Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-05-31

thing II contains ols LONG as tesn known i
cur readers, ilihey have attended 10 the Annu.
al Treasury Report, which appeared 10 our
paper last December, and the proceedings oil
Congress which we have regularly given since.
We forgrt-there are one or Two things in
Mr.. Ciaiborne's letter. which will be neD to
our readers. aud We copy them lie informs
US that Indeed, aud in truth. our Gag has been
displayed. alternately, from the frozen belt that
encircles The northern pole 10 the sonfnes OF
the antarctic circle = and, agsio, that " the
Chinese in olden times submitted 10 taxation 10
enable their government to erect a wall that
saved them from the inoursions OF ,ha Tartar
hordes for ages |, isa great pity thu, the
honorable gentleman had moi been equally orr
ginai in his language, aud nofei IN his facts
throug hoOt his Circular--he might in that
case. have been equally eloquent. much to the
discontinue of the solid array of statistics.
which he has copied from the Official Report.
of The Heads of Departments, or, for aught Ne
know 10 the contrary, piraed from the Circu-
lar Letter OF some other member OF Congress
The honorable gentleman ought to be more
courteous 10 us than to deprive Us ofhis p6ild-
bic correspondence during the session of Con.
gress for we assure hun that the writer Of thn
paragraph was decidedly In favor of b,s cleo
ton TO Congress in the great contest between
himself and Col Leftwch in 1923, and wrote
vehement, though he was sorry The time ii
was not an efectual, article q his favor. This
was done without any personal acqua intance
with Col. Claiborne and FOR the sole reason
that he, like the writer. was warm friend Of
John Quincy Adams, while Col LcltwIch was
in favor of Vim II. Crawford IL we have
changed our opinion OF Colonel Claiborne
since, II is no more than the honorable gentle
man himself has done in relation 10 men Of
more distinction than either he or ourselves
cso ever hope 10 attain. We are sorry we gave
the Colonel 81 much offence some years ago by
the publication of that innocent jeu Jesprh "a
bout the Pauacea hut he should have consoled
! himself by the reelection. taught by those old
and good adages, that" Satirisis, like Death.
love shining mark = and that " the Sueeisst
| fruit is ever most pecked at"
A Hoar Two expresses passed through
Baltimore one night last week. and threw the
whole town into fever OF anYi ous spec ua,ion
and conjecture. The stats OF public feeling
| Al. & H.
which appeared in one of the Baltimore papers
of the next morning. OF course, wa DOW know
that there was nothing IN these " rumors," and
it IS supposed that the expresses were no
thing more than race between an o0ies-hOider.
anxious 10 retain his office. aud an oGice-Seeker,
equally anxious to get ii:
| Rum0urs The reported passage ofiwo ex.
presses through our city last night, from the
! East in the direction OF Washington, has given
rise to various ru,nouTs, which, II they should
turn out Ia be well founded, will command n
strong and general interest. The substance o +
| them seems 10 he that the negotiations between
| the America and British Governments have
been brought 10 some determination, OF which
the purport had not lranspIred-thnt the Bank
| OF England had suspended specie payments
that the King OF France was dead aud tina,
king dom almost in a state OF anarchy -Hnd
that misunderstanding had arisen between
the Russian aud Turkish Governments, with
regard TO the paymen, OF the 'ndemnltIes due
from the latter. aud thai the President Of the
United States had been appointed referee ior
the settlement of the dispute.
Foreign NeWS We may expect, for the mex,
week or two, flood Of news from Europe.
The first of a series of arrivals that will follow
each other very closely is announced ON the hrsi
page OF this mornings paper, together with ex'
tracts from the papers brought by her There
smoothing. however, of any Importance.
| IL The publication of" Reformer" would
answer no good purpose ,hatys can see, and
we therefore decline il.
NJ We ara authorized TO announce BEN.
NET A. CRAWFORD. Esq Us candidate at
the Fail election. to represent the county OF