allow her to beg, but
starvation drove her to purloin from the dogs.
n respectable washerwom H. voluntarily confess
ed to of her employers that she had been driven
by cold and hunger, to the terrible rcsort of pawn
ing part of the clothing entrusted to her.
lady went to visit old acquaintance and
with some difficulty was admitted into the house,
The friend, who with her in her youth, had enjoyed
every aliiuencc, was wrapped in thin coverlet sur
rounded by three little children begging their mo-
Their for something to eat. There had been no fire
IN the house for four days, and they mad par
tcle of food-the children blue with the cold and
the mother too weak 10 walk.
Another case was mentioned, Of not so recent
existence, where father was helpless his wife sick
one child dead, and another dying without food or
clothing, save few tattered rags and some straw.
Lire stock an Ohio-A late number of the Western Herald
the following statement Of the Live Stock exported
year from the track Of country called Sciota Vaey-comprs
ing about one sixth part of the State: