Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-10-06

~ or eifrontery. The moment before the cap was
drawn over his face, he lifted I'D his ewes and tool
Que "'Ge' rapu ana 'ast view Of sky, carth and
tiers Between tour and five thousan nd persons were
present las amateuts; and among them we are sor-
ry tn say, were many females The bodv of Kpanp
was given TO his friends; and was Inferred at seven
O'Clock, last evening, in the Branch Burial Ground
Hts grave is near the centre of that handsome Gem.
etery, by the side ofthat of his mother Mrs Abg,;l
r. Knapp, who died about three years ago. Tho
gravepf Capt White, the victim Of his cruel cupitli
ty, " only few rods distant from his e."
hNArP.-Aher Knapp execution the body was
placed IN coffin and returned TO his CELL whence he
n'a 90 takrn and kept there till one o'clock when
II was deliver, to his friends for interment. J. J.
Knapp, says tho Salem Register, requested permits
e' 10 see he corpse OF his brother while il remain
ca IN the Prison aud the request granted: Pho
scene was Truly disIr essng one The wretched
survivor kneeled TO embrace the hfeless features
OF his brother, and the agony of his FEELINGS ,. S
intense, tina, he tainted he returned to his
cell Mo
The Edinburgh Review No. Gil. reached
US by the Napoleon; among its contents is a review
ofMr jeff rson's Memoirs md Correspondence Tho
ehaa''er VI 'e"e'soh Understanding Is thus given
W Y. finer.
"Jefterson's understanding and charscter were ofa
PLAIN bold. and practical cast-full of activity and
strength But neither in his politics. science or lter.
ture, do we see any sign Of genius or depth His
speculaons chiefly interesting from our curos;,y
to learn the opinions of celebrated person There
Is scarce tnetue visible from first to last, among all
MS mutarous disqusltions of real PHILOSOPHICAL ga
gacity, inventive observation or refinement oftaste
Independent and ncorruptibe HIMSELF he was nrop5
OF me virtue OF the party with which he acted and
confident IN his belief that the popular will whil.t nm
vtiated by the perverse laws and corrupt bah;,s IF
communities where and distinctions of ordor.
had prevailed might be trusted the sole principle of
government This personal uprighness and this con-
fding reliance in the trust-worthness of human ma
ture under such clrcums at least as the popu
aton of the United States are placed in are in s;ng
lar contrast with the boundess suspicious he is al
ways broodIng er IN the of his federal oppo-
nents, and the sweeping denuncintions which he
promulgaes against the privileged classes of Europe"
Correspondence Of the Journal OF Commerce.
LONDON, August ID, 1890
The state Of the cotton market authorizes belief
that the present prices will give way during tho
present season The consumption has increas
ed very considerably within tho last year. and the
stock on hand is 100000 bales less than last wear
Manchester. according to letter received to-day
Is full ofdeaes and buyers from all parts of England
and the market is represented to be bare of manu-
features The growth of cotton cannot be suddenly
mere ased, and nothing of consequence can be pro-
cured for 10 months from the East Indies TO alter
the ordinary proportion of supplies drawn from that
quarter of the world
! The prices of French stocks here, have reached
the prices that existed prior the revolution
II Is said that Mr.. RothSchid, the great supporter
and contractor of all the loans of the principal mon
arches of Europe, was completely deceived by the
| =,
assurances of Pognac, that the late Ministry of
Charles X. had determined to have no coup defal
whatever Mr. r. froma natural confidence in the
sincerity OF such solemn accurances went on for
day or two buying all the unusually large sums thai
agents OF other members the late Cabinet of Franco
were constantly forcing into the market, and the
extraordinary accumulation of stock thus UNFAIRLY
thrown upon him, was sufficient to have ruined hin,
II the revolution had not been accomplished speedily
and at last peaceably. Onward, of whom you will
hear much, is said to have been the agent of Pew
al pf al Of rI,ab
American funds are again in demand. The new
pennsylvania SIS are 1881 I04. u. Bank 28l.
div. from July Sales have been made at 27i It's.
Cd Barring Louisiana 5s, l02. Ohio 6s, il3. New
York 6s, I845, Id lis.
fhe elections proceeding in way that indi-
Gates very obvious change In the opinions and feel
ngs OF the eectors-a change that cannot fail to af
feet the tranquility of he present Cabinet and still
more the pride of the arisocracy. In almost every
place where a shadow of elective freedom exists
those candidates have been chosen who are known
to be most favorable to economy and reform. Under
these circumstances, the Duke, who by nature re-
spects no mans opinion, will be constrained pay an
unwonted difference to the temper and demands of
the publcsand If report speaks truth, and appear
ances be not utterly deusive his best method Of pny-
ing court to his royal MASTER to consult the inter-
est and will not alone ofthe mobiles and the rich
| but OF the whole mass of the people ofthe United
Kingdom.
| You will see in the papers frequent illusions to a
secret cooperation, on the part of the Duke of Well
lngton with the absurd projects of the Cabinet of
France. One paper, The Age, has gone so far as
| TO declare that letter of encouragement adj
dressed oy him TO Polignac, on the very Of the
Crisis, IN which the latter exhorted Ito be firm,
and that every thing would turn out we'll" This
journal however is notorious for it's reckless ISLANDERS
and shameless fasehoods but still the Courier which
affects TO remain the organ heretofore Of the Cab
met called upon The Age to declare what the let
ter contained to produce IT, least to name any
individual who had it, and if unable do So TO
| acknowledge the whole story TO be fiction, as in
the opinion of the Courier the public already cons
dered II; But the truth s the public not entirely
persuaded of The falsty Of the imputalion Tho
French have always believed Polignac to DO an in,
strument of the Duke of Wellington, and whether
their suppositlon that he first duly instructed hero
during long embassy and their despatch to put his
| ina nrfIn IN Iho