Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-10-02
From lie Charleston Courier.
HISTORICAL PATNTTNGS.


series Of Historical Paintings are in hand nv ~,
eminent Arls'. and will he ready for exhibition ON
the second Nondayin October. Admittance-grown
persons nothng-"boy,." half price
Tn" first series roprosnnts John c. Calhoun u,oun
tod on prancing hobby horse called American Svs
tenn" on the right side branded "InternaI Improve
R"nf' on tho lot, "I99I.t Phe head Of hc horse
Is turned towards large marble building called tho
"Prcsidenr's Houso'--iowards which tho crown -
maklug all convention haste The horse has Iorq
tail to which N'D"hPo and Hamilton has fast hold
their skirts. IN turn. held nv others so on az far
ma the eve can reach among them. AZ some distance
may h" recognized tho Collector Demoathencs All
their mouths are wide open-the palace looks fempt-
ing as fthr larder fat enough give all a bel
lv full Their countenanccs are beomipg with bona
and patriotism.
Second sories. presents Henvv CLAW in the very
middle Off rond leading TO the palace Calbnn1
don seem 10 like his looks more than If he was
Iph-wavman: but. acting upon the maxim .Sbold
ca""'" :" The Devil he ABBOTT pulling OFF his
INIT tn salute him, and side mast him when nv an
adror leso he places himself unon tho snddlo bouy
hFn' IN IRON 81 'aitoun-and nv back fling lust
hnshHS MN on the crooD. fiat his back: tho hob
hv so"mnr 70 know his rider struck IN briak ,rot
while Calhoun and his followers set Nd most pte-
ous cry ots'on thief "sNp thief and IN this stvIe
the Who'll" DosSn arrives Mt the palace rotr whom ont
conc ten Jnctenn in a suit Of black with what was
al irst taken 10Y hickory club but turned ont "a he
tho ran NJ the Constitution. and haw led out rsIo Such
s"Hth"r scHmp"rlnE was never seen since old John
Adams Art hls Judges quit Wnshinutou in 1900
Clay had the beet Of IL he readv mounted. and
although his hobby enrCd and prckcd his nars and
snort ed pretty considerable as' he rode too we'll
- he unhorscd-sn turning towards "thc grent
West he logged on as il he had loTg Journey and
stumpY road
series third. paints Calhoun and his train. quite
chop fallen vending their weary wnv hack to South
Carolina, through the Virgins mud up to their knees
IN trouble. Calhoun would occasionally, like Lots
wife. cast long and lingering look behind, al the
b1g house; but Hamilton consoles him by telling h'uo
th"ro - StTis House in Columbia In one Of
7 fhgaa old E.1l -.
minion, they meet with an old raw-bonad, outcnst
tncky which appears TO have bccn turned loose TO
die on the comRou--hs marks were almost nbtera-
rated, but an old negro whom they the road,
told them he once belonged to Mr. Jefferson. but
his muster find NO him cold blooded and worthless
animal. had given hun way 10 Yankee pedlar, who
drove him TO New England during The late war. and
employed him n park horse an Hartford. during
me Contention. Here he became broken winded d
spawned, and the pedinr. ont OF his respect for his
owner led him all the way back But Mr. Jefferson
wSs quito angry and told HIM " he had known his
qualities ut first. he would have knocked him in tho
head. prevent the propu cation of such in blood
md so Massn. said the Negro he was thought past
the power Of profagnting. he Just ist here to
htaScD Calhoun. who is not easily turned from
his purposes said TO his dshCaTtcnCd followers, any
thing is better than irUdging an The mud so let
press this old animal into tho service, and viii ridc
and tie till We get home and then make tho best OF
it. Upon close inspection, they discovered brand
dor the len cnr, Qualification Aye cried CALHOUN
have heard Of him before Jefferson would not ride
him, he thought he might do mischief hut ~ nm tho
boy what cun ride any mig" MS they say in Ken uck
81 ~ he mounted. The old creature seemed 10 like
tho snort and they made progress, until coming to
| large multitude, it seemed there uusier-nnd
/ Calhoun. who WAS cunning fox, did MT 10 to
venture on pnyado with un'rcd horse, so turning
/ IN Gen Uavnc. VINO had on full suit Of uniform
made IN NJ York for the cncoura cement of Charles
ton Mechanics, proposed, that he should ride null
LITIGATION N rcvicw, and try his metiIs.-Thc Gen
erals ambition gets the better of his prudence, and
nf he u1pf g=-b glH Crny n
/ long sword cholUg his tanks, than hc snorcd and
cHpcrod and reared I'LL tho General looked as pale
osi he had lnsi an election. In order to reconcile
matters the Generals sword tied TO The horses
tail, by q i0ng urn, so that common people could
aoi SC, IL The General now began to look quite
ls"rco Old qualification" cooked up head and tail,
the multitude shouted, some m admiration bu, moro
in ridiculc hr rot on very we'll until coming 70 q
sa0 place his hobby nouudcred and Just then two
men rode rr ono was black looking Yankee, tho
other was a Tpuis'rnnu, who bawled out Z" stop tho
trnitor stop tho traitor!" Old notification" It
seems know tho sound meant mischief, he had heard
Il before at Hartford, md expecting TO huvo a Pine
burr stuck under hs tail, he got out Of the mud,
wheeled round, ood Just laid the General Fat u
6ou1dcy. mn ~ HE cars IN tho puddle or runs tho