Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-05-04
BOLIVAR CROWNED EMPEROR

BOLIVAR CROWNED EMPEROR.
A gentleman from omoa, which place he left on
the ED March, and arrived at Norfolk, in the schr.
Charlotte, from Havana, informs, that previous to
his departure from Opoa, information had reached
there from Guayaqu that Bolivar had been crown
ed Emperor of Colombia. The Coronation tooIr
place some time in November
A letter from the editors of the New York Ga
zette to the proprietor of the Philadelphia Coffee
house says:--"A letter received here by the
eastern mall to-day from st. Andrews, N. B., sta-
ting that vessel had arrived there from LIVERPOOL
with London dates to the ed inst. letter of that
date states that the negotiations with our Minister
relative to the West India trade had been concluded
by the refusal to accept the terms propesd by MIR.
McLane, he not having offered any good or sufi-
cient reasons"
The present Post Master General, asks of Corr
gress appropriation of eighty six thousand dollars
to sustain his Department-the first instance. under
the government of such an application-"aH the ex-
penses of the Department, las Mr. Barry himself
says) having hitherto been betrayed by its own re-
sources, without any appropriation, at any time to
meet them from the Treasury"
Words could not clearly and fully illustrate the
character of the Reform introduced into this Depart
ment, than does this simple unadorned statement
Every previous Post Master General, has paid mo-
ney into the Treasury-some of them large sums
the present Head demands appropriations and saws
he can't get along without it, unless he reduces the
facilities which the Post Office affords So that
Congress has alternative, but to put their hands
into the Treasury, and help this gentleman out OF
difficulty throw the Post Office establishment
into disorganiZatiou.-.N. j. FREEDMAN.
FIR. Holmes, in his speech in the Senate on We'd
Desday, went very fully into the subject of removals
from office, and collected mass of valuable informa-
ton relative to this much abused point. He showed
that since the organization of the Government down
to the 18th March, 1929, there had been only seventy
three removals by order of the Presidents-and that
President JACKSON has removed more officers in ote
month han were removed before in forty gears
Noronised more officers of his own appointment than
President ADAMS ever removed. The majority in
the Senate succeeded in laying Mr.. Holmes resolu
ton on the tabebut bis facts they could not, dared
not, attempt to answer.--[.flcr. GaS.
Great trotting match against tnse.-A mare was
on Thursday tro;ted the Canton course near
this city, sixteen miles in the short space of fly sir
minutes and forty seconds. The bet was as orr
ginay made, we learn, five hundred dollars sdc)
that the could not trot fifteen miles in hour
Several hundred dollars were afterwards bet and d
mile added to the distance, making the whole dis
lance sixteen miles. The match run in min
utcs and seconds less than the hour, and the last
mile done in second less than the first. AZ
ter the 9th mile had been performed, the was
halted, watered and the rider changed
BaR. Ctron
We understand, says the U. s. Gazette, that the
President of the u. S. nterds visiting the eastern
States in the course of the summer, and will extend
his visit as far north as the lakes.
According to the last adyices from Mexico, the
Inspector General of Militia, in San I,nis and the
Governor of Durango bad declared against the new
Executive Of the Republic. Gen. Guerrero had pro-
ceeded to Valladolid, and Santa Anna was moving
mysterionSiy.-[DNat. GaS.
We hor bnforo IL 4 NH
1nhed in the Mexican capital down to the nth ut.
II contains melancholy details public disorders and
new plans Of political changes to be accomplished by
troops styling themselves the "Federal Mexican
Army. lib.
We authorised state that the late Colect of the.