Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-06-26
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CROW-KILLING.
A match for the destruction of these drprc,,atcr
oil our Corn Colds, tsok place in the County o
Greensville on Saturday the 9th inst Dr. John p
Hardaway selected ten hun,smen on the north side
toi three Creeks and Or. John Butts like num-
Der OF sharp shooters the south side Of that
stream. Judges having been appointed. the count
was closed at o'clock, aud the result was 23S7
scaips shown by Dr. Butts party, and 2l6S by DR..
| Hardaways- majority PIG in favor OF the south
side-making total OF 1856 Crow Scalps, The day
closed with Barbecue, OF which about 200 per-
sons partook Petersburg Tunes.
| The Legislature Of New Hampshire, assembled,
at Concord. on "Wednesday last, and organized, by
choosing Abncr Greenleaf, President and Samuel
Dinsmoor,Jr. Clerk of the Senate James b. Thorn
ton. Speaker, and James Clark Clerk OF the House
oil Representatives. In the Senstc, MIR. Green
leaf was chosen on the thd ballot, by seven votes
out twelve. In the House. MIR. Thornton had
nineteen majority All Jackson men.-The
whole number Of votes for Governor declared as
legally returned, is ~ ,2l5-nccessary for choice
2l,l2t. Benjamiu Pierce has 22,6l9; John Bell,
| 10, oS3; Scattering, IS.
! The Pensacola Gazette mentions the arrival
there OF Commodore John Rodgers, President of
the Board of Navy Commissioners. accompanied
by I-oammi Baldwin, Esq. u. s. Engineer. Com
modore Patterson, we are sorry TO eatn, was de-
: tanned at New Orleans by indisposition.
New YORK. June IA dinner was given on
! Wednesday, at Niblo's, by the friendly Sons of
St Patrick, and others TO celebrate the repeal in
Great Britain, of the penal laws against Catholics
it was an occasion that would naturally call forth
much enthusiasm OF feeling, and we are accord
ingiy told that much prevailed. The toasts were
as follow:
1. The 18th of April IS29--Tha dav on which
the monarch of Britain did justice to millions OF
his subjects, by restoring TO them a share OF those
rights, OF which an erroneous policy hat SO long
deprived them.-Tune ST. PG!ricls's DAY.
z. George the IV.-Who has earned n civic
crown by his victory religious and political
bgotry.-G0d sane the King.
u Daniel O'Connell, aud the late Catholic Asso-
citation of Ireland Erin go Bragh.
4.Ihe Marquis of Anglesea-the uncompromis-
ing and impartial Viceroy OF Ireland.
D.. Wellington and Peel-Wise in their relin-
enlistment of old prejudices, patriotic in applying
the remedy.-Sprigs If Shiiieiagi..
.. The Bishop of Norwich-May his enligh,-
ened spirit diluse lis influence throughout the
world.
z. Dr. Chalmers, and the liberal P-otcstants of
the United Kingdom
s. The memory of Grattan, Fox, AMI Canning
Dirge.
o. The best deed of Ireland's warrior son. Ire
lands Freedom. JVel;ington's March.
10. The President Of the U. -JacEson's
March.
ii. Our Adopted Coun,ry--A practical ex-
ample OF civil and religious liberty.--HaiI C0ln-
! II. The memory Of De Witt Clinton. Grand
| Canal .1Idrch.
H. The Governor OF the State OF New York
Yankee Doodle.
| Among the things 20 be noted PERTAINS at this
festival, was the toast. and speech OF MIR. G. c..
Verpianck, one of the Representatives in Com
gress from this city. IL is thus reported by the
| POST
Mr.. Verplanck, one of our representatives in
Congress, being called on by the President for a
toast, observed, That there was a good old Eng
iish proverb, which enjoined on US always to give
the devil his DUE There is another still older,
which has, believe, come down to us from CLASH
cal antiquity, enjoining on all to speak az well OF
the dead as we 1t is in the spirit of those two
venerable and good. natured precepts that am a.
bout TO offer toast. II is this:
The memory of the departed penal and anti Ca
thoiic laws OF Great Britain, and many thanks 70
merica.'
| They are now fairly dead and buried Req,.ies--
cant IN pace. May they rest in peace; never to
rise again. But the good which they have caused
at least to US, lives after them, and merits the
grateful recollection OF every American citizen
whether native or adopted. Need / saw, that II
was TO the operation of that narrow and intoerabc
system, America, during the revolution, was in
debted Tor her Montgomery in the field, and for
excellent men in Legislation and dplomacy-ti,at
both in the glorious struggle for Independence and
IN our more recent contest for national rights
these laws gave TO the American flag the support
| oil hundreds and thousands of brave hearts and
strong arms! In later and peaceful times, we may
thank them for the accession Of a vast and useful
amount OF physical power, which has paved Our
streets, erected our buildings made orr roads and
dug our caDals.--(H hear.) And have they
not 100 contributed at the same time equal pro-
portion OF intellectual and moral powers We have
| but to look around TO find cause enough 90 be
grateful for the rich gifts which the silly iutoier-
ance OF political religion has Fundamentally be-
slowed on our country. IL has given the eloquent
Bishop England, and other lights of the church
ana oil learning, To our pulpits and colleges, NJ
! NeYen TO our science, Sampson TO our urispriI-
dence and literature, Wall and T0gbam 10 our
arts. Cloud cheering) Did i, not, too, give 10
America that ilhIstrous citizen whose recent death
we have all mourned-Emmet, the eloquent man
the man OF genius TIE patriot the wise s. vriuoJis
Allow me too, sir, to seize this FIJI occasion 10 pay
| passing tribute to another departed friend. The
same system gave to the defence and the military
science OF the United States, the late brave and
learned and accomplished Tone, the worthy son Of
oil another heroic and noble minded Irislupan yho
toiled and died i'm Intellectual struggles for tina,
great object, the attainment of which, we now &C.
| lebrate. But truce to melancholy recoIlectons
Let us be thankful foral these good gifts in what
ever spirit or with whatever intention they are
bestowed. Let us bl to the memory of the depart
ed Anti Catholic Laws. TThe toast was received
with long and loud cheerngJ
| Creeks and CheroEeeS.--We give place 10 flie
iOho"Ins aFucie Win me greater pleasure be-
cause II comes from friend to the aboriginal
tribes OF this country, who has for wears made
their condition and their relations with the whites
his study, and because also il takes what seems 10
us The truly plilsntbropic and benevolent vie W
Of the case. The idea OF the United States inter.
fering between the southern Indians and the states
within the limits Of which they live, and vindica-
tlng 10 them separate aud independent sove-
reigny, IS as es travagant would be the idea OF
making the Oneida Indians Independent Of the
state OF New York. But startling az is this inter.
terence with the rights Of state the future copse-
quenees OF permitting the existence Of nation in
such an anomalous relation both 10 the state with.
in Hhnae hnundariaa IL Ia .nLalaL III a.. H..